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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
2
A collage of quips on fashion, politics, art, and daily life. Jokes about Cubist gowns, rain gear, and a fifty-fifty mix of humorous social commentary. Notable lines reference Ethel Barrymore tips, a New York speed limit, and weather’s impact on hats and dresses.
A science center predicts 1912 will be a remarkable year for insects and related phenomena with widespread effects noted across species and urban environments. Researchers reference pest activity in crops water systems and city landscapes, noting broad implications for communities and economies.
A billboard artist in Boston pauses during a Sox Senators game and calmly paints a sign on the centerfield fence. The incident suggests such men may be capable of great things.
Senators hear Captain Morgan and Major Pratt testify that three military officers governed 150 square miles under martial law. They say civil law was ignored, arrests and trials occurred in military courts, and constitutional rights were suspended to act as in war.
Six people die in pair of rail incidents. At Riverton, Illinois, four men die when a westbound train hits their stalled car on the track. In Glidden, Iowa, a fast Northwestern passenger train strikes a car carrying Lena and Rebecca Dudley, daughters of Nashville hardware merchant Robert Dudley, killing them and injuring Mrs. Dudley and the chauffeur.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt has left New York for Cherbourg and then Porto Maurizio where her sister Miss Carow resides in a villa. Miss Carow is very ill and Mrs Roosevelt plans to stay all summer. Colonel Roosevelt with Quentin and Archie will begin a western trip on July 9. The Hon Mulhol land marries Lady John Byng in London at the Guards chapel.
Upper Sandusky Ohio marks the 141st anniversary of Col William Crawford’s infamous burning at the stake hosted by five thousand pioneers in memory of George Washington’s ally.
The U S Supreme Court rules Porter Charlton must be sent to Italy to face trial for the 1910 Lake Como murder, on the question of extradition under the 1868 treaty and international law. The decision also addresses a 1912 postal law and a Michigan corporate tax ruling.
The U S Supreme Court on June 11 upheld state power to fix reasonable interstate railroad rates until Congress acts. The unanimous decision in the Minnesota freight and passenger rate cases favors state authority over interstate commerce in most aspects, except for the Minneapolis and St. Louis portion.
The federal government filed a civil suit in Buffalo under the Sherman act urging dissolution by receivership of the Eastman Kodak Co for monopolizing photographic supplies. Attorney General McReynolds announced proceedings to break the Kodak trust.
In Memphis on a Wednesday Rich ard Heron of Eads swallowed poison after begging a policeman to kill him and then lunged with a knife at the officer. He was rushed to a hospital where he lies dying.
The giant new Imperator sailed Wednesday from Hamburg on its maiden voyage to New York carrying 3,290 passengers amid recent wartime disruptions and fresh naval cautions.
Five people died and scores were injured in a rear end collision on the New York New Haven and Hartford line at Stamford Connecticut when the second Boston express struck the first section at the depot. The rear parlor car was telescoped and the engineer blamed failed air brakes. Local doctors and firemen aided the injured. hospitals treated dozens as crews and automobiles ferried victims away. The dead include Everett Hakey Woodruff Flushing L I Frank Canfield Springfield Massachusetts Mrs Burgess Springfield Mass Mrs D J Kelly Winthrop Mass H G Howe Hartford Conn. The seriously injured include J Walton New York P J Gerity Hackensack Allan A Warfield Washington Rev Arthur Berkely New York F B Jennings New York F W Patterson Red Bank D J Kelly Winthrop.
Washington officials reveal that government franking privileges mailed about 1.435 million documents to back beet sugar interests, costing roughly 14 435 dollars in postage since 1911. Senators Lodge Smoot and others named in the inquiry. Martin is the sole Democrat. Palmer offered to compile full statistics.
American forces stormed the trenches of the Moros near Jolo at Bagsag on Thursday after a fierce battle. Six U S troops were killed and twelve wounded. The dead include two privates of Company M Eighth Infantry, three scouts from the Fifty first, and one scout from the Twenty-ninth. Lieut. Edwin H. Barkley was wounded in the leg.
George Laurs twenty five from Chicago died in Rockford at a furniture company after being caught on a shafting in the basement and his body was torn into shreds.
New York reports former Colorado congressman Lafayette Pence is named as defendant in a separation suit filed Wednesday by Mrs. Catherine Sojer Pence, daughter of Robert Soper of Georgetown Kentucky.
J. T. Pipkin of Stegter Olahona married Eva Brohey at a Confederate reunion in Chattanooga. The couple had known each other for 46 years.
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha the Turkish grand vizier and minister of war was shot dead in Constantinople as his aide Lieut Ibraham Bey fell. Prince Said Halim named grand vizier ad interim while Nazim Pasha’s murder is cited as motive.
News items report Dominick Jardina and his wife dying together in a gas filled room to join their three year old daughter in death in New York. In Ironton Barkley Flemming confesses to murdering his mother and brother. E Dana Durand accepts a new post at Minnesota Agricultural College. The Spanish cabinet resigns and both cortes branches suspend. Prince Aleris Karageorgevitch marries American bride Myra Pratt in Paris.
Laveta Colorado June 13 John B Russell forty five night captain at Canon City state penitentiary was shot through the heart and killed in a daylight duel with escaped convict and box car robber Conway Baldwin After Russell fired two shots Baldwin was wounded
Three men were killed when a car driven at high speed struck a pebble and overturned after hitting a tire blowout near Hammond Indiana on June 14. Victims include William Foster of Milroy and two other unnamed drivers.
In Gary on June 14 thieves with wagons hauled away a carload of rich black soil from the front yard of attorney Claude V. Ridgely. Ridgely reported paying $49 for the soil.
A little southerner named Page proudly cherishes family traditions and a dog named Mickey. A birthday bear visited their home but Mickey initially ignored it, though Page believes the dog will accept the bear once he recognizes it as family. Aunt Annie notes Mickey’s slower thinking.
Publisher asks Cleverly where he found photos for his article. The author quips they are wives of men he knows. The remark lands as a pointed joke about the piece and its social commentary.
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