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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1914
Page
2
A collection of light editorial quips on life, luck, money, and strange happenings. Snippets reference charity, umbrellas, weather prophets, moving pictures, marital rumors, a tango magazine, a new comet, gun access, and a nurse's will with a $300 heaven ticket. Several jokes hinge on human foibles and social trends.
A witty note on a German comedy and a dig at rising costs. The writer jokes that cautious men form opinions late, then discard them, while imagining eggs priced at 52 million dollars per pound and London land values forcing a peanut stand owner to be a millionaire.
A collage of vintage items notes warnings from the Department of Agriculture on raw pork, egg preservation schemes, street profanity in Washington, and shifting views on custody and automobiles. It mentions Li Hung Chang memoirs, a minister shot, deck of cards resting after war, and 1913 crop value peaks.
Four men died and over twenty injured as a boiler exploded inside Horwich hall during the Ottawa Live Stock fair. The blaze killed several horses including Sarah Moore Blue Morse Out post and Lord Minto and caused more than 450000 dollars in damage to the building and its contents. In Alpena Michigan five persons perished in a house fire the same day.
In St Marys a grand jury indicted James Severn a fellow juror for disturbing religious worship He pleaded guilty and Judge Woods fined him 25 dollars. The other items note riots in Minas de Rio Tinto strikes wages in Grosvenordale mills and Gorgas nominated surgeon general and Mississippi women’s suffrage defeat.
Washington reports that only transport costs delay radium ore shipments from mines to refineries for 200000 cancer patients seeking recovery. State Mine Commissioner Thomas R. Hanahan testifies on radium ore withdrawal bills before a House committee. J M Flannery of Standard Chemical says a $15 million gift could fund 20 radium institutes nationwide for free cancer treatment.
New York mayor Mitchel announced on Friday that Col. George W. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama Canal, is to be the next police commissioner. He said he had long wanted Goethals for the job and that George W. Perkins urged him to accept.
A federal grand jury inquiry began Thursday and may lead to indictments of high officials at a major stockyards packing firm, heads of three other corporations, and several railroad companies for alleged interstate commerce rebate violations.
A Spo dger on the Canadian Pacific railroad derailed at Meath Ontario near Pembroke on Thursday. One person was killed and nine were seriously injured. Local rescue teams and authorities are assessing the scene and casualties.
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller presented Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland with 30000 in Rockefeller Foundation gold bonds bearing five percent interest. The donation was announced January 24.
House Democrats approved a 149 to 17 vote to authorize an inquiry by the mines and mining committee chaired by Rep. Foster. Keating and McDonald led the push, with hearings expected in Denver Pueblo and possibly Trinidad within two weeks to examine peonage postal immigration and other alleged wrongdoing in the strike regions. In Trinidad militant clashes erupted as cavalry dispersed strikers with sabers injuring one man and causing one trooper to break a rib. Nineteen arrests followed as Adjutant General Chase oversaw the operation. In Keweenaw a suitcase near the Ahmeek power plant reportedly held an infernal machine with nitroglycerin an alarm clock dry battery and wires.
Rebel forces seized Cape Haitien the northern coast's main city and captured a gunboat in the action. The report came via private dispatch to Port au Prince on January 24.
In St. Petersburg on January 24 an officer of the Imperial guards named Kolsukov was shot and killed by Gypsy leader Stephano. The murder follows an alleged impropriety involving Stephano’s daughter and Kolsukov.
Macon Ga January 22 The committee probing charges against Federal Judge Emery Speer limited cross examination as over forty witnesses gathered including Attorney General T S Felder. J W Preston Sr testified Speer biased in Roberts and Williams cases and sought to sway juries while T J Simmons of the Macon News said Speer sought publicity and wrote about himself and court matters. Louis Pellew testified he reported cocaine quantities to the judge over ten years.
A lone bandit with a large revolver robbed passengers on Michigan Central train No 7 near Jackson Michigan at 1 45 am. He forced a Pullman porter to help collect cash from occupants. victims included A M Todd Chicago $135 Harry Marks Detroit $110 and F D Palmer New York $2 25 and Philip J Savage Detroit $3 The thief fled as the train slowed near Parma with Sheriff J F Greble leading a posse in pursuit.
Ad Wolgast, the Michigan wildcat from Cadillac, outfoxed and outfought Joe Rivers of California in ten brutal rounds at the Hippodrome. The bout lasted about half an hour with Wolgast fighting with savage energy throughout and Rivers pressing hard.
Lord Strathcona, high commissioner of Canada, died after hours of unconsciousness. Born in 1820, he became a baron in 1897 and held vast landholdings valued around 125 million dollars. He supported the United States during his 25 years in public life and contributed to relief funds for Titanic victims and Ohio flood sufferers.
Bermuda dispatch reports Captain G. H. Carlisle and 18 crewmen from the five mast schooner Prescott Palmer landed safely after going missing in a January 12 gale. The ship was lost off the coast and rescued by a passing schooner.
The executive council voted special assessments on all unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor to raise a fund for further organization of women workers. The decision was announced from Washington on January 24.
The British submarine A-7 missing since maneuvers in Plymouth sound was located on the bottom at 200 feet Thursday. Aviators spotted the vessel as searches by various craft continued for nearly a week.
Tokyo reports demand by the marine ministry for 150 million dollars to build 12 new dreadnoughts. After debate the appropriation is reduced to 80 million dollars. The article notes the cut and the stalled plan within the imperial diet.
New York January 26 Charles F Murphy head of Tammany Hall will be called as a witness in the graft investigation led by District Attorney Whitman He will not appear for several weeks
A dialogue fragment shows a father and son discussing overhead expense. The son asks what overhead includes and the father replies with mention of paying for the mother’s hats. The exchange hints at household budgeting and costs beyond direct goods.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the thorough cure for constipation and claims it prevents many serious diseases. It markets the product as the favorite family laxative with aggressive promotional language.
A man new to duck hunting fires at a duck in the air and kills it. His friend congratulates him while the hunter jokes that the fall would have killed the duck, making light of wasted ammunition.
Important notice advises examining each bottle of Castoria to ensure it bears the correct signature. It touts Castoria as a safe remedy used for over 330 years and notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A gentleman who often visited Ireland stopped at a Cork hotel. He read a notice on the luncheon glass asking strangers not to tip since service is charged. The waiter told him the notice did not apply to him as he was never treated as a stranger there.
A conversational vignette depicts a patient praising a doctor for a prescription while joking about catching cold on multiple days and spotting a sharp dressed passerby. The physician replies with a cryptic, humorous remedy, closing with a brisk farewell.
The Englishman is portrayed as independent and private, preferring a country mansion with a high hedge for seclusion. He seeks quiet semi rural suburb life away from city bustle, using cars and public transport only when needed, with family around him and business at a safe distance.
A New York woman describes recovery from peritonitis and chronic indigestion after using Grape Nuts and Postum. She reports improved sleep appetite and strength and credits the products for her renewed health. The letter promotes Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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