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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1913
Page
2
In a Wall Street cleanup debate a congressional committee exposes dirty linen and bear market blame. Promoter schemes, cornering and stock fakery are condemned while warnings of false riches and investor gullibility circulate amid hard times. A second tale warns of domestic strain and marriage dynamics, ending with a product pitch for Dr King’s Life Pills.
A late Vandalia Train No 20 collided with a standing train at Union Station Terre Haute Indiana. Reports vary on fatalities with three or four dead and about twenty injured. Names released include Clyde Smith of Perry Haute with other victims unidentified. Emergency crews transported the injured to local hospitals.
Unetan Pree Washington outlines ways to save millions annually through administrative form reforms urged by the Earstore Commission. President Daft releases a message to Congress detailing department reorganizations and pension savings as a path to reduce government outlays.
A group of male students arriving in Hanover on January 7 faced possible entry denial after a red card from the board of health. Scarlet fever illness among a matron’s child prompted health orders, with Phi Delta Theta offering room and care for the threatened men as doctors determine when it is safe to return.
In Norfolk on January 8 a rumor spread that Rear Admiral Doyle ordered removal of all sailor pets from battleships cruisers and receiving ships after a mascot goat aboard the New Hampshire allegedly toppled a uniform. The exile also sent cats dogs parrots bears and other animals away. The report also notes rising London death rates among adults and a remark by J P Morgan about world peace.
Read of the final dredging and dam construction at Gatun and Miraflores as the Panama Canal nears completion in 1915. Dredges remove earth, Gatun dam creates a man made lake fed by the Chagres, and locks at Gatun and Miraflores approach readiness with gates and machinery nearly installed.
President Taft received reports in Panama that fortifications and powder magazines are being completed at remote sites along the canal. Working records were said to be smashed to finish the canal this year, with an overall project cost around 365 million dollars.
Washington January meeting of the House Banking Committee pressed contempt charges against G G Henry a New York broker who refused to name banks backing the California Petroleum Company subpoena for William Rockfeller was recalled. George Rockefeller treasurer of First National Bank and Morgan partner testified as star witness before the money trust committees.
Col. Jan S reports a sex disguise case in Ta Junta after Moynathan was arrested by the sheriff. Irene Moynahan, posing as a girl, attended Victor High School until holidays when the ruse ended. A letter found in his effects revealed a New Year gift message to his father in Bisbee and the mother’s long-standing deception.
YD McWhinnie of Earnleigh Alberta asks how to start grass on 100 acres with spring flooding. Advice suggests drainage if possible with open ditches or tile, otherwise wet soils kill tame grasses. wild grasses fare better. Red top fowl meadow grass and clover mix best. Timothy may work. seed rates vary from 2-3 lb red top to 12-15 lb mixed with clover per acre.
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