City council stalls paving push and judge post in tie vote
Loganport council fails to pass street paving under the three mile law after a tie vote with Mayor McKee casting the deciding negative. An ordinance to abolish the city police judge is to be taken up next meeting amid ongoing saloon ordinance repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNary
Fred Grover
Menee
Frank Swigart
Julius Wagner
John Schilling
John Mulcahey
John Hartz
Larry & Mahoney
William Karrell
Johnson
Logansport Business Men's Association
City School Enumerators Report Census Effort For Children
The City School enumerators finished work in the city and county and will release official figures next Friday. They revisited areas to count children ages six to twenty one, aiming to boost school funds by reporting each child. Township totals show declines from last year, with Logansport near the 20 000 population threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Douglass
Logansport
Bethlehem
Clay
Washington
Deer Creek
Noble
Jefferson
Adams
Jackson
Boone
Clinton
Harrison
Miami
Eel
Tipton
Royal Centre
Galveston
Walton
Conductors Benefit From Station Office Relocation
Panhandle offices shift to streamline operations. Conductors will no longer climb to the third floor to sign in tickets. the ticket receiver moves to the Earl Stewart property second story across from the station near the Y M C A. The station’s third floor will house a branch of the M of W department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Earl Stewart
M. of W. Department
Commencement Exercises Planned for June at Undisclosed Site
The local high school will hold commencement on June 4 with Dr George L McIntyre president of Wabash College delivering the address. About thirty nine pupils are eligible to graduate. The baccalaureate sermon is set for May 30 at St Lukes English Lutheran Church by Rev J O Simon. The glee club performs May 21 in Stettiner Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. McIntyre
Wabash College
St. Lukes English Lutheran Church
J. O. Simon
Stettiner Hall
Crockett Buys Lyric Theatre and Plans Makeover
J. E. Crockett formerly of Winamac and Pittsburg has purchased the Lyric theatre. He plans a new front and interior redecor, new chairs, and will feature piano, drum, and a singer. The best films will be shown daily as new pictures are secured. Crockett is related to the prominent Crockett family south of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Crockett
Winamac
Pittsburg
Lyric Theatre
Mr. Crockett
Crocketts
May abolish city judge ordinance introduced
Councilman Roy Johnston introduced an ordinance at the city council meeting to abolish the city judge’s office. The measure would take effect at noon on January 1, 1910, with the mayor assuming duties. If approved at the next meeting, election tickets will change and several candidates for the post will be disappointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Johnston
Board Awards Sewer Contract for Orphans Home Project
Jefferson township arch contract awarded to Walter Girton at 4.95 per cubic yard while Jerry Kerns secures the sewer job at 33 cents per cubic yard from six bidders. Other bids ranged up to 7.29 and 3007.50. Work starts immediately aiding the orphans' home sanitary conditions as the board handles routine bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Home
Jefferson Township
Jerry Kerns
Kerns
Cotner
William Whitehead
Walter Girton
Andy Stevens
Court Miner
Samuel Grant
Hoover & Fickle
F. F. Woods
Westside Sewer Case On Again
Dr. M A Jordan seeks a permanent injunction to stop the city from paying Dennis Uhl under the West Side sewer lease. Judge Henry Vinton of Tippecanoe county presides in Cass circuit court as attorneys duel over the legality of the lease law, which Jordan calls class legislation aimed at aiding a single man in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
M. A. Jordan
Dennis Uhl
Henry Vinton
Tippecanoe County
Cass
Dr. Jordan
Uhl
Indiana
Harston seeks circuit court enforcement of judgment against Hallam employer
Charles P. Harston, who previously won a justice court judgment against Fred Hallam, asks the circuit court to require the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co to pay the judgment. Elizabeth A. Minnich and others sue Cath erine Maus et al in circuit court for quiet title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Harston
Fred Hallam
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Hallam
Elizabeth A. Minnich
Catherine Maus
Woman Thrown From Buggy on Erie Avenue
Mrs. Ramer of the south side was thrown from her buggy yesterday on Erie avenue near Seventeenth street as the team a scrap of paper and belted, throwing her from the rig. She was taken to W. Moore at 1726 Erie avenue, revived, and resumed her journey home.
