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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1914
Page
6
Medill McCormick reports Americans were jailed incommunicado in Mexico City during Huerta's crisis. Press traffic blocked, censors curtail cables, and foreigners including Davis and Palmer face detentions while Mexicans fear further riots and intervention.
A new organization in Frankfort to be known as the Taxpayers' League aims to promote citizen interests, push economical legislation, and cooperate with officials on public improvements. Officers include J. B. Meifeld president H. F. Campbell vice president Carl Sims treasurer and John C Morrison treasurer. The group influenced the city council to reject a bid for fire hose as overpriced. Nearby Columbus report: John Underwood accused of obtaining whisky prompting police action at Joseph Hines poolroom. Hines charged with operating a blind tiger after whisky concealed in various places was found.
Benjamin S. Owsley had four violent deaths in his family with two marriages in Jeffersonville. His second wife Ada Brown Schneider, once tried for murder in St Louis, failed to yield a verdict as the jury disagreed. Owsley previously lived in Utica Clark County and married Rose Underwood in 1886 who later divorced.
In Connersville on May 15 Wil Hanson and Fred Volz trapped a creature resembling a rat with a weasel body a squirrel head and housecat claws. Caught near a log hollow north of the city the quiet animal with light brown fur sleeps most of the time and has baffled researchers.
Ira C. Corner, a policeman, heard a buzzing sound in the Elkhart business district and investigated a grounded wire with a flashlight. He found a rattlesnake ready to strike and clubbed it to death. The reptile had five rattles and was believed carried into town in a load of hay.
A delivery wagon driven by Ray Hunter and Fred Shupard carrying eight boxes of dynamite was struck by a traction car in Tipton on May 13. The dynamite fell into the street but did not explode. The horse and wagon were dragged fifty feet. Hunter and Shupard escaped serious injury.
In Wabash on May 15 Police Judge Wilson offered John Yeater a choice after pleading guilty to public intoxication. He faced eleven days in jail or fifty two Sundays in church, and Yeater chose the church option.
Plainfield residents joined the Woman's Club Civic League and the Business Men's Association in a coordinated effort on clean-up day. The event saw broad participation as the community completed planned tasks and activities.
Miss Jans Anthony dropped an egg while moving west in Hartford City on May 15. The egg cracked but she mended it with paper and the chick hatched, peeping as the paper shell gave way.
Twin boys born to Mr and Mrs Frank Cully of Greenfield will celebrate different birth days. One twin arrived at 11 45 p m Saturday night and the other at 12 30 a m Sunday morning.
Judge Wickens in the Bartholomew circuit court ruled on the state of Indiana v Enzer Reed. Reed already serving for dynamiting a Hope school heating plant had other charges pending. The judge dismissed the remaining charges after considering three terms without trial and the state elected not to appeal.
Clinton reorganizes Sons of Veterans with thirty charter members and projected one hundred by Memorial Day. Elwood man 20 jailed for alleged auto theft from Dr. F. F. Mendenhall. Spiceland to transfer twenty orphans to Indianapolis home. Evansville probate shows Fredrik W. Cook estate valued at $265,000 mostly stocks and bonds. Oliver Thrown arrested on St. Louis assault with intent to kill. Marion pays $1,500 damages in Nettie Hubert case from Chesapeake Ohio train death. Shelbyville gas explosion injures Mrs Emma Smith during pie baking. Lawrenceburg man arrested for breaking into house with murder intent. Terre Haute man sues for $5,000 after cab driver assault. Muncie Woman’s Franchise League scolds Terre Haute civic conditions. Aurora teen writes from New Mexico seeking return. later homesick. Anderson watermelon-patch damages suit for $2,500 over shootings. Crawfordsville newspaper woman Mary Hannah Krout to address Memorial Day. Rushville damages suit in change of venue involving Indianapolis defendant.
A cryptic exchange questions age curiosity and a joking claim that women are most fascinating. The snippet appears from a 19th or early 20th century humor or social page with brief quips and advertising lines mixed with social banter.
A Jackson Missouri reader claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured their ten month old daughter’s severe skin eruption after weeks of painful sores. They report rapid sleep and full recovery within a week. Advertisement for Cuticura products offers a free sample with 32-page Skin Book by mail from Boston.
A dialogue notes a wife favoring a regional bank's location described as stocking and a husband arguing depositors will be well heeled. The exchange implies financial strategy and public sentiment about banking positions.
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