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Newspaper

Elkhart Weekly Truth

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1902

Page

7

Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Dr P Urroqua

A historical testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for ovarian trouble barrenness and other female ailments. Dr P Urroqua of Lansing Michigan endorses the herbal remedy noting its ability to prevent surgeries and cure womb ulceration in weeks. The ad warns 6000 forfeit if testimonials aren’t genuine and invites readers to obtain a bottle and seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.

Princess Viroqua P. Urroqua Lansing, Mich Lydia EK. Pinkham

Pennsylvania Miners Convention in Shamokin Concludes Not

Shamokin Pennsylvania March 22 The thrice heated miners convention failed to reach a decision Friday The scale committee report extended beyond expectations and was presented in the afternoon session President Mitchell could not comment on progress since much of the report remained to be considered Uncertainty and divided opinion surrounded whether drastic measures would be declared to secure grievances.

Pensylvania Shamokin Mitchell

Grateful Women Praise Rock Mountain Tea Blessings

Expressions of grateful women who have experienced wonderful blessings using Rock Mountain Tea compensate us for our efforts in their behalf. 35c. Houseworth Bros.

Rock Mountain Houseworth Bros

No Agreement In Indiana Brazil Ind Miners Reopen Talks

Indiana mining workers at Seemer McClelland mine No 1 resume talks with operators after a joint convention reconvened. A heated discussion over wage scale leads to adjournment with no settlement and a probable work suspension as neither side concedes key points.

Indiana Brazil Ind Seemer McClelland

Judge Reverses Deathbed Deed Transfer Near Painesville

Judge Wing of the United States circuit court set aside deeds signed by Martin F. Gray on his deathbed three years ago. Title to 285 acres near Painesville valued over $100,000 had been deeded to the American Baptist Home Mission Society and the American Baptist Publication Society. The property will revert to the heirs.

Cleveland Judge Wing United States Circuit Court Martin F. Gray Painesville American Baptist Home Mission Society American Baptist Publication Society

Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief

A vintage advert claims Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup cures coughing cold throat and lung ailments rapidly. It is sold by druggists for 25 cents.

Ex-Treasurer Beauchamp jailed in embezzlement case

Louis Beauchamp former treasurer of Spalding township is in the Menominee jail charged with embezzling $1000. The case highlights alleged lax financial methods by Beauchamp and other board members that have strained the township's finances.

Jalil Menominee Mich Louis Beauchamp Spalding Township Beauchamp

Citrus Shipments Decline From Southern California

Citrus shipments from southern California fall behind last year with 1 505 cars reported behind. The new crop is certain to be short and total season output estimated at about 20 000 cars.

Los Angeles Cal California Agere Lipa

Wood arrives to discuss Cuba transfer and policy changes

Governor General Wood arrives in Washington to confer with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root on transferring Cuba to its people on May 1. He will also discuss tariff reductions for Cuban sugar and tobacco and the evacuation of American troops as the inauguration of the new Cuban republic approaches.

Washington, D. C Wood Cuba Roosevelt Root New York Estrada Palma War Department

May Ship Chinese Sailors Controversy Advances in House

The House foreign affairs committee nearly unanimously struck from the Mitchell Kahn Chinese exclusion bill the clause barring ships with American flags from employing Chinese sailors. The move responds to Pacific coast interest and argues it preserves equal competition with English and Japanese lines, which would benefit from cheaper Chinese labor while American crews cost more.

Washington House Committee On Foreign Affairs Mitchell-Kahn Pacific

Lincoln Memorial Plans Advance in Washington Conference

Secretary Hay presided at the State Department meeting with Secretary Root Senators Cullom McMillan and Wetmore St Gaudens and McKim. They refined details for a Lincoln memorial and the Lincoln relics exhibit in the death-house building, owned by the government but custodian Olyroyd holds the relics. A bill to create a commission of artists to decide the memorial was endorsed.

Lincoln Monument Washington Hay State Department Root Cullom McMillan and Wetmore St. Gaudens McKim Olyroyd

Rock Island Arsenal officers quarters appropriation request

Root urged Congress to appropriate 27000 dollars for two sets of officers quarters at the Rock Island arsenal. He noted current buildings lack adequate quarters for assistant officers, needed for supervision of manufacturing work. He warned that the small arms plant installation will soon be completed and boost government capacity to furnish improved rifles.

