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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
3
Mrs Potts outlines how women should prepare for motherhood noting that infertility and aging strain couples. She discusses womb displacement and weakening generative organs as causes and emphasizes readiness for childbearing.
Mrs Anna Potts of Hot Springs Arkansas describes years of backache irregular menses and discharges and two miscarriages. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports improved health and a healthy baby within a year. She urges other women to try the remedy and writes to Mrs Pinkham for free advice.
Indiana lawmakers fail to set a statewide 2 cent per mile rate for steam railroads. The Indiana Railroad Commission investigates steps to require a flat 2 cent a mile fare for all passengers rather than mileage book based pricing.
Mrs. George Everbeck spotted a large rattlesnake tangled in her buggy box while riding east of Goshen. She killed the snake with her whip and then collapsed, suffering ongoing nervousness.
Senator J R Burton of Kansas found guilty on all six counts in a federal indictment charging accepting compensation from Rialto Grain and Securities to appear as attorney before the post office department. The verdict, read at 12 50 pm, could vacate his Senate seat when the ruling becomes final.
New York November 27 Richard A McCurdy steps down as Mutual Life Insurance president triggering resignations by his son Robert H McCurdy general manager and Louis A Thebaud top New York general agent Each drew about 150000 annually plus commissions and indirect profits The board has not announced changes until a successor is chosen A tentative offer was made to James B Forgan but he declined to consider it
Boston reports hymn writer Mrs Kidder aged 86 died in Chelsea. Her best known works include Is My Name Written There We Shall Sleep but Not Forever and The Golden Side. She reportedly authored over 1000 hymns and collaborated with Ira D Sankey on words for D L Moody composed music.
A slight earthquake was recorded in Rome and observatories across the kingdom on Sunday morning. The shock was felt in eastern central and southern Italy and caused limited damage to the Ariano cathedral in Apulia with no reported deaths.
Myrtle Cory a 23 year old student at the normal school in Wimona Minnesota killed herself by jumping from a wagon bridge into the Mississippi River. She left a note asking forgiveness and said religious unrest caused her act. The tragedy occurred Sunday afternoon at church hour.
The international fleet assembled at Piraeus sailed under sealed orders for a naval demonstration supporting the powers demand for financial control of Macedonia. At Mytilene the allied fleet arrived as Turkey shows tentative agreement toward American negotiation goals on neutralized citizens and the Var–tanian murder case.
Washington reports that no flowers will be allowed in the Senate chamber or House desks at the opening of Congress. Speaker Cannon directed that floral tributes not be brought in, continuing a practice previously restricted. Flowers will likely be stopped at Capitol doors to honor members without display.
A fog wreck on the Boston and Maine line at Bakers Bridge near Lincoln Massachusetts killed eighteen passengers and injured twenty five plus others. The rear collision between the Montreal express and a Marlboro branch local occurred as signals failed and fire followed, neighbors aiding in rescue until medical aid arrived.
Towanda Pennsylvania November 27 Mary Shaylor 20 and Henry Whitmiller eight months old were burned to death in a fire that destroyed William Ackley’s house in Towanda township. Two men were seriously burned and several others injured. The fire started when an oil lamp was accidentally upset while the inmates had been drinking.
Three Boston and Maine railroad employees were killed and two injured in a freight train collision at South Waterboro Maine on Sunday.
Famine prevails in northeast Japan due to rice crop failure. Government begins relief efforts as reports from Victoria, B.C. note the developing crisis dated November 27.
Annapolis Md Nov 27 autopsy conducted on Midshipman James R Branch Jr who died Nov 7 after a fist fight with Midshipman Minor Meriwether. The court martial trial on manslaughter charges will continue this morning. Naval surgeons examined Branch to determine heart and organ condition prior to the fight.
Secretary James Wilson reports 1905 farm wealth reaches a record 6.415 billion dollars, with corn valued at 1.216 billion and exports totaling 827 million. Dairy, poultry, cattle, and farm banking growth accompany gains under sixtieth century prosperity.
Washington November 27 The exchange of copies of the Russo Japanese peace treaty occurred Sunday afternoon at the state department Bar on Rozen and Minister Takahira participated in the ceremony marking the formal exchange of documents.
Mr. F. Le Roy Hoar of 182 Constitution street Bristol Rhode Island recounts six months of rheumatic pain and poor circulation cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills after taking two to five boxes. He describes swelling numbness and return to health and urges others to seek evidence of cure by writing to Schenectady New York.
In AQNEY near Redding California the orchard yields a second crop of June apples in October after grasshoppers stripped the first. Judge Harris of Oakland granted Mrs Ethel Matthew a divorce after her husband threw her dog from a window breaking its leg and cruel treatment reported. Kaiser policies expand with six autos already and seven more ordered while horses suffer in the stable.
Luther Swinehart of La Grange said grading on the Valley line is advancing quickly with 50 teams at work. He expects about 12 miles completed before cold weather halts work, and notes grading is satisfactory to date.
Frank Kelley receives the first trophy offered by the Goshen Golf Club in a memorial victory tournament. The silver cup with gold lining will be engraved with an inscription as friends congratulate the winner on Friday.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gardner of Chicago formerly of Elkhart. The infant weighs one pound and is being raised in an incubator from the White City. Mrs. G T Hunter, Gardner's mother, returned to Elkhart from Chicago Monday.
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