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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1910
Page
5
Altar society of St Vincent’s church hosts entertainment on Thursday. All Around club led by Mrs Stephen Russell. Friday features Frank Baldwin Circle installing officers at Limer Post hall. Helping Jland club organized by Mrs Ada Long.
Announcement lists Bow Tur lodge officials to be installed Friday evening. Trinity M E church Sunday school class, Mrs. Dewey leading on Marion Street. Companion Court Sauaritan of the YOFL to meet Sunday at Main and Kanttin for a 2 PM Friday meeting and 5 PM Sunday sleighride picnic.
The Progressive club met at the Waodiesday afternoon home of Mrs Ralph Main and Mrs Charles Steplens with seventeen present. A library program featured papers on The White Slave Traffic and a story read from The Silver Vicard, plus musical numbers and refreshments. A Grace Lutheran youth group surprised their teacher with a porch yell and games before she leaves for Panama. St Vincent parishioners plan a large social with cards and entertainment at the new school. Mrs C A Scott hosted the Guard of Honor Sewing club for an all day sewing session. Monger block residents plan a sleighing party to Garver Lake with supper. The Century club will hold an informal dance tomorrow at 8:30.
Personal notes report Sm Miller, postmaster of Nappanee, in the city on business yesterday. Miss Mike Sherwin of Goshen visited Ulkhart friends. Mrs Chas Porser and Mrs Warne Mipulten from South Main street visit South end today. Mrs Charles Slaybaugh and Weredith Slaybaugh head to Chicago to join Ale Slaybaugh. Ward Bump of Monger block learns his father A Y D Bump in Chicago is critically ill with pneumonia and not expected to live.
A brief weather snippet reports a low temperature of 28 degrees and a high near 34 with snow and wind speeds noted. The fragmented OCR mentions Miles' weather column and windy conditions though many details are unclear.
A partial line notes departures from the Republican ranks and remarks that people with good earnings do not spend much. The fragment hints at political realignment and consumer behavior without full context.
A local license notice lists Marty J Ott aged 26 and Ida L Wrissler aged 25 of Eikhart, Rayvinond KH Hodge and Ida L Schidt both 25 of Mikhart, Henry T Bartram and Mars Kiger both 25 of Tiktart, and Nicholas Piedmour and Maggie Pa duano both 1 of Mikhart.
Clyde Pipber, who yesterday submitted to an operation for the removal of an abecess, shows improvement today.
In Millbrook New York three burglars chloroformed and strangled Sarah Brainer a nurse maid in the Barnes Compton home and looted a magnificent silverware collection after carting valuables away in a sleigh. Bloodhounds trailed the flee ing men but scent was lost. Compton a financier with large New York holdings stands as mentioned.
Mrs. Sarah LeBarr an aged blind woman and her two grandsons narrowly escaped asphyxiation from coal gas at their home. The eleven year old Vernon Bridge alerted others as fumes from a partly opened stove gas fill caused the near tragedy.
New York January 13 Formal announcement of the suspension for sixty days of S B Chapin and for thirty days of S D Countiss of the brokerage firm S B Chapin Co was posted in the New York Exchange at the opening of business to cuty.
Chicago Jan 13 Special. Geo B Harris president of the Burlington railroad again denies resigning his post. The report suggests there may be truth to the rumors despite his denial.
Guthrie Oklahoma January 13 Special The Oklahoma legislature will meet in a special session on January 20 with taxation as the principal subject to be dealt with.
A freight house employee fell while handling a tank at night and sustained minor bruises. Investigators reported the incident occurred between stalled cars with the worker upended and sustaining several minor injuries.
The Lake Shore announces promotions for a storekeeper at the Collinwood storehouse effective January 1. Walter Diehl resigns, and J. Fr. Landis will become general storekeeper after serving as traveling storekeeper. A. Albears succeeds Diehl. Mears previously held the post.
An acetylene gas explosion at a palm parlor owned by Henry Messerschmidt near Partington Wisconsin injured fourteen people, one fatally, with Messerschmidt and two children surviving. The blast occurred after Messerschmidt investigated a basement lamp, trapping occupants inside.
A Chicago woman named Mrs Lung disappeared after expressing a wish to return home. Her mother financed funds, the daughter promised to write, but days passed with no communication. A postal card sent to Mercy hospital was returned, and no new facts have emerged.
At twenty one Alexander led his army on Thessalian plains while Wilberforce entered Parliament and Tasso began his epic Jerusalem Delivered which would take ten years to complete.
A report notes that fourteen thousand oysters fill a ton. It adds a remark about social customs in Japan highlighting that kissing and handshaking are rarely practiced there.
A young woman facing a harsh landlord staged an eviction party to save money and lift spirits. Guests carted chairs and bric a brac through streets to a new studio and paused on a city avenue to resume the celebration before a patrol wagon fear interrupted the scene. This social stunt, recounted by Sunday Magazine, shows writers cheering their craft despite hardships.
Fragmentary text records a group left at a shore location and a conductor’s register noted after a delayed passenger event. Specific names, places, or dates are unreadable in the provided OCR snippet.
Mrs Trimble Woolsey of Kentucky, descendant of Judge Robert Trimble, declares that United States women do not want stricter divorce laws. She planned to address a Washington meeting January 18 to protest a uniform divorce bill but an operation on her throat made that impossible.
In Chicago January 15 a report says cheaper milk for poor children remains distant as Hinds Milk Dealers' Protective Association signals a possible 15 cent per 100 pounds bottler increase. A resolution pushes cooperative dairies to counter bottlers power, threatening to divert output to farmer run creameries and cheese factories if prices satisfy producers.
King Manuel departed the royal palace for his country home at Villa Vicosa today. Advisors favor the move, saying protection is easier to maintain at the countryside residence than in the palace.
Columbus Ga January 13 Special reports say several trainmen were injured when a Seaboard Air Line freight derailed twelve miles from the city. Initial dispatches suggested a passenger train wreck.
Mrs Gordon Murray wife of the Nappanee News editor. She suffered a severe accident weeks ago losing her scalp and is hospitalized at St Joseph in South Bend. Erysipelas has developed on her face and head. Skin grafts failed and efforts now focus on saving growth from scalp edges to cover the head, a process likely to take months.
Victoria spends almost $500,000 annually to fight the rabbit problem amid ongoing pest control efforts and wildlife management strategies.
A government tannery operates to supply leather products essential for the army. The facility specializes in processing hides into boots saddlery and other leather goods required by military units and officers.
Police report three vagrants lodged at the city jail overnight. The brief item notes a comparison of locomotive power between U S engines and European engines, mentioning 1 000 horsepower locomotives as common in the United States and larger sizes in continental Europe.
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