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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
2
A collection of satirical aphorisms and witticisms by E. H. DePoy editor and Msgr. from Van B Indiana. Items cover fashion, reformers, flying hydropanes, peace, crime, and economics with light political and social commentary. A Los Angeles mail carrier tipped as a governor candidate appears in a humorous aside.
The admiral accused of grafting hired a lawyer and did not commit hari-kari as tensions rise in Chicago political circles.
The fragment mentions women on juries in Norway and a climate effect on agreement. It notes a shipment of 9 000 dozen Russian eggs found rotten and destroyed. It hints at Mme Calve robbed in France and remarks on European undesirables and summer visitors. It muses on spinsters, sleep, and charity beginning at home abroad.
Old Sol shows vast sunspot belt 50 000 miles long sparking chatter about vaccination neglect. A Briton spends 37 years chasing a lost wife before finally locating her. An airplane hunts bandits on China’s Henan Anhui border. Futuristic dime novels touted as best yet. Claims of a foolproof biplane arise. Insight calls for a fool killer rocking boat to perfect civilization.
A once boastful captive balloon enthusiast must reverse his act and fly inverted with an aviator to recapture notice amid changing public tastes and entertainment trends.
A humorous note claims the Kaiser has mandated official dinners be capped at 45 minutes. It jokes that waiters must cooperate to fit the schedule, while a dirigible balloon voyage is dismissed as mere gas.
A humorous note questions the feasibility of a silent piano for beginners and those who already began learning, suggesting a wish for quieter practice without disturbing others. It reflects light amusement at early music lessons and the desire for peaceful progress.
Witnesses at Trinidad testified about orders to burn the Ludlow tent colony during the coal strike disaster. McDonald recounted troop movements and a claim that Tikas was to be hanged. Autopsy found three bullets in his back. many guards were untrained civilians in uniform.
Four miners at Colliery West Virginia were sentenced for contempt of federal court during the strike at the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal company and jailed in Wellsburg West Virginia on May 2.
London May 2 a suffragette approached King George's car and threw a petition before his majesty while he rode in a motor car. The incident underscores ongoing pressure for voting rights for women.
United States troops under Major Holbrook arrive in Trinidad with 240 men and declare control of the district. They urge strikers to lay down arms and promise to relieve state militia by occupying camps as needed. Six militiamen are arrested after a looted strike headquarters saloon incident.
William Vincent Astor son of the late Col. John Jacob Astor and heir to a vast estate and Helen Dinsmore Huntington daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Palmer Huntington were married by Rev C H Duncan at Hopeland house Staatsburg the bride’s home The original plans for St Margaret church were altered due to Mr Astor’s grave illness A short service followed by a relaxed reception and wedding breakfast marked the event led by a small gathering rather than a large society ceremony.
News brief reports a state bank in Apopka Lake county was blown open and $4500 in currency taken. Also from Oswego details of a Lake Ontario storm sinking three schooners and one tug causing six deaths.
A Portland fire destroyed a block of residences on May 1 and killed four people. The bodies were found in the ruins after a search lasting several hours on Wednesday.
The United States army aviation corps fully equipped with aeroplanes for field service sailed for Vera Cruz aboard the naval collier Cyclops from Galveston Texas on April 30.
Marie Ganz the IWW orator enters the Standard Oil offices at 26 Broadway and threatens to shoot John D. Rockefeller Jr. if he does not end the Colorado strike war. A doorkeeper relays the message. Rockefeller calls Colorado events the miners’ struggle, not a direct Rockefeller war.
The Pacific Mail steamer Siberia arrived in Manila with an uneventful voyage from Nagasaki. Captain Zeeder dismissed distress rumors, blaming confusion with the Persia Morse code and S O S letters. Wireless conditions Friday were poor, delaying messages.
Washington May 2. The president named William R. Waller as United States district marshal for Alabama and Henry Behrendt of Lansing Michigan as United States marshal for the eastern district of Michigan.
Joliet Illinois May 2 Matthew Olson fifty five years old ended an uninterrupted fast which lasted almost six months by hanging himself in his room.
A district No. 4 school in New Albany township three miles north burned down, causing about 1000 dollars in losses, with some insurance coverage. The building was in session and all children escaped safely after the blaze is blamed on a defective flue. Also noted: Private McDever of the First Royal Scots Fusiliers survived a near burial in India, his hair turning white after the shock.
Columbus police received word from Southeastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane at North Madison that Frank Renner a farmer who went insane after losing the Democratic nomination for representative in the March 6 primary escaped before commitment. Renner had threatened the lives of his family and neighbors guarded both his home and Mrs Renner's parents at Westport through the night.
Edward R. Homer, a Payne Ohio railroad man, was found dead in the intake well at Fort Wayne water works pumping station on March 8. Dr. E. H. Kruse, coroner of Allene county, files a verdict that foul play may be involved. Police inquiry had suggested death by own action, but the coroner cannot determine if Homer was dead before being placed in the well from the available evidence.
Marion J Tucker found guilty of operating a blind tiger near Home Corner. Fined 50 and costs and 30 days in jail by police court jury after three sacks of bottled beer were unearthed in his yard. Roy Carson and his wife faced similar charges. he was fined 50 and 30 days, wife’s charge dismissed. James Beal, colored, charged with bootlegging, fined 50.
Skeleton found by Anthony Englehart while excavating for a culvert near Hawes schoolhouse in Steele township Daviess county appears to be a man killed by Indians. One arm over the head, legs doubled beneath, two flint arrowheads between ribs, and a crushed right temporal bone likely from a tomahawk.
Purdue University president LaFayette Winthrop E. Stone announced the commencement program. Dr Frank W Gunsaulus of Chicago Armour Institute will deliver the commencement address on Wednesday June 10. The baccalaureate address will be delivered Sunday June 7 by Herbert S Bigelow of Cincinnati.
Fire discovered in the Cohee department store destroyed the entire stock on the second floor and damaged first floor and basement goods. Loss on stock and building estimated at 12000 dollars. blaze likely started from defective wiring.
Smallpox has broken out in a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad camp at Griffith six miles east of Hammond. Walter Green was found by county health officers to be badly afflicted. Two other men are quarantined in a box car. Many have been exposed.
Miss Della Conrad twenty loses two severe bites from a black cat as she walked home from church. The animal attacked her legs, disappeared briefly, then struck again. She was with her sister Miss Bessie Conrad and Miss Desia King. A physician treated the wounds.
In Greenwood Indiana C M Hamilton describes severe scalp itching scaling pimples and hair loss lasting years. After trying many remedies he reports relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three months with smoother cleaner skin. Advertisement notes Cuticura sold worldwide and offers free samples via Cuticura Dept L Boston.
Edith asks why and recounts that Freddy and she sat on the seat last night and Freddy got paint on his coat and trousers. Father questions what happened as Edith explains the accident with the freshly painted seat.
Vintage ad copy promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product with claims of bright white clothes and a cheerful tone. The message suggests buying the product for gaily cleaned fabrics and hints at a humorous social moral about polite communication.
Orpha Turner of 431 S Wayne St Piqua Ohio reports severe organic weakness with back and hip pain dizziness and fatigue and says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound rebuilt her health she urges other women to try the remedy and invites confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts in her endorsement note
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