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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
3
The Oliver Typewriter advertises a simple yet swift machine with a solid metal frame and high durability. It emphasizes Printype as a preferred, easily readable type, claiming the Oliver offers the greatest style improvement used on printing presses. Sales department contact in Chicago.
The Indiana Senate passed the Hauck anti cigarette bill backed by the Women's Christian Temperance Union with a 38 to 3 vote, limiting sales to under 21 and banning cigarettes for them. The chamber also approved county clerks and sheriffs fee bills and debated a 50 hour work week for women, with no decision reached. The state moved to participate in the Panama Pacific Exposition of 1915 with a $90,000 appropriation to build an Indiana building on the San Francisco grounds.
A new Motor Starter Manufacturing company in Indianapolis is capitalized at $40,000 to manufacture and sell motor starters with S. M. Brundage, W. J. Sylvester, and H. J. Herff named as principals. The Wright-Meeks company of Farmland issues $4,000 in preferred stock. Metal Manufacturing of Evansville seeks to deal in securities with J. Bickerle, P. Speck, and J. Frisse listed. Best Supply of Fort Wayne plans to deal in merchandise with J. J. Burns, C. F. Burns, and C. H. Schafer.
The tenth annual state banquet of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity was held in Indianapolis to conduct annual business. Charles F. Coffin acted as toastmaster. Several dignitaries and many members from across the state attended, with officers elected including William P. Herod as president and F. M. McWhirter as treasurer. Notables from towns like Newcastle Martinsville Evansville Terre Haute Monticello and Logansport were among the out of town guests.
Dr. Ernest H. Lindley of Indiana University philosophy spoke to the psychical research section of the Literary Department Club in Indianapolis on dormant powers within every person. He cited fear and ambition as drivers of great deeds and urged sustained effort beyond initial intention.
The Indiana Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers will open a two day meeting in Indianapolis March 7. Speakers include Dr. A L Foley and Dr R D Carmichael from Indiana University Dr J B Garner of Wabash College Hugh M Ackley from Manual Training High School W H Courson from Anderson High School Dr Harry N Holmes of Earlham College Ernest Stirwall from Fort Wayne High School Hugh H Barcus of Shortridge High School W F L Sanders of Connersville High School Ulysses G Cox from Indiana State Normal George I Christie of Purdue University and Melvin K Davis of Anderson High School.
Charles Foster of Valparaiso was elected president of the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Lumber Dealers' association at its thirteenth annual convention in South Bend. Other officers include W. F. Judd of Dowagiac as vice president and Granville W. Zisgier of South Bend as secretary treasurer.
Ice men from across the state gathered at the Denison hotel for the nineteenth annual convention. The opening session focused on registrations and officer reports as plans emerged for a state wide refrigeration campaign and benefits of home ice. Innovations in ice manufacture were discussed. A banquet followed by a Keith's theater party capped the gathering.
Terre Haute reports a raid on the Health Office saloon leads to five arrests and four wagon loads of gambling paraphernalia seized. All gambling houses closed for months, about 150 men out of work and $150000 in devices idle as officials offer no explanation.
Nelson Mowry, Decatur County's wealthiest man, endowed Greensburg High School with 84060 to be held in trust and invested in bonds. Proceeds fund merit prizes in manual training, domestic science and English. Mowry, ill at home, has a wife but no other heirs. his fortune stems largely from county farms.
Boys along the Wabash railroad near Wabash city discovered unopened letters containing several checks. A $567 and a $540 check payable to the South Arkansas Lumber company were found. An inspector suspects the bundle fell from a west bound passenger train on June 26, 1912, with many payments to St. Louis firms.
Edward Dayton of Elm Grove West Virginia signs a statement in which he claims Mrs Henry Dayton knows all about the killing of Henry Dayton. He says he wanted to take his brother's children home but their mother refused.
Lafayette State officers met with the local executive committee to plan the Elks state convention. The date is fixed for May 27 and 28 with tentative program content and expected exceptional features.
Shelbyville business leader Shelbyville Louis Hoover, 47, files for absolute divorce from Dora E. Hoover, alleging cruelty and incompatibility. He cites humiliation, frequent neglect, and blasts of violent criticism in public.
An anti saloon meeting at the Rockville opera house attracted about one thousand people. Emerson Be Pallard of Crawfordsville and EB Shumaker, Indiana Anti Saloon League superintendent, spoke. Shumaker illustrated his points with slides from Ten Nights in a Barroom.
Rushville resident P. Green of Greenfield, who vanished under a clouded circumstance, was located in the hayloft of the Thomas Muir farm near Manilla. Found by tenant Abe Buckley, he was delirious but recognized his old friend upon sight and recovered his senses.
The Decatur County Anti-Tuberculosis association adopts resolutions to revive the fight against tuberculosis. It urges disinfection of homes where TB victims died, conducts meetings countywide, and promotes fresh air and literature. A $200 special fund is now available for the campaign.
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