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Elkhart Weekly Truth

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1906

Page

7

Vesuvian Observers Stand Fast Amid Lava and Smoke

The Royal Observatory director refused to quit near Vesuvius crater during the 1872 eruption. Palmieri kept at his instruments as lava flowed by on both sides while ancient Pliny the Elder is cited for his calm, scientific resolve.

Sig. Matteucci Royal Observatory Ve‘Suvius Sig. Palmieri Vesuvius Pliny Vesuvian Tacitus

Favorite Prescription touted for women's health

The ad praises Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe vegetable tonic for women addressing nervous irritability and disorders. It claims long-standing cures, emphasizes lack of alcohol, and invites readers to write for medical advice from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, NY.

United States Pierce Doctor Pierce United States Mail Dr. Pierce R. V. Pierce The Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo, N. Y

Favorite Prescription and Dr Pierce offer free confidential health guidance

The ad promotes Dr. Pierce offering free medical advice tailored to women mothers and chronic illness sufferers. It cites Mrs Roelker of Henderson Kentucky praising Favorite Prescription for relief from flooding back pain and fatigue. It also advertises The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser with a mail in request for 21 or 31 cents.

Mother Gray Mother Grey.Co le Roy N. Y Pierce R. C. Roelker Ingram Street Henderson Ky Severa Dr. Pierce People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser R. V. Pierce M.D Buffalo

Foley's Honey and Tar Warns Against Imitations

Foley & Co Chicago markets Foley's Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy. The label cautions that many imitations with similar names exist, urging customers to demand the genuine yellow packaged product and refuse substitutes. Houseworth Bros. distributes the remedy.

Foley Foley & Co Chicago Houseworth Bros

Heath and Milligan Paints and Rowe Advertising

Central Drug Store offers free estimates on concrete and cement work. Cisterns built, cleaned, and repaired. H A Rowe at 1003 Middlebury Street with home phone 444 19.

Heath & Milligan Central Drug Store H. A. Rowe Middlebury Street

Heath and Milligan Paints and Oils at Central Drugstore

Advert shows Heath and Milligan selling Hindipo the new Kidney Cure and Nerve Tonic with a positive money back guarantee. Also promotes Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup for coughs and a Big Four rail fare to Lafayette and back May 21 22 and 28 during G A R state encampment. Van Aken Bros. pansies advertised.

Heath & Milligan Central Drugstore Ek.d. Miler South Main Street St. Joe Street Wood Norway Big Four Lafayette

Catalonia Sheepskins Key Market Shaped by Spain

Barcelona supplies most skins with high quality flaying and stacking. Valencia and La Mancha follow, Murcia last with smaller, crumpled skins. Russia’s export disruption boosts Spanish demand, lifting prices. Barcelona yields 400 000 to 500 000 skins yearly as contracts set 1906 values for lambskins at 8.42 to 8.75 per dozen.

Barcelona Catalonia Spain Valencia la Mancha New Castile

Caribou Swim Feats Describe Swift Water Prowess

A Scribner's Magazine writer notes caribou coat with oily wool and corklike pelage aids buoyancy. They reportedly swim better than any quadrupled animal, rivaling paddlers at about five to six miles per hour, enabling rapid crossings across broad bays they encounter in rough woodlands.

Scribner’s Munn Broad Bay

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