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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
7
A testimonial notes relief from headaches, rheumatism, and neuralgia using Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. The pills are pleasant tablets, 25 doses for 25 cents, sold by druggists and not in bulk, with a four year history of chronic headaches framed as mental strain relief.
Preparations to complete a seven mile link of the Terre Haute Indianapolis Easton traction line between Danville and Amo aim to connect Indianapolis to Terre Haute via Danville and Greencastle. Ties and steel from Greenastle to Brazil have been shipped to Amo. Engineers set grade stakes as contractors inspect the Big Four crossing for bids. Work to be rushed.
Princeton reports James Bates resigns as Kings postmaster after weeks of delay from Washington. Bates had run the office from his home since a town fire destroyed the business area. Rural routes will now deliver mail to residents from nearby rural carriers.
Richmond reports David Herbert, once a gospel minister, now a repeat offender, faced Judge William C. Con verse on a drunkenness charge. Convicted for intoxication, he receives 45 days in county jail, with a wife and two children noted.
Capt. Milton S. Davenport of Zionsville aged 78 fell on the yard ice and broke his left leg. The injury is serious due to age. Davenport was born and raised within Zionsville before Boone county organization. His father Austin Davenport was Boone county’s first sheriff and later a state legislator.
Catherine Pickett a three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Pickett died in Frankfort on March 4 from strangulation after playing near the house. She swallowed most of grains of corn with one grain entering the windpipe despite doctors attempts to remove it.
Evansville on March 4. Dr. Robert Drybrough veterinary surgeon fell from a horse while attempting stunts and rolling a cigarette. He suffered multiple rib fractures a skull fracture and internal injuries. He recently inherited about $100 000 from his Scottish mother's estate.
Young women across Shelby County took advantage of leap year in February with 27 marriage licenses issued, the highest February total on record for the county.
Columbia City March 4 Alfred West a quiet 87 year old pioneer of Whitney county Troy township shot himself through the heart ending his life. Officials report no stated cause beyond a weariness of life.
Newcastle officials anticipate a town population of 9,000, up from 3,406 in 1900, as a new city directory and ten rural routes are slated for publication within the next two months.
Waterloo votes 62 in favor of prohibition and Auburn 4 against. De Kalb county becomes dry except three townships, including Butler.
A. H. Alexander, a 45 year old Black man, was struck by lightning and killed alongside his horse in Union City on March 4.
F W Cooley was elected to lead Evansville city schools for another year in a March 4 decision. He continues to oversee the district’s administration and schooling programs.
The Mt Pleasant school near War saw closed due to twenty one reported cases of whooping cough among students and staff.
Elliott and Sevier reject a joint venture, each aiming to locate the Clara McClay wreck after a gold haul scheme goes awry. They discuss possible partners, betrayal, and a rival who may know the ship’s fate amid a tense hotel dining room standoff.
A fragment notes that The Reporter is on sale at a local cigar shop named Roy al Slave, indicating a promotional listing or advertised publication availability.
Newly found sidelights recount Methuselah as a young centuries old student at college. He joins the football team and recalls a famous walk round the end for a decisive touchdown. A near lightning strike and a thwarted elopement with a band trombone player mark the unusual tale.
East bound trains run daily from St Louis to New York and via Kansas City to New York. West bound trains connect New York to Kansas City and St Louis to Toledo with daily service. Timings include morning and evening departures and arrivals.
London March 4. An American woman stands out as a leading political hostess in England. Mrs. Lewis Harcourt, wife of the first commissioner of works and daughter of Walter H. Burns of New York, runs a popular salon at Berkley Square, signaling broader, more active female political engagement in Britain.
The advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as the safe, quick cure for coughs and colds, preventing pneumonia and lung trouble. It warns against substitutes, promises lung strengthening, contains no opiates, and emphasizes certainty of results versus unknown preparations.
E H Jones pastor of M E Church Grove Maryland states that a severe cold nearly pneumonia and consumption were relieved by Foley s Honey and Tar after trying a sample He bought more and two or three bottles cured him of the illness and he has had no throat or lung trouble since.
The three bottle sizes are 25c 50c and $1.00. The 50c size holds two and a half times the small bottle. The $1.00 bottle holds almost six times the small bottle.
Limited trains depart 7 20 p m and connect at Ko komo with trains to Tipton. All trains except the 11 00 p m run direct connections at Tipton to El wood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and other intermediate stations.
Local agents sell coupon books redeemable for transportation worth 12 dollars at a ten dollar price. Covers 32 traction lines across Indian Ohio and Michigan totaling 1807 miles of track.
The report lists travel paths from Indianapolis to Lafayette Crawfordsville Columbus Shelbyville Rushville Grenfield Knightstown New Castle Cambridge City Richmond Dayton and from Muncie to Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton Farmland Winchester Union City Greenville and points beyond along intermediate stations.
The Fort Wayne and Lafayette service lists train times to Peru Huntington Delphi Lafayette and intermediate points with limited cars that stop only in towns. The schedule shows morning and afternoon departures from Fort Wayne and Lafayette and notes a Boyd Park run after 11 05 p m and supervision by R T Gunn superintendent.
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