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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
6
The narrative links grip afterffects to anemia and nerve pain, touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a universal remedy. Mrs Van Scoy from Danbury recounts severe grip followed by rheumatism and recovery after one box, claiming rapid improvement and full restoration. Pills sold by druggists.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of J. Cheney & Co. firm in Toledo Ohio. The firm agrees to pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured or not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason. Cure taken internally and targets mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Andrew Lang recalls a childhood habit of desultory reading with six open books on six chairs. He remembers a vivid firelit scene of reading Midsummer Night's Dream while candles burned, music from a piano, a young couple playing chess, and fairytale imagery that felt like paradise.
A prospector tapping a rock ledge uncovered a mass of silver ore by chance. Assays showed twelve pounds of silver per ton, sparking reports of a vast, still untapped underground deposit with ore fields yielding hundreds of millions of pounds of pure silver to date.
An old woman entered a London shop and asked to buy a circulating library. The clerk clarified the term and learned she wanted a revolving bookcase.
The device converts each penny placed on the slot into a receipt that is returned, with sixty such receipts equaling a five shilling bank deposit, illustrating a savings concept tied to small coins and a London context.
A strong protest emerges over plans to bring to England the individual identified as Smith. Demonstrators argue for humane treatment and question legal basis for extradition. Public gathering urges authorities to review the case and seek alternative actions.
Joseph Bontrager of Middlebury township, aged 93, recalls early Elkhart county days and pioneers. Daniel Miller, his Pennsylvanian nephew, holds letters showing postal service growth. Goshen plans sixteen new business rooms in several blocks by next fall.
The New York American describes veteran actor Joseph Jefferson as born on stage and recounts early tales from his boyhood in Washington. He mimicked stage fright to earn pennies, performed as Hercules as a child, and amused crowds with a sleeping routine and a counterfeit bill incident in a restaurant.
In Huntington county the P H McCormack Co construction faces a conflict between the commissioners and county council over the new courthouse. Nearby in LaGrange county sheriff arrest expanded to a rape charge against William F Harding, taken to jail after capture near Ontario. his wife, now deceased, bore a daughter Rhoda Solomon aged about 14 who helped him at home and is alleged to have had improper relations with him.
The dividend order for the Ellison bank at Lagrange remains unsigned by the referee and is expected in a few days. About $30,000 will be needed to complete the payment. Marshall county pioneer Anson P. Hilcott, longtime Plymouth Episcopal church janitor, has died. Allen county resident and former French army officer Christian Pirson, 86, has died after 35 years in the area.
Robert F. Hayes died at his residence in Lagrange at age 45. He had moved to Lagrange in 1877, leaving behind his family and neighbors.
Frank Herrick a 23 year old Allen County man died from lockjaw in a case likely linked to a neglected wound. Local authorities reported the death as a fatal infection ending in septic complications.
Sherman Blake surprised friends by appearing on the street after leaving camp a week ago. He explains he ran out of Wadsworth Bros. Chicos and had to travel ten miles to buy another box at Leonard & Bentz druggists. He praises the Chico, noting it tastes like Havana and costs a mere five cents in their shop.
An invitation to summer travelers to escape to Muskoka in Ontario. The text promises cool breezes, pleasant rocks and lakes about 100 miles north of Toronto, at 1600 feet above sea level, as a primitive nature retreat. Readers may request illustrated descriptive publications by mail.
Great Western Railway advertises low round trip rates from Chicago to Portland Seattle Bellingham Everett Victoria Vancouver and to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. Tickets on sale May 28 through September 29 with further sale dates and details available from F R Mosier T P A ssistant 115 Adams Street Chicago Illinois.
Jefferson recounts in Century Magazine how a London debut in full wig and beard caused a dramatic yet unintended scene. A chamber maid warns of a crowd across the street as the lamp-lit room draws an astonished audience, ending with the narrator laughing off the nervous dyspepsia.
On a Louisiana farm lake Joseph Jefferson encounters a stranger who claims he is not fishing but teaching the fish to swim. The exchange ends with the fisherman declaring his purpose to educate the fish.
Joseph Jefferson told a Chicago audience, quoted by the Boston Globe, that acting hinges on repetition and making lines sound fresh each time. He recalled a theater anecdote about Rip Van Winkle and a boy who asked about a gun scene, calling the incident a pleasing compliment.
