Bidwells Face Bribe Allegations In Court Testimony
The trial reveals accusations that Benson Bidwell and son Charles sought to buy Ida Palmer to drop criminal charges. Thomas Darius Green described a so called cold motor scheme using ice and hot air for investors. Witness ONeill testified about attempts to stall the probe and financial deficits of $41,000.
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Damagins
Ida C. Palmer
Bidwells
Benson Bidwell
Charles
Chicago
Logansport
Miss Palmer
Thomas Darius Green
Jack Frost
John O'Neill
Bidwell
Beck
O'Neill
Ida Palmer
Charles Bidwell
Brady
Chetlain
Popham
Green
Benson Lidwell
J. B. Gardiner
Bidwell Company
Spark From Engine Sets House Fire On Wabash Ave
A spark from a Panhandle engine ignited a vacant house on Wabash avenue opposite the Panhandle station this afternoon. Firemen extinguished the blaze with chemical as wind carried the spark to dry shingles, the roof being old and rotten and unable to bear the weight of firemen.
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Ger
Wabash Avenue
Panhandle Station
Wylie Welcomes Eight-Pound Daughter in Police Family
Patrolman and Mrs. Wylie celebrate the birth of an eight-pound daughter. The family says the newborn will bring joy, and the father notes it will be hard for the girl to follow in his police footsteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie
Plea to Clean Up Yards and Alleys Sparks City Support
The Reporter calls for cleanup across Logansport to aid the poor before spring. M B Larry, Isaac Shideler and William Grace organize work to employ idle men and help families with shoes, clothes, and food. Citizens are urged to donate clothing, food, and supplies via the Reporter office, phone 70, for distribution by A T Kern and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Larry
Isaac Shideler
William Grace
A. T. Kern
Logansport
Kern
Della Wood
George
BE. S. Rice
Engler
East North Street
George Street
Mr. Kern
South Side Gas Petition Awaiting Plant Sale and Reorganization
A majority of Logansport residents signed a petition asking Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas to lay mains on the South Side for cooking gas. The company reviewed the request and a house to house canvass by Joseph Wilson is to determine interest. action is unlikely until the gas plant is sold and reorganization occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
Logansport & Wabash Valley Gas Company
Joseph Wilson
Negee
Walton Teams Lead Local Rivalry In Championship Night
Championship doubleheader features L A C and Walton boys for county title, followed by Walton girls versus local alumni girls. Walton hopes to defend pride with a $50 wager while rookies Gladys Kern and peers sharpen skills in a week of rink practice.
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Walton
Gladys Kern
Margaret Gambie
Josephine McIntosh
Bertha Ferguson
Margaret Foskett
Grace Searight Dae Bu
Rochester
Peru
Lake Erie
Culver
Edward Guerner
Harry Sarmple
Bernice Champe
Council to hear mayoral charges with deferred judgment
The council trial board will meet at the courthouse at nine tomorrow to hear intoxication charges against Mayor George P. McKee. They will render a finding, then defer judgment to a later date when the council will decide punishment if any.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. McKee
Keller Porter Failures in Graves Court Over Back Wages
In Graves court Judge Graves awarded Thomas Sheets six dollars and twenty nine cents for back wages as porter at the Barnett hotel. Sheets claimed he was unpaid in full while Keller owner of the Barnett hotel presented an itemized list of eatables Keller alleged Sheets took totaling six dollars sixty cents.
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Graves
Barnett Hotel
Sheets
Emil Keller
Keller
Mull Entertain Student Guests
Local commercial school students and Manager Murphy prepare for an evening reception in the school room with old gold and royal purple decor. Indiana business college heads J D Brunner and C C Cring arrive to open the program joined by C E Butz W H Carrier and Kreiger with delegations. After readings and dancing, light refreshments and chartered cars will send visitors home tonight.
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Cial School
Murphy
J. D. Brunner
C. C. Cring
Indianapolis
Brunner
C. E. Butz
Marion School
W. H. Carrier
Lafayette
Kreiger
Kokomo
Carrier
Mayor and Ed Truax Seen on Optical Business
Royal Center Record notes Mayor McKee and Ed Truax from Logansport visiting last Friday on optical business. The mayor shows strong interest in obtaining a delegate to the congressional convention, but observers doubt his chances. The piece hints locals question those who cannot “walk the crack.”
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Royal Center
Mayor McKee
Ed Truax
Logansport
Porter matriarch dies at noon in Burnettsville
Mrs. Thos Porter formerly of this city and mother of T G Porter collapsed and died at noon while preparing dinner at her Burnettsville home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Porter
Burnettsville
T. G. Porter
Four Story Window Fall Meant Death But Snow Drift Saved Child
A three year old boy fell from a fourth floor Chicago flat. He landed in a snow drift and escaped serious injury. His mother believed him dead but found him alive in the arms of a passerby who heard the child exclaim about snow. The mother rushed to the scene in tears of joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Planck
Chicago
Thad J. Planck
The
Daily Reporter
Saloonkeeper Rescued After Wabash Flood TeaーDeep Water Rescue
William White of a South Side saloon nearly drowned when floodwaters swept him from a road into a twenty foot deep old race on the Wabash river. Thomas Hiles braved the current, guided by feet, and grabbed White’s hand as he surfaced and fought to stay above water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hiles
Floods Swamp Shultztown and Surrounding Lines
Melting snow and heavy rain push Wabash and Eel rivers to flood levels flooding Shultztown basements and Logansport and Lafayette tracks. Rural carrier Rolla Webster abandons route as water hides bridges while houses flood and residents seek upper floors. Fort Wayne and Wabash tracks impaired. trains delayed and sewers and boiler pits flooded.
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Wabash
Logansport
Lafayette
Ryder
Shultztown
Hugh Gorman
Biddle
Boyd Park
Peru
Market Street
Servbolds
Kepp
Rolla Webster
Burley Hollow
Kenneth
Barnett Hotel
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Walton Boys
Keller OY Porter
Otult
Graves’ Court
Employe
Thomas Sheets
MULL
Commercial College
Indiana Business Colleges
Oliver Says
Snow Drift
William White
White
Hiles
Wabash River
Ascer
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