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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
2
A fashion voice argues that women should consider personality and hair in color choices beyond eye appeal. The piece notes French style as adaptive and actresses by nature, citing Trouville in bright red cotton and Paris during Lent with demure grays and purples as examples.
Edwin Hilbish of Chicago visits friends in Zion for guest day. A husking bee occurs at Mr Charles Fetty’s. Ed Smetzer loses his right hand threshing corn at Mr Garver’s. Twenty youths honor Miss Edna Fowler on her 20th birthday with games and refreshments. Halloween social nets $14.50. Miss Bessie Teal of Elkhart visits Teal family. Binghart of ee noted in nearby chatter.
The Elkhart audience will be invited to see The Squaw Man presented at the Bucklen on Thursday evening, highlighting a high class attraction in the local entertainment lineup.
Fragmented text advertises Think of Dr Shoops Catarrh Cure claiming relief for nose discharge fever and foul odors. Phrases mention healing purifying and controlling symptoms and offer store contact with dealers and a call to action. The readable parts imply a generic mid century patent medicine promotion.
An advertisement asserts ninety nine out of a hundred women are ideal in looks and figure and promotes Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea Tablets at 35 cents, framed as a popular domestic health product.
An old clipping notes that physical beauty spurs ambition and mentions Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a starter. It advertises tea tablets at 35 cents from House Worth Bros, implying a beauty health connection for women.
The text portrays Herbert Spencer favoring crude art notions with "impure purple" as his signature color. It notes his purple gloves, purple binding on furniture, and artificial flowers, arguing he preferred bright artificial decor over real plants due to maintenance. It contrasts his view with objections to artificial flowers.
The Truth reports unusually loud circulation with higher din and reach than any other Elk Hart County newspaper, signaling strong reader engagement and market dominance.
Hon. John R. Garrett mayor of Girard Alabama testifies that daytime and nighttime itching torment vanished after using Dean's Ointment and that it cured him permanently.
An advertisement touts Dr W B Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a modern cure for stomach liver and bowel disorders. It claims quick permanent relief and loyalty to the brand, sold by Houseworth Bros for 50c and 1.00 with a money back guarantee if it fails.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a quick aid for accidents and injuries, promising pain subduing and healing effects for emergencies.
Advertises Preventics as toothsome candy tablets that dissipate colds quickly. Says early use prevents colds and is safe for children and effective for adults. Sold in 5 and 25 cent boxes by all dealers.
Advertised remedy Pinewles claims to ease backache and urinary troubles from faulty kidney action. It is sold for 46? or 1.00 for 30 days at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
Practical guidance on table manners courting public decorum and wedding etiquette including handling guests leaving a car bearing expenses and appropriate arm hosting practices. emphasizes roles for hosts brides families and grooms in 19th or early 20th century custom.
Patient reports frequent hissing in ears. Doctor responds by suggesting the patient consider a different occupation, noting the actor's profession in the exchange.
A concise moral reflection notes that conscience acts as a friend guiding judgment before punishment, invoking a judge like Stanislaus as a symbol of fair moral oversight.
According to an eminent authority, Gaspar Cortereal in 1500 first ascended the St. Lawrence and believed it to be a strait leading to the Indian Sea. Upon realizing it was a river, the explorers exclaimed Canada meaning Here nothing, a phrase remembered by natives and repeated by later Europeans who took it as the country name.
A frugal couple receives a sudden fortune of 100 dollars after a relative dies. On hearing the news they contemplate the future but decide to keep life unchanged, addressing neighbors as before with quiet magnanimity. The tale from the London Standard reflects social modesty in generosity.
A fragment from the Washington Star quotes a bachelor girl expressing loneliness and fear that marriage would ruin her culinary experiments on a gas stove. She mentions the chafing dish as a potential casualty of domestic life.
A Boston pastor notes that universal peace is an idle dream and tells a stark tale of a pale ragged girl guiding a crippled brother through the street as part of life among the humble and unfortunate. He asserts marriage remains common.
A reiterated sales pitch touts Pyramid Pile Cure as painless and safe for piles with a free trial package mailed in plain wrap. It claims instant relief and a simple path to a permanent cure, urging readers to request the trial from Pyramid Drug Co. in Marshall Michigan.
An advertisement cautions that imperfect digestion can lead to serious disease and suggests Mi-O-Na tablets from Houseworth Bros. as a cure. It claims rapid relief in most cases from a 50 cent box, with money back guarantees if not satisfied.
Northbound No 42 Winona Flyer leaves Indianapolis at 3 10 p m and arrives Elkhart 7 20 p m Also listed are stops at Benton Harbor Granger Goshen and Anderson with various transfer notes Train 38 runs to Louisville and connects at Greensburg for Cincinnati Parlor cars operate on trains 33 and 34 Agents G A Shnry H Breim and Warren J Lynch announce the schedule on New York Central lines
An old piece argues superstition is fading and illness fought by environment and medicine. It touts Quaker Herb Extract as instant relief and permanent cure for stomach liver and kidney diseases, claiming it uses nature’s herbs roots berries leaves and blossoms.
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