Washington Weekend Happenings Report Briefs
In Washington the senate debates President Wilson’s envoy to Mexico John Lind with calls for firm credentials and recognition. Other items cover the National Association of Manufacturers lobbying, a currency bill update, express-rate cuts by the ICC, post office shifts in weight and banking by mail, and anticipated British naval bases in Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
John Lind
Mexico
Senate
Washington
Clark
Wyoming
United States
Huerta
Harrison
Currency talks sought by bankers amid Chicago meeting call
The currency commission of the American Hawkers Association invited state bankers presidents and clearing house reps to meet in Chicago this month to discuss the proposed currency bill as part of a nationwide push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Currency Commission
American Hawkers’ Association
New York
Bankers’ Associations
Commission
Chicago
Notable figures in brief regional and national news items
Personal Miss Kate Barnard of Guthrie Oklahoma is on a Middleton New York farm for treatment after a nervous breakdown. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw returns to the American stage with her first appearance since the Stanford White case. Clarence Miller and Gertrude Pattison wed in Los Angeles. S. Osgood Pell and his chauffeur killed in a Long Beach accident. Mr and Mrs William Lalmbeer injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Barnard
Guthrie
Okla
Charities and Corrections of
Oklahoma
Middleton
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Warn
New York
Mrs. Thaw
Jack Clifford
Boston
S. Osgood Pell
William Lalmbeer
Long Beach
New York City
Sun Yat Sen Flees to Formosa on Japanese Steamer
News reports say foreign Dr Sun Yat Sen, once provisional president and a southern revolution leader in China, has fled aboard a Japanese steamer bound for Formosa. Also notes a Glasgow coal pit fire claim twenty two deaths and Mexico’s Huerta reiterates hands off policy amid mediation talks. The boxing world eyes a September 1 title bout Manila for Willie Ritchie versus Freddie Welsh. Lisbon reports President Le Arriage’s grave kidney stone related condition.
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Sun Yat Sen
China
Formosa
Japan
China Sea
Willie Ritchie
Freddie Welsh
Italia
Australia
Vancouver
It9
Lisbon
Portugal
Manuel le Arriage
Wreck near Fortville blamed on curve and brakes failure
A collision east of Fortville between the Marion flyer and the Union Traction limited car injures motorman Aaron Plank and several others. Brakes on the limited failed to respond and the black signal block east of the siding did not show closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limited
Indiana
Fortville
Union Traction Company of
Here
Aaron Plank
Indianapolis
Flyer
Charles Coates
Charles Jacobs
United
William A. Shaw
Lynn
Ind
Mildred Weshler
William Weshler
Anderson
Union Traction One
Mra Shaffer
Elizabeth Martin
Plank
Fartville
Freight Wreck Kills Brakeman Near Princeton
Wreck on a Southern freight train near Princeton injures or kills workers. Brakeman Wictur Pinnick of New Albany is killed when seventeen cars pile up after a split switch. The incident occurs early yesterday three miles east of Princeton. Outbuildings and a train elevator are demolished. Pinnick was thrown from the top of a box car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Wictur Pinnick
New Albany
Douglas
Pinonick
Lightning Cures Rheumatism at Connersville
July 30 report says Martin Kelly, a watchman at Connersville blower works, was struck by lightning in the engine room. He was knocked to the floor but afterward found the rheumatic pains vanished and have not returned. He credits the bolt with curing his rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Martin Kelly
Bonaparte Furniture Tied to Ferguson Family Purchase
George Ferguson owns four nested beds and a highboy once of Charles Bonaparte brother of Napoleon. The pieces were bought at public auction by Ferguson’s father in Gordentown Maryland when Bonaparte estate property sold, and have been stored for nearly twenty years before being reissued.
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Honaparte
Brazil
George Ferguson
Charles Honaparte
Napoleon
Ferguson
Gordentown
Bonaparte
Woman Thrown Through Plate Glass in Princeton
Mrs. Charles Garwood of Patoka was badly injured when a horse driven by her husband bolted after a train. The animal ran down the street, turned a corner, and Garwood was pitched fifteen feet through air, breaking glass at a restaurant front and injuring her knees beneath it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Charles Garwood
Patoka
Garwood
Sledge hammer accident injures laborer at new courthouse
In August a plate-sized sledge hammer fell ten feet and struck Poster Hay a colored laborer at the new courthouse. The blow cut a gash in Hay's head and he was highly indignant.
