Logansport Team Sweeps Two Fast Wins at Home
Logansport defeated Royal Center High School and swept two games against Sheridan Illinois and the Indianapolis Gold Medal team at Spencer Park. The Logan squad won in a 7 to 3 finish over Indianapolis, then beat Sheridan 8 to 1 while Royal Center fell 8 to 6 in the county contest. Charley Carroll umpired the Indianapolis game as Logansport started slowly but pulled away in the middle innings. The local nine also blanked Royal Center in a separate afternoon tilt with Leo Smith pitching for Logansport and Royal Center held to four hits.
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Logansport
Royal Center
Sheridan
Ill
Indianapolis
Spencer Park
Hall
Inl
Carroll
Leo Smith
Des Moines Man Rejects Medical Corps for Manila Marriage
L. A. Woodring of Des Moines has declined an overseas medical corps post to wed Spanish heiress Maursia Tretancine, rescued from Filipino insurgents near Manila in 1898. She will arrive June 15 for the ceremony, and the couple plan to live in Des Moines while he completes medical studies. The bride, nineteen, recently settled with the U S government for 200000 dollars from her father’s plantation.
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Des Moines
Manila
L. A. Woodring
Government Medical Corps
United States
Bradfield Wins Milk Prize at Ray and Arnold Creamery
Richard Bradfield won the top prize for delivering the highest grade of milk at the Ray and Arnold creamery in April. He delivered nine gallons daily and each gallon weighed eight pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bradfield
Ray & Arnold Creamery
Missionary Lectures Draw Large Audience in City
Rev. Adam Eby, returned from India, spoke at North Side Union Hall delivering two lectures on foreign mission work. The programs drew a well attended crowd.
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Adam Eby
India
North Side Union Hall
Labor Men Attend Services and Labor Day Plans
The Trades Assembly reads letters from AFL officials urging unions to support labor bills in Washington. Senators Hemenway Beveridge and Rep Rauch pledge to back reasonable labor legislation. A St Francis hospital cornerstone event May 24 is accepted with attendance urged. A Labor Memorial Day committee is named and Labor Sunday services May 10 at First Presbyterian are promoted for union members and families.
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Trades Assembly
Labor Hall
A. F. of
Washington
Hemenway
Beveridge
George W. Rauch
Assembly
Sisters of St. Francis
St. Joseph's Hospital
C. Clugston
Dora Smith
D. Loftus
H. Tripp
R. T. McGrew
B. B. Bigler
First Presbyterian Church
Man Confesses Shooting Aggressive Neighbor Dog
Captain George H. Graham says the dog shooting was by a resident of the same street who was annoyed by the animal. Earlier reports claimed burglars shot the dog after midnight, but Graham's investigation identifies a human attacker and clears the burglar theory.
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George H. Graham
Dorse E. Winemiller
Sixteenth
Spear Streets
Graham
Winemiller
George Graham
East End
Winter Weather From Cando Reports Deep Snow
W D Neher, once of this city and now at Cando North Dakota, writes to his brother C D Neher that the weather is extremely cold and eight inches of snow covers the ground in his area.
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W. D. Neher
Cando, N. D
C. D. Neher
Fought on Return From Peru Party Laughs and Fights
Logansport party that attended Hagenbeck and Wallace shows in Peru found two circuses on the trip back. The car crew broke into several fights four times, with boisterous chaos after too much red lemonade. The opening performance drew praise and the trip left Ben Wallace and Peru about $300 richer.
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Logansporters
Peru
Hagenbeck
Wallace
Ben Wallace
Colonel Wallace
Logansport
Hog Poisoning Report Prompts Probe on Local Farm
Otero Smith, living east of the city, reports twelve of his best hogs found dead from poisoning at his farm. A veterinary surgeon was summoned and Smith vows to identify the culprit who carried out the act.
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Otero Smith
Smith
George Strathern Visits Opera Michaelis After Surgery
George Strathern reports Oscar Michaelis former local editor much improved after ruptured surgery in a Fort Wayne hospital Saturday. Michaelis is entirely out of danger and recovering well.
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George Strathern
Oscar Michaelis
Fort Wayne
Murdock Will Probated Leaves Few Relatives Rich
Mrs. Lillie Murdock probate of last will reveals gifts to Sunday school in Myerstown and many friends. She leaves heirlooms to Kate and Nettie Fisher among others and notes her husband Henry C Murdock not named. Several near relatives receive nothing, declared to already have enough.
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Lillie Murdock
Circouit
Myerstown
Reformed Sundy School
Coover
Himmelberger
Yallie Loose
Nettie Fisher
Catherine Coover
Fred Murdock
Charles S. Line
Henry C. Murdock
French Artist Takes Picture to New York for Municipal Gift
William Laparra, noted French artist, departed Paris for New York aboard the Lorraine with a ten by eleven metre painting titled The Pedestal. He hopes to donate the work to New York City and place it on the Congress wall, though it was originally intended for the Palace of Peace at The Hague.
