Slippery Sidewalks Cause Several Accidents in City
Slippery sidewalks today caused multiple bruises and injuries. Mrs. Annie Minnick of 523 West Broadway fractured a leg near Front and West Market. Miss Mabel Murphy of the South Side dislocated an elbow at Fifth and Ipte. Others fell at Sixth Street alley and nearby areas but avoided serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Minnick
Valentine Minnick
West Broadway
Front
West Market
Hollowey
Missy Murphy
Fifth and I Pte
B. D. Bradfiel
Third Street
John Bradfield
Robert RK. Reed
Ze’colek
Enyart Betting Works
Sixth Street
Hypnotist Causes Fall At Pottsville Firemen Show
During an entertainment for Pottsville firemen a local hypnotist lost track of Dominick Lagus who was under influence. Lagus wandered to an open staircase landing and fell to the bottom, breaking his leg and suffering other injuries though not believed to be life threatening.
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Pottsville
Ind
Dominick Lagus
Lagus
Few Fires This Month Praise Logansport Fire Dept
Logansport fire department members congratulate themselves on the month’s low fire count with only two incidents breaking the quiet. The first fire struck Carus Wholesale Fruit House on Third Street amid Dowling’s opera house scare, and the second burned the Barnhart Building on Sixth Street yesterday morning.
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Logansport
Third Street
Dowling
Barnhart
Sixth Street
Heating system contract for new church awarded
Messinger, Son & Sullivan win the heating apparatus installation for the Christian church. The contract price is 1850 dollars for a low pressure vacuum by stem system installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messinger, Son & Sullivan
New Christian Church
Stem
Gundrum Pays Winfield Seventy Five Dollars in Settlement
The circuit court dismissed Winfield's suit for one hundred fifty dollars in attorney fees from Gundrum. Settlement mirrors the Obenchain bondsmen approach, fifty percent with assets, resulting in bondsmen paying about six thousand in attorney fees and trustee costs while taxpayers bear thirty one thousand one hundred ten dollars in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Gundrum
Obenchain
Maurice Winfield
William Gundrum
Elder F. Obenchain
Debating Society Session on Ireland in Bridg ity High
The Bridg ity Debating society meets in the high school assembly room with chairs moved from Carnegie Hall for the occasion. The topic: Resolved That England's treatment of Ireland is not just. C P Smith and W C Dunn uphold the affirmative. J E Ladders and G N Berry the negative. Musical numbers include a piano solo by Miss Pearl Williams, baritone Colleen Bawn Louis P Denner, and recitation Shamus O'Brien by GP Smith. Public invited. free admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Carnegie
New
Broadway
M. E. Churel
England
Ireland
C. P. Smith
W. C. Dunn
J. E. Ladders
G. N. Berry
Tour of the World Planned by F A Miller Editor
South Bend Tribune editor F A Miller sails May 22 for Europe with Mrs Miller and companions on the Cunarder Caronia. They will tour the British Isles and mainland Europe including France and Germany while Miller writes letters home. Editorial direction will be by W K Lausbert during the absence.
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F. A. Miller
South Bend Tribune
Europe
France
Leleium
Holland
Italy
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Miller
the Tribune
The
Tribune
W. KK. Lausbert
Telegraph Desk
Pennsylvania Railroad to Destroy Wooden Coal Cars
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans a large bonfire near Harrisburg to burn wooden coal cars of 40 000 to 50 000 pounds. Cars will be burned to extinction as scrap iron is recovered later. Officials say destroying the aging cars is cheaper than paying wreck costs from their failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Itx
Lucknow
Shopa
Harrisburg
Senator Raynor Denounces Monopoly in Rail Rate Fight
In a Senate speech yesterday afternoon Senator Raynor argued against capitulation by monopolies in railroad rate legislation. He asserted that principled pursuit of justice always resists surrender and that favored clans must retreat before the people’s allied force in the halls of the legislature.
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Micnopoly
Raynor
Senate
Laudanum by Mistake At Schaefer Saloon Area
A woman living above the Schaefer saloon on Erie Avenue west of Seventh Street reportedly swallowed a small amount of laudanum by mistake on February 18. A physician was called. no serious effects followed due to the small dose.
