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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
2
A jumble of health fads and odd notes floods the column. The Ohio hot doughnut explosion injures a man and New York hosts 750 hotels for 350000 capacity. A genealogist asserts Ireland’s rightful king is German amid humorous asides.
A collage of odd notes and anecdotes recounts a Toronto minister shunning a judge’s turkey trot while politics and weather amuse. It mocks pretended science and reports a Pennsylvania burglar chasing by bees as a busy note about public fuss.
In Switzerland it is lawful to call a man an ass. Perhaps because many Swiss men risk their necks mountain climbing.
A Chicago pastor urges girls to wait until age twenty three before marrying so they will have something to fall back on if a marriage proves unhappy.
A baby girl in Boston is raised to be a perfect woman, shaping a poised, self aware future. The tone implies social expectations and class awareness as she grows.
A Parisian scientist is credited with discovering heatlens light, suggesting science lags only a few aeons behind the modest firefly in revealing nature's glow.
A Philadelphia firm constructs a motor truck modeled on a locomotive with a cowcatcher and intended to run under railroad train rules. The device merges street vehicle design with rail standards to navigate both systems.
A New Jersey pastor faced calls to quit after using a cornet at a church dance. Critics questioned his musical judgment while his congregation demanded his resignation.
In Berlin residents may not keep windows open while playing instruments and the neighbor across the Atlantic in America is compelled to close his windows as well.
Some English parishes reportedly have not a single bathtub, suggesting that many residents live without morning baths. The remark implies a broader cultural habit of bathing less frequently in parts of England.
A St. Louis man reports his leg has been asleep for eight months and refuses to awaken, described humorously as leaving him with no leg to stand on.
A British specialist identifies Napoleon Bonaparte's cause of death as cancer. Post mortems are noted as useful, yet a near century later this determination appears notably curious.
In Brooklyn a jury awarded a woman 3000 dollars for the loss of her husband and another jury awarded a man 3500 dollars for the loss of a leg. The juries must have known the deceased.
A West Virginia legislator proposes an act prohibiting women wearing hats in theaters and asks why penalties should not also cover pinning hats through chair backs to harm others. This critique suggests broader enforcement questions about theater etiquette and safety.
Government reports show that horses are increasing as automobiles spread. The findings reassure those worried progress neglects man’s best friend.
A German man who paid a $1 poll tax in Jersey City last year felled his only utility pole and forced his wife to hang clothes on the roof. He is now taking night school English to learn if the tax collector is spoofing him.
A vast spring storm swept the Trans Missou ri country causing extensive damage from Georgia to Texas. Death toll estimates reach at least fifty with hundreds injured and millions in property losses. Reports detail tornados in Tennessee and Louisiana and a damaging cyclone in Buenos Aires.
Gunboat Smith defeats Bombardier Wells in New York on March 15, winning the English heavyweight title. Smith lands a decisive right cross in the second round, dropping Wells three times and forcing the stoppage after 1 minute 17 seconds. Wells is carried from the ring.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt sprained both ankles in an automobile collision near Los Angeles while en route to the Orpheum Theater from Venice. She was thrown from the car, bruised, then rode to the theater and completed a full rehearsal despite injuries.
Francis Boradnax of Montclair New Jersey an engineering expert died in a Utica hotel his death attributed to diabetic coma Boradnax installed the lighting system for the Chicago World’s Fair and served as a consulting engineer on the Brooklyn Bridge He was sixty years old
Secretary of State and Mrs. Bryan leased Calumet Place a historic Washington residence owned by Mrs. John A Logan for their city home on March 15.
William R. Gray of Hanford, who accused Detective Frank Smith of offering a bribe before the military commission, was arrested on a perjury charge in Charleston on Thursday.
J Pierpont Morgan was carried ashore and onto a special train to Rome after a sudden fainting spell near Naples. The journey was slowed by a heavier two extra cars to reduce jolting and he rests at the Grand hotel under strict orders of repose for three weeks. A steady flow of visitors, including officials and dignitaries, called at the hotel.
Nogales Ariz March 15 federal garrison at Nogales Sonora surrendered to General Obregon after a day of heavy fighting. About 600 Fifth Cavalry troopers were on guard as Huerta forces attacked from trenches. Three noncombatants wounded two women narrowly escaped injury. Fort Huachuca troops rushed to the border and U S soldiers remained on duty through the night.
