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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
2
Brief digest of national and international developments compiled from global reports. Highlights cover political moves economic shifts and notable events shaping the week. Concise items present key figures places and dates with emphasis on significance and impact.
Taft will leave Ambassador Beir at London vacant until after March 4 as Wilson prepares to appoint new diplomats. The Sherman act voids coal contracts by railroad owned firms in Pennsylvania. Senate and house actions include pension bill boosts and Bowman ouster for 1910 election corruption.
Justice Tompkins in Newburgh grants Mrs Bernice G Heinze a divorce from Fritz A Heinze once copper magnate. The judgment awards what is described as the second highest alimony in New York state. The case stems from a long acrimonious separation.
Governor Donaghey of Arkansas pardons 316 state convicts and 44 county convicts, setting a record for clemency. The action is noted among other national notes spanning crimes, trials, and political appointments in early reports.
Queen Maud of Norway underwent a slight procedure at Appleton House near Sandringham, one of King Edward VII's wedding gifts. Whitelaw Reid, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain since 1905, died at Dorchester House London of pulmonary oedema at age 75. The peace conference opened at St James Palace to negotiate terms between Balkan states and Turkey as Servian minister Simics was recalled from Vienna.
William Colbert fifty years old and blind died after ten days without food or drink at his Wabash home. He had been melancholy since losing his sight and had recently concluded he could not recover his vision, leading to his decision to starve himself.
Noblesville December 18 Henry Klotz a wealthy farmer north of the city owed his life to his dog a Scotch collie that attacked the enraged bull after it knocked him down four times in the barn lot Klotz tried to drive the animal to the stable with a pitch fork and was badly bruised but escaped with minor injuries.
Cambridge December 18 good roads meeting urged creating a state highway commission with county and township superintendents under its authority. It endorsed expert inspectors, a uniform automobile tax, and distribution of tax receipts to all counties.
Columbus dispatch reports George Heathington age 25 and Wade Breeding age 29 were arrested for daylight robbery at the Isaac Smith home in Middlefork with 175 dollars taken from a trunk. Benjamin Morris of Franklin was jailed for stealing 250 dollars worth of pelts from Jerome Wissel's storage room in Columbus.
Roy Stewart eleven year old son of farmer John Stewart died at home near Shelbyville when a shotgun blast wounds his chest. Family members were present but did not see the boy handling the gun before the accident occurred.
La Porte Dec 18 Governor Marshall to leave for Scottsville Arizona near Phoenix January 14 for at least six weeks to secure a long rest before resuming duties in Washington Mrs Marshall's parents own a large fruit orchard there.
Mizpah Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Fort Wayne elected Arthur F. Hall as illustrious potentate at their annual meeting on December 18. He succeeds E. H. Merritt, who has held the post since the Shrine’s 1909 founding by the Indianapolis organization and has been re-elected three times.
Indianapolis dispatch reports boilermakers John Murphy and Earl Britton were killed instantly when an underground oil tank exploded in the Big Four railroad yards. Britton’s body was blown about 100 feet from the blast site.
Vincennes reports the arrest of Orin 5B Schantz a traveling salesman from Hamilton Ohio. He is said to be wanted at Eldorado Illinois on defrauding a bank and at Liberty on forgery charges. Sheriff Line of Liberty arrived for the prisoner.
The piece argues bowing the head aids memory across cultures while eyes closed reduces distraction. It notes universal neck bending and jugular pressure as a mental cue, then contrasts honest effort with sly avoidance by rogues. It also includes a Boston club anecdote debunking amateur dieting and photography fatally flawed by ignorance.
A trolley car vanished in a large western city for an afternoon after its new motorman and conductor took it for a spin. They later explained they ran all morning to Brook Street then headed to the business district for extra trade and returned.
Sir Edward Durning-Lawrence examines the 1611 King James Bible in the Bacon Shakespeare dispute. He notes phrases such as horned sheep and shake a lance at ignorance and compares their placement to earlier editions, arguing the coincidences may lack significance.
In Harper's Weekly a quip asserts that once a man earns money he buys an automobile, and the mare moves as much as her value dictates.
Mrs Geo F Clark reports five years of scalp eczema with ringworm like scales and severe itching. After using Cuticura Ointment and Soap she is entirely well and hair is growing, with endorsement of the products sold worldwide.
Dr Xene Y Smith, a medical inspector in the Muncie public schools, describes examining pupils and a boy who asks if being bathed is needed in winter. The boy replies that it is winter and baths may be unnecessary.
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation, claiming that curing the cause cures disease and that the pills are easy to take.
A witty saying contrasts money and luck in racing. It notes a mare’s value fluctuates with success, suggesting financial returns depend on performance and public interest rather to money alone.
Local grocers report fresh supply of Mrs Austin s Buck Wheat now on hand for buyers.
An enigmatic remark contemplates the daunting prospect of a man becoming an angel, noting the long adjustment period and the unlikely chance of such a transformation occurring for the average person.
An old advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colic priced at 25 cents a bottle.
The line urges seizing the present and maximizing time as a guiding motto. It emphasizes urgency and personal discipline in shaping life’s outcomes.
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