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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
3
Officials begin preparatory work for a Chicago subway project aiming to relieve downtown congestion. The task includes charting all water gas telegraph light and signal conduits, a record currently missing, to place pipes and wires in a future underground system. Experts study eastern city subways to avoid past errors and aim to surpass New York in design.
The Cow Puncher heads to the Nelson for matinee and evening shows on Saturday August 15. Carlos Mendoza leads a band of cattle rustlers who capture Bill Lawton while Tom Lawton contends with duty and family. Black Hawk asserts honor and innocence as dust obscures a planned execution.
The Broadway theatre presented a popular bill headlined by the Military Quartette with army camp life and ballads, plus a fast jugging act by LaSelle and Lind. Marie Clark sings and introduces Safe Ball. Hyman performs Sweet Sixteen with illustrated images, and moving pictures receive high praise.
Residents in downtown districts report a surreal rain of toads last night. Witnesses say streets were covered with the creatures and one toad hopped into the Murduck hotel.
A vintage advertisement promises STOVINE will keep a stove top black for over a month with no burning, peeling or rubbing. One cent a week, no smell, non explosive, easy for a child to apply. Only 25 cents. For sale by A. Eberlein and Finnegin Hardware Co.
Spokane, August 13. Rancher Robert S. Fulton reports Swamp Lake near Harrington, Washington, dark as night for 24 hours, with air dry yet cooler than sunshine. He rode along the shore and entered utter darkness for over three-quarters of a mile. his daughter cried, horses unafraid. The vast swamp-darkness covers the lake for eight hundred feet offshore. Scientists offer theories, but most visitors remain baffled as light surrounds but darkness persists.
Reports say Governor Fort will ask a Supreme Court justice to impanel a special grand jury to probe conditions at Atlantic City. The panel would include representative New Jersey citizens known to resist law violators and could indict if warranted.
Ephraim Bayliss of Jamaica regained partial sight on his eighty ninth birthday after ten years of total blindness from a stroke that led to cataracts. His daughter Ella offered the family Bible to test his vision, and he read Holy Bible on the cover, praising the gift as from heaven.
New York August 13 Charles Mahoney manager of the Hoffman house case was discharged after being charged with receiving 69 to bet on a horse for a friend. The court of special sessions acquitted him of book making on Justice Gaynor's decision that an individual bet is not a crime. The case was pursued by District Attorney Jerome as a test.
A brief despatch from Santa Rosa California dated August 12 reports a recognition of bravery. Details are not fully readable in the fragment.
Miss Stella Bartholomew of Sonoma city saved Clement Tice of San Francisco from drowning in the Rus sian river near a resort. Despite a swimming vest hindering her, she kept his head above water until a boatman aided, three hours of revival work saved him, and Tice’s father later sent a gold watch with thanks. Miss Bartholomew, modest, says she is very proud of the gift.
Mrs Alice L Webb former wife of Brodie L Duke sat in Judge Kerstens court wearing black as a jury was chosen to try her on a defrauding charge for a 200 check to the Great Northern hotel. Two jurors were dismissed after she hinted at possible prejudice due to her southern status. Webb argues she did not know the check was worthless.
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake on November 1 devastates the Portuguese capital, with official tallies placing deaths around 60,000 as fires follow the shaking. The disaster reshapes European views on disaster response and philosophy.
Norfolk reports two negro suspects after yesterday's crimes that sparked militia calls in Portsmouth. State infantry companies and artillery were patrolling overnight, with conditions returning to normal though fears linger about the assailant of Mrs. Albert Powell and the shooting of Wyndinger during the arrest.
In College Point, Daniel Siegenthaler left what is believed to be the smallest estate, consisting of twenty four cents a knife a purse and a bag of tobacco. Two sons and a married daughter claim the estate. Letters of administration were granted to B C Hammond. The public administrator sold parts of the estate for two cents, making twenty six cents total.
The piece tells of a Kansas farmer who kept a dollar circulating by spending it locally, but after a mail order purchase the dollar vanished. It warns that about 250 million dollars leave communities annually via mail order, draining local prosperity and tax revenue.
Charles Cashdollar, night counter man at a Chili parlor, was severely shocked last evening when attempting to remove an electric fan. Wet floors formed a circuit and he received 104 volts as the fuse burned out and lights failed.
Sir Thomas Lipton, buoyed by Shamrock’s 24 wins in 27, says he will challenge for the 1909 America’s Cup at Sandy Hook if the New York Yacht Club accepts racing under the universal rules. He requests two boats and a race format agreed by owner and challenger, hoping designer Fife can build a challenger under American rulebooks for a potential Atlantic crossing.
Miss Emma Spry residing north of the city was slightly injured yesterday at Spencer park after jumping from a moving street car. A metal comb ripped into her scalp and she bled freely but continued her trip homeward.
Mrs Willard Long of 461 Bates Street returns from Tipton where she attended the funeral of Mrs John Tyner a former resident of this city.
Dixie II powered craft sets record speed at 36.4 miles per hour in Long Island Sound to claim fastest motorboat honors. The achievement follows prior Harmsworth Cup victory over British challengers and surpasses the Wolseley-Siddeley and Panhard Tellier records. Preparations for Chippewa Bay Yacht Club races on St. Lawrence River noted.
Detriot August 13 Jack Chesbro spitball pitcher said the ball tasted funny and claimed someone doctored it after tasting the ball and sending a new one into play. Ty Cobb’s slash hitter’s triple helped the Tigers win the game as Chesbro questioned the ball’s altered coating.
Logansport offers an excursion to Indianapolis next Sunday on L U T company lines. Round trip fare is $1.25 with special tickets valid on trains leaving Logansport at 6 00 6 45 and 9 00 a m.
A fragmentary exchange references young Turks and a sultan, implying a tense clash over leadership and authority with sharp sarcasm about who was responsible or to blame. The dialogue hints at political discord centered on succession and legitimacy.
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