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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
2
A collage of quips and wry observations about weather, fashion, sports, and culture. It riffs on labor and patience, summer fashions, and playful odds and ends from daily life. Names and places anchor a string of humorous reflections.
The campaign against soap as a carrier of germs moves beyond prior cautions, presenting a broader, more forceful push. Advocates claim soap risks spreading contamination and seek stricter guidelines or alternatives.
A newspaper style note remarks that many girls oppose the anti kissing campaign, preferring sun kissed skin to abstinence while highlighting social attitudes and ongoing conflict over modesty and affection.
A man places bets on a candidate by a personal pledge to grow his whiskers if the election result does not favor the favorite. He beings the show with the unusual public promise and awaits the outcome.
A fashion expert says skirts will be tighter next fall, leading to a surge in shoe horn use. The prediction highlights a shift in proportion and accessory demand for the upcoming season.
A Boston physician says the nation is losing edge and agility while some individuals are caught red handed amid rising public scrutiny and enforcement.
The passage notes that superstition about thirteen as unlucky overlooks the fact that the original flag bore thirteen stars. It reframes the number as a symbol of early American unity rather than misfortune.
The text comments on risks from aviation and water activities, noting fatalities and survivors. It contrasts aviation’s poor showing with other dangers and mentions hay fever and dog days as unpleasant seasonal nuisances.
The community responds to those urging a return of an old-fashioned summer by urging prompt unwishing. The note suggests countering the wish and embracing present conditions.
Attendance at major league parks has fallen from last year as the sport struggles to compete with the political circus. The shift hints at broader trends affecting baseball popularity and crowd sizes this season.
A Boston doctor claims the United States is becoming filat footed due to extensive gumshoe work in politics, warning of creeping corruption and bias in national affairs.
A convention hall in Atlantic City was uprooted and moved by a recent cyclone. The structure, typically a magnet for wandering air currents, was displaced in the storm, with authorities assessing damage and next steps.
A witty column laments the sight of women wearing male hosiery sparking a social debate. The author notes public mockery risks and jokes about criers and critics while defending personal style.
A man received a hug and a kiss for saving a girl from drowning at New Rochelle. The incident drew praise as witnesses noted his swift actions and calm handling of the danger.
The line notes that many men who long for boyhood on the farm would resist the chores if asked again, highlighting nostalgia and reluctance to return to hard labor.
A man convicted of deceiving his wife about finances is jailed in Los Angeles. The ruling is described as a nationwide precedent and seen as likely to create broad concern across the United States.
A Baltimore & Ohio passenger train struck an eight person outing party one mile west of Frostburg Maryland, killing five and injuring two. Victims include Mrs Carrie Schneider and Miss Jennie Schneider among others. The group had walked toward Frostburg after a freight train passed on the nearby track. The engineer blew the whistle but could not avoid the accident. Bodies were taken to Frostburg station. All victims came from well known families.
Reports from Cettinje describe insurgents seizing two villages in the Berane district near the Montenegrin frontier and plundering Berane. Turkish forces retaliated with artillery, razing several Christian villages while burning homes. Many wounded crossed into Montenegro for care as Turkish authorities threaten extermination in the revolt district along Montenegro.
A strike threatens as unions demand a settlement with the traction companies. The joint committees asked Mayor Warrison to intervene after Chicago Railways and Chicago City Railway officials rejected ultimatums. Unions accuse traction leaders of pitting committees against each other.
At Fort Leavenworth Kansas a large scale mock battle begins with 6000 troops and thousands of blank rounds. A ten day maneuver includes a planned August 27 battle near the Soldiers' Home where troops will be marked dead wounded or hospitalised using a tag system to identify casualties and destroyed bridges.
Edward Sweeny, superintendent of the United States Mint and president of the Continental Building and Loan Association, died of angina pectoris. Friends pay tribute as the Continental, once led by Sweeny, closed August 8 after examiners found the association short 318000 dollars.
