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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
3
A Chicago November 14 clash pits the Maroons against Cornell in a football meeting. A separate item notes a great basketball title game in which Chicago and Wisconsin are favored to decide the championship before the winner faces Pennsylvania.
At a preliminary hearing in Elsberry Missouri Dr W A Hemphill faces manslaughter charges over the death of Elizabeth Gleason heiress and teacher. Rev Clyde Gow minister accused of complicity in a forged confession and the story unfolds with social and moral drama, including Gow’s rivalry with Prosecutor Creech and Gleason’s brother Frank Gleason who vows vengeance as the case looms March 23.
Temperance forces met at Dr. J. Z. Powell's office and decided to resume canvassing the city after an earlier effort failed to secure enough power of attorney cards to close the saloons. A new canvass will proceed tonight.
The body of Jacob Hoover, who drowned in Mill Creek Friday, was recovered yesterday two hundred feet from the site of the fall. He was the uncle of Mrs. E. Schmitt and the half brother of Mrs. Julius Lienemann.
Morgan's Comedians opened a week at the Nelson with high class repertoire and packed houses. Madame Gertrude amazed audiences by answering questions unseen. nightly price 0 cents, 10 20 30 cents.
The Ft. Wayne Brick plant burned down causing about 20000 dollars in losses. Harry Mumaugh of Peru was robbed and murdered near Missoula Montana. Wabash college professor Herman B Dorner joined the University of Illinois faculty. Lifett Teimer of Shelbyville lost all fingers on his left hand in a sawmill accident. F H Kaser of Bloomington ate fourteen pies at a lunch counter. Charles F Marshall to lead new band at Darlington. Amos C Gwinnup of Anderson killed by automobile in Indianapolis. Thieves robbed the Elks home in Warsaw of two hundred dollars. Frank Freeman of Winamac jailed for desertion. Edward Burlington of Princeton fell from a freight train, fracturing his shoulder.
University of Chicago under A A Stagg schedules a November 14 meeting with Cornell at Marshall Field after confirming with the Illinois Wisconsin basketball title playoff secured by a coin toss in Madison. If Chicago or Wisconsin wins the western title further national intercollegiate games are planned in Chicago Philadelphia and a neutral site.
Svingali at the Dowling theatre demonstrated mental telepathy by driving blindfolded through the city to a hidden tobacco package. A committee of local newspaper men hid the item at Ninth Street cemetery and then directed him by reins to the grave site.
New York March 10 Broadway expects a divorce action from Fritzi Scheff whose off stage name is von Berdeleben. She refuses to admit it while her lawyers remain noncommittal. The suit filed is von Berdeleben vs von Berdeleben.
A reader compares President Roosevelt to a prehistoric Oaxaca idol unearthed in Mexico. Journal notes archeologists claim a semi civilizational city once stood there, predating pyramids, with distinctive teeth and eye ornaments that hint at a revived spirit.
A sculptor notes the immense pains and labor in making a bronze statue. Plaster is covered with 1500 to 2000 sand blocks to form a mold, then filled with clay. The core is trimmed by a quarter inch and supported by iron rods. Bronze is poured, mold removed, core extracted, and the statue revealed with final touch ups.
An ad promises mineral water from the springs to treat kidney liver and stomach ailments and invites readers to mail symptoms with $2 to receive five gallons plus physician guidance for home use.
After confirming air on Mars, researchers aim for a fresh feat by attempting to create air inside a sealed streetcar to test containment and life support concepts.
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