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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
5
A June sale highlights sheer organ dresses, lace, linens, and lawn outfits with reductions on white waists, curtains, lace inserts, and table linens. Ladies' dresses, shirts, and skirts feature new styles with marked-down prices. men’s work shirts and children's hats follow the same sale pattern.
A deal completes the sale of the O K Barber Shop at State and Mairs Streets from F. S. Timmins to Charlie Sengeny. Sengeny’s uncle I S Cleaver will also hold an interest in the business now operated at the corner location.
Local market prices listed by Bikhart dealers show poultry eggs butter meats lard fresh pork boiling beef mutton and extra rounds with quoted per unit rates for each item. Poultry includes chickens at 30 cents and eggs at 50 cents per dozen with other dairy and meat products priced accordingly.
May wheat 83 14 and 84 34, June and September readings show mixed gains. Corn May 49 4ulg and 49 3 93, July 44 MBNA and 4737 September. Oats May 34 34 and 33 percent, July 32 34 and 33 percent, September 30 44 4 4. Pork May 1962 and 15775 with July 350 and 1552 1550 values.
Visitors from Cleveland toured Elkhart during an excursion to study city merchants and foster wealth. The 11 o’clock buffet, social exchanges, and organized calls to Main Street stores followed a delay caused by a freight train breakdown near Dunlaps. Local leaders hosted the delegation at the depot and aboard the special train marked with the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce banner.
The concert featured Miss Marie O Brien and Louis O Brien in a duet Grand Festival March and a lively Wings of Song encore by Miss Ethel Jacobsen. Miss Ada Stantoni and Miss Ethel Jacobsen impressed with Polka de la Reine and Mazeppa while Miss Jeanette McKean filled several numbers.
Police report a bicycle owned by B K Nadell or Nadel stolen from in front of the Monger building on Wednesday.
A fragment lists Decoration Day committees with roles including Finance and House. Names visible include M. A. Demaest and Bert, with partial reference to a committee structure and duties. Further context missing.
A string of portraits and anecdotes paints Washington life with notable figures. Senator Clark described as the country’s richest yet solitary. Congressman Campbell noted for dress as a Kansas exception. Bishop Shaku and Masuji Miyakawa highlighted at a charity event. President Roosevelt teases lodge and Chandler shifts to publicist duties as Slemp forgets his roll call duties.
A Washington telegraph error rewired Senator Grande's education speech, printing crowded phrasing and substituting the word kids for children. The misprint transformed a stately address into a caricature, with editors and readers noting the unintended homage to Wordsworth.
Official stenographers report the current session has about 2 775 000 words with estimates the total may exceed six million words. Outside committee hearings are expected to add more than half as much again, potentially pushing net word count toward 20 000 000.
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