STEP-SON FIRED COPS AT HEAD
In police court this morning William Pottmeyer faced assault and battery charges from his wife after a domestic dispute. The couple, who argued they could not live together, decided to divide their furniture and live separately. An insanity inquest into George Boze of Onward was continued to next Saturday at 2 o clock. Five drunks appeared before Judge Smith. Williams paid fines, Conner promised to leave the area, others received suspended sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pottmeyer
Pottmeyer
George Boze
Onward
Judge Smith
Nozi Charles
Wlliams
Eli Conner
Grant Shipley
John Donohue
William Adams
Williams
Conner
Uhl Secures West Side Sewer Ownership Amid Legislative Battle
Dennis Uhl and a paid attorney group pushed a broad sewer law through the legislature. The measure grants him ownership of the West Side sewer and Eel River with no clear termination, prompting constitutional challenges and vows to take the issue to the state supreme court. The governor vetoed the bill but it passed 79 to 20 in the house after senate passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Uhl
West Side
Eel River
Uhl
Hanly
Supreme Court
Senate
Indianapolis
Capitol
House
Street Car Strike Sparks Disorder in Louisville
Louisville residents faced considerable disorder and violence as the street car strike began. Strikers attacked the cars, several arrests were made, and attempts to run cars were abandoned by one o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Thaw Case Prosecution Opens as Nesbit Evidence Presses
New York March 11 District Attorney Jerome today began the prosecution of Harry Thaw. Attorney Delmas blocked his plan to lay the foundation to disprove the evidence of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerome Today
Harry Thaw
Delmas
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Monster Revival Draws 2,500 Men to Local Rink
A large crowd filled the rink and overflowed to the Baptist and Broadway M. E. churches as Evangelist Scoville led a men only meeting. He urged Logansport to have more men in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Broadway M. E
Evangelist Scoville
Logansport
Oldest Employee at Local Steel Works Retires or Reaches Milestone
William H. Wilkison of Eleventh Street, a fifty year veteran at the American Steel Dredge Works formerly Dowling foundry, began learning his trade in 1858. Born May 15 1835 in Livingston County New York he moved to Logansport at sixteen and started training a year later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Wilkison
Eleventh Street
American Steel
Dowling Foundry
Canal and
Berkley Streets
Mr. Wilkison
Logansport
Livingston County
New York
Miss Winifred Ahern Guests in Kokomo
Miss Winifred Ahern a stenographer in the county auditor’s office was the guest of Miss Katherine MecEntee of Kokomo Sunday in social circle notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Ahern
County Auditor's Office
Katherine MecEntee
Kokomo
Girls Basketball Tonight Versus Peru High at the Rink
The local high school girls are set for an 8 o'clock game against Peru high school at the rink. Lineup: Floy Champe and Marie Gross forwards Helen Hughes center Mildred Gamble Hazel Lee guards. A boys game precedes. Afterward proceeds fund a dance at nine o'clock for attendees. Peru rooters travel with the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Scrubs
Floy Champe
Marie Gross
Helen Hughes
Mildred Gamble
Hazel Lee
Cuards
Township trustees set exam sites for county schools
At a Saturday meeting with Superintendent William Haas the trustees chose exam locations in Adams Twelve Mile Bethlehem Metea Boone Royal Center Clay Shady Nook Clinton Clymers Deer Creek Young America Harrison Lincoln Jefferson Calloway Miami New Waverly Tipton Onward Walton Noble Center Washington Nel Logansport Commercial College. Haas said seventh graders should not take the exam as they would enter high school too young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Haas
Haas
Adams
Twelve Mile
Bethlehem
Metea
Boone
Royal Center
Clay
Shady Nook
Clinton
Clymers
Deer Creek
Young America
Harrison
Lincoln
Jefferson
Calloway
Miami
New Waverly
Tipton
Onward
Walton, Noble
Center
Washington and Nel
Logansport Commercial College
Miss Mae Krauss Visits Relatives in New Waverly
Miss Mae Krauss of New Waverly is visiting relatives here for a stay with family.
