Sixth Street Improvement Progress and Expected Real Estate Boom
Work on Sixth street paving paused by rain but brickwork near North street advances to High street and track changes near the bridge. When finished the macadam street is expected to boost Sixth street business and property values, with North Side access via Third street bridge.
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North Street
High Street
North Sixth Street
Board of Public Works
Third Street
Sixth Street
Amusing Seat Mate Confusion On Panhandle Train
A Swede from North Judson sat beside a sleeping woman on a Panhandle train between Wilders and Medaryville. She rested her head on his chest mistaking him for her husband. He grinned, thinking the situation favorable, then she woke, apologized, and he replied I tank you and seated himself again saying he did not care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Wilders
Medaryville
North Judson
Art
FOUND HUSBAND ALIVE IN PENSION FRAUD
Mrs Magdalene Smith of New York learns her husband alive after twenty five years of mourning while he seeks a pension. Pension examiners note identical details in both petitions and arrange a meeting that could lead to the husband’s imprisonment for perjury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdalene Smith
New York City
United States Pension Examiners
Smith
Citizens Club Meeting Promised Monday At Library Hall
The postponed Citizens Club gathering will convene Monday at 8 PM in library hall. Prof Holton from West Side School will discuss Anarchism and Prof Martin from Lincoln School will present Evolution. Officers for the coming year will be elected after the program.
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Citizens’ Club
Library Hall
Holton
West Side
Martin
Lincoln School
No More Stairs for Tax Payers Move to Ground Floor
The council ratified a five year lease for the corner Third and Broadway building at $1,200 yearly. Treasury, City Controller and Electric Light Department will move to ground floor offices once vaults are built, easing debtor visits. The city judge's court will occupy the second room formerly Geiselman and Hendricks. Meetings shift to the first Monday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Controller
Electric Light Department
Common Council
Third and Broadway
Treasuury
City Comptroller
Maxinkuckee Ice Company
Harry Rodefer
Geiselman & Hendricks
Fice
Board of Public Works
Mushrooms Draw Crowds As Vendor Circles Downtown
A man with a wagon loaded with mushrooms drew attention on downtown streets this morning. He claimed ninety dozen mushrooms at fifteen cents a dozen and said he gathered them about ten miles north with more to come.
Graft Scheme Exposed In Logansport Frontier
A comely woman visiting local shops asks for funds claiming an eye operation will cure a mysterious ailment. She wears colored glasses and smooth talks, a fraud previously exposed in nearby cities, as residents worry about genuine kindness and avoid giving money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
City Trade Strong Despite Poor Weather
Merchants report fair to good trade with many city shoppers taking advantage of the afternoon. Grocers display new vegetables attracting buyers while spring and summer dry goods, clothing, gents furnishings and shoes show solid sales. Week closes with a generally favorable business outlook.
Indiana library commission reports progress and plans
The Indiana public library commission notes rising traveling libraries eighty seven in the last quarter, twenty two new associations, and growing statewide interest. Carnegie buildings open Poseyville, Mt. Vernon cataloging advances, and Petersburg library project discussed with Willard Carpenter funds. Purdue cooperation planned on farmers reading courses and traveling libraries with Miss Mercia Hoagland as repega secretary.
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Mt. Vernon
Carnegie
Poseyville
Petersburg
Federation of Women's Clubs
Evansville
Willard Carpenter
New Harmony Workingmen’s Institute
Horace P. Owen
Library Board
New Harmony Library
Indiana
Library Institutes
Organization of Clubs
Stone
Purdue University
Noel Retained on Executive Staff
Noel remains on the executive staff after a recent review. The decision preserves his role and duties within the leadership team.
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Noel
Rebekahs Plan Peru Visit Initiation Trip
Purity Rebekah lodge of this city will join Peru Rebekah lodge to initiate a large class. Members meet at the interurban station on Broadway Monday at 6 o’clock to ride a special car to Peru arriving after 11:45 returning. Logansport delegates expect a banquet and a fine time after the initiatory work.
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Purity
Rebekah Lodge
Peru
Broadway
Logansport
Can't Stand on Pavement Fined for Assault on Spectator
Charles Ray a paving foreman slugged John Cody a spectator who stepped onto fresh pavement and refused to move Cody was arrested and Ray fined one dollar plus costs after pleading guilty an affidavit charging Cody with provoking an assault was filed and Ray sought counter action with a new case to be tried Monday
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Charles Ray
John Cody
Cody
Ray
Fender
Logansport Forms Railway Block and Signal Company
Logansport men incorporated the Stuart railway Block and Signal company in Indianapolis with 10000 dollars capital. Founders include George E. Ross Victor E. Seiter M F Mahoney Robert F Stuart and E C Folsom. The firm will manufacture a new patent block for railway interurban crossings. An alarm sounds when trains are a mile away and continues until crossing is passed. Ross says Logansport will be the home of the industry though no factory plans are set yet.
