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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
7
Wabash August 5 a father calling to his three year old son John Eads to walk out to his boat led to the child falling into Long Ike lake north of the town. A friend saw the danger and rushed to pull the boy from the water as he began sinking.
In a wild mix of theater and romance, Tommy Burns obsessively tracks his beloved leading lady Olive Bates during a Grantham Stock Company performance. A torn letters plot unites Burns with Elizabeth L Girard, revealed as his agent, who orchestrates a surprise engagement and a reconciled romance.
Office boy reports a hungry tramp at the editor's door. The editor orders the man inside to learn how he survives, hoping the reveal will keep the paper running for another week.
Lawmakers convene to scrutinize plans for turning Washington into a designated noise prevention zone with potential policy shifts affecting residents and businesses. Officials anticipate debate on enforcement, timelines, and funding implications.
People store Ge something for a rainy day and miss out on enjoying the sun. The remark notes that constant prep often limits everyday happiness and leisure.
Monroe township constable William France pursued William Saults and his wife after they allegedly kidnapped John Kronemeyer’s 11-year-old grandson near Stendal. The couple were captured at Chandler and brought to Petersburg, where they failed to post $500 bonds and were jailed.
In Princeton on August 5 Mrs. J. N. Knowles and another woman attempted to drive away in a farmer's buggy from the Knowles home near Owensville. The horse, startled, dashed onto the front veranda, then into the house but stopped before entering the bogey, with the women still aboard.
Petersburg August 5 Jonathan Catt living west of town died from wounds after a mule kicked him in the side The mule had attacked a young calf Catt struck the mule in the head provoking the animal to kick him The mule trampled and bit the injured man after he fell.
One man died and several were injured in a C H D railroad wreck a half mile west of Brownsville. Freight train No 92 was wrecked destroying 12 cars. Head Brakeman John R Bishop was instantly killed with a mangled body. Conductor Vanschoy suffered slight injuries and three unknown tramps were badly hurt.
Worthington Aug 5 The government musselmen Prof W A Denny and F A Walker of Anderson who are studying mussel conditions in White river left after a two days visit. They have been coursing White river for over a month and found 45 varieties.
Acting Judge Hamilton A. Mattison denied a habeas corpus writ to free Mrs. Nancy Davenport from the Southern Insane hospital. Assistant Attorney General Thompson from Indianapolis assisted the defense.
Marion August 5 The Canton glass factory producing tuble ware and glass novelties restarts operations after a one month shutdown due to heat. A steady rise in orders requires reopening. The plant employs 200 men.
Crawfordsville August 5 Fred Shanklin has been selected to teach at the city high school succeeding O C Hormell who will enter Harvard University next fall Shanklin is a Wabash College graduate class of 1894 and later earned a Master of Arts degree from Wabash College
A. L. Dorsey drilling on J. T. Spencer's farm three miles south of Russellville struck a gas pocket at about 100 feet. The gas ignited after being sparked and shot flames to roughly 15 feet high, while attempting to drill for water.
Napoleon Gusha aged 73 of near Henryville died at Stewards Hospital New Albany from a fractured skull and broken leg after falling from a hay wagon. A widow daughter and son survive him.
At a Princeton Medical Society meeting on August 5 the group unanimously urged the city council to pass an ordinance requiring the muzzling of all dogs year round.
A spark from a traction engine ignited a barn owned by Mrs. Elsa Borden in South Bend on August 5. The fire destroyed the barn along with 500 bushels of oats and hay and four horses. Loss estimated at $7,000.
Jeffersonville Aug 3 reports Frank P Bowman and Albert Nachand two local men embarked on a 1200 mile journey to Mushkegee Oklahoma in a two rowboat built in town.
Former Goshen sheriff Manning is asked to reimburse the county for in and out fees he collected during his tenure.
Seattle Aug 5 An Alaskan Indian tribe believes they descend from a monstrous reptilian totem depicted in a sketch. The totem is seen as the savage's first parent and guardian spirit guiding all life relations. The totemic forms are among the most elaborate of primitive peoples.
A short, hopeful prompt encourages turning worry into a smile as a quick mental reset. It emphasizes a simple coping habit to ease anxiety and regain calm in daily moments.
A brief reads that Gold Medal Flour from Serbia is used to produce a product named Sylvia noted for its white appearance. The item highlights a cultural or marketing claim without further context.
Los Angeles August 4 Post master A L E Green reports a phonograph attracts fish on the Playa del Rey pier. He claims anglers catch when music plays and see no bites when it stops. Green says the tune In the Evening by the Moonlight draws pompano and sea trout and invites demonstrations.
Detroit reports a new mania for fancy pigeons with breeders paying up to $300 for top birds. The trend, rooted in England, features pouters that puff their chests and perform feathered foot cake walks, as one winner earned a $300 prize.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin and endorses internal use, 75 cents per bottle, with claims of blood and mucous surface action. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Advertisement for Colonial Country Club Hotel West Baden Springs Indiana outlines Ameri can Plan rates from 2.50 to 3.50 per day with private baths and weekly specials. It promotes mineral water cures for kidney liver stomach ailments and nervousness and offers home treatment by mail with five gallons of mineral water and physician guidance for a $2 shipment.
The Wabash Railroad offers one and one half fare round trip for the National Encampment G A R in Toledo Ohio on sale August 28 to 31. Low rate tickets to summer tourist points and homeseeker excursion tickets to the west and southwest available on the first and third Tuesdays each month. For details contact M Burke Ticket Agent at phone 158.
Mrs Philip M Lydig, famed Newport matron, attended a tennis tournament wearing double veils of white and brown that covered her face except the eyes. Fears of a repeat of a past Newport veil sensation led many women to urge removal, which she granted.
In biblical narrative, the three angels Israel Gabriel and Michael visit Abraham to warn him of the impending destruction of Sodom and tell of divine judgment and mercy.
The world wrestling champion Frank Grotch has saved $125,000 in addition to paying off the mortgage on the old place.
Distances show New York to Liverpool 3016 miles Southampton 3086 miles and London 3325 miles. The figures compare transatlantic travel routes and approximate sea distances between the eastern United States and major British ports.
Mrs Edward E Henry of United States Express Co Chicago writes that Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy stopped chronic diarrhoea quickly. She says she served four years in the Twenty third Ohio regiment under Rutherford B Hayes and William McKinley and cured many on trains. For sale by W H Porter druggist.
Trains depart from the interurban station for Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and other points at 6 06 am 4 08 am 1 41 pm 6 35 pm 10 05 pm. For Delphi service runs at 7 35 am 11 35 am 3 05 pm 7 35 pm 11 35 pm. Lafayette times listed as 7 38 am 1 05 pm 6 05 pm 8 50 pm. Special cars at 10 06 pm Hartington and 11 36 pm Boyd Park services noted.
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