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Newspaper

Logansport Daily Reporter

Location

Logansport, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1911

Page

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Return of Rev C C Cissell Highlighted at Wheatland Avenue Church

The fourth quarterly conference of Wheatland Avenue M E church elected officers for the coming year and heard reports. Resolutions urged the return of Dr C C Cissell as district superintendent and Rev E C Dunn as pastor, praising their work and requesting continued residence. Elected officers include school and society leaders, trustees, stewards, and youth leaders.

Wheatland Avenue M. E C. C. Cissell E. C. Dunn North Indiana Kokomo Ind Cc. C. Cissell Wheatland Avenue M. E Logansport Cora Thomas Kate Pritchett Clayton Osborne T. J. Overpeck Rebecca Sturgeon Flora French Ray Geolie S. T. Carr J. M. Brown Irinda Michael Ladies’ Aid Society Sadie Boyer Woman's Home Missionary Society Edith Swartzel Queen Esther Circle Will Wright Ree Men's Brotherhood John Bowen A. S. Boyer John Thomas Henry Sissi H. P. Gottshall J A. Swartzel A. W. Gallion Ruth Thomas Epworth League Elsie Freeman Junior League Maggie Purcell Jessie Cookley Annie Kerns Blanche Gangloff Cora Frohm Alice Stoltz W. J. Swinhart D. W

Warrick Coming Home From Florida Trip

Harry G. Warrick and his wife plan to return home after a winter in Pensacola Florida. He reports a successful southern sojourn with nineteen alligators and three tons of fish caught, plus four tons that got away. Matt Moroney, former county treasurer, joined him for several weeks.

Harry G. Warrick Pensacola Fla Harry South Matt Moroney

Road Day in Jefferson Township Sees Gravel Hauling and Dinner

Tomorrow Road Day will occur in Jefferson township with men and teams hauling gravel to finish the road project. Women will provide a fine country dinner at the Lake Cicott M E church to show support for the effort.

Jefferson Township Lake Cicott M. E

Captain Swigart Boom In G A R Commander Bid

The G A R encampment will be in Richmond in May where an election is set. Captain Frank Swigart of this city is a popular candidate for department commander, advocated by comrades in the Forty sixth regiment statewide.

Richmond Frank Swigart Forty-sixth Regiment

Woodling School Closes as Students Perform Banquet Program

Woodling school in Washington township closed today with a program by the scholars. Parents prepared a banquet for the children after the event.

Woodling Washington Township

Wife Wins Record Alimony in Cass Circuit Court

The wife of Alexander Frye was granted a divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment and abandonment. She receives 4000 alimony in installments and custody of two children. The couple married in 1907 and separated in 1910.

Alexander Frye Cass Frye Daisy Bleyer John B. Smith Dick Bleyer Daisy Brien Frank Guthrie

Logansport Radiator Works to Expand Plant

Plans for enlarging the machine and foundry departments are open to bids with a steel frame fireproof building measuring 100 by 110 feet. The steel structural contract was awarded to Lafayette Engineering. The expansion will make the radiator factory the city's largest manufacturing concern.

Logansport Lafayette Engineering Company

Assessors Meet on Land Values in Three-County Area

Township assessors from Cass, Pulaski, and White counties gathered at the tri-county point to set land valuations from sixteen to thirty-two dollars per acre.

Cass Pulaski White Counties

Walls Remain As Church Is Razed For Rebuilding

Only the front and back walls of the old Baptist church stand after razing. Builders expect to begin rebuilding around April 1 and aim to finish before next winter snowfall.

Old Baptist Church

North Street Annexation Delays Paving Extension

Property owners along North Street from Twenty fourth to Twenty sixth seek incorporation to extend pavement beyond Twenty fourth. The Board of Works favors paving but lacks jurisdiction as the section lies outside city limits. Officials say annexation must first occur before action.

North Street Twentyfourth Twenty-sixth Street Board of Works Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth Street

Pettigrew Case Under Advisement in Kokomo Trial

Judge Purdum will take time to decide after yesterday's trial in Kokomo. The Pettigrew case featured medical ad hominem terms and intense cross examinations as Dr. Pettigrew defended his license and school against the state medical board's action.

Purdum Gavin Indianapolis State Medical Board State Board Itlgrew

Michael Michael Trial Set For April Court Session

Daily reports judge John 8S set cases for the Cass circuit court April term including the murder case State vs Samuel E Michael over Levi C Pippinger of Carroll county. Hundreds of Carroll residents expected to attend as April 17 marks the Michael murder trial with other April dates listed for forgery assault and administrator matters.

Cass Circuit Samuel E. Michael Levi C. Pippinger Carroll County Minnie E. Lincoln Martha S. Lincoln State Elwood Small Harry C. Organ Edgar and Orva Montgomery Assalt and Batery Samuel Michael Roy Titus

Sixteen Firemen Fall as Middleton Hardware Fire Rages

Milwaukee March 24 Sixteen firemen fell through the roof of the Middleton Hardware building while battling a blaze. Flames are fierce and rescue is deemed impossible with all believed dead.

Milwaukee Wis Middleton Hardware Company

Bandits Rob Train Between Coffeyville and Lenapah

Five armed men halted the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern train near Coffeyville Kansas and Lenapah Oklahoma at midnight. They robbed the mail and express cars and escaped with about $20,000 in cash and securities. No injuries reported. Authorities seek suspects.

Coffeyville, Kas St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Coffeyville Lenapah Okla

Robbery袭 at Globe clerk on Wednesday night

Henry Budde Jr a Globe clothing store clerk was held up in an alley by a man who threatened him with a club and demanded his cash. Budde surrendered the $1.13 he had and was allowed to move on.

