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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
7
Announcements note a 7 30 special meeting of the Pythian Sisters to practice for inspection. The Thelorsuye club hosts a Goshen Utis evening dance at Jefferson hall. P G Glapiwhi meets Mrs Ben Stutzman on Monroe street all day Friday.
About seventy five couples attended a dance last night hosted by Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Hopkins at Hoffmans hall. Mr. Hopkins announced the Opera's orchestra of Mishawaka would play a dance today at Hoffmans hall. Miss Nora Palmer entertained around twenty guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Harter on North Sixth Street in honor of Miss Bessie Brown who received a silver spoon. Decorations were green for St. Patrick's Day and the ice cream bore the Irish emblem.
Miss Bessie Swartz is sick Irwin Potts travels to Benton Harbor for a nine day visit Miss A Lillis Suton starts work at Warren Hill store Ars W FE Wilson from Blaine Avenue visits her mother in Gary Et Belfy? A FF Raene and J C Buchter go to Benton Harbor for a week or so Miss Ethel Mast returns to duties at Griffin store
The Loyal Club met at 1421 West Franklin with Mrs Suarr hosting. Mrs Dodge opened with a piano solo and a president’s greeting. A proposal for club innovations passed. Smarr and Millard were named to greet guests. Jen nie Wieppert and Vance were elected to membership. Smarr was chosen treasurer after Martha Harper’s resignation. A St Patrick’s Day flag and shamrock pin were presented to guests.
The forecast shows a high of 56 and a low of 30 degrees with winds at 12 mph.
The hostess observed her thirty seventh wedding anniversary with a fine two course luncheon. St Patrick's color scheme and decorations featured sprays of peach blossoms from Georgia grown in Ware Progress Co. orchard. Mrs Millard, wintering in Chicago, is welcomed and will host at 1154 West Lexington Avenue. March on.
The Progress club entertained by Mrs W W Folland with thirteen members present. Mrs C A Patterson read an engaging paper on the life of Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer. The next meeting is scheduled for March 3.
Thelta Pressnall four years old daughter of Alva Pressnall of 526 Goshen Avenue died after an appendicitis operation at Clark Hospital. An operation was performed Monday. on Tuesday peritonitis developed and she became unconscious in the evening and remained comatose until death. She died about four years ago following an operation.
John Tower a 68 year old farmer living west of Goshen was declared insane today after months of melancholy.
The common council extended the spring tax payment deadline to May 15 to aid railroad workers paid between the seventh and ninth of the month and old soldiers receiving pensions around the twelfth. The move aims to accommodate a large portion of the population affected by payment timing.
Glasgow authorities plan an exhibition of gas heating cooking and smokeless fuel appliances. A proposal also aims to establish a permanent agricultural and industrial exposition in Paris to boost relations between America and Spain.
Rev J H Breish will deliver a pulpit editorial on Christ riding into Elkhart next Sunday evening. Jennie Huntington Hilda Huntington and Cora Keyser attended a mission at St Joseph church Mishawaka last night. St Pauls Ladies Aid gave a hay rack party at Mrs Mary Highs home one and one half miles west of the city. A chicken dinner was served and another dinner will be next Tuesday to raise funds for the new church building.
Next Sunday evening the pastor will preach a sermon of special interest to young people on The Story of a young Dreamer. Prof. S B McCracken will lead the Young People’s hour with Money a blessing or a curse. The morning sermon will be The value of the Sabbath as a moral force in the city.
Cottage prayer meetings will be held in all city sections next Tuesday evening March 2 in preparation for evangelistic meetings at Master. George KH Thompson the harp evangelist from Waterloo Iow a will preach at both services on Faster and every evening for at least two weeks following.
Mrs. Howard Stark hosted about sixty Sugar Grove Ladies' Aid Society members at her residence yesterday afternoon. The Young People's Bible Class of the First Christian Church held a business meeting at the home of its president, George Alterson.
