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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1905
Page
2
Wyman & Co presents silk post sale with Lot 1 Fancy Taffetas Louisines and embroidered pongees at 59c per yard. Lot 2 silks priced at 85c per yard, originally $1.25 to $1.50. Also advertising carpets draperies and curtains with March sales rebounding into April.
A legend from the Atlanta Constitution tells of a deer perched on a high plateau longing for the valley below. He believes he can fly like a sparrow, leaps, and falls. the valley jackals then feast on venison, ending the tale.
An amusing fable follows a lion who, told he is king of beasts, seeks royal clothes. He parades before the animals, but Mr. Hippo mocks the display, questioning the lion's pose as ruler of the beasts. The story contrasts appearance with true kingly conduct.
Ida M. Tarbell visits Kansas City and lauds Kansans for self belief and ethical resolve against Standard Oil. She praises their willingness to legislate fairly, build pipelines, and confront monopoly, noting Kansans will fight for justice and control over their oil.
500 pieces fine cotton voiles and lawns in varied runs priced from 3c to 74c per yard. Ginghams 4c to 74c, standard prints 3c, 4c and 5c, 36 in silke lines 8c, cotton crash 2 1/4c to 5c, damask and napkins savings, imported pique white grounds at 5c, all at lowest prices.
Geo Wyman Co advertises one line of fancy warp and ombre wide widths at 25 and 35 cents per yard. Other lines up to 1 dollar per yard for pelts. Vallaces 1 2 and 3 cents and up slightly soiled. Embroidery waist patterns with cuffs and fronts 85 cents. Embroidered laces for waists 25 cents to 1.50 dollars.
We invite you to visit these departments they are filled with new goods for Easter and for early spring wear. Come and see us.
For sale two corner lots in Allendale at four dollars per what seems to be value. The ad describes 100 acres with buildings, orchard and eight acres timber priced at forty five dollars per acre and additional 160 acres with large brick house and outbuildings, ten acres timber, six miles from city all under cultivation. Also mentions other tracts 5 to 80 acres near the city with easy payments and a contact for more information.
A writer notes President Roosevelt’s rapid reading habit as he reviews books, histories, and current essays. He rereads Macaulay Rhodes and Dickens, while answering questions with concise expert commentary. The president demonstrates extraordinary rapid perception, returning papers instantly after brief review.
From the Asiatic Station a Washington dispatch reports training at Cavite on a 17 by 21 foot target moored 1600 yards away. Eight Wisconsin gunners fired eleven shots each, making eleven hits in 5 minutes 40 seconds with four 13 inch guns, an average 1.94 hits per gun per minute. The six inch battery averaged 5.14 hits per gun per minute. the six pounder semiautomatic produced 19 hits per gun per minute and 14.73 on average for the battery.
John W. Smith a Sardine creek miner and rancher in Ore has found gold in every hen he killed and now buys old hens to release for dust and nuggets to pay for their lives The dispatch says the hens have yielded more color than his veins and even a duck produced dust worth a dollar in Gold Hill Ore.
United States Army plans a sham battle in June near Hampton Roads. About 75000 dollars will be spent on telephone moves and electrical arrangements for the maneuver.
Indianapolis April 24 There is talk Indiana may be the setting for a Lincoln Steffens feature portraying Governor J Frank Hanly as a reformer who turns up the good reading He is linked to McClure's magazine and Booth Tarkington and could be featured as a Folk or La Follette type figure in a national profile The governor has already claimed progress on enforcing laws and hints at more actions to come. The plan may place Indiana under national scrutiny from Steffens with headquarters in the state house.
Notices show Rudolph Witmer to John Fieldhouse for a lot in Elkhart at 1500 dollars. Susannah Arnold transfers to J W String fellow and wife a Goshen lot for 30 dollars. Multiple parcels change hands in Elkhart and nearby townships including 80 acres to John Blough for 6000 dollars and 34 percent acreage to Lydia Grove for 350 dollars.
Miss Margaret M. James recalls six years of teaching in city schools, collapse from stress, and resignation. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring sleep appetite strength and blood, noting six boxes cured her and others also use the remedy. She now teaches again at Dayton Ohio address No 123 Clay Street. Pills sold in every drug store worldwide.
Delegates from countries with railroads will convene in Washington on May 2 to examine railway construction and operation. The gathering will discuss rails for fast trains, automatic couplers, electric traction, suburban traffic, lighting, heating, and financing of branch lines, with cross‑border insights benefiting U S and foreign systems.
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