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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
2
A collage of quips and brief observations on social trends. Notes on women wearing trousers, shoe making, tango nostalgia, aging aristocracy, vacation norms, and the quirks of modern life. Juvenile humor and fashion shocks mingle with sharp asides on money and public taste.
The article notes King George remarks on women riding astride as a side issue. It questions revenue sources for baseball tickets if rain had not occurred, implying weather affects attendance and dollars.
City leaders weigh a controversial program tying ethics to marriage revival efforts. Debate centers on societal goals, individual rights, and the role of matrimony in public life.
Readers complain of few flies this summer while mosquitoes remain abundant. Citizens continue to swat, noting persistent buzzing and nuisance in parks and backyards across the city.
A famed pianist plans to retire, having amassed a large fortune, illustrating at least one consequence of harmony between art and wealth.
The article explains that Princeton seniors who said they had never been kissed were making a boast rather than a confession, framing their remark as an embellishment rather than a factual admission.
A New York wife accuses her husband of causing her loss of beauty, while he is likely to deny ever having any beauty to lose.
A dam sale turns toward a somber note as a striking prospect people hoped would fund a two week seashore retreat lacks sufficient funds. The situation leaves the owner facing a quiet setback and unsettled plans.
The remark notes that meteorologists offer three daily forecasts, implying a predictable margin for error in daily weather predictions.
Exchange notes that late life marriages bring a shake up, while a married man says he is pretty well shaken all the time. The wry remark hints at lasting changes and constant adjustment in long-term unions.
A reader notes that a man who reacted with uncontrollable laughter at a venerable vaudeville joke seems to have lost his sanity. The remark suggests government rules for cold storage stage humor.
An honest porter in New York returned $8000 he found to the owner. He was given a $50 check as a reward, which proved worthless, illustrating virtue as its own reward.
In New York a newly arrived immigrant asserts she can marry multiple men in a free country, provoking disagreement among native women who oppose such a stance and challenge conventional marriage norms.
The corkscrew inventor reportedly left $1,000,000 to his heirs while pensioners doubt the inventor of the beer bottle cork may have left an even larger estate.
The article notes fashion trends shifting from the slit skirt to a more modest pan taloon gown, indicating a change in style and modesty standards for the period.
A Paris woman, deserted by her husband, leverages a new angle on the mother in law joke by compelling his mother to pay alimony. The case underscores shifting dynamics in family finances and nontraditional relief avenues.
Washington reports reveal a manufactured anti American campaign aimed at pressuring the United States to recognize the Huerta regime in Mexico. Officials say the demonstrations may be staged with European diplomats’ involvement to influence U S policy, with officials urging a thorough probe before any new policy action.
New York reports 80,000 trainmen and conductors threaten a strike if arbitration of railroads grievances proceeds with wage demands under the Erdman act not tied to dispute resolution. W. G. Lee and A. B. Garrettson warn a strike will follow if roads push their own arbitration. Washington announces Wilson appointed William L. Chambers and G. W. W. Hanger to mediation roles under the Newlands act with Knapp and Post as other board members.
Hundreds aboard a Northwestern limited train rushed through tunnel No. 3 at high speed with Engineer Henry Denier unconscious at the throttle. Fireman Jacob Neuman found him inert after a sudden lurch. Doctors in Norwalk attributed the episode to apoplexy likely related to a long illness, and the engineer was resting after his recovery.
A Sunbury dispatch says $10,000 in gold coin disappeared from a railroad car while moved from Philadelphia mint to a Buffalo bank. Philadelphia railroad officials deny any robbery occurred.
London July 19 The pearl necklace stolen from a jewelry merchant between Paris and London now valued at 750000 dollars rather than 625000, as reported to Scotland Yard.
In Paterson New Jersey on July 19 workers rushed to the silk mills after news that Haywood had withdrawn farm participation from the strike. The move caused a split in strike ranks and prompted many to return to their jobs.
In Seattle on July 21 US sailors and marines aided by soldiers attacked I W W and Socialist strongholds after a Thursday clash that left three sailors beaten. A provost guard pursued rioters as damage spread through Milard Price’s cart, the Socialist HQ, and the Industrial Workers building. Secretary Daniels condemned red flag supporters at a banquet.
Charles Sanger Mellen resigns as president of the New York New Haven Hartford system and its subsidiaries. The resignation, accepted by the board with effect by October 1 at latest, follows a five hour session with directors including William Rockefeller and J P Morgan. Mellen had led since 1903 and faced criticism over his management.
Sparks from the wire reports eighty passengers stranded in water up to their necks for five hours near Marietta Ohio as a train crew labored to save them. The same dispatch notes huge losses from a July 16 lumber yard fire in Michigan City Indiana and announces John Schrank as the first inmate of Wisconsin’s new asylum for the criminally insane expected to open in October after wounding Theodore Roosevelt.
Thomas Tiner sixty years old was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 12 years in prison. He arrived in Little Rock from Randolph County to begin serving the sentence unaccompanied.
Richard Allen, who escaped after a two year penitentiary sentence for killing a man and remained at large twenty seven years, has been returned to Kentucky. He was brought to Louisville on July 19.
The Goodrich steamer Iowa collided with the Sheboygan near the river mouth and sank at her dock east of the Rush street bridge. No passengers were aboard the Iowa. those on the Sheboygan were alarmed but unharmed. The Iowa carried heavy freight and the loss is expected to be heavy. Fog was cited as the direct cause by company officials.
An automobile truck with several men crashed through the Fourth Street bridge rails and plunged into the Racine river. Two men are reported drowned. Local authorities continue to search for missing occupants.
A cloudburst in an electrical storm flooded twenty five homes in Crooksville Ohio. Barly Run and Jonathan Creek rose two feet above Sunday levels, washing basements and disrupting daily life.
S Wood McClare Republican candidate for Congress in the Sixth New Jersey district testified that Martin M Mulhall perjured himself before the Senate lobby committee He denied Mulhall raised or spent money for his 1910 campaign Mulhall described plans to bribe Samuel Gompers to desert labor and back the Manufacturers policies in 1907 1908 He said Atherton Brownell outlined the scheme and that Brandenberg followed Gompers Mulhall claimed Van Cleave and Schwedtman referred him to Brownell and that a publicity bureau planned the effort Mulhall said he raised 5500 for the 1908 campaign and the records show broader ties to Watson and Republican leaders.
Vice-President Marshall will be the chief speaker at the July 27 cornerstone ceremony for the $2,000,000 vocational university to be erected at Moosehart near Aurora NL.
In Newark New Jersey on July 21 a stampede at a moving picture show injured about 100 people, many of them children, after a flashlight was set off to photograph the crowd.
A sealed indictment has been handed in by the federal grand jury after investigating statements by David Lamar before the Senate lobby investigating committee.
A customer demands his money back from a store after discovering holes in the toes of socks he wore for three weeks. He cites a three month guarantee shown by the shop sign and hands the clerk the defective package for a remedy.
Mrs Snaggs asks what a canard means and Mr Snaggs answers with a pun about belief. The exchange hinges on the definition and a tongue in cheek reveal of the word's meaning.
A Mid h woman reports improved health by avoiding fatty meat and pastries and embracing Grap Nuts with sugar and cream. She credits the book The Road to Wellville and Postum Co. claims for digestion and nerve relief, noting clearer brain function and better bowels.
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