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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
7
March 28 report says winds fanned a fire that nearly wiped Greenville, Indiana, 12 miles from this city. The business district two blocks lost, total damage about 40000 dollars. Fire began in rubbish back yard at Mary K. Wood residence.
Lake Station March 28 Frank Brock 33 a resident and son in law of Postmaster Charles Zeidel attempted self destruction by shooting himself in the cemetery where his wife was recently buried after a hospital operation involving Bertha Laubie a Hobart midwife charged with malpractice Brock was in a precarious condition.
Robert Hill walked into the office of Justice of the Peace Hutchinson in Mount Vernon and surrendered to Patrolman Search. Five months earlier he escaped from Pontiac where he was serving a long burglary sentence and had been traveling the country seeking to avoid capture. He said he was tired of dodging officers and wished to return to prison.
Bloodhounds failed to locate the dynamiters who wrecked the K P building at Center Point. The blast caused about 5500 in damage and investigators suspect saloon men with malice toward J J Ury the druggist who suffered the heaviest loss.
The Young Men's Republican club opened its Shelby county campaign with a public meeting at the City opera house. All district Republican congressional candidates spoke, outlining their platforms and urging support.
Edgar J. Miller aged 23 of Newtown, a freshman at DePauw, was electrocuted in a boarding house bathroom. A roommate found him dead with a hole in his right forefinger and a deep burn on his tie, indicating the cause of death.
In Jasonville on March 28 a fox leaped into Jasper Aikins's bedroom causing a brief alarm. The fox fled after breaking another window while pursued by several hounds, eluding both dogs and hunters.
John D. Putts cashier of Bank of College Corner failed to win $10,000 damages against the Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville Railway. Putts' wife died after being struck by a train at Cottage Grove. A second suit for $15,000 was filed by Mrs Pults estate against the railroad.
Cedar Creek Gas and Coal company formed by St. Louis capitalists with 1 500 000 capital absorbed the holdings of the defunct Winslow Gas and Coal company, which had been in receivership under W L Davis of Canton Ohio for three years.
A shooting outside Vincent church near Cottonwood leaves Tom Mills with a life threatening wound. The shooter is Lawrence Epley aged 19 son of farmer George Epley. The incident occurred near the main entrance and may prove fatal.
Mrs. Harry Colhover of Hartford City will likely lose sight after a safety pin hidden in a carpet corner became embedded in her eye while she shook the rug. The pin held the rag’s weight as it pierced the eye.
The convention of Indiana Bituminous Miners met in Terre Haute to draft a wage scale to present in a joint conference with operators. A scale committee was named and it was expected the current wage scale would be amended.
Columbus reports a 13 year old, Ernest Gill, son of Anson Gill, fell into a large kettle of boiling water at Wolf's slaughter house. He was pulled out with severe burns and was initially thought fatally injured. His legs suffered extreme scalding before rescue.
Villagers debate law enforcement as a citizen presses the marshal about raiding a cockfight. The reply downplays the event and questions the birds' value as food.
In a tense exchange Margaret and Elliott debate returning the recovered gold to the crown and seeking salvage value. They consider claiming 100000 dollars or more for expenses, while pondering future plans and a hinted personal demand from the past. The dialogue shifts from wealth to morality as they face uncertain futures aboard a dhow bound for Africa.
Porfirio Diaz the third, grandson of the Mexican president, shows a strong early interest in soldiers. He marches and drills playmates and insists on a military touch to his clothing. His great grandfather was a general at 24. Porfirio the third may exceed that milestone if trouble comes to the republic.
A front building sign invites public inspection of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound details and business methods. It questions the brand's vegetable basis, letters from women, confidentiality, and claims of cures, urging doubters to verify and believing women to continue using the product.
In congressional discourse a disposition toward Lilley is seen, framed as a potential kibosh on the matter. Lawmakers discuss blocking or halting the Lilley proposal with opposition voices expressing caution and strategic maneuvering.
London reports four infant heirs controlling major European thrones. The czarevitch of Russia, Spain's heir, Italy's prince, and Norway's crown prince are praised for looks and talents while Olaf of Norway is noted as most intelligent. Humbert of Piedmont is temperamental and the Austrian heir learns to wean.
A list of daily rail routes appears including No. 1 from New York to Kansas City and No. 5 from Toledo to St. Louis, plus No. 3 from New York to St. Louis and No. 1 from New York to St. Louis.
Andrew Kolinoski was acquitted by a Cleveland jury in Judge Babcock's court of slain wife and her boarder. He admitted the deed but pleaded emotional insanity and justification. The jury found him not guilty after deliberation. Kolinoski had pleaded with his wife to return to him after a separation. she loved another man.
W. H. Porter endorses Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a mild effective laxative that stimulates the liver cleanses the system and improves complexion without stomach irritation. It is advertised as superior to pills aperient waters and other cathartics for women and children.
Limited trains operate from Ko komo to Tipton with direct connections at Tipton to Elwood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and intermediate stations. All trains except the 11:00 p m run make these connections.
James Wood of 378 West Main Street Peru Indiana reports severe nightly back pain and kidney distress. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills he says the pain vanished in days and has not returned. the product, priced 50 cents, is sold by all dealers with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. sole agents.
Coupon books offered by local agents provide $12.00 worth of transportation for ten dollars. The deal covers 32 traction lines across Indiana Ohio and Michigan totaling 1 807 miles of track.
The item lists train or travel routes stopping at Indianapolis for Lafayette Crawfordsville Columbus Shelbyville Rushville Grenfield Knightstown New Castle Cambridge City Richmond Dayton and others. It also mentions Muncie Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton Farmland Winchester Union City Greenville and points beyond.
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co operates interurban trains from Fort Wayne to Peru Wabash Huntington and intermediate points with multiple daily departures. Additional services connect Delphi Lafayette and other intermediate points with limited cars and express freight running Fort Wayne to Lafayette.
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