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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
9
Congress to investigate labor versus capital clashes with Samuel Gompers testifying on July 25. Senate Norris proposes interstate rail and grain inquiries amid a busy docket of bank closures and a Stamford wreck blamed on inexperience.
A transnational row unfolds as Roumanian troops push into Bulgaria after the king declared war. In Paris Jack Johnson stated he will settle in France and not return to the United States. A Dublin bombing injures eleven clerks amid suffragette violence. Reports from Rome detail a graft case witness’ death. The Sacra Rota allows Boni Castellane to remarry Anna Gould. Rumors of Turkish alliance talks surface. A mosque bombing kills 700 Kurkut under Bulgarian irregulars. Zurich hosts the seventh Sunday school convention. A London birth ties Lady Camoys to Mildred Sherman. The body of Agnes Firth MacDuff from Cambridge identified after a self-inflicted death in France.
Personal Joseph Swain of Swarthmore College is unanimously elected president of the National Education Association at Salt Lake City. The report also notes Mrs. John F Marti of New York is robbed of jewelry in Paris and several other political and legal updates.
John W. Rupon of Richmond was elected president of the Indiana State Bar Association as the annual convention closed in Indianapolis with a banquet. Other officers included Vice-President Thomas Davidson Greensburg and Secretary George H. Bachelor Indianapolis.
Miss Beatrice Ward of Pittsburgh narrowly escaped drowning at Water Valley on the Kankakee river for the second time in a week. Although she cannot swim, she saved herself after three men attempted rescue and later assisted to rescue her rescuers before another fall. Hammond lawyer Charles G Granger finally pulled her from the water after she went down a third time.
Frank Woods of Elkhart was bound to the federal grand jury in Indianapolis on a $1000 bond charged with bringing a woman from Grand Rapids Michigan to Elkhart for frameral purposes. He appeared before United States Commissioner Thade Talcott Jr and faces trial under the Mann white slave law.
An early report states a blaze in Oolitic wiped out the Red Men’s hall the Knights of Pythias hall and the general store of HK WW Hardwell. The electric light system and telephone company were damaged with total losses estimated around 25000 dollars. Oolitic relies on a bucket brigade for firefighting and the cause remains unknown.
A son of Martin Elliott living three miles south of Linton was struck by lightning and killed instantly. Lightning hit the Vandalia mule barn No. 9 and burned it to the ground. The front of the Union Lumber company building was blown off and telephone lines suffered heavy damage.
The corner stone of Plymouths new public library was laid under the direction of the Grand Lodge FL and A M of Indiana. John W Hanan supervised as most worshipful grand master. Local escorts met the grand lodge and Samuel Parker of South Head delivered the address. The building will cost 15000 dollars and is a gift from Andrew Carnegie.
Mrs. Christiana Lansdown, aged seventy, married William A. Green, seventy four, at the State Soldiers' home where both resided. Green has lived there since 1896, from New Albany, while Lansdown came from Floyd county in 1901. They left for a southern trip and plan to reside in New Albany.
A runaway freight train derailed near Alliance Ohio smashing into the Cleveland flyer. Ten year old Hilda Bronner was killed and about 35 others injured as a steel coach toppled and was crushed. Railway officials probe cause near the depot.
Huffman family from Los Angeles perished when their car at 40 mph was struck by a locomotive near the San Gabriel Mission. Huffman wife and three children, and aunt Miss Missouri Huffman, died instantly. a fourth child escaped with minor injuries as a passenger train loomed.
Miss Afton Collier, 17, of Independence Kat, two students at Valparaiso University, returned to her room in Valparaiso Indiana and drank acid. authorities reprimanded for alleged neglect of class work.
Akron Summit County faces a labor famine as a bumper wheat harvest arrives. Farmers offer the highest wages for harvest hands ever recorded, drawing workers from surrounding areas and raising concerns about timely planting and field work.
A dense list of commodity prices and grades for corn oats wheat rye and hay, plus eggs poultry cattle and hogs. Reflects a period market with various No numbers and weight classes, including timothy clover and mixed fodders, eggs prime firsts and ordinary firsts, and assorted cattle and sheep pricing.
Frederick Sylvester, a Hull resident, was sentenced to three months in Plymouth jail by Judge Pratt for operating his automobile under liquor. The judge stressed jail terms over fines for such charges. Sylvester sat on the grand jury that indicted Mrs. Jennie May Eaton for the murder of Adm. Eaton.
Advice for the home milliner and relatives on making kid hats at home. It covers copying professional designs to train taste, selecting becoming shapes and colors, and three example hemp hat designs with ribbons bows daisies and plaited ribbon bands detailing assembly and trimming techniques.
A new white rubber headwear item blends sea bathing and motor use. It features a gored crown, three inch brim, rubber band and bow, and an inner rubber crown that tightens to shield the head. The cap can be worn with or without the upper section for wind and dust protection.
Satin chin ribbons on white straw hats for little girls add a pale pink or blue rosette at the brim. The ribbon sits near one ear and forms a permanent bow under the chin, fastening beneath a second rosette on the hat rim.
A young bride shows frugal ingenuity by making photograph frames from wedding scraps. She mounted a photo of herself and her fiancé under glass with a gilt Rim molding, pleasing her bridesmaids with the thoughtful handmade gifts.
An apparatus for securing hairpins in a compact case. It forms a container the size and shape of a hairpin bundle, with a top clasp that closes down like a scissors cave to keep medium to large size pin packs intact.
Small bunches of black and white satin rosebuds decorate bib edges and handles of parasols. Medium pink ribbon roses and greenery form wreaths around several parasols, adding a decorative touch.
A model of hand embroidered lingerie features a wide belt of pleated light blue taffeta. The guide explains avoiding lace damage when a narrow pointed card is slipped between lace and fabric during cutting.
The article recommends choosing white English stock flowers for wedding decorations. Its close growing blossoms create very white effects desirable for both church and home weddings.
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