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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1914
Page
8
A historical report notes a record high velocity measured at Mount Washington on January 11, 1878. The reading reached the highest velocity documented, recorded by a anemometer during that expedition.
The verger of Caistor church holds a gad whip tied to Palm Sunday ritual. Legend traces the practice to Saxon times after a cruel lord of Broughton killed a boy, then was ordered to crack the whip thrice and present a 30 piece silver purse. The ceremony concluded with the whip carried to the lord of Hun den and stored at his residence until service end. The whip last cracked in 1845.
Lord Kelvin demonstrated metal fatigue by keeping iron wires in continuous motion for a week, then allowing a day of rest to recover elasticity. He found an iron bar gained ten percent elasticity after three weeks of rest. Repeated tests showed steel and wrought iron deteriorate rapidly under continuous work and eventually break down, much like people.
A historical note describes estimating tornado wind speed by damage, citing a pine board driven through a telegraph pole and another into a tree. It concludes such effects require winds near cannonball speeds, around 600 to 800 miles per hour, as the highest velocities observed.
In the Bay of Fundy Nova Scotia region the extraordinary tides form vast meadow land by depositing soil up to 70 to 80 feet deep. The flood carries material that builds fertility, allowing heavy hay crops annually without renewal. Dykes can be opened to renew soil and then closed to resume farming.
Convicts in Ohio and Arizona prisons devised useful devices during imprisonment. An inmate there built an electrical street sweeping machine and other tools that may earn him money after release. Another developed a new collar button later adopted by a Pittsburgh firm. A prisoner in Arizona invented an air electricity absorber, prompting authorities to release him briefly to file a patent.
A coil of wire netting served as a nest site for birds shown in a photo. The birds abandoned the home after laying two eggs, suggesting discomfort with the unusual shelter.
A U S Bureau of Education plan will send up to 25 American teachers to Munich from April to July to study the city’s industrial training system under Dr Kerschensteiner. Participants may observe courses in metalwork, bookbinding, printing, glass painting and more, and may keep projects they complete if they cover material costs. Transportation is the main expense. fees are two dollars monthly for German schooling.
James H. Smith of Brookline asserts he is the son of Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal the late Canadian high commissioner He plans to seek recognition of his claim to the Strathcona estate He is said to be the full brother of Mrs Margaret Charlotte Howard of London who is named heir Mrs Smith notes ongoing contact with his father The family lives on Strathmore road with three children two daughters were in England last year.
Fragmentary OCR advert promises to mend broken hearts in Cambridge Massachusetts. It cites Harvard with a guarantee and suggests a correspondence bureau offering heart soothing or pacifying services for a dollar.
More than 7,000 attended a Futurists gathering at Verdi theater with Marinetti and others speaking. The audience interrupted speakers with shouts, horns, and missiles, injuring Marinetti who was struck in the eye by a potato and the meeting dissolved as he was taken to a hospital.
Mrs Finley J. Shepard formerly Miss Helen Gould arranged dinners for almost 1000 homeless men in New York to mark her first wedding anniversary. More than 400 beds were provided, with meals served at Hadley Rescue Hall where 1000 once dined on her wedding night.
In Bald Mound Illinois a cat is accused of murder for allegedly clawing John Jenkins a hermit to death. The incident is portrayed as a historic case in the local report.
In New York burglars raiding the home of Mrs Julia Williams jarred her sore foot. She yelled causing the robbers to flee without taking any loot.
Tokio reports Japan faces economic depression with famine in the northeast and school closures due to unpaid teachers. Hokkaido seeks 15 million dollars in relief while Baron Takahashi promises tax relief and debt redemption. Officials plan waterworks, harbor delays, and expanded banking to spur exports and aid the economy. Links to U S friendship and coronation optimism shape policy.
Fragmentary Read shows a splicer fleeing after a sudden act. Witnesses mention a barrel scene and a reluctance to summon authorities. The text hints at a claim of truthfulness by Jones and a two dollar amount.
Mrs. Charles Copey and her five children camp near the county jail for three days while her husband is held on a charge of stealing a horse blanket. An investigation vindicated Copey.
Readable fragments indicate a Vernon incident involving a 15 year old named Garland Shephews. The note mentions a personal crisis and self inflicted death at his residence. Details are incomplete in the OCR.
Memphis banker C Hunter Raine, president of The Merchants Bank, faces embezzlement charges after the bank failed. An official audit seeks the shortfall, expected near $1 million, as Raine admits culpability and declines bond, choosing jail instead. Authorities escort Raine to court. directors sue in chancery over cotton speculation losses.
Canal officials suspend John Burke manager of the commissary department and W F Shipley chief clerk of the subsistence department after hearings on gratuities and irregular transactions. Burke proclaims his innocence and vows to clear his name as Colonel Goethals forwards the case to U S attorney H Snowden Marshall in New York for action.
The senate passed a fortification appropriation bill totaling 6,895,000 and raised house appropriations for artillery and ammunition to prepare for a potential army of 500,000. Senator Bryan argued for readiness while Senator Sheppard questioned the scale. Bryan noted Spain era lessons and gun-to-man ratios compared with other powers.
U S Army report says Lieut H B Post of Wright camp aeronautics fell 500 feet into the bay in San Diego on February 11 and was instantly killed. He was recovered dead about a half hour later.
Washington Feb 11 The nomination of Charles S Lobinger of Nebraska by President Wilson to be judge of the United States consular court in China was reported favorably by the Senate judiciary committee.
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