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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
1
A rapid roundup covers Dr. A C True on agricultural education, absinthe import ban proposed, Taft's message on the Maine inquiry, and Senate action on the Russia treaty. Also noted are the Sulzer treaty move, party conventions, the penny pension bill, court oaths reform talk, cattle sales, sensational crimes, Fort Riley plots, and labor leaders urging temperance.
The Swiss vice-president Louis Ferrer was chosen as president of the Swiss Confederation. In other items the English government barred American meat packers under U.S. prosecutions from British army contracts pending settlement of salts. Delhi’s corner stone ceremony for a new government seat in India drew a grand display of rulers and officials. The British Lords passed a national insurance bill expanding workers’ benefits. Morales of Santa Domingo led a brief uprising but the government moved to block footholds. Princess Louise Victoria and family endured a sea voyage mishap near Cape Spartel aboard the Delhi. Jina Cavalleri won back her property and a large settlement from her husband to annul their prenuptial agreement.
New York jewelers have completed a Christmas gift for Elbert Gary to his wife a necklace of 100 perfect pearls valued at not less than 600000. John slogan a veteran theatrical manager was stricken with paralysis at Hot Springs Arkansas and is in serious condition.
Police used two bloodhounds to track Nathaniel Towles after Miss Iva O Connell, a telephone exchange worker, was cut on the throat by a knife-wielding assailant. Towles was brought to the scene and identified by the victim. his father then brandished a revolver but the misfired shell prevented harm. Towles denies guilt as officers pursue the case.
Vandalia passenger fireman Cornelius W Peacher was electrocuted at his home when he touched a light switch. A 2,800 volt high tension line from the city electric West department had crossed the feeder into Peacher's home, delivering the fatal current. The city recently paid $1,200 damages to a telephone lineman nearly burned by a wire incident.
Petitions with over 5000 signatures will reach Governor Marshall this week for the fate of George Davis, sentenced to be hanged in northern Indiana. Davis decapitated a young girl in Gary and is said to show no remorse. No hangings have occurred during Marshall’s term.
Laporte Dec 18 Mrs W G Smith wife a wealthy fee dealer of this city has been reunited with her sister Mrs John Delozier of Altoona Pa whom she had known nothing for thirty years The reunion followed a chance visit of a woman of this city to South Lyons Mich where she met Mrs Delozier at a social function.
Jacob W. Jones a 65 year old farmer from near Zionsville was struck by a through freight on the Big Four track while walking toward Zionsville to visit a sick daughter. He died instantly, his body dragged about 100 feet and found two hours later after being dragged down a nearby embankment.
A six week religious campaign in LaPorte closed with over a thousand conversions. Dr French and WO Oliver of Kansas City opposed the effort, which targeted women and sparked a moral movement described as unprecedented in the city’s history.
In Boonville Dee II, Judge Roberts dismissed the jury after they were hopelessly hung with ten for acquittal and two for conviction following a twenty hour session. A second hearing is scheduled for February.
Coroners verdict in the Alfred Celline case at Newbury last Sunday states Collins took what he believed was gin but had strychnine substituted by an unknown person. The death is ruled suspicious and investigators await further evidence.
Oscar ane thony recently arrived from Kokomo and employed there was found dead in his room at a Noblesville rooming house. Authorities believe a gas fuse escape accident caused the fatality with no signs of foul play.
New York reports the Aero Club of America awarded its gold medal to P. Rodgers for completing a transcontinental flight. The honor recognizes notable aviation achievement and continental flight endurance.
Charles W. Morse, the convicted banker, remains in a Fort McPherson military hospital for four weeks with his condition worsening. His wife Mrs. Morse, beside him for three weeks, is seriously ill, as Taft pardon action looms as a Christmas hope.
Bad Axe Michigan December 18 1930 Mrs Carrie B Sparling widow of John Wesley Sparling who died under mysterious circumstances is arrested charged with Cyril Sparling death Doctors R A McGregor bound over to circuit court for Cyril murder may be freed as blame shifts to the wife and mother Ray Sparling the sole surviving son doubts McGregor guilt and hints poison by his mother during a trance
Fogler of Brooklyn and Clarke of Melbourne won the six day Madison Square Garden race edging the field by one lap. They rode 2 718 miles and 9 laps in 142 hours, finishing 18 miles and 2 laps behind the record set in 1908 by McFarland and Moran. Frank Kramer and James Moran took second place.
President Taft orders dignified handling of Maine wreck victims. A local undertaker was hired to prepare the remains found in Havana harbor for shipment to Washington to be buried in Arlington. He directs Secretary Meyers to bring ladies from a ship to attend the funeral aboard a large battleship and be conveyed by a monster vessel.
Rev. Charles M. Brewer former army chaplain returned to Olustee Oklahoma after being released on his own recognizance by Deputy Sheriff Colling in Altus Junction City. Government officials broaden the Fort Riley explosion investigation and seek a strange man who was with Private Michel Quirk the night of September 13 as Quirk attempted to enter the pumping plant.
The Puget Sound salmon pack for 1911 established a new record with a total of 1,626,000 cases, marking a significant achievement for Seattle and the industry.
The lesson situates Malachi between Ezra and Nehemiah around 458 to 430 BCE. It argues the prophet denounced temple neglect, improper offerings, and broken tithes, urging reform to restore true worship. It connects Nehemiah’s reforms to the Messiah’s coming and notes a parallel in moral maps linking Christianity with societal welfare.
A Washington bar known for newspaper elites and dignitaries features Pinkey the chocolate-colored Chesterfield presiding. One night a guest’s suit is misallocated to a rival, prompting Pinkey to joke about missing lodge duties while claiming they were organizing the colored Hibernians.
F U Campbell of Tipton Indiana recites experiences with Black Strap Molasses as a hog fattening aid. A farmer claims 20 years of use and notes earlier market readiness, lower grain needs, and healthier hogs. Additional endorsements cite use for horses mules poultry and cattle with a price list and free feed price list from J G Hermann & Co Indianapolis.
In a barnyard exchange a duck asks a fortune teller about an upcoming affair with a dark lady. The chicken reports the warning mentions a country looking man with an ax looming as a potential danger.
Avoid Higuia bluing and do not buy water for bluing. Water is adulterated and glass bottles add cost without value. Request Red Cross Ball Blue the blue that is truly blue. It makes the laundress smile. Large package five cents at all good grocers.
A man pleads ignorance as he is charged with stealing a sheep owned by Sir Garnett Fitz-Millurice. The defense quips on reading the landlord's brand and a mistaken belief the mark stood for Good Pat Muttop. The judge questions the reader's ability to interpret the branding.
The remark plays with dialect and a rural setting as a speaker asks if a wife wants to call her husband by phone. The line contrasts modern communication with calling a different person named Tim, hinting at humor or miscommunication.
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