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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
8
Local Notes and Social Updates from the Vandalia Region
Paints Red Cross and household ads mix with train crew notes. Miss Linnie Veal visits from Pittsburg. many locals travel, marry, or attend events. Notices include theater shows, births, hospitality stays, job ads, and railway crew movements in this Lisle area news snapshot.
Local notices and social updates from Bridge City
The column lists visits and travels of residents including George T. Lamborn in Indianapolis Mayme Warner heading to Chicago and Mrs Ed Bliss returning from Chicago. It notes rural carrier Raleigh Webster off duty and replacements, tours taken by O R Sitz and wife and Earl Ray with plans for a Great Lakes trip. Also mentions local business changes, a restaurant closure by Homer Bolton, and a Bridge City Candy Co Paragon candy promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck
the Ark
the Crystal
Charles T. Brandenstein
George T. Lamborn
George Palmer
Indianapolis
Mayme Warner
Chicago
Jack Melgie
E. H. Combs
Detroit
F. H. Worthington
Arthur Montgomery
Burlington Avenue
Montpelier
Ohio
Theodore Sample
Harry
Heath & Milligan
Porter
Ed Bliss
Elliott
Everett Banta
Jefferson Township
Lulu Waterbury
Berwyn
Neb
O. L. Harrington
Raleigh Webster
William Slagle
O. R. Sitz
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Niagara Falls
Divorces Sought by 18 Year Old Mrs Cleo Smith
Mrs Cleo Smith aged eighteen through attorney George W Fun filed for divorce from Charles A Smith. She accuses cruel and inhuman treatment and says he cursed her continually. The couple married a year ago when she was seventeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Smith
George W. Fun
Charles A. Smith
Plowman Finds Counterfeit Half Dollars Near Galveston
On the Tufenge farm near Galveston, John Cliff unearthed eighty counterfeit half dollars from 1858. The coins are perfect in appearance but light in weight, suggesting a hurried burial by the counterfeiter to avoid detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
John Cliff
Committee Meeting On Old Settlers Picnic Arrangements
The committee on arrangements for the old settlers picnic and the historical society members meet in the north court room next Saturday at 2 o clock to plan the event. By order of W H H Tucker and Willian Hilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Settlers
The
Historical Society
North Court Room
W. H. H. Tucker
Willian Hilton
Dream Comes True As Horse Is Shot After Dream
John Mooney a drayman reports a dream predicting his horse would suffer leg wounds. Yesterday the horse sustained hind leg cuts to the tendons and had to be killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mooney
Warren Doctor Charles Good Visits Huntington At Montpelier Races
Dr Charles Good of Warren Republican candidate for Congress in the Eleventh district visited Huntington recently. He attended the Montpelier races and was having a general good time visiting old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Good
Warren
Eleventh
Huntington
Montpelier
Girls Ring Bell Startled Wallace Farm Fire Alarm
Miss Margaret Maiden of this city and Miss Harriett Stevens of Peru pulled a bell rope at the Wallace farm near Peru on a Monday drawing all farm hands from their work. The bell rang as a distress signal though the girls were unaware of that purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Farm
Peru
Margaret Maiden
Harriett Stevens
Highlanders Triumph Over Panhandle Operators at Spencer Park
The Highlanders routed the Panhandle operators 5 to 0 this morning at Spencer park. Field er Jones Powell, a new addition, starred in the win. Lineup details list Reed catch, t1sen base, Powell at short, Mac Donald at first, Anderson at second, H. Clarke at third, Baker Morter and Robinson in the outfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlanders
Panhandle
Spencer Park
Jones” Powell
Reed
T1sen
Powell
MacDonald
Anderson
H. Clarke
Baker
Morter
Robinson
Beroth
Hanson
Sager
Rector
Cotton
Leo Clarke
N. Sprague
H. Sprague
eVal
Germans to Capital for Indiana German-American Alliance Meet
Local Germans prepare for the state meeting of the German American Alliance in Indianapolis on August 8. An elaborate program includes tours to Germania Park and other sites, with luncheons at the German house and business meetings in Castle Hall. About 150 delegates from each large city and a large local delegation will attend.