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Mae Krauss
New Waverly
Forty Suits Filed in One Court
Forty affidavits accuse Stelloel Smith of embezzlement and petit larceny in Judge Hanawalu's court. Smith, once secretary of Tirzah court, faces charges over twenty five cents from years past. Clara Murphy seeks custody of her child in a circuit court petition tied to Clyde Murphy’s divorce. Several cases were dismissed in circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Murphy
Clyde Murphy
Frank Packard
Oscar Mummert
Myrtle Collins
Alexandria Collins
Minnie Burke
Fred G. Burke
Convicted man George Mullendere violator of liquor law
George Mullendere was found guilty today of violating the liquor law after a prior trial. He faced charges rooted in a previous proceeding and was adjudged guilty in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mullendere
Family Walk to Logansport From Gibson City
Mrs. Sarah Knell and three children arrived in the city from Gibson City Illinois after walking part way to logansport. The father remains in Gibson working off a debt while Salvation Army provides shelter clothing and aid to the family. They secured two small rooms on Thirteenth Street and plan for the father to join them soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Knell
Gibson
Salvation Army Starts Rent League Aimed at 30 Members
Local Salvation Army workers push a Rent League plan to raise rent and electric bill funds. They seek thirty people to donate one dollar monthly to cover housing and utilities costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
The
Army
Mission talk by Rev Mengoze in Logansport church
Cincinnati preacher Rev Mengoze lectures to Logansport Jewish citizens at eight tonight at the Christian Science church. He has previously lectured in Marion and Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mengoze
Cincinnati
Logansport
Christian Science Church
Marlon
Pera
Italian Worker Returns Home After Saving Big
Mike Antonio, a Panhandle yards section hand, earns 1.19 daily and saves 1000 in five years. He plans to return to Italy to live luxuriously, noting cheaper living, values, and customs including marriage norms and language in the old country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Mike Antonio
Panhandle
Old Country
Panhandle Company
Nick Antonio
Merchants Banquet Planned by Logansport Credit Exchange
Logansport Credit Exchange members and other merchants will banquet tomorrow evening at Stettiner hall. Several out of town merchants will attend. The event is called the largest of its kind in the city with addresses by local leaders and planned entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport Credit Exchange
Stettiner Hall
Tragic East End Fire Claims Three-Year-Old Ralph
Ralph Evans aged three died after his clothing caught fire while playing with matches at home. His mother found him as flames spread, and the child expired in her arms. The father, absent, faced a mob outside the house before police protected him. The family, in poverty, arranged a funeral for the next day at New Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
Befalein
East End
Twelfth and
Erie Avenue
Sheets
Carson
Drother
Panhandle
New Waverly
Marion Plans New Park and Amusement Field
John H. Ammons of Crystal theater circuit leads a Marion project to create a 44 acre park on the old fair grounds. The plan includes a picnic area, baseball diamond, and Chicago style amusement features to rival White City. If successful, more parks may follow next summer in Logansport with Crystal circuit ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
John H. Ammons
Crystal Theater Circuit
Old Fair Grounds
Chicago
Ammons
Crystal Cheaters
Logansport
Small blaze at Wheatly residence on Eel River and Canal
Fire brigade responded yesterday afternoon to a small blaze caused by a faulty flue at the Wheatly residence located at Eel River avenue and Canal street. Guests Wyble Hiner and Archie R. Dillman of Lafayette were in the city visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatly
Eel River Avenue
Canal Street
Wyble Hiner
Archie R. Dillman
Lafayette
City
Senator Wood Boasts Hanly Veto Clash Over Logansport Sewer Bill
Governor Hanly vetoed the Logansport sewer bill and it was repassed 39 to 5. Senator Will R. Wood of Lafay ette, former ally of Hanly, denounced the governor as revengeful, claiming the veto came after his vote on the Farber bill. He defended his independent stance and argued the bill’s constitutionality despite the governor's doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanly
Logansport
Will R. Wood
Lafayette
Senator Wood
Wood
Senate
Fctm
Apite
Farber
Tippecanoe County
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Boze Inquest
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Jerome
Monster
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Foundry
Barry
Earth
C.P
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Harriman
Rockefeller
Hanawalt
Stelloel Smith
Stelloel Smith In
Judge Hanawalu
Oliver J. Stoeffer and
George Barnes
Smith
Tirzah Court
Tribe of
Ben
Hur
Gibson City
Chldren
Start Rent League
Prince
Stettiner
Down Town
Son
Father
White City
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