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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
7
Laporte court hears Connecticut Fire Insurance Company brief in abatement action by Wesley Fogle executor of Mrs Belle Gunness estate. Insurance policy seeks 2300 on Gunness house and contents while company claims Gunness not dead and accuses her of prior fires and false insurance statements.
Harlan T. Marshall Indiana Remington Typewriter state manager killed himself at his Irvington home on Tuesday. While his wife shopped and children at school, he hanged himself on a stair banister with a rope. He was active in Irvington church affairs and appeared in good business standing. The prevailing theory cites extreme nervousness and failing health as factors leading to mental derangement.
Warsaw dispatch reports the thirty eighth annual Indiana Grange session with Master Aaron Jones of South Bend denouncing graft in public office. He calls for salary cuts for officials tariff revision and parcels post and urges these issues be included in adopted resolutions.
Evansville December 9 Arthur Baisch 27 white and married was shot twice and killed Tuesday by a negro whose name is unknown and said to have lived in Henderson Kentucky Baisch spoke to two white women when the man passed and greeted them Hello honey The white man reproved the remark and was killed by the shooter
In Wabash a boar attack wounded Peter Gresinger who was savaged as his brother Will tried to help. The brothers fled across a field into a barn where the animal continued to charge. Peter will survive but is badly hurt.
Hartford City December 9 funeral services for Great Commander S. B. Borden of the Indiana Maccabees were held at Grace M E church. The rites drew perhaps the largest crowd ever seen in Hartford City. Borden was also a member of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.
Wabash county officials set December 29 as the local option election after an injunction error in the proceedings. The move makes Wabash the first county to vote under the new law.
W B Hutchinson aged 64 died Tuesday in Michigan City from cancer of the liver. He served as mayor twice, held a four year term in the state senate, and founded two banks. At his death he was president of the Citizens bank.
James McCann, a private mail carrier for the Pennsylvania Company, was robbed of the mail by two white men near the freight and passenger station in Jeffersonville on December 9.
In Crawfordsville Indiana a quarrel with his father Ora Russ of Romney leaves 18 year old Hes shot through the lungs in a barn near his home.
Warsaw officials deny Thomas McKibben a license to run a pool hall in the Third ward, citing policy concerns as the county board blocks the permit.
The law firm of Marshall McNagny Clugston dissolved after 30 years of operation. Gov elect Marshall was senior partner. The notice states the firm liquidation affects Columbia City legal professionals and clients.
The town trustees of Upland order citizens to arise at 5 30 a m and a factory whistle will sound at that hour each morning.
The narrator follows Knowlton to a secret chamber above Dunsmeir, watches him loot jewels from a chamois bag, and a gunfight erupts. Amidst chaos, Knowlton escapes through a secret panel while a woman cries for help. The narrator retrieves his revolver and, the next morning, finds a note promising details at Dunsmeir Place.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co claims the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notarized statement, dated December 6, 1886, notes the product is taken internally and supported by testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills promoted for constipation.
Numerous deeds show Catherine Dillon transferring part of lot 21 to Benjamin Bradfield for 500 dollars and Josephine Gallagher to Bradfield for 150, with more transfers including Webster to Eva May Webster, Smith to Stockarm Co., and Heinly to Schmitt. Mortgages totaling 5400 dollars and 132 dollars on chattel items filed.
A brief verse describes how small grains of powder and tiny paint dabs alter a girl’s complexion to look different from her natural self. It conveys transformation through cosmetic tricks and societal gaze.
In Kansas City Missouri on December 9 a riot by religious fanatics near Fifth and Main led to a patrolman Albert O Dalbow and a 13 year old Lola Pratt's deaths. A street preacher known as Adam God was fatally wounded. two other officers and a probation officer were injured. The confrontation began when George M Holt confronted a suspected abductors group led by Adam God and Louis Pratt, triggering a volley of gunfire as officers moved to arrest Sharp and his followers. Lola Pratt died after a passenger boat chase ended in gunfire and surrender of the woman barricaded aboard the houseboat on the Missouri river.
President Roosevelt pardoned Midshipman Richard F. Bernard following a court martial that sentenced him to dismissal for drunkenness on duty and scandalous conduct. The pardon carries a condition that he take rank at the foot of his class and, if commissioned, it be the last number.
The tug Anthra of the George M. Morrell Techne Company was sunk by a ferryboat Maryland in the North River Tuesday. Of seven crew members, two are confirmed drowned and the remaining five rescued.
Mrs. Thomas Sharkey of Fairmount drove from Robinson to the former town a distance of 200 miles with only a dog for a companion.
The document enumerates daily trains between major cities including No. 2 St. Louis to New York No. 28 Kansas City to New York No. 4 St. Louis to New York No. 6 St. Louis to Toledo No. 9 New York to Kansas City No. 1 New York to St. Louis No. 5 Toledo to St. Louis and No. 3 New York to St. Louis.
Congressman Richmond P Hobson of Alabama files a slander suit in US circuit court seeking 20000 in damages against Congressman John A Kelcher of Massachusetts. The alleged remarks followed Hobsons visit to Boston during the campaign aiding Joseph A Conry in his bid against Kelcher for the nomination.
Lucretia notes the flour’s repeated silken sifts while Equgenia reads newspaper advertisements in the Reporter, capturing a moment of domestic routine and market notices.
A guide recommending careful self treatment for colds and endorsing Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as reliable and safe. It claims quick cures without opiates and suitability for all ages, noting no pneumonia cases from use and listing W. H. Porter as the seller.
Rates listed at $1.50 per day for the European Plan on the L. W. Tuller property managed by M. A. Shaw.
A collage of quotes notes wealth figures for Mrs. Sage Hettie Green and Anna Penfield, hints about women owning railroad stock, and wry lines on oysters cigars razors and Kaiser Wilhelm. The tone blends social commentary with playful juxtapositions.
A vintage ad touts Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh starting with a light cold. It offers Liquid Cream Balm as an atomizer option, claims no mercury, and lists prices and mailing address for Ely Bros. in New York.
A 1908 timetable lists limited and regular trains from Logansport to Indianapolis with multiple departure times in the morning and afternoon. It notes connections at Tipton for direct routes to Muncie Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown and other intermediate stations.
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company lists interurban schedules serving Fort Wayne Peru Lafayette Logansport and Boyd Park with trains from 6:05 a m to 11:65 p m and additional freight runs. Eastbound departures at 8:10 a m and 1:30 p m westbound at 8:10 a m and 3:00 p m.
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