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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
5
In Portsmouth New Hampshire the Hoxie Walkes case escalates into a high profile alienation trial with a tense courtroom scene and heightened public interest. Authorities and legal teams prepare for pivotal testimony and key motions as the case unfolds.
Portsmouth January 30 defense in the Hoxie Walker alienation suit opens with testimony from Geraldine Walker and nurse Austin Blair. Blair recounts a hot day bath outing with Mrs Walker and others, describing alcohol and a near drowning. Witnesses challenge alleged phone talks and necklace conversations while Mrs Walker’s mother anxiously awaits testimony.
Manila after American occupation is praised as the Orient’s cleanest, healthiest city with a ten per thousand death rate. Real estate soars 400 percent, utilities and streetcars run by Filipinos, and major industries like tobacco and cigar making operated by locals. The piece extols improved water works, harbor dredging, and parks, noting Filipinos increasingly own and build substantial houses and hold key city jobs.
Class No 9 met at Miss Mildred Weymer's home on Park avenue last night for a social evening of music and games. Officers for the coming year were elected: President Mabel Shilling. Vice President Mildred Weymer. Secretary Edith Stuart. Treasurer Edna Stuart. Librarian Ruth Fergus. Teacher Cora Butler.
John Cambine was jailed after another arrest as he and George Custer threaten to sue the city for 50 000 over his confinement. He claims to have invented a valuable hayfork but traded it for chewing tobacco.
Guatemala Salome, a Sicilian, was acquitted by City Judge Roll M Cooper in Kokomo Indiana after pleading through an interpreter that Mrs Paxhia had flirted with him and that her husband Lou Chiesa had sparked the case. Paxhia, known to carry a knife, had warned police Salome would be a danger. Salome is wanted in Peru for threats against a woman. police suspect Paxhia shielded him.
In New York on January 30, Leo Brilles asked Supreme Court Justice Leventritt for $200 weekly alimony and $20,000 counsel fees from John P. Persch in a second absolute divorce suit against H. Gretchen Persch. Gretchen claims Persch is wealthy, cites high living costs, and seeks alimony while denying the charges. The husband counters with affidavits and counter-suits, including claims of past infidelity. The case features allegations involving Frederick Rohl and social circles, with Persch amid financial disclosures and prior marriages. The judge reserved decision on alimony.
The sentence describes Tom and Chauncey unable to leave a tedious senate chamber, painting a dull scene as they remain in place despite weariness.
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