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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
2
Geo Wyman & Co opens a new Crockery Department with a massive sale of importers sample lines. Fine china sets, dinnerware in sets and open stock, plus glassware hosiery undergarments curtains carpets and mats priced well below usual. Also offers toilet ware and linens with numerous discount items across departments.
Port land event details note greatly reduced rates for Lewis and Clark Exposition tickets. Meetings of societies in Portland set for May 22 and 28 and 30 with additional dates in June July and August.
Japanese Nagoya division under General Nambu seized Likwanpau near Mukden amid overwhelming Russian numbers. Major Okoshi died after dispatching a crucial report. the division held on, enabling Gen Nogi’s turning movement. Field Marshal Oyama later conferred a kanjo praising the division’s courage and impact.
Governor Hanly accepts invitations to address multiple events over ten weeks. He will discuss Good Citizenship and temperance, delivering Memorial Day talks in Paw Paw and Bethel and speeches at various chautauquas, churches, and colleges. He plans to lecture on the Apostles of the Law to six high schools and address law schools at Indiana University and Otterbein University.
City Judge George W. Fender warns Logansport saloon keepers that the Nicholson law for Sunday closing will be enforced strictly. Three licenses may be withdrawn after convictions. Eight of twelve liquor dealers charged were tried. two found guilty as cases proceed next week. Fender inspected premises and screens, ruling interiors must be fully visible to passersby during prohibited hours.
We extend our sincere gratitude to all who assisted during the sickness and after the death of our mother Dora Barlow Ed Willbarger Melvin Willbarger.
Robert R. Watts of Salem MO describes five years of kidney disease and failed remedies before Foley's Kidney Cure cured him in under two bottles. He notes kidney issues in summer from excess drinking or overheating and urges prompt use of Foley's Kidney Cure, sold by Howsworth Bros.
Dr Robert Koch arrived in Morogoro in German East Africa with a caravan of seventy men. Locals dubbed him the great medicine man as the expedition studied plague and a fever spread by papasi or bedbugs, which has halted one road. The fever is not deadly but renders victims inactive for weeks.
A fragment notes Queensland as a northern state of Australia with unfathomable mineral wealth and vast natural resources including tallow and hides. The text presents a rough, oblique portrait of the region's economic potential.
A London Mail correspondent portrays Cipriano Castro of Venezuela as a small man with a ruthless rule. He rose from muleteer to dictator, entertains with impromptu palace balls, ignores blockades, imprisons or exiles enemies, and mixes peasants with elites in public dances while flaunting a revolver and a daring self image.
Mueller, barber aboard the Hamburg American steamship, shaves the German emperor each morning between 7:30 and 8. Director von Grumme trains him in etiquette and technique, with the emperor choosing to speak only when addressed. The routine, including a silk wire compress and custom creams, lasts about fifteen minutes aboard the Hamburg and on royal trips to Lisbon Naples and beyond.
A Chicago dispatch reports twelve students at the Cummock School of Oratory, Northwestern University affiliates in Evanston, form the Society For the Prevention of Unhappy Marriages. They vote on a man’s suitability and urge incompatibility if negative. Criteria include no smoking or drinking, fondness for dancing and theater, prior engagements, looks, modesty, and kindness.
A Lehigh professor showcases a harmless chemical cannon for Independence Day. The device fires cork missiles with low flame, claimed safe enough to yield 5,000 shots for six cents. Critics question the thrill and patriotism of such “burnless” fireworks and its impact on traditional celebrations.
Indianapolis May 1 United Press finds five mysterious state funds unable to be spent. Unclaimed estate fund holds over 50 000 awaiting heirs for two years before transfer. A 5732 70 common school credit with unknown origin. A swamp land fund of 23626 55 from unknown donor. A 500 surplus revenue fund with unclear source. An old sinking fund 467 78 nearly untouched as signers no longer live. State Treasurer Nat C Hill offers no solution after decades of records review.
Muncie Indiana May 15 saloon keepers organize to enforce liquor laws impartially and protest reported liquor sales at soda fountains starting with a drink called 99 at a drug store. Druggists may face charges if illegal sales continue. Governors crackdown cited as hurting local saloon business, with owners noting Saturday sales decline and urging tighter enforcement.
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