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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
4
A survey notes two travel reader types in 1913: seekers of knowledge and those recalling past journeys. It cites travel books as a thriving publishing venture and discusses public interest in affordable second hand travel writings.
A reader questions the impact on citizens when affordable sauerkraut contrasts with persistently high wieners. The note frames concerns about cost of living and price gaps affecting households.
A House resolution directs the post office committee to report a bill for government ownership of telephone and telegraph services. The plan includes post office control, appraisals by the Interstate Commerce Commission, four percent annual payments to owners, and bonds to fund final awards. Attorney General McReynolds opposes government ownership but expects it may occur if competition fails to return.
General Salazar orders a 20 mile wide sweep from Ojinaga through western Chihuahua burning property and impressing men into the federal army. The move follows receipt of orders from Huerta at Ojinaga. Rebels report Tampico attack abandoned while Carranza aims to seize Tampico at all costs.
Mayor Knotts of Gary refuses to appoint Mrs. Kate Wood Ray to head the board of public safety, citing an Indiana statute barring women from office. He offered a test case, but she declined to violate the law and accept the position.
The Cardiff Giant one ton gypsum carving is returned to Fort Dodge Iowa after purchase by J R Mulroney from E F S Calkins of Syracuse for ten thousand dollars. If not exhibited elsewhere it will remain an object of interest in Fort Dodge's gypsum industry, which is represented by eleven mills.
In Indianapolis on December 22, Mrs. Lee Parrott shot her husband, 539 West Michigan Street, in a quarrel after he found another man in their home. Parrott, wounded in the abdomen, was taken to the city hospital with uncertain prospects. Mrs. Parrott was placed in city jail charged with shooting with intent to kill.
Charles Waller nineteen of Massey faces circuit court on a grand jury manslaughter indictment for the fatal shooting of Abs.ora Risley. He pleads not guilty and remains jailed in default of a 2000 bond with trial dateunset. Everett Reed, involved in the gun dispute, is jailed after pleading guilty to intoxication and awaiting assault charge disposition.
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin answers a $40,000 suit by Rodney Sackett of Berlin Wis alleging compensation for services during the senate investigation. He denies owing Sackett and says the services were voluntary. Sackett was an executive clerk in the United States Senate under Stephenson's appointment.
About seventy five children from tenement districts swarmed a leading Minneapolis hotel on December 22 and demanded dinner claiming Santa Claus invited them. The manager, unaware of the plan, served turkey and all left satisfied after the surprise visit prompted by a stranger spreading the Santa invitation. Half the diners were girls.
Harvey Morehouse fifteen dies during a recess wrestling match with Roy Mikels sixteen at Genesis schoolhouse two miles west of Battle Ground. Coroner cites acute dilation of the heart and strenuous exertion as the indirect cause of death.
A blaze in Portsmouth dockyards caused an estimated loss of 5 million dollars. The port employed all resources, calling on warships and marine and military barracks fire trimmings. The new cruiser Queen Mary was endangered but towed to safety.
Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey of Denver the children’s judge and juvenile court reformer married Miss Henrietta Grevoort daughter of Mrs Clippert of Detroit Michigan. The ceremony took place in the Auditorium hotel. The bride who is Socialist became acquainted with her husband seven months ago at Katie Creek Michigan where they were guests at a sanatorium. Lindsey is nineteen years older than his bride. he is forty three and she twenty four.
Chicago report claims Jack Jolson defeated Paris crowd with a controversial draw against Battling Dit Johnson. A local friend says Johnson faced his brother in law Gus Ithodes, a strong rival with boxing aims.
A large turbine steamer for Hamburg American Line was launched at Stettin Germany bound for Panama. The vessel is designed for 19 knot speed and a passenger capacity of 2,000 with High Admiral Tirpitz christening the ship.
Rev Samuel Hawthorne was granted a divorce from Mrs Hawthorne after a wife desertion charge was not tried. The custody of their minor daughter was awarded to Walter and Mrs. Armstrong of Anderson, relatives of the minister.
Terre Haute report states Walter Swisher died in hospital after being shot by his roommate Richard Gibbons at the Gibbons home in Lyford near Clinton. Gibbons claims self defense. a prior Nowlin case is noted with a self defense plea and an accidental injury to John Hiassan who was nearby.
Capt. James H M Glennon will command the Wyoming replacing Capt. Frederick L Chapin who died last week. Capt. William R Kueh moves to the battleship Florida from the North Dakota, and Capt. Charles P Plunkett of the South Dakota takes the North Dakota.
Howard fish, eightenm years old, was overcome by gas in a Wabash Pec room when he stepped on a rubber hose feeding a small heating stove. The stove blaze went out and the room filled with gas. policemen found him unconscious but he was soon revived.
Bloomington reports about 400 students affected by a mild measles epidemic led by Lester Smith head of schools. One teacher Miss Goldie Nichol is ill as cases rise among first five grades. no deaths have occurred.
Mince meat recipe uses beef suet apples currants raisins citron lemon rind and juice brown sugar molasses and cider with mace cinnamon cloves and salt. Plum pudding bakes milk bread sugar suet raisins currants spices eggs and nutmeg. Citron and Nut Cake folds in butter sugar eggs milk flour baking powder vanilla citron nuts with frosting. A closing moral line from Roewland EMH dated 3 4 ?.
A nostalgic collection of kitchen recipes and hints for holiday treats. Includes Christmas Cookies with butter eggs cream and rice flour, Reliable Mince Meat with fruits and nuts, Marrons With Whipped Cream using chestnuts, Carrot Pudding with spices, and two sauces for Plum Pudding. Interspersed with a brief dialect exchange about politeness and propriety.
A fragment notes Hazel as a potential detective and recalls attending a musical comedy where she followed the plot through to the end. It hints at their perception of Hazel's observational skill in a light tablet of conversation.
A Chicago journalist recounts a Western Canadian farmer who left Iowa for 160 acres then expanded to about 3000 acres debt free. He pays $2 to $10 per acre, earns high wheat yields, and says land pays for itself within three years. He contrasts poverty in Iowa with fortunes built on Canadian soil.
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