Rock Island Washington Root Congress Rock Island Arsenal

Crumpacker Resolution Faces House Rules Pressure

Washington reports strong effort to reverse the House rules committee decision to report favorably Crumpacker's resolution for a special committee to investigate election laws in various states. A rules committee meeting is planned soon to decide on the fate of the resolution.

Cruumpacker Washington Henderson House Committee On Rules Crumpacker Committee On

Pritchard Pushes Senate Probe Into Tillman McLaurin Row

Washington March 24 Senator Pritchard of North Carolina aims to force an investigation by the Senate committee on privileges and elections into charges raised by Mr Tillman against Senator McLaurin of South Carolina. The charges allege McLaurin voted to ratify the peace treaty due to an administration agreement granting him control of South Carolina patronage.

Tillman Charles Washington Senator Pritchard North Carolina Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections Senator McLaurin South Carolina Tillman Senate McLaurin

President Invited to Dedication of Brooklyn Y M C A

John J. McCook of New York invites the President to attend the dedication of Brooklyn's new naval branch of the Y M C A. Miss Helen Gould has spent about 400000 dollars on building and equipping the branch, hoping for the President's attendance next month. The President is unsure if he can leave Washington.

Washington John J. McCook New York Brooklyn Naval Branch Helen’ Gould

Porto Rican Lands Vested in United States by Paris Treaty

Attorney General Knox holds that Porto Rico public lands formerly Spain’s now belong to the United States under the Paris treaty. The ruling answers whether these lands were ceded crown lands to the U S or remain Porto Rican state lands.

Washington Knox Porto Rico Spain United States Secretary of the Interior

Portrait of Prince Henry of Prussia Installed at State Department

A life size half length portrait of Prince Henry of Prussia was presented through the German embassy and now hangs in the State Department reception room. The original was painted at Kiel and the current image is a photo graphic enlargement in bistro. A cable from Ambassador Meyer at Rome notes the postponement of the International Congress of Historical Sciences meeting planned for spring in Rome. Assistant Secretary Taylor sold the old mint building and grounds to Felix Isman of Philadelphia for 2 million dollars. Mrs. Richardson Clover, wife of the naval attaché, left Washington with her two daughters for London. Joseph Manley of Maine declined the first assistant postmaster generalship offered by President Roosevelt. Roosevelt watched fencing between Washington club members and Naval Academy swordsmen at the club headquarters. The War Department plans Fort Snelling enlargement and Representative Fletcher introduced a bill to authorize the purchase of 1 500 acres adjacent to the fort.

Washington Prince Henry of Prussia State Department Kiel Department of State United States Meyer Rome International Congress of Historical Sciences The Treasury Taylor Felix Isman Philadelphia Mint Richardson Clover London Joseph Manley Maine Roosevelt Fencers’ Club of Naval Academy At Annapolis War Department Fort Snelling Fletcher Minnesota Secretary of War

Local man shot. brother accused of disinheriting kin

Albany report states John De Tierre, 45, a noted local businessman, was shot and killed with his brother William alleged to be responsible. Police investigations continue as family tensions surface over inheritance as events unfold.

Biden Albany John Detierre William

Mail Train Wrecked and Destroyed by Fire in Japan

News from Tacoma dated March 24 reports the Ohiro petroleum works near Niigata Japan where a massive avalanche caused a fire after oil tanks and buildings collapsed. Up to 886 bodies recovered or buried with at least 200 fatalities estimated by the works superintendent.

Tacoma Wash Duke of Fife Ohiro Petroleum Works Katsunosawa Niigatta Japan Yokohama

Train wreck at Covesville kills two injures eleven

Northbound Southern Railroad passenger No. 38 was wrecked by a landslide at Covesville Virginia. The engine ditched six coaches burned. Two men died and eleven were injured including John Turner and A L Holton. Turner transported to University of Virginia hospital. Mail loss described as greatest in Southern railroading history.

