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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
2
The 1912 U.S. Senate approved the Democratic steel bill by 35 to 22 with an amendment repealing the Canadian reciprocity act and imposing a $2 per ton duty on print and other paper. Reports cover labor unrest, crashes, trials, a royal array of political shifts, and stock wealth discussions across the United States.
Taft warns Gen Orozco not to hinder Americans leaving Mexico as Consul Freeman orders all Americans at Villardena to flee toward Durango. In Cuba a US troop camp and large armed and unarmed groups raise war concerns. French vital stats show 1911 deaths exceed births. Yuan Shih Kai plans a German‑level army via conscription. Salvation Army head Gen William Booth nearly blind after cataract surgery.
The Indiana branch of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks met in Indianapolis to elect officers Milton Huffman of Muncie was re elected president and new resolutions urged higher salaries for entrants from 600 to 800 dollars and for senior clerks from 1100 to 1200 dollars per year. A central states postal association and sick benefit plan were proposed with a July 4 convention date set in Logansport for 1913.
The list shows multiple Indiana residents receiving pensions including William J. D. Roberts of Anderson and James Lindsey of Chrisney with varying amounts from 12 to 40 dollars. Special act awards appear for George P. McKee of Logansport, Edward F. Reed of Red Key, and John Goldsmith of Ferbyville.
The Indianapolis board of health announces ten Indiana University School of Medicine students passed the interne examination. Named in order: E L Lingeman H W Miller Virgil Gordon J B Robison Charles E Irvin C D Green J B Nixon Clyde C Butler L O Sholty Garner N Druley. Highest rank will choose assignment to hospital or dispensary beginning July 1.
The secretary of state records two filings. South Gary Home Investment Company of Gary is a real estate and bond dealer with capital stock of 10 000 and directors A L Russell S B Russell and E H Holmes. Evansville Savings and Loan Association of Evansville lists capital stock of 100 000 with Charles Sihler as president Thomas Walsh as vice president Frank Elmendorf as treasurer and M F DeJar natt as secretary.
Knox county spent 1217.40 on the Slater Edward and Ray Stibbins murder trial plus unknown legal fees. In Jeffersonville a man pleaded guilty to killing Roy Kimmer and received a life sentence. Morris Kellner was convicted of grand larceny for swindling Odor and others. A Perry county farmer killed his wife then himself near Branchville. Purdue Acacia plans a 25000 dollar three story chapter house on State street. Various thefts and suicides are reported in Newcastle Kokomo Gary and Terre Haute with a missing child found in Greensburg and a Cuban suspect jailed in Kokomo. Avery broad set of local crime and social notes across Indiana towns.
Personal testimonials from Mrs. May Wyatt of Ashland Kentucky and Mrs Ella Johnston of Camden New Jersey promote Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health for female trouble and displacement. The Camden letter notes doctors advised surgery but cure came through the remedy. The company offers confidential advice from a woman at Lynn Massachusetts.
The Medical Record notes the death of Gen. Frederick D. Grant from heart failure and urges gentler treatment of senile hearts. It cites rising stress on officers and predicts more deaths unless heart strain is reduced after age forty five.
The piece notes that Chancellor Day who expelled a woman for complaining about fare can sympathize with M. Bournier of the Paris High School of Commerce who suspended a pupil after the pupil sent him an artichoke with a worm in it served at luncheon.
A witty exchange reprints Mrs Hewligus's remark about her husband. She says he is one of the chronic kickers, his stance on woman suffrage described as unsettled and evasive.
A reflective quotation attributes sympathy to women as they commend the brave and men the beautiful, noting pity’s reach as limited to a certain breadth.
A Fort Worth man credits Postum with curing biliousness malaria and headaches after giving up coffee. He says he gained 15 pounds and no longer needs medicine, attributing better red blood to Postum replacing coffee. The notice promotes Postum from Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville.
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