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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
7
A new chemical STOVINK is advertised to be painted on stove tops like polish, with one application lasting months even under daily heat. It claims to prevent rust, remove salt water effects, and keep stoves in fine condition. Sold by A. Eberien and Flanegin Hardware Co.
Democrats from Ohio and Indiana join the full state ticket for a June 2 Jefferson banquet in Richmond at the Coliseum where Thomas R. Marshall will speak. The event aims to be the party’s grand gathering in Wayne County in years with an open public program and a planned Jefferson club formation that afternoon.
Alonzo Foster of Mitchell is sentenced to 10 to 20 years in the state prison for burglarizing Marshall Beasley’s saloon. His confession came after two youths Ed Rose and George Brewer, previously of good reputations, testified Foster induced them to join the crime. Rose and Brewer received 10 to 20 years at Jeffersonville reformatory.
In New Albany on May 23 a meeting gathered 35 banks to organize a Third district auxiliary to the Indiana Bankers association. Officers named were President Claude L. Balthis and Secretary Earl Gwyn of New Albany, with C. P. Sollins Orleans Treasurer and an executive committee including H. E. Heaton Jeffersonville A Schnell Troy Victor Bulliet Corydon J. F. Persise Salem and D. Leight hard Marengo.
Crawfordsville May 23. Mrs Mary E Ramsey says she will appear as her own attorney in a case brought by Hammond lawyer W F Whinney over an uncollected fee. Ramsey, a wealthy aged widow of this city, employed Whinney to recover losses from investments in the Chicago board of trade alleging unfair manipulating.
The 1908 Indiana University catalogue shows 2051 students enrolled, up from 1821 the previous year. Monroe County leads with 241 students, Marion second with 6. The student body includes 28 states and 6 foreign countries.
The sixth biennial session of the Supreme Tribe of Ben Hur adjourned sine die in Crawfordsville. Finley P. Mount, president of the Crawfordsville Country Club, welcomed visitors and delegates delivered responses. The trip included an automobile visit to Wawr Babble, formerly the Gen Wallace country home now part of the club.
Richmond on May 23 reports Paul Harthorn Harold Mitchell and William Morrey arrested for burglarizing the Empire cigar store. They confessed saying they needed money to start a moving picture show. Nearly all the money between fifty and seventy dollars was recovered as they were about to flee the city.
In South Bend on May 23 the absence of the word himself in the milk statute means prosecutions for selling adulterated milk cease. The law now reads no person by his agent or servant or as the servant or agent of another shall sell.
How's This We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure F J Cheney Co Toledo O meee the undersigned have known J Cheney for the last 15 years and above him perfectly honorable in his business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm Walding Kinnan Marvin Wholesale Druggists Toledo O Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Testimonials sent free Price 75c per bottle Sold by all druggists Take Hall's Family Pills for Constipation
Opinion piece warns that ambitious American girls face exhausting strain from educators pushing them beyond endurance. It argues girls have longer critical periods and that overwork causes collapse, with recovery taking years and vitality restored only through proper guidance and support.
A woman's clothing was found at a Hortonville mill pond on May 22, leading to the discovery of the corpse of Mrs. Carrie Shaw a wealthy Hortonville widow. She had recently been seen with Charles Abrams of New London. Abrams was arrested by District Attorney Rooney and held by New London police. He refused to reveal Mrs. Shaw's whereabouts and said it was none of their business. The couple had recently been at odds and Abrams visited last night to reconcile.
Vienna report notes Countess Lonway, formerly Princess Stephanie of Belgium, markets a patented chafing dish and spirit lamp in her own name. The inventor married Count Lonvay twelve years ago, was estranged from King Leopold, and was barred from using royal princess title with her mother’s $50,000 annual legacy.
Berlin based Princess Swoft Paringhy plans a portrait of the brainiest American for the Corcoran gallery but refuses to paint President Roosevelt. She says the president does not impress her and dismisses him as all surface.
In Fort Weyne on May 23 police chased a man who visited the Home Mission requesting shelter for a woman and two young boys. The woman and children later arrived at the mission and put the children to sleep.
In Mishawaka on May 23, Democrats added their support for Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend as candidate for both the long and short term congressional nomination in Indiana's Thirteenth District to succeed A. L. Brick.
Valparaiso high school held graduation exercises in the Memorial Opera house. Dr. George E. Vincent of the University of Chicago delivered the address to 25 graduates.
In South Bend on May 23 Judge W A Funk ruled saloonkeepers who sell liquor to an intoxicated man are jointly liable for damages if the drinker has an accident. The circuit court decision states proprietors bear responsibility when serving a drunk patron.
Indiana fish and game commissioner Z. T. Sweeny has ordered several fish ladders built on the Mississinewa River at Marion to aid migration.
Rail service details show daily 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 entries indicate regular schedules between these hubs.
Notice to Cass County Indiana that the applicant will seek a license at the June term 1908 of the Board of Wainty Commissioners to sell spirituous liquors in quantities less than a quart for consumption on the premises. Premises located at 511 North Street Logansport a two story brick building with a 20 by 60 foot room on lot 18 John Tipton's first addition.
The princess tours Washington for six weeks seeking a man of extraordinary intellect. After Hot Springs she plans another trial. In Europe she is a renowned portrait painter who has painted the Kaiser and many royals, with 600 royal portraits in fifteen years. She currently considers Thomas A. Edison as a potential favorite.
In Muncie Indiana Judge Leffler weighs whether a husband who declares he loves his mother more than his wife constitutes cruel treatment and ground for divorce. Minnie Watson seeks divorce from Bert Watson after about two years of marriage and asks suitable alimony.
Miss Elsie L Hook of Chelsea Vermont writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her of sideache periodic pains sleeplessness and a nervous irritable condition after other remedies failed Mrs Pinkham notes the decades long use of the remedy for female ills and invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Mass
Robert R. Watts of Salem Missouri writes that five years of kidney disease left him frail and under doctors care. After using Foley's Kidney Cure he recovered fully in under two bottles and now feels sound and well. Summer heat and excess alcohol can strain kidneys. Use Foley's Kidney Cure promptly. W H Porter endorses.
Fragment timetable lists train times including 7 00 am 9 45 am 3 45 pm and 7 20 pm. Trains run to Tipton with direct connections at Tipton to Ebwood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and other intermediate stations.
Mrs William A White of 729 Seven tenth Street Logansport Ind endorses Doans Kidney Pills citing three years of backache and kidney pain relief after use. She reports dark colored urine and sediment cleared and states symptoms never returned since 1897. Sold by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for United Remember the name Doans.
The Port Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company releases daily train times from interurban stations to Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediate points with multiple departures listed in morning and afternoon blocks. Limited cars and express service are noted with additional stop patterns for Boyd Park and weekday terminals.
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