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Logansport
Indianapolis
Stuart Railway Block and Signal Company
George E. Ross
Victor E. Seiter
M F. Mahoney
Robert F. Stuart
E. C. Folsom
Wabash Valley
Wabash Railway
Dorner Works
Will Camp At Indianapolis National Guard to Use Army Post Grounds
Indiana National Guard to hold state encampment on Indianapolis army post grounds after War Department permission. Acting Quartermaster General Pond indicated a revokable license would allow rifle practice and housing for Guardsmen and regulars, with full approval expected from the Secretary of War.
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Pond
National Guard
War Department
Indiana National Guard
Indianapolis
Fearful mother reports missing sons following circus
Mrs Louis Wandrie informs police that her son and a boy named Frushour have run away from home and may have followed the circus that was in town Wednesday.
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Louis Wandrie
Frushour
Digging Up Pipes Ends Era of Ancient Indiana Gas Line
One of Indiana's oldest natural gas pipes laid between Balbee and Bluffton in 1896 is being taken in and sold as junk. It belonged to Ft. Wayne Gas Co which abandoned gas supply after decline. About seventy five men load the old pipe for shipment.
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Indiana
Balbee
Bluffton
Ft. Wayne
Husband hunts missing wife and Loganport rival
William Powell of Lafontaine sought his wife yesterday after she left home a week ago. He blamed a Logansport man for the affair and said he would pursue the couple anywhere to resolve the broken home. Powell refused to name the accused man.
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William Powell
Lafontaine
Logansport
Prize corn from Cass County pleases Purdue experts
William Smith of Cass County on the Anoka pike south of town is elated after Purdue University experiment station bought twenty bushels of his Golden Yellow corn. The station calls it the best corn raised in the county, confirming Cass County’s reputation for fine corn.
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William Smith
Anoka Pike
Purdue University Experiment Station
Purdue Station
Cassecoanty
Smith
Frank Gallagher Joins Riverside Park Police
Frank Gallagher is appointed park policeman for Riverside park and patrols today with a star gleaming in sunlight. He once despised a star but now wears it proudly as he joins the park guard ranks.
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Frank Gallagher
Riverside Park
Frank
Senin
Re Sas
Man and Woman in Chains Amid Kidnaping Case
A Lashed marshal kept Edward Seely and Mrs. Hires chained together to prevent escape. Mrs. Hires pleaded guilty to drunkenness and paid ten dollars in fine and costs. Seely faced trial for kidnapping as of press time, with a possible Miami county jail sentence.
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Edward Seely
Logansport
Mrs. Hires
Peru
Odum
Hires
Seely
Miami County
Watts Property Sold In Public Auction In Logansport
James D. McNitt acting for Logansport Loan and Trust sold the undivided two thirds of the Sixth Street store property to Emma C. Watts for 725 dollars. She assumes liens totaling 1095.31 and taxes and improvements of 389.68. Referee in bankruptcy approval required.
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James D. McNitt
Logansport Loan &Trust Company
Daniel M. Watts
Emma C. Watts
Sixth Street
Watts
Burglar Captured in Walton After Police Sweep
Howard Thomas, arrested in Walton for grand larceny, was brought to Watseka, IL after deputies from Iroquois City and Monticello detained him at Voris livery stable. Sheriff Ireland and Deputy McCully led the operation as locals gathered at the lockup.
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Walton
James F. Ireland
Iroquois City
McCully
Monticello
Howard Thomas
Voris
Logansport
Joses
Watseka, UL
Delphi Raid Nets Thirteen Arrests At Nell Epperson Joint
A Thursday night police raid on Nell Epperson's Delphi joint resulted in thirteen arrests eight men and five women. Mayor Ives held hearings at 2 am and fined the women five dollars plus costs totaling fifteen dollars and fifty cents each and the men ten dollars totaling twenty dollars each. Four male showmen and two women remained jailed to lay out fines. the rest paid.
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Nell Epperson
Delphi
Ives
Windstorm Overturns Carriage on Fifth Street
The Pern Journal reports a heavy Thursday night windstorm in the district overturning the horse and buggy driven by John Gerard on Fifth Street. Gerard narrowly escaped serious injury as the wind swept through the area.
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The
Pern Journal
John Gerard
Fifth Street
Gerard
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Citizens Club Meeting
Council
State Organization of Clubs
Public Library Commission of
Diana
Rebekays
Foreman
Fear Boys
Circus
John
Block and Signal CO
G. E. Ross
National Department of War
Hoosier
Cass County
Ema Watts
Sleepy Walton
Delphi Rad
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