Professor Redard of Geneva reports in the London Globe that blue light on closed eyes acts on nerve centers to induce sleep, via hypnotic or anaesthetic action. He notes violet and green rays have a similar but weaker effect, while red and yellow do not.
The article describes the East Boston tunnel nearly a mile and a half long costing about 3 million dollars. It runs ninety feet below the harbor through a cement tube and is presented as a lasting, enduring work for centuries to come.
County Clerk Kinney estimates the new marriage license law reduced Elkhart county licenses by 25 percent. Officials say media discussion created a false impression and many couples remain hesitant to apply, believing they must answer many questions and undergo strict exams.
Polly Schrock and husband transfer 40 acres in Middlebury to Frank Schrock. Goshen Lateral Railway Co. transfers to Goshen Woolen Mill Co. a Goshen lot for $1. Benj. Gray heirs convey to Julia E. Gray a Nappanee lot for $200. John D P Coppes and wife to Henry H. Taylor a Nappanee lot for $1. Henry Gilman and wife to Mary M. Williams a Elkhart lot for $1,300. Sherman D. LaMunyon and wife to George W. Flowers and Ida Flowers a East Goshen lot for $20. Francis L. Hook to George W. Flowers and wife a Goshen lot for $100. Oliver H. Sweitzer and wife to Elmer B. Thompson land in Osio tp for $1,000. William L. Thompson and wife to Jennie M. Bell 75 acres in Osio tp for $1. Jennie M. Bell conveys land in Osio tp for $1,000.
The South Bend and Southern Michigan Railway Co. orders ten large cars for delivery by October 1 and six more next spring. The cars will be modern and specially built for their work on the extended line to St. Joseph, Michigan.
Irvin Potts, a saloonist, says Matt Kelley who was tried and acquitted last week for selling liquor to a minor is not employed at Potts’ saloon but works for Ike O’Donnell.
Reported plan to train handmaids in weaving towels and other domestic linen at the palace as a replacement for tambour frame work. The policy echoes imperial household practices and aims to elevate domestic craft skills among attendants.
The London Mail reports the first living birth in Windsor castle’s curfew tower, home to Keeper Wellbelove. The thirteenth century tower once housed instruments of torture and prison grimness, now a nursery for a princess.
The Shanghai North China Herald notes the aging Empress Dowager wishes her last resting place prepared before she dies. It reports nearly $5,000,000 already spent on the proposed mausoleum west of Pekin called the Happy Land of a Myriad Tears.
In a London dinner at the New Vagabond's, Rita, identified as Mrs. Desmond Humphreys and known as the Scotch Scotty, faced Countess of Warwick. The Countess did not react harshly and remained gracious, despite expectations she would challenge Rita.
On May 15 17 18 19 22 23 the Lake Shore Railway will sell reduced rate tickets to Winona Lake Warsaw Indiana for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church. Tickets are valid for return until June 4.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a perfect cure for coughs colds and the white plague consumption. It warns against unknown preparations and promotes asking for Foley's Honey and Tar sold by Houseworth Bros.
A brief reads that a question about factory hours and the employment of girls has occupied the Supreme Court of Victoria for two days. The factories act governs whether young workers may be employed beyond certain hours. The case centers on interpreting these provisions.
A special Cotton Belt Route train trip on June 20 invites fruit and truck growers to East Texas. From St. Louis the weeklong tour studies harvest conditions with visits to large orchards and talks by horticulture experts. Texas events include a June 23 state meeting and a study of peaches plums tomatoes potatoes.
The Administrator of the estate of John D. Garman announces a public auction at the late residence in Concord Township on Thursday June 8 offering three horses three cows seven head of young cattle four shoat three wagons three buggies two harness sets and other farm articles including an organ carpets stoves and more. Terms cash for sums under 800 or credit up to six months with six percent interest after maturity upon furnishing security and attorney fees waived. Hughes and Arnold attorneys. N W Garman administrator.
The father, a farmer named Pennock, living near Temple Michigan, is identified and the nine year old Sylvia Rout will be returned to him from Trustee Puterbaugh who had been appointed guardian after she was placed with Mrs Esther Pifer's son. The girl has been with an unknown family after being moved from her deceased foster mother's son.
An elderly grandmother, Mrs H A Ricker, about 83, was found in a Salvation Army room in poor condition with nothing to eat. Humane Officer Miller found her unable to care for herself amid unsanitary, cold quarters she had inhabited since last winter.
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