Stepmother Attacked by Stepchildren in Harrison Township
Mrs Melissa Clary, living on a farm in Harrison township, was assaulted by her eldest stepsons during a family quarrel over breakfast. Charles Clary, age 22, allegedly struck her causing neck and head injuries. she is under care and the case awaits Monday court hearing with bond arranged by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Clary
John W. Clary
Harrison Township
Mary Buchanan
Market Street
Charles Clary
Auction sale to settle debts of former resident Redd
The household goods of E. L. Redd were sold at Fourth and Broadway yesterday afternoon to satisfy two judgments totaling 40 dollars. Ben Stuart acted as auctioneer and obtained a fair price, though the total fell far short of the debts. Redd left the city abruptly, leaving scant and low quality goods to cover his obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Redd
Fourth and Broadway
Ben Stuart
Redd
Sleeper Seidenberg Leaves City After Try for Car Deals
Prof. Seidenberg the hypnotic sleeper left for Chicago after failing to arrange dates with street car companies. He has performed indefinite sleeping acts nationwide, and railways would have benefited, but unsettled lines prevented contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Seidenberg
Chicago
Short Married Life Ends with Divorce Bid
William Bennett, a machinist, seeks divorce from May Bennett after eleven days of marriage. He alleges abandonment, noting they wed May 11, 1901 and separated eleven days later when she left. No other charges are made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bennett
May Bennett
Harry Mahan and Bride Leave for Terre Haute Visit
Harry Mahan and his bride depart today for Terre Haute to visit his parents for a few days, after which they will return to the city to establish housekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mahan
Bride
Terre Haute
Panhandle Payday Schedule for May Pay Car Movements
The Logansport division publishes a May timetable for the pay car. Details list locations and time windows at Logansport New Cabin Track Freight Station Passenger Station and Shops, with specific shifts for freight yard and maintenance crews. It notes pay to Logansport, a deadhead to Chicago, and subsequent departure to Bradford with stated dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
New Cabin
Effner
Chicago
Fifty-ninth Street
Bradford
Ezra Gilliland inventor of the switchboard dies in New York
Ezra Y Gilliland, longtime inventor and industrialist, died at his Westchester home. He helped develop the switchboard and transmitter used in telephones, organized Indianapolis first telephone exchange, later built Gilliland Electric Manufacturing in Indiana and Adrian Michigan plant, supplied equipment to Western Union, and designed a high speed cigarette making machine aimed at competing with French firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Y. Gilliland
Westchester County
New York
Mr. Gilliland
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Edison
Indiana
Gilliland Electric Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Shoe Company
Brookside Avenue
Adrian
Mich
United States
Western Union
Engineer Injured Jumping From Engine on Fourteenth Street
Theodore Toley Panhandle engineer sustained a sprained ankle while alighting from his engine on Fourteenth street. He was brought to Dr Hetherington's office for treatment and will be laid up for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth Street
Theodore Toley
Engineer Toley
Hetherington
Woman Declared Insane After Diamond Field Delusion
Frances Richter, a professional nurse, was declared insane by a sanity commission and ordered hospitalized at Longcliff. Doctors report a persistent delusion that she is in diamond fields, aided by a broken mirror she regards as a diamond, with prior similar illness seven years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longcliff
California
Indianapolis
Indiana
Denver
Meeting of Elks Initiates Four Into Elkdom Banquet
Four candidates were initiated into the Elks during an evening banquet and social session. After dinner speeches by Col. Charles Woll District Deputy Gray and others followed with music by the band cornet solo by Prof. Stewart and a Razzaphone solo by F M Kistler. An entertainment by Prof Pfrimmer the Poet of the Kankakee was announced for June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Charles Woll
