Mrs Warner Heads to Louisville for Husband’s Gallows Farewell
Mrs. George B. Warner and her two sons traveled to Louisville to bid farewell to her husband, sentenced to death for the murder of Pulaski Leeds. Family awaits Friday execution as guards ensure a guarded, poignant last meeting before he is taken to the scaffold. His attorneys press an insanity defense, seeking a stay of execution.
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George B. Warner
Louisville
Pulaski Leeds
Panhandle
Mamma
Hand of Law
Warner
Warners
Rebekahs Report Prosperous State Assembly Meeting
Logansport Rebekah lodges report strong growth in membership and finances after the Indianapolis state assembly. Noblesville's Mrs. Arnetta Brehm elected treasurer. new officers include Mrs. Tina K. Mann president and Mrs. Nellie Lindsay vice president. An installation and dedication of a new building at Greensburg are noted as upcoming events.
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Logansport
Rebekah
Indianapolis
Arnetta Brehm
Noblesville
Tina K. Mann
Muncie
Nellie Lindsay
Kokomo
Louise Langfard
Lebanon
Artie E. Andrews
Lafayette
Roxy Hathaway
Aurora
Florence Broadhead
Rushville
George Rogers
Lafayete
W. H. Leedy
Mann
Catherine Bodine
Belle Sellers
Maggie Day
Carrie Olive
Emma Youngerman
Anna Kampman
Lizzie McQuinn
Addie Johnson
Ella McKenzie
Mattie Allen
Minnie Foley
Anna Wilsey
Emma Raybourne
Rose Hass
Odd Fellows Lodge
Odd Fellows
Greensburg
Strawberries Fall From Panhandle Train Crack
Two crates of strawberries toppled from a Panhandle train when a coach was misaligned with an express truck. The impact scattered berries across the tracks, covering a ten foot square area, and the cargo was left strewn on the ground.
Epworth Movement Sermon At Market Street Church
Rev Hotlopeter delivered a fine address at the Market Street M E church for the Epworth League forward movement. Meetings are held each evening with large crowds. tonight Rev Jay C Darwin of Wheatland Avenue M E church will lecture.
State Library Bulletin Preview From Indiana
State librarian W. E. Henry prepares a bulletin on state library conditions to be issued soon. It will be sent to libraries literary clubs and many newspapers. The issue discusses Indiana bibliography recent additions and borrowing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Henry
Bulletin
Indiana
Young Peru Baptist Union entertains visiting delegation
The Baptist church youth of Peru hosted ninety five attendees from the local Baptist union. They traveled by interurban car, were greeted by a reception committee at the church, enjoyed a fine supper and musical program, and returned home by 11 p.m. The Peru group later sang in memory of the event.
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Baptist
Peru
Young People’s Baptist Union
Baptist Union
Logansport Police Board Praised for Moral Tightness
Logansport ministers endorse the citys police commissioners J B Skinner T R Sewell and John J Sheerin praising their enforcement of liquor laws and gambling raids The governor receives a letter from several ministers noting the improved moral atmosphere and that the id has been kept down for weeks
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Logansport
Indiana
Metropolitan Board of Police Commissioners
J. B. Skinner
T. R. Sewell
John J. Sheerin
Board Favors North Street Paving With Asphalt
North street residents win board approval for paving with Bitulithic asphalt. Advertisements to notify property owners issued. plans specifications and cost estimates to be prepared for the board. Remonstrances will be considered before final order. the paving faces favorable prospects.
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Board of Public Works
North Street
Corporation
St. Louis
Galveston Engineer’s Clean Record Shadowed by Fatalities
The Panhandle engine throttled by John Lawson at Galveston killed two youths, adding to a prior collision two months earlier. Inquest over Algie Houser and Claude Griffin yielded no new details as Lawson’s 25 years without a casualty contrasts with the recent tragedies. Investigators note no intoxicants were involved and consider sleep or a dangerous crossing as possible causes.
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John Lawson
No. 191
High Street
Galveston
Fisher's Station
Lawton
Algie Houser
Claude Griffin
Young Houser
Furnace Land Sold By Receiver In Toledo Street Sale
George W. Funk as receiver of the Miskimen Furnace reports the sale of the company realty on Toledo street. W. T. and Viola Lynas bought the land for $6000, and the report has been filed in the circuit court.
