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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
5
The Naomi Rebekah Lodge holds its regular meeting Friday evening at 7 20 Initiation will occur All young women of First Christian church are invited to the Missionary circle at Miss Marguerite Walls home 1328 West Franklin Street Friday evening
Miss Mae U H Chamberlain and Dr. Frederick W Seidel quietly wed at their Liberty street home. Rev A A Ogilvie officiated at 8 PM before about twenty five relatives. A two course luncheon followed in a dining room decorated with goldenrod and myrtle. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Chamberlain, taught at Beardsley school for years. Seidel, a graduate of Indianapolis Dental College, is son of Counciman and Mrs William F Seidel of North Main street. Guests included Miss Lela Culver, Mrs O C Miller, and Berean Bible class members. Several Work family members and friends planned a canoe trip on the St Joseph River to Lake Michigan.
Mrs. George Oswald of Goshen is in the city. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Wilson visited Painter lake. Miss Della Otis of Syracuse visits Duchess friends. George Bricker leaves for a business trip to LaTroie. Attorney C. Raymer and family enjoy a day at Trenton lake. Helen Vance of Toledo visits relatives. Leonard Longacre travels to Ver Salle s Mo. Mrs. J. P. Hughes of Diabath Minn visits her parents. Curtis Glass family of Mishawaka guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Leininger. Eva C. Date and daughters travel to Dundee Mich. for two weeks. Edna Dinehart and Ruth Stewart of Wakarusa attend Moyer reunion in Elk hart. Barbara Coffman and mother return from Canada. Rex Buell and wife depart for Niagara Falls and Michigan. J F G Taggart heads to St Louis after visiting Elk Hart and LaGrange. Mrs. Samuel Nye of Three Rivers returns home from visit to Stuck residence. Miss Helen Punenes departs for Klinger Lake to visit Gertrude Sturgis. Edward Hanneman and wife of Wapakoneta return home from Cleveland township visit. Miss Valentine Curtiss of South Third street and guests head to Chicago for a few days. Edward Wurtz of siles and Miss Emma.
Showers are forecast tonight and tomorrow. The 24 hour period ending today noon recorded a high of 4 degrees and a low of Tl with rainfall of .10 inch and winds around miles per hour.
Schankweiler and Miss Blanche Thorpe of South Bend are hosted by William Trocken broad. Leonard Baron returns to Mishawaka from visiting grandparents. Mrs. Robert M. Brown leaves for a month visiting relatives in Denver, Racine, Zion City, and Chicago. Mrs. A R Kessler and son George visit Racine and Chicago before school opens. Mrs. Ed Bright and two sons travel from Sunbury to Buchanan to visit relatives. Deputy Prosecutor Skinner and wife return from Michigan trip. accompanying Skinner Sr. L A Skinner also returns with his son.
At the Tented City a lively lineup including The Barrel of Fun and a Destruction of Galveston exhibit drew crowds. Chelvis Shea and others ran ticket booths while Misses Dalton Crowley and Crowley supervised knife racks. Raatz the pony attracted nickels, Delaro performed at the House of Mystery, and Lucile Short and Martha Knott posed picture-book tablets.
Edgar Eaton was ordered to leave Elkhart within fifteen minutes by Judge Lee after a city court appearance. He returned in the dark and was arrested by Patrolman Shelmadine on Aspenwold avenue for vagrancy, joining John Greenwood who pleaded guilty. Both men were sent to the stone yard for about thirty days, as fellow detainees followed their trials.
The Ladies Aid of the Second U B church hosted a social at Hugh Books home with prizes for a prettiest and fattest baby Irene Eller and Sidney Peddlar. Married women contest prizes went to Mrs. Henry Eller and Mrs. William Martin. A First Evangelical Sunday school picnic at McNaughton Park featured sports and a nine inning hotly contested ball game Otto Gushe’s vs P T Longacare’s class ending ten to nine and a river launch ride as a highlight.
Abe Martin says the nickel price for beets matches the Dingley tariff. Miss Fawn Lippincutt is run down by a dray while crossing the street in a hobble skirt. Studebaker park expenses will be cut in half for the season and park supervisor J. H Hart will work half days. Hickory Street received repairs as street workers leveled the roadway after heavy traffic wear.
The Bell and Home Telephone companies work to connect local service and finish by tomorrow. After completion Bell users will have universal service within the city with Home subscribers. Temporary calls may be substituted where numbers switch and duplicate due to shared exchanges.
Force of fourteen trackmen began laying steel on the temporary sidings for the Lake Shore's new five million dollar shop site this morning. Work expected to expand as ties and material are received.
Mrs. Carl Rowe and her baby at 25 Middlebury Street are ill. Mrs. William Overly of 2483 Goshen Avenue suffers a serious attack of the grip. T. J. Miller at 825 Willindale Avenue is on the sick list. Mrs. T. J. Nocard of 1162 South Main Street has an inflamed right eye from a mosquito bite.
A notice states that the party seen removing a bicycle from the Interurban baggage room must return immediately or face arrest. The message warns that no statements will be made and suggests prompt action to avoid legal consequences.
Chicago market reports show hogs 16,000 prime at 8.95 dollars, cattle 7,000 prime at 6.75, sheep 20,000 prime at 4.35, lambs 6.74. Indianapolis reports hogs 7,000 choice at 9, cattle 1,500 choice at 8, sheep 1,500 best at 4.15, lambs at 6.00.
An old newspaper notice touts a barber shop in the Carrollton Hotel Baltimore sterilizing tools with Herpicide. It claims the antiseptic kills germs and is safe for scalp and face after shaving. It notes sales by druggists and offers a sample via The Herpicide Co Detroit MI with a dollar bottle guarantee by Elmer B Felt as special agent.
Fragmentary notes describe beer production in Japan around 1908 with limited exports. Text indicates production did not meet domestic demand yet supplied most of the home market, while exports were minimal or insufficient.
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