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Newspaper

Elkhart Weekly Truth

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1900

Page

6

Progress At Galveston Rebuilding Amid Aftermath

Galveston Texas September 17 reports show Sundays spent on debris removal and corpse disposal with water and electric services expanding. Officials authorize physicians for two week stints, and $50,000 is sent for immediate needs. Labor returns to rebuild the Merchants and Planters compress as streets grow busier and drones vanish. Two babies are born in Ursuline convent cells during the night of the storm.

Galveston Tex Scurry Trioops Board of Health Frank M. Spencer Austin Cosh Suwyers Ursuline Joseph

Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea After Thirty Years of Suffering

James S Halloway of French Camp Mississippi tells how thirty years of diarrhoea ended after using Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he could not work or travel but several bottles cured him and he urges others to use it. Sold by A O Rowe druggist.

Jamess. Halloway French Camp Miss Chamberlain A. O. Rowe

State Treasurer's August 1 Report Summary

State Treasurer Levy's August statement shows $768697.66 in the treasury on September 1 with $1659.27 in outstanding warrants. August disbursements totaled $155056.60.

Levy Treasury

Slaughter and Slaughter sue Wolfe over cemetery marks

L Burt Slaughter and Lydia A Slaughter sue Sarah A Wolfe of Elkhart for 175 dollars for placing two marks on a cemetery lot in New Brighton Pennsylvania. Attorney E A Dausman, also representing Anna Reed, sues L dia S Gay for 435 dollars for services and lodging. Mrs George D Inster sues James Ri for 2600 dollars for slander. Rinck described as Clinton township farmer.

L. Burt Slaughter Lydia A. Slaughter Sarah A. Wolfe Elkhart New Brighton E. A. Dausman Anna Reeds Atorney L Dia S. Gay George D. Inster James Ri Rinck Clinton Township George D. Foster

DeWitts Little Early Risers Pills Ad Promo

Houseworth Bros advertises DeWitts Little Early Risers as prompt palatable pleasant and purifying pills, portraying them as powerful health aids in a compact promotional copy.

Cass Republicans Nominate Ticket for County Offices

Cass county republicans named a full ticket with Jas I Robinson as Representative Calv in judge of probate L B Des Voignes as sheriff Fred A Hadsell as clerk John B Harmon as treasurer Alonzo P Beeman as prosecuting attorney Fred Philippson as register of deeds Fred Smith as circuit court commissioner Geo M Fields as Dowagiac official and Walter C Ines as Marcellus candidate An unrelated ad notes Dr Whitmas Belectric Oil Monarch over pain.

Cass County Jas. I. Robinson Calvin L. B. Des Voignes Marcellus Fred A. Hadsell Cassopolis John 3B

Cass County Democrats Nominate Ticket for County Offices

Democrats at Cassopolis nominate a ticket for Cass County with Samuel Breece of Newburg for sheriff William Jones of LaGrange for judge of probate W D Jones of Darwagiae for prosecuting attorney Os Eby of LaGrange for county clerk Charles Thomas of La Grange for treasurer Chas Antisdel of Dovavine for register of deeds Herman Reebeck of Milton also named.

Cassopois Cass County Samuel Breece Newburg Wm. Jones LaGrange W. D. Jones Darwagiae U Os. Eby Latorange Charles Thomas la Grange Tressorer Chas Antisdel Dovavine Reistr Herman Reebeck Milton

Grain O beverage praised by O. F. Myers

An endorsement from O. F. Myers of Le Roy New York lauds Grain O as superior for health. He claims it benefits children and health, urging others to use the beverage as the best option among rivals.

Ashington VD. C Genessee Pure Food Co le Roy N.Y O. F, Myers

Lou W. Vail Reappointed Elkhart County Attorney

Lou W. Vail, late candidate for the Republican judicial nomination, is reappointed as Elkhart CountyAttorney. The local comment notes that the Dodge claim to have busted the ring did not hold.

LaGrange Lou W. Vail Elkhart County Dodge

Blood Disease Remedy Claims New Discovery

Advertisement claims Dr C D Warner's Compound of Seven Cures as a great cancer remedy and treatment for skin and blood diseases caused by contact, secondary, or hereditary factors. The copy urges readers to try the product for relief.

C. D. Warner B. J. Kay Saratoga N.Y

Cereal Plant Prospects Near Goshen

Two men from Jackson Michigan prospect to establish a cereal foods factory in Goshen. They have inspected the Ariel Cycle plant as a potential site for occupancy.

Jackson, Mich Goshen Ariel Cycle

Foley's Kidney Cure and Potatoes Harvest Report

Foley's Kidney Cure touted as a sure medicine with concentrated remedies for kidney and bladder diseases. Houseworth Bros report a Summer Board of Economy experiment: three bushels planted on one-half acre yielded 116 bushels of potatoes.

Houseworth Bros

Holloway Joins Fairbanks Western Campaign Tour

Anderson resident Fred EB Holloway has joined Snater Fairbanks on a western campaign tour. Allen Halverson of West Prairie Wisconsin notes locals travel ten miles to buy Foley's Kidney Cure. J A Sper of Haimer Indiana touts the product as a medical wonder of the age. tHlouseworth Bros.

