Headlines in History 1916: Suffragettes to gather in high school auditorium
What was making news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers these newspaper excerpts to give you an idea.
Jan. 30, 1902: “An Oliver Chilled plow has created a sensation in Balanga, Bataan. Supervisor Vance, who has established quite an experimental farm near the provincial capital introduced the implement and it made him famous in the eyes of the natives. One native, who has mastered the mysteries of holding down the plow handle, has gained such notoriety throughout the province for his accomplishment that he is liable to head the granger ticket for governor of the province at the next election.” — The South Bend Tribune
Jan. 31, 1916: “A mass meeting of all the women interested in suffrage will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the High school auditorium. Miss Florence Wattles, of Kokomo, Ind., who has been working in the city for the Indiana Equal Suffrage association, will preside at the meeting. Miss Wattles spent three months last fall in New Jersey and New York and will address the women on the features of the eastern campaign.” — The South Bend Tribune
Feb. 1, 1922: “Beautiful scenes of nature are shown upon the screen in ‘God’s Country and the Law,’ James Oliver Curwood’s story of the north woods which appears at the Temple theater for the last time today.” — The South Bend Tribune
Feb. 2, 1930: “Max Baer, age 17, of the Central Senior high school was announced as the local winner of the local Paris peace pact essay contest Saturday by W. A. Butcher, head of the history department.” — The South Bend Tribune
Feb. 3, 1945: “Indiana, Michigan and Illinois today remained unaffected by a war production board order prohibiting some states from using natural or mixed heating gas in amusement places. Some confusion resulted here Friday when these three states were included in a WPB order placing a 72-hour embargo on use of gas in 10 states and the District of Columbia.” — The South Bend Tribune
Feb. 4, 1958: “South Bend residents and visitors have paid $1,004,443.15 since October, 1948, for the privilege of parking on downtown streets regulated by parking meters. The million mark was passed on Jan. 10, according to City Controller Frank J. Bruggner, who said the January collections were $9,051.” — The South Bend Tribune
Feb. 5, 1962: “The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners today decided to make a formal request to relocate the old courthouse in the Plaza Park, at the northwest corner of the Lafayette Blvd. and W. South St. The commissioners said they will make the request of the South Bend Board of Park Commissioners. The County Board said they are convinced the Plaza Park site is the best available for the courthouse that now contains the Northern Indiana Historical Society Museum.” — The South Bend Tribune
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