Sixty Hay Fever Victims Reported in Loganport Rites
The season opens between August 5 and 14 with sixty hay fever cases reported at 4 PM. National Hay Fever Association HQ sits in St Ignace Michigan drawing pilgrims from across the United States. Four Loganport residents left for St Ignace to join the pilgrimage, others plan to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin McHale
Ogansport
St. Ignace
Mich
The
Hay Fever Association
National Hay Fever Association
Marquette
United States
Logansport
St. Lenace
Jacob Loner
John Honeken
Geppinger
West Side
Brick Attack At Resort Leads To Two Fines
Patrolman Momgan chased down two men fleeing a resort after a midnight brick crash. John Gibson of Flora and Mike Jimerson of Camden admitted tossing a half brick when refused entry. Both were arraigned before Judge Fender and fined one cent plus costs of ten cents each.
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Judge Fender
John Gibson
Flora
Mike Jimerson
Camden
Firing on Wabash Mail Car at Cass Station
Last night two revolver shots were fired through a mail car window on Wabash tram No. 3 near Cass station. A mail clerk narrowly escaped being hit while mail was being distributed. Police are alerted in Cass and Logansport as federal authorities review motive and culprits.
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Wabash Tram No. 3
Cass Station
Logansport
Street Paving Debate Halts Fifth Street Improvements
Board of Public Works met to hear remonstrators against paving Fifth Street. Most favored paving while Elwood Wilson urged mud, arguing brick harms property values. Proceedings stalled by divergent opinions and bids expected after an afternoon recess.
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Board of Public Works
Fifth Street
Elwood Wilson
Wilson
Boy knocked down by horse on Broadway and Fourth
Frank Lunsford, a North Side youth, was struck by a horse and knocked from his bicycle at Broadway and Fourth. The horse appeared to threaten severe injury but changed course, and the rig wheels passed over his abdomen. He was carried to a store and suffered no serious harm.
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Frank Lunsford
Broadway
Fourth
Hearing on injunction over timber land lands in dispute
The judge heard advised on a motion for a permanent injunction to bar James Wright from entering the timber land and cutting trees. Charles McClain sued Wright to rescind a misrepresented contract and sought a restraining order on tree cutting. Neff represented the plaintiff and Quincy Myers the defendant. The judge took the matter under advisement.
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James Wright
Larry
Charles McClain
Wright
Neff
Quincy Myers
Divorce Suit Filed After Desertion in City
On March 10 1904 Clement C Decker left his wife and has not lived with or supported her since. This morning through her attorney George W Funk she filed in the circuit court for divorce alleging desertion and non support she says he made life miserable with accusations of unchastity and other indignities.
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Mareh 10Th
Clement C. Decker
George W. Funk
Dayton Trio Visits Relatives in This City
Mr and Mrs James Grill and son George of Dayton Ohio are visiting relatives in this city.
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James Grill
George
Dayton, O
Downey and Barnes Granted License to Wed
Michael Downey and Julia Barnes were today granted a license to wed confirming their upcoming marriage. The couple plans a ceremony in the near future, with details to be announced by the county clerk.
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Michael Downey
Julia Barnes
Thirteen Becomes Hoodoo in Royal Center Baseball Game
The Logansport Lilies, thirteen strong, visit Royal Center Seconds for a game marked by superstition after a yellow dog interrupts play. Inning confusion, a thirteenth count, and a 19 to 13 final score favoring Royal Center end the match with both teams noting misfortune.
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Logansport Lilies
Royal Center
Lilies
Boone Township
Logansport
Loganspot
Change of mine location shifts workers to Salmon Idaho
Attorney Hale reports a Rocky Mountain News item stating that a party of men from the Twentieth Century mine at Roosevelt Idaho have moved to Salmon near Forney Idaho to work in the mines. Austin Hale and Paul Delzell are among the workers making the relocation.
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Attorney Hale
Rocky Mountain News
Roosevelt
Idaho
Salmon
Forney
Austin Hale
Paul Delzell
Amusing Surprise at Bergen Home Visit
Relatives and friends crowded into Pearl and Mrs. Bergen’s Stanley street home on Sunday with lunch baskets. About twenty six guests, including Elwood Healton of Russiaville and several Bergens from Kokomo and Logansport, joined a planned feast amid warm hospitality and social cheer.
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Pearl
Mrs. Bergen
Stanley Street
Bergen
Elwood Healton
Russiaville
Pearl Bergen
Elmer E. Bergen
Converse
Lon Bergen
Swayzee
Alta Bergen
Kokomo
Sam
Saxon
Lunar eclipse observed in Loganport before August solar event
Hundreds of residents in Loganport watched the moon eclipse last night about twenty minutes before 9. Three tenths of the moon’s diameter were covered. The report notes this lunar event preludes the total solar eclipse on August 30 and explains the timing of lunar and solar eclipses.
