First Session of Assembly Opens to Positive Reception
Logansport Chautauqua Assembly opens with Captain Jack Crawford as star. 800 tickets sold, audience packed in a well lit tent. Programs include concerts, lectures, and readings led by W. L. Miller and honored guests. ball game set for Idaville tomorrow between Logansport Jack Pots and Idaville.
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Biddle’s Island
Lagansport
Mueller
Logansport
Jack Crawford
Crawford
New York Press Club
Omaha Bee
Teddy
Winchell Jubilee Singers
Jubilee Singers
Ellsworth Plumstead
Raggedy Man
Detroit
Mich
Idaville
Bad West-Style Youth Arrested After Shootout
George Spellman an eighteen year old East End youth intoxicated by alcohol wandered the streets firing a concealed 22 caliber gun in a drunken display. Patrolman Sinnott restrained him and had him jailed. Spellman was arraigned before Judge Fender and fined eleven dollars with the gun ordered destroyed.
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Indiana
Spellman
West
Sipnett
Sinnott
Daley
Bringhurst Red Sox Shut Out by Logansport Trios
Flora Enterprise-Sentinel reports Tuesday afternoon at Bringhurst ball park the Red Sox were shut out by Logansport Trios. The crowd wonders how Bringhurst was so outplayed while noting umpire Waddell was absent.
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Flora Enterprise-Sentinel
Bringhurst
Bringhurst Red Sox
Logansport
Waddell
City Attorney Rules Street Car Company Pays for Rail Air and Damages
The city board rates benefits and damages for Sixth street pavement between rails and decides that the street car company must pay for air inside the rails on new streets and for repairs beyond the rail edges.
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McGreevy
Logansport Physician Calls For Street Repair Morality Link
A prominent Logansport physician urges the city to fix rough Market Street near the federal building, arguing bad streets fuel profanity and moral decline. He proposes a $3 500 road roller to smooth the streets and improve behavior, joking about Dr Holloway's “White Elephant.”
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Logansport
Dr. Holloway
Man files for divorce after wife leaves with another man
Samuel P. Lowman, a Adams county carpenter, sues Addie Lowman for divorce alleging she left him on September 17 and, with a man named John T go, went to Payton Ohio. He says he later found her in Dayton living in open adultery with Dirk and she refuses to return.
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Samuel P. Lowman
Adams Fowdship
Waiters & Long
Circuit Court
Addie Lowman
John T Go
Payton
Dayton
Dirk
Bin
Girl Breaks Wrist In Barn Fall At State Street Home
The eleven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Simons at No 14 State street fell through a barn loft opening onto the ground floor injuring her right wrist. Dr Mikey treated and reduced the fracture.
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John Simons
State Street
Mikey
Ditch contracts awarded in county surveyor bids
Lawrence Hickey won the Umbenhower Gitch contract at 17 cents per cubic yard. John Hitchens secured the Miller ditch at 141 cents per cubic yard. William H. Kistler took the Jerome Fry ditch tile section for 1712.58 dollars and the open part for 835.53 dollars.
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Lawrence Hickey
John Hitchens
Jerome Fry
William H. Kistler
Standard Gauge and Wheel Heights as Nature’s Fixed Rules
The article argues that newspaper column width and the four foot four inch standard gauge for vehicles are fixed by natural laws and long experience. Dr. A J Herrmann cites rail gauges and wheel heights as essential for durability and performance, explaining low wheels fail on land and steep grades hinder traction on varied roads.
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A. J. Herrmann
Rome
Egypt
Mayor McKee in Demand Marries Local Couples
The Loganport mayor known as the marrying mayor united Vern Robinson of Rensselaer and Anna Young of Royal Center yesterday in his office after obtaining a license. This morning Oram Wolf and Elsie Jones of Lake Cicott were married there in the mayor’s presence with onlookers.
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Vern Robinson
Rensselaer
Anna Young
Royal Center
Logansport
Gifford
Pople
Elsie Jones
Lake Cicott
Labor Day Horse Breaking Contest At Spencer Park
The Trades Assembly committee plans a wild horse breaking event for Labor Day at Spencer Park. William Childs and four strangers from Kansas will stage the contest with a prize for the fastest horse breaker. The stunt is billed as a major Labor Day attraction.
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Committee of the Trades Assembly
Spencer Park
William Childs
Kamasas
Wreck Crew Responds To Spur In Panhandle Yard Chaos
A late night incident in the Panhandle yards saw a line of cars derail and wander into adjoining territory. No major damage occurred beyond shaken nerves among yard workers and the crew responding to the scene.
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Panhandle
Automobile Collision at Broadway and Thirteenth
George Forgy collided with a bicycle rider at Broadway and Thirteenth last evening. The cyclist rode into the road with damage to the bicycle but escaped with bruises only. Forgy is reported doing as well as can be expected today.
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George Forgy
Broadway
Thirteenth
Forgy
Chicago man James Queley visits old friends in Logansport
Chicago resident James Queley travels to Logansport to renew acquaintances with longtime friends during a brief visit.
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James Queley
Chicago
Logansport
Ancient laws guided road vehicle design
A fragment notes that long ago peoples adhered to established standards, showing recognition of fixed rules in vehicle construction and suggesting early regulatory thinking influenced by standard practices.
Small West Side File Blazes at Gus Giller Residence
Morning fire at Gus Giller's West Market Street home started by a barrel of rubbish. Flame spread to baseboards but was quickly put out with slight damage noted. West Side fire crews responded promptly.
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Gus Giller
West Market Street
Farm feed mix of molasses and sugar
Washington Harness of the Howard Cass county line proposes a new feed theory. He uses low grade Orleans molasses at thirteen cents per gallon mixed with cheap sugar in water to soak chopped feed. He claims the stock stays fat and sleek.
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Washington Harness
Howard-Cass County
Orleans
Man Arraigned for Intoxication After Peach Cart Incident
Tom Daily was arraigned before Judge Fender on intoxication charges after being picked up on the streets struggling with peaches. An officer called the Duley to assist him, and Daily was jailed after sentencing. He quipped that the Duley rides were too expensive and that hacks could have been hired for the price.
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Tom
Fender
Duley
Beautiful May and December Love Trap in Logansport
Dr Younge, 63, urged Ivy Rhea to return to him. She refused, saying she never loved him and wants nothing from him. He sought a divorce claiming deception and a rival, but she remained firm and he left town alone.
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Dr. Younge
Logansport
Rhea
Younge
Ft. Wayne
Ivy Rhea
Murdock Hotel
Five Hour Schedule Deployed By Panhandle Shops
The Panhandle shops adopted a five hour schedule for the month to expedite freight work. Despite orders, workers often logged ten hours due to constant freight tasks and necessary repairs, as the busy season drives extended operations even if budgets are stretched.
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Panhandle
Distribution of Cahill Family Among City Institutions
Yesterday afternoon trustees distributed the Cahill family of John Cahill a wife and five children among city and county institutions. Cahill himself was sent to the infirmary the wife to the hospital and the children to the orphans home.
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Cushman
John Cahill
Cahill
Walton man settles intoxication charge with local court
Benjamin Detrich of Walton faced intoxication and carrying concealed weapons charges. He withdrew the concealed weapons count after agreeing to settle the intoxication charge by paying one dollar and court costs.
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Benjamin Detrich
Walton
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