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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1908
Page
1
Local traveling men adopt resolutions opposing parcel post citing delays and handling concerns. The group urges officials to study alternatives and protect small businesses from added shipping costs and service unreliability.
A Saturday meeting of Local Post F of the Travelers' Protective Association in Bridge City Candy Co. office adopted a resolution opposing the domestic parcels post bill. The note cites fiscal deficits, harm to merchants and workers, and calls Indiana congressmen to block enactment, with copies to Beveridge Hemenway Holliday.
The farmers institute met in Galveston with strong attendance. D. F. Marsh of Frankfort delivered the main address on cows hogs corn and clover on high prices land. Mrs HK Bates spoke to women on home making and prepared foods.
Charlies Williams files suit in Squire Reid's court seeking 30 dollars for the death of his son and eight pigs believed killed by a Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley car near Lewisburg.
Police seek Homer Helvers aged sixteen who vanished from Wabash and is believed to have traveled to this area.
Local Panhandle engineers required to carry an extra pair of glasses on their engines to prevent wrecks from broken eyewear. Reading signals and reading eders is essential to safety for train operation.
The January circuit term opened with new officers Lewis E. Beckley as sheriff and Henry Allery as city bailiff. The Spry restraining order hearing began after motion hour with Quincy A. Myers opposing dissolution. Other cases include mandamus action by Lewis Ray against Enyart and a $25 attorney fee payment in George Smith v Rebecca J. Smith. James P. Martin and James M. Douglass reappointed jury commissioners.
George Apt, 58, formerly of Logansport, died in his sleep likely from apoplexy. His body was brought to Logansport, where funeral services were held at Pisgah church in Jefferson township and interment followed in the adjacent cemetery. His wife awakened to find him unresponsive and called for help.
James R Poole president of the Logansport Marion Traction company was in the city Saturday afternoon en route to Chicago to meet contractors. He stated that construction work will commence at once.
Captain John M. Bowyer of this county commands the battleship Ilinois in the Pacific squadron. He is nephew of J. M. Bowyer of Tipton township.
Herbert A. Brown announces his candidacy for chairman of the Republican central committee. He positions himself as a reform-minded figure aiming to lead the party organization.
The Thaw murder case resumes in New York with Miss Edna Goodrich among key witnesses as jury selection continues. Evelyn Thaw had testified that she was introduced to Stanford White by Goodrich at White's studio, and the pair visited the studio in August 1991.
The boys organize a strong basketball squad with tryouts for all students. They held the first practice in the armory after school. A game is set for Friday against Walton. Walton girls backed out, Kokomo girls plan to travel here.
William Turner sixteen faced trial for hunting without a license in Squire Reid's court. He claimed he hunted in his own township and needed no license.
Harry Hicks aged twenty at a country dance in Conn's hall Royal Center fell down stairs likely fracturing his skull. Attendants summoned a doctor at Kistler's office and carried him there. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Hicks residing a mile west of Royal Center.
The annual meeting to elect a board of directors for 1908 will be held tomorrow night at 7 53 p m in the court house.
The city schools reopen after a two week vacation with many new scholars arriving this month. High school classes resume under Prof Mitchell who noted ideas from a recent Indianapolis state meeting. Mid year promotions are Friday January 24 and seating will be expanded to accommodate about four hundred students next term.
Police arrested Cecil Terrill and sixteen year old Nellie Clancy in a Market street room Saturday night. The girl’s mother rented the room and the couple had used it for meetings. Terrill lives in Peru. Both were fined.
Amos Sence aged 81 one of Young America’s oldest residents suffered a fractured hip after a fall at his home last week. He remains in serious condition.
Tax Ferret McCaslin demands explanation from Harry Birkenruth about the source of 11660 dollars used to purchase the Tanguy building. He asserts Birkenruth did not pay taxes on that amount.
Quail season ended January 1 in the state with only rabbits and waterfowl open to hunting now. The quail season yielded a poor season this winter.
The regular meeting of the Anti Cigarette League scheduled yesterday afternoon at the Cumberland Presbyterian church has been postponed for two weeks.
A letter from Walter Joskett details Logansport natives flourishing in Seattle Los Angeles Long Beach El Paso and Kansas City. Notables include John Clendenen Dudley Swigart Don Wisely James Foley and Adrian De Kops. The Logansport diaspora spans mining camps and rail offices with strong prosperity amid scattered colonies.
Judge William G. Ewing spoke at the Nelson theatre on Christian Science, praised Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, and reviewed the movement. Three hundred were turned away at the door as he held the audience spellbound for an hour and a half, with local Scientists noting strong turnout and plans for future speakers.
Eli Deardorff who runs a Galveston restaurant was abducted by several strangers in Kokomo Saturday night and drugged. He did not regain consciousness until yesterday morning and woke on a pile of lumber, cold and strapped for cash after his pockets held $9.80 missing. Earlier a theft of two quarts of oysters occurred at his restaurant.
Shideler tied politician of Marion has been elected president of the Marion Golf Club. He was seen on the focal links several times last summer.
Frederick Green of Twelve Mile and Orpheus Walls of Hamilton county enlisted in the army Saturday, expanding the local draft intake.
Music professor Steinhart believed his car was stolen after it stalled on Tyner road. Dr Holloway aided with little success and locals later found the car in a fence corner with a loose battery-coil connection. Watts drove it to town and Steinhart faced good natured teasing.
Frederick W. Welick, 22, of 79 West Forty-Fifth Street, is jailed on charges of embracing several young women exiting the First Reformed church at Avenue and Twenty-Third Street. Pastor Rev William H. Babcock helped lead the pursuit. Welick claimed intoxication. Victims include Susan Maloy.
Farmer F M Gray of Georgetown vicinity endured a rough day when his wagon rollover caused his son to fall and suffer severe bruises. A short distance later his horse valued at 175 dollars died after drowning in a creek.
A fire yesterday caused by a defective chimney damaged the home of William Powell at 726 Pleasant Hill. The damage was light and no injuries were reported.
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