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Logansport
Pow Wow Draws Red Men From Indianapolis to Frankfort
Charles Shaff received a letter from James Lamkin assistant superintendent of the Metropolitan Insurance Co Indianapolis formerly of this city stating that Old Commancho Tribe of Red Men will attend the Frankfort pow wow August 22 with 1200 people and two bands. The Red Men of this city hope to bring a total of about a thousand on their special train. Over 500 tickets have already been sold.
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Charles Shaff
James Lamkin
The
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Indianapolis
Frankfort
Three Men Charged With Visiting Gambling Parlor Trial
Elijah Hipshire Walter Neff and John Sellers face trial before Judge Fender this afternoon for visiting a gambling place. The trio was arrested in Roy Titus’s raid last week.
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Elijah Hipshire
Walter Neff
John Sellers
Fender
Roy Titus
Bengal Tiger Ben Passes Away at Ringling Brothers Circus
The Ringling Brothers troupe mourns Ben the Bengal tiger who died yesterday after months of illness from consumption. Described as gentle and even tempered, Ben was treated with top care as workers and handlers bid farewell to their beloved animal.
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Ben
Ringling Brothers
Drunks Stand Before Judge Fender in Credentialed Trial
In a morning session Judge Fender presided over three intoxication cases alongside two brick throwers and a fairy-tolk tale about the China men and the Irishman. William Matehier, Tom Andersen, and Dan Toland faced the court after being asked for their names and fined eleven dollars each.
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Fender
William Matehier
Thic Court
Jane
Tom Andersen
Dan Toland
New Clothing House Opens at 502 Broadway
James Douglass closes a lease for store room at 502 Broadway to clothing firm Rapp & Rodgers. They take charge September 1 and plan a large clothing stock and big business. Mr Rapp operates in Kekomo, while Mr Rodgers hails from West Virginia with similar business background.
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James Douglass
Broadway
Rapp & Rodgers
Rapp
Kekomo
Rodgers
West Virginia
Pennsylvania Firm Targets Chicago Ticket Scalpers in Court
A Pennsylvania company pursues a sweeping injunction in Chicago to bar scalpers from handling non transferable tickets. If successful, other rail and entertainment firms may follow, turning scalping into a nationwide legal battle. Both sides wrestle over complex issues as hearings proceed.
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Panhandle
Pennsylvania Company
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Incendiary Attack Threat to Wallace Show Quarters
John Quine a Miami Indian known for marksmanship fired at an intruder near the Wallace show winter quarters east of Peru. A pursuit led to a fence wound and brown cloth evidence. The intruder fled toward the Wabash river after crossing the fence. Earlier fires at the same site caused thousands in losses and were suspected arson.
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John Quine
Peru
Wabash River
Death by Bayonet Near Delphi Solved by Police
Superintendent Powell of Lafayette reports the death of Charles Davis a national guardsman from Delphi at a Wabash crossing two miles east of the city. Davis resting on a fence as a train approached was struck by the bayonet and killed, the skull crushed.
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Powell
Lafayette
Charles Davis
Company L
Delphi
Davis
Just One Kiss on Grasp at C C L Station
Grant county Sheriff Mills, a gallant officer, tried to place Mrs. Sarah Tippetts, an insane woman bound for the asylum, on the train at the C C L passenger station. She grabbed him about the waist and begged for a kiss while a crowded platform laughed as he finally got her aboard.
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Sheriff Mills
Grant County
Sarah Tippetts
Inquest Hears Damaging Testimony in McClack Killing
Dozen witnesses testified on the death of Joseph Ancefer beaten by William McClack. Lyman Hill described the fatal attack and a witness said McClack vowed to finish him. Coroner Neff expects grand jury action as more witnesses are to be heard after the funeral.
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William McClack
North Court Room
Lyman Hill
Power House
McClaeb
Neff
Hill
McClack
Ancefer
Long
MecClaeb
Walf & Tucker
Shultztown
Plank Cemetery
G. W. Bolen
Aneefer
Walters
Fifth Snyder family reunion in Kokomo
The Snyder family held their fifth annual gathering Sunday in Kokomo with seventy five descendants from Howard Cass and Miami counties. They shared a lavish repast featuring endless fried chicken and toothpicks. The next reunion is scheduled for Pipe Creek Falls in one year.
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Snyder
Kokomo
House of Snyder
Howard
Cass
Miami
Pipe Creek Falls
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Kershaws
St. Ignace, Mich
Mr. Wilson
Boy
Timber Land
May Decker
Sun
Man In the Moon
Ringling Circus
Circus
NEW Clothing House
Douglass
Windy City
Young Guardsman
Sheriff
GRAND
M’clair
Courner Neff
Joseph Aneefer
Reunion OF
Snyders
Pipe Creek
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