Township Trustees Probe Sparks Suspicion Across Counties
Agents of the J C Graves auditing firm tour advisory boards amid reports five trustees are under suspicion in Boone and surrounding townships. Graves seeks permission to examine books and vouchers while several trustees contact reporters for information. Mathew Mahoney of Harrison township cites an earlier road roller purchase as a case under review. he survived a moving car accident that cost his foot.
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J. C. Graves Auditing Company
Mark I. Brown
Boone Township
Graves
Mathew Mahoney
Harrison Township
Injured man in buggy crash at Fifth and Market streets
Heinrich Gerking of Woodland Street was thrown from a buggy after a fast hack collided with his buggy at Fifth and Market. His face and hands were injured. his mother Mrs. Gerking criticized the hack driver for reckless speeding and loss of control. Gerking could not work this morning due to his injuries.
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O’donnell
Wabash Station
Fifth and
Market Street
Hienrich Gerking
Woodland Street
Tersor
Gerking
Ske
Jackson Convicted Of Larceny In Jeffersonville Reformatory
Raymond Jackson colored was convicted of larceny and sentenced to one to three years in the Jeffersonville reformatory. This marks his second trial after a prior verdict that led to a two month jail term and a $25 fine. The second jury, after deliberating fifteen minutes, found him guilty again, this time with the gun reportedly taken from Isaac Green of Dunkirk produced as evidence.
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Raymond Jackson
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Jackson
Isaac Green
Dunkirk
Parette Sues Vandalia Railway For Ten Thousand Damages
Italian section man Fedile Paretta sues the Vandalia railway for $10,000 in damages. He was unloading rails from a gondola when the incident occurred.
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Fedile Parette
Dtalian
Vandalia Railway
Paretta
County Commissioners Hear Busy Week Ahead on Road Trouble
The county commissioners opened a session with a busy week anticipated. The main item, the county line road dispute, was not addressed today and likely will be debated later in the week. One liquor license was approved for Warren Bell of Galveston, the second saloon under the new incorporation laws.
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County Line Road
Warren Bell
Galveston
Sister’s Overnight Visit Triggers Shocking Funeral Scene
A sister of Mrs. Charles McCord fainted upon seeing the dead woman lying in state at their Logansport home. She had arrived late from Ohio and slept in a house gown, unseen, until morning. The funeral was held at 2:30 PM at Mt Hope with Rev Py Ross Parrish.
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No. 713
High Street
Ohio
Py Ross Parrish
Broadway M. E. Church
Mt. Hope
Lock Your Doors As Hoboes Prowl In Logansport
The article notes a spring rise in transient beggars and hoboes drifting into Logansport. Residents are urged to lock doors at night and when away due to a seasonal burglary risk as the sleepers move between cities seeking clothing and funds.
Woman to Appeal Governor to Save Condemned Husband
Mrs. Warner of 19 Melbourne Avenue left for Louisville to urge Governor to commute her husband George Warner’s death sentence for first degree murder to life imprisonment. Warner, former city electrician, killed Pulaski Leeds of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad after being blacklisted, awaiting execution likely later this month in Frankfort.
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Warner
City Electrician
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville
Pulaski Leeds
Frankfort
T P A Convention Preparations Underway in Logansport
Preparations are under way in the local post T P A for the state convention in West Baden Indiana on April 14 and 15. A large delegation from Logansport is expected as the city has long represented the post at state and national meetings.
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West Baden
Ind
Logansport
Landis and Sister to Visit Porto Rico as Guests
Congressman Frederick Landis and his sister Miss Frances Landis will sail from New York on the Sumner March 11 for Porto Rico. They go as guests of the rivers and harbors committee to study the Santo Domingo question during a six week stay.