Fires damage Kerlin residence and Linden barn
Fire started in the garret of Joseph Kerlin's West Side home yesterday afternoon due to a defective flue. Mrs. Arathusia Kerlin, 74, paralyzed, was carried from the burning building. A barn on Linden Avenue also sustained slight fire damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kerlin
Arathusia Kerlin
Linden Avenue
Royal Centre News Highlights Local Happenings
El more Plotner returns home due to his mother’s serious asthma illness in Illinois. Misses Cleo and Mary Fray visit grandparents W. D. Lutes and family in Star City. Sheriff Lewis Beckley from Logansport on business. Grandma Rhodes returns from Walton visit. Mrs. O. M. Hand visits Logansport. Arthur Dunn and Charles Grant repair a car in Logansport. Mrs. C. S. Robbins visits Battle Creek and South Bend. Bert Small and wife welcomed a daughter on May 3. Maurice Kistler reports Tupelo in fine shape.
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Royal Centre
Ind
Elmore Plotner
Illinois
Cleo
Mary Fray
Star City
W. D. Lutes
Lewis Beckley
Logansport
Grandma Rhodes
Walton
O. M. Hand
Arthur Dunn
Charles Grant
C. S. Robbins
Battle Creek
Mich
South Bend
Bert Small
Maurice Kistler
Tupelo
Homeseekers Travel to West and Canada from Panhandle
Today was homeseekers day on the Panhandle with four large parties heading to Corpus Christi Texas Portage la Prairie Manitoba South Dakota and Wyoming to inspect lands before buying. The Panhandle ticket office issued summer tourist books detailing cheap rates to California Washington and other western points. Rates are about the same as last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homeseekers
Panhandle
Canada
J. H. Reid
Corpus Christi
Texas
W. A. Witters
Portage, la Prairie
Manitoba
A. W. Johnson
South Dakota
George H. Graham
Wyoming
Police Acquire Motorcycle for City Patrol
The council approved a $300 appropriation for a motorcycle to aid police work. The machine will have two seats and be kept by city electrician Asa Carter. All officers will rotate time learning to ride the motorcycle.
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Police Department
McKee
Asa Carter
New Theatre Progressing in Flanagan Building
Krotz and Rife advance on a new moving picture theatre in the Flanagan building at Market Street. The project clears the front of the structure and an inviting ticket office will be set up, signaling steady progress.
Emerge From Gallows Shadow In Hospital Recovery
Patrolman Joseph Kroeger survives shooting by Charles Pierce as Pierce avoids murder charges. Pierce shows improved spirits, hopeful for life after the incident. Also, Byard Pittinger and Charles Young face arraignment for malicious trespass. McClelland arrested on a board bill warrant. Claude Wyatt detained for breaking factory windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pierce
Joseph Kroeger
Pierce
Kroeger
Byard Pittinger
Charles Young
Squire Reid
William Strahle
Panhandle
Claude Wyatt
Joseph Craig
Wyatt
Sixth Street
Ulery Buys Boone Cafe on Third Street
Jacob Ulery, formerly of the Midway restaurant, has purchased the Boone cafe on Third street. His extensive experience in the business is said to equip him to serve the public properly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Ulery
Midway Restaurant
Boone Cafe
Third Street
Dolan Heads West to Missouri Pacific Signal Inspector
Ed Dolan, formerly with the Dolan and Welch shoe firm, left for St. Louis to return to his former role as signal inspector with the Missouri Pacific railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Dolan
Dolan & Welch Shoe Firm
Fourth and Market Streets
St. Louis
Missouri-Pacifice Railroad
New Indictment Against Milburn May Delay Trial
A grand jury handed up one indictment, likely involuntary manslaughter against Joseph E. Milburn, amid secrecy and prior plans to pursue a new charge. Milburn’s trial is set for tomorrow, but officials hint a move to indict for voluntary manslaughter could delay proceedings. The article also notes county officials refused to revoke tax ferret McCaslin’s contract with Cass county, with M. Winfield planning circuit-court action.
