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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
7
Advice on temperance and self control during hot weather. Warns against alcohol and ice water, suggests plentiful tulip ingredients and sparing meals, notes cheap bolsters, and urges avoiding anger and political talk.
A quirky feature notes a fashion trend about wearing a diamond stud with a swimsuit and challenges social norms. It also highlights a bumper crop of Delaware peaches, signaling seasonal agricultural abundance.
An advertisement by Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for bedwetting claiming constitutional causes and success for children and adults. It urges mothers to write today for full instructions and promises no payment is needed.
Mamie Baker twenty a Hazleton hotel waitress is dead after a shooting at the Baker home. Cousin Mrs Ellis Baker twenty five and Charles Ingles twenty six are under arrest. Ingles in hospital with a neck wound. his condition serious but not yet fatal. Neighborhood trouble said to have caused the incident.
Evansville held the annual election for the Evansville railway operating the Evansville and Mount Vernon and Evansville and Rockport traction lines. Officers chosen include President W L Sonntag Evansville, Vice President W S Rudd Rockport, Secretary Fred W Reitz, Treasurer Marcus Sonntag. Directors named were W H McCurdy John M Funke Fred W Reitz C H Batten Philip Speck Marcus Sonntag William M Ford Christopher Manseler W L Sonntag A I Karges and W Rudd.
Wayne County lists total taxable property at 28 million 725 thousand 140 dollars with about half in Richmond. Lands valued at 7.99 million, lands and improvements 9.94 million, lots 3.89 million, and personal property 9.34 million. Abstract counts 6,920 polls with 3,637 in Richmond. County mortgage debt totals 952 thousand, city mortgage debt 486 thousand.
W F Hough long time shipping clerk at Indiana state prison Michigan City was sentenced by Judge J C Richter in Laporte to from one to 14 years for stealing 95 dozen shirts valued at 450 dollars. The garments were made by convicts and shipped to confederates in Indianapolis from where he returned to work at the prison. He will start serving this week and may return to his old job.
John Bierly, 24, died after a lightning belt struck the Samuel L. Mitchell farm as he loaded wheat into a wagon. Several others were badly shocked, a horse killed, and a wagon torn apart. Bierly was thrown several feet, with his shoe landing in a neighboring lot and his head scorched.
Mrs Charles l Hienroten of Chicago will address the Winona and Warsaw D A R chapters on Lafayette's Visit to the West on August 7. Indiana regent Mrs William Guthrie is expected to attend with Dr Carolyn Geirl speaking on Revolutionary Workers and Miss Georgia Ray MacMillan as reader.
Winslow observers report Charles Morton aged 27 was fatally shot by his eight year old nephew at the boy's father's home two miles east of Winslow while the parents attended church. The youth has not been arrested pending coroner verdict and prosecutor's action.
John Isenhour aged 45 of near Wabash killed himself with strychnine after his favorite horse died on a long trip and following separation from his wife and children who reside in Kansas. The distresses appear to have discouraged him.
The body of a man about 50 with the inscription W. B. M. 1848 on his right forearm was found in White river at Campbellsburg and taken in charge by Coroner Paynter. He appears to have been dead several weeks.
Crawfordsville news unit The Darling ton News is sold by Homer and Rue Miller to Charles and Edith Marshall of Darlington. The Linden Reporter, a weekly publication, is purchased by Thomas Barrett & Son of Peshtigo Wisconsin.
In Washington on July 8 a flow of natural gas was struck on the Jonathan Allen farm southeast of the city. Residents rejoice while prospectors express disappointment as oil was not found.
Hoewell July 8 The Louisville and Nashville shops at Howell that had operated four days a week shifted to nearly full time operation. The facilities employ about 1,500 men as a result of the change.
Crawfordsville reports Rev. Berle Willey, pastor of the Christian church, has accepted a call to the Central Christian church in St Louis Missouri. The move follows the July announcement and will take effect after customary arrangements.
Fred Longwell of Brook collapsed on the Morroco stage after suffering heat exhaustion while delivering a speech. He was helped by witnesses and medical responders.
A girl teases a professor about a butterfly discovery and a budding romance unfolds as they share poetry in a riverside scene. The entomologist narrator bonds with the girl over literature while pursuing a scientific find and drifting toward a proposed future together.
London reports that while Herbert Asquith remains prime minister in name, Mrs. Asquith acts as England's real ruler. She publicly dictates removals and appointments, and her husband yields. London society splits into factions as Maude Allen moves in her circle.
A large Indiana family reportedly backs Taft with thirty sure votes, shedding light on the president's stance on race and death by own action policy amid political dynamics.
Local Marietta ad urges readers to order Gold Medal Flour for picky eaters. The brief promotes Sally Ann branding and hints at improving victuals through grocery choices.
In Washington during Civil War times and Lincoln's assassination Mrs. Shelby M. Cullom, wife of Illinois Senator Shelby M. Cullom, reflects on social evolution. She recalls Lincoln's March 4 1865 reception and her attire, notes her long public life, and mentions her grandchildren Mrs. Phelps Brown and John Barret Ridgley.
John R. Benson of Harness farm twelve miles northwest of the city reports a turkey tale. He set fifteen eggs under a hen two weeks ago, the gobbler forcing the hen off the nest and has now sat on the eggs for nearly two weeks. He asks if any local farmer can beat this record.
The Logan Browns defeated Del Phi on Sunday at Spencer Park by 9 to 3. The game was tied 3 to 2 until the eighth inning when the locals sparked a hitting streak. Earlier, the M. and F. team lost a twelve inning game to North Manchester by 7 to 4.
Clark Schilling a boilermaker at the Vandalia shops injured when a wheelbarrow full of sieves fell on him yesterday his left hand suffer the loss of the fingertip and crushing injuries to the second and third fingers at the shop accident scene.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure is the sole positive remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease. It is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces, claimed to build up the constitution. Proprietors offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials.
Open year round with special weekly rates invites visitors to drink the waters and bathe, promising cures for kidney liver stomach ailments and constipation. Those unable to travel may request five gallons of mineral water with physician guidance by sending symptoms and $2.00.
Wabash Railroad announces one and one half fare round trips for the Supreme lodge Knights of Pythias Bosta convention sale July 30 to August 4 Knights of Columbus St Louis on sale August 1 2 and 3 National encampment G A R Toledo on sale August 28 to 31 low rate round trip tickets to summer tourist points Homeseeker excursion tickets to west and southwest on sale first and third Tuesdays Niagara Falls excursion August 5 call Wabash ticket office phone 158 M Burke Ticket Agent.
Washington July. Mrs Champ Clark, wife of the Democratic congressman, writes a memoir of public figures she met in Washington. Her noted sketch The Senators Mantel reflects on Senator West of Missouri and old clothes devotion. Her husband’s rise to minority leader hints at possible speakership if Democrats gain control.
A four year old boy in Carbon Hill Alabama recovered from a severe dysentery attack after two doctors gave up. William H Stroling credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his sons life. He recommends giving it with castor oil per directions. For sale by W H Porter druggist.
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company schedules trains for Peru Wabash Huntington and Fort Wayne with multiple daily departures from 6 05 am to 11 35 pm including special runs to Delph iate and Lafayette points. Eastbound service at 8 30 am and 1 30 pm and westbound at 8 15 am and 3 06 pm with improved freight service linking Fort Wayne Logansport and Lafayette.
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