Market Street Paving May Start Soon as Petition Grows
A prominent Market street resident says a paving move, modeled after North street, will form a petition soon with majority support from property owners. Bitulithic or asphalt are likely options, extending to Twenty-first or Twenty-fourth street, with work targeted to begin next spring after summer preparations.
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Market Street
North Street
Twenty-first
Twenty-fourth Street
Twelfth
Sey
High Street
Logansport Teachers Headed to Winona Assembly
A delegation of Logansport public school teachers will depart for Winona Assembly at Warsaw next Monday to join the summer school in operation there. The party includes Bessie Hornung Lucretia Skinner Elizabeth Methegor Mary Twells and Anna Nelson. William L Barnhart will also go to Winona to take charge of the Winona Daily Review as local editor No. 2 season Barnhart has previously served satisfactorily in that role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Winona Assembly
Warsaw
Bessie Hornung
Lucretia Skinner
Elizabeth Methegor
Mary Twells
Anna Nelson
William L. Barnhart
Winona
Barnhart
Fourth of July parade safety for horses reassured
Farmers worried about horses in the Fourth of July event hear there is no danger. The horse show starts early in the morning and the automobile parade is in the afternoon. Authorities will take special care to keep horses calm.
Attorneys file partition suit in Peru court
Mary E. Jones through Nelson Myers Yarlott filed in circuit court a suit in partition against Eben Walker Shirk Elbert Walker Shirk Joseph H. Shirk Richard A. Edwards Isaac Satver and the First National Bank of Peru Francis Hoover. The case will come up at the next term of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Jones
Nelson, Myers & Yarlott
Eben Walker Shirk
Elbert Walker Shirk
Joseph H. Shirk
Richard A. Edwards
Isaac Satver
First National Bank of Peru
Francis Hoover
Troutmans Set Off on East Coast Tour
Mrs J F Troutman of this city together with her son Stanley and Stanley’s wife from Chicago depart today for a three weeks trip through the principal cities of the east.
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J. F. Troutman
Stanley Troutman
Chicago
Crushed by Palling Door Injures Local Girl
The three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shuey of 1426 Toledo street was injured when a loose door fell on her as her brother retrieved coal from a car behind the house. Dr Brafield examined her. no bones were broken but she has sprains and bruises and will recover in time.
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Ed. Shuey
Toledo
Sirset
Brafield
Work of the Rural Free Delivery from Logansport Routes
Postmaster W.W. Moss and deputy report the Logansport rural routes show steady growth in mail and money orders for the quarter ending June 30, 1905. The summary lists delivery totals, route collections, and values for each route, highlighting improvements across 13 routes in Cass County.
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W.W. Moss
Tirmenstein
Logansport
Cass
Attorney Forgery Defense Upheld in Hill Note Case
An appellate court ruled John C. Hill of Thorntown not liable on a $1,000 note he unknowingly signed, believing it to be court papers. The attorney used trickery to obtain a blank signature and then forged a promise, making him a good-faith purchaser’s claim void. Hill, 72 and nearly blind, was not negligent for trusting the attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Hill
Thorntown
Home National Bank
Hill
Biddle Library Books Move From Judge Biddle Estate
The valuable collection from the deceased judge’s estate is being catalogued at the public library. June loans totaled 2,597, with fiction and juvenile sections comprising most of the circulation. The Carnegie building plans progress, and the library will close July 4 for Independence Day celebrations.
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Judge Biddle
Carnegie
Elizabeth McCullough
Northern Indiana Editors Conclude Profitably At Rochester Session
The Northern Indiana Editorial session closed in Rochester Fulton county after a enjoyable convention. The Rochester Sentinel's Henry Barnhart was chosen president for the coming year and the 1906 meeting set for Lake Winona.
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Indiana
Rochester
Fulton County
Association
Henry Barnhart
The
Rochester Sentinel
Lake Winona
Meteorite Found in North Manchester Garden
A resident of North Manchester reports discovering a warm four pound gray mineral fragment in his soggy yard after a night of rain. He claims the object, broken into two pieces and with a sulfurous odor, is meteorite material and has been displayed in the Journal office window for public viewing.
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George Perkins
Manchester
Hig
Journal
North Manchwster
Examite
The Panama Canal's New Engineer John F Stevens
John F Stevens succeeds Wallace as Panama Canal engineer and is renowned as a civil engineer and railway expert. His career spans Minneapolis city work, Sabine Pass and Northwestern, and posts with Denver Rio Grande, St. Paul, Canadian Pacific, Duluth South Shore Atlantic, Spokane & Northern, Great Northern chief engineer, then Rock Island second vice president over operations.