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Schaefer
Erie Avenue
Seventh Street
Exploding Boiler Case Near Terre Haute Heads To Jury
Joseph Tishock sues George S. Kistler for about 1500 dollars claiming wages for nine months work after a boiler exploded in a brick block under construction in Terre Haute. He alleges the estate should pay, while heirs seek deduction for negligence and reduced damages. The incident's cause remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia A. Thompson
Terre Haute
Tishock
Default Entered In Divorce Case In Circuit Court
Default entered in the divorce case of Dora Deniston versus Roscoe Deniston after the defendant failed to answer in the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Deniston
Roscoe Deniston
Paralyzed Local Grocer Attacked Returning From Customers
Ed Elliott, chief representative of the J. T. Elliott Co., wholesale grocers, was struck by paralysis yesterday evening on his way home from a trip to suburban customers. He fell from a buggy, struck his head, and is now confined to his Seventh Street home in a precarious condition. Doctors hold out hope for recovery though one side remains nearly paralyzed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Elliott
J. T. Elliott Co
Seventh Street
Hard Tests for Roofs in Heavy Snow
The heavy snow tests roofs from large flat structures to steep slopes. Melting water leaks from roofs once thought waterproof while gutters freeze and form dangerous icicles. Farmers welcome the snow for soil moisture, while roofers expect a busy season repairing impervious roofs after thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aterest
Rural Route Figures for Indiana Mail Service
Rural free delivery in Indiana is nearly complete with about 2 500 routes. In July the Indianapolis division offices will close and merge with Cincinnati. Indiana carriers earn about 1 500 000 dollars yearly under a new pay scale based on route length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Federal
Indianapolis
Department of Inspection
Cincinnati
Bishop Moore Arrives for Broadway M E Church Dedication
Bishop David H. Moore arrives in the city and will be guest of Attorney Q A Myers. He will preside at the dedication ceremonies for the new Broadway M E church next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Moore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Portland
Oregon
City
Q. A. Myers
Moore
New Broadway M. E
Logansport Gets Switching Plant In New Venture
Joseph Deford of Logansport invents an automatic streetcar switch device. The Deford Automatic Switch Company, with $10,000 capital, will manufacture and install the device to turn streetcar switches from inside cars. W. S. Pittman and others lead the firm as Chicago and Indianapolis investors back the project.
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Logansport
Deford
William S. Pittman
Joseph F. Deford
Joseph C., Hayworth
Joseph H. Reisemeier
William H. Porter
Bridge City Foundry
W. S. Pitman
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Indiana Union Traction Company
National Stamping and Electrical Company
Biddle’s Island
Y M C A Officers Open Seventeenth Indiana Conference
Indiana YMCA officers opened the seventeenth annual conference at Linden hotel Indianapolis with about thirty officers present from across the state. Speakers included H Harrington Lafayette R A Stow Lafayette I B Dodge Warren Pa and W W Helm Tokio. Sessions proceed today with A L Ward E T Colton W Northcott A H Coe Samuel Clark J G Perkins and W C Paige among speakers. The eveing address by Mr Kelm will use a stereopticon. Secretary McCracken missed the session due to press of business.
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Indiana
Young Men’s Christian Association
Linden Hotel
North Illinois Street
Indianapolis
H. Harrington
Lounsville
R. A. Stow
Lafayette
I. B., Dodge
Warren
W. W. Helm
Tokio
Japan
A. L. Ward
E. T. Colton
International Commission
Northern Indiana Teachers' Meeting Plans Unfold at Lafayette
Logansport teachers await the Northern Indiana Teachers association program for the Lafayette meeting starting April 2. Principal speakers include Dr. David Starr Jordan of Stanford University Dr. Thompson of Ohio and Dr. Hughes of DePauw. Spring vacation coincides with the week of April 2.
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Logansport
Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Lafayette
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Thompson
Ohio
Hughes
DePauw
Couple defrauds Barnett Hotel in Cincinnati
Mr and Mrs Harry Espelage and a companion left the Barnett hotel without paying for lodging and tried to flee the city. Patrolman Graham stopped them. Espelage pleaded guilty and was fined five dollars plus costs or fifteen days in jail. the girl, known as Pearl Aldrich, was released with no money.
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Harry Espelage
Barnett
Graham
Pearl Aldrich
Lottie Aldrich
Cincinnati
Espelage
Market Street
Emil Keller
Big Saloon License Move Shocks Muncie Council
A proposed ordinance in Muncie would raise the annual city liquor license from 500 to 1,000 dollars, aiming to curb suburban saloon crime by forcing higher fees or shutdown. Brewing firms and agencies oppose the change, arguing current profits won't be enough to close many outlets, while some accuse uptown dealers of backing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Muncie
Vrewing
Presbyterian federation committee meets in Charlotte
The Presbyterian churches federation committee met in Charlotte North Carolina with Dr J I Searle as moderator and Dr J D Steele as secretary. The group debated press access and voted to censor all articles before publication. Steele reported broad but conditional support for federation among churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Federation of the Presbyterian Churches of the
J. D. Steele
Drunk Again Leads to Ten Days in County Jail
Joseph Gandy was arrested for intoxication last night marking a second offense in just over a week. He received ten days in the county jail after prior suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gandy
Joseph Gandy
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Will Travel
Oliver
Congress
Senator Raynor
Neglgent
Joseph Tishock
George S. Kistler
Bishop Moore
Joseph Deford
McCracken
Teachers’ Association
Barnett Hotel
BIG Saloon License
Presbyterian Union
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