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Newspaper

Elkhart Weekly Truth

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1901

Page

7

Coronation Dress Rules Trace Medieval Royal Etiquette

The earl marshal issues rules for King Edward's coronation attire detailing crimson velvet robes edged with miniver for peers and coronets restricted to silver gilt with ermined caps. Distinctions rise in rows of ermine, train lengths, and coronet ball counts by rank, plus restrictions on coronets and jewels. Only certain peeresses may attend. remarried widows lose summons.

Edward United Kingdom Earl Marshal’s

Such Peculiar Names Reflect Cultural Familiarity

An exchange shows a Brit finding American town names like Weehawken and Poughkeepsie odd, while a reader notes the quirk may stem from unfamiliarity. The dialogue contrasts English places with American syllables and highlights cross cultural perception.

Weehawken Hoboken Poughkeepsie London Chipping Norton Pokestogg-on Chicago Journal

Boy prisoner slips from Delaware County jail in disguise

Muncie Frank Converse, a boy prisoner, donned a jailer's uniform and walked from the Delaware county jail yesterday. Though he passed through the jail yard he was not detected.

Muncie Frank Converse Delaware County

Centerville Clerk Recovers From Cholera Morbus

M E H Lowther district court clerk in Centerville Iowa suffered three days of agony from cucumber induced cholera morbus. He used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after trying many remedies and three doses fully relieved him. Houseworth Bros. drug stores sell the remedy.

M EH. Lowther the District Court Centerville Iowa Chamberlain Houseworth Bros

Brazil-Andrew Russell Attempts Suicide After Grave Plot

Brazil Andrew Russell reportedly took paris green after issuing Samuel Acre orders to dig his grave and arranging a funeral. The incident followed claims of a planned death by suicide and a prewritten instructions for burial.

Brazil Andrew Russell Paris Green Samuel Acre

Mothers Praise One Minute Cough Cure

Mothers celebrate the One Minute Cough Cure by Houseworth Bros as a remedy that relieves suffering in children. It claims to strike at the root of coughing and draws out inflammation, praised as a favorite among youngsters.

Houseworth Bros

Terre Haute Boy Dies From Peanut Shell Choking

Nine year old Terre Haute resident David Osterhage died after a peanut shell lodged in his throat and caused inflammation leading to fatal choking.

Terre Haute David Osterhage

Foley Kidney Cure Praised by Crown Point Wife

S. A. Ingalls of Crown Point New York writes that his wife suffered kidney trouble for years and was induced to try Foley's Kidney Cure. After less than a week she was greatly improved and three bottles cured her. Rushton’s drug store sells it.

S. A. Ingalls Crown Point N. Y Foley Rushton

Arcadia Lamp Chimney Factory Starts After Idle Break

Arcadia reports the lamp chimney factory began operations yesterday following over five weeks of idleness. Six shops remain stunned by the restart and its impact on local employment and production.

Arcadia

Buy and Try a Box Tonight

Fragmentary ad note urges purchasing a box tonight as a gift idea with a playful nudge about dad and candy. The readable lines promote trying the product and hint at a casual, informal shopping prompt.

Hazing at Illinois Campus Escalates in Persistent Pranks

Reported hazing at the University of Illinois at Champaign shows ongoing upper classmen harassment of freshmen since opening. Incidents include ducking in mud, chasing freshmen through town, and a gun deflection during a tense confrontation outside the dining hall. No serious injuries reported yet.

University of Ilinois Champaign University

Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement promises quick foot relief

An offer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cool swollen hot feet, ease tight shoes, cure swelling sweating ingrown nails blisters and callous spots, relieve corns and bunions, and provide rest. Trial package free. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 265c. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.

Allen Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy N. Y

London High Streets Then and Now

The piece surveys London’s main streets contrasting bustling Oxford Street Camberwell Green with the tranquil Denmark Hill. It notes Marylebone High Street as preserving quiet amid modern life and describes the leafed hill, old houses, silent lawns, and cedar trees that seem to guard the night.

London Oxford Street Marylebone High Street Camberwell Green Denmark Hill Academy

Grain-O praised for health benefits by Kansas user

Washington D C Genesee Pure Food Co LeRoy NY receives a testimonial from C K Myers praising Grain-O as superior to other beverages for health and children. The letter emphasizes Grain-O as solid grain and urges readers to choose it for wellbeing.

Washington, D. C Genesee Pure Food Co LeRoy N. Y Cc. KF. Myers

Rejuvenated Potato Imitates New Crop

The essay humorously describes a gardener who hides potatoes to age them and then reclaims them with a boiling lye bath to resemble new potatoes. It notes that while the tubers look flawless after treatment, the flavor remains unlike true fresh potatoes.

Petersburg Special Election Report From Washington Township

Petersburg reports a special election held in Washington Township yesterday with limited readable details. The fragment mentions voting activity but lacks concrete results or participant names.

