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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
6
Mr Wash Brown a Lake Shore railroad passenger conductor from Elkhart says Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble after six years of backache and distressing secretions. He states the remedy cured him quickly and he recommends it to others.
Thieves who stole seventeenth century Aubusson tapestries from Tours Cathedral were caught after they proved hard to sell and cut the works into pieces to hide the crime.
Waukegan Illinois May 18 The Rev J Kari who will graduate from Augustana college Rock Island IL in June has been called to the pastorate of the Swedish Lutheran churches of Waukegan and Kenosha
A farmer near Pattens Mills New York came to a store with severe rheumatism. After using Chamberlain s Pain Balm he walked in straight and paid for a new bottle saying it cured him. For sale by Houseworth Bros.
Washington May 13. Efforts will be made to promote Captain John J Pershing of the Fifteenth Cavalry to Brigadier General honoring him as the hero of Mangano.
In Kokomo Indiana a coroner's inquest confirms Lewis Yeager was shot to death on a lonely country road after an encounter with an unknown woman and a man. Witnesses heard threats and a gunshot while the rigs passed a Pickering farm five miles from Hemlock. Johnson found Yeager dead when he passed the buggy. Coroner Harrison theorizes Yeager met the trio after leaving Miss Finley's home at about 10 o'clock. Ingles and the Eades boys, initially under arrest, are cleared and to be released.
A north bound Illinois Central train derailed at McHenry Kentucky while speeding. Engineer Matthews and Fireman Curry were killed. Baggage master and express messengers badly injured and over a dozen passengers hurt.
In La Crosse Wisconsin on May 16 Henry Wicks an inmate of the state asylum regains his reason. His wife who had separated from him after his commitment secured a divorce and later married his former hired man.
Washington reports one of the US soldiers stricken with leprosy is confined in a cage-like structure on Tybee Island off the Georgia coast. Authorities isolate the case as part of quarantine measures.
In Bucharest on May 18 a widespread strike by women workers halts field labor across Roumania. The action signals an economic crisis as female laborers boycott duties, prompting government concern and industry disruption.
A report states George Vanderbilt has rented the Fifth Avenue mansion in New York. The May 16 note suggests the property transfer or occupancy by Vanderbilt, marking a high society move linked to the Vanderbilt family.
A short note describes a cheating incident at a local Hangman game night, noting suspicions about a player and prompting organizers to review rules and enforce fairness.
A bribe offer was made to Governor Mickey by a man of standing asking for appointments for two named persons. The governor refused to name the bribing individual or the proposed appointees and would not say what action he will take. The home base cited for the incident is Grand Island.
An elderly couple Ernest Stock and wife near Pearl City Freeport Illinois were attacked with a blunt instrument fracturing skulls and robbed of 325 dollars. Henry Sager a nearby farm hand was arrested with bloody clothes and matching money found on him and footprints linking him to the crime. The case mirrors earlier similar attacks on aging couples in the same area.
In Hamline University at St Paul Minnesota a series of scrimmages between freshmen and sophomores left several injured. The conflict began when banners bearing the number 1906 were found on campus buildings at daybreak. E A Probst freshman dislocated shoulder and H M Beall sophomore nearly strangled, among others hurt. Girl students joined in the clashes.
Mrs. T. M. Fairchild wife of a Corticelli Silk Company salesman was murdered in her Ra mona Hotel room in El Paso by George M. Peterson a former Amherst Wisconsin commission merchant who then killed himself Peterson had followed Fairchild from Denver and the couple were together for weeks while her husband was away on a west Texas tour
The Alliance, sailing from Kingston with 300 landsmen, is seventeen days overdue at Hampton Roads. The Navy Department, worried over the 1,200 mile passage, believes twelve days would suffice. Commander J B Murdock leads the ship, which last reported after departing April 17.
Melbourne May 16 Premier Irvine told the legislative assembly he received a letter from the union declaring the strike off and submitting unconditionally.
Fragmentary text indicates German authorities in Berlin in May reported closing or exiting 224 stations. The garbled source lists may refer to rail or government facilities and Russia-related context. Limited readable facts prevent more precise attribution or date specifics.
R G Dun and Co notes warmer weather improving retail turnover and steady staple prices while wholesale seasonable goods stay quiet. Woolen mills see better activity in men’s wear and worsteds but raw material prices constrain sales. print cloths show no demand and some mills reduce looms. US failures total 196, Canada 13.
Mrs A E Leland tried to blind Judge William H Lueders by throwing cayenne pepper into his eyes after a case dismissal against Mounted Officer Ogden. She attempted to assault the officer with an umbrella and was released with a warning, later arrested on a charge of assault to maim.
Washington May 16 Prince Henry of Prussia may make another trip to the United States. A prominent government official and friend of the prince said he would come to America in 1904.
In Grand Rapids on May 18 a conference of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians from Mason and Oceana counties at Fern decided to seek 500000 from the government under the 1795 treaty. Joseph Cushway, the Potawatomi who gained concessions for his people, will assist in pursuing the claim.
Coughs and colds near consumption answer to Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, framed as a soothing healing remedy.
Philadelphia on May 8 report that Mrs. J Edward Addicks attempted to show a servant how to use a clothes wringer. Her exertion caused the servant to break one of her ribs.
Recent experiments and X rays show stomach catarrh comes from repeated indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claims to cure indigestion dyspepsia and catarrh by digesting what you eat. Sold by Houseworth Bros.
New York May 12 The Little Kanawha syndicate buys 57000 acres of coal lands in West Virginia. This purchase gives Gould interests a head start over Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroad groups involved.
An 1870s advertisement claims Dean's Ointment cures itching piles and sleepless discomfort. It promises immediate relief and notes availability at any drug store for 50 cents.
Duluth Minnesota May 12 Divers who returned on the steamer Js Co Suit tell how they worked among skeletons in hoisting cargo from the wrecked ship Isle gal nineteen ago with fifty lost.
A summarized note indicates turbine plants have demonstrated practical gains valued at about £20 per cent. The fragment suggests positive performance metrics, though the text is incomplete.
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