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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
7
Local advertiser promotes bulk seeds offering Sweet Peas Nasturtiums Morning Glory Pansy Sweet Alyssum and Asters plus bulbs and other varieties. Emphasizes better value than buying small packages and notes a broad selection available.
Our stock is fresh and perfect in quality and we are able to give the purchaser lower prices than ever before for first class seeds. Lawn seeds are offered with a choice line of seed and fertilizers to beautify the home.
Watch for the first symptom of indigestion or liver trouble and prevent trouble by taking Dr Caldwell's laxative Syrup Pepsin. Clinically claimed to cure chronic dyspepsia quickly and pleasantly. Sold by Houseworth Bros for 50c and 1 60 with money back guarantee if it fails.
The passage defends proprietary medicines like Boschee’s German Syrup as vital for households, noting long market presence and use when physicians are unavailable. It promotes the syrup for coughs colds throat and lung issues and mentions prices twenty five and seventy five cents with a prompt to obtain Green's Prize Almanac from Houseworth Bros.
The Big Four will charge $2.70 for the Lafayette round trip during May 21 22 23. The G A R will hold its state encampment on these dates as part of a local schedule update.
A sensational claim advertises a mystic cure for rheumatism and neuragia claiming cures in 1 to 3 days. The ad asserts immediate removal of causes and disappearance of disease with rapid first benefits. Sold by Allen Houseworth at 225 South Main Street for 75 cents or $1.
Foley & Co Chicago promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as the trusted throat and lung remedy. It warns that many imitations with similar sounding names flood the market and urges customers to ask for the genuine yellow packaged product and refuse substitutes. Houseworth Bros.
The article recalls Joseph W. Bailey arguing that Congress has full power to abridge court authority to issue restraining orders. Bailey, born in Mississippi, is described as 46 and a former ten-year U.S. House member who became a senator in 1901.
A New York Tribune description portrays a Detroit dog hospital with ambulances, private rooms, wards, and a ledger record for each patient. Dogs receive exams, prescriptions, and surgeries, using pills, tonics, and even experimental dental implants to help aging pets.
Reports describe a new military uniform policy in China and efforts to cut queues among Pei Yang troops. The empress dowager angrily rejects reform, declaring only after her death could soldiers cut their queues, stalling the proposal indefinitely.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway offers reduced Sunday round trips on its line with same day return travel. Special fares apply to all points on the route each Sunday until further notice.
An old advertisement touts Life Pills as the best cure for constipation headache and dizziness. It claims they restore regularity when liver and bowels “go on strike” and features Houseworth Bros. druggists as the seller.
William R. Chandler former New Hampshire senator and president of the Spanish treaty claims commission organized the Washington Philological society. He called a meeting to lift nominations. A judge became president and Louis A. Hoofer was appointed, while Chandler was told he was not a member and placed on the society’s waiting list.
FLASH LIGHTS MUDGE'S STUDIO is recognized as a headquarters for flash photography and general photo work. They announce a new flash lamp style that produces finer photos and invite customers to sample work and sittings at 317 Main Street regardless of weather.
The piece extols Representative James S. Sherman of New York as a highly popular figure and successor to Joseph W. Babcock as chair of the Republican congressional committee He has served as vice chairman for eight years and is noted as an able parliamentarian and long time congressman born in Utica New York in 1855
Swiss traveler Paul Brun details a Congo burial where a chief of the Bakete is interred in a chamber carved in a deep ditch. Young girls are thrust in and maimed, the chief's gun is broken to prevent theft, and the earth is filled in as wives and slaves are slain over the grave.
Central drugstore promotes Heath and Milligan paint as the best in the world for home use.
Trains 33 and 84 operate parlor cars to Indianapolis. Train 323 runs through to Louisville, with a connection at Greensburg for Cincinnati. A Henry agent H J Breim G P A Warren J Lynch P T M New York Central lines.
Mr Karper comments on admiring the Popley baby for its notable charm and tricks, while Mrs Karper notes the child failed to perform yesterday, yet charm remains. The Philadelphia Press captures the interlocutors’ playful exchange about the infant.
A compact ad style line reflecting a motto about money taking priority over honor, attributed to Sallust.
In a colorful portrait, the Moorish people are depicted as fond of gilded life and sociable hours. The writer notes Moors enjoy lounging on heels, watching passers by, and exchanging compliments on doorsteps or in streets as a casual promenade.
An advertisement-style notice touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a quick and lasting remedy for piles fissure and fistula. It claims the treatment soothes the rectal mucous membrane by a mailed trial package, likening internal treatment to a surgeon’s external approach and promising rapid results.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Colonel Edwin Hay examining handwriting and president signatures, with references to Washington and cabinet actions. The scrawled text hints at a discussion of official seals, signatures, and archival records without clear events or dates.
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