White Playmate Shot In Richmond Tragedy
Robert Lyne a 14 year old White youth was killed by Malcolm Laine a colored 14 after a quarrel in Richmond. Police report a fatal early evening shooting with suspect in custody awaiting further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert Lyne
Malcolm Laine
White blackberries found near Cambridge City farm
A bush bearing white blackberries sits on the farm of Droft. Re Smith, a few miles southeast of this place. The berries are the same size and shape as the ordinary blackberry, but the ripened fruit shows white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge City
Droft
Re Smith
Five Thousand Bass Arrive From Mammoth Springs Hatchery
Five thousand small bass from the government fish hatcheries at Mammoth Springs Arkansas arrived in Shelbyville and were released into Little Blue river and Lewis creek to boost local fish stocks.
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Shelbyville
Government
Mammoth Springs
Ark
Little Blue River
Lewis Creek
Legless Man Climbs Tree in Daring Escape
Jeffersonville on August 1 recounts how George W. Stoner county auditor who lost both legs climbed a twelve foot bare trunk to escape a charging bull. Stoner using knee length prosthetic shoes strapped to stumps performed the ascent while John R. Scott county treasurer watched from nearby and later drove off the bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
George W. Stoner
Mr. Stoner
John R. Scott
Scott
Stoner
Rattlesnake attack shocks Bedford visitors at Freetown home
Mrs. James Young of Piqua Ohio visiting her sister Mrs. Maude Mills at a home near Freetown east of Bedford recalls a startling moment as a six month old baby slept. A strange noise led them to find a large rattlesnake dropping from the ceiling. they fled with the infant and killed the reptile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
James Young
Piqua, O
Maude Mills
James Barnes
Freetown
Here
Indiana News in Brief Seventeen Currents of Local Troubles
A compilation from Indiana towns notes injuries derailments disappearances and legal actions. Reports include Priersburg and William Harris, a Civil War veteran injured by a horse. Shelbyville missing person cases. Petersburg man injured by a pitchfork. searches for Frank Richey in Meansville. mine accident injuries at Princeton. a county trustee appointment in Washington. fatal injuries to John Walte near Greensbury. James Grimes stabbed in Brazil. Buell Loveless injured by barbed wire. church meetings in Milton. local police controversy in Brockville. a perjury plea and juvenile-ment case in Jeffersonville. and health concerns from a county survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Calbert Brown
Petersburg
Alfred Leek
Here
Gsowin
Meansville
Frank Richey
Richey
Princeton
Alonzo DeWeese
Harry Black
DeWeese
Washington
D. S
Jackman
Reevs Township
Lew
Core
R. V. Cor
Colorado
Greensburgy
John Walte
Westport
Brazil
James Grimes
Joseph Draper
Bedford
Grimes
Milton
Christan
Wayne County
Jacksonia Park
Centerville
B C. McCormick
Christian Church
F. M. Jones
Charles Hale
Country Board
Brockville
Pricia
Casper Schuck
Frank Moninger
Harry ©. Montgomery
Louisville
Frances Kipp
Corydon
St. Peter Lutheral Suniday School
Torydun
Wrohington
A. I. Donaldson
County Board of Health
Klate Board of Health
Bacon Pleads for Patience on Wilson Mexico Plan
Western Newspaper Union dispatch notes Governor of Mexico City cannot guarantee protection for John Lind if he aids in urging Huerta’s resignation. Senator Bacon appeals for patience until Wilson's mediation plans are fully tried, warning of possible US military action if they fail. Senator Swait of Michigan counters the troublesome Mexico report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
New York
the Sun
Mexico
Mexico City
John Lind
Wilson
Huerta
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
William Alden Swit
Michigan
Altro
Torch Used By Black Handers In Cleveland Fire
Black Handers burned the home of Philip Sasso at 15308 Shiloh road after he allegedly refused a $2 000 ransom. Sasso fired at intruders through the kitchen window, then aided his wife and three children to safety as investigators found pantry papers and kindling soaked with oil and set aflame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Philip Sasso
Shiloh
Sasso
Bin
Simoke
Grandmother at 33 Years Old Reported in Newark Record
A Newark notice reports a sequence where a grandmother at 33 years old surrenders honors to Mrs. 8. M. Jackson of North Newark, following a path that would make her daughter a mother at a young age in Cambridge, Ohio. The names include Grandpa Kus ter, Grandpa Lame, and Grandpa Hallenbaugh, with ages ranging 11 to 40, all residents of Newark.
