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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
3
Mas Corey outlines a project to build a Paris school and theatre for the poor artists. The proposal emphasizes cultural development and support for struggling creators, with plans described as ambitious and community focused.
Mrs William E Corey wife of a United States Steel Corp president announces plans for an all American artists opera house in Paris linked to a school of operatic art. Jean de Reszke to direct both school and opera Mr Coreys support confirmed construction may start in autumn on Etoile area land with debut by Mrs Corey planned and building cost over a million dollars.
Coroner Miller filed nine verdicts for last month. James T. Brown died of a gunshot fired by R M Cotter wan while protecting life and property. Salvator Totoro died in bed with no violence. Horace E. Scott trampled to death by horse at Twelve Mile. Iwander Kohl found dead by railroad tracks Clinton township. Hugh Faley 84 died from endocarditis due to hard drinking. Charles Harrison died by own action at Long elis. Frank C Brandt found dead in bed. Lettimio Massina died from a bullet wound to head by Arraffino Calcuti. Myrtle Cooley died from gastritis. A baby residing with parents at 2010 Erie avenue. deceased listed in coroner's report.
In a striking scene the locals bathe in a crater of an extinct volcano, treating the volcanic site as a natural bathing place and lavatory in one.
An early description praises Blackburn's Casca Royal as a tonic for the bowels and nerves, claiming it relieves constipation and griping pain. The advertisement notes strong local sales in the city, emphasizing its popularity and effectiveness.
Miss Cora Dow plans to push at the Ohio Humane Society annual meeting a campaign for a horse vacation. She argues work horses toil daily in heat and dust with no rest and believes a break would relieve their burdens while highlighting animal welfare to drivers and owners.
Dudley Cochran twenty four drowned last evening while swimming in a gravel pit near Trimmer. He was a Purdue university engineering student and son of Al Cochran of Burnettsville. Miller and Gibson assisted. Cochran body recovered and taken home.
The capital stock of Logansport Radiator Equipment Company was raised from 50000 to 75000 dollars and a notice filed with the secretary of state confirms the change.
Chief Livingston of the fire department reports nine fires in June causing a total loss of 250 dollars.
A Merry Widow hat blew off a woman’s head in an Amsterdam Avenue Seventh Avenue car near Fourteenth Street. The cry Save my hair caused confusion. a boy chased the hat for fifty yards and returned with visible blond curls still dangling from inside the hat as the car halted. The woman replaced the hat and departed as onlookers watched.
Topeka reports a vast harvest across Kansas as rains left fields muddy and yields uncertain. Thousands of acres are unharvestable while labor is scarce. night work with lanterns and improvised cradles accelerate gathering. Authorities expect about 85 million bushels total despite hardships.
Cora E. Sands of this city state deputy organizer for the nights and Ladies of Honor installed a class of forty at Mt Vernon Monday night. She has a number of other engagements and is gaining distinction in the state.
Leslie Sterling of Cincinnati was the guest of friends in the city last evening. Two empty tourist cars bound for the east on Panhandle train No 21 passed through this afternoon.
The body of John Ambers committed from Huntington is held at Longceliff awaiting action of relatives. Relatives in Huntington are in strained circumstances and cannot care for the remains. if they do not act, the body will be sent to Indianapolis to the state anatomical board.
A severe storm swept Boone and Hendricks counties disabling telephone service. Local obituaries note Mary S. Gale of New Albany left 21600 to a Presbyterian church. Evansville merchants predict a bumper cantaloup crop as officials report several violent incidents and accidents across counties.
Rats of enormous size overrun Great Bend after tannery closure. They prey on chickens ducks and turkeys while village cats fear them. Dogs and guns have been used to hunt them with hundreds killed.
K O F s elect ed the following officers last evening with Harry Doggett as chancellor commander Fred D McCullough as vice chancellor T G Porter as prelate Henry Luther as master at arms George F Umbarger as master of work Jacob Westweller as inner guard and W G Fluckleberry as outer guard
Birch F. Rhodus Edward F Rhodus and Thomas Rhodus all of Chicago were indicted by the federal grand jury in Chicago on charges of using the mails to defraud. They allegedly used the name E S Rice as a recommendation for Central Life Securities Company in this city.
The W. R. C. held a meeting with Mrs. Jenness and elected President Mrs. Max Hoffman Vice President Mrs. Howard Milburn Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. Herbert Brown. In a fish contest prize winners were Mrs. Getty and Mrs. Briggs. Next gathering with Mrs. Trick on July 14 at Eleventh and North streets.
The Panhandle posts notices that employees will receive a holiday on July 4 and that only trains deemed necessary will run on that day.
Des Moines reports Carrie Nation predicts she will yank off the sheath skirt from the first woman she encounters wearing a new directoire gown. The sensational claim stirs both alarm and curiosity as the hatchet-wielding reformer doubles down on provocative protest.
A Maida Vale resident was fined 10s and 3 1 2d costs for playing tennis on Sunday in a garden. Major General Sir Owen Tudor Burne testified to seeing several people in the garden breaking the Sunday rule and the defendant vowed to continue playing. A new visiting-card fad prints a tiny plan of the residence on the back.
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