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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
7
A quirky caption pairs a simple Cat Cake recipe with a cartoon exchange. The cabman asks a stout lady to walk the other way to avoid “carrying for shilling,” the joke turning on a horse’s fare and a light, humorous tone.
Laporte Aug 12 Attorneys for Ray Lamphere submit a letter alleged to be from Mrs Belle Gunner in Louisville after the fire in which she purportedly perished. An expert concludes the signatures correspondence supports a claim Mrs Gunness is alive, potentially shaping the defense.
Princeton August 12 no crew was found to incendiaries who after firing the barn and residence of William McAtee aroused occupants and fled Officers searched for the closed carriage seen going at a furious rate just after the fire It was believed the guilty ones drove from this city No motive was discovered for the crime Every precaution had been taken to insure destruction the well ropes being cut and the buckets carried away
In Frankfort on August 12 Herman Brand aged 12, son of Martin Brand, drowned while wading with his two sisters. The children could not swim and misjudged the depth, stepping into a six foot hole as Herman disappeared beneath the water.
Roscoe Kirkpatrick a 30yearold married man unable to work due to illness shot himself in a grove near his home. He borrowed the revolver from his motherinlaw claiming he would go to the grove to kill cats.
The Bartholemew county office records the longest mortgage, $225,000 bonds issued by Columbus Gas Light Company to Union Trust Company and George W. Moss of Detroit. The record costs $12 to print 31 pages, marking the first mortgage between the parties.
Rivermen report a gasoline boat loaded with whisky at Evansville wharf every other night aimed at dry counties along Green and Barren rivers in Kentucky. Government officers investigated possible sales at landing points. The vessel once operated in passenger service.
A youth named Gabriel Vader allegedly stole a horse and buggy from a public hitchrack in Peru on August 12. He drove to Wabash, left the buggy at a paint shop, and sold the horse for 80 dollars to dealer W O Talbert. Authorities and Horse Thief Detective associations in Wabash and Miami counties hunt the suspect.
In Newcastle on August 12, Edgar Hoover, son of John Hoover, suffered gunshot wounds when a companion Bert Stults, mistaking his brown hat for a squirrel, fired during a hunting outing.
Peru August 12 Charles H Brow nell a local banker purchased eighty four thousand dollars of courthouse bonds offered by Miami county treasurer Frank Spaulding He paid a fifty dollar premium and took the bonds at thirty four per cent Cincinnati and Chicago firms bid for one hundred sixty eight thousand dollars of bonds but proposed payment next January their bids were rejected.
Daniel Cooper files state cases against James E. Irwin manager of Boyd park concession Joseph Small and George Musselman shopkeeper near the park over alleged Sabbath desecration as Daniel Cooper seeks to halt productions at Boyd park between Peru and Wabash.
Daniel M. Pitts aged 74 cashier of the Chestertown bank in this county died. He formerly lived in Chicago and was a member of the Chicago Knights Templars Commandery No 1.
Washington August 12. Little Gladys Hollen seven years old was blocked by a freight train on the E and L road. She began to crawl under a car and was caught under the wheels. Her body was cut in two.
Evansville reports that Robert Snow a hose driver was thrown from his wagon during a fire run and died from his injuries. He was a local worker in the fire response service.
J Downs a brakeman with the L E W at Hammond leaped from a car into burning peat and was fatally burned before rescuers could pull him clear in a tragic rail yard accident.
A crowd on a crowded street stares upward as a balloon is thought to carry a man and a madman. a note drops asking for help. The scene shifts to Jim and Bill, two rivals from Indiana, meeting in the city and sharing a heartfelt reunion.
New sport debuts in London where participants duel at thirty paces with wax bullets that melt on impact. Guns kept on ice until use. wax pellets injure only skin. Parisian M. Rodocanachi wins as French competitors lead the event with no injuries.
A Philadelphia Ledger snippet shows a dealer quizzing a girl about a hammock, asking if she wants it with or without. The girl answers in a whisper, and the dealer smiles at her ignorance as she places her order.
Last year the United States consumed 55 402 336 113 cigarettes. Counting men and boys who reached smoking age as 25 14 000, each consumed 216 cigarettes during the year.
Eugenia is told that Gold Medal Flour is sifted ten times through finest silk, a curious claim about its processing.
Loss of hair troubles women and the tonic claims to strengthen roots and promote thick growth. It is touted as a favorite among society women across continents and sold in New York Newport and Logansport via Wiler & Wise.
Reader advises using formaldehyde freely to remove mice and then seal the house for half a day to force them out. The method poses serious health and safety risks and is not recommended.
One hundred dollar reward offer for an uncured catarrh case. Endorsed by Wadding Kinnan & Marvin and others in Toledo. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cleanses the blood and mucous surfaces while selling at 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Historic resort advertises rates from 2.50 to 3.50 per day under American plan with private baths and year round opening. Promises health benefits from drinking the water and bathing for kidney liver and stomach issues and ships five gallons of mineral water with physician guidance for home use upon request.
The Wabash Railroad announces one and one half fare round trips for the National Encampment G A R in Toledo Ohio on sale August 28 to 31. Low round trip rates to summer tourist points and Homeseeker excursion tickets to the west and southwest on sale the first and third Tuesdays of each month. For details call the Wabash ticket office, phone 158, M Burke, Ticket Agent.
An old verse traces William Howard Taft from boyhood to presidency. It recalls his childhood vigor and rustic charm, his shy humor about pies and beans, his rough, athletic start, and how he became a polished statesman and diplomat named Bill.
A rustic verse recalls drying hair washing dirt and huckleberry stains before returning to town. A line suggests a mother’s intuition about a swim outing and a hat lost in the air. The Baltimore Sun notes the Salvation Army has converted 250000 persons annually for ten years.
Mrs Edward E Henry of the United States Express Co Chicago reports that Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy halted a long standing diarrhoea during railway service. She notes many coworkers cured and mentions her veteran background with Rutherford B Hayes and William McKinley in the Twenty third Ohio regiment. For sale by W H Porter druggist.
Readable times list routes and stops in Delphi and Lafayette with varied hours. The fragmentary schedule cites morning and afternoon departures and arrivals across several points and times.
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