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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
5
The article notes a Pan American unity mass in Washington with President Taft, eight cabinet members, Supreme Court leaders, and foreign representatives in attendance. It also covers trials, legislative moves, and various national incidents from 1912 era politics and public life.
Samuel N. Grant files a suit in Vanderburgh county superior court seeking a permanent injunction against fourteen Evansville and two supply houses accused of forming a trade restraint. Damages of 3000 dollars are sought, with allegations that Master Plumbers Association and supply firms have conspired to fix prices and starve Grant of business after 33 years. Local opponents and nonmember plumbers express support as attorneys plan to report to the prosecutor for possible criminal action.
Indianaapolis officials report that Rev Albert Detch, active since 1905 after leaving a conference, may be barred from performing marriages. A district committee found he advertised as a marrying parson and could not overlook the illegal ceremony charged because the bride was under age. Detch surrendered his papers and vows to stop marrying.
Katherine Godfrey a three year old in Fort Wayne is growing a new nose from her left floating rib and forearm tissue after an accident last year. The rib was buried in forearm flesh and flesh grew around it as the arm was bandaged to the nose. The plan is to loosen the forearm and graft the skin to finish the nose leaving only a scar.
Evansville reports the death of Mrs. Josephine Files at age 4 who served as a nurse in the Union army during the Civil War. Her husband served in the 65th Indiana regiment. she was famed as the angel of the sixty-fifth.
John W. Blauth’s embezzlement case, involving about 45000 dollars, was dismissed at the request of Prosecuting Attorney J. W. Sappenfield in Evansville on November 27.
Bowling Green on November 27 a 14 year old boy Ben Stwalley son of Mrs Barberes Stwalley was accidentally shot while examining a platel at his home two miles southwest of the city. The incident occurred at his residence.
In Hammond on Nov 27 two unidentified men posing as deputy sheriffs raided the Schneider area, gathering cash and assorted slot machines from saloons and stores into an auto van. Authorities believe the haul exceeds $1,000 and owners have no recourse due to gambling device laws. In Shelbyville, Claude Day wrecked his touring car to avoid a collision, injuring himself and Robert Miller.
Greensburg reports a six mile railroad was sold for junk. Built thirty seven years ago to haul stone from quarries to the main line, the line runs from Greensburg to Harrin City and is now scrapped.
Bedford five year old Elmer Corbin died after being struck by a car fender with skull fracture. Evansville suit filed for 10000 damages by Lena Chapman over her husband Wilion Chapman killed in Sunnyside Coal Mine. Martinsville Bert Staley died after being run over by Vandalia freight cars. Glenwood John W Lin Dale and Maria Lin Dale celebrate 58 years married in 854 with three children six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Sullivan Frank Hooper murder case slated for January 6 in Sullivan district court. Lawrenceburg railroad cop John W Bennett fatally slashed while ejecting passenger William Kitchell. Bennett nearly bled out. Columbus sensational gravel road disclosures threatened by Kinney and Dunlap. bonds lost. South Bend mother testifies husband forced daughter to work. arrest for desertion. Greenfield Leslie F Pope rearrested on forgery warrants. Lawrenceburg diphtheria scarlet fever epidemics spreading. smallpox in James B Chase family. vaccination urged. Marion Ole Garrison, 13, injures hand by shotgun discharge while hunting. Muncie Carney Bartlett pleads guilty to assault on dry worker Georg Shaw. fined. Bartlett’s liquor license renewal denied but granted on appeal.
The Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads must dissolve their merger as ordered by the Supreme Court. The ruling holds the combination a Sherman Act violation and requires the two systems to operate independently to restore competition for the public good.
The U S Supreme Court affirmed the Mississippi Supreme Court decision ruling that a contract for sale of the beverage poinsettia in Mississippi could not be enforced under state prohibition. Justice Hughes stated that a law banning malt beverages, intoxicating or not, does not violate the federal constitution.
Flames swept the Standard Store and Brick Co. plant at McClainsville near Bellaire, costing an estimated 200000 dollars. The blaze, discovered by workmen, left many workers unemployed as officials investigated its origin.
Rome court of cassation rejects appeals in the Viterbo murder of Gennaro Cuccolo and his wife. The trial court’s judgment is upheld as final.
Police believe Mrs. Austin Elwell drowned herself and her two children by washing them into an abandoned limestone quarry 400 feet deep filled with water. Family troubles are cited as motive.
Market report lists Wheat No 2 red at 1.05 to 1.08 and various grades of corn and oats with prices in cents and dollars. It covers hay timothy clover and mixed, poultry and eggs, cattle and hogs, sheep and lambs with bid prices for packers and shippers, and notes market conditions and ranges.
Washington reports the first public bill introduced in the house would pension former presidents and their widows. By Representative DeForest of New York, it would pay a former president 2000 dollars per month and a widow 1000 dollars per month. A minor child under 21, with both parents dead, would receive 200 dollars per month.
A religious-leaning critique argues the era’s main heresy is greed and social indifference. It contrasts practical wealth with restitution, urging leaders and magnates to support aging preachers and lift workers, framing Cain as a symbol of systemwide unrest and moral debt.
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