Petersburg Washington Township Yeaterday

Heir to $7,000,000 Hamersley Estate Revealed

The New York World recounts Louis C. Hamersley's extraordinary will from February 1883 creating a life income for his widow and directing the remainder to male issue or, failing that, to designated charities. The estate valued at $7,000,000 centers on J. Hooker Hamersley and his son Louis Gordon Hamersley, dubbed the $7,000,000 Hamersley baby. Louis Gordon, now nine, remains under careful guard.

J. Hooker Hammersley Louis C. Hamersley J. Hooker Hamersley Katherine Chisholm Hamersley Louis Gordon Hamersley

City of Cleveland Sinks in Detroit River Sighting Panic

The City of Cleveland, a steel side wheeler carrying 176 passengers from Cleveland to Detroit, struck an obstacle in a fog bound Detroit River and sank to a shallow bottom. Crew rescued most passengers who waited on upper decks as divers and tugs prepared to raise the vessel.

Detroit Bes Cleveland Newsboy Lakes Archie McLachlan McLachlan Saginda City of Alpena

DeWitt's Little Early Risers Liver Purity Remedy

Houseworth Bros promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a safe reliable laxative for liver and bowel purification. Advertises it as gentle effective and easy to take without distress.

DeWitt Houseworth Bros

Dill seeks $10,000 damages in breach of promise suit

Logansport wife EB Dill sues Robert M Gibson a wealthy farmer for breach of promise asking $10,000 and moves to set aside conveyances to his son and daughter alleging the transfers were to shield recovery.

Logansport Charlotte EB. Dill Robert M. Gibson Gibson

Dyspepsia Cure Promoted By Local Drugstores

A boastful ad describes a millionaire appetite and low income, claiming Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cures dyspepsia. The product is sold by Thomas and Rushton's drug stores in the area.

Dr. Caldwell

Death of Nettie Quinn During Opera Performance

Miss Nettie Quinn seventeen daughter of Joseph Quinn president of the school board died of heart disease during The Black Flag at the opera house. She collapsed before she could be moved to her parents home.

Pain Balm Featured At Houseworth Bros Drug Stores

Chamber lain's Pain Balm offers relief for sprains swellings and lameness and is currently available at Houseworth Bros drug stores.

Chamberlain Houseworth Bros

Living Like a Savage Advice From English Physician

A Baltimore American clipping notes an English doctor urges a rich patient to imitate savages to cure. It contrasts savages with civilized life noting clubs stock exchanges trusts and politics are absent from savage existence and implies such living preserves vitality.

Baltimore American

Cope and McDoel Wed at Second Presbyterian Church

Harold W. Cope of Pittsburg and Dorothy A. McDoel were married last evening at Second Presbyterian Church with Rev. John F. Hale officiating. The bride is a niece of President McDoel of the Monon railway.

Lafayette Second Presbyterian Church Harold W. Cope Pittsburg Dorothy A. McDoel John F. Hale President McDoel Monon Railway

Kidney Cure Claim From Frostburg Patient

J Odgers of Frostburg Maryland reports a severe kidney complaint and credits Foley’s Kidney Cure with immediate relief and complete cure after two bottles. He urges others to obtain Foley’s from Rushton’s drug store.

J. Odgers Frostburg Foley S. Rushton

Philippine executions cited by Lafayette letter

A letter to Lafayette reports five Filipino murderers being executed in the Philippines with Capt. Will J. Lutz of this city serving as chief executioner alongside Capt. Abner Pickering formerly of Wabash now in the Philippines.

Lafayette Abner Pickering Wabash Philippines Will J. Lutz

Wisconsin Excerpts On Federal Judge Nomination

Julius A. Jamison, proposed by President Roosevelt for a federal judgeship in Arizona, grew up on a local farm near Fort Wayne and studied law under Judge Hinde twenty years ago. En route from Washington he visited here, saying he could not accept the appointment and aimed to influence support for Alexander of Arizona.

Ft. Wayne Julius A. Jamison Roosevelt Arizona Hinde Washington Alexander

Boy cured after Foley’s Honey and Tar at Russy’s Drug Store

Chas. R. Wessmar of Evanston Michigan reports his boy aged 246 years suffered a severe cold. After trying Foley's Honey and Tar the child was completely cured before using one bottle.

Chas. R. Wessmar Evanston, MI Foley Foley’s. Russy

Foreman Injured Falling From Flag Spar at Life Saving Station

Michigan City Henry M Johnson foreman for Ford Johnson and Co of the state prison fell from the flag spar at the life saving station and struck his head on the base. The injury to the brain may prove fatal.

Michigan City Henry M. Johnson Ford, Johnson & Co

Chamberlains Cough Remedy Ad Promotes Sleep Aid

When you cannot sleep due to coughing it advises a few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to ease throat irritation and aid sleep. The promotion notes availability at Houseworth Bros. drug stores.

