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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
3
Washington Interior announces water for Belle Fourche unit
The Interior Secretary says water will be ready for 10 677 acres in the third Belle Fourche reclamation unit South Dakota on May 25 and about 100 government farms will be subject to homestead entry that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Hammond
Milwaukee
Various 1920s items mix fraud ruling and society news
United States District Judge Hanford canceled Leonard Oleson citizenship papers for fraud relating to his claim of attachment to the Principles of the Constitution. Dr. George Chalmers Richmond denounced Col Astor and Miss Force in a sensational sermon on willmaking. James Douglass, 24, killed by lightning near McLeanboro as delegates to the Advertising Clubs of America convene in Dallas May 19. The first baby born after his mother’s death to survive is in Fordham Hospital New York after a Caymarian operation delivering a 14 pound boy. Early report notes Bredley A Fiske and W Page in replanting at Salem, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cornelius J. Hanford
Seattle
Wash
Citzenabip
Leonard Oleson
George Chalmers Richmond
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Col
John J. Astor
Madelaine Force
Astor
Fordham Hospital
New York City
Wen
Conference Supports Bill Against Liquor Shipments
Unanimous vote by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Minneapolis backs the Kenson-Shephard bill now before Congress prohibiting interstate shipment of intoxicating liquors into dry territories. The piece notes broader church actions and contemporaneous events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church At
Minneapolis
Congress
Mexico's provisional government faces leadership questions
Emilio Vazquez Gomez remains provisional president as his cabinet leaves Juarez under guard. Reports say northern Mexico grows quieter while regional unrest lingers and quakes near Zapotlán trigger aftershocks and volcanic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Asa Emilio Vazquez Gomez
Juarez
Exposition Delegation Visits St Petersburg and Notables
Personal members of the Panama Pacific exposition commission led by John Hays Hammond arrived in St. Petersburg from Germany and spent much of the day sightseeing. Dr John Grier Hibben was inaugurated president of Princeton University amid distinguished educators and thousands of alumni and students. A Paris rumor cables to New York that Mrs Ava Willing Astor, divorced from Col John Jacob Astor, may wed Maurice Rostand, son of Edmond Rostand author of Chantecler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hays Hammond
St. Petersburg
Germany
Capital
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Paris
Ava Willing Astor
John Jacob Astor
Maurice Rostand
Edmond Rostand
Chantecler
New York
Roosevelt Leads In National Delegates as Primary Totals Print
Unofficial revised returns show Roosevelt with 362 delegates to Taft 110 and La Follette 61 from Hennepin County, with fusion 56. Illinois secretary of state's April 9 figures place Roosevelt ahead of Taft by 138,941 votes and Clark over Wilson by 143, with Deneen leading Small by 2,198 and Wayman by 86,714.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin County
Mion
Roosevelt
Taft
LaVolette
Fusion
Secretary of State of
Illinois
Clark
Wilson
Deneen
Small
Waypean
Motorman Fatally Injured After Jumping From Car
Samuel Culp a city street car motorman was pinned under tracks after leaping off to switch a line. Brakes failed the car struck him and he later died in hospital. Other items note John Sheehan sleepwalking near a window accident in Lafayette and a boy in Indianapolis fined for beating his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Samuel Culp
Lafayette
John Sheehan
Sheehan
Farmer's suicide shocks Dana community
A 58 year old farmer living near Dana hanged himself in his residence. He was not a bachelor and resided with a sister. He is survived by three sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana
William MecAulf
Aage
Heather
Purdue cattle sell high at Purdue experiment station sale
Purdue university experiment station cattle sold in Chicago for a record nine dollars per hundred pounds. Seventy head averaged heavy weights and produced about twenty five dollars profit per animal, with best gains from corn and cotton seed meal rations. Professor John H Skinner led the shipment, cattle weighed 1221 to 1283 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Purdue University Experiment Studot
Chicago
Indiana Cattle Feeders’ Association
John Hi. Skinner
Purdue
Indiana News in Brief Highlights Local Incidents
A collage of short items across Indiana reports: Hackman of Richmond shoots himself while aiming at a snake. 250 mush rooms found near Columbus. William Kubler fined $50 for selling liquor. two Bristow residents marry during a telegram dispatch. horses attacked by wobbling animals in Frankfort. dogs biting horses noted in Shellyville. Hal Jones released in Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction case with no prosecution planned. Daily Democrat robbery in Princeton nets 1250 in cash. Adis Stanley pleads guilty to robbing Economy grocery and John A. Loufa store with Waggoner not yet tried. police probe John Flynn's death in Laporte. Samuel B. Walker elected Carthage school superintendent. Seymour enumeration shows 144 fewer school-age children in Jackson county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Thomas Mount
Richard Clossin
Clossin
Mount
Shellyville
Hal Jones
