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Newspaper
Hobart News
Location
Hobart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
2
The Hobart News published in Hobart Indiana under publisher A H Keeler. The snippet confirms local newspaper operation and regional press identity in Indiana.
A wave of political activity sweeps through New York, with Theodore Roosevelt greeting crowds after arriving by ship near New York harbor and meetings with Lodge Longworth and Meyer. Legislative moves include statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, Lorimer seat inquiries, and postal savings bill advances.
Iowa dentists advocate a law requiring inspection of schoolchildren’s teeth. A New York Senate vote defeated a Sunday amateur baseball bill after assembly passage. In rowing, Navy men beat Syracuse by a slim margin over two miles. Yale and Harvard rowers will train at Gale's Ferry for a ten month lead up to the regatta.
Missouri Attorney General Elliott W. Major filed quo warranto informations in the Missouri Supreme Court seeking to oust five meat packing companies Armour Packing Company Morris and Co Swift Co Hammond Packing Company and the St Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company The petitions seek to strip corporate rights confiscate licenses and impose fines alleging a conspiracy to control Missouri business and price fixing since 1909 in livestock poultry dairy and dressed meat trade with subsidiary ties to the National Packing Company.
The wedding of Eleanor Butler Alexander and Theodore Roosevelt Jr took place at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York. Rev Henry M Sanders and Rev Gordon Russell officiated. bride given away by her mother Mrs Henry Addison Alexander. Honeymoon follows in California.
President Taft signed the bill admitting Arizona and New Mexico to statehood at 1:49 PM on Monday. Two pens were used. a gold pen for "Approved, William H." and an eagle feather pen for "Taft" with a leather case carried to the White House. Secretary Norton then gave the blotter to Delegate Andrews as a souvenir.
1909 coal mine fatalities in the United States totaled 2,412, down from 2,450 in 1908 despite the Cherry mine disaster. Edward W. Parker notes the rise in total coal mined by 10 percent, with state mine inspectors providing the figures. The report anticipates compilation by a new bureau of mines in the future.
Mrs Bertha Spiehl Allen wife of Dr P V A Allen a San Mateo social leader was attacked and severely mangled by five bull terriers owned by her husband as she tried to break up their fight in a rear yard. Local authorities noted the incident and the dogs were involved in the attack.
The Senate unanimously approved statehood for Arizona and New Mexico after the House action, sending the measure to a conference committee to reconcile differences before final approval. Democrats feared GOP delay but received assurances no adjournment without action, ending a long struggle for separate statehood.
Eliza beth Kilbourn of Winsted Connecticut recently celebrated her eightieth birthday. She taught in New Hartford when Elias Howe lived there and visited his workshop where she became the first woman to sew on a sewing machine after testing his invention.
A string of quips on politics weather and science reflects yearnings and curiosities of a bygone era. References range from Nevada’s map patch to Halley’s Comet and a Chicago tailor’s goose fire.
James A. Patten and seven others indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to restrain trade under the Sherman act. Accused formed a pool to corner and fix cotton prices, with bail posted for five defendants while three others face warrants. Patten known as a cotton king and former grain speculator. Hayne and Brown prominent New Orleans operators. Scales a Texas leader.
Judson Harmon was renominated for Ohio governor by the Democratic State convention in Dayton. He denounced tariffs and the Payne Aldrich bill while attacking the Republican party. The platform supports Harmon for president in 1912 and endorses a full Democratic ticket amid a hostile legislature and Republican officials.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a gust of wind ripped a hat from Isaac Jones on a trolley. While grabbing for the hat Jones lost balance fell into the street and suffered a fatal skull fracture according to police reports.
In a frenzied assault at a cabin near Rock Springs Wyoming a miner was beaten to death another was fatally wounded and three others were badly injured in a savage brawl.
State's Attorney Wayman announced the prosecution had finished its case in the Browne bribery trial. The day featured multiple State victories over Browne's lawyers amid testimonies of payments to lawmakers and hotel records. The term jackpot fund reference was stricken from the record three times in court.
France carries the largest public debt exceeding seven billion dollars and Japan reports over 200 telephone exchanges, doubling in two years. Paris plans a vast 300 million dollar urban upgrade while Canada spends 250 thousand on dust control. Milking machines gain momentum in England and Australia. A Grand Duke of Merck Jenburg Schwerin has a son and heir after six childless years.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt returns to New York City to an immense public outpouring. A 300 member reception committee met him at quarantine, and hundreds of thousands lined the Hudson and Fifth Avenue to greet the private citizen turned national figure.
New York reports show irregularity and relative quiet dominate trade and industry while western distribution shows sharper improvement. Warmer weather boosts crop and trade prospects in the West Northwest and Southwest, but cool moist East coast conditions hinder developments. Bradstreet's notes 178 U S business failures for the week ending June 16, versus 189 prior week and 212, 254, 165, 173 in prior years. Canada sees 27 failures, down from 36 the prior week.
The steamship Boothic chartered by Harry Whitney of New Haven and Paul J. Rainey of New York, carrying trin kets and gumdrops for the Igloo, sails from South Boston for an arctic hunting expedition.
Hermann Potthoff, long missing from Logansport Indiana for eighteen years, returns within a year and proves his identity to his siblings. He stands to receive one seventh of their mother’s estate.
Leonard Johnson, described as a negro, was burned at the stake by a mob for allegedly killing Miss Maude Redding, a young white woman, near Rusk Texas. The account notes mob action and the alleged crime.
L. R. G. Dun & Co reports a calmer trade scene in Chicago with warm weather aiding leading retail lines and seasonable goods. Buyers show confidence for fall sales while textile price directions remain uncertain and bank money feels easier. Failures total 19 in Chicago with three liabilities over 5000.
Market quotes from Chicago to New York cover cattle hogs and sheep with prices for wheat corn oats rye and hay. The piece also notes Joseph A. Young becoming president of Northwestern Commercial Companies and Alaska Steamship, plus a regional rail extension push and buckwheat crop statistics and cake consumption value.
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