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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
3
In a House debate, Representative McGavin ridiculed American heiresses who marry titled foreigners. He questioned dowry taxes and tariff classifications for dukes and counts, arguing a trend where money replaces traditional nobility in American society. The remarks drew humor and sharp commentary on social snobbery and wealth.
Louis M. Yeazell of 1512 North Street is laid up with an injured hand and arm after a heavy casting dropped at Western Motor Works yesterday. He mashed two fingers while freeing his hand and will be unable to work for a week.
The Royal Gypsy Concert Company will appear as the fourth number of the R Y M C A lecture course at the Nelson theatre after five years away. Eight young women under expert direction perform with a humorist host and gypsy costuming featuring mandolins guitars tambourines and castanets.
The Monte Carlo Girls burlesque company headlines a single show at the Dowling theatre on Thursday January 30. The program includes a musical skit Military Maids, vaudeville acts led by True heart Dillon and Burke, Lew Golden the Hebrew impersonator, Vera Harte and others, and a closing Female Seminary burlesque pot pourri with elaborate chorus costumes.
George Schaefer who recently married after fleeing home faced mob retribution last night. Uniform Rank K of P Elks and other members mocked the couple with a donkey cart parade led by the band. Schaefer was mounted on a donkey while his bride rode in a cart, as roman candles showered the procession through the city.
Ora Rich, a Panhandle machine shop worker, suffered a crushed right foot when a compressed air jack fell on it yesterday afternoon. The injury fractured two toes and bruised the upper foot. he was taken home for treatment by Dr Hetherington and will be laid up for several weeks.
The event features Judge Landis and notable Hoosiers including Dan Fraser Booth Tarkington William Foulke and Wilbur Nesbit. Telegraphs from Beveridge and Indiana Society of Denver are read. A fire at Frank Morris bookshop destroys 16000 Indiana literature copies amid lively toasts praising Indiana and its leaders.
In Judge Graves' court the Eureka Novelty Works versus William White and Francis M Whitman concluded with the turtle dispute. The mechanical turtle crawled and skated, creators failed to fix it, and the inventors won only the originally agreed ten dollars.
Lafayette Ind January 29 a 15 year old named Robert Thoennes a safecracker and fugitive was seen at 4 20 am hammering the Lion and Deer Manufacturing safe on North Fourth Street He fled after a pursuit by Officer Kerkhoff with $60 recovered from his pocket His earlier dismissal for stealing from the same firm and threats against owner Gus Loeb are noted He likely fled toward Monon yards and faces burglary charges with authorities seeking a companion and recovering the hammer hatchet and lock
State notices report Columbus Elks host indoor carnival while Elnora loses electric plant to fire leaving town dark and unprotected. Morocco suffers a costly blaze destroying five buildings with damages around 35000 dollars. Shelbyville man Tivis Itos fined for desertion. Mrs. Elizabeth Best mother to New Albany’s mayor dies at 48. Reverend J N Griss to lead Waveland church. Terre Haute Commercial club banquet draws 300 attendees. Crawfordsville native Charles Nelson perishes in California. Anderson resident Mattie Wilson dies by suicide while driving. Joseph Schmidt of Batesville involved in unknown incident.
Miss Coral Netercutt attended a surprise party in Burnettsville honoring cousin Miss Nellie Nethercutt. The W. R. C. dance at the G. A. R. hall drew a large crowd, while the Married Folks' Dancing club gathered at Stettiner hall with lighter attendance due to other city attractions. The Knights of Columbus dance is scheduled for February 4.
Milton Walton, a miner at Mitchell, died when a heavy blast struck the mine. The accident investigators will review safety procedures and the cause of the blast.
John Hildebrandt has returned from a western hunting trip and brings in a rare albino opossum as a notable local find.
An advertisement touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a pre meal aid to prepare the stomach for food, aid digestion and keep bowels open. It claims prevention and cure of sick headache flatulency heartburn bloating vomiting indigestion colds and female complaints.
A playful taunt questions limits of a feed cutter for sleighing, noting impracticality and humor in attempting winter travel with a farm machine. The line invites a chuckle at the mismatch of seasonal activity and equipment.
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