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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
6
The Gulflight and Nebraskan torpedoings are confirmed as German submarine actions. Italians advance in the Aegean and Carinthia while Austrian retreats and battles continue. British battleships Majestic and Princess Irene suffer damage or destruction under submarine attack near Gallipoli and Sheerness.
Judge Elbert H. Gary told 500 American Iron and Steel Institute members in New York that war should be avoided but defense must be ready. The report also notes a Texas cattle shipment quarantine lifting except for Illinois and 17 other states, and Arizona pardons board granting a nine week respite for five Mexicans to be executed at Florence penitentiary. Elizabeth Bettendorf, widow of W Betendorf, is linked to the Betendorf name in the Florentine notes.
President Wilson appealed in Washington to relieve general distress in Mexico caused by famine conditions. An authoritative announcement stated he may issue in a few days a statement on the present situation in Mexico.
Secretary Daniels announces the selection of Captain A. W. Grant to head the submarine service as the United States moves to build its largest flotilla. A neutrality proclamation regarding the Italy Austria war has been issued from Washington.
London reports a radical cabinet reshuffle with Winston Churchill moved from first lord of the admiralty to chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. Arthur Balfour takes the admiralty, Lloyd George becomes minister of munitions, Lord Kitchener as secretary of war, Asquith keeps the premiership, and Grey remains foreign secretary. Rome notes Kaiser plans to command army against Italy. Madrid reports complications over Rome departure.
Berlin states it investigated American allegations and will cooperate to clear up misunderstandings. It questions the Lusitania sinking by claiming the liner carried war material and was treated as a target to defend German forces. The note accuses British shipping of using passengers to shield ammunition and cites prior mediations.
Essay asserts women shape history and character of men and nations. It argues great men arise from great women who foster true selfhood, contrasting fashioning with imperfect models and warning against complacent molding of male figures.
Two eighteen year olds Farquaher L. Smith and Passmore Dickinson were arrested in Greenfield after trying to sell a stolen automobile. They claimed to lack funds to reach Indianapolis but admitted the car was stolen from Detroit and its Indiana plate was taken in Anderson. Authorities wired Detroit police and held the suspects.
Sullivan May 31 Curry township including Shelburn and Farmersburg voted dry by 241. Eleven saloons in Shelburn and three in Farmersburg will close in ninety days. Shelburn three precincts went dry by 191 and Farmersburg by 50. The township had voted wet two years ago by 157. The election was peaceful aided by women voters. Six wet supporters were arrested for illegal voting but released.
Lee Rhodes twenty three pumper on the Applegate farm near Bridgeport was killed when a boiler on the Ohio Oil company farm exploded. His body was blown far from the boiler and his head nearly severed. He reportedly left the boiler to tend to a task in a field and returned to find it overheated. The body was shipped to Vanburen for burial.
Rev. John Ellis, former pastor of First Presbyterian Bloomington, was restored to good standing by the general assembly in Rochester New York after a reversal of his Martinsville trial on a technical error. The initial dismissal by the Indianapolis presbytery followed a trial on unbecoming conduct in which several women were mentioned.
Closing sessions of the G. A. R. encampment favored making Indianapolis the permanent meeting place and securing the national headquarters there. Muncie made a strong bid for next year’s encampment.
Chester Kiphart aged 32 of Muncie died at Indianapolis City Hospital from injuries after being found unconscious along railroad tracks near Oakland. He suffered a fractured leg and deep scalp wounds believed to result from a fall from a train while traveling from Taylorville Illinois via Anderson to Indianapolis.
Jonas Butler of Linton a sixteen year old boy received damages by verdict in the Daviess circuit court for injuries to his left hand when he tried to remove a block from under the wheel of a coal car while employed by the Vandalia Coal company. He asked for 15000 damages.
A reflection argues refraining from discussing neighbors could reduce talkitis among people, suggesting social restraint lowers gossip and conversation overload.
An advertisement touts Denison's Coffee as pure and delicious. The excerpt includes a witty exchange about plans to educate servant girls as household scientists, implying skepticism about practical kitchen science.
K. C. Titus told the Illuminating Engineering Society that light rays penetrate the skin and subcutaneous tissues, producing radiant heat that reaches two inches or more. He said electric light baths and sun baths stimulate elimination organs, especially the skin and kidneys, and aid in many diseases.
The Washington Star recounts remarkable archery from plains Indians who could shoot while galloping to long buffalo kills, to ancient marksmen in Gairlock Scotland, and to Ottoman shots near Constantinople. It notes distances from 415 yards to 972 yards and cites Sir Robert Ainslie’s 1798 observation of a 972 yard shot.
A chief bookkeeper in a western city credits Postum with ending stomach trouble and nervous distress after two years of coffee and tea. He switched after a pneumonia related dyspepsia and now praises Postum’s effect on long hours of mental work. The ad notes two forms and prices, urging readers to try Postum.
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