Injunction Trial Over City Debt Dispute in Loganport
City Controller Middleton testifies total indebtedness as of August 1 was 350,458.16 with 235,000 in bonded debt. Case seeks temporary injunction to restrain issuing bonds or taxes for a 67,491.09 sewer assessment while Uhl's lawyers argue over council minutes and responsibility for school bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohl
Harry D. Case
West Side
Judge West
Uhl
al. G. Jenkines
S. T. McConnell
M. Winfield
M. F. Mahony
M. B. Larry
Charles E. Yarle
Frank Amos
Amos
Case
Island View
West
Boerger
Treasury
O. G. Gard
Logansport
D. A. Middleton
Old City
Pratt
Fross
Middleton
L. A. & S. W. Railroad
Winfield
Supreme Court
Indianapolis
Uhl’s
Atorneys
Daniel Pratt
Dennis Uhl
McNary
Burlington Builds Massive Locomotive Orders
The Burlington Railroad places large orders for 130 new engines totaling 40,020,000 pounds if linked. Alongside 30 Baldwin passenger engines, 100 prairie freight engines are delivered or under construction, split evenly between Baldwin and American Locomotive Works. The engines weigh 368,000 pounds, stretch 73.43 feet, and carry 8,000 gallons of water with 32,000 pounds of coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Baldwin Locomotive Works
American Locomotive Works
Middle West
Daughter Born to Stevens Street Martin Family
Born to Mr and Mrs G L Martin of Stevens Street a daughter arrives, adding a new member to the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Martin
Stevens Street
Mrs James Small Visited Logansport From Idaville
Mrs James Small of Idaville was the guest of friends in Logansport today, enjoying the visit with local acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Small
Idavilie
Logansport
Mrs Harry Sharp of Bluffton Visits City Friends
Mrs. Harry Sharp of Bluffton visited friends in the city today, spending time socializing and catching up with acquaintances during her trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sharp
Bluffton
Picnic Sparks Divorce Suit After Lockout At Home
Bertha F. Hill, of Bethlehem township, seeks divorce from John J. Hill over a failed August picnic at Fletcher Lake. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Bertha E. Lemon and alimony of 1000 dollars. After the picnic he kept the house key, locked out her return, and she crawled through a window to enter. A restraining order blocks him from selling or disposing of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Lake
Hubby
Wifey
Larry & Mahoney
John J. Hill
Bertha E. Lemon
Bertha F. Hill
Bethlehem Township
Logansport
Park Avenue Young Man Kicked In Abdomen At Feed Yard
Moore, an eighteen year old Park avenue resident employed at Farr & Bridge feed yard, was kicked in the abdomen by a horse as he passed behind it. He fell, Dr Rubsam treated him, and he was taken home by Killian and McCloskey's ambulance. The injury, while painful, is not deemed dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Park Avenue
Farr & Bridge
North
Fifth Streets
Rubsam
Killian & McCloskey
Country Club Team Teaches Kokomo Golf Enthusiasts
The Country club golf team visits Kokomo this afternoon to coach local players. A large audience attends at noon as Kokomo residents learn new techniques. The local player Koko mo claims deeper knowledge than Logan while the golfers anticipate a win. night may reveal who is right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Kokomo
Logan
Miss Nina Pierce Sets Wedlock in Butte Montana
Miss Nina Pierce daughter of Mr and Mrs James Pierce of the South Side departed yesterday for Butte Montana where she will be united in marriage to Mr E G Beneau formerly of South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Pierce
James Pierce
South Side
Butte
Montana
E. G. Beneau
South Bend
Dr Sterrett Heads Homeward After City Visit
Dr Sterrett leaves the city this afternoon to travel toward Los Angeles. He will join Mrs Sterrett at Onarga Illinois and together they will visit friends in Colorado Springs Salt Lake City and other points on their way to the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sterrett
Los Angeles
Mrs. Sterrett
Onarga
Ill
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Pacific Coast
Subscribing Visitor Makes Dramatic Newspaper Moment
In a striking scene a reader enters the newsroom and pays his long overdue subscription in full. The staff celebrate the modest act as a rare glimpse of engagement with the paper.
Japan records ten thousand crises in 1905
In 1905 Japan logged about 10 000 personal crisis reports. Contrary to common belief only five of the cases stemmed from disappointment at not being able to go to war.
