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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
5
Denver May 22 A city strike involving about 10 000 workers and threatening twice that number of unionists ended through mediation by a chamber of commerce committee and a local typographical union rep. Both sides made concessions and the business climate stabilized.
Vancouver May 22. The Island Power company received 480 square miles of timber lands in excess of its application due to a mistake in the provincial lands and works department. The discovery is acknowledged by W H More deputy minister of works. No remedy announced.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a permanent cure for bone pains itching and scabby skin diseases swellings carbuncles pimples scrofula and blood poison. It promises to heal ulcers stop aches and pains purify blood and even cure cancer and hopeless cases.
An old time advertisement fragment mentions a large bottle and a guarantee for druggists directing proper use. It promises safety when taken correctly and hints at a refund if not sufficient or satisfactory. The snippet repeats vague claims about care for blood health and OD root Bok content.
Elkhart and Goshen High Schools prepare for a track meet at the Lesh farm Goshen Friday. Events include sprints jumps throws hurdles and relays with a special noon car to shuttle athletes and a post event lecture at the opera house.
The St. Joseph Valley Traction Co seeks a South Bend franchise to run an electric line from Lagrange to the city, with Elkhart connections. Rumors of a 10 cent fare South Bend to Elkhart sparked concern over unfair competition, while Elkhart interests push factory development supported by Bucklen.
Munich May 26 A criminal prosecution is started against cartoonist Heine for a grossly offensive image in Simplicissimus showing Chancellor von Buelow teaching Baron Speck von Sternberg to flatter the Stars and Stripes. Police seized the edition May 6.
Chicago and Northwestern passenger train from Omaha derailed at Onawa Iowa thirty miles south of Sioux City. Baggage man reported fatally injured and several passengers hurt in the incident.
George Gordon found a high lustre white pearl weighing 6414 grains in the Mississippi river at Lansing bay. The pearl, valued at $2,000, was sold to Max R. Green of Chicago after Miss Gennett Rudd helped Gordon open the shell.
Samuel Enders sues his wife for divorce claiming she deserted him twenty three times. The filing is dated May 26 in Joplin Missouri.
A Berlin paper highlights recent successes of the Hetal cure for consumption, devised by Professor Landerer of Stuttgart hospital. The remedy, named after his wife Heta, uses cinnamite of soda injected into veins and reportedly helps advanced tuberculosis cases. Landerer introduced the method years ago while funding it himself amid limited medical attention.
Advertises a cure for a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature appears on each box. Price is 25 cents.
A brief exchange where the son asks to borrow $1,000 to build a house and asserts he has plans from a domestic magazine. The father quizzes readiness with the question about plans, highlighting a DIY dream of a cottage for a thousand dollars.
A Providence Telegram cartoonish jab mocks lawmakers aiming to ban kissing, calling for reformers to be sent to retreats for the feeble minded. The sharp quip criticizes attempts to regulate private manners as impractical and elitist.
Help wanted for construction crews on the Lake Shore freight yards. Apply to contractors on the ground or to the under signed at Depot Hotel. O. O. 8S. Robinson, Supt.
A concise editorial notes a constant struggle between health and disease in every person. It cites factors like poor nutrition air and stress against remedies including sunshine rest and nourishment, mentioning Scott's Emulsion as a suggested aid.
The Fort Wayne Buggy Company in Fort Wayne Indiana has been placed in the hands of a receiver by stockholders. Liabilities are about six thousand dollars and assets are roughly the same. Principal stockholder is Rev Father Baker of Alexandria. Former councilman Henry Kohrman managed the plant. The Fort Wayne Trust Company was appointed receiver.
A I Blade Milwaukee insurance manager and superintendent for Wisconsin agencies at Equitable Life shot himself at Pfister hotel. He faced a nervous disorder. A note to his wife said Max will see that you get a fair deal.
London May 27 Sir William Vernon Harcourt the Liberal statesman will probably not participate actively in politics again. Complications in his illness are likely to disable him for life.
