Divorce Ends Romantic Kokomo Marriage
Altha Arbuckle of Kokomo files for divorce from Harry Douglas a week after a February 15 marriage at the Cassidy home. Douglas, a railroad worker, vanished to the West while Arbuckle nursed him during illness, only to be heartlessly deserted as his affections faded and he urged her return to her family.
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Kokomo
Altha Arbuckle
Harry Douglas
Cassidy
Bringhurst Street
Altha Arbuckle-Douglas
Far West
Mrs. Douglas
Samuel
Rowmesse
South Webster Decases
Kekomo
Miss Arbuckie
Douglas
Haband
Lopansport
Residents Rally for Broadway Pavement Plan
Four petitions circulate to pave Broadway drawing signatures from property owners. Residents favor immediate paving and expect the board of works to receive the petition next Tuesday with paving likely before snowfalls.
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Broadway
Board of Works
Teaching Goat How to Skate on Fourth of July
Warner Sturgeon keeper of Spencer park zoo and George Bush park skating rink manager train a goat and a monkey for a Fourth of July exhibit. The goat will wear leather boots and roller skates while the monkey rides on its back as part of park nightly entertainment. The pair began with the monkey tied to the goat and gradually reduced restraints as the goat accepts movement on rollers.
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Warner Sturgeon
Spencer Park Zoological Garden
George Bush
Bush
Sturgeon
Fighters to Meet in 135-Pound Title Clash
Chicago boxer Kid Gilmore arrived yesterday and will meet Kid Burns who issued a challenge from this city to any 135 pounder. Gilmore says he is willing to meet Burns at any time and place.
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Kid Gilmore
Chicago
Kid Burns
Gilmore
Burns
Stern Arrested On Pure Food Charge
Ike Stern was arrested this afternoon on a complaint by Fred W. Tucker state pure food inspector for violating the pure food law by producing meat under unsanitary conditions.
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Ike Stern
Fred W. Tucker
Farmer Marries Mannish Girl in Indianapolis
Barbara Pring, known for wearing men's clothes and shoveling at flint beds, traveled with Charles Paul to Indianapolis to wed. Pring, who left home after alleged abuse, had lived with the Wetzel rescue home four months and previously worked in a boarding house. Paul bought furniture before his trip.
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Barbara Pring
Indianapolis
Charles Paul
Clymers
Vodsy
Lafayette Journal
Paul
India
Police to H unt M ulligan and Hobos Run Amok
Patrolman Joe Carson orders seven hoboes off a Burlington freight and vows to hunt camps around the city. A hobo was detained and deported while others scattered, with reports of back door visits for meals and a quarry stay on the South Side. Police plan to locate hobo camps.
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Joe
Carson
Burlington Avenue
Knights of the Road
Eel River
Riverside Park
Bees Take Up Residence In City Building Chimney
A swarm of bees settled in a city building chimney yesterday. Bee fancier Fred Harnish was summoned to remove them but said smoking them out was necessary. They were allowed to remain.
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Fred Harnish
Picnic at Lake Cicott Sunday School Event
Lake Cicott has been chosen for the Baptist Sunday school picnic next Thursday. The Panhandle will provide special cars for attendees. About 500 are expected, and the Sunday school will pay fares for small children unable to afford travel.
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Lake Cicott
Panhandle
Bucher Wins Medals at Georgetown Honors
Carl J. Bucher of this city returned home from Georgetown University in Washington D C with two silver medals for German and geometry and a set of books for trigonometry earned last week.
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Carl J. Bucher
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Missing Son Sought to Claim Logansport Estate
The will of Fredericka Potthoff filed for probate in Cass circuit court leaves her seven heirs, including a request that her long missing son Herman Potthoff return within a year to establish identity. If he does, he receives one seventh of the estate. if not, his share is split among six siblings. Henry Geiger is named executor without bond.
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Herman Potthoff
Logansport
Fredericka Potthoff
Cass
Herman
Henry Geiger
Apron Factory Closes In Logansport Moves to South Bend
The Ridenour Apron factory in the Stettiner building shuts down after two years, with thirty operators dismissed and several workers planning to move to South Bend next week. Forewomen Gracestaub and Mahoney and cutter Rosenfelt have already left for South Bend. Owner W. W. Ridenour will pack and ship the machinery, aiding the new South Bend plant which is larger and already operating for a month.