Henry Budde, Jr Globe Clothing Store Budde

Sacred concert at Broadway M E church next Sunday

A sacred concert directed by Mrs J B Shultz will be held at Broadway Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday evening. The concerts are popular and a large audience is expected to attend.

Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church J. B. Shultz

Kramb Released on Bail After Copper Wire Theft Charge

Fred Kramb, jailed on copper wire theft charges, was freed yesterday after his father posted a $500 bail.

Fred Kramb

Wife Sues For Divorce In Cass Circuit Court

Rose M. McDonald through Fansler and Foskett sues Truman C. McDonald in Cass circuit court for divorce. She accuses excess drinking and verbal abuse in front of daughters aged fourteen and nine, says he struck her, ordered her from the home, and squandered money on liquor. She seeks custody of the two children and $660 alimony.

Rose M. McDonald Fansler & Foskett Cass Truman C. McDonald

Organ to be Tried April 10 on Forgery Charge

The trial of Harry C. Organ for passing a forged check at City National Bank will be held in Cass circuit court on Monday April 10. Prosecutors believe the state will overcome any technical loophole despite a possible statute of limitations issue. Police from Decatur Indiana Boone Iowa Bucyrus Ohio Fremont Nebraska will attend if warrants are issued. Organ's photo was taken in jail and distributed to locate him nationwide. a distinguishing mark is the left foot with missing toes.

Harry C. Organ City National Bank Cass Organ Pinkerton Walter Foskett Decatur Ind Boone Bucyrus Fremont Neb Butler Joliet Ill

Farm house robbed of razors and clothing in Boone township

The home of Ira Kistler trustee of Boone township was raided last Saturday while the family was away. Little of value was taken aside from two razors and some men's wearing apparel.

Ira Kistler Boone Township

William Morris Sentenced for Grand Larceny

William Morris, a Black man, was arraigned in circuit court after being arrested for robbing the Barnett hotel of 55 dollars and 75 cents. He pleaded guilty to grand larceny and received a sentence of two to fourteen years in the Jeffersonville reformatory.

William Morris Barnett Hotel Jeffersonville

Logansport Woman Rushes to Idaho Falls as Scaffold Toll Grows

Mrs. Brand the Logansport widow rushed from town after learning John Brand had died in Idaho Falls. Her husband’s partners William Sweeney lies dying from injuries in the same scaffold collapse, while Mrs Brand’s sister’s address is noted and Ira Fischer reports the worsening condition.

Idaho Falls Ida John Brand Logansport William Sweeney Brand and Sweeney Brand Maggie Fischer High Street Ira Fischer Sweeny Mrs. Brand

Burglary and street brawls plague city yesterday

A daylight break in at J W Smith meat market 1226 Broadway yielded about fifty pennies and an empty purse from a back room. Vandalia worker R Ray's home at 1504 Water Street was robbed in the afternoon. Several arrests followed for intoxication including Tom Hursh Albert Bell and Danny Gray with varied penalties. A fist fight between Mrs Sullivan and Mrs Chet ham led to no charges, and two tenants argued at the old interurban station with no arrests.

J. W. Smith Broadway Smith East End R. Ray Water Street Jawl Hursh Albert Bell Berkley Street

Doctor Wins Lot in Florida Farm Drawings

Dr. C. L. Nelson learned from Florida that he drew a ten acre farm and a twenty acre farm in drawings by the Florida Fruit Land company. He is confident in the property and many Logansport and Cass county people are involved, each hoping for a ten acre plot or something better.

C. L. Nelson Florida Florida Fruit Land Company Logansport Cass County

Fire damages home of H. E. Nickelson in Panhandle area

Fire crews answered a noon alarm at Nine teenth and George streets to a roof fire in the home of Panhandle freight conductor H. E. Nickelson. Chemicals quelled the blaze, causing about 5 dollars in damage. The Sheriff Butler owns the house.

H. E. Nickelson Panhandle Nineteenth and George Streets Butler

More Men Laid Off At Panhandle Shops

Twenty-five night shift workers and additional day shift staff were laid off Wednesday amid slack business at the Panhandle shops. The move affects multiple crews and underscores ongoing workforce reductions in the area.

Panhandle

Case Sent to Carroll County in Shrader Dispute

The case of Fred Shrader against Jessie Shrader has been vented to Carroll county, with the matter moving to the county's legal jurisdiction for further action. The record notes the transfer of the case to Carroll County authorities.

Fred Shrader Jessie Shrader Carroll County

Fire Damages Home of William Obenchain

A defective fire caused by a defect burned the roof of the kitchen and attic at 508 West Wabash Avenue early today. The blaze damaged the Obenchain residence with significant roof destruction.

William Obenchain West Wabash Avenue

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Dunns Wheatland Church Warrick Swigart Regene Setbage Exploration Residhation Umm Pettigrew The Kokomo Tribune Hot Springs Mike Fansler Claude Jenkines Kkpatrick al Jenkines Dr. Gunn Jenkines Michael Levi Pippinger John Daisy Ewington Anna Wey Willard Paul Rickart Estate Ella Smith Mary Baker Carrie Penwarder Anna Hankee Samuel Long Indiana Union Traction Company Ethel Evans Nolan Martin George Harrison Ira Conger Anna Parmeter Asa Parmeter Susan Winn Willard Winn W. A. Winn Et al Kramb Lairy ARE Logangport Husband Cagtend Case Carroll
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