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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
2
The Cutter Stock Co delivers strong repertoire at Buck_Jen with large audiences. Last night Out West was credibly presented. Tonight a Mormon life comedy drama Utah follows and tomorrow matinee features Molly Bawn. The company is touted as the best seen this season.
Watches left for repairs are being sold to recover costs. Fifty items will go on sale Saturday March 20 at Mick’s & Son Jewelers. Sale ends Monday night March 22. Displayed in Window No. 2. First come first served.
A first class chimney sweep and furnace cleaner operates in town at Cohn Ors, 665 State Street. Local residents seek reliable service for cleaning and maintenance of fireplaces and furnaces.
A resident of Elkhart reports relief from a lame back and kidney pains after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Houseworth Bros. drug store. The testimonial notes renewed strength and credits Doan's with improving health, urging readers to remember the name.
Relief claim for back pains urinary bladder and kidney trouble. Describes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe regulator for female weaknesses including inflammation and ulcerations. Sold by druggists or mail order 50 cents. Sample offered free. address The Mother Gray Co LeRoy NY.
A wife buys a suit, negotiates a refund after alterations, then sees it on sale for 33 dollars. Her figure makes it fit only her, so the garment is cheap at a third of the original. Counting alterations, she saves 15 dollars overall and boasts a sharp deal.
In New York, an English visitor notes a peculiar practice. Four maiden ladies aged 35 to 45 wore wedding rings passed down from their mothers as their fathers had married twice, prompting amused disbelief from the American woman. The exchange appeared in the New York Press.
John Bernard Fitzgerald aged 72, a vegetarian hermit living in the Australian bush for 25 years, with four foot long hair and unwashed habits, claimed to follow Christ Samfort and Hercules. Police compelled him to bathe despite his religious scruples.
A peasant couple failed to agree on bride price so the mayor acted as arbitrator. The cattle dealer valued the bride at 60 cents per pound. she weighed 86 pounds, so the groom paid $51.60 and considered himself lucky to marry so cheaply.
In chemistry elements are represented by symbols each standing for a single atom. When more than one atom forms a molecule substances show counts as in alcohol with C2H6O indicating two carbons six hydrogens and one oxygen.
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In a quiet carriage a young man and girl share a seat with a middle aged woman watching openly. The woman shifts to speak to the girl prompting embarrassment and the man exits at the next station, leaving the girl and observer unsettled by the intruding gaze.
Rear Admiral Sperry, admired for dignity and legal mindedness, observes a group of orphans touring the flagship Connecticut. A lieutenant notes the children will not report to parents but to guardians. the admiral questions the claim, realizing the visitors are orphans.
Madison Wisconsin reader claims Dr Detchon s Relief For Rheumatism cured his five month rheumatism in three days After trying three doctors and many remedies He also advertises selling his home and lists coal stove prices and unclaimed watches for sale with multiple names and addresses in the small ad cluster
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