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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
7
A testimonial ad extols Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for pain relief without habit buildup. Customers claim headaches backache flu symptoms and pneumonia-related pain improved quickly. The ad notes pharmacist return policy for the first package and cites Miles Medical Co. as the producer.
Readers question the fascination with the mysterious figure Stuffy Davis as newspapers expose intimate Midwest chatter about his unlikely fame. The note jokes about his alleged cigar generosity and unclear claims to broader celebrity.
Indiana State convention of the St. Joseph society, uniting German Catholic groups, met in Evansville and chose Richmond as next host. Secret societies were condemned and resolutions urged German study in schools and homes. Officers named include John Suelzer, George Maurer, John Funke, William Leiter, J. George Diehl and advisers Very Rev. A. Schneider and Rt. Rev. J. H. Oechtering.
South Bend reporters say Julia Lauts kop aged 35 and Edward Onieski aged 17 were arrested en route from Terre Haute to wed. On arraignment it emerged the groom to be has spoken only Polish since arriving in America a few weeks earlier. The bride is said to have lived with her father and taken over $300 with which she planned to pay wedding trip expenses.
Relatives of Mr and Mrs John Garvey gathered from Indianapolis to celebrate their forty sixth wedding anniversary. The couple and their daughter Bridget were away briefly while the family surprised them at home with a lively reunion and dinner upon their return.
Dr. Victor Keene, renowned hydrophobia expert from Indianapolis, spoke at Indiana University in Bloomington and was telegraphed to Chicago by J Ogden Armour due to his daughter Lolita Armour's dog bite. He left at once for Chicago.
The Marshall circuit court held that a student who leaves a college before term end cannot recover tuition if the institution has a prior policy against such action. The ruling cites Hall vs Culve Military Academy to support the decision.
Jackson Brown of Monroe township files a suit against his father in law William F Heritage for 20000 alleging interference with his domestic life led to his separation from his wife. Brown’s wife had obtained a divorce about a year earlier. Heritage is described as wealthy.
May 20 report recalls a drunken busin ess carousal among Big Four construction workers in Danville. An altercation left Thomas Conway severely cut on the arm. The men were jailed as Prosecutor Blessing opened a court of inquiry to trace liquor sources with possible prosecutions ahead.
Vernon May 20 Charles Edward Wagner longtime Vernon Banner Vernon Journal editor died suddenly of apoplexy at his sister Mrs William F Welker home He was a prominent Republican and an Odd Fellow Funeral held here
Judge Jacob Herter, among the circuit court’s oldest members and a former judge, died at age 70 from paralysis. A native of Harrison county, he spent most of his life in New Albany, where he was highly regarded in legal circles.
In South Bend on May 20 Mrs. William Hoover of Warsaw announced she has given birth to her thirteenth child, a sixteenth member of the family. The family includes six boys and seven girls and a photo will be sent to President Roosevelt by Mayor C. A. Rigden of Warsaw.
Noblesville May 20. Jacob Miesse aged 99, Hamilton county's oldest man, died at his home after a fall broke his hip. A devout reader, he had read the Bible through 25 times since 1890.
A chronicle recalls a courteous Chinese emperor letter to Japan’s mikado who replied by addressing the emperor of the land where the sun rises. It also notes a later Chinese demand for submission met by Japan severing ambassadors' heads.
A military company in Evansville required everyone to surrender their receivers at the door to prevent trouble, enforcing a strict security measure as a precautionary step.
A dramatic scene unfolds as Wilton and Randall plead with Minnehaha while a theater audience cheers and a mysterious note reveals romance involving Bellewood students, revealing jealous rivals, a masked swindle, and a scandalous engagement. Josephine remains the elusive emblem of desire as the comedy spirals.
The Shawnee Fancy Horse and Nat tahota star in the Cloud Mountain scene of the opera Smiling Thunder. Kickapoo Kids perform the setting sun dance while Randall and Wilton discuss the show from the front row.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. W Walding Kinnan & Marvin endorse I J Cheney as honest and able to meet obligations. Cure taken internally. price 75 cents. sold by druggists. testimonials free. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Kilwood Indiana on a Sunday morning Joe Fihe’s dog rode the front seat of his auto. The dog appeared to press the starting clutch as the car lurched forward. Fihe leaped back, stopped the machine before it struck a church window, and the dog remained unmoved in its seat.
A quirky collection of malaprop inspired proverbs and phonetic spellings. The piece riffs on language and mispronunciations with humorous, warped ditties about luck, money, travel, and diplomacy.
The list enumerates daily train services linking major cities: No. 9 from New York to Kansas City, No. 1 from New York to St. Louis, No. 5 from Toledo to St. Louis, and No. 3 from New York to St. Louis.
The article promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a relief for rheumatisms pain aiding rest and sleep. It notes temporary relief can become permanent for some, especially in the young or elderly with chronic rheumatism linked to dampness or weather changes, and cites W. H L. Porter as a seller.
Washington on May 20 Little Charlie Taft is prepared to follow Quentin Roosevelt as junior representative at the White House. Roosevelt has trained him, but a rift appears over joining the Y M C A with Quentin pushing hard while Taft resists stating he has a will of his own.
Ex excursion tickets sold May 18 19 26 21 22 and ceed returning up to and including time 8 Through chair cars Pullmans and dining car service. The promotion lists 19.20 fare to Kansas City Missouri aboard the Wabash railroad and includes return validity details.
Timetable lines show 6 00 pm 6 45 pm and 7 20 pm times with Tipton as hub. All trains except 11 00 pm make direct connections at Tipton for Ed wood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and intermediate stations.
Trains leave the interurban station for Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediate points at 6 35 a m 8 05 a m and 8 37 a m.
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