Huntington Gets Revenge in Friday Victory
The Visitors achieved a decisive win as Fleming caused trouble finding him. A single home run and three two baggers highlighted the offensive onslaught.
18 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1910
Page
1
The Visitors achieved a decisive win as Fleming caused trouble finding him. A single home run and three two baggers highlighted the offensive onslaught.
Huntington hosts Lafayette while Wabash travels to Logansport. Marion plays Bluffton and no other games are listed for today.
Huntington defeated Logansport 8 to 2 as Fleming allowed thirteen safeties and Logansport booted nearly fifty miscues. Dutton led Huntington with key hits while Farnum and Fogte homered. Ireland and Williams contributed, and the crowd, including many women, is urged to return for next ladies day.
Lafayette Journal reports a lopsided ball game yesterday with Wabash visiting that failed to challenge the visitors and drew a blush worthy scene. details continued on page three.
J. J. Evans, conductor on a Broadway street car, suffered a bruised hip and scraped leg when his car struck a plumbing wagon on the corner of Tenth and Broadway. The wagon had long iron pipes protruding, delaying clearance and causing the impact. Evans continued to his home and missed afternoon duty. A separate crash at Twenty-second and High streets injured Carl Leslie, driver of Otto Burman’s grocery wagon, whose vehicle was damaged and horse ran away.
Manager William Rickert of the Murdock bar runs a contest to decide which Logan will attend the Jeffries John bout with the winner promised a trip to Australia if needed. The latest idea places the event in Goldfield Nevada but California Governor Gillette objects. The contest attracts several strong contenders.
Rev C C Cissell of East Broadway hosted a 6 oclock dinner for the Logansport district Methodist ministers and their families last evening. Attendees included Rev and Mrs Cyrus A Wade Rev and Mrs E C Dunn Rev and Mrs C I Brown Rev and Mrs W T Arnold and Miss Josephine Wade.
Two area churches plan patriotic programs for Flag Day tomorrow. Ninth Street Christian church hosts a service with scripture, hymns, and a G A R quartet, followed by evening events at Broadway M E church featuring solos, sermons, and multiple addresses. The Christian church program includes a children’s chorus and Lincoln Gettysburg tribute, led by Rev J H Craig.
Henry Jenson of 1814 Broadway will mark his 90th birthday tomorrow. He remains in good health and active for his age. He is the father of Mrs. John D. Ferguson.
Sam Berman of a Chicago store on Market Street sent a $5 pair of baseball shoes to A Scheer in Galesburg yesterday. Scheer, formerly a local league shortstop, won the shoes last Monday by knocking a ball over the fence.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Potts, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Horn and Fred Kendall of this city will leave for California in a few days to visit Potts' parents in Long Beach and Mrs. Horn's mother in Pasadena.
Ninety Cass county common school graduates from ten townships received diplomas today at Spencer park. Rev Arnold delivered the address. Supt W H Haas awarded diplomas and gave a farewell to the class. Music by Eel township participants and Prof Cornelius Fisher accompanied the ceremony.
J B Hildebrand of Rockfield, one of Carroll county's oldest residents, came to the Reporter office today on a short visit. He moved to Indiana in 1840, lived in Cass county, then Carroll, and still travels to Logansport to see relatives. At eighty two he remains as spry as a man of forty.
St Joseph's school lists graduates from grade schools with names including Carl Reese, William Grusenmeyer, Victor Fries, Russell Long, George Kaiser, Edwin Mulcahy, Leste Porter, Wayne Guinup, Anthony Bender, Edith Minneman, Ethel Baker, Helen Hirschauer, Nellie Sayers, Bessie Daley, Margaret Nolan. Professor A N Palmer of New York City issued four diplomas and two penmanship diplomas to Russell Long, Edwin Mulcahy, Edith Minneman, and Helen Hirschauer.
Fred Kader was taken to Longcliff asylum by local authorities yesterday afternoon after his mind became affected. He had previously received attention for mental illness about two years ago. Frank Wilson and Ezra Miller, both declared of unsound mind, remain in custody at the jail after being taken in weeks earlier.
The cups attached to the artesian fountain in Court Park are nearly spoon sized and chain links are too short. Thirsty patrons must sip about twenty times to stay hydrated, and tall users must bend over to reach the cup.
Workmen digging gravel south of the Ray and Arnold creamery unearthed a full grown human skeleton found sitting upright. Michael Ellison, a street contractor, suspects others may lie nearby and plans a thorough search. The bones, dry and in good condition, may be turned over to a local physician.
The Ridenour Apron company files articles of incorporation with St. Joseph county clerk as it moves from this city to South Bend. Incorporators are W. W. Ridenour E. W. Crouse T. D. Goodwin of this city and E. Dean W. B. Pershing of South Bend. Capital stock is 25009 dollars.
An afternoon accident at 3 o'clock on Market Street near Fourth involved a High Street car led by Conductor Downham colliding with a buggy carrying two women and a baby. The buggy was not overturned before the car stopped. the rear wheel was sprung by the fender.
The fire department was called to the Miller home at Berkley and Canal streets twice, once yesterday afternoon and again last night, when a defective flue caused roof fires. Both incidents caused only minor damage.
An 1910 feature notes a shortage of June marriages in America with 26 licenses issued by Ed Hankee of the marriage bureau and only ten days remaining. It surveys wedding superstitions from Greece Wales Orkney Wales and the Orkneys including days of luck and prohibitions on changing dates and doorpost rites. It cites beliefs on dress colors garter luck and the bridal pouquet throw as omens for future brides.
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