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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
2
The Supreme Court of the United States begins its fall calendar amid upcoming maintenance for the Capitol and Senate and House office buildings. The district fire department plans exterior cleaning for about ten days using heavy water for the yearly grime removal.
Domestic Secretary Meyer surveyed the Atlantic fleet in the Hud son and inspected the Wyoming and Arkansas. The report details a series of crimes including post office robbery, arson at Seaman & Ziegler, and fatalities from accidents and assaults across multiple states.
Dispatches report Montenegrin forces crush Turkish resistance from Shronka to Tuzi with heavy casualties and captures. Todor Lazaroff commits suicide amid Moroccan firepower, while General Vakotiteh’s troops push toward Scutari as Austro-Hungarian mobilization tightens along the frontier.
Col Theodore Roosevelt survived a shooting in Milwaukee as he left the Hotel Gilpatrick toward the Auditorium. A gunman fired a .32 caliber pistol at the former president, who was aided by his stenographer Elbert Martin and Capt. Gerard of Milwaukee. Roosevelt remained calm and continued toward the hall after a brief assessment by his physician.
Boston authorities receive a letter from Jazz Anderson pledging funds for a stadium bridge between Cambridge and Brighton in memory of his father. He states the set aside money must not cover bridge abutments and urges city action on the proposal amid public attention.
Wheat prices and feedstuff quotes listed for markets with lambs cattle poultry and hogs including mixed Clover and Timothy. Public health notes report cholera in Kobe and smallpox in Spain with inspections and detentions for U.S. bound passengers and crews. Amelpox outbreak in Almera prompts travel restrictions.
Mrs David Chambers McCann of Los Angeles took the oath of office as a member of the civil service commission of Los Angeles becoming the first woman in the United States to hold such a position.
Two and a half days into an attack by Mexican rebels at El Tigre mining camp in Sonora six American women remained inside a mine tunnel for safety. A separate dispatch notes Nicaragua confirms peace talks with Mexico.
A damaged clipping reports a break in with unclear details. The readable text mentions a safe breach and suspects but lacks names or locations to confirm the event.
Fort Wayne Indiana. Thomas Campbell of Wellston Ohio a 25 year old man was found dead in the bathroom of Mrs Wyatt's rooming house at 609 Hart street He had been in the room most of the afternoon A burning gas heater with a closed damper filled the air with deadly fumes Dr Weaver and Dr Krause declared the death partly suffocation and partly asphyxiation The body was removed for burial and investigation continues into the accident
A disrupted OCR fragment describes a death near Charubsseo after a child separation and a father discovering an unconscious person. The text mentions a mule incident and a barn setting with an arriving physician and medical staff.
A sparrow carrying a discarded cigarette sparked a blaze in the belfry of Valparaiso University’s original building, threatening a landmark. Firefighters extinguished the fire and an investigation began to determine the cause. The bird allegedly dropped the lighted cigarette onto straw from several nests.
Mrs. John Roberts seeks a divorce from her husband, claiming she will marry a man every six weeks until she finds one that suits her, according to the complaint filed.
Oct 9 report from Laporte states Dr. Von Obinski of Otis was rushed to a local hospital in noncritical condition after rattlesnake poisoning, with concern he may not recover. Postmaster Holmes found dead in Sullivan. believed due to apoplexy. Thomas Stroup of Mishwaka killed en route to a funeral near Goshen when automobile left road, injuring Fred Abbrel. John Schlegellick, a Big Four brakeman, decapitated by a train in Anderson.
Dewey Haynes aged fourteen, son of Mr and Mrs George Haynes, was killed while walking to school after a playmate's hat caused a distraction at a traction station. He touched a high tension line, short circuited the circuit, and shut off power to the streetcar system. His father, nearby delivering lines, learned of the tragedy an hour later.
A cow owned by Edward Musgrave west of Sullivan died after a feverish illness lasting a week. Post-mortem revealed the animal had swallowed a seven penny nail months earlier, which pierced from the stomach into the heart. The nail’s slow movement damaged tissue and led to death.
Columbus says Octif Stephen Jones of Anderson, a junk dealer, was arrested on a murder charge connected to a Martinsville killing last spring. He claims innocence and says he came to ask the police to rid his wife. he cites ill children in Anderson.
A Danville jury found farmer Sandy guilty of stabbing Harvey Anineh, a restaurant proprietor. Anineh sought damages after the assault. the verdict includes a fine of six dollars for Sandy. The trial lasted about ten days.
Brief items report local incidents across Indiana towns including Peters burg, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Posey, Madison, Huntington, Tipton, Washington, South Mead, Linton, Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Covington. Cases cover embezzlement charges, alleged felonies, divorces, typhoid fever, school closures, a building fund, and a murder case awaiting trial.
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