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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
6
A May sale offers various discounted items to reduce stock. Included are carpets at 50c per yard versus 65c, lace curtains discounted to 8 12 dollars, and dozens of apparel items from ladies wear to children’s dresses priced far below market. The store touts large quantities and unusually low prices across textiles, dress goods, and stock products.
A reminiscence blends rattlesnake adventures in Indiana with a minister in Alexandria losing a silver door knob to a hungry black snake, a farmer’s view on rattlers’ danger, and a historic political reflection on 1896 campaign loyalties.
A shoestring vendor muses on customer habits and prices. He notes varied tastes from country folk to high-heeled women and explains string options from red, blue, and tan to imported velvet-banded pairs. He even links footwear choices to occupations and bonds, ending with a streetwise line about every man to his business.
Louisville Courier-Journal remarks on Indiana Democrats praising their leaders and unity while warning against rigid platform details that could alienate voters. It cites Chairman O Brien and Jeffersonian ideals, stressing capability and fitness as keys to political success.
In cheerful athletic scenes readers are urged to use Perry Davis Painkiller to soothe nerves and warm muscles after exertion. The ad claims it has relieved pain for two generations of Americans with bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents.
The Aurrer? can Machine and Ordnance company of New York has been incorporated with a capital of 10,000,000 to manufacture and deal in guns ammunition and other ordnance.
In Denver Bray 24 reports a weeks long labor dispute over two men and a midnight lunch break with overtime pay settled. Masters conceded the workers key demands for two men and 10 cents more per hour.
Seafarers report the schooner Hielen Mary foundered twenty five miles northeast of Thatchers Island. Captain Moore of Greenport L. Ai commanded the vessel with a crew of six men.
Governor Yates visits the hospital for the incurably insane at Sout Bartonvillé in Peoria Illinois and commends the trustees and Dr Garrier the active superintendent for the methods in use during the inspection on May 24.
Professor William P. Rogers, dean of Indiana University Law School, Bloomington, has been offered a Northwestern University Law School professorship in Evanston at a salary of 2500 dollars per year.
Cures painful smarting feet and growing nails and relieves corns bunions. Stops sweating and aching feet whether shoes are tight or new. Sold by druggists and shoe stores and by mail for 25 cents in stamps. Trial package free. Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
Work at the Philadelphia mint resumes on May 24 after an eighteen day idleness caused by Dr. Norris refusing the role of chief coiner. He declined the duties and responsibilities of the office, ending the suspension.
A letter from Fannie Williams of Buchanan Michigan dated May 22 praises Genesee Pure Food Co Grain-O as a coffee substitute. She notes her mother switched completely from coffee and their family uses a package weekly.
New York May 26 It is announced that the National Civil Federation executive committee will meet in New York to consider plans to end the anthracite coal miners strike. Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor is expected to attend. Arbitration talks have stalled with operators and miners, and the federation aims to propose a plan that avoids prestige loss for either side.
In Chicago Senator W R Rear and Secretary M D rank of the United Mine Workers discuss likely strike action as President Mitchell arrives to see his wife. A national convention may be called if five districts demand it, with Pennsylvania and Michigan already backing a call. In Kewanee Illinois H N Requa is found dead in his bathtub from gas exposure.
A Toledo notice states Frank J. Cheney as senior partner of J Openey & QGo that their firm won one standard dollar per patient for cures of catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. The sworn document lists the December date and notary, describing the remedy taken internally and claiming it acts on blood and mucous surfaces.
Two Syrian peddlers, roaming the countryside for a week, were found dead in woods two miles southwest of Bourbon after a severe storm. The coroner's jury ruled death by lightning as the tree beside them lay shattered and a heavy dawn rain followed the thunderstorm.
In Shenandoah Iowa on May 26 a jury found Wesley Irwin guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced him to life. The trial involved three boys for the killing of Oscar Miller near the Wabash landhouse in December. Bana Den nis also received a life sentence for the same crime, while Eugene Mason was acquitted.
Oshkosh Wisconsin May 26 a burglar confession appears in court records. The defendant Frank who seized the scene reportedly confessed to the crime and faces sentencing after a lengthy trial.
An advertisement extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a digestion aid for overeating and weak stomachs. It claims the product digests food without the stomach’s help, relieves fatness and bloating, prevents belching, and cures indigestion and stomach ailments, including claims of pediatric use and personal testimonials.
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