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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
7
A public notice offers a home treatment by Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana to cure bed wetting in children and urine problems in adults. It promises free instructions sent to mothers with no payment required and urges writing today. The ad argues the issue is constitutional and not the child’s fault.
Vincennes Indiana July 22 At the suggestion of Samuel W Williams Populist candidate for vice president the People's party committee will meet at the Great Northern hotel Chicago July 28 at 1 o'clock It is a coincidence that the Independence League will be holding its national convention at that time in Chicago Mr Williams declined to say whether the two meetings had anything in common He plans a series of stump speeches in Indiana starting September 3 at Charlestown Clark county He said the People's party will run a very active campaign this year hoping to regain strength lost by fusion in 1896
In Wabash a large funeral for Charles Sherman King and his wife and daughters Katherin and Josephine King, killed in a wreck near Columbia City, drew mourners from Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. Columbia club members attended as politicians from the Eleventh district, among others, joined the service.
Charlies Fisher, manager, outlines the six act season for 1908 09 opening mid October. Included are the Venetian band, Katherine Ridgeway company, Dewitt Miller, Gertrude Miller Concert company, Arian Newens, and Champ Clark.
The temperance gathering at Winona Lake under Rev. George Stuart closed with plans to form a permanent body named the Winona Temperance Conference. Stuart is named permanent chairman and the group will hold future meetings in Winona.
Covington July 22 Carl A Cunningham of Terre Haute did not appear for his marriage to Miss Tula Cheney of Covington. Invitations had been issued and many guests gathered at the Cheney home when it was learned he would not attend. Miss Cheney was prostrated by the setback.
In Anderson on July 22 Miss Frances Meyer aged 20 pleaded guilty to forgery with Eugene Lurton in Elwood. She was sentenced to two to 14 years in the Woman's prison, returned to jail, and an effort will be made to obtain a suspended sentence due to it being her first offense.
In Burkett on July 22 women formed a bucket brigade assisting men to extinguish a fire started by a locomotive spark at Gaskill & Son lumber dealers. The blaze caused about $5,000 in damages. the town lacks a fire department.
Bloomington July 22 A jury acquitted Charles Murphy charged with selling dry beer under the 1907 blind tiger act alleging violation of section 12. The state prosecuted the case but Murphy was found not guilty.
Millers July 22 Charles Daus assistant roadmaster of the Lake Shore railroad for 30 years was struck by a work train and died shortly after. He was 54 and survived by his wife and three children.
Preparations are underway for the Putnam county Republican convention likely on August 29. The date was moved from September 5 to allow James E. Watson to attend.
Alva Ford of the class of 06 at Wabash College has earned a mathematics scholarship at the University of Chicago. He has been conducting special work at Wabash under Prof. Crawell during the past year.
Mrs Julia B Pettit mother of United States Marshal Harry C Pettit and widow of Judge John A Pettit died in Akron Ohio Her body brought to Wabash Indiana and funeral held at the Pettit residence
Columbus coroner J. W. Benham reports Mrs. Carrie Hayden Percifield died of pulmonary tuberculosis after an autopsy at J. D. Emmonds' morgue.
The first bets in Indianapolis total about $600 with even money that Taft will carry Indiana and Marion county and win the election.
Indianapolis July 22. Councilman John Denavon introduces an ordinance taxing professional baseball games at 25 dollars per game. The measure is referred to the license committee for consideration.
Charles Brady of Hartford City is named principal of Wabash High School to succeed C. W. Knouff, with the appointment secured by Richmond High School, announced in Wabash on July 22.
Walter Greenough a university athlete from Indiana University who lives in Brazil has a lifelong fruit aversion causing nausea when he eats fruit and has not been able to eat fruit.
A short story scene centers on Bill Cottle a grotesque yet hopeful bricklayer and his romance with a church organist. His ugliness contrasts with a dream of love and poetic ambition as he laments and imagines a happier fate, while a passerby and the organist share a wary kiss with another man.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages as a constitutional treatment. It states the remedy works through blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failed case. Includes address F J Cheney & Co Toledo OH and price 75 cents. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Sutton hotel at 525 527 Broadway Logansport Indiana is for rent. This family hotel includes a large office dining room twenty two bedrooms and four bathrooms. For details contact The Logansport Daily Reporter 625 Broadway Logansport Indiana. Save something every week Princess Ruth SOPHRONTA GenevrA.
In the Arkansas backwoods at the Arkansas river valley the HL Herrmann Lumber chain controls operations through Tennessee Kentucky and the Virginias en route to the New York home office. A widow since 1896 the woman at the helm manages a $2 000 000 payroll and a $1 000 000 profit while personally overseeing daily office work and plant visits.
An old advertisement promotes the Colonial Country Civic Hotel in West Baden Springs Indiana with Ameri can Plan rates from two fifty to three fifty per day private baths and year round openness. It promises water cures for kidney liver stomach ailments and nervous issues and offers five gallons of mineral water shipped home with doctor guidance for two dollars.
The Wabash Railroad offers one and one half fare round trips for several conventions including Supreme Judge Knights of Pythias Bosen and Knights of Columbus St Louis. Sales span July 30 to August 4 for the Pythians August 1 2 and 3 for the K of C and August 28 to 31 for the G A R encampment in Toledo. Also low rate summer tours and homeseeker excursions on the first and third Tuesdays monthly with an annual Niagara Falls trip on August 5. For details contact the Wabash ticket office at phone 158.
The diary recounts a town aero club event with Mr Fiote and Mrs Whiffle, the lone woman member, preparing a balloon trip of about eighty to Sed miles. The narrator hesitates amid wind uncertainty, camera crews, and pressure to become the intrepid passenger despite fear.
James Dunn testified in city hall denying the pink pajama affair sparked by jealousy with his wife, Mrs. Sarah Dunn, and claimed Mrs. L. H. Holmes stole his affections. The couple, with Mrs. Holmes, were seen on the boardwalk as Dunn sought protection from his wife after a midnight confrontation near a San Francisco hotel.
In Bucharest on July 21 the crown princess Marie of Roumania was reported to have founded a sizable quill toothpick factory near the city. The plant aims for an annual output of 25,000,000 toothpicks and many quill pens, a venture seen as a bold business move.
A July night in Atlantic City reports a husband Al bert Davenport attempting to end his life after a family quarrel. His wife stayed with him, followed by Patrolman Martin, and she helped pull him from the waves before authorities intervened.
An English medical officer warns neglect of teeth causes many digestive diseases and notes men are most at fault for not cleaning teeth daily. He adds that wives should rely on neighbors to monitor husbands while away.
A new song titled If you can't be good be careful rises as the latest hit, attracting attention with its catchy chorus and upbeat tempo. The release sparks radio play and online streaming buzz among fans of contemporary pop tunes.
In 1872 a surge of diarrhoea dysentery and cholera infantum led to Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It proved more effective than others and has kept a strong record for thirty five years. Sold by W H Porter druggist.
The notice lists train departures from multiple points including Delphi Lafayette Fort Wayne and Huntington with times from early morning to late evening and special routing limits. It also notes improved freight service between Fort Wayne Logansport and Lafayette with set eastbound and westbound departures.
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