Fred EB. Holloway Anderson Snater Fairbanks Allen Halverson West Prairie Wis Foley J A. Sper Haimer, Ind tHlouseworth Bros

Pottawattomie council to elect new Chicago claim chief

The Pottawattomie Indians will meet at Toquin in Van Buren county Michigan on Sept 18 to elect a new tribe chief as Weesaw Moray nears resignation. They pursue Chicago land claims despite Interior Department rulings and plan to take the matter to court. The land lies along the shore from North avenue to the Wisconsin line and from 22d street to the Indiana line, valued at 15000 dollars. Moray argues current owners have not met occupancy and title requirements and taxes have not been paid due to lack of formal survey.

Toquin van Buren County Mich Weesaw Moray Hartford Chicago Interior Department North Avenue Wisconsin Line 22D Street Indiana Line Moray

Eros Opposes Sun in December to Measure Astronomical Yardstick

The article explains using the asteroid Eros in opposition to the sun next December to refine the earth sun distance. Photographs from different Earth locations will reveal Eros’s parallax, enabling a more accurate solar distance.

Earth

Sitter fighting advice urged for political persistence

A partisan exhortation counsels staying calm and campaigning hard for victory. It notes tempering irritation with Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, advertised as guaranteed by Thomas' drug store, and urges long hours of work and continuous talks to win.

Dr. Caldwell Thomas’ Drug Store

Centenarian Turk Weds in Bodraa Amid Pageant

In Bodraa a 120 year old Turk named Ismail marries a bride 60 years younger. The ceremony includes drums fires and gunfire volleys as villagers celebrate. The wedding triggers a procession of 140 male descendants.

Bodraa Ismail Dburtin Constantinople

Poisonous counterfeits target Witch Hazel salve market

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is promoted as the genuine remedy for piles and skin diseases. The ad warns of poisonous counterfeits and stresses Houseworth Bros. as the source for the original product.

DeWitt’s Houseworth Bros

Page Defends Gentle Microbe at Washington Meeting

Dr. Charles E. Page argued at a physicians' gathering in Washington that a healthy body generates its own germicides and that microbes inside such a body face odds similar to a mouse in a room with starving cats, capable of little harm.

Charles E. Page Physicians Washington

How Brights Disease Starts

Indigestion biliousness and blood poisoning with urea and uric acid indicate kidney strain. Rheumatic pains in nerves and joints irritate the kidneys and back, signaling Brights disease. Do not delay Foley’s Kidney Cure. it helps restore kidney function. Housworth Bros.

Bright Foley Housworth Bros

Science of Housekeeping Model House at Atlanta University

Atlanta University provides a model house for instruction in housekeeping with rooms for eighteen students. It includes kitchen dining reception sewing rooms and will offer needlework laundry and nursing as part of the curriculum under skilled teachers.

Atlanta University

Fair and Beautiful Faces

A patent medicine claim states impure blood causes pimples and rough skin. Dr Warner's Compound of Seven Cures is advertised as a great blood renewer that supposedly makes rough skin smooth and fair.

The Presidents Workshop at the White House in Ladies' Home Journal

Rene Bache describes the east end of the White House second floor converted to public offices including the president secretaries cabinet room and telegraph and long distance telephone links. The cabinet room is small a library houses worn editions and a glass door separates family sleeping quarters from official rooms. A church charity package to Philippine soldiers included DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve amid necessities.

White House Rene Bache Ladies’ Home Journal McWinley

Unmusical Jimp Cornist and Pessimist in Family Talk

A comic exchange contrasts a cornist with a pianist zitherist and a pessimistic parent. Wit Bits recalls similar dialogue about Miss Spring labeled a charming poetess and relatives identified as painteress sculptress and a talented family.

Jimp Gir Miss Spring Waal

Mrs Minerva Smith Recalls Long Bronchitis Cure

Mrs Minerva Smith of Danville Illinois credits Foley's Honey and Tar for relief after twenty years of bronchitis She says the syrup is pleasant to take and provides quick relief and is a sure cure for throat and lung diseases House Worth Bros

Minerva Smith Danville Ill Foley Houseworth Bros

Origin of agriculture and early Domestication

The text traces Neolithic Europe cereals and domestic animals while noting Prof W Toyd Dawkins argues domestication began in Asia's central plateau. It suggests agriculture arose in southern and eastern Europe and spread. it also notes hunting and pastoral groups resist farming without strong necessity.

Europe W. Toyd Dawkins Asia

One Minute Cough Cure Promoted by Houseworth

A brief ad notes a product named One Minute Cough Cure claimed to prevent consumption and quickly cure lung troubles, attributed to Houseworth.

Houseworth Bros

Island or Peninsula Lesson From a London Spare Moment

A Luton school teaches the difference between island and peninsula with a classroom joke. A pupil explains using two glasses of water and milk and a trapped fly to show how the term island is surrounded by water while a fly in milk becomes a peninsula due to surrounding liquid.

Luton Tean London

Robert Taylor Forgery Sentenced to State Prison

Robert Taylor, described as a colored insurance man, was imprisoned for forgery at Walesh. The notice promotes Banner Salve as a cure for sores, scalds, and tiles, attributed to Houseworth Bros.

Robert Taylor Walesh Banner Houseworth Bros

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