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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
3
A detailed guide to a stylish diagonal street gown requiring 514 yards of fabric. Describes colorways in royal blue, autumn brown, russe green, and purple with tunic styling, braids, trims, and contrasting linings. Notes on jacket finishes, fur imitation options, and a small velvet or felt hat to complete the ensemble.
London milliners reveal a radical change to the English walking hat retaining a broad low crown while flattening the sides and concealing the brim beneath chiffon or fur. White felt dominates with raw edges or lace and fur ruchings. A tall ribbon covered wire trim adorns backs of crowns. Helen Grey-Page notes describe the fashion, with emphasis on materials, trims, and chic detail.
Letter from Mrs E E Kony of Germano Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for eight years of womb troubles and painful periods. She says the remedy made her a new woman able to work full days without fatigue and will recommend it to other suffering women.
A reader recounts taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and other products to treat womb trouble, nervousness, insomnia, and poor appetite. She reports improved health, renewed energy, and plans to recommend the remedies to others.
A thrifty old man refuses to spend on his appearance. His sons plot a bargain coat for seven fifty. He buys at six dollars but loses it when he shows it on a streetcar to a friend who offers eight dollars. Collier's Weekly.
Adolph L. Millett of Manchester New Hampshire touts Chamberlains Pain Baim for a long standing shoulder pain claim. He says his wife used one bottle with satisfaction and reports near full cure after nine years of difficult symptoms. For sale by A O Rowe druggist.
A sister recounts Buffalo Bill's visit to a North Platte church he helped build. The opening hymn malfunctions as organist struggles with key and tempo. Will jokes to start at five thousand so others can join in.
J D Brides editor of the Democrat in Lancaster New Hampshire endorses One Minute Cough Cara as the best remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles. It relieves and cures pneumonia bronchitis and throat ailments and is sold at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
Count Von Haeseler, a German cavalry general and commanding general of the Sixteenth Army Corps at Metz, directed major maneuvers involving four complete corps and over 100000 troops for more than a week with Gen Von Falkenhausen as his second in command.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a universal digestant curing all forms of indigestion. S J Fleming praises it after suffering fifty seven years with dyspepsia and finding relief. The copy notes physicians prescribe it and it is sold in Murray and Ned areas.
An undertaker narrator laments the need to suppress humor and joy in his trade. He recalls a life of wit and jokes before his father steered him into funeral work, where smiles are forbidden and sorrow is the only permissible expression. He muses on ads and public impressions in a somber, reflective tone.
A jurist and witnesses discuss aging in a sharp exchange. The White Man probes Uncle Shinpaugh about his century of life while the elder hints his longevity stems from never dying, in a terse courtroom moment.
In a Washington Star excerpt a man recalls smashing someone who insulted a friend. The aggressor allegedly called the friend “the most ignorant person in this community,” prompting the clash.
A line from the Chicago Record recounts a man sending a dollar for a youth-boosting recipe. He ends up with a card advising him to always associate with women twenty years older, delivering a wry social remark.
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