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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
5
Mrs Howard Brolaski, famed St Louis socialite and Brant Shoe widow worth about 1 million, has wed W W Norton a Plaza clerk. Norton remains at his desk as the couple plans a future business venture after her Europe trip.
Columbus Indiana August 11 John Ford saloon keeper Jonesville accused of violating the saloon law selling to minors and intoxication faces remonstrance case pending before the county commissioners Citizens circulate petition to grant a license with fifty nine signatures among eighty residents in Jonesville seeking leniency or approval for a license.
Actress Amelia Bingham argues against elaborate dress and jewelry for young women. She endorses convent and boarding schools with simple clothing to preserve meaning for adulthood and shares memories of a plain Ohio town schooling experience.
A New York woman president of the Professional Women’s League and officer in several clubs argues club work widens women’s interests. She says it helps married women resist a settled life and dispels the stale routine. She adds she does not want to vote and praises Hoyt’s A Contented Woman for showing women as they are.
A discourse on physiognomy argues the face reflects inner life and character. It claims age reveals virtue more than youth and warns that inner life shapes outer appearance, with the face as a transparent window to the soul.
Mrs Minerva Roach aged 70 was dragged into court on an affidavit for profanity filed by Melvin Mullen. A jury in the north court room yesterday afternoon fined her $1 and costs. She was defended by Hilbe and Bradfield and E Beveridge Dill.
Panhandle shops buzz with talk of Master Mechanic Walsh moving to Dennison. G B Frazier of Dennison would go to Columbus and P T Dunn of Chicago would take charge here, but the report is described as only a rumor circulating.
The Carpenter family reunion occurred yesterday at Spencer Park. The Mental Culture club picnic is planned for Thursday. The Lejikenberry reunion is set for August 29 and the B of L F and E picnic for August 22.
The company announces planting 1,200 more acres to supply Van Camp's Beans next year. It credits high quality Michigan beans, nitrogen-rich soil, and careful hand sorting for superior flavor and size.
Italian capitalists plan a $120,000,000 canal from Genoa to Basel to improve transit to Germany and Switzerland. The proposed waterway would span 379 miles and is described as a major engineering feat, crossing the Alps without a stepwise sluice-lock system.
Lena Gallagher a domestic employed by John Craig’s family was struck by a southbound Lake Erie and Western train near Tipton Indiana around 9 PM last night. She died before medical aid arrived. she was 28 years old from Kenton and found beside the tracks with a head injury.
Berkley resident Orpha Carter, fat men’s race competitor, was assaulted by his son-in-law James Ferris during the Panhandle picnic activities near Lake Maxinkuckee. Ferris struck Powers with an earthen pitcher, leaving him badly injured. Dr. Rubsam treated the injuries and an assault and battery affidavit was filed. Powers says Ferris lived with him and did not work.
A Chicago professor rejects miracles while William Jennings Bryan expresses belief. The contrast highlights a clash between secular academia and revivalist faith in the broader national discussion.
A sleeping car costs 19000 dollars while modern Atlantic passenger engines cost 17000 dollars highlighting cost differences between rail equipment options.
A photograph by Rev. M. H. Reid shows large locusts in the Kongo Free State feeding on mice. Locusts that eat mice have been observed at the Smithsonian in Washington, illustrating remarkable insect feeding behavior.
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