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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1908
Page
3
The Bucknersville Bugle foreman jokes to the editor that the office won’t be swarmed by rats, quipping that the editor is a pied piper. The exchange occurs in the sanctum with an ironic bite.
A Brown county ginseng patch near Nashville yields thousands as a dog, said to smell ginseng a mile, treed and barked by the root, guides its owner to the buried roots. Owners Roy W. Emig and Leon J. Cox, Bear Creek Ginseng Co., seek to buy the dog for his profitable talent. Local show and theater notes follow.
Greensburg Indiana records a living tree sprouting on the court house tower. Once four trees grew there before remodeling in 1887 reduced them to one, now about fifteen feet tall and three inches in diameter. County Clerk M K Jenkins recounts the tale to prove the wonder.
Letters addressed to numerous men and women remain unclaimed at Logans Port post office for the week ending May 4 1908. Expires in ten days before forwarding to the dead letter office in Washington D C.
Arthur Hobson of 1319 Market Street reports a season record and shows two three pounders and a three pound, fifteen ounce bass caught with an expert minnow. He added a three and one half pounder using an artificial shiner. Bert Williams of 2230 Spear Street recalls being with Hobson during the catches.
The first May meeting of the local ministerial association gathered a full quota of members. Rev. RE. A. Arthur of the Cumberland Presbyterian church presented a paper on The Ethics of Practice which the group discussed. Word was received that a United Charities association is forming in Marion, with plans for a similar group here if successful.
Building committee members meet this evening to arrange the cornerstone ceremony. Local artist Will Berry has completed a painting showing the church when the new building is finished.
Members of the Logansport Tennis club will gather tomorrow evening at Walter Lewis' store at 7 o'clock. The meeting will implement a reorganization and announce that grounds will soon be ready for play.
A mitten factory planning to locate in Idaville will employ twenty five people and expand local industry.
Like an oasis in the desert comes Billy Watson to the Nelson for a matinée and night performance Saturday May 9 as Philip Kreusenmeyer in a revival of his famous two act comedy Kreusemeyer's Alley. He portrays a German politician whose ludicrous sayings and actions keep audiences in good humor from curtain to curtain. Watson is a burlesque veteran known as a fanmaker whose name packs the theatre.
A Denver man wrote The Wearing of the Green. Frohman will stage The Dollar Princess next season with May DeSousa in the title role. Hattie Williams travels to London to confer on Fluffy Ruffles. Sommers plans a South Bend stock company at the Oliver Opera House on May 25. Sidney Shields appears with William Hawtrey in The Compromise. Clare Kummer, innovator of several works, is a well connected New York social figure. 1492 was revived in Bolston with a new second act and changes. Richard Harlowe reprises the queen role. May Irwin is in London and eyeing Thou sand Islands rental before fall. Ezra Kendall to debut in Majestic vaudeville this month in Chicago.
A fresh clerk directs a lady to check with the freight office for the fare to Cohoes. The exchange reflects a ticketing question at the Fat Ladget window and the appropriate department to answer.
Charles Creamer of Mitchell injured boarding a moving train in a state incident. Jeffersonville hosted the spring meeting of the First Councilor District Medical association. Goshen saloonkeepers won against temperance remonstrance. Knights of Pythias report 62 021 members in the state. Charles W. Condit of New Albany died by self-inflicted gunshot in a Louisville store. Greenfield census lists 1342 pupils. Herbert McFarlan buys Texas cattle ranch and will manage it. Chicago university defeats Purdue 62 to 55 in field meet. George E. McLeland of Indianapolis owns the quill Franklin used for the Declaration. Wallace-Hagenbeck circus tours Marion this afternoon and night. Newton county voting population 2871 with nine African Americans. Ernest Hidey of Greenfield takes Indian reservation teaching post near Walker Minnesota. Jeffersonville reformatory reports eighteen convicts recommended for parole.
The Shamrocks defeated East End Stars 19 to 5 in the morning behind pitcher Murphy. In the afternoon they beat West Side Indians 6 to 5 with Murphy again on the mound and Routh backing at bat.
City Controller Dave Middleton will wait until June before issuing any further calls for old city orders as several recent issues are nearing cashing. Local officials note this pause aims to assess outstanding debts and budget implications for the city.
A noisy vaudeville exchange features comic banter in a Germanic accent with slapstick bits. They joke about a hospital bill, a stomach pump, a mat cushion gag, and a $10,000 forfeit to prove the match was fair, urging early seat reservations.
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