Run Away With Another's Wife Arrested On Warrant
Edward Seely and Mrs Will Hires were arrested by local police after allegedly running away together from Peru to this city. Seely claims he acted to protect an old friend and plans to help Mrs Hires seek work or a divorce. Peru authorities notified for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Seely
John E. Barnes
Vern
Logansport
Will Hires
Coupse
Seely
Hires
Peru
Mrs. Hires
Miami
False Alarm Spooks Logansport Fire Crews
At 12 25 this morning the fire departments were called to a false alarm at West Market and Cicott. Ma Qusner warned the crews they had been fooled by a practical joker known as the false alarm fiend, a debuting prankster in Logansport who had eluded belief that he was dead for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Market
Cicott Streets
Ma Qusner
Logansport
Country Club Dance Offered to Raise Clubhouse Funds
Mrs. Carl Wise, a devoted Country club member, offers Stettiner hall for an officers dance to raise money for club house furniture. Tickets are on sale for the event next Thursday night. A feature is lunch auctions with each lady contributing a luncheon. Spirited bidding expected to clear a neat sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wise
Country Club
Stettiner Hall
Sensational call for transparency in Obenchain case
The Royal Center Record editor vows no compromise on Obenchain defalcation findings. It urges bondsmen to withhold payments until court orders, naming county officials and financiers who allegedly benefited from county money. The piece claims public duty demands full disclosure and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obenchain
Oliver Hand
Royal Center Record
Hand
Coart
Obernchain
Miskimen
Obenihain
Wilson, Humphreys & Co
the Phares
Cass County
Letter accuses state official in 1905 hotel beer arrest
An anonymous letter to Logansport Times accuses a state official and Deputy Attorney General Tiarrisen of involvement in the arrest of a bell boy at the Murdock hotel on April 26 1905. The writer asks the temperance faction to publish the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport Times
Prohibition
g_state
Causedyghe
Murdock Hotel
Tiarrisen
Bell
Ubero Plantations seen dormant as receivers move
Receivers Hugh W. Ogden and John R. Smith report near total cessation of activity at the Ubero Plantations company with all employees discharged except one bookkeeper. They seek to attach 200 dollars worth of office furniture in Boston while stockholders doubt any returns and await a full report within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hugh W. Ogden
John R. Smith
Lowell
United States Court
Ubere Company
No. 89
State Street
Invitation to Divined Services for Lodges After St John’s Day
Rev. George Crum of the Universalist church invites Tipton and Orient lodges F and A M to attend divine services on the Sunday after St John’s Day, observed June 25th since St John’s Day falls June 24th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crum
The
Universalist Church
Tipton and Orient Lodges
Mushrooms Proliferate After Rain Flooding Adams County Wheat
Rain and sultry morning bring mushrooms to surface as farmers and city visitors gather them in large quantities. A son offers forty dozen to a local grocer, who cannot use them. In Adamsboro area wheat crops suffer heavy root damage from last night’s storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciy
Jacob Nicodemus
Washington Township
Adamsboro
Brakeman Lou Duret Promoted to Chicago & Eastern Illinois post
Lou Duret, a well known Wabash brakeman, has been promoted to assistant claim agent for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad. The appointment takes effect on the 10th. Duret will travel through Logansport on trains 8 and 9 before moving to Danville to learn the duties, with headquarters in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Duret
Logansport
Chicago & Eastern Ilinois Railroad
Lee Repchen
Duret
Danville
Chicago
Controversy Over Woman’s Clubs Sparks Statewide Critique
Aaron Work of Elkhart faces sharp rebuke from Indiana club women after charging that women’s clubs influenced a race death and family size averages. Grover Cleveland is mocked as a fossil along with Work, while Indiana Federation of Woman’s Clubs leaders condemn the remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Work
Elkhart
Work
Grover Cleveland
Perry L.turner
Indiana Federation of Woman's Clubs
Logansport
Cleveland
Indiana Club
Logansport Club
Farmer McKay Injured After Fall at Green Farm
A farmer named McKay sustained severe injuries after falling down stairs at his home on the Green farm near Kewanna. He suffered a heart attack as he attempted to descend, was nearly unconscious on impact, but doctors expect his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
Kewanna
Green Farm
Another Suit Against Owen in Ubero Case
The Union Trust company as receiver of the Ubero Plantation Company sues Owen in Cass circuit court for 10000 dollars. The complaint notes Owen received 8551.90 in commissions and expenses, alleging payment without director sanction. This marks the fourth suit linked to the Ubero crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ubero Company
Owen
Cass
Baneberger & Feibleman
Indianapolis
Union Trust Company
Ubero
Damage Suit Over Tree Damage From Telephone Lines
John P Crimmins sues Home Telephone Company for 100 dollars claiming trees in Harrison township yard were damaged when linemen cleared branches for wires. Trial before Judge Rabb in Cass circuit court today. company contests damages as ruling affects several similar pending suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Crimmins
The
Home Telephone Company
Rabb
Cass
Crimmins
Harrison Township
Lincoln's Chum James Gentry Dies in Indiana
James Gentry, regarded as Lincoln's last surviving playmate, died after a short illness at his Stockport Indiana home. He was Spencer county's oldest native and ten years younger than Lincoln. Funeral planned Friday afternoon. Gentry recalled Abe Lincoln's boyhood days and helped inspire Tarbell's Lincoln profiles.
