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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
4
The News-Eagle from Van Buren notes quirky items from politics to pop culture. It mentions Philadelphia offering a rat bounty, a restored Venus of Mile with a southpaw, steel hoop price rise, a ticklish joke about kissing photos, and assorted wry quips about trains, suffrage, and oddities across cities.
A western telegraph manager advertises for "girls with wheels" claiming the best way to locate them is by visiting any moving picture show.
A literary line notes that most song birds migrate south while a rare kind remains in cities awaiting the opening of the opera season. The remark contrasts nature and cultural life as cities prepare performances.
A brief note jokes about quarantining New England Christmas trees and fumigating Santa Claus' whiskers as a humorous aside. The line reflects a lighthearted reaction to strict measures affecting holiday greenery and seasonal传统.
A railroad company faces a $200000 liability after the death of a chimpanzee owned by a private individual. The owner may seek compensation for loss of the animal and related damages amid ongoing litigation.
A bird described as a French owl was seized by a police officer. The remark about France as the final nation to produce anything resembling an owl reflects a playful, tongue in cheek regional sentiment.
A New York bigamist receives five years in prison, one year for each wife. A quip questions why not combine the sentences. The item notes other oddities such as English infant management schools and Chicago brides scholarships.
A Philadelphia man dies leaving $100000 with no indicated heirs or beneficiaries. The aftermath shows the lawyers set to receive the estate, implying administration by counsel.
A European artiste lands in New York amid rumors, carrying 500 pairs of shoes. The sight fuels chatter about whether she is a dancer or a centipede in disguise.
A Boston minister asserts that it is possible to marry and live comfortably on fifteen dollars weekly. He maintains that even marriage is affordable within that income.
The new Zeppelin airships include onboard kitchens and dispose of waste by gravity driven systems. The design ties waste handling to the ship's orientation, reflecting period interest in practical engineering on dirigible craft.
A distant war vehicle advances as wind carries its scent toward the enemy. The approaching force gains a tactical edge when conditions favor detection and movement.
A stark statement notes China has no forests left as unpopular politicians lose access to woods for refuge or retreat. The remark frames environmental decline as tied to political weakness and public sentiment.
A New York corporation experiences withdrawal amid women abandoning petticoats while some husbands resist relinquishing control, reflecting shifting gender norms and domestic balance.
The report claims Japanese people allegedly turn to U S beef hoping to gain height. it warns the outcome is the opposite, suggesting the diet would leave them shorter after the butcher's bill.
Washington December 5 Judge Robert W Archbald of the United States commerce court faced impeachment charges as Representative Henry D Clayton accused him of using high office for personal profit The defense argued charges are vague and noted the trial will center on a coal dumps contract with E J Williams of Scranton and William P Boland Archbald’s part in the contract was put on record by a senate vote of 56 to 6 despite questions about his knowledge of the arrangement The only witness heard was E J Williams who appeared reluctant and friendly to Archbald
Richmond dispatch reports the governors convention adjourned after a stormy session in which the O NeaI resolution denounced Governor Blease of South Carolina for his lynching law views. Blease defied critics, claimed threats to his life, and said he would not retract his statements while noting the press misrepresented him. The vote split along faction lines with 14 in favor and four abstentions.
John Beall Sneed banker was found not guilty by a Texas jury of murdering A G Boyce Sr wealthy ranchman. Sneed testified self defense and claimed a conspiracy by the Boyce family over his wife. Al Boyce Jr was killed by Sneed in Amarillo on September 14 after the Winnipeg reunion.
Eleven people died and three were seriously hurt in a rear end collision on the Pennsylvania lines ten miles east of Zanesville Ohio. Passengers were thrown from seats and trapped as steam from the engine cooked them.
The infant son of Archduke Charles Francis Joseph was christened in Vienna on Thursday. The child is encumbered with 17 names.
The provisional assembly in Canton China decided to hold a public lands sale and voted to allot 3,000,000 of a 10,000,000 domestic loan toward the expected war with Russia.
Washington Pec 9 The War Department authorized General Steever to send carbines and ammo to American ranchers and miners in Hermosillo and Durango due to insufficient protection in Mexico. Mexico City Dec 9 Zapatistas enraged by a rejected demand for nineteen young girls burned Valle de Bravo and seized valuables as residents fled to the hills.
Chicago reports Jack Johnson the prizefighter married Lucile Cameron, the white woman who escaped her mother’s custody last week. Other items note ships under Admiral Fletcher sailing from New Orleans, a murder arraignment in Akron, Taft reappointing Hawaii’s governor Frear and naming Mott-Smith as secretary, and a storm off Portugal causing many fisherfolk deaths and severe privation.
In New York on December 7, Judge Hough of the U.S. district court quashed the indictment returned by the federal grand jury on July 1, 1909, against the American Sugar Refining Company.
Cleveland H. Baker Nevada attorney general died at his home in Carson City on Thursday from internal hemorrhage. He was a California native and held the office prior to his death.
Democratic campaign funds to elect Woodrow Wilson amounted to $1 159 445 as reported to the house clerk. Major contributors included Charles R. Crane of Chicago Cleveland H. Dodge of New York and Herman Ridder of New York with gifts of 340 010 35 000 and 25 000 respectively plus several smaller gifts.
Premier Saionji and cabinet members resign after a diplomatic crisis and failure to find a successor for war minister to Lieutenant General Uyehara, leaving Tokyo in political limbo.
Hamilton Bermuda December 6 reports President elect Woodrow Wilson enjoying his vacation there. Communication by cable was cut off Wednesday, interrupting direct contact with Wilson.
The 1912 crop value totals 9.482 billion including livestock, with corn at 1.77 billion and hay 861 million. Wheat 596 million, oats 478 million, potatoes 190 million, tobacco 97 million, flaxseed 39 million, rye 24 million, rice 20 million, buckwheat 12 million, hops 11 million. Prices for 1912 crops fell from 1911 levels in many items while some gains occurred in cotton tobacco butter milk eggs poultry and beets.
Premier Poincare declared France stands by its allies in the tense European situation. An Athens dispatch reports Greece abandoning separatist policy to join Balkan allies in signing the armistice with Turkey. The London peace conference is set to begin December 16.
Chancellor Walker discharged Frederic L. Johnson as receiver for the United States Independent Telephone company on Friday and ordered the company dissolved and its charter forfeited.
The steam er Beaver Tail of the Jamestown and Newport Ferry company grounded on rocks off Rose Island in fog. Fifty passengers and crew were rescued by launches.
A bogus telephone inspector diverted attention by gathering three diamond pins and a watch worth 1900 while missing $100,000 in jewels at Arthur Iselin's East Sixty ninth Street residence. He escaped Friday.
The readable lines present a jumble of sales pitches and odd metaphors about women and items like blue racks, water bottles, and a product called Cross Bail Blue. No clear person, event, or location is established.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly features a proud father and a doctor in a hospital room. The father guesses a boy, then a girl, with the doctor teasing him by offering two guesses and eliciting a playful misunderstanding.
A man in a Chestnut Street conversation laments wife buying toothpowder while he uses tub bath cleanser as a dental fix. His companion gasps then learns the “toothpowder” is the kind bought at the dentist.
A fragment notes a discussion about breach of promise to marry. No further details on persons, dates, or places are readable.
A testimonial from a Cole young lady claims prolonged illness improved after using Grape-Nuts with cream or milk. She reports losing weight gain of 10 pounds in five weeks, relief from indigestion and rheumatism, and ongoing use of the product. The notice promotes Grape-Nuts and cites health benefits and a study of digestion.
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