Washington. The House failed to pass the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill over President Taft’s veto. He objected to provisions abolishing the commerce court and capping civil service tenure. Talks meanwhile stalled on tariffs and sugar measures in Senate benches.
Reliable information from Managua reports renewed bombardment of the capital and severe fighting ongoing.
Madison Wis Aug 17 The La Follette family including Senator La Follette Mrs La Follette and their daughter will campaign in Wisconsin this fall for woman suffrage with the stump speaking tour announced by local reporters.
General Pascual Orozco proposes terms for peace demanding a presidential pardon for him and his officers, restoration of citizenship, and immediate start of San Luis Potosi reforms. A special congress session will be called by Madero to consider the plan, while Orozco travels to Mexico City for talks.
The motorboat Kitty Hawk owned by Wi H Tinkin of Detroit sank in 25 feet of water during the Chicago water carnival race aiming to beat the hydroplane Chicago. The crew were rescued.
London reports H. O. Jones of Cambridge and his wife were killed when they slipped into a crevasse on Freeway glacier during their Swiss honeymoon. Professor Jones had married on August 1.
Cavalry units designated as M were ordered to move five miles toward the Mexican border. On August 17 the troops I, K and Se were positioned under the command of Colonel.
Federal suit targets the Motion Picture Patents Company and General Film Company with ten major defendants including Biograph Edison Kalem Lubin Selig Pathe and others. It alleges interlocking licenses and restraints stifling competition and seeks to dissolve the trust while noting more than 100 million dollars invested in the business.
The senate approved the conference report on the Panama canal bill by 48 to 18 and rejected attempts to pass the steel and wool bills over the president taft veto. Six Republicans joined Democrats to back the vetoed metal and wool measures. The chamber also backed a post office experimentals parcels post plan 143 to 86, replacing the zone system. The house refused to pass over Taft's veto a Wyoming subcontractors compensation bill 188 to 78.
Turbaned Arnauts aided by Turkish troops attacked a Christian enclave in the Berana district of Albania near the Montenegrin frontier. Women and children were killed or captured, and many Christians fled to Montenegro as General Vukotics was ordered to the frontier to restore order.
In White House New Jersey a car crash killed Mr and Mrs Edward A Horling of Huntington Valley Pennsylvania and their chauffeur John Kilroy when their vehicle rolled over at Graybrook two miles from town Friday.
Twenty six workmen were buried when a slag bank collapsed at an iron works on the outskirts of Dortmund Germany on Tuesday. Eight bodies have been recovered and officials fear more fatalities in the disaster that struck the works yard.
Paris reports the death of Jules Emile Massenet the noted composer at age seventy. His best known operas include Thais Don Cesar de Bazan and Herodiade.
Los Angeles August 17 Dr Oscar Anderson of Santa Monica attending Nat C Goodwin announced he will recover from injuries from a surf skiff accident that overturned on rocks north of the city. Goodwin moved to his Santa Monica home nearly free from pain. Miss Marjorie Moreland will stay at the residence until danger passes after nursing him in hospital.
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, survivor of the Titanic, gave birth to a son named John Jacob Astor. The baby is an heir to about 3 million dollars of the Astor fortune, with the late Col. John Jacob Astor as his father.
Detroit August 15 nine aldermen were arraigned in police court on bribery charges. Assistant Prosecutor Josnowski hinted at a larger conspiracy with others named to be involved, and hearing was set for August 20 for nine more defendants.
Secretary of State Knox ordered a rigid probe into the death of William Bruce McMaster, former United States vice and deputy consul at Cartagena. His body bore multiple bullet wounds, and native enemies are suspected after years of threats. McMaster, an American born in Colombia, held extensive cattle and ranch interests. His friction with his employer left him unpopular.
The volcano of Stromboli near Messina erupts violently on August 19 sending ash showers over the island. Inhabitants are panic stricken as volcanic activity continues for months.
Captain Warren J. Terhune commanding the U S gunboat Annapolis arrives in Managua with 11 officers and 354 Marines, as U S forces reinforce the capital. The detachment reaches Managua on Friday to support operations in the area.
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