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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
7
The Indiana state plans a major game preserve north of Newcastle within three years. State land will be posted against hunting for three years to rebuild wildlife. A proposal to stock the area with English pheasants requires 2,500 acres plus adjoining farm land totaling 1,250 acres.
Dorothy and Fred hear a fortune teller foretell a day of strange paths and a new friend, an old enemy, and a minister who invites them in to his animal skin filled home. The pair also recalls the first anniversary of Fred’s proposal as they decide whether fate will prevail.
Two famed Paris duelists finally met and exchanged slips and cards. When asked to choose weapons they coined press agents. The resulting duel was widely advertised and bloodless, with modern publicity features dominating the boulevards.
In Berrien Springs and South Bend a copper insulated wire short circuited with a high tension line at a new power house, sending 25 000 volts into the copper wire. Henry Tingley 63 died. William Varrick 45 and John Stroub 25 burned. John Reynolds 39 lightly shocked. All were Indiana Michigan Traction linemen.
Mary Stubbs Moore of the Indiana bureau of statistics reports 1907 liquor license revenue and license counts largely unchanged from 1906. County licenses totaled 5,214 in 1907 versus 5,253 in 1906, with receipts of 1,444,639.58 dollars in 1907 and 1,415,986.59 dollars in 1906.
Ray Fulp, a young farmer, was struck by a fast moving red touring car believed to be from Indianapolis near Taylorville. The car fled after its driver released the accelerator, sending two horses into a panic and throwing Fulp from his load of hay. he sustained serious injuries. The vehicle carried two women and two men, but the license number was not obtained.
Margaret McCrum one year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard McCrum south of Huntington suffers from at least 15 bites after an animal attack. Parents awakened by the child's cries found multiple wounds as physicians attend. The child endures great agony throughout.
The Rush Coal company of Cates station has made an assignment. Liabilities amount to 2000 dollars and assets to 10000 dollars. Homer Hood is manager and holds a controlling interest. The firm operated for five years, once owned by Toledo men. After a mine shutdown last April it lost customers and could not secure new ones. All liabilities will be paid.
A miniature tornado swept through Danville on July 6 accompanied by heavy rain and hail. Hailstones reportedly reached robin egg size and damaged fruit on apple, pear, and peach trees. The storm shattered corn and disrupted some telephone lines.
Terre Haute July 6. Roy Ligon faced a preliminary hearing for the killing of Fred Koch after Koch taunted him for joining the church. Women of the church appeared to present a Bible and kissed him, while Ligon said he fired only after Koch struck him.
Carl Bonifer aged 15 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Bonifer died of lockjaw after a locust thorn pierced his toe during a ball game. Serum treatment was administered as symptoms appeared in Jeffersonville on July 6.
Four Summit mine workers had their fines docked from pay to settle charges. Several men were discharged and others did not report for work.
A severe hail storm struck the southern part of Hamilton county Saturday morning, killing hundreds of chickens. Local farmers report extensive damage to poultry nets and coops as investigators assess losses and safety.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages, as a constitutional treatment that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad promises a $100 reward for any uncured case and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents along with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A prison inspection pauses as a group questions a short-haired man tinkering with a machine in a shoe shop. The leader winks and asks if he is innocent, to which the man admits he is the overseer for the shoe company.
Gy Young has pitched three no hit games in nineteen years of big league baseball and remains a remarkable figure as a premier twirler.
Boston marked Cy Young as he pitched a historic no hit game against the New York Highlanders at the American league grounds. The veteran pitcher, aged 41 and a 18-season veteran, joined by Fielding San Antonio Aero Club, has a career tally of 468 wins and 271 losses in 739 games with Cleveland St Louis and Boston.
Close friends of Judge Newton W. Gilbert say that if Taft is elected president, Gilbert will join his cabinet. Gilbert, from Angola Indiana, rose quickly from state senator candidate to lieutenant governor and then to a congressional seat to fill an unexpired term.
Mexico City July 3 heavy grades and sharp curves on the Interoceanic railroad will be removed. A new twelve kilometer section west from La Viga will ease the worst grade and accidents. Work continues at other points to improve bad stretches until gauge change to standard width is possible. The Interoceanic, government merger system, runs between Mexico City and Vera Cruz.
The message greets William Howard Taft with cheer and asks how his merriment endures amid a baseless campaign rumor. The phrasing hints at a playful newspaper blurb about political gossip and public reaction.
Advertising copy promotes Colonial Country Club Hotel at West Baden Springs Indiana with rates from 2.50 to 3.50 per day American plan private baths and year round operation. Endorses drinking mineral water and baths claiming cures for kidney liver stomach ailments constipation nervousness and related complaints. Offers mail order five gallons of mineral water with physician guidance for home treatment.
Four year old boy severely attacked by dysentery was given up by two physicians. After administering Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil, the child recovered. The letter from William H. Stroling of Carbon Hill Alabama extols the remedy as lifesaving for children. Sold by W H Porter druggist.
Train schedules show limited interurban services with arrivals at 5:10 A M 9:10 A M 9:40 P M and 6:05 A M 10:05 A M 1:41 P M 6:35 P M 10:05 P M for Delphi and Lafayette routes. East bound runs 8:30 P M and 1:30 P M West bound 8:15 A M and 3:00 P M with additional stops and Huntington Boyd Park services.
A sequence of scattered times from early morning to evening shows a day’s hour markers. The list lacks context or events and presents no names, places, or actions to describe.
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