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Princeton
Daily Democrat
Mias Anna Turnage
Vincennes
Adis Stanley
Economy
John A. Loufa
Sherman Waggoner
Cobb
Stanley
Waggoner
Laporte
John Flynn
Flynn
Rushville
Samuel B. Walker
Pendleton
Carthage
State Board of Education
Seymour
jJeskson County
Aerial Exhibition Tragedy Kills Two Men at Brooklands
American mining figure Victor Louis Mason and English aviator E V Fisher died after a monoplane crash at Brooklands during an aerial display. Witnesses say the aircraft yawed and fell as Fisher ejected. Mason became trapped beneath wreckage as a fire started. An engine fault is suspected and a formal inquiry will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Louis Mason
R. A. Alger
Elihu Root
Brooklands
E. V. Fisher
Slsl
Fisher
Mr. Mason
Cya
Mason
Watch
Earthquake Threatens City in Mexico and Harbor Disaster
Mexico City faces possible destruction as strong earthquakes devastate Guadalajara and cause widespread panic. In San Francisco a steamer sinks a schooner after a collision, deck water flooding vessels. a 1907 past disaster noted with deaths. West Virginia ex-sheriff McDermott faces a $25,000 shortage ruling after audit covers 1905 to 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Guadalajera
Charleston
W. Va
J. O. McDermott
Mason County
State Accounting Department
Sherman Books
McDermott
Cincinnati Market Report and Court Decision
Cincinnati markets show steady wheat and corn values with varied livestock quotes across grades. The report notes active calf and lamb markets and strong sheep demand before transitioning to news from Washington where James H. Graham's bid for freedom on a life sentence for horse stealing was denied by the Supreme Court with Justice Hughes upholding the longer punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleady
Washington
James H. Graham
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Graham
Hughes
Divorce Request Angered by Desire for Diamond Necklace
A woman seeks a divorce arguing non-support or cruelty. The lawyer asks about grounds and she tearfully quips that her husband refused to fund a diamond necklace, calling it cruelty beyond measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoth
Catholic Standard and Times
California judge rules no authority to stop husband from loving wife
A Los Angeles woman sought an injunction to restrain her husband from being attentive to her. The California judge ruled there is no judicial power to compel or prohibit marital affection, noting only Solomon could decide the whims of womankind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calfornia
Unm
Los Angeles
Solomon
The Bells of London and Canton Compared
A historical survey notes St Pauls great bell nicknamed Great Paul weighs about 17 tons and is nearly 30 feet around. Westminsters Big Ben weighs over 14 tons with a long crack. Peter of York weighs about 13 tons. A Canton Buddhist monastery bell matches the giant size at 18 feet high and 40 feet in circumference, one of eight forged by Emperor Yangdi in 1400 with eight workers killed in the casting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Westminster
Peter of
York
Canton
Yang Lo
Doctor Fooled by Own Case for Time
A physician recounts his experience with coffee and tea harm, noting daily heart palpitations until adopting Postum. He describes how proper preparation improved flavor and urges friends and patients to switch from coffee to Postum, noting widespread physician use and endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Valenta
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House
Commerce Court
Senate
House Committee On Merchant Marine
Appropriations Committees
Louse Judiciary Committee
Robert W. Archibald
United States Commerce Court
Department of Agriculture
House Committee
Caroline Bartlett Crane
Kalamazoo
James Douglass
McLeansboro
Iis
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Dallas
Tex
San Francisco
Bredley A. Fiske
Replan
Salen
Mass
W. Page
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Southern
Bristol
Town
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Steel Corporation
Uray, Buffington and McPherson
United States District Court
Trenton
N. J
de Kovernment
Shriners
Imperial Council
William J. Cunningham
Baltimore
John Frank Treat
Fargo
N. D
Benild
Macoupin County
Ill
Atevedores
Havana
Cuba
Dave
Paraguay
Alvino Jara
Tibicuary
Sweden
Esse
Bachmayer
Johannisthal
Berlin
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
State Department
Zapatalan
Colima
Republican National Committee
Sleepwalker
Indianapolis
Robert Claiborne
Leonard Claiborne
Claiborne
Michigan City
Bilanche Spaulding
Joseph Chiebowski
Vincent Bogden
Hettie Chlebowski
Jackson County
Jasper
Lawrence Miller
Winslow
Miselena Kress
William Berlin
Miler
Fali
Muncie
Thomas Voss
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Lebanon
William
Manford Walker
Boone County
Vaniear
Olid
Logansport
John W. Gray
Logansport State Bank
Winchester
Mary Mincer
Geath Bend
John Gleason
South Shore Lines
Terre Haute
Mack Adame
Rosedale
Rachel
Shelbyville
May
Lora L. McClain
Oma McClain
South Hend
Richard Edwin Takker
Eliza Island
William Takker
A. H. Douglugs
Elwood
Geneva
Olver Davenport
Indiana News
Milton
Hackman
Richmond
Columbus
George Cahn
Albert Geitz
Here
Camneraville
William Kubler
William Stant
Muncle
Mies
Lucy Dunn
Joseph Olden
Bristow
Victor Mason
Brooklandia
Iit Ia
San Pedro
Eureka
Coquille River
Point Reyes
Columbia
Shelter Cove
Los
Cincinnati
Write Tolay Alabastine Company
Grandville Read
Grand Ragin
Mid
Beck
Gates Saat
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