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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
3
A midcentury sale notice lists low prices on ladies drawers corsets gowns and night dresses plus children's washable dresses and hats. Silks muslins and percales fill a table of fabrics with many items at deep discounts. The ad urges readers to hurry and shop to save money.
The W C T U county convention ended last evening after two days in this city. Devotional services opened the afternoon session led by Mrs. C H Whiteman. Speakers from several towns discussed why they wear the white ribbon and why they are Prohibitionists. The evening program featured student orations, musical selections, and a gold medal contest won by Miss Jessie Timmins of Elkhart. The event concluded with remarks by Rev. Rice.
Omweg of Sodus Mic says he has returned home and purchased a carriage. He asserts reports about the strawberry crop are greatly exaggerated and predicts a yield at least two thirds of average, with many fields reaching a full crop if rain comes.
Warren Hill purchased a five seat automobile in Cleveland and plans to ship it to Toledo. He will travel with R. C. Barney and John Wolf to Toledo on Monday to bring the car to Elkhart.
The Island Park privileges contract was signed by the park board and Fred Timmins granting him island rights. Y M C A meetings on the island end. The season starts May 31 with the Trumpet Notes Band. concerts set for Wednesday and Sundays except June 7 when Woodmen of the World play. The band has 28 players and concerts will run 1 to 2 hours. Slot machines were robbed in New Paris depots last night.
In Rockton Illinois on May 18 three churchgoers in the Methodist church were struck by lightning, all surviving after severe burns. The injured were Mr. and Mrs. EB Pollock and Mrs. Edward Shotliff, with Mrs. Shotliff briefly believed dead before revival by a doctor. The bolt tore their clothing. the church suffered no structural damage. The strike entered through a chandelier and the victims remain under medical care.
Deafness is caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. The ad promises $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills as best, with Toledo as the origin.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press quotes a conversation between a performer and Harper about participating in private theatricals. The exchange suggests reluctance but necessity to act to avoid boredom or exclusion.
The court granted an order restraining Mrs Berge from gossiping about tenants. She may not enter the building or stop in front of it to gossip or to speak about anyone living there. The action followed complaints that gossip threats would drive tenants away.
Washington reports three months after appointment at New York, women immigration inspectors are no longer employed. The treasury secretary sent a telegram to the New York immigration commissioner stating inspectors cannot be reemployed without executive order, and their temporary terms have expired.
In Guthrie Oklahoma on May 15 W W Montgomery an alleged bigamist shot and killed jailer Jerry Emerson and was shot by Emersons wife before escaping. He has confessed to three wives Beatrice Nebraska Seward Oklahoma and Iowa. Two wives testified against him and he faced an indictment awaiting trial. He was armed with Emersons revolver after a bath seizure.
In Muscatine Iowa on May 15 two gunmen attempted to rob Thomas McCarthy's West Liberty restaurant. Arthur Meade died aiding the proprietor as the robbers fled on a northbound train. a reward is offered for their arrest.
In St Louis on May 15 1932 Henry Wellshan a 32 year old motorman was found dead with a bullet hole in his head. His wife Amanda Wellshan and Minsie Meyers and John Meyers were arrested in connection with the case.
The Hamburg American Line will add the steamship Colbi to its fleet to meet the great demand for transportation to America. Nine thousand emigrants are in Hamburg clamoring for passage to New York.
The Earl of Yarmouth and his American bride assumed possession of Ragley Hall near Alcester. Tenants decorated the roads to the ancestral seat, marking the sociable event in London on May 15.
Madison Wis May 15 The bill prohibiting railway companies from increasing freight rates passed the assembly by 55 to 37 in response to rising railway taxes.
In Washington in May 1915 General Davis commanding in the Philippines disapproved the court martial findings which acquitted Lieut Joel R Lee of manslaughter prompting possible further action or review by higher authorities.
American League results show Chicago 4 Washington 3 and Boston 9 Detroit 6. National League games include New York 7 Philadelphia 2 and Brooklyn 8 Cincinnati 4. Other leagues report Indianapolis 15 Toledo 1, Kansas City 8 Milwaukee 4, and Fort Wayne 7 South Bend 4 with several other scores and forfeits.
In the Niles Star a barber shop quip unfolds as a customer asks Clint Heywood about a buggy top. Heywood quips he would put it on a buggy while the customer jokes he would use a fine tooth comb, and the curtain drops.
A local notice extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a reliable lifesaving medicine for colic and cholera morbus. It urges households to keep a bottle on hand and notes Houseworth Bros as a seller.
Van Moore a 33 year old carriage maker and Miss Clara Sherwood 23 daughter of saloon keeper John Sherwood were found in a grove with carbolic acid poisoning. Moore is dead. Sherwood survives at home. Moore leaves a widow and a two week old baby.
An advertisement touts Kodol as a cure for indigestion and all stomach troubles. It claims the medicine aids digestion and assimilation of wholesome foods, rebuilds tissues, and strengthens mind and body. Sold by M Houseworth.
A humorous verse notes Mr. Bogworthy renting a suite in a building lacking one. He resides six months and avoids paths while a surgeon cuts off his suite, in a playful Harvard Lampoon style.
H P Burbage a law student in Greenville DC long troubled by a persistent cough says Chamberlains Cough Remedy permanently cured him after two bottles. He reports remarkable improvement and the remedy is sold by Houseworth Bros Princeton Tiger. Also notice Foley's Honey and Tar advertised for children safe for asthma bronchitis and hoarseness at Fenton's Drug Store.
In a Chicago Tribune strip, Bessie complains that Bobbie, the older child, gets the larger pie slice, arguing his longer habit of eating pie. The dialogue highlights sibling rivalry over parental fairness and age.
The text warns that constant motion harms kidneys and cites travelers, trainmen, street car men, and teamsters as prone to kidney disease. It endorses Foley's Kidney Cure as strengthening kidneys and curing kidney and bladder ailments, with a testimonial from Geo H Hansan, locomotive engineer of Lima, Ohio. Sold at Fenton's Drug Store.
A detective tone unfolds as a new maid reports to Mr. De Trop that a woman is not at home though the maid wavers in certainty. The exchange hints at a mystery or social tension on a Philadelphia stage or page.
A fragmented notice reports a claim that inflammatory rheumatism was cured in three days. It mentions an individual named Morton L and a Hilt of Lebanon with swelling and severe suffering, and references a drug store at 223 Main St and sold product by Fenton's Drug Store.
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