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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
3
The official board of the R. R. Y. M. C. A. reports the year's expenses exceeded receipts by $100 after the course closed Wednesday night. Despite a good program and top talent, patronage did not meet expectations.
Chicago May 1 a so called azure cure is exposed at a Kosmos Hygienic Institute on North Clark Street run by Dr Lane. Arthur Rocket his neighbor distrusted the place saying barefoot and nightclad patrons promenade on the roof and caused disorderly conduct charges in municipal court. Lane defends his Kneipp based regimen as natural health with few grounds for offense.
The Rochester circuit court ruled that Ellison Shirk of Peru did not own the pier in front of his Lake Maxinkuskee summer cottage. Fred Thomson had filed the suit and placed nails and materials on the Shirk pier. Shirk pushed them into the lake. Attorney C H Stuart represented Thomson.
Manager Baird of the local 1-0 League awaits President Gamble's approval before shifting the squad to Muncie. The move likely to occur Monday. Carroll and Wise will travel to Oshkosh after Sunday.
Logs surrounding the boiler of engine No 501 burned rapidly as the engine pulled into the yards on Wednesday evening. The round house fire department was dispatched to extinguish the blaze.
Town briefs report all championship polo seats sold with games set for next week in Muncie. Other items note a dying man near Peru from hiccups, a Gibson County Sunday School convention in Owensville May 6-8, and local moves by saloon interests from Illinois into Indiana.
A letter received yesterday from E. Holland. junior professor of education at Indiana University. informs that the local school was honored.
London reports a British Medical Journal note on a youth’s red nose traced to exhaling cigarette smoke through the nostrils. The article warns that this habit dilates blood vessels and reddens the skin, mocking the notion of a dashing appearance from such action.
The monthly library report lists 3539 books loaned with adult and juvenile breakdowns. Adult reads total 2421 across fiction, biography, travels and more while juvenile reads total 1118 across fiction biography travels history literature fine arts useful arts science sociology religion.
The will, dated the day before her death in the Lakeport fire, leaves $15 000 to Belle Gunness's three children or to the Norwegian Orphans' Home if they are dead. The suitor Ray Lamphere, jailed for murder and arson, is alleged to have threatened her, and she feared he would set the house ablaze. Lamphere admits seeing smoke but says he feared being blamed for starting the fire.
Memphis lawyer William E. Cavett obtained a 3507 judgment against John R. Pepper, his wife, and Miss Mary Pepper over jewelry given under promise of marriage. Cavett plans further suit for jewelry valued over 1000 returned in alleged poor condition. Pepper family social prominence and engagement to Adrian Walton Ketchum noted.
Real estate transfers show John C. Deventer to Grace Chase lot 115 Jno Tipton add city on North Street for 3.25 and Emily Powell to Wm Zimmerman lot 16 and 2 1/2 percent Colfax Humphrey for 1250. Eliza Kirtland to Elias Kirtland S E 1 4 sec 26 Bethlehem twp 68 acres for 3000. Also filed are real estate mortgages 3075 and chattel mortgages 10. Release of mortgage 1101.34.
A family nailbox yields a miscellany of curious odds and ends. The items hint at past purchases and daily life, offering a glimpse into a household’s history through small keepsakes and stray coins.
Fire department logged nine runs to fires in the past month led by Fire Chief Charlies. None were large blazes though total loss amounted to 450 dollars.
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