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John F. Stevens
Wallace
Panama Canal
Philippine Commission
Minneapolis
Sabine Pass
Northwestern
Denver & Rio Grande
St. Paul
Canadian Pacific
Duluth
South Shore & Atlantic
Spokane & Northern
Great Northern
Rock Island System
Fireworks Rampage Hits Grocery Store Display Window
A small boy threw a match triggering a massive fireworks display inside Louise Heiden's grocery on Plim Bates streets. Giant crackers roared, rockets whizzed, and roman candles lit the street as clerks fled the smoke filled store. The plate window shattered, fire alarms rang, and flames were quickly extinguished with no major damage.
Sheriff Smelser Orders Noninterference At Elwood Race Meet
Sheriff Sol Smelser said he will not interfere with selling pools or beer at the Elwood race meeting which starts next Tuesday and runs for a week. He delegated ground policing to city police and deputies chosen by the superintendent, and will act on warrants if handed to him. The Licensed Saloon Dealers Association opposes alcohol sales at the fair grounds, urging enforcement of the law.
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Sol Smelser
Elwood
Anderson
Saloon Dealers’ Association
Local Baseball Forecast Ahead of Sunday Showdown
Tomorrow the Indianapolis Duesseldorfers will host the Ottos at Driving Park in a fallow Sunday match. Both Moore and Helvie are set to start for the locals, with the lineup unchanged from last week. The visitors line up Kenedy, Geiser, Moore, Arnold, Ramsey, Bartlett, Berandt, Anselm, Connor among others.
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Indianapolis
Duesseldorfers Wi
Ottes
Ottos
Moore
Helvie
Kenedy
Geiser
Arnold
Ramsey
Red Men Plan Frankfort Pow Wow Excursion
The Red Men announce a big excursion to Frankfort on Tuesday August 22 as part of the Clinton county fair week. Round trip tickets are $1 with return three days later. Officials will finalize plans at a Tuesday night meeting and announce full details.
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Frankfort
Clinton County
Clinton
Township Poor Relief Outlays Across Indiana Counties
Wayne County spent nearly as much per capita on township poor relief as Marion County, per Amos W. Butler. Several counties including Knox Madison Allen Grant Lake Laporte Tippecanoe and Vigo also spent between 6k and 7k dollars. One fifth of townships levied no tax for relief. 64 percent levied under 5 cents per 100. 14 percent set 5 cents or more. Salt Creek Township Monroe led with 16 cents. Total 1904 poor relief across trustees totaled 281 899.87 dollars, about 11 cents per person in the state.
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Wayne County
Marion County
Amos W. Butler
The
Board of Charities
Knox
Madison
Alien
Grant
Lake
Laporte
Tippecanoe
Vigo
Salt Creek Township
Monroe County
Valuable Dogs Killed in Adams Township Case
Lyman Smith and Ira Hess mourn the loss of two valuable dogs on the Adams township property. George Stoughton is alleged to have killed the dogs after they chased a rabbit and began digging it out. The Stoughton family had previously suffered sheep killed, suspected to be by dogs.
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Lyman Smith
Ira Hess
Adams Township
George Stoughton
Stoughtons
Stoughton
Young Stoughton
Death of Jessie Fickle Miss Fickle dies after illness near Galveston
Jessie Fickle aged about twenty four daughter of a county commissioner dies after a short illness at home two and a half miles southwest of Galveston. Physicians attended but could not help. Funeral time not announced. County commissioners meet Monday with potential adjournment to Wednesday.
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Derson Fickle
Galveston
State Bar Association to meet in Indianapolis July 6 7
The State Bar Association of Indiana will hold its annual meeting in Indianapolis on Thursday July 6 and Friday July 7 at the United States Court Room Postoffice Building. Logansport attorneys will attend.
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The
State Bar Association of Indiana
Indianapolis
United States Court Room
Postoffee
Logansport
Addison C. Harris
Lucius C. Embree
Princeton
Association
Meridian Street
John F. Simmons
Boston
Thomas R. Marsehall
Columbia City
Arthur W. Brady
Anderson
Columbia Club
Replevin Suit Decided In Favor Of Plaintiff
John Fickle sued Bert C. Robertson et al in Squire Reid's court for household effects. Fickle, recently separated from his wife, sought recovery of goods she held. The wife claimed exemption argues mother gave the items at marriage and thus not levyable for her husband’s debts.
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Squire Reid
John Fickle
Bert C. Robertson
Fickle
Miss Elizabeth McConnell Heads to Chautauqua Visit
Miss Elizabeth McConnell plans a Thursday trip to Chautauqua New York to visit Miss India Randall and spend time at the famed Chautauqua site.
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Elizabeth McConnell
Chautauqua, N. Y
India Randall
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Hadley
Biddle
Northern
Henry A. Barnhart
North Manchester
John FP. Stevens
Cery Store
Plim and
Bates Streets
Elwood Races
Duesseldorfers
RED
Wayne Township
Jessie Fickle
Fieke
State Bar Association
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