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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement from a Chicago cereal maker proclaims itself as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of flaked cereal foods. It highlights production scale and brand reach through bold claim and imagery.
A quirky note claims October 23 2004 as Earth natal day by English law and links Adam’s birth to October 28 2004. The text also references Len Anson leading the National League in hitting in several years and provides inconsistent batting averages from 1879 to 1888.
The report notes 40 441 752 pairs of gloves manufactured in the United States last year and mentions large importations as well.
A notice from Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home remedy for bed wetting claiming it can cure children and adults. It states there is a constitutional cause and asks mothers to write today without sending money for full instructions.
In Michigan City a modern hotel costing 150000 will be erected within a year. I L Spiro president of Indiana Transportation Co and James F Gallaher head the project. Site owned by Spiro and Gallaher is eight blocks from the lake on the principal street.
In Princeton on July 23 George Shouse a telephone lineman was swinging from a cable when he poured hot paraffin into a joint with cold water causing an explosion. His clothing caught fire and he leaped 30 feet to the ground where companions subdued the flames. He suffered severe injuries.
Mrs Frank Mc Coy of near Amboy found her husband dying in a barn. He died before doctors arrived. An autopsy by Coroner Goodrich found he had swallowed carbolic acid. The death is ruled a suicide believed caused by despondency from ill health.
James Gibson fired at Mrs. George Bierlein when asked to reveal where his wife could be found. He was jailed. Mrs. Bierlein, working at the Bierlein home at First and Franklin, was not struck.
The city council approved petitions to pave South Main East and West Eighth streets Columbus avenue Pendleton avenue and Madison avenue to the corporation line. The paving cost will be assessed against Anderson township property owners.
In Wabash on July 29, Mrs. Houghton of North Manchester died of tuberculosis after grief over her daughter Amy Houghton who became insane and fled to the woods and was captured in an apple tree.
In Laporte Indiana on July 29 Democrats chose delegates to the joint legislative and judicial conventions at Wanatah. The delegates favor John Benkie who previously ran against Gus Greiger for the legislative seat.
Jesse Method aged 36 committed death by own action by leaping into a hydraulic canal in Goshen. His body was recovered when it washed against the milling frames. Method had been divorced from his wife at Warsaw and was despondent over unemployment.
Columbus July 29. Millard Palmer of Union township faces assault and battery with intent to kill charge by farmer William R. Hopkins. Hopkins also files provoke charges against Samuel Creams of Union township.
In a hand to hand encounter with a crazed brick layer Albert Conwell on an Evansville Terre Haute train south of this city Davis of Terre Haute and E McCoy of Progress sustained cuts of probably fatal character on July 29.
Elkhart county delegates to the St. Joseph Elkhart superior court judicial convention decided to divide their votes among Francis M. Jackson, Henry A. Steis and Joseph G. Orr, the Three Southe Bend candidates.
Richmond July 29 Dr. T. Henry Davis of the state board of health announced the board is arranging a convention in Indianapolis to give thorough consideration to the milk question.
Fred Chapel who runs a mussel camp on the Wabash river found a 35 grain pearl described as the season’s most valuable. He has received an $800 bid for the gem in Princeton on July 29.
Bloomington July 29 Roscoe Byers 21 of Linton was bound over to the U S grand jury in Indianapolis for selling liquor without paying the revenue tax after waiving examination.
In Greenfield on July 29 the infant of Mr and Mrs William Fisk became ill after drinking nearly half a pint of shampoo fluid from a bottle found at home.
A. S. Reeser of Valparaiso was struck and killed by a Panhandle train while attempting to rescue Miss May Bradbury who was with him.
A fragmented Daily Short Stories piece blends a piano romance with Minnie in the News Office facing a printers union. George contemplates proposing while Minnie edits the front page and whispers yes in caps amid working life and impending layoffs.
The National Thrift Society in London honors thirty years of thrift with a competition awarding 15, 10 and 5 pounds for long term saving records. A railway porter aged fifty nine saved from 4s weekly earnings to own £165 in property and £159 14s in savings after a £100 swindle, illustrating daily saving habits.
An advertisement for Colonial Country Club Hotel at West Baden Springs Indiana touts drinking the waters and taking baths to cure a wide range of ailments including kidney liver and stomach issues and nervousness. It offers five gallons of mineral water shipped to home with physician guidance for a $2 fee.
The Wabash Railroad announces one and one half fare round trips for the Supreme Judge Knights of Pythias convention July 30 to August 4, Knights of Columbus in St. Louis on August 1 to 3, and National Encampment G A R in Toledo August 28 to 31. Includes homeseeker excursion tickets to west and southwest on first and third Tuesdays. Niagara Falls excursion August 5. Call the Wabash ticket office, phone 158. M Burke, Ticket Agent.
Exhibit-like claim extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease. It asserts internal use targets the blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failing case. Included is a request to send testimonials and address to F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
In Rome on July 29 Contessa Casavesshia wore a simple green frock with white foundation that became strikingly luminous at a Lake Como garden party. Firefly-harassed light flashed from the hem to the turbaned coiffure, creating an eclipse-like glow.
Since 1872 Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has proven more effective than other treatments. It has maintained a strong record for thirty five years with sales across the United States and into foreign countries. Nine druggists out of ten recommend it, despite competing medicines. Sold by W. H. Porter, druggist.
Effe Trains schedule lists departures between Fort Wayne Logansport and Lafayette with eastbound runs at 8 30 am and 1 36 pm and westbound at 8 18 am and 3 00 pm. Local notes mention Huntington connections and car departures up to late evening.
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