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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
7
A Sunday school scene has Oswald answering a teacher about facing a strike. He replies with a philosophical stance, saying he would imagine himself in the other boy’s place.
Alfred Ortiz de Rozas of the La Plata firm Agent & Co inspects the Richmond Home Telephone Company's automatic system. He has toured Dayton and Columbus and says an Argentine syndicate will establish automatic service in Buenos Aires and other Argentine cities. He seeks patent rights for the invention for Argentina.
A 50 member committee in South Bend Indiana has begun criminal action against owners renting buildings for immoral purposes amid alleged city inaction. Owners were served notice to cleanse their properties within two weeks under Indiana law allowing fines up to 500 dollars and up to six months imprisonment.
Mrs. Sophia White sues saloon keeper Adam Miller and Baltimore Bonding company for 2000 dollars alleging illegal liquor sale sparked a drunken assault on Jacob Abshire and Harry Warnock. White says she was humiliated after her husband’s actions led to her arrest and detention.
In Terre Haute the Indiana Bituminous Operators association approved a resolution to meet UMW Eleventh district members in a joint conference in this city Monday to settle wage scale and other terms of a new one year agreement. Operators had sent notices for a convention Friday to decide miners proposals for the talks.
Six senior high school boys expelled for placing a banner on the bell tower are reinstated. Fifteen other students who walked out return and may resume classes. Expelled students agree to remove class colors, not climb the tower again, and to makeup lost study time after apologizing.
Shelbyville March 26 The Civic Improvement association has decided to hold a fall flower show as part of city beautification. The group will supply flower seeds to Shelbyville school students who will plant them in spring and summer. In the fall the blooms will be exhibited at the city hall.
Martinsville March 26 Democratic precinct committeemen reelected Dr A S Tilford chairman on the first ballot over Charles E Brown and A J Watson. Tilford received more votes than the other two combined. Edward Duckworth elected treasurer with Charles Brown named vice chairman.
Columbus reports that Mrs. Culla Vayhinger wife of Rev. Monroe Vayhinger of Hurstville and state president of the W C T U will address the Prohibitionists convention at the city hall Saturday night marking the county's first female speaker in this event.
Mar 26 Kokomo reports Rev. Fred G. Fisher, once pastor of Beamer Chapel Methodist, shocked Boston parishioners by insisting his pay be reduced to a living wage of 1200 dollars annually from 2100. He previously served in Kokomo and spent a year as a missionary in India.
Dr. Franklin W. Hays, longtime Indiana figure and first president of the Columbia club, died in Los Angeles. He was a lifelong intimate friend of James Whitcomb Riley and was widely known across Indiana. Messages with the news came from Indianapolis dated March 26.
The Republic Iron and Steel plant at Hammond has closed, leaving about 1,200 workers unemployed and creating a sudden halt in local production.
Sevier and companions broach piracy stakes while plotting voyage home with stolen treasure. Henninger offers a single gold brick and plans to divide the six-figure haul at Durban. The crew debates crime, punishment, and a long shot at Cairo for remittance as the night watch tightens.
A Manning Iowa woman writes that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound saved her life. She describes years of severe female troubles and costly treatments with no relief before following the remedy’s guidance and regaining perfect health. She urges other women to try it.
The advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female illnesses. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and various pains and nervous conditions. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Mass.
Real estate transfers include Susan E. Aldrich to John H. Burnett on tux lot 3 and subdivisions, and to Jno Lipton’s Second Addit ion for 2800 dollars. Harry S. Elliott etux transfer to Harry Lux on lot 34 of James Cheney's Third Add. for 7500. Samuel W. Robinson to George A. Marshall on lot 6 James Henry's Add. for 25. Wm E Zartman to Robt E Porter on lot 12 McComb's Add. Royal Centre for 750. Cordell to Ovid Soncarty on 40 acres in section 16 two miles northwest of Washington, for 3500. Flora L Osmer to Benj F Long on lot 20 Osmer's 3rd Add. city east side 17th street between Jefferson and Otto, Logansport for 1500. Real estate mortgages filed 1406 dollars. Chattel mortgages filed 350 dollars.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J Cheney & Co of Toledo declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason attests December 6 1886. Advertising copy notes internal remedy and testimonials and lists Talelu Ohio pharmacists.
Newport Rhode Island March 26 Mrs Ha Lewis keeper of Lime Rock lighthouse Newport harbor prepares a brief vacation her first in 50 years. She has never missed a night in the lighthouse suffers nervouse loss of sleep At 65 she is the only woman lighthouse keeper on the payroll She received the American Cross of Honor society cross of honor and life membership Last fall she earned a pension from the Carnegie hero fund for saving 18 lives.
The service has chosen an Official Route and set a rate of one and one fourth cents per mile. Tickets are valid on all cars with no excess, and good for ALJ trains on Tuesday March 31 and Wednesday April 1. Return Tickets valid through Friday April 3. Special Car Rates at 1 cent per mile are available. Contact local ticket agent or Traffic Department Indiana Union Traction Co Anderson Indiana.
Paroness Hengelmuller von Hengevar, wife of the Austrian ambassador, predicts Washington will be the pleasure ground of America in 25 years. She praises the city as ideally beautiful and notes the social freedom and lack of rigid etiquette attractively liberal.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is promoted as stimulating the liver and cleansing the system to clear pimples and blotches. It is described as mild and pleasant for women and children, not harsh or sickening, and superior to pills and waters for not irritating the stomach or bowels.
Detectives shadow the queen and keep constant watch over the child. The infant prince now spends his airings on the palace roof, perched 100 feet above the ground as guards monitor his exposure.
Madrid report details the queen mother of Spain driven to frail health by bombings assassinations and revolutions fears for the unborn baby prince of the Asturias as palace guards reinforce the residence amid mounting tension.
Five time stamps listed across a day range from early morning to evening intervals: 5 00 am 6 45 am 7 00 am 3 45 pm 5 00 pm 6 45 pm 7 20 pm.
The advertisement states Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law because it contains no opiate or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults by W. H. Porter.
James Wood of 378 West Main Street Peru Indiana testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his long standing backache and kidney distress after other remedies failed. He reports pain at night, difficulty at work, and says he has had no attacks since using the pills. Sold by all dealers at 5 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Coupons worth 12 dollars for transportation available for 10 dollars with coverage across 32 traction lines in Indiana Ohio and Michigan totaling 1807 miles of track. Local agents sell the books in the area for quick access to rail and streetcar routes.
The listing shows train routes originating in 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 interurban stations to Peru Wabash Huntington and Fort Wayne with multiple morning afternoon and evening times. Limited cars operate with town stops only and an express freight service runs Fort Wayne to Lafayette each weekday under Superintendent R T Gunn.
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