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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
2
Nine influential senators protest renewal of arbitration treaty
A group of nine top U.S. senators condemned the expired arbitration treaty with Great Britain, saying it hampered American interests. They criticized President Wilson and the Democratic leadership for pressuring congress on tariff while outlining concerns about lobby methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Executive Sia
Great Britain
Townsend Ofchigan
Wilson
Gunfire and arrests across several states reported
A gun incident left a man dead and a policeman wounded as a suspect killed his mother in law and sister in law along with a sixteen month old child. A salute cannon damaged by misfire injured Daniel Best in Ada and a Best family associate. Also reported are the railroad men convention choosing Detroit for 1916 and a Bible Students district gathering in Hot Springs. An Oklahoma teacher Harry Copeland was arrested after tying his father in law to a tree. Ohio mail service inspectors raided a Cleveland grocery firm and charged proprietor Leopold Kahn with mail fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Adams
Harry Copeland
Red Oak
Okla
Fort Smith, Ark
Ohio Post Office
Standard Mercantile Company
Cleveland
Leopold Kahn
Superintendent Hester Charged With Immorality Dismissed
Lt Hester superintendent of the public schools faced charges of immorality and was dismissed by the board of education by a vote. The reported decision ends his tenure amid disciplinary action and political tension within the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester
Printigh
Board ‘of Education
Danville Fire Destroys Five Buildings Amid Heat Explosion Suspected
A Danville blaze gutted five two story brick structures on Main Street near Washington, totaling about 60 000 in losses. One man burned and two others overcome as flames spread from Hadley haberdashery’s pressing room, gasoline explosion rumored. Dr. Underwood treated the injured as authorities probed cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Public Square
Main Street
Washington Street
Hadley Haberdashery
Glendon Towles
Hadley
Carl Wright
Central Normal
Hawley
Arlis Holman
Charles Underwood
Barnett Book Store
Hampshire Breeders Meet in Newcastle Indiana
Opening session of the Hampshire Swine Breeders association in Newcastle featured talks on the outlook for the Hampshire hog in 1913 by E. Stone of Peoria and H H Fletcher of Indianapolis. Purdue’s Dr Craig spoke on hog cholera treatments, with Bolzer leading a discussion. Additional papers covered line breeding, near-to-perfect Belts, and Indiana Hampshire business growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Indiana
Hampshire Swine Breeders’ Association
Hampshire
E. Stone
Peoria
Ill
Packer
Horace H. Fletcher
Indianapolis
Craig
Purdue University
F. A. Bolzer
Willie Wes
I. F. Bryson
Edinburg
Sylvester Egsig
Tipton
Dunkards vote to hold 1914 Seattle conference
The Dunkard church delegates at Winona Lake voted to hold the next annual conference in Seattle, Washington in 1914. They rejected electing a three-year standing committee and a dress change, reaffirming plain garb and prohibition of all tobacco. They also defeated a bid to add county fairs to the forbidden list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Winona Lake
Seattle
Wash
Martinsville Auto Accident Claims Life of Lee Thompson
Lee Thompson, twenty two, was killed when the auto truck he drove plunged down a fifteen foot embankment at Thomas Hill, two and a half miles east of Martinsville. The vehicle tilted, Thompson was thrown against a tree, and the truck became partly pinned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Lee “Thompson
Thomas Hill
Thompson
Man Plays Hog on a Streetcar Then Yields to a Baby
In a crowded streetcar Colby Dolby vows to hog a seat until a woman with a borrowed baby shows up. The baby and eye contact soften him, he reluctantly gives up the seat, later quarrels with the conductor, and ends up on the back platform watching the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
Dolby
Colby
Mr. Bowler
Humph
Dry Run humor cited by a Dry Run consul in Washington
A Washington official recalls Emerson Taylor the Dry Run consul at Port of Spain as full of Dry Run wit. He compared a disgruntled brother consul to a Dry Run house wife who quips about the prodigal son and warns a modern man would complain about the calf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Taylor
Port of Spain
Washington
Dry Run
Taylor
Crins
The High Price of a Perfect Glass Straight Edge
A famed astronomical instrument maker discusses the cost of a perfect glass straight edge. He notes perfection is unattainable but could be limited to a fraction of a light wavelength. The customer seeks a forty thousand dollar standard, only to reveal the edge is for a scraper and would tolerate a one sixty fourth inch error.
Jones Faces Unclear Recollection In Latest Exchange
The fragmentary note hints at a conversation about memory and recognition. It references a person named Jones and mentions a person’s stance on a topic, suggesting unsettled context or dialogue.
London Deaf Club Quiet Haven Draws Many Members
The National Deaf club in London, led by A. J. Wilson, offers dining, cards, and billiards without speech or bells. Nearly two hundred members attend, with about a third being women, and signs replace bells for service. Members include a Syrian railway executive and a peripatetic traveler, plus a music teacher and a nurse. An annual banquet for deaf and dumb persons is held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
National Deaf Club
A. J. Wilson
Syria
Chicago Tribune
Noise and civilization urge quieter streets and play spaces
The piece argues humans evolved in quiet to detect danger and warns loud urban noise harms nervous individuals. It calls for abolishing unnecessary bells and street cries, quieter pavements, and children’s playgrounds to vent noise without disturbing adults, hoping for a future genius who can mute city sounds.
1250-Foot Ships in 1930
At the first international congress in Philadelphia predictions arise that by 1950 the Atlantic fleet’s largest ships will average 1100 feet with 100 foot beams and around forty foot drafts. Earlier forecasts from 1923 have materialized, suggesting the 1950 forecast may arrive decades earlier. Dock plans foretell Tilbury locks for 1250 foot ships, 130 foot wide, 39 foot draft. Suez Canal to be deepened to 39 feet by 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Tilbury Dock
Suez Canal
Eldorado Man Quips On Kansas After Meet With Disfigured Stranger
A man in Eldorado encounters a plainly scarred fellow with a split lip and missing teeth. The conversation turns to Kansas with the disfigured man dismissing fears while the Eldorado man calls him a liar. The lone exchange reflects tempers and regional sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas City Star
Prophecy Foretold Wilson Victory At Luncheon
George Harvey, known for predicting Wilson’s 1912 win, reportedly at a luncheon asserted the upcoming election would favor Wilson. The remark appears in a fragmentary newspaper clipping noting the prophecies around the era’s political climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George ‘Harvey
Wilson
New
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Pas- St.George’s Church
Sdr
George H. Dryer
Dist -Book Concern
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Chares Schnell
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George
Emily ‘Wilding Davidson
Anmer
Ottom Schmidt
Berlin
General Medical Society
Cologne
James M. “Cox
Ada
Daniel Best
Pitcairn, Pa
Ohio Northern University
Brotherhood of Railroad
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