Salem Illinois March 17 state troops guard the jail after Sheriff Purcell appeals for help with a mob seeking to lynch Frank Sullens a 21 year old accused of assaulting Dorothy Holt 14 daughter of Judge Charles Holt. Militias from Olney Shelbyville Effingham Altamont deployed.
A New York jury convicting Julian Hawthorne Dr William J Morton and Albert Freeman of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Josiah Quincy was discharged. Judge Mayer sentenced Freeman to five years in the Atlantic Penitentiary beginning January 1 1913 Morton and Hawthorne to one year and one day beginning November 25 1912.
In Youngstown Ohio on March 15 a Erie railroad passenger train struck a Mahoning Valley City car at Westlake crossing. Two passengers in the street car were killed and 15 injured.
E A Sharp a wealthy retired farmer and former state legislator was killed in Liberty when an interurban car struck his buggy on Thursday.
Detroit reports nurse Katherine Pope detained at police headquarters in connection with Owen D Conn burglary case from San Francisco. Pope says she met Conn two months before leaving San Francisco February 27 and denies any wrongdoing. Milwaukee notes Mrs Mabel Clarkson wife of Rev Nestor Clarkson of Chicago being held pending Chicago investigation into Conn case and $100000 jewelry theft.
On Cambridge street Walter Shears, 27, killed his wife 23 and then shot himself. Both had been prominent in Galva, Illinois, after marrying last August. He died two hours later.
The discovery of a key in a cellar door unveils a colossal burglary at Martin Simons & Son’s pawnshop on Hester Street. About $250,000 to $300,000 in cash and diamonds were stolen, with up to another half million in jewels and bonds left behind, indicating a meticulously planned vault breach.
Washington March 17 The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace trustees call exemption of American coastwise vessels from Panama Canal tolls an act of national dishonor They urge repeal of the 1913 law and propose arbitration before the Hague tribunal The statement is signed by prominent figures including Choate Eliot Root Brookings Butler and Scott.
Hollow Horn Bear, Sioux tribal chief, died here Saturday. Accompanied by six Blackfoot and Crow chiefs and one Sioux, he received full chieftain’s honors. Funeral services were at St. Paul’s church, then the body was sent by train to Crookston, South Dakota, with Chief Johnny Green.
Josephine Kittitch thirty five year old resident of Buffalo was swept over the American falls while sightseeing at Luna park Niagara Falls. Witnesses saw her slip on the ice into the rushing water and could not reach her. she disappeared seconds after the accident.
Nathan Green pleaded guilty in federal court for smuggling diamonds valued at 20000 in a metal frame inside a woman’s picture and was fined 6000 dollars. The incident occurred in New York with March 17 cited in reports.
J. Lewis Samson, a wealthy Chicago businessman, was killed by lightning Friday afternoon near his new country home on the Patuxent river in St. Marys County Maryland.
Arkansas City Kansas March 17 The last annuity payment the adult Kaw Indians will ever receive from the government was made by United States Indian Agent A R Miller. The first of these payments was made here in 1902 and they have been made annually ever since.
President Wilson will call a special session for April 7 to push a conservative tariff revision. Chairman Underwood and the Ways and Means Committee endorsed gradual changes to meet revenue needs while avoiding broad cuts. The White House will issue special messages outlining legislative views and maintain harmony with committee leaders as schedules near completion.
Boston reports Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton retired US Navy hero of Santiago Bay died March 9. He was laid to rest in Oakland cemetery near Lowell with no naval honors. Other wires note a collision sinks Wyckoff near Governor's Island with eleven of twelve crew lost.
Rodman Law, known as the Human Fly, survived a rocket test when 800 pounds of powder exploded seconds after ignition. He was thrown about 25 feet but unhurt due to padding and a helmet. Spectators watched as the rocket burst into fragments and smoke.
Morris Weinstein a Minneapolis jeweler died after the shock of meeting his daughter Miss Ernestine Weinstein whom he had not seen for 20 years The event occurred Friday in Minneapolis Minnesota on March 17 The report describes the reunion as the cause of his death citing family and medical sources.
Concord New Hampshire March 15 Henry F Hollis Democrat of Concord was elected United States senator by a margin of two votes on the forty second ballot here Thursday afternoon.
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