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Logansport
Ridenour
Stettiner
South Bend
Gracestaub
Agnes Mahoney
Louis Rosenfelt
W. W. Ridenour
Logansport Merchants Slash Prices After Cold Weather
Local merchants respond to a slow season with heavy stock cuts and aggressive bargains. Hot sunshine and rising demand push a rush of sales as Logansport shoppers seek exceptional bargains on spring and summer goods. The drive signals renewed business confidence and a comeback spirit for the city’s trade.
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Logansport
Coldweather
Old Sol
Daily Reporter
Graduation Day Set at Spencer Park
Graduation exercises for township schools take place Saturday at Spencer park with over two hundred country graduates set to receive diplomas. A full program is planned and many residents will bring dinners to spend the day at the park in the afternoon.
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Spencer Park
Committees Plan Campaign Across Churches Meet Night
Laymen's Missionary movement committees from several churches met at the Baptist church to plan canvassing and recruit active workers. A follow up meeting for the men is set for Sunday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church.
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Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Fireman Uniform Refusal Leads to Resignation in City
Electrician Redinger, in charge of the city alarm system, quit after being ordered to wear a blue fireman uniform and work nights. He says night duty is not required for the city electrician and notes his prior role included on call at fires. Redinger testified in a recent trial against the city, his brother Ernest having been electrocuted.
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Redinger
City
David Bowman
John Griffin
City Electric Light Department
Ernest Redinger
Incendiary Fire Tracked After Large Livery Barn Blaze
Si Morgan and Benny Flanagan returned from Sheldon IHL with a bloodhound to track arsonists who destroyed a large livery barn nearby. TheSearch was postponed as about five hundred people visited the scene today.
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Si Morgan
Benny” Flanagan
Sheldon
Ihl
Suit Dropped and Compromise Reached in Cass Circuit Court
The Cass circuit court dismissed the suit against W. L. Shearer Ice Cream Co. and related actions after attorneys reached a compromise not publicly disclosed. Foreclosure and other cases remain pending, with expectations of further agreement. Edith South seeks alimony from George H. Stephens, while other filings include quiet title actions and a divorce suit involving Eliza Wickersham.
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Williams
Haney
W. L. Shearer Ice Cream Company
Cass
James Henderson
William S
Clarence Shearer
Edith South
George H. Stephens
Circuit Court
Stephens
E. B. Graves
Harry Stevens
Roann
Ind
Squire Reid
Floyd O'Neil
Oliver P. Erbaugh
William 5. Widener
John L. Remley
Robert Barnett
Eliza Wickersham
Guy E. Wickersham
Logal People See Aeroplanes At Speedway Exhibition
About 50 to 60 Logansport residents saw Walter Brookins perform at Indianapolis speedway. The 22 year old Dayton aviator flew to over 1 400 feet, drawing ovations and an audience around his machine after the flight. He spoke of cold temperatures at altitude and his aim to possibly reach a mile, noting risks and rewards of higher flights.
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Logansport
Indianapolis
Speedway
Walter Brookins
Dayton
Los Angeles
Paulhan
Brookins
Rioting charge against three South Side youths
Joseph Albright Harry Fettig and Jasper Slusser were arrested for rioting after affidavits by Isaac LaOrange a South Side grocer. He says the trio gathered before his store last night threw stones cursed him when he intervened and have nightly disturbed his property owners. Police aim to break up local gangs and curb lawlessness.
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Joseph Albright
Harry Fettig
Jasper Slusser
South Side
Isaac LaOrange
South Side Grocer
la Orange
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Walter Sturgeon
Stern Arrested
Gifford Pinchot
Mulligan
Wabasa
HERMAN@BOTTHOFF
Mish
Joseph Hall
Fire Department
Frazer
Ivan Redinger
The
City Fire Department
Shearer
Shearer & Son
Logal
Wright Brothers
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