Record-breaking week hinted with class divisions for roadsters and horses
Fragmentary report notes Rick continuing through the week with signs of record-breaking success. It mentions 31 classes divided for roadsters and harness horses.
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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
3
Fragmentary report notes Rick continuing through the week with signs of record-breaking success. It mentions 31 classes divided for roadsters and harness horses.
The report notes a free dinner as the big feature of Ackley's program with about fifteen patrols of krauta consumed and a gospel mission effort continuing in England's hop fields. The piece highlights thirty years of work showing the mission’s efficacy.
Madame Monteith offers psychic readings and personal magnetism claiming to reveal names, marriages, friends’ truth, and business guidance. She diagnoses illnesses without questions and promises health, happiness, and success for clients at parlor near Lake Shore Depot with hours daily from 3:00 am to 9:00 pm.
The New York Press notes winters and storms drive misfortune and moodiness, pushing men to tobacco. It claims lines, hooks, and codfish anecdotes illustrate harsher times. It asserts ill tempered men become brisk cigar buyers, filling tobacconists’ tills as weather worsens.
A historical summary notes the first electric roads opened in 1889 in Richmond Virginia Allegheny Pennsylvania and Washington DC. By 1902 the United States had 797 lines totaling 22577 miles with 97 percent electric power usage and a shift from local city lines to larger consolidated systems following periods of rapid extension.
Mrs S Ruppee of Ava Missouri writes her one year old son suffered a serious illness. A physician could not help until Dr King's New Discovery was started. After a few weeks the child improved and has worked steadily as a carpenter since. The bottle costs 50 cents to one dollar with a trial bottle free.
Mrs. Curry of Trowbridge and Mrs. Eversole of Hindsboro announce a remedy for children in Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin a laxative tonic said to be narcotic free. Sample bottles offered and available through Pepsin Syrup Co Monticello Illinois and Houseworth Bros for 50 cents or one dollar. Foley's Honey and Tar touted as safe for coughs colds and lung troubles not affected by the Pure Food and Drug Law and sold by all druggists.
St Louis woman Maude Tyner credits Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with curing years of constipation and stomach trouble. She urges American women to try it, offering a free sample by mail and noting Houseworth Bros sells it for 50 cents to 1 dollar a bottle.
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop’s Restorative as a fast remedy for stomach and kidney ailments. It claims the product strengthens nerves that control the stomach and heart, easing dyspepsia and weak heart symptoms, with quick, noticeable relief.
The speaker reflects on love and deceit with a rustic lilt. Tom P. Morgan recalls Clarence’s bold acts and the moment he revealed true affection, as remembered in Puck.
Milwaukee Sentinel notes confusion as a man on the eighth floor pressed a button in an empty elevator, another man followed, a blonde stenographer jabbed the button, and an elderly woman later rang for it, illustrating a curious scene among bystanders.
A Chicago Record Herald snippet quotes a young woman declaring she won t marry a man she does not intend to wed while her friend teases that her wardrobe costs were funded by her father. The exchange hints at social expectations and evolving relationships at summer resorts.
A fragment recalls a mother asking what happened to a person believed to be in danger. The sister reports the man has the whooping cough, and there is concern he may have harmed himself.
Fragmented lines reference a talking bee and patience themes with quotes from newspapers. Mentions Mr Hippo and a speaker's exchange about finishing a task. The tone resembles old timey editorial snippets with social commentary.
Various help wanted and service ads from Elkhart Indiana including boarders sought investment offer with property guarantee, multiple housework and office work postings, millinery apprentices, stenographer position, room and board rentals, real estate listings and a lost packetbook. Also dental services advertising tooth extraction by Dr C K Runyon.
Classified notice offers a large Art Garland stove and a Base Burner coal stove used four months last winter. The cash sale demands quick purchase and must be sold by next Tuesday. Respond in care of Truth at once to E F.
To check a cold quiumy get Preventics from your druggist. Tablets claim safety and prompt relief taken at the sneeze stage. Prevents pneumonia bronchitis la grippe with no quinine laxative or harsh effects. Good for feverish children. 48 Preventics 25 cents trial boxes 5 cents. Sold by all dealers.
An old want ad urges renting and reading by landlords while warning about insidious kidney disease. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes, noting it is sold by all.
A savings account note from St Joseph Valley Bank describes a savings book issued with each deposit and interest paid on all money deposited every four months. The next interest period begins July 2.
Delinquent taxes for Elkhart City Concord Bango Cleveland and TMco Townships may be paid to Loe is M Simpson at The Simpson Abstract office corner of Main street and Lexington avenue Elkhart Ind Charles A Croop Treasurer Elkhart County to Oct L Croquet sets 68c at Turnocks.
Je A. Harmon of Sizemore West Virginia claims to have found the perfect pill for liver trouble and constipation. Dr King's New Life Pills are marketed as guaranteed to satisfy and sold for 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. druggists.
A savings offer at St Joseph Valley Bank provides a book paid on all money deposited there every four months. The next interest posting begins July 1, with an advertisement promoting the plan.
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