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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1910
Page
5
Society groups and church circles announce a busy Friday and Sunday with the St Johns discord parish choir meeting at 7 sharp this evening and the Young Ladies Missionary Circle gathering Friday at Miss Teva Neu’s home. Other church activities include Peterian services starting tonight and Phi Sigma fraternity meeting this evening with attendees urged to attend promptly.
The account describes a wedding at a city home on Virginia Avenue with Rev. Bo Laisa officiating and attendees including Mrs. Russel Poremain and Mr. Invi. A later Trinity Methodist Ladies Aid gathering at the church parlor features piano solos, vocal numbers, and a reception for about 200, with plans for a fourth anniversary event and meetings among church members.
Weather notes report fair conditions for tonight and Friday. Earlier 24 hours show a high near 73 degrees with a light wind.
A Congregational church women hosted a three course dinner followed by violin numbers by Edward Lang of South Bend. Mrs Payson Seiwin sang, Frank Johnson and Miss Wilma Narter played duets, and Mrs Ogilvie offered organ selections. South Bend guests and local residents attended a social evening with cards and refreshments.
Harry Paulson, three, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Paulson of 372 Lusher, was seriously hurt yesterday when a glass vase fell from a shelf. He stood on a rocking chair to reach the shelf, slipped, and the vase struck his head. He was unconscious briefly, a doctor attended, and he is reported resting well with hope of a speedy recovery.
Mr and Mrs George Smidin of 24 Idwardshbuirg avenue announce the birth of a son last night. The infant’s name is not provided. Parents reside at Laurel and Pu streets and are described as proud first-time parents.
Mrs W O Bickel of 300 Mickory street recovers from militiary fever. Charles Myers, son of Abr and Mes Charles Myers, Alyrtie street, bedsick with illness. British post offices handle 1,000,000 letters and 2,000 telegrams daily.
Chicago business trips and social calls populate a long list of residents visiting or returning from cities including Chicago New York and Adrian. Names mentioned include Hill Turnock Donald Knapp Leon Bedenkap Mrs I L Bailey Mrs Kauffman and Mrs Wie Coney with various travel plans and local shopping notes.
The regaker supper will be served Monday evening at the Young Women's Christian Association. Beginning next Monday these suppers will be served every evening.
The document states that China’s last enumeration lists their number as soze while the native church doubles about every seven years and the missionary force about every ten years.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Christian church met at the Aureal building to organize a rummage sale starting next Monday. A market will run a week later, a doughnut stand on Wednesday, and a lecture on Sweden's working class by Mr. Ander son from Skopa at the Swedish Lutheran church this evening.
Abe Martin notes locals lend help to the unfortunate while critiquing parole of storage eggs in Omaha. James B. Connors, third international VP of the Switchmen’s Union, visits city for Elchart lodge No tol. A.B. Kirkpatrick of Kokomo will speak at prohibition headquarters at 206 South Main Street tonight at 7 30.
The Young Elkhart club meets Elkhart Regulars in a championship game Saturday at 9 in the morning. The match will be held at the Jackson Street carnival rounds and is billed as the decisive contest for the title.
The couple, Harlie Edwin Wonner age 21 and Myrtle Maud Bonewit age 19, both unharmed, secured parental consent for their marriage.
The Col de Lin Berbina line between Saint Moritz and Pu resua to Tirono now operates as the Alps highest railway. It climbs to about 2 480 meters and descends at seventy to one. The narrow route with three small tunnels uses electric traction and offers full scenic views for excursionists.
Ontario abolishes prison labor contracts and plans to employ most inmates on farms and road building in new districts. A percentage will be kept from outdoor work due to health or other reasons and will manufacture hospital supplies.
Mexico stands among early rubber culture pioneers with plantations over 25 years old. For years it has been a top rubber producer, exporting large volumes. Most of its output came from cultivated rubber, with only a small share from guayule.
To spread current more evenly a Swedish inventor has created electric cables with hempen cores. The approach aims to improve distribution and durability in wiring systems.
A quaker aunt refuses a photographer, shielding her face with a clean handkerchief. She explains she will not appear in a picture wearing her second best cap and a poorly ironed kerchief. The family watches as the camera goes on without her.
A Florida trip souvenir, a small cocoa nut shell carved with a human face, was sold as Seminole work. A respected Indian-curio collector examined the faint carving and doubted its authenticity, saying a Seminole would unlikely have done that much work.
A misdial leads to a humorous tale as a broker accidentally calls a wife at home and she declines lunch plans citing her husband. The item mixes a joke with brief news notes including R A Strine of Elkhart awaiting a pardon board hearing with attorney Anthony Deahl.
Indianapolis and Chicago market notes show hogs topping 9.20 in Indianapolis with 4 500 head traded and cattle reaching 6.00 to 6.50 in various reports. Sheep and lamb values appear around 4.50 to 6.85, with large numbers reported in Cincinnati and Chicago summaries.
The article reports that the boy scout movement has reached the Malay Peninsula with a proposed organization under the patronage of the governor and chief justice. It notes the movement as beneficial beyond military training and predicts it becoming a prominent permanent institution across British colonies.
The Concord speech by Senator Challinger labels his rival as overconfident and notes a sharp moment of self doubt. An aside attributed to Mr. Fawcett at luncheon quips about sliced Bologna sausage and a cautious rhetoric for guests.
In 1909 Japan exported toys valued near 500000 dollars with the United States importing 187670 dollars and the United Kingdom 68313, China 38187, British India 30871, and Germany 29023.
Charles Shrock was hired this morning as a machinist apprentice at Lake Shore in the back shops, signaling a new entrant to the skilled trades program.
Wanted competent cook and able maid for general housework. Mrs J E Cockram seeks help at Steiling Flats Franklin Street. BO.
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