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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1912
Page
2
The Hamilton County board of elections released the official tally showing Congressman Nicholas Longworth, son-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt, defeated in Ohio’s First District by Democrat Stanley Bowdle by 97 votes.
In a landmark decision the Supreme Court rules that monopolies in unpatented outputs of patented machines violate the Sherman act. Other items note Germany delaying countervailing duties on split peas and flour, Col Goethals reporting canal completion in a year, and militia expansion plans amid wartime prep. Taft discusses ownership feeling for the South with the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The circuit court of Cuyahoga county Ohio, by unanimous verdict, found State Senators Isaac B Huffman of Oxford and La Forrest R Andrews of Trotton guilty of accepting bribes at the last Ohio legislative session.
Federal agents arrest suspects tied to alleged schemes targeting businessmen. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen releases a new wage schedule with fixed monthly rates for conductors and brakemen. A Los Angeles hotel fire kills three and injures twenty. Sentences handed to two men for mail fraud in Kansas City. An explosion in a Winchester quarry kills five. Tower City fire injures business district. Alcohol use rises among women in Washington, while men stay sober. A new anesthesia linked to a death during surgery at New York Polytechnic Hospital marks a fatal outcome in clinical demonstrations.
Serbian forces capture Monastir taking Zekki Pasha the commander-in-chief 50 000 troops and 47 guns in a major victory. St Petersburg reports Russia will not back Serbia on an Adriatic port while Istanbul states it is negotiating with Bulgaria. The diplomatic tension eases as the crisis atmosphere clears.
Mrs Billa Flagg Young of Chicago gave the principal address at the Hast high school dedication in Des Moines Iowa and will be entertained by UI alumni. Former Gov William Larrabee died at his Clermont Iowa home at eighty. Wreaths were laid at Ulysses Grant and Robert E Lee statues at the capitol per the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Former Gov and US Senator Joseph M Terrell died at his Atlanta home after a long illness. He had succeeded A S Clay in the Senate and served under Hoke Smith.
In Michigan City on November 20, Ernest Levin and Daniel Groch both six years old were at a crossing of the Michigan Central. They threw pebbles at a passing freight train and were struck and instantly killed by a passenger train on a parallel track coming from the opposite direction.
Terre Haute police and deputies scour the city and surrounding areas for five county jail inmates who escaped after an attack on rockpile superintendent Fred Mullen. John Johnson struck Mullen with a hammer and Harry Johnson stole the gate keys. the escapees were jailed for short terms on minor charges. Mullen suffered head gashes as ten other prisoners stayed in the yard.
Martinsville reports a large Fire destroyed the Black Adams cattle barn at Brooklyn. Mrs Black discovered the blaze and used a patent lever to release many Jersey cows from stalls. She saved nearly all of the 180 cows before embers fell. Five cows perished in the flames.
Deputy sheriffs hunted five men who blew the Medaryville bank safe last week escaping with 1000 dollars. They traced the route north on a Monon hand car to Wilders where the car was dumped in the river and then likely rode freight to Otis. Five strangers were sighted in Otis the day of the robbery.
Governor Marshall and other defendants in the injunction suit brought by the Racing Foundation Corp of America filed a demurrer in Porter superior court claiming no jurisdiction over persons or matter. Proceedings set to be heard by Judge Tuthill in the term's final week.
Shelbyville report says John Tucker age seventy five was struck by a Big Four passenger train at Fairland while riding in a buggy. The vehicle was wrecked and he was hurled about thirty feet becoming unconscious with chest back and neck injuries.
In a St Paul Pioneer Press feature the tallest usher and smallest bridesmaid share a 2 minute 21 second moment after a July wedding. The two tremble, connect, and part with a whispered word as the master of ceremonies notes the time.
Sapleigh expresses lack of courage to propose to a girl while Misa Pert counters that he will face at least one disappointment in life, in a dialogue excerpt from an Evening Tran script.
William Rowe fifteen of Indianapolis was injured while hunting near Martinsville when his rifle discharged after he stumbled the bullet tore a hole in his left foot Noble Wood also of Indianapolis carried him to a farm house He returned home after treatment by a surgeon
Richmond news reports Niles Moffitt and Ralph Besselman both seventeen and high school students confessed to burglarizing a grocery store and obtaining $20. They denied involvement in several other robberies reported in the past week.
A couple recalls a proposal moment with tension over whether it was the brightest moment in life. A sharp reply denies any spark or light in the room during the exchange.
A Berlin Times illustrated anecdote recalls a bitter critic who bluntly calls a new artist’s painting worthless at a reception. The artist seeks the critic’s view anyway, hoping for interest in his work.
In Henryville on November 20 a 50 year old man named Henry Long died while assisting in hanging a butchered beef. The meat processing setup failed causing fatal injuries. Local authorities investigated the incident and the case was turned over to the coroner.
The text defines anger as a sign of weakness and impotence, describing it as irritation born from feeling inferior. It frames anger as a fire of the spirit when facing inevitability and notes that true superiority yields calmness in the face of opposition.
A brief note reflects on slow change, a heartfelt message, and a simple remedy for dental pain. It hints at personal sentiment amid everyday concerns, presenting a small snapshot of daily life.
A reflective note hints that as a girl matures she gains wisdom and adorns herself with many pins around her waist, symbolizing growing insight and identity.
A vintage ad notes water in blueing products is adulterated and costs more. It promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the solution that makes clothes whiter than snow and urges purchase.
A pair of lines contrasts fatal seriousness with vigor as speakers note perception of someone who seems grave yet lively. The exchange highlights how language plays on life and death symbolism.
In a humorous exchange a bride asks for meat without bone fat or gristle and the butcher replies with a witty suggestion to take an egg. The quip appears in Youth's Companion reflecting light domestic humor.
A historical note urges examining every bottle of Castoria for the signature of its maker, a remedy claimed safe for infants and children for over thirty to forty years. It emphasizes the product’s long use and child appeal.
In New York a dialogue notes two prison officials debating visitor permits. The first cites stopping permits to reduce confusion, while the second counters that allowing access hinders escape efforts, a tongue in cheek remark attributed to Puck.
Gray County Probate Judge Philip Miller of Cimarron Kansas reports years of heart trouble relieved after taking Dodds Kidney Pills for about a year He notes dizziness puffiness and backache subsided and he weighs about 200 pounds The ad invites correspondence and free household hints music and recipes from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo New York.
The Inventor boasts of heatless light leakless fixtures invisible ash can and disappearing bed improving urban living. Judge Benedict counters that true perfection awaits a footless meter and vanishing gas bill.
A village tailor recalls his limited orders from the vicar for hats collars and handkerchiefs. The vicar explains when needing a suit or a good sermon he goes to London, sparking a playful exchange about superiority of London goods and sermons.
Mrs Henry Parsons devised four by eight foot farms for the International Children’s School Farm league. Each child owns and cultivates seven vegetables in his tiny plot, tending an 18 inch path around it as part of a hands on object lesson in good roads, shown to families in New York.
A humorous exchange features men boasting about wealthy families. One claims his Connecticut farm is so vast the father kisses the cows goodbye and stays away a week. Another compares to a Pennsylvania firm, then jokes about a farm so large it sends young married couples away.
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