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Fred Landis
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Porto Rico
Van Dyne Arrested on Larceny Charge After Yearlong Search
Charles Van Dyne was arrested on a larceny charge after a lengthy police hunt dating back to December last year. A meat dealer named Brown accuses him of stealing a harness set, and the trial is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Charles van Dyne
van Dyne
Brown
Missing Man Returns Home From Dunkirk After Freezing Ordeal
Lee Weaver, a 25 year old Dunkirk resident, wandered off following a girl trouble and was found in a deranged state near Warsaw. He suffered severe freezing of both hands and feet and, after being cared for, identified himself as from Dunkirk and returned home with his father’s notice. He had been missing for several weeks during a cold period.
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Lee Weaver
Dunkirk
Warsaw
Weaver
Hive
Rer
Coal Oil Fight in Logansport Promises Spectacular Show
In Logansport a coal oil fight draws attention as a spectacle promised to be spectacular. A man nicknamed Young Weaver has recovered his mental balance and is expected to suffer no lasting harm from frostbitten hands and feet.
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Logansport
Weaver
Osteopaths Recognized by State Medical Board Move
Dr Nelson of this city and state osteopaths win state board recognition. If Governor Hanly does not veto, the bill will place osteopaths on the same footing as other medical schools with identical requirements.
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Nelson
Hanly
Bridge City Ladies Auxiliary Wins Gold Medal for 1904
Bridge City division No. 42 Ladies Auxiliary to the O. R. C. has received notice of the Dustin Geld Medal for best work in 1904 among 206 divisions in the United States and Canada. The local unit reports a 100 percent membership increase from 20 at start to 40 by year end, with two applicants awaiting initiation. The medal, awarded for membership charity and general work, was confirmed after a grand division inspection and comes with officials led by President Mrs. John Hamilton and Secretary-treasurer Mrs. E. P. Murphy.
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Bridge City
Ladies’ Auxiliary
United States
Canada
Toledo
John Hamilton
Frank Smail
E. P. Murphy
Me] Stow
J. T. Bacon
Thomas Hartsook
Emma Greely
Dr Leeds to Speak in Logansport Thursday Night
Rev F D Leeds founder and national organizer of the Brotherhood of St Paul will address the high school assembly room in Logansport under the newly formed local chapter. He travels from Jackson Michigan en route home and is expected to boost local interest in the movement. The order began in Little Falls New York in 1896 and has expanded across the U S and Canada. All members and every man in the city are invited to attend.
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F- D. Leeds
Brotherhood of St. Paul
Order
Broadway M.D
Leeds
Jackson
Mich
Logansport
Little Falls
N. Y
United States
Canada
Independent oil plan tied to Standard Oil, claims Fromeyer says
J W Fromeyer local rep of Charles H Moore Oil Company denounces a proposed independent oil movement as a Standard Oil ploy to crush competition. He questions why Lafayette, South Bend, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis hosts are not targeted, and says five cent price cuts cannot occur without losses to rivals. He offers to buy fifty tank cars at five cents per gallon.
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Fosman
Logansport
J. W. Fromeyer
Charles H. Moore Oil Company
Standard Ol
Lafayette
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Citizens’ Club
Herrmann
Winifred Bevan Leaves Logansport for Chicago School
Miss Winifred Bevan, longtime Lincoln school primary instructor, accepts a complimentary offer to teach in Miss Haire's select ladies' school at 2122 Lake Shore Drive Chicago. She will depart in September, take a year’s leave from Logansport, and study at Chicago University in afternoons while maintaining similar duties in mornings. The Chicago school has 160 pupils and 22 instructors.
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Winifred Bevan
Lincoln School
Miss Haire
Select
Young Ladies’ School
Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
Miss Bevan
Logansport
Bevan
Chicago University
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Vandalia Railroad Company
Charles McCord
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George War
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Louis
T. P. A. Convention
Francis Landis
Washington
Frederick Landis
Frances Landis
New York
Sumner
Charles Vandyne
Lee
Dr. Nelson
Ladies Auxiliary
The
Dustin Geld
DR. Leeds
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