Gray
Stewart
F. M. Kistler
Pfrimmer
Kankakee
Going Out To Win In Fort Wayne Contest
George Cuppy, captain of the Logansport baseball team, will enter the box Sunday in the game with Fort Wayne in that city. A large crowd will accompany the local team. Daffer Hazel will be at third base again and Leichester the pitcher will likely be benched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cuppy
Logansport
Fort Wayne
Daffer Hazel
Leichester
Sick in Marion confronts smallpox case
Marion Leader reports John MacParson, a Cass county man, moved to the pest house last night with smallpox. He says he contracted the disease in Peru where he was staying amid several local cases. He has been ill for days and many exposed visitors have sought care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
John MacParson
Cass County
Peru
Wabash River Traction Line Still Tied Up
Power break halts service between this city and Peru with multiple trips run but traffic stopped at Lewisburg substation. Workmen from both ends continue repairs and expect cars to run again by evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Lewisburg
Labor Organizer Smith Survives Perilous Auto Journey
Labor organizer O. P. Smith traveled long distance and rode an Auburn Garrett auto line to connect Syracuse and Huntington. He was seated on the roof and managed to hook his feet to avoid being thrown into a gully when the vehicle hit rough ground, narrowly escaping serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Smith
Auburn
Garrett
Syracuse
Ununtington
Smith
Union Traction official meets assessors over county valuation
Charles McGuire secretary to Union Traction president George F. McCulloch visited Logansport to confer with the county assessors. He discussed an equitable valuation of the Indianapolis Northern Holdings estimated at six thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Northern
Charles McGuire
George F. McCulloch
Union Traction Company
Logansport
Not Anxious to Repeat the Experiment
The speaker notes relief from a past experience while comparing it to a hanging survivor who would not retry the ordeal. The remark emphasizes caution after a trying event and reluctance to undergo a similar test again.
Brick Masons Strike Over Non-Union Carpenters at O'Donnell Livery Barn
Union brick masons quit their remodeling job at the O'Donnell livery barn on Third Street after landlord Mr. O'Donnell hired four non union carpenters from the Panhandle. The masons refuse to work unless union carpenters are used. Mr. O'Donnell declined to discuss the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Donnell
Third Street
O’donnell
Panhandle
Two Hog Herds Reach Market in Tipton Township
Lew Murphy of Tipton township shipped twenty-eight hogs weighing 5,600 pounds and Jasper Lond sent twenty-one hogs totaling 5,700 pounds. Despite warm weather, none were lost on the journey to market, though owners feared losses before arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Murphy
Tipton Township
Jasper Lond
Indiana B P O Elks Leader Attends Logansport Lodge
Bayard Gray of Frankfort district deputy grand exalted ruler of Indiana and B P O Ellis attended Logansport lodge No. 66 last night. He inspected the lodge and its work and took part in the social session that followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Gray
Frankfort
Indiana
B. P. O. Ellis
Logansport
Traction firm faces Cass County tax on $6000 in property
Mr. McGuire met assessors in Jackson Tipton and Washington townships to audit railway property. The Logansport Rochester and Northern line will pay taxes on $6000 in material and lands this year, with future state taxation once the line is completed. McGuire declined to comment on Wabash River Traction or any sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGuire
Glenz
Jackson
Tipton
Washington
Traction Company
Cass County
Treas
Logansport, Rochester & Northern Traction
McCulloch
Three-car Stone Wreck Near Peoria Junction
Three loaded stone cars jumped the track and plunged down the embankment just west of Peoria junction last night. A wreck train was summoned to repair the damage and restore service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth
