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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
2
A brisk promotion of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claims it builds hard muscles and a strong body. It argues proper digestion and assimilation of nutrients yields strength, regardless of food quantity, and promises enhanced blood nutrition and disease resistance through the product.
Adamsville Mill advertises a new cob grinding system that produces a soft granulated cob with three reductions. Grinding costs 4 cents per bushel and claims to be the only mill offering this high quality cob grind in first class form. The notice also states Eli F. Coleman is administrator of Nathaniel Var Nomee’s solvent estate in Elk hart County Indiana.
Notice from Elkhart Indiana dated March 22 1905 announces the annual meeting of The Elkhart Farmers' Home Fire Insurance Co at the Shiloh Post G A R hall in Elkhart on Saturday April 1st. Forenoon session begins at 10 o'clock A M with James Weikel as secretary.
A silver vein was uncovered on lands north of Massey and the Bruce mines near North Bay Ontario. Four carloads of ore sent to a New Jersey smelting plant earned $61,000. two more carloads have been shipped and are expected to average $15,000 per car.
Foley’s Honey and Tar cures coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup hoarseness pneumonia and la grippe. Foley’s Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. Window glass cheapest at Turnnock’s.
An old ad blurb warns of night prowlers and disease threatening children, touting Kenne dys-Laxative Honey and Tar as a doctor delaying remedy. It promises no opiates and urges keeping the product handy, sold by druggists. It also advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a tonic to improve health and blood, 35 cents for tea or tablets from Houseworth Bros.
An old advertisement claims Burnock Blood Bitters clear the head, sharpen the brain, and build a strong vigorous body, making men fit for the battle of life.
A Batesville Indiana man recounts three months of severe cold. After trying a druggist prepared remedy without improvement he used Foley’s Honey and Tar and eight doses cured him. Refuse substitutes Houserworth Bros.
Fifty three bodies recovered from the R. B. Grover & Co. shoe factory wreck after a 150 horsepower boiler exploded and fire gutted the four story wooden building in Brockton Massachusetts. Rescuers were driven back by heat as flames spread to seven nearby structures. Estimates of dead range from sixty to eighty with many missing. insurance offsets losses estimated at 250000.
Chicago judge frees Mrs. Jessie A. Hopkins for shooting her abusive husband on New Year’s night. He declares wives may defend themselves even to killing if abused, noting the husband’s brutality made self defense morally and legally justified. The case draws sobs and shock in court.
A feature highlighting women seeking help from Mrs. Pinkham on monthly pains and ovarian troubles. It notes the comfort of consulting a woman, discusses reluctance to seek male doctors, and shares two letters from readers in Washington D.C. and a testimonial after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
W. D. Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners says a giant labor union uniting organized labor worldwide is advancing. He has received thousands of letters from people pledging to attend the Chicago convention on June 27, with Haywood and W. L. Hall driving the effort and claiming backing from many socialist labor leaders.
Leonard N. Gloor sergeant of Battery A Missouri National Guard died when a log house wall collapsed on a ranch near St Genevieve Mo during the Spanish American war.
John Alexander Dowie nears purchase of Lopez ranch in Victoria Mexico. The 2,000,000 acre tract lies 50 miles northeast of the city with a $1.5 million gold price. Dowie plans to settle 10,000 Zionist colonists and offers a summer round trip rate of $12.0
Milwaukee March 27 former alderman and president of the local American Association Baseball club Charles S Havenor has been sentenced to two years at hard labor in the house of correction for accepting a $200 bribe while on the city council. Judge Williams denied a new trial motion.
Ground has been broken for an addition to President Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill home in New York. The new 42 by 38 foot base will enhance the house’s appearance and overall footprint.
Frank Bacon aged seventy a prominent Iowa merchant banker and former Prohibition candidate for governor dies in Los Angeles after a six day illness.
The ashes of former Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado died in Monte Carlo arrive in New York aboard the American Line steamer St Louis. The report notes the voyage and the transfer of the casket to the city.
Miss Lulu Austin daughter of Sheriff D C Austin spotted six prisoners attempting to saw bars in the main corridor gates. Three men had already been severed when she intervened ordering them to surrender the six saws and tack to secure the prison.
Mrs Cassie Chadwick says her autobiography is in preparation and will soon be given to the public. She reports a handsome offer from a well known publisher and that the work will be printed in the original style without alteration.
Carrie R Howland and spouse transfer to Daniel B Morgan and wife a lot in Elkhart for 500 dollars Ida B Ritchie and husband transfer to Ada line H Stone land in Elkhart for 1 dollar John E Carmen and wife transfer to John C Schafer and wife two lots in Elkhart for 1 dollar John C Schafer and wife transfer to John E Carmen and wife two lots in Elkhart Isaac Kessler and wife transfer to Harvey E Rohrer part of a lot in Elkhart for 2000 dollars Harvey E Rohrer transfers to Isaac Kessler and wife part of a lot in Elkhart for 2000 dollars Jacob Bowers and wife transfer to Lynton A Hitchcock trustee 773 acres in Bango township Lynton Hitchcock trustee transfers to Emily Bowers 773 acres in Bango township for 1 dollar
The notice lists multiple land transfers in Goshen and Benton townships with buyer and seller names and prices ranging from 800 to 1600 dollars. It also notes a sharp rise in Canadian immigration with 16 835 settlers in 1896 compared to 140 000 last year.
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