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Paris
William Laparra
New York
Lorraine
Salon de la Societe Des Artistes Francais
M. Lapatra
Palace of Peace
The
Hague
Congress Wall
Theatre Party Honor For Mrs Collins Visit
Miss Bessie Hornung hosted a theatre party at the Nelson on Saturday evening in honor of Miss Edna Collins of Delphi who is visiting here.
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Bessie Hornung
Nelson
Edna Collins
Delphi
Merriman Nearly Fells In Aveline Hotel Fire
Lee Merriman narrowly avoided death when the Aveline hotel fire in Fort Wayne swept through early Sunday. Merriman, traveling for Carson Pirie Scott & Co. of Chicago, had spent Saturday at the hotel before continuing to Logansport to be with his family. His traveling partner J Ellis perished, burned beyond recognition, and Merriman lost five trunks in the blaze.
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Lee Merriman
North Street
Aveline
Fort Wayne
Merriman
J. ©. Ellis
Carson, Pirie Scott & Co
Chicago
Logansport
Ellis
Riverside Park Public Pool Plans Courted for Summer Start
A citizen asked when the board of public works will begin Riverside park pool construction. The clerk says plans by an Indianapolis architect exist, funds are appropriated, and action should proceed now to let the contract.
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Board of Public Works
Riverside Park
Indianapolis
Pensioned Foresters lodge member listed in city
W. S. Richardson of this city was placed on the Foresters lodge pension list this morning. He is seventy years old and exempt from further insurance installments. He received 160 dollars per year from the lodge until his policy was paid. He is the second local member to be placed on the list, Matthew Schneeberger having been the first.
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W. S. Richardson
Foresters Lodge
Matthew Schneeberger
Worthy Divorce Sought by Mary Tytler in Circuit Court
Mary Tytler filed for divorce from John W. Tyter in circuit court today seeking restoration of her maiden name Mary Thornton. She alleges abandonment and repeated long absences after which he taunted her with the claim that a picture was "his girl."
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Mary Tytler
Circuit Court
John W. Tyter
Mary Thornton
Marshall to Speak Thursday at Joint Conventions
Thomas Marshall Democratic nominee for Indiana governor will attend congressional and joint representative conventions in the city Thursday. George W. Rauch, renominated for Congress, will address and fire the opening gun as delegates from Cass Fulton and nearby counties gather at Elks hall. The only contest appears between Harry Gardner and George Rentschler for joint representative nomination.
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Thomas Marshall
Indiana
Arizona
Fulton County
Emschler
Huntington
Cass County
Grant
Miami
Blackford
Wabash
Cass
Elks' Hall
George W. Ranch
Congress
Marion
Harry M. Gardner
George Rentschler
Fulton
Tuberculosis Hospital Site Chosen Near Rockville
The state selects a 527 acre site near Rockville on the Vandalia line for a new tuberculosis hospital. Land cost is listed at $24,060 and construction is planned to begin immediately.
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Rockville
Theew Hospital
Chicago Mecca for Loganport Excursion Fans This Summer
Ninety four passengers rode to Chicago on the Panhandle excursion, with plans to run two trips monthly all summer. Weather kept crowds down yet trains filled by Chicago arrival. The mecca offers theatres parks and White City Riverview venues plus baseball fever as both Chicago teams attract local interest.
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Panhandle
Chicago
White City
Riverview
Logan
Superintendent Ryder Attends Peru Meeting
J C Ryder head of the local car system traveled to Peru this week for the weekly superintendents meeting. Officials say nothing of importance is expected to come up before the gathering.
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J. C. Ryder
Peru
Lillian Russell Enjoys Wabash Boat Ride in Logansport
Lillian Russell spent Sunday in Logansport enjoying a boat ride along the Wabash. She recalled her New York stage days and praised Indiana’s memory of Paul Dresser while praising the Nelson show audience and the strong supporting cast led by Will Archie Anne Buckley and Howard Gould.
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Lillian
Lillian Russell
Logansport
Wabash
The
Nelson
Klenly’s Island
New York
Paul Dresser
Clinton
Indiana
America
Will Archie
Bud
Anne Buckley
Howard Gould
Peters to Terre Haute for state meeting and social
Henry W. Peters heads the local Modern Woodmen of America camp and leaves tonight for Terre Haute to attend the state meeting convening Wednesday. The Woodmen and Royal Neighbors plan a joint reception at Ben Hur hall Friday of next week with several out of town guests expected. Peters is to be accompanied by his wife who will stay a week with relatives.
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Woodmen of America
Terre Haute
Ben Hur Hall
Peters
Fairview Farmers Organize Agricultural Club in Fulton
Farmers near Fairview Fulton county form an Agricultural club and hold meetings Thursday nights at the Fairview schoolhouse.
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Fairview
Fulton County
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