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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
6
The Pyramid Pile Cure is promoted as a home remedy that relieves swelling and itching from piles. A free trial package is offered with no charge, followed by a 50-cent box. no business disruption and mail order to Pyramid Drug Co., 145 Pyramid Building, Marshall, Michigan.
Mrs. John Rone of Elkhart Indiana testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her husband’s long standing kidney trouble with brick dust colored secretions and frequent pain. The ad urges purchases from Houseworth Bros. and notes Iester-Milburn Co Buffalo as sole U S agents with a 50 cent price.
Bauer Bros. schedule a public sale in Wakarusa on Saturday March 28 at 10 am. Readable items include 27 head horses with 10 first class and 10 second class. 5 colts. 1 four year old brown pacing gelding. 20 head cows with several fresh or in calf. 15 brood sows with pigs. 40 shoats. 125 bushels of white seed oats. a small flock of sheep. 6 months credit offered. Aukioneers: Bauer Bros. Gid VLehman Jerry Hildebrand D. Moyer. Clerks F W Brown D M Blocker.
An old ad offers $100 to any Dr. Shoop on a recent grip or cold that a 25 cent box of Preventics cannot cure. The pitch claims Preventics contain no quinine or laxative and are safe for feverish children, urging early treatment to prevent pneumonia.
A historic note promotes Orino Laxative Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation. It warns sufferers may face serious ailments if untreated, urging use of the product as a remedy.
A 19th century recipe excerpt explains cream of clam soup with butter flour milk onion mace and nutmeg, stirring into a smooth paste then simmering with clam liquor and clams. It adds variations with cream and a celery soup using onion mace bay leaf and milk, plus a mixed vegetable cream soup with diced onion carrot celery turnip and eggs and cream to finish.
A vintage recipe describes placing six fresh eggs in lemon juice for 48 hours to dissolve shells, then removing skin and mixing with honey cream and rum. The text advises beating the mixture and taking a wineglass each morning and optional at night, calling it good for tired worn-out women.
A historic cake method uses two cups brown sugar and butter, cloves cinnamon nutmeg and ginger with soda. Boil water, cool, add bread sponge and raisins, then enough flour to form a soft dough and bake promptly.
A thrift recipe outlines making soup by boiling a ten cent soup bone with three quarts of water. Add vegetables salt and pepper to taste and simmer three hours. Yields enough soup for two dinners with reheating on the second day and cooking the same quantity again on the third day.
The notice notes family members and neighbors visiting relatives in Bristol Elk Hart and Goshen with details of illness funeral arrangements. Curtis and Mrs J G Rocksroh are mentioned among sick and deceased. Maggie Wells and Mrs Henry Wall are referenced along with other local movements and visits.
Miss Lizzie Meiser, Gust King and Claude, and CG Kegerreis with Clara Christman from Elkhart joined Mrs. Ben Meiser for a Sunday visit. Mrs. Hoff man and Mrs. Biecell hosted Mrs. Harrold last Tuesday. Jed Boyer and George Boyer hosted by Mr and Mrs Mast and Kegerreis. Jessie Bicks visited Bristol. John Wells visited relatives in Elkhart. John and Mrs. Rookstroh on sick list.
An advertisement touts Dr Leonhardt's Hem-Roid claiming it cures all pile types including blind bleeding internal external itching and suppurating with a money back guarantee if not cured. The notice cites testimonials and lists Houseworth Bros Ellhart Buffalo New York as distributors.
Special announcement states Fol ey's Honey and Tar for coughs cold and lung troubles contains no opiates or other drugs and is safe for children and adults. For sale by all druggists.
A savings plan features a book issued with each deposit and interest paid quarterly. The next interest period begins in November.
A jumble of notices urges safety deposit boxes at St Joseph Valley Bank with personal keys, plus money loan ads for real estate and an abstract office. A sensational cure ad touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for malaria and miscellaneous ailments with a money-back guarantee.
The note states there is no case on record of pneumonia or consumption resulting from Foley's Honey and Tar. It warns against refusing the genuine product and emphasizes that the medicine contains no opiates and is safe and sure.
A fragment reports on a claim of rheumatism cure involving individuals named Langley Madison and a person referred to as Wm Three Dayte. The text is incomplete, offering limited context or verifiable details about who achieved the cure or under what circumstances.
Fragmentary text shows public officials including Vancouver British Columbia Mayor Alex Bethune and Judge Tadley of the Washington Supreme Court involved in a controversy over immigration and a contested act. Details are unclear due to damaged source.
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