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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
7
In Mishewaka Edward L. Dawson,E. L. Dawson, a deserter from the Twelfth Army corps, was baptized by Rev. L R Bobbitt at a Baptist church under escort. Miss Bernice Hodges, a local impersonator and musician, then married him in bridal attire before being returned to his cell.
A committee found ex-recorder Jacob P. Quigley of Starke County $4 759 13 short in accounts and alleged fraud in county book entries with 1226 errors where smaller paid amounts were recorded. The examining committee, politically divided, also charged Quigley pressured deputies to make wrongful entries to further the defraud scheme.
A conflict arises between Monroe county special courthouse building committee and county commissioners over funding marble for the new $200 000 structure. The committee demands marble while the commissioners refuse, saying the appropriation is exceeded and they will not authorize further large expenditures to avoid blame for extravagance.
A jury in Martinsville awarded Alpha Croly and her next friend Joseph Croly $4,000 against the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company for injuries suffered when Alpha, aged 12, was struck by a street car on September 20, 1907, in Indianapolis. The suit sought $25,000 and was venued from Marion County.
In Princeton on March 7 a $10,000 slander suit arises from a neighborhood rumor about a story sparked by James Sisson. A Knox county venue case, tied to a barn fire at Sisson’s property, links Reed Martin’s firing to the claim that Martin caused the blaze.
Mrs. P. A. Walters of Jasonville receives word she is an heir to an English estate once owned by her grandfather. For about 20 years estate managers failed to locate heirs. As she is the last heir found, the property will be settled at once.
Terre Haute March 7 John Wickliffe aged 69 walked from his home at Xenia to visit his daughter Mrs Joe Heck at Jasonville near Terre Haute because he objects to riding railroad trains to preserve his religious scruple. Last year he walked to Moberly Missouri to visit a son and may walk there from Jasonville next.
Miss Jennie Johnson, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Johnson, eight miles northeast of Windfall, died at her home from swallowing carbolic acid. She hid the poison in her bedroom and was unconscious when her alarmed family woke.
Wabash River swells out of banks near Peru on March 7 with nearly 1,000 workers idled and 75 homes damaged. The river climbs about one inch per hour and South Peru faces submersion as the flood advances.
Adelbert Clark quarreled with his wife over her devotion to the theater then swallowed carbolic acid. He died 20 minutes later, in Elkhart on March 7.
Huntington March 7 Enos T Tay lor aged 68 years president of Citizens State bank and wealthiest man in this county is dead.
Columbia South Carolina March 7 Gary won the U S senate seat on the fourth ballot by the joint legislature session held Friday.
Buck Bradley of Oakland City died while operating a loaded coal car en route to the mine dump. The fatal accident occurred at the coal mine facility involving a colored worker and highlighted mining safety concerns.
Elliott awakens aboard the S S Peru with no ticket and a Victoria to San Francisco passage. He learns he was drugged and shanghaied, and despite danger plots to reach Hongkong while writing to his daughter and seeking aid from the American consul. The ship continues toward San Francisco as he clings to hope and plans a return.
Young women suffer from lack of timely guidance and Mrs Pinkham invites them to write about their sickness. As a mother she understands and nine out of ten cases mirror letters from young ladies, suggesting similar solutions.
A historical ad style piece citing letters from women in Nelsonville Ohio and Chelsea Vermont praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervous symptoms headaches backache irregularities and improved health. It touts thirty years of use and claims cures for displacements inflammation ulceration and other female ailments.
G B Burhans of Carlisle Center New York testifies that after four years his kidney trouble remains cured following Foley's Kidney Cure. He says two bottles stopped brick dust sediment and pain, with no relapse. He endorses the remedy for kidney or bladder issues.
A humorous life sketch notes Methuselah voting straight tickets from age 700, losing a congress bid to a 588 rival, and aging quirks like long naps and rapid tooth nerve death. He remains aloof from Noah’s ark, greeting the deluge with a final, gleeful end.
The list shows trains No 2 from St Louis to New York daily No 8 from Kansas City to New York daily No 6 from St Louis to Toledo daily and No 4 from St Louis to New York daily with no changes in schedule details.
Advertisement copy notes intense itching from eczema fetter salt rheum and barber’s itch. Chamberlain's Salve is promoted to quickly stop itching and smarting, with many cases said to be cured. Sold by W. H. Porter, druggist.
Mrs. Margaret Flynn of Peru Indiana describes a downward kidney illness progression from backache to urinary problems diabetes and Bright's disease. After using five boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills she reports relief, regained strength and two years free of headaches. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sells Doan's for 56 cents.
A quoted exchange wonders why there should be more stars named like Mme Komisazhevsky. The remark suggests that if more stars bore such names, a man would struggle to persuade his partner to attend to his social duties.
U T system runs trains from Logansport to Indianapolis with limited services and direct connections at Tipton for Elwood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and other intermediate stations. Limited trains include a 11:00 p m service and all other trains connect to Elkwood and nearby towns via Tipton.
For sale by local agents, coupon books worth 12.00 in transportation for 10.00 valid across 32 traction lines in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan totaling 1,807 miles of track.
The report lists rail and transit connections at Indianapolis serving Lafayette Crawfordsville Columbus Shelbyville Rushville Grenfield Knightstown New Castle Cambridge City Richmond Dayton and intermediate stations. It also notes Muncie serving Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton Farmland Winchester Union City Greenville and points beyond.
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co announces daily train departures from the interurban station to Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediate points at several morning and afternoon times and limited cars for town stops. Freight service runs Fort Wayne to Lafayette with daily departures. R T Gunn superintendent notes.
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