Moses Ashby of Pequenoc aged seventy seven recounts buying a working jumper and an Easter hat in New London Connecticut. He describes the hat he wore for twenty five years and a suit purchased forty years ago that remains in good condition. He credits daily labor, outdoor work, and abstaining from liquor to his health and vigor.
Lillian Blauvelt, soon bound for England to sing Marguerite in Faust, is described as an avid ornithologist who loves song birds. She recounts gentle talks with boys about kindness to birds and a humorous encounter with a boy with a gun, who promises only to salute the birds.
A periodical contributor notes rare cases where the heart shows slight pulsations up to thirty hours after decapitation. Reports say injections of arsenic may revive heart movements, prompting discussion on postmortem cardiac activity.
The Illinois state board of agriculture building committee met at the Sherman house to award contracts for extending machinery hall and the coliseum at the state fair grounds. They examined plans for a new women’s building to replace the one destroyed by fire eighteen months ago.
Marine men near St Joseph Michigan believe a Tuesday night squall claimed several lives off the port. A tug named Lloyd M located a full rigged sloop twelve miles from shore. it was vacant suggesting the occupants were drowned.
A Fremont North Carolina resident B F Bass reports severe kidney trouble cured by Electric Bitters after other medicines failed. He asserts neighbors also found relief from rheumatism liver and kidney troubles and debility. Available for 50 cents at Houseworth Bros Druggists.
Federal grand jury in Jacksonville Florida has indicted Mrs Helen Wilmans Post famed for mental science and absent thought connection on two counts of deliberate fraud.
In Oakland Maine on May 27 1910 38 year old Mrs Nellie Bickford was shot by her 10 year old son. Police say the motive was to avoid schooling. The boy fired the fatal shot and Mrs Bickford is believed fatally wounded.
Will take a long drive. Mr and Mrs Edward Warren of Lowville New York have started a 3000 mile trip to Los Angeles California to pursue fruit farming upon arrival.
The International Telegraph Conference gathered at Physicians Hall on the Thames embankment with one hundred delegates from leading nations in attendance.
Paris May 27 Dr E Charles Wendt of New York shot himself in his Paris apartment. He leaves a widow and two children. Authorities have notified Consul General Gowdy.
Judge Henry C Ide of the Philippine Commission returns to St Johnsbury Vermont after part of his six months furlough on his way home.
An advertisement touts Dr Kine's New Life Pills as a remedy for many ailments including dyspepsia jaundice fever and constipation. It promotes a $0.25 pill sold at Houseworth Bros Drug Store and mocks lack of respect for the elderly.
Laconia New Hampshire May 27 Nearly 100 buildings burned 350 persons homeless and losses reach 400000 as a Lakeport section fire razed about 150 acres The blaze began in a boiler room of the H H Wood hosiery milk plant and spread to a lumber plant and electric works destroying both within an hour The city fire department was unable to halt the rapid spread.
Very Rev. E. J. McLaughlin pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination and his chapel tenure. Students hosted an afternoon jubilee at the opera house and parishioners gave a $1500 purse at a evening ceremony.
Henry Renard alias H L Moody aged 70 died of pneumonia while under arrest in Pueblo Colorado on a false pretenses charge. He was a famed forger who served sentences in Illinois and Ohio and was pardoned by President Harrison for his Civil War army surgeon record.
Disastrous wrecks and careless causes cited as harm from throat and lung diseases. Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester Massachusetts credits Dr Kings New Discovery for saving her life. Remedy guarantees relief for throat and lung diseases, price 50 cents to 1 dollar with free trial bottles offered by Houseworth Bros. druggists.
A father explains playfully to his son the difference between a snowball and a charity ball. The tale unfolds with a light quip about a hit to the neck and a strike to the pocket, capturing a domestic humor scene.
A runaway bicycle incident left J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove with a stubborn leg ulcer for four years. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured the wound after doctors and remedies failed. It also treats burns scalds skin eruptions and piles. 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. Drag Store.
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