Charlottesville Southern Railroad Covesville Here Nicholas Lown John Turner A. L. Holton C. R. Cover R. N. Jefferson F. L. Loving N. H. Link J. L. Schmidt J. F. Stikehather D. P. Wine M. T. Rust A. B. Lynn Turner University of Virginia Hospital Washington Southern Railroading

Two Killed by Dynamite Near Houghton

An explosion of dynamite near Os Kar eight miles north of Houghton killed Gustave Jenkala and Erick Kallianen and seriously injured Henry Dapio. The blast occurred in John Boullard's house as the family was at church. two dynamite boxes stored for stump blowing ignited, setting the building ablaze. The two men died from flying timbers while helping fight the fire.

Houghton Mich Oskar Gustave Jenkala Erick Kallianen Henry Dapio John Sboullard Jenkala Kallianen

Convicts Cremated in Prison Fire at Kosciusko

Five black county convicts attempted to burn their way out by setting a house on fire above their heads. The men named were Bob Bert P N Newell Timothy Culbertson Amos Raford and James Jones. Trusties William McAfee Frank Winters and wife were not confined. The escape plot unfolded at a farm sixteen miles west of Kosciusko where Robert Campbell, a county contractor, had released them.

Kosciusko Miss Negro County Bob Bert P. N. .Newell Timothy Culbertson Amos Raford James Jones William McAfee Frank Winters

Obstinate Engineer Sparks Telegraph Tieup in Oshkosh

A small blaze and the obstinacy of a railroad engineer combined to paralyze the telegraphic system of the Chicago and Northwestern line in Oshkosh Wisconsin on March 24. The incident caused disruption to train communications and operations.

Oshkosh Wis Chicago. & Road

Protection for the President passes in Senate amid splits

The Senate approved the president protection bill by 52 to 15 after debate led by Mr. Patterson opposing harsh penalties for declarations. The House also passed the rivers and harbors bill and repealed the war revenue taxes, with Illinois interests outlined in project funding for Michigan City, Waukegan, Calumet Harbor, and the St. Clair Flats canal.

Washington Congress Senate Patterson West Fairbanks Tillman Illinois Michigan City Ind Waukegan Calumet Harbor Ilinois St. Clair Flats Lake St. Clair Black River Rouge River Michigan St. Mary’s River Fox River Wis

Coghlan to Be Advanced After Court-Martial Sentence

Washington reports Captain Joseph B. Coghlan is set to gain five numbers on the naval captain list as the President remits part of a court martial sentence. He was once demoted for a sharp letter, serving eleven months in grade, and seeks full reinstatement following the Manila Bay action rewards.

Coghlan Washington Joseph B. Coghlan United States Manila Bay

Teddy Jr Takes a Drive With His Mother

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. had his first open air outing Friday for an hour’s drive with his mother. Though recovering from pneumonia slowly, his health is improving. he will be taken for a drive on sunny days and has rested in a sunny room at the White House.

Teddy, Jr Washington Theodore Roosevelt, Jr White House

Schley Affair Closes as Roosevelt Conclusions Adopted

Washington March 22 The house committee on naval affairs voted 7 to 4 to concur with President Roosevelt on ending the Schley controversy and indefinitely postponing all related bills and resolutions. The split followed party lines with Maryland's Mudd voting with the Democrats.

Schley Washington House Committee On Naval Affairs Roosevelt Mr. Mudd Maryland

Springfield Post Office to Get 150000 Dollar Upgrade

Senator Cullom won a favorable House Committee report for a 150000 dollar appropriation to improve and extend Springfield Illinois post office. The measure has Senate approval. A new clerks organization seeks higher salaries. Naval affairs panel to hear labor interests on April 2 plan to build ships in government yards.

Washington Cullom House Committee On Springfield Ill Senate House of Representatives House Committee On Naval Affairs

Surgeons Not Needed Says Witch Hazel Salve Claim

An advertisement promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve claiming it cures piles without surgery and treats scalds cuts burns wounds bruises sores and skin diseases. The ad warns to beware of counterfeit products from House worth Bros.

DeWitt Houseworth Bros

Vatican Official Found a Guilty Trial Report

Vatican official found guilty in a trial with unclear details. text is damaged and portions of the report mention sinas emanating at 22. The fragmentary source references legal proceedings and controversy surrounding the Vatican.

Vatican Sinas

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