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George W. Funk
Miskimen Furnace Company
Toledo Street
W. T
Viola Lynas
Ploughed The Wabash Afloat By Two Men
Charles Ferguson and Lee Turman traveled from Peru down the Wabash in Ferguson’s gasoline launch. The downstream trip took three hours and ten minutes while the return upstream finished in one hour and thirty minutes.
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Charles Ferguson
Lee Turman
Peru
Wabash River
Mr. Ferguson
Missing horse returns home after long night
Charles Moore of Burnettsville reported his horse stolen or strayed from in front of the Dunn hotel at 9 PM. Police searched all night but found nothing. This morning Moore found the horse had returned home on its own, having waited for him.
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Charles Moore
Burnettsville
Dunn Hotel
Moore
German Catholic Societies Parade and Banquet in Logansport
The annual state meeting of German Catholic societies arrives in Logansport with delegates from Kokomo Peru Wabash Fort Wayne and Lafayette. Delegates will attend high mass at St Josephs church then parade through main streets if weather allows a grand banquet at Hiks Hall followed by business sessions Monday.
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Logansport
St. Joseph Benevolent Society
Indiana
St. Joseph's Society
Kokomo
Peru
Wabash
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
St.oseph's Church
Hiks’ Hah
Wolfe and Eisenbise Foreclose Me chanic S lien Case
William and Josephine Wolfe won against Daniel Eisenbise over a mechanics lien of about 50 with costs and attorney fees near 100. In circuit court Laura Girton v estate of Florence McCord is being tried this afternoon. The court lifts its rule for McConnell, Jenkines, Jen kines & Stuart to proceed with their appeal. An affidavit by Henry C. Luce agent for Owen prompted a local court action.
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William and
Josephine Wolfe
Daniel Eisenbise
Laura Girton
Florence McCord
McConnell, Jenkines
Jenkines & Stuart
Henry C. Luce
Owen
Dangerous sail in Wa bash tests four youths
In Wabash a flat bottom scow built by three boys and a girl was launched in front of the Panhandle station. The leaky vessel drifted into swift current with a crowd of about twenty five watching in breathless suspense.
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Wabash
Panhandle Station
Local anglers chase river fish amid flood waters
High waters on the Wabash and Eel rivers ended several days of fishing for local sportsmen. Suckers dominated the catch with many large specimens hauled from the streams.
Carpenter Survives 35-Foot Roof Fall at Edith Matt Residence
J. W. Mullendore of 1513 George Street slipped on wet shingles while repairing Miss Edith Matt’s No. 8th Street home. He slid down the slope, fell into mud and water but scrambled up, waved off helpers, and completed the job with only bruises and stiffness afterward.
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J. W. Mullendore
George Street
Rip van Winkle
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mullendore
Suffering from Gas Explosions Fights Reach Damages
The Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas Co bonds trade below twenty five cents on the dollar. Two damage suits valued at 15000 dollars have been filed at Vern for personal injuries from gas explosions. Plaintiffs are Mrs Sarah E Artis and Edward Richardson represented by Elford Richardson.
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Logansport & Wabash Valley Gas Company
New York
Vern
Sarah E. Artis
Charles P. Artis
Flax Hill
Edward Richardson
Elford Richardson
Suit in Partition Involving Dowling Estate
In circuit court late this afternoon Peter W. Moore and Ansel Plank guardians sue John E. Dowling Robert Dowling Margaret Dowling Catherine Deventer and Gertrude Long over the estate of William Dowling. The partition action covers the theater the foundry and several properties on Broadway and Market Street valued near fifty six thousand nine hundred dollars.
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William Dowling
Broadway
Market Street
McConnell, Jenkines
Jenkines & Stuart
Peter W. Moore
William H. Moore
Ansel Plank
Walter Dowling
John E. Dowling
Robert Dowling
Margaret Dowling
Catherine Deventer
Gertrude Long
Shaff Initiated Into A Ledge In Court House Incursion
Recorder Charles Shaff entered the courthouse with a limp and somber mood. A reporter learned he had simply been initiated into a ledge, explaining his troubled appearance this morning.
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Charles Shaff
Court House
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Mrs. Warner
Goodby
Rebekahs
Grand Lodge I. 0. C. F
Epworth
Market Street Church
State Library Bulletin
Henry
Nan Patterson
Washington
Rathskeller
Jernor Hanly
City of Bridges
BOARD
Lawton Remoans
Miskimen’ Furnace Company
Master
ST. Joseph Societies
Carpenter
Edith Matt
Wabash Valley
Local Gas Corporation
Dowling
Shaff
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