Peoria Junction
Graham Taber Stars in Laporte Amateur Theatrical
Graham Taber former editor of the Laporte Argus-Bulletin and resident here led the leading role in Lend Me Five Shillings performed by the Elks of Laporte. The Herald praised his originality and dramatic skill noting he carried the production with clarity and poise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Taber
Here
Tin
Joseph Jefferson
Dramatic Club
Mr. Taber
Taber
Promised to marry ends in $5,000 seduction suit
Martha Pippenger by Levi C Pippenger sues Joseph Redd for seduction claiming he pursued her from early June 1901, promised marriage, led to illness and medical costs, seeking $5,000. George W Walters defends. Plaintiff resided with parents on a farm north of the city near the Michigan road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Pippenger
Levi C. Pippenger
Joseph Redd
Cass
Nelson & Myers
McConnell
Janice “Enhines
Stuart
George W. Walters
Miss Pippenger
Michigan Road
Royal Center Schools Close with Student Program
Royal Center schools close for the day after a successful year. The program includes solos and readings such as Men of Harlech, Crossing the Bar, A Dog of Flanders, Snow-Bound, The Vision of Sir Launfal, King Arthur, and There Little Girl Don t Cry. Guests include parents and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Center
Canoous
Ncanacecan
Harlech
History of Our School
Theodore Sweet
Miles Standish
Grace Morrow
Edna Walter
Dog
Flanders
Lizzie Beckley
Chester Fultz
Sir Launfal
Women Authors Topic Delights Progressive Women Group
The Progressive Women of America were entertained yesterday afternoon at Mrs. W. E. Ketchum’s home at Fourth and High streets. The discussion centered on Women Authors with papers and lively exchange. Miss Eva Gregg performed musical selections and a luncheon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Women of America
W. E. Ketchum
Fourth and High Streets
Eva Gregg
Mr and Mrs Johm Campbell Leave For CLs0
Mr and Mrs Johm Campbell of Melbourne avenue depart this evening for CL.s0 on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johm Campbell
Melourne Avenue
It Was Sixteen Years Ago In The Turpie Lowe Case
The famed Turpie v Lowe case returns to Cass county court with Judge Larry to hear the reversal of a supreme court ruling. Horner and Turpie sue Lowe over promissory notes and contracts dating back to 1887. The long litigation has exhausted many witnesses and participants as both sides seek final closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Circuit
Larry
Tutpie-Lowe
Cornelius Horner
the Turpies
Hugh Lowe
Howard
Horner
Howard County
Cass County
Turpie Vs. Lowe
Winfield
Frazier
Warsaw
Supreme Court
Watkins
Watkins Ald
Why Legal Writing Grows Fancy With Sums
An attorney explains that early court clerks were paid per word, incentivizing verbose drafting. The practice of adding many saids afore saids and phrases grew as a way to maximize earnings. He notes law changes slowly, so this custom likely remains unchanged.
Missionary Meeting Report From Greenfield
Rev. A. M. Hootman of Ninth Street Christian Church returns from Greenfield where the missionary society meeting was well attended. Evangelist T. J. Legg will continue for another year. Report shows 503 accessions to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Hootman
Ninth Street
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Stepmother
Mrs.Clary
E. L .Redd
Panhandle Payday
of Way
Gilliland
Havanna Commercial Company
Cua
Frances Richter
Sanity Commission
Squire Kloenne
Drs. J. W. Ballard
A. C
Meeting OF Elks
Logansport Lodge
Ft. Wayne
Pest House
Charles M’guire
Pennsylvania Press
Brick Masons
Porkers
Ury
The
Elks of
Laporte
Mr. Gra
Ham P. Taber
Laporte Argus-Bulle
Martha Peppinger
Royal Center Schools
Part I
Lucinda Bliss
Ethel Neilson
Eldon McCombs
King Arthur
Carrie McCloskey Crotuss
Part
James Whitcomb Riley
Frank Hand
Clyde Mayfield
George Smith
Little Orphant Annie
Lucy Porter
Willie Batty
Jessie Beckley
John Beckley Raggedy Man
Myrtle McDonald
the Literary
Catherine Anderson Cuwmee
America
Chotet
Turpie
D. C. Justice
E. Sellers
E. B. Sellers
Monticello
Lowe
Guthrie and Bushnell
Monon
Missionary Meeting
S. T. McConnell
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