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Japan
Delphi Couple Visits City Today
Mr and Mrs Edward Ireland of Delphi were in the city today and were seen at several shops around downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ireland
Delphi
City
Hoskins Wins City License At Last In East End
Saloon owner Charley Hoskins agrees to take a city liquor license by September after a prior month end. Other saloonkeepers have yet to decide whether to license or quit. Two bull pups were stolen from Schmeltzerer’s barn on Fifteenth Street near Riverside Park. Sam Lowe, arrested for intoxication, is released after three years without arrest and advised to avoid drinking for three more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell's Half Acre
Charley Hoskins
Nick Colandra
Ella Swisher
Blanche Mitchell
Hoskins
A. M. Schmelterer
Fiftenth Street
Riverside Park
Schmeltzer
Sam
Sam Lowe
Remarkable Sleep Continues For Miss Maude Snow
Miss Maude Snow of Jackson township nears the thirtieth day of her extraordinary sleep. Once near death several times, she has shown renewed vitality and her parents report hope despite the prolonged rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Snow
Jackson Township
Parents Hopeful For Her Recovery From Trance State
The girl remains bedridden with limited nourishment as doctors debate the illness and whether hypnosis or spiritualist methods could aid. She has shown rare awakenings but has relied on water for sustenance while her condition is investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Snow
Milliners Prepare Fall Stock With Bright Styles
Logansport milliners head to city markets to choose fall hats. New colors and fabrics shift from somber tones to bright shades with Persian ribbons velvet plaids and metallic ornaments. The season favors picture hats Gainsborough mushroom tambourine and Scotch cap shapes with artificial birds rhinestones and long feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Audubon Society
Wabash Stockholders to Vote on Capital Increase
Wabash Railroad announces a special stockholders and debenture bond holders meeting for October 22 in Toledo Ohio to vote on a proposed capital increase of 16 500 000 dollars in preferred stock and 1 500 000 dollars in common stock. Proceeds partially refund/refinance existing mortgage bonds notes and equipment obligations with 50 year bonds. The rest funds property development and expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Railroad Company
Toledo
Ben Porter Drug Store Sold to James Kimbrough
James Kimbrough has purchased the Ben Porter drug store at 1228 Broadway and took charge Wednesday. Mr Porter retires to become city treasurer on September 1. Kimbrough is a chemistry graduate of Indiana and Chicago universities and spent last year in Duluth Minnesota as a special chemist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kimbrough
Ben Porter
Broadway
Porter
Mr. Kimbrough
Department of Chemistry
Indiana
Chicago
Duluth
Minn
Opening Day at Cass County Chautauqua Features Driver Address
The Logansport Chautauqua opened its ten day session on Biddles Island with Dr John Merritte Driver of Chicago delivering the initial address Ultimate America The Carolina Jubilee Singers provided a grand concert and Miss Helen Mar Scouller will read tonight followed by Dr W H Sears speech More Taffy and Less Epitaphy The Saturday program lists lectures readings concerts and a stereopticon show
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
W. L. Miller
Singing of
America
M Miller
John Merritt
Driver
People’s Church
Chicago
Republic
Dr. Driver
Carolina Jubilee Singers
Helen Mar Scouller
Pontiac
Carolinian Jubilee Singers
W. H. Sears
Chautauqua
Eversion
Cass County
Slander suit filed by minor against Adam and Rebecca Kerns
William Deeming through his guardian seeks $500 damages in circuit court alleging that after returning a house key to the Kerns who had just moved out, both Adam and Rebecca Kerns called him a sneaking insult and other degrading terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Deeming
Panhandle
William L. Deeming
Adam
Rebecca Kerns
Kerns
Will Inspect Land In Floyd County Timber and Mining Claim
J. E. Ludders will travel to Floyd county Kentucky to inspect 4000 acres of timber and mining land recently learned to be left to his wife John Lunsford and Mrs. Maud Shafer by John Lunsford who is said to have died long ago. Moonshiners and squatters currently occupy the land valued at about 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Ludders
Floyd County
Kentucky
John Lunsford
Maud Shafer
Burnettsville Man Edward Eldridge Conducts City Business
Edward Eldridge of Burnettsville transacted business in the city today, indicating local commercial activity. The event places Eldridge within the everyday municipal economy and suggests ongoing civic engagement.
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Edward Eldrige
Burnettsville
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Bertha Hill
of Moore
Dunkirk
East End
Wabash Stockholders
Porter Sells
John Merritte Driver
Ultimate
Dr. W. H. Sears
A. J. Steelman
Joliet
Seouller
Jubilees
The
Hiawatha
Ertz-Bowden Co
Adam Kerns
Old Kentucky
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