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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1908

Page

4

Logsdon Inquiry Ends with Acquittal and Public Critique

The Logsdon case ends with acquittal as no evidence supported charges in the city's sprinkling and sweeping bids. The inquiry is labeled a farce by critics, with blame cast on the prosecution and a hostile press. The piece condemns mob mentality, calls for decisive state action after a riot, and questions political accountability and reform.

Logsdon Council Edwin Logsdon Logadoa

Drowned Boy Found After River Tragedy Report

Boote and Witte Schwanknaus entered Mrs. Nancy Hammerman’s home with the drowned boy’s clothes to announce his grandson’s death in White River near the car parag. Police were summoned but could not recover the body after Sunday afternoon warning.

Witte Boots” Schwanknaus Nancy Hammerman White River Parag

Votes go up in smoke as ballots destroyed after contest

Old ballots were burned for the TimMaces of the power house Monday while election officials and the Election Commissioner watched. Affidavits and poll papers were also destroyed after eight months of preservation, with Gerhard and Commissioner Moore ensuring proper handling.

Power-House Gerhard Moore Sue Hor

Gasoline Explosion Endangers Two In Home Fire

A gasoline explosion near a stove at 411 N Senate Ave barely spared Mrs. Harry Lana and her 3 year old son Monday. Ly Paine, who happened to be passing, raced in, ripped the clothes from the boy, and extinguished the flames that engulfed the mother. Neither was badly injured.

Harry Lanahan Ly Paine Pasaina Senate-ave Paine Neyther

Capital Council 275 Elects Delegates

Capital Council 275 of the Y M M E elects delegates at a Monday session. Names listed include Dante Doyle, Thomas Flaherty, Wesniam P. Manion, Edward Engijah, William P. Hirschnaver, Michael A. Matthewa and Bermarg Kelly among others. Delegates move to the eighth grand council of the Indiana formation, meeting August 23.

Eighteenth Annual National Editorial Association Meeting

Baitora, Omaha, Neb., hosts editors from across the country for the 18th annual gathering. The contest for the presidency is unusually spirited with four editors running: P.V. Colling Apollo Minn Frank Gilson Banton Hay Dor Mich W W Sordwe Montgomery Ali Ge T Daylenis.

Omaha Neb Baitora National Editorial Association Proaidancy Apolla Minn Frank Gilson Banton Hay Dor Mich W. Sordwe Montgomery Ali Ge T Daylenis

When a Caller Gets Excited by the County Fair Humor

A collage of comic verses and dialogue sketches lampoons rural life with lines about a deserting sermon, a burglar, bicycle mishaps, and a joking portrait of Jones on a farm. Interwoven are reflections on the Vatican’s grandeur and Papal patronage, paired with light verse about marriage and aging.

Fragmented poem excerpt about unseen ailment and loss

A fragmentary verse laments an unseen malady haunting people as clouds darken and hopes fade. The speaker suggests traditional science overlooks the ailment, noting a broad sympathy yet unclear specifics and lingering sorrow.

A Corner for the Women Selling Men’s Socks On Fifth Avenue

New York society notes a fad of women wearing socks with garters seen in Fifth Avenue shops. Signs announce the trend facing observers, with Paris origins and recent orders from motorists and high society women. A hostler confirms the craze, while suppliers ship embroidered silk stockings and socks 18 inches long to demand.

Fifthave New York Paris Hoster Automer Roporta Chicago Weat

Witty clashes and lectures from a bygone era in Leisure Hour

An odd assortment of anecdotes unfolds from a Japanese journalist on a city train who defuses a taunt with a sharp retort, a French duke’s postal cost quip, Oklahoma rhetoric, Marine banter, and Maj. Pond’s eye for overlooked talent guiding BI Nye to lecture fame.

City Hall Station Kansaw Oklahoma Aeschylius Cleanthes Jeus Xenophon Aristotle Oftes Plutarch Apolia Delphi Cicero Socrates Lucretius Texea Oklahorma Dallas News BI Nye Laramie Avery Pond Nye P. S Beaton

Up and Down the State News Briefs From Various Towns

A scattered set of items reports Zeb Rose’s team, a runaway into a show window breaking glass, patent news on a device for brick and tile machines, and Walkerton citizens’ indignation over a false note. Prosecutions threaten after a crane-killing incident, Dan Reed attends Ringling Bros. in Daneville, theft of a diamond rug from a prominent figure, and three Covington women claim a sighting of a ghost. Other notes cover a two-year-younger bride, a store operator, a very tall and very short man measured in Columbus, a Fort Wayne gin incident, and Fort Wayne railroad carnival plans with locomotives costing $2.50 each.

Zeb Rose Sey Clifford Raet Marion Cay Walkerton Dan Reed Attica Ringling Bros Danevile Nim Finger Mr. Weeey Covington Winey Bilkhart Rhoda D. Lusher Misnawake Lisder Ngo Frank Clevenger Columbus Willard Stonroe Uolumbus Oliver Paltis Fort Wayne Kitlire Dick Crone Martinsville Telly

Unclear Scribbles Highlight Rural Life and Local Incidents

Fragmentary notes describe fish, corn damage, and a fatal attack with pitchfork in a rural scene. Observations include a July gathering at a wagon bridge, a land sale of trees near Rushville, and a snake encounter in Crawfordsville. A Lafayetta school controversy involves a superintendent accused of pressuring female students.

John Henderson Vincennes Run Thomas Link Rushville J. G. Chase Indiana Manufacturing Company of Peru Walter M. Britton Crawfordaville Anake Unig Ihs Lafayetta James L. Glarcock

One Hundred Dollar Reward for Cured Catsizh

Advertisement offers a reward for any casual catsizh unhealed by Hall's Charrh Care. Declares honesty of vendors Dave konwn F. J. Chenty and partners Toledo Ohio. Claims cure via internal Catarra Cure and lists wholesale druggers and generic endorsements.

Hall Kerenas & Maneix Drai ‘Y Catarra Tentimentale Family Mile

How to Make Money and Investment Trust Company

A historical notice describes a Trust Company formed to aid small savers. It promises to turn even tiny sums into investments that pay proportionally to each owner, invites consultation, offers free advice, and allows deposits of four units at any time.

Great Numa Nersone Ita Afvice

Mule colt theft shock at Loganaport fire dept claim

Report of a claimed horse theft at Loganaport fire department proved a mule colt offspring of a department mate with no service to firefighters. Richard Hand, a pastor, insulted a woman in a Dig Four car near Lafayette. he grabbed a razor but was restrained by a porter before harm. Sailor taken into custody at Lafayette after incident.

Nem Wen plaNtiMy Te Loganaport Richard Hand Teey Lafayette Hte Rachel

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