U. S. Armor Plate Plant to Be Built in Interior

1916

Navy Department Proposes to Locate It at Spot Invulnerable to Naval Attack.

WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Navy Department has announced that the $11,000,000 armor plate plant provided for in the naval appropriation bill will be located somewhere in the interior of the country.

This eliminates from consideration all the Atlantic coast cities which have been seeking the new plant. No location in any way vulnerable to naval attack will be considered.

Representatives of practically every important city east of the Mississippi River will be present at a hearing before Secretary Daniels this week, when the question of a site for his new plant will be considered. Members of the general board of the Navy will be present at the hearing.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Sept. 16, 1916, p. 3.

Men and Women Shocked by Billy Goat

1910

INDIANAPOLIS. — Mr. Billy Goat partook of a breakfast of hemp rope and started out for a little recreation from a shed in the rear of 916 Fowler street. It was a fortunate incident for several persons who met Mr. Goat that they had eaten their breakfasts before leaving home, thus avoiding the trouble of eating from the mantel or top of the kitchen cabinet. The animal was in a joyful mood, and liberty and fresh air made him tricky. The goat made no distinction as to sex. In his playfulness he enjoyed seeing a woman just as much as a man, and the result was that two women were badly frightened and shocked by having their bonnets shaken violently when they felt a sudden shock from the rear.

It was stated to the police that one man was shaken loose from his false teeth by the unexpected greeting of the goat, but the bicycleman who investigated failed to learn his name.

Clara Langsdale, 710 East Eleventh street, made the acquaintance of the goat, according to the police, and, although given a jolt by the animal, she maintained her footing and escaped injury.

In answer to an excited telephone call Bicyclemen Rodemacher and Rowe were sent to the place from the substation in East Seventeenth street. The goat by that time had moved over in Ashland avenue and persons in the avenue, including men, women and children, were giving the animal plenty of room. Rodemacher had never wrestled with goats before, but instinct warned him that the only manner in which to held a goat successfully was by his horns.

The bicycleman showed a bold front for the reason that he has to sit on a bicycle seat much of the time and he could not afford to take the chance of turning his back. Mr. Goat accepted the challenge of the bicycleman, and he started toward the men in a manner that caused them to glance with longing eyes at the lower branches of the nearest tree. They stood their ground, however, and Rodemacher met the animal with outstretched hands. He seized the goat's horns and perhaps saved himself from being butted over a church in the neighborhood. The bicycleman held on and during the struggle he called for Rowe.

"Just hold on, Roddie, until I get up this tree, and then let go," was Rowe's jest.

Rodemacher needed no advice, and he held on until Mr. Goat came to the conclusion that he was violating the law. A goat with better manners could not have been found after he seemed to realize that he was "pinched."

Housemaid Stabbed by Enraged Suitor

1920

Assault Follows Her Refusal to Attend Movie Show

BOSTON, Mass. — Agnes Logan, 24, a maid in the home of A. Glouchester Armstrong, Back Bay resident, was taken to the City Hospital suffering from multiple stab wounds which it is alleged she received when she was set upon by a male escort who became enraged when she refused to attend a moving picture show with him.

The girl, who is not fatally wounded, says she left the Armstrong home through the servants' entrance, which is on a public alleyway in the rear of the house. She met a man who wanted her to go to the "movies," but she refused to go.

It is claimed the man then drew a small penknife from his pocket and stabbed the girl in the neck, narrowing missing the jugular vein, and also stabbed her in the abdomen. Miss Logan tried to fight off her assailant and in the mix-up which followed he stabbed her several times in the hands. He then escaped through the alleyway.

Battle in a Pig Pen

1901

Minnesota Farmer is Savagely Attacked by Hogs Which He Goes to Feed

Winona, Minn., Dec. 28.—Eugene D. Logan of Ridgeway lies in the hospital in this city suffering from serious injuries received from vicious hogs. He had a fierce conflict, and only for the fight he put up for his life he would have been torn to shreds.

Mr. Logan went out to care for his stock as usual. In order to properly feed the hogs it was necessary for him to enter the pen and distribute the feed in troughs. He had no sooner entered the pen than the animals attacked him with great ferocity. He tried to fight them off, but could not do so, and it was only with the greatest effort that he was able to keep his feet.

The maddened animals bit and tore at his knees and limbs, and when he reached the fence surrounding the pen he was bleeding from many wounds. He had just strength enough to drag himself over the fence where he fell exhausted, and where he was found a short time afterward by some of the members of his family. He was brought to this city for treatment. An examination showed that his limbs were frightfully torn and lacerated. One kneecap was almost torn from its place. His wounds were properly dressed and he is now resting comfortably in the hospital. His injuries are such that only time will effect a complete cure.

—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, December 29, 1901, page 2.