Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1913 — Chapter From Real Life Shows Heroism of Girt [ARTICLE]

Chapter From Real Life Shows Heroism of Girt

The general public knows very ittle about Editor George Newett, who publishes a newspaper at Ishpeming, Midh., with a circulation of ;wo thousand, and who was sued by the best known man in the world tor libel, but if his daughter is a chip off the old block, there is much to admire in the old man. His daughter, Mrs. George Nelson, is a heroine. Several years ago she engaged herself to be married to a boy sweetheart, a youth of much promise, who was studying to become a mining engineer. Work in ihe mines was a part of his course. In an Arizona •mine he hit a box of percussion caps With a hammer The explosion blew off both hands and made him blind forever. Absolutely helpless, he came back to Michigan. Editor Newett’s daughter, reflecting in this, her father’s friends say, the spirit of her “dad,” refused to consider a break in her relations with (her maimed and blinded lover. The young man refused, but the girl, backed by her parents, when they realized her heart was set upon the sacrifice. Insisted, and the marriage took place. This courageous young woman is now both hands and eyes for her husband. The two are never apart. Here is bravery of the higher and better kind than that which is sometimes advertised as heroism.

There are ninety vacancies in the incoming class of cadets at the military academy at West Point occasioned by the failure of candidates' previously examined. Secretary Garrison has directed that an additional examination of candidates be held at designated army ports on July 1 for admission to the military academy August 1.

Dr. W. F. Meyers, of Ft. Wayne, a reappointment, and Dr. Thomas A. Sigler, of Greencastle, a new member, were Tuesday appointed by Governor Ralston to the state board of veterinary examiners. Dr. Sigler took the place of J. J. Herron, of Tipton.

The Domestic Science Club wil meet at the library auditorium next Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.