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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
6
Readers are updated on current events both domestic and international that are of genuine public interest. The column gathers notable notes and brief items across diverse topics.
Submarine action sinks an Italian torpedo boat in the northern Adriatic. German forces push on the Dniester, capture Gorizia, and face mixed results along the Meuse and Vosges fronts. Teutonic troops suffer reverses north of Halicz while Russians claim 5000+ prisoners. Spy Muller executed in Tower of London. Roxburgh torpedoed but not seriously damaged. Lemberg recaptured after fierce fighting. Turkish losses at Dardanelles total 1300. Summer events in Chicago political circles. indictments in Arkansas. Dario Resta sets 500 mile record in 5h7m. Yale crews win rowing duel. Gray precarious. Goetz dies. Orville Wright honored with science degree.
Reports say artillery cavalry and infantry of the state militia guarded the home of John M. Slaton in Atlanta as he retired the governorship to Nat Harris. Twenty six men were arrested near the Slaton residence.
In Chicago a Civic Music association program trains a domestic girls chorus directed by Miss Albie Sladek. Fifty six maids from north shore suburbs attend classes. initial missteps gave way to clear voices and rhythm as one girl plays many instruments by ear and another, Bessie Eins, shows opera potential.
The Eitel Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm crews, interned at Norfolk, indulge in entertainment and leisure, visiting Virginia Beach and Portsmouth, attending churches, and socializing with American sailors. They’ve spent over $200 on equipment to form two baseball teams, led by a short man nicknamed Buelow who once hit a ball over the sea wall.
Fifty Omaha Indians led by White Horse visited the new Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha for a banquet. They marveled at the 18 story building and savored exotic menu items once unfamiliar to their reservation life. Speeches followed in the Omaha language, with Chief Talk delivering a formal address.
In crowded New York the need for breathing spaces grows as land for recreation becomes scarce. Playgrounds occupy piers roofs and apartment buildings, with elevated solutions gaining attention on the East Side as new initiatives emerge.
Indianapolis June 28 A new constitution for Indiana Republicans was adopted by the state committee at Hotel Severin. The revisions align rules with the recent primary election law. A key provision guarantees the first 30 minutes of every meeting open for public input and preserves individual participation in party activities.
The Indiana Pharmaceutical association closed its annual convention in Laporte with a dance at Masonic hall and Indianapolis slated to host the 1916 gathering. Officers elected include Charles Genolin of Nashville as president and J. A. Aubrey of Hammond among the executive committee. The best paper awarded to J. W. Donaldson of Indianapolis on Practical Pharmacist.
H. H. Wilson of Muncie was arrested for forgery after borrowing $10 from Walter Lambert and presenting a $30 check in the name of former mayor John 8 Hawkins. The check cleared, Lambert was paid, Wilson fled, was later found at Rushville Big Four station, threw $19.30 from the car, and was captured. Wilson, thirty-five, is described as distinctly good looking. Hawkins declared the check a forgery.
Chester A. McCormick editor of the North Judson News and president of the Northern Indiana Editorial association travels to Kokomo to arrange the August meeting. He plans to invite Senator John W. Kern to give an address and host a banquet August 23 for about 200 editors and their wives, with Ross Woodring of the Peru journal serving as secretary.
Terre Haute report states William Huffman, former city councilman, began a sentence of three to ten years for complicity in frauds after conviction for letting 150 ballots issued to him as an election inspector be taken from his possession. He appealed to the state supreme court, which affirmed the Vigo circuit court judgment.
Prof. George S. Christie of Purdue University by the Indiana Historical Commission was appointed chairman of the committee on agriculture for the Indiana centennial celebration in 1916. The appointment was announced in Lafayette on June 28 by Governor Ralston.
A garbled wartime quote recalls a conversation about 12 inch gun shells priced at $500 each. The speaker notes the enemy would not fire such shells even at his worst, reflecting humor or bravado amid combat chatter.
An advertisement touts Cuticura emollients for skin scalp hair and hands to clear pimples redness blotches dandruff itching and chapping. A free sample by mail via a 32-page Skin Book offered to address postcard Cuticura Dept. Y Boston. The ad notes aging man strives to rectify youth mistakes.
A proverb notes that men who work live longer, yet the saying hints longevity may hinge on the people they work with and the jobs they undertake.
An Eldon Missouri testimonial claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved displacement inflammation and female weakness after other remedies failed. The message urges women with similar symptoms to try the product citing improved strength and well being.
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