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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
6
A jumble of satirical witticisms and social reflections from The News-Eagle of Van Buren Indiana. The column lampoons war censorship job ethics Wall Street cleanups and cultural quirks with playful lines and odd observations.
A quip suggests a correspondence school offer a program to teach the baseball team’s terminology in ten lessons with a money back guarantee.
A western professor states a young man may safely marry with an $18 per week job and $600 saved. The challenge lies in saving $500 from an $18 salary, a difficult goal given the meager income.
A witty remark notes a rain alarm for open windows at night and then imagines a new alert that would ring when a baby kicks off the covers. The joke highlights practical annoyances and the desire for timely signals.
Discussions on why baseball craze wanes are offset by fans who know the game well gathering at the ball park to cheer with familiar zeal.
A Californian proposes a yearly ten dollar levy on single women aged 21 to 30 after leap years. The plan questions whether such a tax is fair or justified and prompts debate over gendered taxation.
A sanitized report notes a theory that freckles result from excessive fron in the system. It speculates this could deter some girls from approaching the kitchen range.
The passage questions the nebular hypothesis and evolution, noting some claim they are wrong. It then contrasts with a social detail about fewer women walking backward off streetcars, suggesting a sign of progress.
Mrs. Marcus Kendall of Glenwood was elected president of the United Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society of the Indiana Presbytery at the close of the thirty third annual meeting held in Rushville Caledonia was chosen for the next gathering. Elected officers include Lulu Meek Springhill Emma Brown Milroy Bruce Atkins Shiloh Robert A Innes Rushville L E Curry Bloomington and various department secretaries. Principal addresses were delivered by Emma D Anderson Sargodha India and Lucy McElroy Scotland.
Terre Haute session of United Brethren Christian Endeavor closed with officers named W G Bailey of Indianapolis as president Fred L Dennis also of Indianapolis as vice president Beulah Chappelle Terre Haute as corresponding secretary Nellie Smith Crawfordsville as recording secretary F Lydy Bargersville as treasurer and Mrs Clara Preddy Munice as junior superintendent University Heights Indianapolis won the largest attendance banner Veedersburg took the second Barbour Avenue Terre Haute third Speakers included Rev J E Shannon Miss Ida Koontz and Rev J Fox Resolutions endorsed statewide and national prohibition and woman suffrage.
Laporte celebrated its portion of the Lincoln highway with a parade several miles long witnessed by about 15 000 people. The day became a holiday with factories closed and city decorations. thousands from nearby cities attended to view the films shot by Lincoln highway association photographers.
Samuel Muntea formerly of 493 Front Street St. Paul Minnesota died after being thrown from a train at Chesterton. Authorities could not locate relatives in St. Paul to claim the body, so it was buried in the potter's field.
Carl Elster aged twenty eight in Evansville yawned and threw his jaw out of place requiring a physician's aid.
Edward Lashey ten years old leaped from a wagon into the path of an automobile driven by C A Wilding president of the Tri state Trust company and was killed instantly. Johnnie Auer eight years old fell from a wagon tongue to be crushed beneath a coal wagon's wheels. Both drivers were held blameless by Coroner Kruse.
Former Mexican president Victoriano Huerta and Gen Pascual Orozco faced charges of conspiring to incite revolution against a friendly nation. They were arrested at Newman New Mexico, brought to El Paso, held at Fort Bliss, and released on bonds of 15000 and 7500 respectively.
The quote recalls a wary exchange about using heavy artillery. A speaker tells Titewad that shells for a 12 inch gap cost $500 each and notes the other man would not fire such rounds even at his worst enemy.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura skin and hair care products claiming to clear pimples blotches redness and rough skin on face scalp and hands. It offers a free sample by mail via a 32 page Skin Book and provides the Boston department address. A closing quip notes youth regrets as a man grows older.
A proverb notes that men who work live longer but suggests longevity may depend on the people they collaborate with and the conditions of their labor.
Mrs. S. T. Hurley of Eldon Missouri reports relief from displacement inflammation and female weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She credits renewed strength and absence of pain to the remedy marketed by Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass It says the product helps with a range of female ailments and is sold everywhere.
Atlanta residents report no untoward incidents at former Governor Slaton’s suburban home and authorities see no new violence rumors over Leo M. Frank commutation. A military guard remains. Slaton signals he may ask Fulton County to drop prosecutions against 26 arrestees, suggesting organizers were not caught.
Reports from Guaymas indicate 200 Yaqui raiders attacked the inland mining town of Sauze, gathered 300 residents, stripped them, looted movable goods, and abducted four young girls. No casualties reported.
Workmen digging under a house once owned by Eugene Butler unearthed the remains of six men believed murdered by Butler who died in 1913 in a state hospital. Each skull shows crushing, and Butler had shown violent insanity for nine years without prior suspicion.
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