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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1913
Page
5
A wide run of items covers the Wilson administration taboo on alcohol at events, labor and tariff moves, cabinet confirmations, and federal appointments. Proceedings note jail, court cases, and political shifts in Washington and across the nation, plus incidents from Carmel to Gettysburg and beyond.
President Harry Pratt Judson calls the decennial meeting to order in Cleveland. Congratulatory messages and gifts flow to Mr and Mrs Jay Gould on the birth of a girl joining Eleanor as a sister. Ambassador Bryce prepares a final official visit to Ottawa with Gov General Duke of Connaught. Levi P Morton, aged eighty eight, is critically ill in Fifth Avenue apartments.
Greek authorities announce 78 450 Turkish prisoners including Janina surrenders. 32 000 troops garrison at Janina capitulated after a two day bombardment. Turkish cruiser Hamidieh sinks three Greek transports carrying Servian troops near Hagien Ores peninsula in the Aegean.
Germany marks its jubilee year and Prussia’s war centennial with ceremonies in Berlin. In the Americas and Europe, battles and disasters claim lives as crews perish in Marmora and Sonora clashes occur near Nacozari. Dowager Queen Alexandra reaches fifty in London. Marines suffer losses in Managua rail crash. Hungary’s lower house backs women's suffrage reform bill allowing broader enfranchisement.
Tipton March 5 The board of children's guardians through S A Culver filed suit in the circuit court for possession of Joseph Wesley Rovers age seven. The boy appeared at school with a fractured arm and told his teacher his stepmother beat him with a broomstick. School authorities and physicians found sixteen scars on his body. The father works at the Lake Erie and Western roundhouse and did not know of the mistreatment and the boy feared to tell.
In South Bend on March 5 Mrs. Frances Rzoszews ki sued Rev. John Kubacki of St. Albert's Polish Catholic church for 25000 dollars alleging he called her a woman with a black heart. The case centers on alleged slur during church affairs and seeks damages.
South Bend Indiana March 7 jurors in the Benjamin Kahn arson case reported at 9 30 last night they could not reach a verdict. They were sent back to resume deliberations.
Columbus March 7. Veterinarian E A Tucker reports state exams found negri bodies in the head of a dog he sent for analysis. The animal belonged to Edward Robertson.
Mooresville reports an eastbound interurban car was targeted at Stop 14 on the Martinsville line at 9 PM. A pair of heavy angle bars lay on the track for a planned wreck, arranged some distance apart to derail the car.
Relatives of Henry P Daly file in circuit court to stop transfer of 37360 in railroad stocks and bonds to a woman called BE FE Belasco believed to be Daly s wife The man had a wife and four Illinois children and died in Mishawaka hospital amid a suspect disappearance of the supposed widow authorities began a secret inquiry into papers and property involved The filing signals a contest over Daly s estate and alleged double life
Luman Banks aged forty nine owner of A. J. Banks and Son hardware firm was found dead in bed with a bullet wound and a revolver nearby in Greenfield on March 5.
Fire destroys Claude Donovale’s Goshen home with $8000 loss, insurance $1560. Orleans post office robbed but dynamite scare prevents theft. Monon reports death of Miss Agnes Carr in Wilmington due to goiter. Brazil case against Jacob Hess postponed to April 21. New Albany man suffers arm injury requiring amputation. Shelburn petitions to become a city. Columbus to try Harrison Cook for dynamite use with a special judge. Laporte hosts Northern Indiana Editorial Association meeting September 4–5 with Governor Ralston guest. Maplewood Cemetery appoints George Lilly president. Newport sues National Elevator Co. for $26,000 over December accident. Portersville bridge dispute. Sullivan state suit over death of a man struck by train. Linton district Knights meet with large turnout.
Benjamin Fink, named as the torch of the arson trust, admits guilt knowledge of many fires and an alleged network. His confession to Prosecutor Montgomery estimates damages at about one million dollars and implicates about 100 people, signaling forthcoming arrests in the probe.
Frank Eker, age seven, rescued his sister Audline and brother Donald from a kitchen fire after they dropped oil on the stove. The flames scorched their faces and heads, and Frank nearly drowned them with water yet succeeded in saving their lives.
Ten thousand members of the Children and Misses Dress makers union, mostly girls, walked out demanding a 60 hour week, higher pay and abolition of tenement house work. The action follows the general garment workers strike.
Massachusetts passes a hatpin safety law after Gov. Foss signs a bill. Women who do not cover hatpin points face up to a $100 fine to protect the public.
Madrid returns from regional sections report 95 Liberals 56 Conservatives and 20 Catholics for the chamber of deputies with Republicans in between.
Cincinnati market listings show wheat and corn mixed prices, oats and hay values, poultry, cattle and hog figures, plus sheep and lambs figures. Notable entries include No 2 red wheat at 1.06 to 1.09 per bushel, corn No 2 white 53 to 54 cents, hay timothy ranges from 10.6 to 16 dollars, and hogs around 8.70 to 9.00 per hundredweight with varied quality levels.
A dynamite blast at Nobel's explosive works in Arder near Irvine, Ayrshire, shattered the town and destroyed homes churches schools and public buildings. The blast leveled structures, collapsed ceilings and left most windows gone, with strong force felt for miles around.
A short humorous notice contrasts a bank teller with a spendthrift noting a teller may earn an honest living by letting money slip through his fingers. References to Mrs. Austins Gag Pancake and line ads appear in a rhetorical London Athenaeum style.
A brief antiquated reflection on habitual thoughts shaping character from Marcus Aurelius contrasts with a modern quip about eggs and fashion from the Washington Herald. The exchange notes rising egg prices and a joking suggestion that fried eggs might trim women’s outfits, signaling era humor.
A fragment presents a quip between a dying man and a preacher where the man rejects fear of the next world and claims membership in one or more of nineteen lodges, as noted by Puck.
In a light exchange Mrs. Crabshaw observes a pound of Swiss cheese goes farther than others. Mr. Crabshaw quips that shops have not yet devised a plan to weigh the holes, a playful Puck-style remark on value and perception.
In a rural banter scene Farmer Jones coughs with vague pains and jokes about various ailments. Browne asks what was done last night while Janes admits reading the Farmers Almanac until near morn, hinting at a lively, old timey exchange.
The exchange features a character asking for self-raising items like umbrellas and window shades. A line about turning children into self-raising pickaninnies reflects dated racial language as part of the humor, with a plea to befriend if a method is offered.
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