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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
7
The advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle effective laxative for women and children. It claims quick relief from constipation and indigestion, notes a money back guarantee, and cites Mrs Tyner of St Louis as a satisfied user. It emphasizes safety, pleasant taste, and strength to build up digestive organs.
In South Bend on June 9 Prof C O Whiterack quits his job at the high school to lead the anti saloon league in Terre Haute. League officials say Indiana will be dry statewide within four years as progress logs show. Hanly Nails Down the Lid in New Albany. The police chief directs strict enforcement of Sunday closing laws and shuts all saloons city wide.
Jude R A Gaver pleaded guilty to burglary after being brought to the city for trial and was sentenced to ten to twenty years in the Jeffersonville reformatory. Gaver has multiple aliases and robbed the Pennsylvania ticket office at Hagerstown of a large number of tickets.
In Newcastle and Mt Summit two fraternal observances honored Memorial Day. The Newcastle event, led by the Knights of Pythias, included services at the grave of ex-Postmaster Samuel Arnold, the latest Crescens lodge member to pass.
A work force under President Thomas O Neill has begun preparing the Spiritualist campgrounds for the seventeenth annual Indiana Association of Spiritualists meeting. The event opens Thursday July 28 and runs daily through Sunday August 30.
The fourth session of the summer school of missions will open at Winona Lake on June 22 under the interdenominational committees of the central west. The program covers home and foreign missions with lecturers on the test-books of both societies.
Greencastle June 9 Charles Bruce an engineer for the Big Four railroad drowned in Big Walnut one mile from Greencastle. After a full day of work he swam as the water was warm but cramps seized him and aid could not reach him in time.
Muncie reports Dr. Homer Nathan Shaw aged 80 drowned while bathing at a reservoir during a family outing from Gaston. He was seized by cramps and sank to the bottom.
Mt. Vernon June 9 The county commissioners voted two to one against the New Harmony fair appropriation. The managers sought 1600 dollars to boost livestock and agricultural exhibits.
Dispute between Mayor Hays and the police board ends as Patrolman John Grimes is dismissed for drunkenness after more than three years of contention in Greencastle.
George Denny, 25, unmarried, drowned while bathing in the river at New Albany. He was swept into a whirlpool by the current, an accident similar to several previous drownings in the last decade.
In Boonville on June 9 a strong gust pulled Miss Henrietta Fuller’s hair into a pulley driven by a gasoline engine. She lost about half her hair and narrowly escaped serious head injury.
Bondholders move to appoint a receiver for the Review Publishing company which publishes the Daily and Weekly Review in Crawfordsville. The filing occurred on June 9.
Seymour on June 9 held union memorial exercises with six hundred men in the parade. Judge M. A. Chipman of Anderson gave the address.
Bishop Moore of Cincinnati will preside at the Methodist Episcopal conference to be held in Shelbyville next September.
Nathan Mills aged 15 drowned while learning to swim in Richmond. He was the son of William Mills.
Jasper Lewellen of Columbus stole a horse and engaged in a running battle with Sheriff Cox and his posse before he escaped.
A romantic scene on the Slidells’ veranda ends with Jenifer confessing love and being rebuffed by Miss Lanier. Intruders and a dramatic struggle lead to a fatal wound, while a nearby health notice advertises Hall’s Catarrh Cure and a constipation remedy from F J Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Article describes backache as a key signal of feminine health issues. It links symptoms like nervousness, headaches, and pelvic pains to a disturbed feminine organism and urges a rapid remedy to restore health, implying a specific treatment follows.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine reports relief from long standing backaches and side pain after using three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania describes severe backaches and sleep loss cured by the remedy. The ad touts the product as a thirty year standard cure for female illnesses addressing displacements inflammation ulcers fibrous tumors irregularities and related pains.
A peculiar note mocks a domestic squabble about a cabinet visit. The piece highlights a domineering figure who(whom) disregards the first ladies of Congress as the scene unfolds in a Washington mansion.
Washington June 9 Mrs George von Lengerke Meyer wife of the postmaster general iconoclastically reshapes cabinet society. She limits calls by wives of congressmen and exludes cabinet circle guests favoring diplomatic corps and millionaire spouses. Meyer departs for London with daughters Alice and Julia who have met czar and monarchs and will meet Britain’s ruler.
Beatrice notes Gold Medal Flour as ideal for pastry work in a concise promotional snippet highlighting quality and use in baking.
A Martian observer titled Mr Skygack arrives on Earth as a special correspondent and records wireless observations in his notebook. The piece presents a playful science fiction news diary style from a comic strip era.
A wide drooping hat features pale lavender Neapolii tan. Deep shaded purple feathers create the hat's high, sculpted silhouette.
A Nashua Iowa man and a druggist praise Foley's Honey and Tar for curing a bad lung cold after failed attempts with other medicines and medical treatment. The testimonial claims two thirds of a bottle cured him and calls it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world.
Logansport resident Mrs. Charles E. Livingston testifies to recovery from kidney complaints after long backache poor sleep and fatigue. She notes sustained improvement after using Dean's Kidney Pills, with seven years of no recurrence. Price one dollar at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
The Logansport to Indianapolis interurban timetable lists train departures and connections from the Interurban Station. Limited trains link at Kokomo for Indianapolis and runs extend to Tipton with connections to Wood, Alexandria, Fairmount, Anderson, Middletown, Muncie, and other stations. Times include 5:00 am 1:45 pm and 9:00 pm 11:00 pm among others.
A fragment describes a location at the heart of the Theatre Shopping and Business District likely noting proximity to shops and venues. It references central city commerce and a busy urban area, with no clear event or date attached.
Trains depart from the interurban station to Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediate points at listed morning and evening times. Delphi Lafayette and intermediate points show a separate set of departures. Limited cars stop only in town. Specific late runs go to Huntington Boyd Park. Freight service improves Fort Wayne Logansport to Lafayette with defined east and west-bound times.
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