Eleventh District Politics From Gilded to Modern Era
Logansport dated dispatch recalls how the Eleventh district shifted from solidly Republican to a more unpredictable 1906 landscape. The chat with a hotel lobby observer covers 1892 1896 1898 elections, party splits, and rising Prohibition and People's party votes across Cass and surrounding counties.
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Othe
Indiana
Grant
Miami
Wabash
Huntington Wells
Adams
Jay
Blackford
A. N. Martin
Congress
George W. Steele
People’s Party
Eleventh
Snorer Boss Outsized Hotel Drumbeat Sparks Exit
John Hildebrandt storytelling of a southern hotel snore tale ends with a newly rich wife and husband leaving after a night of thunderous snoring. The hotel proprietor and clerk cheer the departure as a nuisance vanquished. A separate anecdote recalls John once rattling walnuts from a tree with his snoring.
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Big John
Logansport
John
France
Oliver Chambers
Wabash River
Chambers
Pitiful Gibbs Family Struggles With Death Toll
Eleven year old boy near death from typhoid fever as father dies and mother falls ill. Neighbors aid the bedfast Gibbs household at 1308 Spear street while Flora, Mr. George Gibbs, arrives to take charge of the remains. Funeral arrangements for the father are not yet made.
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John Albert Gibbs
Spear Street
George Gibbs
Flora
Lee Wah Sing Plans Chinese New Year Fest In Logansport
Lee Wah Sing will host a small celebration on Third Street as the Chinese New Year arrives on February 1 marking the Year 4605. The event includes red envelopes, well wishes, open house customs, and a two to three day tradition with local friends invited to share in the festivities.
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Lee Wah
Lee Wah Sing
Third Street
Lee
Kung He
America
Celestial Empire
China
Draft forger sentenced to ten years in New Jersey prison
J M Douglass convicted of passing forged drafts on local residents and arrested in Davenport Iowa. Authorities say he fled Logansport and swindled stores in several cities before being captured. Bankers’ association pressed for Patterson NJ sentencing to avoid Logansport’s 2 to 14 year option. He will remain jailed until winter 1913.
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J. M. Douglass
N. Crawford
Ben Martin
George Graham
Patterson
N. J
New Jersey
Logansport
Douglass
Daverport
Bankers’ Association
Chinese chop suey house opening hoped by Saturday
The article notes plans for a chop suey house opening in Chicago style cuisine, with friends set to launch by Saturday. It mentions special Chinese delicacies being sent from Chicago to support the opening.
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Chicago
Iyne
Corbin Adams Readmitted to Longcliff Reformatory
Corbin Adams, on parole from Longcliff, was returned to the institution yesterday due to misconduct.
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Corbin Adams
Longcliff
Church committee to discuss Sunday school room remodel
The building committee of the First Presbyterian church will meet tomorrow evening to review remodeling plans for the Sunday school room drawn up by Architect Kramer.
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First Presbyterian Church
Kramer
Baby in Turley Case Heads to Jury
A baby related case advances to a jury verdict this afternoon. The Turley matter centers on allegations brought before the court and now moves toward a decisive deliberation.
Conspiracy Charge in Garrison Turley Case Heads to Jury
In the circuit court the Garrison Turley case remains unresolved as a jury is to hear evidence late today. The trial drew crowded rooms with spectators, and the young plaintiff with her baby becomes a focal point as Turley denies paternity and his lawyers claim a conspiracy.
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Leroy Turley
Youn America
Turley
Walters & Lenz
Murphy Wins Wabash Primary For Congress Nomination
Mayor Murphy of Wabash defeated Dr. W M Shafer in yesterday's county primaries by 212 votes and will represent the county as the candidate for Congress. Shafer concedes.
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Murphy
Wabash
Congress
Dr. W. M. Shafer
Shafer
Theatre Party for The Time The Place and The Girl
Miss Harnish hosted a theatre party after an evening show. Guests included Mr and Mrs Tarkington and John Cottingham of Kokomo, visiting for the performance.
Local Brides Etnire Routh Sullivan Collins Wed in City
Two Lorans port weddings occurred this morning Miss Ethel Etnire wed Arthur Routh at Cumberland Presbyterian church with a 1:40 pm departure for Chicago They plan to live on Seventh and Bringhurst streets Miss Elizabeth Sullivan married William Collins at St Vincent de Pauls church by Father Crosson The couple to honeymoon in Virginia and live at 1801 High Street A third wedding announcement notes Flora Barnes and J P Jones to wed next Wednesday at the brides home
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Tns
Ethel Etnire
Arthur Routh
Elizabeth Sullivan
William Collins
Ora G. Bunnell
Dianna Day
Hoovers
Hanawalt
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
E. A. Arthur
Miss Etnire
John M. Etnire
W. C. Routh
East Market Street
Sadie Kraus
New Waverly
Donna Stamatis
Indianapolis
Glen Black
Linden Avenue
Chicago
Seventh
Bringhurst Streets
Elizabeth N. Sullivan
Josephine Sullivan
Spear Street
No. 1801
High Street
Flora Barnes
Harry Barnes
J. P. Jones
Hoosier Dinner Ends With Bahding Banter and a Spectacle
At the Indiana Society of Chicago third annual dinner in the Auditorium Annex, Booth Tarkington and others entertained a large crowd with witty quotes and toasts. A dramatic interruption featured a lady seeking the famed George Ade, prompting jeers and laughter among judges and guests.
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Stevenson
Suicide Club
Indiana Society
George Ade
Girl from Buck Creek Foiled Elopement Plan
Police stopped an elopement involving Bessie Acres a fourteen year old girl from Buck Creek and a man older than her. They arrived by interurban, attempted to pass her as his wife, were questioned at Panhandle station, and the girl was returned home after conflicting statements.
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Bessie Acres
Buck Creek
Panhandle Station
Knights of Columbus to Mark Seventh Anniversary
The local Knights of Columbus lodge plans a seven year celebration next Monday evening. A smoker is planned and Father King will deliver an address.
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Lodge of Knights of Columbus
Father King
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Indianapolis News
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Howard
Huntington
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Cass County
Southern Hotel
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Taft
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Corbin
Theatre Party
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Judge Landis
Illinois
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Senti
The
Indiana Society of Chicago
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John T. McCutcheon
Daniel Fraser
Fowler
Ind
Fraser
McCutcheon
John C. Shaffer
Shaffer
Merry Widow
Kenesaw Landis
Federal Bench
Alleghenies
Taney
Ed McCutcheon
Dan Fraser
Ade
George
Man
Knights Plan Meeting
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