Chamberlain Houseworth Bros

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Praised by Cedar City Readers

G A LeDeis of Cedar City Missouri reports long indigestion cured by one bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. A friend with similar symptoms also improves, moving from a total wreck to regained strength and expected return to work. Houseworth Bros.

G. A. LeDeis Cedar City Houseworth Bros

Washington-George Brown Alias David Bilmore Alias David Bilbo

Washington George Brown alias David Bilmore alias David Bilbo colored attempted to kill his wife and Mrs Reed an aunt then cut his throat after escaping jail in terrible condition recaptured in Illinois now committed to prison under the indeterminate sentence act. He is wanted in Scranton Miss for attempted wife murder and bigamy.

Washington George Brown David Bilmore David Bilbo James Reed Tazor Illinois Scranton Miss

Henry Watterson to Speak at Lafayette Memorial Meeting

The Lafayette The Tippecanoe Memorial association has secured Henry Watterson to address the June 1902 annual meeting. The group aims to raise funds and build a monument on the battlefield to honor the fallen.

Lafayette Tippecanoe Memorial Association Henry Watterson Battle Ground

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets on sale

A new remedy for biliousness called Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is now offered by Jat Houseworth Bros drug stores. It promises quick relief and may prevent attacks. Price is 25 cents per box with free samples available.

Houseworth. Bros Chamberlain

Longs to See Roosevelt in Roswell Visit

Columbia NC Oct 21 President Roosevelt hopes to visit the home of his mother's girlhood in Roswell Georgia. A South Carolina preacher Rev B Dunwody who united the President's parents forty eight years ago is cited as the oldest Presbyterian minister in SC and a cousin of the President. The McPhersonville church record notes the marriage of Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Bulloch in Roswell Georgia on December 18 1853. Irvine Bulloch served on the CSS Alabama and James Dunnody Bulloch acted as Confederate naval representative in Europe.

Georgia Columbia N. C Roosevelt Roswell South Carolina B. Dunwody Dunwody Presbyterian Church McPhersonville Dunnody Theodore Roosevelt New York City Martha Bulloch President Roosevelt Irvine Bulloch Alabama Kearsarge James Dunnody Bulloch Europe

Jumper Horse Rider Hurt in Kansas City St. Louis Show

Tom Bass, owner rider of a famous string of horses, was seriously injured and fatally mentioned after a fall at a Kansas City and St. Louis show. The incident occurred October 21 in Mexico, Missouri.

Mexico Tom Bass Kansas City St. ‘Louis

Dean's Kidney Pills End Back Pain Claim

A customer at Houseworth Bros drug store asked for relief for a lame back. The clerks recommended Dean's Kidney Pills, citing many Elkhart Beagle users and confirming the remedy as effective. The patient paid fifty cents, used the pills, and reported relief. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.

Houseworth’ Bros Tole Ats Dean Elkhart Beagle Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y United States Dean’s- Ant Taoke

Woman Buys Controversial Lot After Billboard Scheme

A Baltimore city case outlines a man who used costly advertising for a property sale near a society woman. He offered the lot at a stiff price, she refused, then paid the amount to claim the land, after which the offensive billboards disappeared.

Baltimore News Orthodos

Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Promoted for Throat and Lung Ailments

Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup used for obstinate coughs colds and irritations of the throat and lungs. touted as unrivaled remedy for throat and lung diseases. Sold by all druggists at 25-otz.

Religious workers return from Northwestern Mission meeting in Flint

Thornetown delegates Mrs. W P McKinsey Mrs L B Buckless and Mrs M Howard report a very successful Northwestern Branch meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church held at Flint Michigan.

Thornetown W. P. McKinsey L. 8. Buckless M. Howard Northwestern Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Flint, Mich

When You Have No Appetite Try Chamberlain Tablets

If you have no appetite feel dull after meals you may know you need Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents. Free samples at Houseworth Bros. drug stores.

Chamberlain Houseworth Bros

Prison Terms Set in Michigan Case Mix

Jeffersonville resident J Bardwell from Memphis was sexfenced in Circuit Court to serve two to five years in Michigan prison for bigamy. Charles Smith received two to ten years for incest with his daughter as chief state witness.

Jeffersonville J. Bardwell Memphis Michigan Ci Charles Smith

Dr Kay's Uticure and Society Elections

An ad touts Dr Kay's Uticure promising cures for female diseases with a $1 illustrated book from B. J. Kay in Saratoga. The Northwest Indiana Conference Woman's Foreign Missionary Society lists elected officers including Mrs A J Crumpacker and L S Smith. It also markets Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney disorders and warns backache signals kidney trouble.

Dr. Kay B. J. Kay Saratoga LaPorte Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Northwest Indiana A. J. Crumpacker L. S. Smith Delphi Switzer Ro & Wallace Rochester L. A. Dale

Fragmentary Cass Township Commission Item Cited

Fragmentary OCR notes reference Sullivan Gambill and Cass township commissioners with scattered phrases about a condition and Wiles narrowing a decision. The readable text lacks full context or outcomes.

Wiles Gambill Cass

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