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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1914
Page
4
A collage of humorous opinions and social jabs touching on fashion slang aviation travel weather and daily life. Observations range from dancing mania and rain forecasts to marriages wages and feminism with sly asides about Norway Greenland Paris and Rome.
Salem Massachusetts June 26 A historic city of 45000 people was swept by flames yesterday as water ran out and dynamite replaced water to fight the blaze. Fifteen thousand homeless, ten million plus property loss, three major conflagrations, and a destroyed hospital mark the disaster. Governor Walsh and militia assume control as refugees flood the streets, searches halted by extreme heat and ruined water supply.
In New York on June 27 the H B Claflin company appointed receivers as the wholesale house fails. Liabilities projected at 85 million dollars and assets at over 40 million. about thirty retail stores near closure. Banks hold paper, and a noteholders committee leads creditor interests as reorganization is contemplated.
Walter Johnson, premier pitcher of the Washington American League club, married Wiss Hazel Roberts, daughter of Representative E. E. Roberts of Nevada, in Washington on Monday June 26. The ceremony linked two prominent public figures, with Johnson’s star status and Roberts’ congressional ties noted in the casual wedding report.
Fierce fighting across Zacatecas, Mexico, ends in Villa’s capture after four days. About 4,500 dead and 2,800 wounded reported. 5,000 federals captured, many to join Villa. General Barron’s 14,000-strong force largely destroyed. Ortega reportedly killed. Washington signed three US Huerta protocols on provisional government and amnesty.
Hamburg reports the North German Lloyd liner Koenigen Luise and the German steamer Cobra collided on Tuesday. Koenigen Luise, from Bremen, had its bow smashed and passengers were landed after water intake. Cobra suffered heavy damage amidships. Also, the Helgian Gothland ran ashore near Holyhead lighthouse and was seriously damaged.
A police report states labor figure George Ham mene pisiness agent for the Excavation and Asphalt Teamsters order was shot to death while seated. Investigation ongoing and police on the case against contractor P Dignan amid the Chicago incident.
King George and Queen Mary escaped unharmed after an automobile incident in Nottingham England on June 27. A policeman’s horse bolted and struck the vehicle as royal carriage passed, grazing it without serious damage or injury.
United States steamship Dolphin with Rear Admiral Fletcher and a star aboard sailed from Key West for New York. Admiral Fletcher will then proceed to Washington from New York.
Twelve counties report a cyclone storm disaster with eleven dead in Wisconsin and four in Minnesota. Cities like Watertown and Milwaukee suffer major damage, with dozens injured and property losses totaling millions. Train service halted across the region as wrecks and tornado damage spread from Clear Lake to Milwaukee and St Paul.
Boston on June 25 reports John D. Rockefeller donated 100000 to help wipe out 275000 debt of Baptist missionary societies. After the gift, many thousands pledged in support amid the announcement.
Belva Lockwood aged eighty four the first and only woman candidate for U S president fell in her law office breaking an arm and dislocating a shoulder. Ice wagon drivers struck tying up four ice delivery firms serving about twelve thousand customers by kidnapping in a large red touring car.
A lightning strike on Thursday ignited a blaze at the Windford knitting mills in Hagerstown Maryland destroying the plant and causing an estimated hundred thousand dollar loss. The fire occurred early in the day and no injuries were reported.
Ty Cobb pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace after chasing W L Carpenter, a butcher, with a revolver over an alleged insult to Mrs Cobb in Detroit Michigan on June 27. He was fined fifty dollars.
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