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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
4
Governor Simeon E. Daldwin was renominated without opposition at the adjourned Hartford convention. The slate included other state officers and seven presidential electors.
General Steever in Douglas telegraphs the war department that General Orozco, rebel leader, was captured on American soil by Captain Thomas F. Mitchell’s patrol between El Paso and Douglas. The colliers Proteus launched at Newport News as US Navy auxiliary. Intervention in Santo Domingo urged after rebel seizure of Dominican Haitian frontier custom houses. Earth slides in Panama canal total 16 600 000 cubic yards, about 20 percent of removed material. Taft to retry moving picture filming after rain spoiled first take.
The Amarillo banker John Beal Snead killed Capt. A G Boyce and his son Al in Fort Worth on Feb 14 in a cascade of linked crimes. Reports tie the spree to incidents from Carroll County Virginia to Des Moines involving the Allen clan and a courthouse raid. Other noted events include a Chicago aviation crash near Cicero, mob lynching near Alton Florida, and crossing delays on the Twentieth Century Limited amid a Chicago to New York safety dispute.
The for ward educational committee was created at the Illinois Methodist conference in Decatur. The two organizations plan to raise 5 million dollars in five years, with 410 thousand raised last year. Rev J C Nate of Champaign was chosen secretary at 3000 dollars yearly for four years.
Haden claimed the $10,000 Empire State stake in straight heats at the Grand Circuit meet on the Syracuse state fair track. Baden posted the three fastest heats of the year, but Esther W. forced him in the second heat to lower his 2 05% pacing record.
Count Maresuke Nogi and Countess Nogi performed seppuku as a final tribute to Emperor Mutuhito. The general slit his throat with a short sword while his wife killed herself by hari kari. In a separate naval incident, German torpedo boat G 171 was rammed by battleship Zabringen near Heligoland, sinking in 15 minutes with six lives lost. Funeral ceremonies for the emperor occurred in Tokyo with century-old rites and costumes.
In French Lick Indiana an explosion Near the Brown hotel caused alarm though little damage or injuries occurred. Authorities suspect a prank or scare device using loose powder placed outside the basement window. The blast shattered basement and first story windows and produced a louder report than expected.
Miss Helen Van Scholack, age 16, swam two and a half miles across Lake Maxinkuckee on Saturday using the breast stroke. Although she did not time herself, observers estimate about one and a half hours, noting it was her first crossing. She previously swam to the lake’s middle and back using the side stroke.
Thousands of bees swarmed a horse drawn buggy on Fifth Street, attracting hundreds. Farmer William Henry unhitched the horse and readied the vehicle, then gathered the bees into a box as onlookers watched. Separately, Terre Haute reports the Water Company restored service to Carfield School, amid low fire losses and a note that legal rights will be settled without trouble.
A threatening note reading Lake your time has come in red letters was found on farmer William Lake’s door west of Purdue. Lake had previously had a neighbor arrested but released for lack of proof, per a local justice of the peace.
Health board closes every public school in Logansport after inspection finds insanitary buildings. Students forced to drink water from a disused river as officials intervene.
Bedford police conducted a raid on the salt drink parlor of David Torent, seizing barrels during the September 11 operation. The incident reflects a crackdown on illicit beverage outlets in the area.
Shelbyville Indiana Sept 12 Alonso Blair Rush Shelby district judge rules county treasurer cannot collect pay for acting as city treasurer affecting Rushville where Bert McDonald and Frank Fagel have performed those duties. Law previously tied city taxes to county offices but did not set extra compensation.
Reports from Indiana and nearby areas detail health quarantine in Princeton due to whooping cough, a Myers and Fine families reunion in Jackson township on September 21, and the death of Ralph Dbauh in Moomington after a freight train incident. Additional items note a crane accident killing Lev Axton in Evansville, a fine and jail for Lewis Tucker near Coalmont, injuries to eight year old Charles Cronin in Muncie, Doenges' drunkenness arrest in Fr Wayne, a murder charge in Bicknell, a chair battle in Indiana Harbor, a belted pin removal for a Gibson child, suspected ptomaine poisoning near Worthington, a watermelon feast illness, a civil war veterans reunion at North Vernon, and multiple dog bites in Connersville.
Bandits robbed the Memphis Special near Stevenson 30 miles west of Memphis. They halted the train with a red lantern, forced entry to the mail car, shot the express messenger during a resistance, and fled on horseback after taking registered pouches. One report mentions a diamond shipment. Deputies pursued the robbers by horse at night.
A Sandusky reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for restoring health after illness and years of marriage. The ad touts the remedy's thirty year record and urges sick women to try it. The piece also notes Ellen Emerson, granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
J M Belleville president of the National Industrial Traffic League writes W A Garrett chairman of the Chicago General Managers' Association charging railroads store empty freight cars in grain growing West and Northwest regions to prep for moving crops.
A day of fighting and drunken orgies by Mexican rioters in Phoenix ends with Chief of Police Moore and Officers Robert Williams and J. Valenzuela dead. Moore fires at attackers in self defense but fatally shoots Scott Price, a young American, during the melee.
In Columbus Ohio Ben C Atkiggon 22 a Bellboy was killed and his sweetheart Iva Lyman 24 seriously injured when their motorcycle struck a farm wagon seven miles west of Columbus The woman was in Inn hospital Atkinson s skull was crushed.
A Pomona bank bookkeeper pleaded guilty to embezzling $150,000 from the American National Bank. In U S Court he was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Washington note that four month old Harvey W. Wiley Jr has a tooth described as absolutely sound and never tainted by any cold storage turkey or other deadly poison.
A detailed market summary shows Wheat priced No. 2 red at 1.63 and various grades, Corn values across white, yellow, and mixed lines, Oats with multiple grades, Hay by Timothy and Clover grades, and dynamic cattle, hogs, calves, sheep, lambs, and stock ewes pricing. Prices reflect broad shifts with fats and sows, packers, and shippers noted.
A robber posing as a steward on the Prinz Friederich Wilhelm robbed five first cabin passengers of $10,000 worth of valuables. The thief escaped and authorities were alerted via wireless to meet the vessel at quarantine.
Last year brides and grooms in Australia ranged from sixteen to ninety nine. The records reveal the youngest bride was fifteen and the oldest eighty two. A seventy seven year old married an eighteen year old. More marriages were reported from the country than ever before.
In London excavations at Paternoster Row and St Pauls alley a 60 foot chalk and rubble wall from the twelfth century is uncovered. Roman emperoria vases and Ramian ware are found nearby. A camel skull is reported from High Holborn and eighteenth century pipes are recovered. Bartholomew Close reveals three Norman arches near old priory cloisters.
A physician Testimony claims Postum benefits for nervous heart trouble after stopping coffee. The doctor notes caffeine in coffee worsens his condition and that switching to Postum improved his health and supports continued use for patients with similar symptoms.
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