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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1914
Page
5
President Wilson tells a joint session that private monopoly is indefensible and proposes an interstate commission to clarify antitrust policy. He supports prohibiting interlocking directorates and granting the ICC power to oversee railroad finances to separate production from transportation and curb abuses.
The noted lecturer Strickland Gillilan prepared to speak in a small Missouri town. He asked the committee chair for a small pitcher of Yee water on the platform, then quipped about drinking during his act.
In a published exchange a minister states he will not perform a marriage unless a medical certificate is shown. Crawford asks if it’s hard to obtain one, and Suburbs reveals the doctor brother of the minister can supply the certificate. The judge comments on the predicament.
A quip contrasts girls who must work with the idea that farming is the science of husbandry. The exchange questions social roles and frames agriculture as a learned discipline rather than traditional labor.
A conversation reveals a tense hesitation about a close relationship leading to marriage. A spouse jokes about sending Miss Splicer a wedding present while remembering warnings about becoming too intimate with the girl.
A humorous exchange centers on drafting a fire insurance policy. A caller asks for coverage while joking money burns a hole in his pocket, provoking a quick, witty reply from the agent.
John Doe Smith wears a derby in church on South Bass Island. A deacon questions him as he drinks from a bottle during service. Smith declares it is his business if he wears a hat and drinks, then leaves.
Mrs A M Gallagher bought a Fifth avenue house and lot in Elmhurst three years ago and paid taxes. She found the house missing after a visit, then police investigated as several houses were moved. A family claimed to own the house now, while police weigh grand larceny versus an ordinance violation for moving a house without council permission.
Mrs. Josephine Smith, nearly 300 pounds, was attacked by a man who grabbed her handbag. She threw him to the ground, sat on him until police arrived, and he sustained a broken rib. The bandit, identified as Kearney, attempted to flee from a doorway.
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