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James Gentry
Abraham Lincoln
Stockport
Ind
Spencer County
Gentry
Lincoln
Abe
Ida M. Tarbell
McClure’s Magazine
Mr. Gentry
Indiana
Hainois
Temple Directors Chosen For Ensuing Year At Masonic Temple
Directors for the forthcoming year were elected at the Masonic Temple association last night. The chosen board includes J. T. Elliott N. & Donaldson Isaac Shideler Abners Seybold Eli Greensfelder B. F. Loutham Allen Richardson Clay Linville J. Nelson and J. T. Cockburn. After selection the directors met and elected officers: J. T. Elliott president H. Donaldson vice president Isaac Shideler treasurer and custodian J. T. Cockburn secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple Association
J. T. Elliott
N. &. Donaldson
Isaac Shideler
Abners Seybold
Eli Greensfelder
B. F. Loutham
Allen Richardson
Clay Linville
J. ©. Nelson
J. T. Cockburn
H. Donaldson
J. T. Cockberh
South Side Lad Arrested for Malicious Trespass
Carl Johnson was arrested on a complaint by clothier William Grace for entering the Grace lawn and tearing up flowers. He was arraigned before Judge Fender with sentence suspended pending a conference with his mother on his ability to correct him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Johnson
South Side
William Grace
Grace Home
Fender
Weathery Storm Causes Wheat Corn Damage In Logansport
A severe late day storm in Logansport caused damage primarily to wheat and corn fields as strong winds uprooted young blades and heavy rain with sun afterward scorched them. Nearby streams rose with the Wabash and Eel running higher, and a Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley line suffered minor track damage without traffic delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinity
Noah
Logansport
Wabash
Lafayette
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley
April Health Leading to Low Mortality Report
Dr John Bradfield secretary of the board of health presents April vital statistics showing only 32 deaths for the month, with ages mostly over 50 and several over 70. Causes include pulmonary tuberculosis valvular heart disease violence surgical shock pneumonia and apoplexy. yearly total to May 1 stands at 176 about 10 per thousand population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bradfield
Board of Health
Lake Manitou to Boom This Summer
A Rochester visitor reports Lake Manitou in Fulton county shows signs of a lively season. Buildings and grounds are being prepared, summer residents have arrived, and anticipation grows for the new trolley line to boost the resort's boom. The lake area is expected to see theater activity and notable improvements by season's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Fulton County
Lake Manitou
Heating contract let for North Side school house
Kruse & Dewenter of Indianapolis won the bid to heat the North Side school house. The Miskimen Furnace Company alleged bid irregularities, but an investigation found no proof. The winning bid included extra instructions added on the outside by the agent and the contract totals $675.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side
Kruse & Dewenter
Indianapolis
Miskimen Furnace Company
Kruse & Deventer
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Max Fox
Interuurban
Edward Seeley
Etree Ears
Royal Center Paper
Mgr. Owen
Pushrell
Rolestvensky
Theo
South Side Lad
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