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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
7
A new chemical called STOVINK can be painted on the stove top like polish and lasts months even with daily heat. It cleans and protects with a single application and is sold for twenty five cents by A. Eberlein and Flanegin Hardware Co.
A columnist asks about the endurance and lasting power of gratitude. They compare its vitality to fables and parables, pondering permanence versus perishability, and whether gratitude follows any mystic numeric limits or patterns. The piece frames a discussion on gratitude’s nature.
Wabash May 14. J McGowan and William Washburn of New York representing eastern creditors meet local creditors. Harmon Wolf and Isaac Beitman, receivers, will operate the Pioneer Hat factory for one year to determine next actions. Net earnings go to editors pro rata. Factory has liabilities of 160000 and assets of 400000. Strike ends as workers return.
Rev gar Green pastor of United Brethren church filed affidavits against Thomas Egner for running a blind tiger and Ernest Sheller for selling liquor without a license. The Ministerial association fights saloon presence in Chester township and four barrels labeled as soft drinks were found to be intoxicating liquor after sheriff Freeman conducted searches under warrants.
The convention drew 350 representatives from Indiana's 453 independent telephone companies and 50 equipment manufacturers. President A. C. Lindemuth, also head of the International Independent Telephone Association, said Indiana has about 250,000 telephones, roughly one for every ten people.
Frank Simpson, a self described Swiss native, is jailed for burglary in Rossville. Homes of Ban Sheffier Joseph Snyder and William Jones were broken into and valuables stolen. at the Jones residence the culprit ate pie and other foods.
In Shelbyville on May 14 a rear coach passenger was struck when a freight car hit the coach as a crew member stopped to aid a line repair. Mrs Green McDuffee and Mrs Audie Wagner, residents near Waldron, sustained slight injuries.
In Terre Haute on May 14 an unidentified woman dashed past two boys, seized the Vandalia bridge center, hung briefly by her hands, and plunged into the swollen river. Her body was swept away by the current.
In Bloomington on May 14, William T Bree den Carl Breeden and Allen H Cut rell sue to have a receiver appointed for Monarch Stone company claiming the firm is $30000 in debt for money advanced.
Anderson May 14 The trial of Ora Cole a Duck Creek farmer indicted for the murder of his brother in law George Leever last August was continued to June 15.
Shelbyville May 14 The state prison board has paroled Charles E Amsden who was sent to the Michigan City prison two years ago for forging orders against the Shelby County Fair association.
Ladoga on May 14 John Northcut was nearly killed when the ditch edge collapsed burying him. Six men freed him after forty minutes. He will recover.
Warren Robinson, the first white child born in Pleasant township, died at age 80 in Fort Wayne on May 14.
Bishop Anton Christian Bang primate of Norway arrived in Minneapolis on Wednesday to address Norwegians in America at the Auditorium next Sunday. He will deliver a personal message from King Haakon VII.
The United States board of general appraisers ordered a 15 percent duty on a statue of Matthew Murphy of Darlington Wisconsin. The sculpture was made in Italy and intended for placement in the Lafayette county courthouse at Darlington.
Russell J. Lemaster of Anderson convicted for passing a worthless check for 33 dollars. He was committed to the Indiana Reformatory.
A young woman in a rushed city scene struggles with lost buttons, crooked gloves, and a missed train. She fears a ruined dinner with Jack but a red faced man arrives apologetically, and she forgivingly accepts the delay.
Mrs. E. Hanson of Columbus Ohio reports the Change of Life brought nervousness headaches and other symptoms. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after her doctor recommended it and says she feels much better and can resume her work.
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing-down feeling flatulency indigestion dizziness or nervous prostration. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Mass.
An old print advert offers One Hundred Dollars reward for a catarrh cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure. It features J Cheney Co of Toledo and endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists, claiming the remedy works. Internal use targets blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Wills for constipation.
Mrs Ella Gunness of Indiana, famed for multiple murders, is described as “money mad” by her sister Nellie Larsen. Larsen recalls Bella Paulson, born in Norway, moving to Chicago and rising through various domestic roles while fixated on money.
Comic reminiscence recounts a candy pull at Tan Bark township school with prank on Judge Skoover, Lizzie Klue’s dental mishap, and various townwise gibes. The speaker riffs on jokes about Elks minstrel show, Noah’s ark humor, and local figures including the town marshal and a deserter from trains.
Florence Shorers of Terre Haute jumped from the Vandalia bridge into the Wabash river and took her own life in a desperate act of despondency.
Mary E Dwyer once a fervent suffragist from Ireland now in Colorado serves ten days in jail for false voter registration. Her landlady Mrs McCormack and boarder Frank Kelly aided the scheme as Kelly sought marriage and influence over Mary as an election clerk. Police investigated 2000 similar cases while Dwyer received leniency due to ignorance of American law.
Loganport readers learn kidney problems cause backache dizziness and eye pain. Thomas Reavey of Peru Indiana says after using three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills the backache weakness and all symptoms disappeared and he has been well for three years. Doan's are sold by dealers price fifty cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Passenger schedules show three daily departures at 3 45 p m 5 00 p m and 6 45 p m with arrival and transfer details for riders.
Train times and limited service details for routes including Peru and Wayne, listing multiple departure times such as 7 41 p m 9 05 p m and 11 05 p m with express and local stops noted in a fragmented timetable.
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