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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
2
Wyman & Co announces April silk sale featuring Fancy Taffetas Fancy Louisines and embroidered Pongees for shirt waist suits at 59c per yard. Lot 2 offers silks previously $1.25-$1.50 now 85c yard. Also note carpet trade for March exceeded expectations and April carpet sale continues.
A catalog of April sale textiles offers 500 pieces fine cotton voiles at 10c per yard, standard prints from 3 4c to 5c, lawns 4c to 7c, ginghams 4c to 7c, 14c ginghams at 7c, 100 pieces 36 inch silico hues at 8c, cotton crash 2c to 5c, linen 72 inch double damask 75c, napkins $2.50 per dozen, fine imported pique white grounds at 5c, promising good goods at lowest prices.
Geo Wyman and Co offer warp and ombre wide widths at 25 to 35 cents per yard with belts and other lines up to 1 dollar. Vallaces tc 2c and 3c and up slightly soiled. Embroidery waist patterns with cuffs and fronts priced at 85 cents. Embroidered laces for waists range from 25 cents to 1 dollar and 50 cents.
We invite you to visit these departments they are filled with new goods for Easter and for early spring wear. Come and see us.
Geo. Wyman & Co notes a curious Mordovinian practice where a kin personates the deceased after forty days, delivering messages from beyond the grave if the spirit does not return. The piece also mentions Elder Dempster's London Bermuda service taking twelve days, aiming to popularize Bermuda as a winter resort for Britons as it already is for Americans.
In Naples San Martino and other Italian cities tourists must specify in writing the historic sites to be photographed and pay a tax for each negative. The fee ranges from 10 cents to 1 dollar under the new rule.
A spectacle in Annapolis had residents seeing a lamb nursing milk from a bottle while being driven around the city on a drag. The lamb sat in the driver's lap and fed from a rubber nipple attached to a baby bottle, amusing onlookers.
An English journal calls the outbreak one of the greatest catastrophies of modern times. Deaths in January and February exceed 100,000, and the first half of March records nearly 70,000 fatalities.
Burdock Bipegetters is promoted as a remedy to combat bad blood and indigestion, claiming to destroy these health foes and improve wellbeing.
St Petersburg sits on six large and numerous small islands at the mouth of the Neva River, forming a complex archipelago in the Baltic region.
A report notes a seabed connection between Scotland and Iceland along a submerged bank at about 500 fathoms depth, suggesting a historic or geologic link under the North Atlantic.
The Elkhart history notes multiple units: Elk hart Rifle company formed September 1844, Elk hart Veteran Guards in 1880 as Co. G served until 1885, Elkhart National Guards as Co. F 8rd Regt formed July 14 1883, Cadets later Co. E 3rd Regt served until 1887, Koontz Rifles evolving into the present company post 1886 with many officer changes. The Elkhart Light Artillery formed 1884 as Co. H later Co. B, disbanded 1889, and Elkhart Cadets organized 1884 later Co. E with long list of officers. Noted actions include Roby prize fight intervention in 1903 and 1894 railway strike response. Present strength listed as 46 enlisted and three officers.
Suit rolls, a device to smooth clothing and protect gear, appear this season for baseball, lawn tennis and golf. They resemble large music rolls with space for shoes, an outing suit, and a shirt laid flat then strapped into a compact bundle.
The article notes snakes never close their eyes, remaining awake and on guard whether night or day. They lack movable eyelids, having a protective hard covering that keeps their gaze open at all times, explaining their constant vigilance against assailants.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a uterine tonic and strength builder for mothers facing pregnancy and illness. It claims decades of approval, guarantees no alcohol, and offers a $500 reward for women cured of leucorrhea weakness prolapsus or falling womb with a trial of the remedy. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are also advertised for constipation biliousness and headaches.
The London Globe describes an unusual industry in Jura France where live Angora rabbits provide fur for a textile fabric. Operators harvest shed fur every three months by gentle friction, claiming the process causes no pain and that rabbits enjoy the handling.
J. K. Lansing of Texas ships a consignment of five cattle cars to the Philippines and prepares a ten car follow up. He aims to establish large scale cattle raising on the islands with several Lansing brothers present. He expects only three to four losses from the entire shipment.
Siblings challenged a trust division after the decedent’s death alleging fraud and undue influence. A jury ruled in favor of the challengers and the Supreme Court affirmed the jury’s decision on appeal.
Sir William McDonald of Montreal outlines a seven million dollar plan to Quebec's Protestant council of public instruction. It includes an agricultural college at St Anne de Bellevue and endowment of a nearby normal school to train teachers.
Australasian gold production for 1904 reached 4,194,822 fine ounces valued at 86,760,000 dollars, down from 4,296,237 ounces worth 83,857,500 dollars in 1903. The overall decline totals 101,415 ounces and 2,097,500 dollars, mainly due to drops in Western Australia 81,571 ounces and Queensland 43,629 ounces.
Last year Germany shipped nearly 13.7 million dollars in toys abroad. The United States bought about 4 million dollars, making it the main market. Sonnerberg is identified as the industry's chief center.
Parliament debates an appropriation of 400000 to establish a Canadian mint. Proponents say it would boost Canada’s global gold circulation, attract foreign trade, and keep Canadian mining output from going to U S mints in cities like Seattle.
Boston lawyer Uriel S Crocker who specialized in drawing wills left his 750000 estate to his widow in trust. The income is payable to her for life with power to apply and dispose of the income as she deems fit. The second wife had served as stenographer and would select investments and management of the trust.
An authority warns at least 165 sizeable English towns suffer as populations move to large cities. Trade declines, property values fall, and smaller towns face desolation due to overcrowding in the urban centers.
Dr. Charles A. Eaton of Cleveland argues wealth is not a crime and wealthier Americans must meet moral obligations. He contrasts wealth with poverty, urges leaders from rich classes to serve, and warns against luxury and public malice toward the rich while praising true philanthropy.
King Victor Emmanuel initiates steps to convene a world agricultural congress in Rome to form an international chamber of agriculture. The body would collect price data, crop conditions, stocks, and treaties, with two houses and global representation. The U S delegates include Ambassador White and Dr Albert F Woods.
H. M. Vance of Muskogee I T used an electric bulb to incubate three remaining eggs after the hen abandoned them. By morning twenty hours later all three eggs hatched into fine chicks, proving the bulb’s warmth sufficient for incubation.
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