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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
3
Waterbury, Conn June 9 Andrew Thierbach 60 held for mentally incompetent after neighbor found his German wife dead in bed. He had shared the bed for a week and prepared a feast for her awakening. Medical examiner says death likely occurred Sunday night prior.
The piece praises builders over warriors and rulers, extolling the pioneers who conquer wild landscapes and tame nature. It lauds Bungiers as salt of the earth and condemns dogma and gilded royalty while celebrating human progress from early times to the modern era driven by builders who create gardens, homes, and feats for mankind.
The Jolly Widow opened a week at the Nelson in Logansport, drawing praise for tuneful music and lively songs. Miss Helen Stuart and Will B Wheeler drew laughs, with daily matinees and two evening shows announced.
Indianapolis residents have long awaited a large outdoor swimming facility with proper guards and ample dressing rooms. The grand opening at White City is set for Saturday, June 27, promising a propriety friendly venue for both men and women swimmers without public remark.
The piece reports Mr Dooley's take on the Democratic platform at Denver on July 7. It notes Dooley’s comments on tariffs and unity, and quotes snippets about income tax rural free delivery and currency questions. It also mentions a later note about a $100,000 Collier contract and a planned Africa safari for the president and his son Kermit.
Ground to death by a Big Four train near Covington is reported along with multiple local incidents. Traction car death in Rushville, accidental shooting in South Bend, and drownings in Kapkakee river are noted alongside retirements, deaths, and a cremation in Frankfort.
Buffalo won the head camp meeting of 1911 over Dallas by delegates voting for Modern Woodmen of America leaders. Talbott will earn 10 000 annually, Hawes 7 500, the head banker 5 000. executives may buy the Ambler ranch near Colorado Springs to fund a sanatorium for consumptive woodmen.
Former county officials meet in the north court room at the courthouse next Saturday at 1 PM to set the date and plan the annual picnic. The event will be held at Spearer Park pending final date approval.
President Roosevelt will receive 100000 dollars for an account of his forthcoming adventures in Africa. The compensation is reported from Washington on June 23 and marks a major literary arrangement surrounding his travels.
An examination for rural carriers will be held in this city on Italy 18. Applicants may apply to the local post office before the first week in July. Eligible ages are seventeen to fifty five, with exceptions for honored military discharge. The top three will be kept in reserve for routes. No vacancies now. No heavy drinkers or physically disabled persons may apply. The examination venue will be announced later.
A New York report says two cargoes of Chinese hair, partly from beheaded bandits and partly from graves, arrived for use in making wigs for American women. A Yankee speculator allegedly collected pigtails from cemetery graves in China over three months, with a shipper noting the practice as a growing industry.
Ed Rea, a Vandalia machinist and Episcopal church choir singer, suffered a painful accident in Indianapolis on Friday. While dining at a restaurant during the Saengerfest, he swallowed a chipped porcelain piece. the shard cut his throat, causing vomiting and temporary speech loss. He cannot sing for some time.
John Shuey of Cra gun Farm southwest of the city started cutting his wheat yesterday as ripened grain and a large crop poise to yield. William Banta west of the city also began harvesting the golden crop with many other farmers to follow suit.
The Pathfinders lodge social and dance, set for tonight, is postponed to next Tuesday evening because this month has five Tuesdays and the group holds events only on the fifth Tuesday.
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