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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
2
In Chicago on January 17 the Credentials Committee debated seating 110 contested Taft delegates and limited hearings. The Resolutions Committee met to refine planks including immigration, statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, and injunctions while parties pressed varying positions.
H. L. Strickland of Owensville was paralyzed by a condition described as rehumanism but after a lightning strike he regained mobility and is now well.
Boston June 17 The First Church of Christ Scientist held its annual meeting drawing nearly 3000 members from across the country and abroad. New officers include President Commander John Blish U S N retired Boston Clerk William B Johnson Treasurer Stephen A Chase Fall River First Reader Judge Clifford P Smith Mason City Ia Second Reader Miss Carroll Hoyt Powers Boston A Mary Baker Eddy message noted new Christian Science churches formed at roughly one every four and a half days during the past year. John Blish new president is a native of Indiana.
M F Bramley of Cleveland president of Cleveland Trinidad Paving pleaded guilty to three of seven indictments charging bribery of former board members over the East Broad street contract and was fined 500 dollars per count. H C Lang, superintendent, also pleaded guilty to eight indictments with fines totaling 3700 dollars and costs. one sentence is reserved until September.
Secretary Taft announced that his daughter Helen Heron Taft, a Bryn Mawr Baldwin School graduate, won a Pennsylvania scholarship for the best Bryn Mawr entrance exam. The prize, valued at 300 dollars, funds her Bryn Mawr College entry next September.
A private cablegram reports the death in Yokohama of Louis Eppinger aged 0, manager of the Grand hotel and a leading Pacific coast and Orient hotel executive.
Joseph W. Murphy the mayor of Wa bash was thrown into a creek when a motor car slid down an embankment.
In Philadelphia the United States circuit court heard arguments in suits against seven coal carriers over interstate shipment of anthracite. Government contends commodity clauses apply to mining interests. defendants claim mining privileges derive from state law and challenge constitutionality. Attorneys General Bonaparte and Wilmer led the government team. John G. Johnson led defense with Reading Company’s President Baer present.
New Orleans June 17 three assailants tried to hold up a street car on the city outskirts. Henry O'Dell is hospitalized with a thigh wound and Ernest Reviere the principal robber is injured at his home.
Charles Herbert was killed, Harvey Lace fatally injured, and Edward Pfeffer seriously hurt during a small river steamer launch from Squaw Island into the Niagara river. They were standing amidships as the boat slid into the water and were hurled into the hold when it struck the water.
Mrs F F Marbury society figure who disappeared while shopping Saturday in the custody of a sanitarium attendant has returned to her daughter's home in Red Bank New Jersey.
Henry L. Frank former mayor of Butte Mont and twice a U S Senate candidate was found in the Palmer House Chicago Tuesday evening in a serious condition from nervous prostration due to insomnia. He is 57 years old and very wealthy.
The Rev. Benjamin F. Leinkemper has been named pastor of the St. Lucas German Reformed Church in Jeffersonville.
Chicago officials report a two hour rules committee session on changing national convention representation. Rep Burke's plan would grant four at large delegates per state plus one per 10 000 votes and two territory delegates, facing southern opposition that argues it harms regional strength. The committee adjourned to confer overnight with delegations.
John Blankmeyer enraged by his wife planning divorce went to a West One Hundred Forty-fourth Street home and gunned down his mother-in-law Christina Meininger and wounded his wife Edna Blankmeyer who tried to intervene. He fled and remained at large.
In New York on Tuesday night a crowd of about three thousand watched police raid a gambling house on West Thirty-third Street near Broadway. Patrons in evening dress fled via fire escapes but were stopped by detectives at exits. Managers and patrons were taken to the station. twelve arrests were made.
George Demetrakopoulis, once Chicago Greek newspaper publisher, was shot and killed by fellow Greek Steve Clemets in Winter Quarters Utah. Demetrakopoulis worked as an interpreter for Utah Fuel Company at the time of his death.
A federal jury in Enid acquits E. A. Green George White and Frank Williams of charges related to the lynching of Frank Bailey a Black man in Guthrie Oklahoma case details note the verdict June 17.
Local column by Reporter highlights cooks who prepare meals, noting community kitchens and culinary efforts. The piece emphasizes everyday cooks, their techniques, and the communal value of shared food in the neighborhood.
Chicago June 17 The Iowa governorship of Cummins emerges as a prominent vice presidential option with Verah of Idaho campaigning for him. Delegation members show mixed feelings but a state pride push forms to present Iowa for second place while Borah backs Cummins. Fairbanks faces continued pressure as a possible nominee with Guild remaining in the race.
President Roosevelt ordered district commissioners to muzzle all stray dogs in Washington for 60 days to curb a rabies epidemic. The measure follows a report from the Bureau of Animal Industry.
The case of Samuel Carpenter of New Albany charged with killing Clarence Jackson was continued until the October term of court.
An advertisement touts Mapl-Flake as the digestible wheat cereal, detailing its maple infusion, claimed child appeal, and a 96 hour processing claim with steam cooking for six hours, curing, ultra thin flaking, and 400 degree toasting for flavor and digestion.
An advertisement describes chronic sores as caused by polluted blood from sickness or waste buildup. It claims local treatments fail. a plant based medicine S. S. S. purifies the blood to heal from the bottom up. The Swift Specific Co seeks readers with ulcers to buy the product in Atlanta Georgia.
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