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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
2
The Observer quotes the Chicago Tribune arguing purists exaggerate moral panic over slit skirts and sheer gowns. It urges focusing on causes and reducing impure thoughts rather than censoring innocent dress, invoking "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out" as a companion for modern readers.
Editors note that height and stamina gaps among recruits from rural areas reflect harsh living conditions in so called misery spots like a Limousin district near Limoges. Paris recruits, drawing from broader France, show greater average health. Modern science improves urban health but cannot beat well off countryside in long term stature.
Special agents Henry W. Eliott and Andrew F. Gallagher report from Pribilof rookeries that 72 000 fur seals bred in 1913 on St. Paul and St. George while only a small fraction of young bulls exists. They warn the herd has declined from 4 700 000 in 1872 to about 190 950 seals now due to extermination.
A German inventor, creator of a deep diving apparatus, claims he can reach 600 feet. He recently tested it off San Francisco Bay, reaching over 100 feet and staying submerged for an hour. The note recalls $2 million in gold lost with the Rio de Janeiro in 1910 as part of the tale.
The Philadelphia Inquirer views a politician declining a high paid post as a clear sign he plans to work, though the paper notes it has never seen such a case before.
An automobile at a fashionable sea side resort raced a sea serpent about fifty feet long. The old fashioned fish story remains intact, resisting the era's iconoclasm.
A prominent town resident seeks a divorce citing disputes over camphor balls for his suit. He plans to supply the camphor himself, retire the suit, and confront the wife when she requests funds for her apparel.
A husband repeatedly calls his second wife by his first wife's name, highlighting a comical yet telling lapse in memory. The incident underscores the quirks of blended family dynamics and daily miscommunications.
Washington reports cover a broad range of topics from agriculture to immigration to woman suffrage. Major items include the Baker bill granting San Francisco water and power rights in the Hetch Hetchy area passing the senate, national talks on popular government, and debates over literacy tests in immigration policy. The National Association for Woman Suffrage closes its Washington convention and Inspector General Garlington notes a drop in army enlistments under seven year terms. President Wilson’s health improves slightly with continued confinement deemed prudent.
New York Republicans elect a direct state wide primary after New Radicals win a key vote defeating William Barnes’s effort to reaffirm the conservative plank. In other items, five women in Illinois are found guilty of assaulting a woman riding a train.
South Bend hosts a conference of the Indiana commission appointed by the last legislature to study women workers hours and pay. Miss Marie Obenauer of the National Bureau of Statistics joins as the bureau outlines its role to support state inquiries and avoid overlapping spending.
Transportation into and through Yellowstone National Park via the western entrance in Montana has been cut by 20 percent by order of Secretary Lane. The new rate is one dollar per day.
After three days of hunger and thirst in Exeter jail Mrs. Pankhurst was freed and sent to a London hospital where a medical certificate cites pleurisy. Meanwhile Asquith accepts a basis for Ulster agreement per Sir Edward Carson proposal amid war news از
Reports say a 24 hour clash near Tula against Mexican federal forces resulted in a 220 loss. Victoria dispatches note resumed fighting. Meanwhile orders at Puget Sound yard activate cruiser Raleigh for service on Mexico's west coast. The Hay volunteer bill clears the House to Senate, leveling war volunteers with regulars.
Personal Miss Phoebe Couzins, the first woman lawyer and deputy U S marshal, dies at 73 in St. Louis. In Bison South Dakota Joseph Rickman, a negro, hanged for murdering Mrs Ellen Fox and her daughter. Austin Parker and Archibald Johnson of Cornell Widow expelled over Temptation Number. Mrs Eaton, acquitted in Rear Admiral Eaton poisoning, appeals to Governor Foss for trial costs.
Sheriff Recobs took Roscoe Hayes to Jeffersonville after his confession to robbing the Foster jewelry store in Tipton two weeks ago. Hayes named two others and described unloading loot as Chief Beauchamp spoke with a railroad detective. Floys and Cosgrove of Muncie were arrested after bidding Hayes farewell.
Kokomo Dec 9 Charles Boager seventeen years old was sentenced to the state reformatory for one to fourteen years for stealing a horse from Charles Fran a farmer who employed him. He hoped to reach Mt Pleasant Mich to see his mother before a serious operation. Detective Veatch found Boager in Mt Pleasant where the mother had indeed been operated on and was in a precarious condition. An effort will be made to obtain his release at once.
Mrs Robin E Dunbar of South Bend buys from Mrs William Finkins a Smoke Persian cat son of Champion Peter of Castle Thorpe for 500 dollars The cat has won blue ribbons at Reading Sandy and Hunslow shows in England and will be shown in Boston then the Beresford Chicago and finally Minneapolis.
Found Week After death by own action. Harvey Allee thirty eight years old was found hanging in an out of the way barn in Greencastle. A rope was tied to a beam and the man jumped from the joist. He had earlier attempted suicide in Indianapolis about a year ago and lived with his uncle.
Thomas Hackett of Peru is charged by Andrew Stein with embezzlement and grand larceny. Steinment says he gave Hackett $8,000 to buy a saloon, but Hackett did not, and the money has not been returned. Hackett is out on a $3,500 bond.
Burglars entered the H. G. May drug store in Princeton and stole goods valued at $100 plus a cache of seventeen cameras valued at $15 to $30 each. The incident occurred December 9 with investigators seeking leads.
Shelbyville December court fines Walter Isgrigg eighteen dollars for hunting without a license. He refused to pay and chose to serve jail time instead, with the affidavit by game warden Dennis Gleason.
Indiana brief items report legal fines on misrepresentation, strikes at mines, burglaries, licenses for a 11 year old hunter, lectures, charity drives, and various magistrate actions across towns including Brazil Huntington Sullivan Greencastle Rochester Newcastle Evansville Terre Haute Crawfordsville Linton Elizaville Fort Wayne Portland Redkey Tipton Bedford Lawrenceburg Versailles Muncie Clinton Lafayette Rochester Shelbyville Tipton and more. Highlights include a murder trial date set, a fireworks suit award, a runaway youth held, and a charity drive toward Hope hospital.
A 715 pound short finned tunny was caught off Ireland by a Fleetwood trawler while hake fishing and later sent to Preston for exhibition. The six foot six inch specimen is the largest of its species brought to Fleetwood, a rare Mediterranean visitor valued for its edible qualities.
Miss Grace Glasspool halted a rattlesnake she believed to be dead after encountering it on a highway while riding. The snake reportedly struck as she removed it from the buggy, saved by her skirt as bystanders killed it with a hatchet. she still hopes to own a snake belt.
London society hostesses seek new entertainment between tea and dinner leading to a revival of dominoes. Elegant ivory and mother of pearl pieces appear, with ornate boxes, as players since long absent return to the game.
B F Bush president of Missouri Pacific rail way warned that money is very scarce and additions to the Antioch California electric line may not proceed now. He did not deny a future purchase but said funds are tight.
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