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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
3
The advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the universal remedy for women’s ills. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Cottely about relief from backache, headaches, menstrual and ovarian troubles, and urges avoiding substitutes.
An invitation for women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free and cheerful advice about their symptoms. Her advice and medicine claim to have restored health to over a hundred thousand women.
Beautiful books were discovered in temples of Thibet by members of the Younghusband expedition. Covers are carved from close grained wood in three panels with Buddhas on lotus thrones amid bo tree foliage, gilded heavily. The first page is silk veiled in green or red, deep blue with gold raised opening, gold and silver type, and gold binding features.
Mrs Mary Lyons aged 79 died last night at 7 20 at the home of Mrs J M Gardner of Keslington Corners Cass county Michigan The funeral will be held at the home Sunday morning at 9 30 Rev DeLong officiating Burial will follow at Norton and Reams cemetery Cass county Michigan
A truant officer notes the mother explains her child is kept home to help fasten a new blouse with back buttons. She says she cannot ask neighbors for help, so John stays at home to assist. The anecdote highlights domestic duties interfering with schooling.
Mild tasting remedy praised for women and children. It aids digestion and stimulates liver and bowels without nausea or griping unlike pills. Remember the name Orino and refuse substitutes. For sale by Houseworth Bros.
Great Western Railway announces a Homeseekers excursion with greatly reduced round trip rates to Arizona Arkansas Canadian Northwest Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Manitoba Mexico Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North and South Dakota Oregon Texas Washington Wyoming. Tickets on sale May 2 16 and June 6 20. For information contact F R Mosier P A 115 Adams St Chicago IL.
Notices describe the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland Oregon and outline meetings of several societies. It mentions land sales planned for May 22 and references additional dates and locations connected to shore and lake areas.
This year Tasmania will export 500000 bushels of apples. Most of the fruit will be sent to England and Australia.
Ivor Davidson once a renowned circus giant, stood seven feet two inches tall and has died at his home in Doscoe Minnesota.
In Iceland men and women are political equals as the nation of over 70 000 people is governed by representatives elected by both genders.
The Central Mining and Investment Corporation public offering proves oversubscribed nearly ninety times while subscribers receive only 11.4 percent of their stakes. Shares trade at 13 percent premium, recalling John Law era speculation and the early French Panama Canal frenzy.
A historical note describes a former English royal custom where an officer crowed like a rooster on Ash Wednesday to remind revelers of the bird. King George II, newly arrived from Germany, misinterpreted the display as an insult and jumped up in anger, ending the custom.
Growing demand in India for timber other than teak accompanies factory growth and coal wine exports. Ancient forest clearing by tribes involved burning patches, sowing grain in ashes, and letting jungle regrow, often killing $2 worth of timber to grow $20 of grain, sparking resentment and arson.
In an unimpassioned effort a Cheyenne Sun report quotes an Indian chief saying Indian great smoker and that smoking helps laziness. The remark appears as part of a brief cultural note in the Wyoming newspaper.
A man in Leavenworth, Indiana, refused doctors to operate on his wife for female trouble. He justified his stance, citing belief in alternatives as “unreasonable” to doctors’ plan and choosing to try Electric Bitters instead.
Harriman president of Union Pacific approves an ocean to ocean tour for a gasoline motor car. The route includes Omaha Portland San Francisco Los Angeles New Orleans Chicago Milwaukee New York and back to Omaha. Chicago experts see it displacing steam for short hauls and urban service.
The University of Chicago will not adopt any seal depicting a lamp or oil symbols. Treasurer Thomas Goodspeed rejected eleven student designs, all featuring the lamp motif, and asked for new proposals without oil imagery. Designers work on fresh concepts as students await the result.
The New York Press notes fashion now favors silver tables in boudoirs, though their tops are often not metal. Mrs Berkele y Martyn displays a silver table loaded with travel and home treasures including a Roman lamp, colonial candlesticks, porringers, filigree pieces, and carved figures.
A special cable dispatch reports London is rapidly replacing electric lighting with gas lighting. The move targets Queen Victoria Street Fleet Street and Lower Thames Street to save about £400 yearly for the city streets committee.
Laurel Miller twenty one, daughter of Charles L. Carter of Kendallville and former LaGrange County sheriff, died last night by carbolic acid after a troubled period with a railroad worker. Coroner Dewey found letters including a farewell note as authorities moved the body to Kendallville.
Tokyo reports reveal a vast belief that victories in Manchuria stem from the unseen influence of the emperor. A court official describes the sovereign's daily routine and intimate concern for front-line troops, highlighting poetry, careful governance, and a hibachi fire as symbols of bond with soldiers.
The fragment notes an Oregon building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition that exceeds several state buildings in size. It references comparison to structures at the St Louis World’s Fair, indicating a notably large exhibit.
A Sunday bullfight resumes in Madrid following a legal change. Officials oversee the event amid debates on animal welfare and municipal regulation. Fans and critics watch as the arena gates open and the first cape work begins.
An informal party at the Omaha Nebraska executive mansion featured a unique plan of entertainment a lassoing match organized by Mr and Mrs E S Mickey according to the State Journal The program began with a hunt for the ladies hidden around the halls followed by a general round up as the crowd gathered
George Wyman & Co opens a new crockery department with a large sale of imported china at one third off. The ad lists hundreds of pieces from dinnerware to glassware, porcelain sets, open stock patterns, hosiery and underwear, carpets, linens, dress goods, curtains, and straw matting with many items priced to attract buyers.
Advertisers promote low rates for Sunday travel on the Lake Shore Railway with tickets available via agents in Michigan. The brief notice notes ongoing Sunday service and pricing details.
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