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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
4
The steel tariff revision bill failed to clear two thirds in the Senate, 32 to 39, and the wool bill lacked sufficient votes to override President Taft’s veto. The House also fell short on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill with 153 to 107.
Domestic Clarence S Darrow Chicago lawyer was acquitted by a jury in Los Angeles California of attempting to corrupt a prospective juror in the McNamara murder trial. An indictment remains against Darrow charging bribery of the first juror sworn in the case. Then follow various notices of public meetings and incidents across the country with little direct relation to the main item.
Colonel Roosevelt called out both major parties as boss ridden in a flat Providence address since his Chicago nomination. He urged leadership from New England and warned ordinary voters have little to gain from either the Democratic or Republican path.
Personal Mme Helene D Orrovant, wife of a Russian count, injured in a Baltimore auto wreck. Assistant Surgeon T B McClintte dies in Washington from spotted fever contracted in Montana. William Gustavus Fischer dies in Philadelphia after brief illness. John Jacob Astor VI named the most expensive baby. Dr Edwin Pradford Cragin reportedly earns 1000 a day for caring for Madeleine Force Acwor and her son Nat C Goodwin injured when his boat hit rocks near Los Angeles. recovery appears assured.
The Indiana Nurses Association holds its annual meeting at the YWCA October 1-2 with Miss Jane A Delano as principal speaker. Marion county Progressive plans include county tickets and district conventions. W H L VanBriggie runs for state senator. Dr F E Willis eyed for county coroner. John F Wild discussed for county treasurer.
The Indiana apple show commission adopts an official 18 by 11 2 by 10 1 2 inch standard box for the Indianapolis event in November. Expert notes stress boxes of single-piece ends and sides, two-piece tops and bottoms, proper thickness, and packing that prevents fruit slipping and damage.
The Indiana yearly meeting of Hickatte Friends at Richmond endorsed politics in church and said there is no longer a line between religious and civic duties. The report of the legislative committee notes county local option as the key issue, with township option seen as a mistake. Morris Harding was reappointed treasurer amid party line shifts and united wet forces.
The state board of health will report 4653 births in Indiana for July. Boys 2078 and girls 2275. White births 2226 boys and 2222 girls. State birth rate 20.1 with Warren County highest at 32.4 and Benton County lowest at 9.3. Marion County total 446 births at rate 19.4. Colored births 51 boys and 63 girls.
Indiana Horticultural Society plans its annual meeting in Orleans August 21 and 22 at the experimental orchard with a morning inspection of the orchard and a tour of the Burton fruit farm. Joseph A. Burton hosts, with First Baptist Mitchell women serving meals, and speeches at Orleans town hall.
A hurricane struck Baltimore causing severe damage across the business district and shopping areas. The Hotel Rennert cupola was blown down, a large wagon with horse was hurled, glass windows shattered, electric signs torn, and trees uprooted blocking street tracks for about an hour.
A party of suffragists in Embleton, Northumberland, ambushed Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, and pressed him into a heated discussion on women’s suffrage. Grey initially refused to discuss the matter on site, but the women argued that they had been denied discussion elsewhere.
An Indianapolis bound interurban car left Anderson at 1 30 with its motorman powering ahead of a cyclone seen approaching from the west. Passengers watched the funnel shaped cloud as it passed just feet behind the car. The storm pulled down trees and tore trolley and feed wires across the track.
A lightning strike at Tatnall Square in Macon, Georgia, struck near Mercer University triggering a fire in a building across from a Presbyterian church. The bolt killed two people, injured two others, damaged multiple structures, and sparked a panic in the area.
Mrs Elizabeth Lovell known as the oldest gypsy queen in the United States died suddenly at a camp in Parkersburg West Virginia. She was 107 and had been in strong health, active as a 60 year old. Remains will be taken to Cumberland Maryland for burial.
In Toledo Ohio 17 year old stock boy Myron Thompson was crushed when attempting to board a moving freight elevator at Samson Dry Goods. His head was caught between the elevator and the door.
A listing of market quotes for wheat, corn, oats, hay, cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs in Cincinnati. Prices shown include No. 2 red wheat at 1.05, corn varieties from 78 to 82 cents, oats around 34 cents, hay grades, and ranges for cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs with bids and expected selling values.
Mrs. Deforest Edwards of Marion Ohio dies from cerebral hemorrhage after being knocked from a moving streetcar injuries from the fall. She was widow of a well known dry goods merchant.
Lightning struck two oil tanks in Selo Ohio igniting a blaze that burned about 49.90 gallons of oil and caused roughly 26000 dollars in damage. Local authorities reported the incident and estimated the loss from the fire.
A fragmentary remark compares spouses and quacks with playful wordplay. The dialogue hints at marital focus on virtues versus flaws, ending with a light analogy about wedding day priorities. The text uses humorous questions about doctors and engagement.
A Kansas City mother visits her husband’s relatives with her two young daughters. At the depot the kids are told to be well behaved. They return chewing gum and explain they asked the slot machine for pennies, having no money of their own.
John Burroughs and his brother Eden Burroughs hunted foxes in the Catskills at Hobart. Eden won the hunt by shooting the fox, then boasted of the five dollar skin value. A friend reminded him he earned seventy five dollars for a magazine account of the same hunt.
A New York Tribune report cites San Francisco expert KR Marriote Thompson warning that scientific management can overreach. It recalls Hussler, proprietor of a large factory, who, under the system, bragged of efficiency and once pushed aside church officials at a wedding altar, claiming one worker suffices for such tasks.
A New York congressman and his wife were honored at a social function hosted by the East Side optical club. The entertainment chair introduced new members to guests including municipal officers. The master of ceremonies misnamed attendees before correcting them to Mr. and Mrs. Inspector of Hy Grants Faucets and Shopworks Casey.
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