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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
3
Seventeenth annual Indiana Laundry Owners' association session in Indianapolis closes with officer elections. New president C. E. McKeen of Terre Haute and two vice presidents led the slate, with discussions on pure fabric laws and national advertising.
Dr Will Shimer reports the Indiana state laboratory has treated 131 persons for rabies since June 12 1911 with two deaths not due to treatment failure. Eleven others completed treatment last month and a dog brain sample showed negabodies. The report also covers extensive toxin screenings, school health inspections, and the Indiana Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers meetings with elected officers and lectures on math and science education.
Princeton Material and Construction Company in Princeton files to manufacture and sell cement products with $5000 capital led by directors O. A. Ross Jesse Kern and W. H. Miller. Hartford City Hotel Company in Hartford City authorizes $10000 capital to operate hotels with directors David B. Young John Burns and M. B. Young. South Side Lumber and Coal Company in Kokomo increases capital stock from $10000 to $20000.
Governor Ralston announced the appointment of Thomas Taggart Charles W Fairbanks and Stephen B Fleming to the nine member commission to arrange Indiana s exhibit at the 1915 San Francisco exposition. Senate and house appointees named with Governor s selections.
The Indiana State Association of Master Plumbers met in Indianapolis and adopted a resolution endorsing the one cent postage movement and ordered the national association to further this effort with a copy. J. A. Gurney of Indianapolis presented a paper on Vacuum Cleaners and Their Relation to the Plumbing Trade, arguing vacuum cleaners are essentially part of the plumbing industry since plumbers can install them.
John H. Meyer aged 56 is killed when a boiler in a portable sawmill outfit he was firing explodes. His brothers Fred and Henry Meyer are seriously injured while William Meyer escapes. The widow and seven children survive. Meyer was a wealthy Harrison township farmer in Knox County.
Sylvia Sawyer and Archie Johnson aged sixteen and twenty one eloped from Danville and wed in Jeffersonville. They returned to live with the groom’s parents in Hall, startling Frank and Mrs. Johnson. The couple had no prior strong attachment, met on stage in Hall on February 27, and Miss Sawyer, an orphan, recently entered Normal College in Danville.
Shelbyville resident Mrs Anna Harrell wife of prominent farmer Lee Harrell filed in circuit court against Dr Morris Drake of this city and Dr Orange G Pfaff of Indianapolis alleging malpractice from a November 15 1912 operation that left a gauze fragment in her body The suit seeks 20000 claiming severe pain emaciation and permanent health impairment from the negligent procedure.
A fire in Ellettsville, caused by a defective flue, destroyed the William P. Sandy business block housing the Harry Rice restaurant the Modern Woodmen and Stone Cutters union hall. The blaze spread to the Herman Grant store and the Presbyterian church as firefighters saved the town. Losses for Mr Sandy and two lodges total 6000 with insurance. restaurant loss was 1000 and uninsured.
The Indiana Laundry Owners association held its annual convention at the Hotel Washington and elected C. E. McKeen of Terre Haute as president R. C. Shaneburger of Indianapolis as first vice president W. W. Godfrey of New Albany as second vice president Lee Pyle of Rushville as secretary and Fred Krauss of Indianapolis as treasurer. Officers will serve two years under revised bylaws.
In federal court Clyde Stratton and Fred Fernsdorf alias Frank Williams were found guilty of robbing the McCool post office. Judge Anderson imposed five year sentences for each, to be served at Leavenworth. The convicts were transported to Leavenworth.
Lawrenceburg reports William Ream aged 41 of Muskegon Michigan fell from the trestle approach to Miami bridge. He broke three ribs and dislocated a hip. After crawling three quarters of a mile he attracted a B and O S W train crew and was brought to town and later to Cincinnati hospital.
Lafayette Phillips and Don Braskman were committed to the Plainfield boys' school for petit larceny and vandalism, following suspensions for good behavior. Fred Hammett was sent to the Julia Work home in Plymouth.
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