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Joseph E. Milburn
Milburn
George A. Custer
Little Bird
Court House
Notie
Board of County Commissioners
M. Winfield
George H. McCaslin
Cass County
Winfield
Circuit Court
McCaslin
Quincey A. Myers
Supreme Court
Myers
Wall bulge prompts urgent repair at Winfield corner
Workmen began repairs on the Winfield block at Fourth and Broadway after the wall on Fourth Street bulged outward. City board of works granted a permit to prevent possible brick collapse that could injure pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth and Broadway
Fourth Street
Board of Works
Inspectors Grafton and Teller Tour Pennsylvania Lines
W M Grafton superintendent of signals and G A Teller superintendent of telegraph for Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg visited the city on the special car New Zealand. They and their corps inspected all lines in this region and arrived from Terre Haute aboard the Vandalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Grafton
G. A. Teller
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
New Zealand
Terre Haute
Decoration Day Plans In City Fray Over Youth Enthusiasm
A mass meeting of G A R Ladies of the G A R and other veteran groups will be held Wednesday at 7 30 pm in the G A R hall to organize Decoration Day exercises. Mayor McKee and W B Enyart lead a committee urging all citizens to attend as youth leadership is urged yet scarce. A Spanish American war veterans meeting last week drew no veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C
G. A. R. Hall
W. B. Enyart
George P. McKee
M. W. Collett
J. E. Crain
Board of Works Grants Permits and Pays Claims
The Board of Public Works approved street sewer park and cemetery claims. A graveyard deed issued to James L. Do drill for grave No. 5 on lot 342 in Mt Hope addition. C J Stauffer awarded permit to repair west wall of Winfield block at Fourth and Broadway. IE L Rife allowed to erect an electric sign for the Grand at 312 Market Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
James L. Dodrill
Mt. Hope
C. J. Stauffer
Winfield
Fourth and Broadway
IE. L. Rife
Market Street
Market Street M E Church Women Plan All Day Session
The ladies of Market Street M. E. Church will meet in church parlors tomorrow for an all day session with dinner served. Epworth League members will meet tonight to elect officers. Sunday school board meets tomorrow evening. Mid week prayer service Thursday evening and choir practice Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
M. F
Epworth League
Earl DeHaven Drops Motorcycle On Pleasure Ride
Vandalia clerk Earl DeHaven rode to the East End on a Sunday excursion and could not restart his motorcycle after stopping at Fifteenth Street. He walked the rest of the way after pedaling to Eleventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl DeHaven
Vandalia
East End
Fifteenth Street
Eleventh Street
Judge Elliott Dies After Short Illness in Cass County
Judge J F Elliott former Howard County circuit court judge died Sunday evening after a brief illness. He was sixty nine and well known to Cass County attorneys. He retired Sunday night at 106 o clock and was found dead shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Elliott
Howard County
Cass County
Justice Court Doings in Graves Court
Sam Bardin of Lucerne files trespass charges against Elmer E. Fi in Judge Graves court. Margaret Farrell sues Frank Woodruff for possession of property and 20 dollars damages, while Dan Gallion sues George D. Barnes for 5 dollars damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Bardin
Lucerne
Elmer E. Fi
Pulaski County Voters Go Dry in County Option Elections
Pulaski, Clay and Spencer counties vote today on county option. Fulton county votes tomorrow and Posey county set for May 7. Belief is that all counties will approve indirect prohibition measures and go dry.
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Pulaski
Clay
Spencer
Fulton County
Posey County
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Johnston
Common Council
Joseph McNary
High Street
Burlington Avenue
Douglass
Crockett
LYRIC
Osman Skelton
Westside Sewer
Jordan
Royal Centre News
Delphi
George McClelland
Lon Mitchell
McClelland
Boy
Ulery
CAFE
Dolan
Petisone
Vincent Hermann
Q. A. Myers
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