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Newark
Will Kuster
George Lame
Howard Hallenbaugh
8. M. Jackson
North Newark
Herbert Coburn
Cambridge
Cincinnati Market Prices For Grains Poultry And Livestock
A dense listing of commodity prices across grains hay oats wheat and mixed feeds with varied No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 quality grades for white yellow and mixed corn rice hay oats wheat and clover plus poultry cattle hogs sheep lambs and calves. Includes price ranges for shippers butchers and grades from extra to common and listed per unit.
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Ander
Helfers
S.sbjcows
Cominnon
Crestline Brakeman Injured In Fifty Foot Park Plunge
O John Carlisle of Crestline a railroad brakeman is believed to die from injuries after a four passenger car crashed at a local park. K C Rider escaped unharmed as the vehicle plunged from a fifty foot dip causing a horrific scene for park excursionists.
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Lain
O. John Carlisle
Crestline
Abjeet
K.C
Coca Cola Habit Declared Not a True Addiction
Doctors recount hundreds of drug habit cases and say Coca Cola does not form a true habit. They compare its use to common comforts like beefsteak and ice cream, noting people drink it for taste and refreshment and go without when unavailable.
Mandy’s Gentle Little Hint
A mistress counsels Mandy to tell her beau not to wear white, but Mandy declares the man is too dull to understand. She admits she would not give a hint, yet she bluntly describes him as looking “like a black snake crawlin’ out of cream.”
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Mandy
Sally
Jes
Made Daddy Gasp A Child Demands Silence in Sharp Plea
A Chicago boy, small and quick to imitate adults, grows irked at his father during a family meal. He interrupts, raises his voice, and in a comic jab asks, Papa, will you kindly close your little trap for just one moment while I get in a word.
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Daddy
Chicago
French cotition leader on American marriage says love matters more than money
Mandre de Fouquieres, a noted Parisian figure, told reporters before leaving for France that money plays a minor role in American marriages. He noted love matches are common here and recalled a New York debutante who quipped that pure love is "adulterated with a little money."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lustig
New York
District Attorney’s Office
Bellevue Hospital
Herman Regenthal
Mandre de Fouquieres
France
M. de Fouquieres
What They Told Her
A group of old ladies chat while knitting sharing birth weights and outcomes. A speaker recalls weighing three and a half pounds at birth and surviving against odds with a concise, wry rejoinder. Also mentions a winding stream and a Montana clock river image as a half-phrase motif.
Postum touted as coffee substitute in family home uses
An advertisement quotes a doctor and a Batt Creek company claim that Postum improves digestion where coffee fails. The testimonial details long drinking coffee before marriage, swapping to Postum, and avoiding tea and coffee as pantry kept. It notes Postum Regular requires boiling while Instant Postum needs only hot water.
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Suromer
Postum
Postum Co
Batt Creek
Mich
Wellville
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National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
House Lobby
James A. Emery
Association
House Banking and Currency Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Overman
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee
James E. Watson
Watson
Nica- Tagua
Iiryan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Great Britain
Harry G. Elliot
Ellen Sibley
Macomb's Dam Park
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Hell Tines
St. Louis
International Union of Electrical Workers
Museum of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Babylon
Manwell
Yuba County
California
Dorst
Wheatland
Fusion Committee
John Purroy Mitchell
Morenci
Clifton
Ariz
Kansas
Clay Center
Topeka
Pleasant Hill
The
American Osteopathic Association
Kirksville
Marietta
Louisville & Nashville
Yarmouth
Mass
Jaculevile & Nashville
New Orleans
Birmingham
Ala
Spencer Couley
Parts
Clarence B. Miller
Duluth, Minn
Misa Gertrude W Pattison
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
George M. Sternberg
Maiia
Cadder Coliery
Glasgow
Secotland
John Javid
AARON
Snake
Baby
Indiana News
Priersburg
William Harris
U. S. Senate Chamber
Blackhanders
Cinsinnati Markets
Montana
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