Bees Battle Quartet Midnight Honey Heist at Grand View Park
Four men Jim Foley Thad Planck Julius Wagner and Phil Heffermann form a singing quartet at Grand View park by the Wabash. After a storm a bee tree was cut open and the bees swarmed stinging Planck and others while they retrieved two water pails of honey.
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Grand View Park
Jim” Foley
Thad Planck
Julius Wagner
Phil Heffermann
Mucks Woods
Planck
Foley
Wagner
Hefferman
Thad
Jim
Glass blowers deny nude swimming at river camp
Logansport glass blowers camped along the Wabash river three miles east of the city deny any nude swimming by themselves or Logansport women. They admit some women visited the camp but say they conducted themselves modestly and there was no disorder. They acknowledge singing at night but insist no women were present and no crimes beyond theft occurred.
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Wabash River
Logansport
City Drains Under Construction In East End
City workers lay large storm water drain pipes across East End streets to relieve flooding. Blocked street tiles with rubble hindered water flow and traffic as rain caused standing water on gutters and sidewalks.
Tarvia paving finished on Broadway. White Elephant idle
Broadway between Ninth and Tenth streets now has completed Tarvia pavement. The surface layer is starting to lift through crushed stone and is expected to create a dust free street, with the White Elephant remaining unused.
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Broadway
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Leg Fracture Succeeds From Courthouse Accident
E Rodefer brother of Mrs J K Stanley broke his leg last evening while climbing through the courthouse attic. He was assisting with the new chimney when a brick shifted under him causing the fracture.
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E. Rodefer
J. K. Stanley
Court House
River fisher Billy Fritz Drives Guests From Bass Lake
Reports from Cass county say Billy Fritz, the Wabash River fisherman, has caught all river fish leaving only undersized bass. Hotel keepers at Bass Lake seek an injunction to stop him from moving there as anglers flock away. Fritz plans to relocate before season end, citing storms and lack of sport while others complain of empty waters and persistent mosquitoes.
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Bass Lake
Billy” Fritz
Cass County
Wasbash
City
Wabash
Billy
Wabash Dam
Georgetown
Rolly McCloskey
Fritz
Joe Noel
Noel
Joe Kinney
Market Street
Clothing merchant narrowly escapes injury at Spencer Park
Louis Rothschild, a local clothing merchant, escaped injury Wednesday night at Spencer park while attending a concert when a bolt on his buggy broke and his vehicle toppled under the horse’s hooves. He and his sisters Miss Hattie Rothschild and Miss Louise Rothschild were unharmed.
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Louis Rothschild
Spencer Park
Bolt
Hattie and
Louise Rothschild
Lightning Hits Farm Barn Sparing Structure After Bucket Brigade
Mrs. Cath erine Layton's barn east of Adamsboro Clay township was struck by lightning during a storm. Threshing hands nearby formed a bucket brigade using river water to extinguish the blaze, saving horses and equipment from total destruction.
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Catherine Layton
Adamsboro
Clay Township
Eel River
Bigamy charges eyed in Adams case over Wooster marriage
Cass County prosecutor George A. Custer says warrants could issue if Frank R Adams of this city is proven husband of Lizzie Wooster of Delaware Ohio. Delaware dispatch notes Adams in Indianapolis with a wife Anna F Magrath and a prior Boston 1885 marriage contested by Lizzie’s mother Rodabaugh.
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Lizzie Wooster
Delaware O
Adams
Delaware
Frank R. Adams
Indianapolis
Pasadena
Indianapolis Adams
School of Music
Ohio Wesleyan University
North Sandusky Street
Anna F
Magrath
Boston
Mass
Mr. Adams
Robert Redabaugh
Sycamore Street
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanoogaa
Lizzie
Shah of Persia Abdicates as Revolutionists Take Control
In Teheran on July 16 the shah fled the palace for the Ruema legation signaling abdication as revolutionists seize control of the city and plans proceed to form a provisional government. In Washington the Taft administration announced Charles R. Crane of Crane & Co. will be minister to China after turning down another candidate.
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Persia
Ruema Legation
Washington, D. C
Taft
Charles R. Crane
Crane & Co
Chicago
China
Operation at Hospital Confirms Emergency Admission
Mrs. Everett Smith of 406 Market Street was taken ill and admitted to the new St. Joseph's hospital. An operation was performed yesterday afternoon while visitors were unaware, with Kroeger and Strain's ambulance bringing her in and the patient placed on the third floor.
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Sisters of St. Francis
New St. Joseph's Hospital
Everett Smith
Market Street
Kroeger & Strain
Farmer Benjamin Chilcott Dies in Jefferson Township Barn
Benjamin Chilcott aged seventy died last evening at 8 in his Jefferson township barn while feeding cattle. His wife saw him fall and tried to help. Death attributed to heart failure. Survived by his widow and three sons John, Garfield of this city, and Logan in the navy. Civil War veteran.
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Benjamin Chilcott
Jefferson Township
Chilcott
John
Garfield Chilcott
Logan
Murphy & Fleming Team Falls To Flora Bringhurst 10 9
The Murphy and Fleming baseball squad lost to Flora Bringhurst in Flora yesterday afternoon by 10 to 9. Strong pitched for Murphy & Fleming as fans packed the Fourth of July celebration. Kokomo Red Sox are set to visit next Sunday and redeem the defeat amid expectations.
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Murphy & Fleming
Flora
Flora-Bringhurst
Strong
James Fleming
Kokomo Red Sox
Kokomo
Red Sox
Michele
Last Chance to View Hospital in Logansport
Thousands of Cass County residents toured the new hospital over the past three days with funds raised through fans, donations, and a refreshment stand. The building features two second floor operating rooms, an emergency room on the first floor, sanitary baths, and an anaesthetic room. After tonight, visitors may come only by appointment or to see patients, with access to the sisters’ quarters on the fifth floor restricted.
Engineers Banquet Planned by Panhandle Division
The Panhandle civil engineers on the Chicago Bradford division plan a Saturday banquet at the Mur dock hotel. About fifty engineers headquartered here are mostly college men with additional division engineers totaling around seventy five. Harry Brown will be toastmaster with responses from the senior corps members.
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Panhandle Civil Engineers
Chicago
Bradford
Murdock
Harry Brown
Arc light smashed after ice wagon collision at Seventh Street
A Maxinkuckee ice wagon bumped a street light at Seventh and Market, frightening the horses and demolishing the arc light. The suspended reel was knocked free, causing the light to fall from the pole.
Secret marriage claimed by Louise Englebrecht Boerger
Mrs Louise Englebrecht Boerger confirms marriage to a man she calls her husband but will not disclose details or reveal his identity or the date. She says he will release full information when ready.
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George Boerger
Louise Englebrecht
Hustling Telegrapher Wins Top Prize for Memberships
Homer Sanders, first track operator for the Wabash in this city, has received word that he was awarded the first prize for securing the most members for the Order of Railway Telegraphers.
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Homer Sanders
Wabash
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Saloon Revenue Funds Dry Townships for Schools
Revenue from Logansport saloons will provide four thousand dollars for school use in dry townships for the coming year. Local officials allocate the funds to support education in the county.
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Logansport
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Frank 8
Wooster
George A. Custer
ecUtor
Frank R. Ad
Ams
Band of the Delaware
Delaware, O
J. H. Craig
Custer
Columbia Club
Elizabeth Adams
Mrs. Redabaugh
Ohio
Tennessee
Shah OF Persia
Teheran
Iity
M&f
Engineers Banquet
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