About fifty members attended the Trinity M E church Women s Foreign Missionary Society meeting at the parsonage on Wednesday afternoon. New members were welcomed as the group resembled a reception with devotion led by Mrs M H McMahon. Mrs Win Theis spoke on mission work in South Africa focusing on miners and local customs, with readings by Miss Gard Winslow and piano by Mrs Beatty. Present were Mrs J F Kiefer, president of the Evangelical Missionary Society, and Mrs J H Jackson and daughter Mrs Myers of Kokomo.
Forty young people from KE A Bakers Trinity M I Sunday school enjoyed a St Patrick’s Day event hosted by Mr and Mrs Harris and Mr and Mrs Fred Blessing at the Harris home. Green decorations, handshakes with a bag, past card invitations, screens, games, and pineapple ice with green cake and punch framed an evening praised as very enjoyable.
Miss Lelia Morgan an inmate of Rest Cottage vanished last night prompting a police search. Authorities believe homesickness led to the escape from the Vincennes facility. Madame Travis was back from Chicago for millinery openings. Dr J C Fleming family and E W Baker depart for New York en route to Vienna for a three month trip and study.
Scientific claim touts Newbro's Herpicide as a germ killer for dandruff. Advertisement notes scalp treatment digests at the root to prevent itching and hair loss, with sample offers and $1 bottles guaranteed. Also mentions a weekly dance at Andison Hall in Columbia and local dry goods listings.
Police investigate human bones found along the Ilkhart river near Grace Lawn cemetery. Chief Rinehart and Coroner Stauffer oversee the case as officers search for missing persons and determine if a murder occurred.
A Lloyds dispatch from Reykjanik Iceland reports the Danish mail steamer Laura ashore on the north Skagestrand coast. Many passengers are aboard with the crew as the vessel sits in a very perilous position. Assistance has been dispatched to aid.
Miss Kate Barnard, Oklahoma charities commissioner, ordered the removal of the Norman sanatorium superintendent after finding dire conditions in the state patients contract facility. Barnard, in her first term, acted with the sanatorium board’s consent.
The text notes that the Wahime guns were first exemplified in the Franco Prussian War and later in the Boer War in South Africa, confirming the tacticians conclusions. It asserts that gun emplacements became an essential part of their organization, with later references to the Russian Far Eastern conflict validating their views.
Engineer Patrick Toner of Mikhart was fatally scalded in a collision near the Lake Shore passenger station yards. His engine was rear swiped by a second locomotive driven by Engineer Joseph Beane. Toner, 40, had years of Lake Shore service and was a former resident of Elkhart.
Nice new six room house and lot in Allendale two blocks from Main street for sale at 1500 dollars. Contact D. M. Best at 115 Lexington avenue. 19
A heavy storm turned to light drizzle and snow in New York on St Patrick's Day, dampening the city’s biggest planned celebration. Vendors and crowds faced cancellations and disrupted events as officials urged caution.
Theodore Roosevelt wore a shamrock today in Kartegum as part of a special presentation by the American mission. He will depart for Cairo this afternoon.
The event featured more than 25 000 dogs including many Great Danes and blood hounds in strong showings. Pekinese spaniels and Englishwomen were noted among pedigreed pets with puppies in elaborately furnished kennels. Prices reached about 3000 dollars.
Worthie W. Haynes formerly with Chamberlain Haynes Teed will resume real estate work with BE MM Nalkinger. The firm is anchored at 105 07 South Main Street. Indiana avenue residents report attacks by Edward Listenberger's dog at 121 Indiana avenue. J Bechtel chased by the animal and Jacob Warner's son bitten at 720 McDonald Street. The Wilbur Templin music store remains part of the scene.
The program features orchestra music and solos by Judson Micks along with piano duets by Judson Micks and Mr. Buell. The concert opens Friday evening continuing a refined musical series.
40 acre farm 414 miles from Elkhart offers a splendid house and good barn in a pleasant location. Will consider a small city property as part payment and asks $3 000. Immediate possession available. D M Best Truth delivered by carrier 10e week. The Truth contains all the news.
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