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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
7
An ad promotes STOVINKE to keep a red stove top black for over a month. It claims it resists burning off or peeling, requires no work, is odorless and non explosive, and can be applied by a child. Cost 25c, sold by Co. A. Eberrein and Flanegin Hardware Co.
The piece notes that efforts at Chicago satisfied the faithful but human nature seeks ratification. An alibi for him at Chicago has been provided and betting odds favor which convention Rourke Cochran will loom up at with a clamor speech.
A druggist endorsements Orion Laxative Fruit Syrup to clear complexion and brighten eyes. It claims to stimulate the liver and bowels without nausea or griping and advises refusing substitutes for a pleasant taste.
Mount Vernon reports Superintendent Edward Bauman of the Mount Vernon schools has been selected as one of fifty American teachers to visit Europe in 1908 09 to study European education and industry. Five hundred teachers overall will go abroad, with language requirements noted for French or German. South Bend notes Prof A B Reynolds formerly of Notre Dame has resigned teaching to manage large lands in southern Utah inherited recently valued at 1.5 to 2 million dollars, mostly in mines yielding royalties.
Fragmentary prose scene describes a mantel display, a crimson lake, a doctor pausing by a steamer cutting through waves, and a ringing telephone ending the moment with unclear events. Characters and details are obscured by garbled phrasing.
Paris explores a will dispute over millionaire Benjamin Hart. Adopted Isabel Luceshesi, educated and married to French diplomat Jean Guillemin, claims undue influence as Hart’s will disinherits her in favor of Mme de Bie. The suit argues domicile and legality of the New York drafted will.
Laporte June 27 The Michigan and Northern Indiana conference of the Evangelical church elected officers with Rev. Paul Iron as president and Rev. Christopher Spathelf as vice president. Rev. George Elsen was chosen secretary and Philip Einthhorn treasurer. The next convention will be held in Saginaw, Michigan.
Coroner H. S. Curtis ruled the Indianapolis and Danville traction line blameless for the death of nine year old Virgil Mayberry at Avon. Evidence showed the boy crossed the tracks to fetch mail and did not see the streetcar until it hit him while reading a newspaper.
Earl Buckner aged 18 was arrested by Marshal Thompson for violating parole and was sent back to the Reform School for Boys at Plainfield to serve out his sentence. He had previously been committed twice, first for incorrigibility and then for petit larceny.
Mrs. Harriet B. Snell sues Thornton Snell, vice-president of the St. Joseph Valley Bank, seeking $100 000 alimony and a complete separation. She alleges the couple has irreconcilable differences and cites his status as an heir to Col. Thomas Snell and trustee of the Clinton millionaire estate.
Mayor Fogarty of South Bend received a letter from Minister Wu Ting Fang pledging full effort to promote South Bend and its products in China. Wu Ting Fang had spent three days in the city, inspecting local factories.
Anderson June 27 The county council approved a 20000 appropriation to liquidate a debt from the county flood two or three years ago. The funds cover replacement of bridges and damages along White river and other streams.
Members of the American Society of Equity have leased land north of Mount Vernon and plan a large grain elevator costing about 1500 dollars to store their members grain.
Elkhart, June 27. The Lake Shore railroad will build new car shops at Elkhart before year end. The shops will be modern and built of steel and concrete, according to reports from the east.
Big union revival services led by C. F. Fenwick Reed and C. Clay Grant draw wide attendance. Reed delivered a sensational sermon attacking dancing.
Nicodem Witucki was found not guilty of murdering Antone Ciencelewski in South Bend. The verdict sparked a popular reaction and an attempted courtroom demonstration as it was announced.
The twentieth session of the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star of Indiana convened in South Bend on June 27 Reports from state officers were presented and officials for the coming year were chosen.
Mrs Mary Spicely widow of Gen William Spicely formerly of Orleans died suddenly in Bloomington after a heart failure. She had lived in Bloomington for several years.
Peter Ryan, 67, starved to death in Kokomo after taking formaldehyde thinking it was cough syrup. Police say the toxin caused his inability to ingest food leading to death.
Robert Terhune of Princeton files a $10,000 suit against the Southern Railway Company seeking damages for the death of his son Evans.
Paris police under M. Lepine raided an innocent looking curiosity shop run by Mme Houseal and seized opium, with letters showing naval and military officers among buyers. The ninth court fined Mme Houseal $1500 and ordered the shop closed and drugs destroyed. Dens around Champs Elysees cater to wealthy locals and foreign visitors in luxury settings.
In Diana's Diary the Lady Cossacks Military band collapses after a confrontation with Mrs. Floretta Doodle Tarare. Mr Snidden exits amid accusations and a bank job shifts location as the group faces loss and farewells.
Rates 2.50 to 3.50 per day Amer can Plan with private baths and year round operation. Visitors urged to drink the water and bathe to cure kidney liver stomach ailments and nervous complaints. Winter home treatment offered with five gallons mineral water shipped with physician guidance for home care.
President Roosevelt names John Callan O Laughlin, a renowned Washington correspondent, as secretary of the Japanese exposition commission. The position runs four to five years with a comfortable salary.
A genealogy note states she was the Pocahontas grandmother of Mrs James S Sherman and a direct descendant of Powhatan leader Pocahontas.
A sequence of times includes 3 45 p m 6 00 p m 6 45 p m and 7 20 p m suggesting a timetable or program slots without context or events. The fragment provides no names places or actions beyond times.
A correspondent describes a student in a correspondence school who maintains daily gym exercises by mail and competes in a long distance rapid writing track meet. He belongs to a weekly Greek letter fraternity, owns a phonograph with the college yell, and recently received a live scorpion by mail as a hazing stunt.
In Logansport Indiana a local notice touts Dean's Ointment as a cure for itching skin and eczema. Endorsed by attorney Frank Swigart the ad claims rapid relief and full cure with a 50 cent price from Foster Mil Co Buffalo sole US agents.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. as a constitutional treatment for catarrh believed incurable by local remedies. The claim includes a $100 reward for any failing case, with the product sold by druggists for 75 cents and accompanied by a family laxative.
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