Deaths in Fort Scott and area funerals
Merrit formerly of this city died July 20 at his home in Fort Scott Kansas. His sister Mrs Esther McAllister of this city arrived there shortly after his death. He is survived by a wife and two children. Burial in Fort Scott. William Kessler funeral held at residence 722 Market Street and shipped to Loree Indiana. Ellen Bergans funeral at Sycamore Street with Rev J Q Simon. Interment Mt Hope. Nellie McCarthy funeral at St Vincent de Paul Church with Rev Father Crosson. Interment Mt St Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Cleary
Vandalia
Louise Dangerfield
Peru
Dee Delamore
Liberty Street
Mary McHale
Joliet
J. F. Robinson
Bates Street
Twelve Mile
Charles T. Brandenstein
W. E. Paul
Rainbow Gold Mining Company
Prescott
Arizona
Miss Scholl
Camden
Hessler
Wipperman
Pottowatomie Point
Bradley
Indianapolis
G. G. Heimlich
South Side
Nora Heick
Bessie
Edith
Chicago
Lewis Wildermuth
Market Street
Merrit
Ft. Scott
Kas
Esther McAllister
William Kessler
Loree
Ind
Panhandle
Ellen Bergans
Sycamore Street
J. QO. Simon
Mt. Hope
Nellie McCarthy
St. Vincent de Paul
Father Crosson
Mt. St. Vincent
Family seeks aid after police contact in Lafayette
Mrs. Clara Drake a Black resident of Lafayette with her young son asked the police for food and shelter last evening. She said her husband was jobless and would arrive this morning. She was referred to the township trustee who sent her to Wabash today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Drake
Lafayette
Wabash
Arrest of William Drake for fraud linked to aid request
William Drake, colored, husband of the woman who applied for police aid last night, was arrested as he alighted from a Wabash freight train this afternoon. He is wanted for obtaining money under false pretenses. Komomo officers are pursuing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Drake
Kokomo
Lee to Marry in Logansport This August
Contractor C. W. Lee has left the state line and will marry in Logansport on August 1. He plans to wed in Ohio and then enter married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
C. W. Lee
Ohio
Logansport
Circus Arrives Early in City With Train from Plymouth
The Ringling Brothers circus will reach the city early next Tuesday morning and unload at the Sycamore street crossing. The train in four sections comes from Plymouth on the Vandalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers Circus
City
Sycamore Street
Plymouth
Deputy Warden Seeks Martin Over Fee Theft Charge
Deputy Game Warden Gallion states he knows where Justice Charles Martin is staying and will arrest him in a few days. Martin is charged with collecting fees and retaining them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallion
Charles Martin
Martin
Prohibition Leader J B Corey Withdraws Support
Pittsburg July 29 J B Corey a wealthy coal man and Prohibition party originator withdraws support and repudiates Prohibition leaders. He cites a financial report promising detailed items but noting 9204 dollars collected and expended lacking itemized accounts and questions the sacrifices claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg, Pa
J. B. Corey
Prohibition Party
Corey
Prohibition Party of
Pennsylvania
Young Woman Takes Acid At Shoals Indiana
Miss Maud Waggoner eighteen daughter of Sherman Waggoner a farmer near Shoals Indiana swallowed car belic acid and may not recover. It is believed to be a mistaken dose. Mrs Samuel Lytle traveling with another woman was struck by a falling limb injuring her skull and breaking an arm. her companion escaped unhurt. Mrs Lytle is a leading farmer’s wife and mother of several grown children.
Misses Honor Social Circles at Noble Township Gathering
Miss Ethel M Spartan hosted a group for Miss Alice Hughes of Monticello with guests Miss Mary Higgins of Bloomington and Miss Edith Funk and Madge Denbo. The bi weekly Country Club dance drew sixty couples with ideal weather and Morehart Denbo providing music. Miss Ruth Furgus hosted Cumberland Presbyterian Church class nine at 726 Michigan Avenue for an evening of games and sociability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel M. Spartan
Noble Township
Alice Hughes
Monticello
Mary Higgins
Bloomington
Edith Funk
Madge Denbo
Morehart & Denbo
Ruth Furgus
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Michigan Avenue
Weeks Davisson wedding at Peru home
Miss Cassandra Weeks and H L Davisson of Peru were married Monday evening at the bride’s home in Peru. Both are well known here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassandra Weeks
H. L. Davisson
Peru
Fleur de Lis club to meet at Spencer Park
The Fleur de Lis club will meet at Spencer park with other meetings postponed until further notice. The Hand in Hand circle will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs George Shigley at 2 Seventeenth street. A good attendance is desired due to important business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleur de Lis
Spencer Park
George Shigley
Seventeenth Street
Wonderful Psychic Powers
New York July 29 A rare gifted medium Mrs A B Quentin is under examination by Professor Hyslop Her accuracy in interpreting past present and future has sparked debate in psychic circles She recounts predicting Mary the cook would leave after a governess warned of ill children The cook then received a telegram saying all five of her children had scarlet fever
