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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
3
A first person vignette describes two shoe polishes on a leather chair as a hand organ plays rag time tunes like The Georgia Camp Meeting. The polishers dance their motions to the music while a horse-drawn cart and a street crowd move in rhythm, ending with a tip for the workers.
Folly to suffer from itching piles at night. Dean's Ointment offers a quick and permanent cure. Available at any drug store for 50 cents.
A love driven feud ends in a revolver duel between William N. Constant and Harry Crawford at Constant’s home on State Street. Constant dies at Mercy hospital. Crawford, wounded, is jailed after tearing open an old abdominal wound to mislead police. Barbara Constant, the woman at the center, had married both men, previously Mrs. Harry Crawford in St. Louis.
Houseworth Bros. advertise Foley's Kidney Cure claiming it restores healthy kidneys and makes you well, urging readers to trust the remedy for general malaise and kidney concerns.
In Portsmouth on May 21 Stephen Masters a sawmill operator was killed by his nephew Frank Jenkins at Masters home where a partnership dispute was to be settled. Jenkins fired five times and surrendered claiming self defense with Mrs Masters present unable to recall details.
Scotland’s prisons were reported full in last year’s statistics with an increase of over 600 prisoners. Officials struggle to confine culprits as many cases involve husbands attacking wives and other indecent assaults blamed on intemperance.
An old advertisement touts Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Fepsin as the cure for headaches and stomach troubles. It claims quick relief and lasting health, urging readers to buy at Thomas' drug store.
A reformed train robber known as Western Bill, real name Thomas Smith, recounts wild exploits and a legendary life. He describes his deadly skill, stagecoach feats, and trains he ruined, then notes his charity for orphans and old ladies before a fatal candy bite.
C Waliey & Sons offer a wide stock from an undertaker shop with furniture on display. J E Micks Co advertises the Manson bicycle and 1900 prices with catalogue calls. W J Brown at 118 Jackson Street proclaims itself the only first class new and second hand store with always the cheapest prices.
The article notes how African Americans break barriers across Brooklyn and Manhattan, forming societies such as the Sons of Virginia and Sons of the Old North State. It highlights their churches and schools, with about 15 members in the local medical fraternity holding diplomas from Long Island College, Harvard, Dartmouth, UPenn, and Howard.
Druggist A W Sawtelle of Hartford recommends Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with praise from a lady customer who credits it with saving her life at the shore. A gentleman aided by a dose recovered swiftly after fainting from cold pains at the store. Sold by A O Rowe druggist.
In Memphis on May 21 Edward Whittington Dennis Brogan and Thomas Coleman coal miners from West Virginia forced entry to T F McKenna lunchhouse. Mrs McKenna fought them off after Whittington beat her with a club and she shot Whittington dead. Brogan was shot in the face and is expected to die. Coleman escaped. Mrs McKenna jailed.
An old advertisement touts Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a natural remedy for coughs and colds highlighting its healing balsamic virtues and pine-based ingredients.
London reports that American ships should not pass the straits to seek redress from Constantinople, warned by Russian German and Austrian fleets. The Spectator analyzes anti American sentiments from Odessa, highlighting continental powers’ hostility to the United States.
An 1870s style advertises De Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin from Thomas drugstore as guaranteed to cure constipation indigestion sick headaches and stomach trouble with bold medical claims and storefront branding.
A blot of retail notices lists fresh and salt meats fruits and canned goods at EH A Canse meat market 123 West Jackson with bakery and candy items at F G Shaw 1th Ma r It Ice cream and sherbets at local shops. Other ads tout baby carriages go carts flour feed seeds and garden supplies from A C Keen Ellwood Architectural Rooms and nearby grocers and jewelers with various services and a dentist move noted.
An advertising column lists Globe Real Estate exchange with Stark and Beardsley props and Felt's New Baby Cabs, praises photographer QO E Yolland, and promotes W H Mann lumber yard with building materials, lead and oil, and O Briens varnishes.
Dr Price’s Pills advertised as a cure for constipation and sick headache. FELT’S DRUG STORE near the depot offered medicines. The Columbia hotel advertised as a quiet and elegant boarding house at Corner Main and High streets with best city service for the money at $1.50 per day.
RISFi warns to call 734 South Main St for garden seeds and lawn grass with a full line of bulk seeds, Bell Phone 374. The Northern Star saloon advertises imported and domestic cigars, wines, liquors, and Pabst Milwaukee beer at 102 North Main. Leonard's Drug Store offers free Condition Powder with hay orders from Masson's Feed Store at 117 N Main St.
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