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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
8
A promotional notice from S A Tarney claims a painless pile cure with direct application to diseased parts. It lists visit dates at Goshen Hattel Hotel September 10 and Ikhart Golden Hotel September 11, Auburn Indiana. It urges sufferers to call for examination free of charge and to learn a method that could save money and years of pain.
A seller offers 16 bred horses and Armour's Fertilizer at half price. Also available are 2000 feet Bard Wire, manure spreader, irrigation pumps, wagons, scrapers, a carryall, billiard set, drain tile, pulverizer, land grader and more. Listings indicate overall first class condition and discounted rates.
The famous scout Col Cody owns three large ranches in the Rocky Mountains. His favorite Big E.T.E. ranch spans 320 cultivated acres with 2,000 acres alfalfa and grain land, plus 1,000 wild acres for cattle and horses. Mrs Cody manages the operation, with 500 head of Hereford cattle, 200 horses, and 1,000 hogs, while cross breeding aims to perfect cavalry stock.
In Troy Alabama Bill Fourney alias Bill Hilliard was shot and burned by a mob after being found in bed claiming illness. He had assaulted Miss Wilson 16 or 17 and a younger girl on the Chestnut Grove road. The victim remains in precarious condition as authorities investigate.
In Indianapolis on September 4 a riot at a Columbia avenue and Nineteenth street merry go round involved about two hundred people—black and white. Henry Mills, white of Lawrence street, was fatally shot by Henry Miller, a colored man, while Wallace Picket of 1418 Martindale avenue sustained serious injuries amid the clash.
Pittsburgh news reports a Morgan syndicate plan to consolidate all major bituminous coal firms in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois West Virginia and Kentucky into one large corporation. Key players include Pittsburgh Coal and Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke with vast capital en route to a New York meeting to outline formation steps.
A Buchanan reader letter from May 22 describes Genesee Pure Food Co. Grain-O as a safe coffee substitute. The writer, 10 year old Tam ten, notes their mother quit coffee, drinking Grain-O instead, with a package used weekly.
In Milwaukee on September 4, Frank T Rogers of Chicago was elected by the Postal Clerks National Association. The convention last night continued with a credentials committee meeting and ongoing discussions on leadership.
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Five men familiar with railroading held up the east bound Cotton Belt passenger train near Eylau four miles south of Texarkana. They forced the fireman to cut off mail and baggage cars and had an expert engineer move the engine. The express car was blown open with dynamite and a large sum taken. Exact amount withheld.
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