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hyslop
A. B. Quentin
Mary
Chilren
Threats of Mafia Revenge After Judge Sentences Italian
In New York on July 29 Judge Rosalsky faced threats from an angry man after sentencing Cosmo Riccobono to nine years ten years maximum for attempting to rob a bank messenger of 43000 dollars. The assailant warned the judge the Mafia would get him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rosalsky
Mafia
Cosmo Riccobona
Freight officials summoned to Pittsburg meeting
Panhandle Trainmaster S T Johnson and other freight officials from Logansport Indianapolis and Louisville divisions were called to Pittsburg to discuss freight traffic increases and wheat harvest arrangements. Orders may be given to hire more brakemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
S. T. Johnson
Logansport
Indianapolis
Louisville
Pittsburg
Tomrrow
Youth Burned When Sun Sets Fire On Cards In York
In York Pennsylvania on July 29 Cornelius Emig an elevator operator was standing with friends in Center Square when the sun caused two celluloid score cards to ignite from his vest. The flames burnt his coat and vest beyond repair before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Cornelius Emig
Center Square
Brewer sues Fort Branch Coal for 5000 damages
Ben H. Brewer of Princeton Indiana has filed in Gibson circuit court a 5000 damages suit against Fort Branch Coal Mining Co for injuries from an accident. While driving a mule in the main passageway the mule collided with a sunk cross beam. The mule toppled Brewer from a coal car, then crushed him breaking his nose mashing his face and injuring his spine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Ben H. Brewer
Gibson
Fort Branch
Brewer
Death of Ilsley McCrea on Pennsylvania Train
Ilsley McCrea aged 25 son of the late Capt Henry McCrea died of heart failure on a Pennsylvania train while enroute to visit his farm uncle Walter McCrea six miles north of the city. A Annapolis graduate and former U S Navy paymaster he had sought stage work after health declined. Funeral plans set for burial beside his father in Arlington cemetery. Mrs McCrea left widowed with grief. Walter McCrea to remain east after funeral. Aunt Mrs John H Barnhart of this city is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilsley McCrea
Henry McCrea
Walter McCrea
McCrea
Annapolis
U. S. Navy
Captain McCrea
Pittsburg
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
John H. Barnhart
Justice Recovering After Lake Maxinkuckee Injury
Roy Justice remains unable to use his lower limbs after an injury at Lake Maxinkuckee on Sunday. Reported to be improving slowly, authorities believe he will regain use soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Justice
Lake Maxinkuckee
Slowi
Big Wheat Crop Report From Moss North of City
J. H. Moss, a resident north of the city, reports eight acres yielded 305 bushels of wheat, averaging 38 bushels per acre. He notes strong yields and marks a successful harvest for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Moss
Wanted relief for catarrh and asthma with Corona Mericator
Sufferers of catarrh asthma hay fever and related throat head and nasal symptoms are urged to try the Corona Mericator on a five day trial. The maker claims high value and offers a $1 trial with a 3 cent return option and credit if unsatisfied. Reliable agents sought by Corona Mfg Co Ashland Ohio 50 Elmore block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona Mfg. Co
Ashland
Ohio
Elmore, Block
Also Mentioned on This Page
Josh Wise
Red Cross
S. M. Closson
O. W. Cooper
Miami, Co
H. Funk
Linnie Veal
A. E. Veal
James Richards
Toledo Street
Harris
Logansport Underwear Company
Hel River, Ave
Firema Dixon
Columbia City
Sion
John Kistler
East Broadway
Martinsville
James McGourtey
Mackinac, Mich
Richard McGreevey
Nellie Miller
N. L. Beam
George Street
Crescent City
Ill
Sharon
Pa Joe Rose
Tank Gang
Milwaukee
Steam Shovel Engineers’ Union
W. H Taft
E. D. McCracken
Washington, D. C
Chicago Beach
W. H. Porter & Co
Eakin
South Bend
Porter's
Albert Glaser
2. W. Allen
Sabina
S. J. Hosman
Flora T. Neff
Russiaville
Marion Stafford
Robert Thompson
Frankfort
Paul
Martin Ruhlman
Kentucky
O. W. Eneglebrecht
Peacher
Terre Haute
Dienda Ranseen
Tanseen
Lillian Olson
Spearstreet
Edith Longfellow
Joseph Carhart
Broxton
S. M
B. V. Pitman
Richmond
Harriet Pitman
Joe McNary
W. L Taylor
Holland
Minerva Christie
Harry A. Seaman
Jasper
Alabama
A. M. Christie
Harry Higgins
Maintenance of Way Department of the Pennsylvania
Goodland
Squire James Reid
Anoka
Peach Cobbler
Earl Ray
Broadway
Great Lakes
Duluth
Ora G. Bunnell
John W. Bunnell
Hazel Simpson
Henry Becker
Jennie Talbott
Homer Bolton
Paragon
Bridge City Candy Co
Ooo
Weeks
Davisson
Cook
Rasaisky
M Crea
Oxford
Fourth Street
State Bank
Fourth and Broadway
Capita
Cass and
Carroll Counties
Indiana
Abner T. Bowen
George S. Kistler
Willard Winn
P. McCaffrey
M. J. McGreevy
George A. Raub
M. W. Collett
S. A Vaughn
A. B. Stanton
Robert Banta
Beauford Banta
L U. T. Company Lines
White & Son
G. W. Cogley
Foley’s
Tention
Indiana Loan CO
Cor. Pifth and Brosdeay
Crawford’s
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