Conventional Night Favors John A Murphy Trustee Race
At a Democratic convention in the court house on Saturday night John A Murphy was nominated for township trustee after multiple ballots and August Gleitz secured the assessor post with a clear second ballot win. The lengthy roll call shows Murphy leading most wards with totals above rivals across several rounds.
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John A. Murphy
Court House
Eel Township
August Gleitz
George Palmer
Trustee
Thomas Flinn
James P. Martin
Minneman
Murphy
McMullen
Burgman
Martin
Flynn
Blank
Gleitz
Gus Gleitz
John W. Harvey
Squire Reid
Harvey
Reid
Surveyor
Frank Davis
Juniors Raise Flag At High School Tower Clash
A group of ten juniors stormed the high school tower at 1 30 AM to raise a pennant as guards kept watch. Patrolmen Keller and Skelton quickly intervened, the climbers were taken into custody, then released after lectures. Pole climbers named: Gould Knickerbocker Paul Thomas Edward Guerner Leo Smith.
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Joe Kroeger
Kroeger
Skelton
Judge Smith
Douglass
Gould Knickerbocker
Paul Thomas
Edward Guerner
Leo Smith
Surveyor First Ballot Vote Totals by Ward and Township
The record lists multiple candidates and vote counts across wards and townships. Totals for Barnes Lybrook Schwerdman St Zinn appear with regional tallies and percentages reflecting early survey results.
Baccalaureate Sermon Marks Logansport High Graduation
Rev Joseph Hi Craig delivered the baccalaureate sermon to thirty eight Logansport High graduates at Ninth Street Christian Church. The service drew a crowded audience with girls in white and the faculty seated behind the graduates as the pastor praised the students for starting a new life.
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Ninth Street
Craigs
Logansport
Moore Sues for Divorce and Alimony
Jennie S. Moore sues Ralph Moore for divorce alleging abandonment and failure to provide. She seeks $500 alimony and restoration of her maiden name Jennie S. Minnick.
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Jennie S. Moore
Ralph Moore
Jennie S. Minnick
May Lose Eye After Blood Vessel Burst
Panhandle conductor John Kennedy suffers eye trouble from a ruptured blood vessel ten years ago. Doctors warn he may lose sight in one eye due to the ongoing condition.
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John Kennedy
Father Kidnaps Child From Updegraft Grandparents
Albert Ball kidnapped his daughter Darel Updegraff on Saturday, taking her to Rockfield after repeatedly threatening to remove her. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Updegraft refuse plea for return and hire attorney George Walters as legal proceedings loom. The child’s belongings remain at the Updegraft home.
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Albert Ball
Charles Updegrat
Darel Updegraff
Ball
Eighth Street
Jodegraff
Second Street
Updegraff
George Walters
Rockfield
Msue
Thaw Found Insane. Judge Upholds Mattawan Commitment
Poughkeepsie New York May 25 Justice Morehausen ruled Harry Thaw is insane and cannot be at large. He ordered commitment to Mattawan and Thaw’s lawyers sought placement in another institution.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Jusice Morehausen
Harry Thaw
Mattawan
Justice Dowling
Thaw
Fire Alarm After Gasoline Stove Fire
Mrs M B Stewart of 1306 High Street reported a fire when gasoline leaked and burned on the outside of her stove. Firefighters arrived as the blaze had burned out, the alarm triggered by the incident.
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M. B. Stewart
High Street
Powell Wins Contract for Church Steam Heating Plant
W. E. Powell was awarded the contract this afternoon to install the steam heating plant in the new English Lutheran church.
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W. E. Powell
English Lutheran Church
Argued About a Merry Widow Sparks North Side Arrests
Two saloonists Pat Gaffney and Eddie Brice were arrested for liquor law violations and fined after a loud quarrel over Merry Widow hats and Merry Widowers. Brice claimed a widow must not wear the hat. he got eleven days. A second man was sent back to the poor farm. Also, Captain Graham arrested a saloon manager for hosting a roomful of drinkers and a bartender paid fines for selling beer to a 12 year old. A North Side dispute over a trunk led to a brief police call and resolution.
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Pat Gaffney
Eddie Brice
Eddie
George H. Graham
Coumbia Cafe
Bart Bordman
Peter Titus
Sycamore Street
Burres
Liberty Street
Colored Odd Fellows Visit City With Band Parade
Colored Odd Fellows from Crawfordsville and Rockfield arrived in the city Sunday with a band. They paraded the business section and then marched to the A. M. E. church on the West Side for special services.
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Colored Odd Fellows
Crawfordsville
Rockfield
A. M. E. Church
School Children Parade Boosts $10,000 Y M C A Fund
Three thousand Logansport city school children marched along Broadway to raise funds for the Y M C A jet fund. The West Side drum corps led the parade with boys on tenor drums and girls accompanying the sidewalk procession. Bank deposits followed as readers, headed by Columbia school pupils Ivan Urban John Moon Dewelley Biggs Russell Martin Cecil Clary, paid their dollars. Superintend ent Douglass and Senator Frank M. Kistler spoke at Fourth Street corner.
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Broadway
Fourth
Douglass
Frank M. Kistler
Ivan Urban
John Moon
Dewelley Biggs
Russell Martin
Cecil Clary
Columbia School
Exciting Runaway Causes Injuries Near Spencer Park
Yesterday near Spencer park a runaway buggy collided with another, overturning the rig with two women and a baby aboard. The women suffered bruises but no serious injuries and reached a street car after the buggy horse bolted toward the crowd at the corner stone laying.
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Spencer Park
Chicago wedding delayed after fatal car crash
Miss Gertrude Hawkins of Chicago formerly of this city and Lemma Bartholomew planned a June wedding in Chicago. The bride two ribs fracture and internal injuries while the groom suffered a fractured arm. Bartholomew’s brother Orson was killed. The crash at Twenty fourth and Indiana Avenue involved a speeding streetcar.
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Gertrude Hawkins
Chicago
Lemma Bartholomew
Windy City
Orson Bartholoméw
Twenty-fourth and
Indiana Avenue
Orson Bartholomew
Miss Hawkins
J. A. Bovett
Orson
Mercy Hospital
Anderson Hawkins
Seventeenth Street
Harvard
Hill in Critical Condition Following Murder Charge
George Hill, accused murderer, remains in a dire state at the hospital. Authorities fear his condition may worsen and hinder further proceedings.
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George Hill
Noted Educator Prof Shortridge Visits City Despite Blindness
The renowned educator Prof Shortridge, namesake of Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, returns from a weekend at the Ninth Street Christian church ceremonies. A high school boy read him the morning paper at the interurban station, while Shortridge, blind for years and once missing a leg after a streetcar accident, remains cheerful.
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Shortridge
Shortridge High School
Indianapolis
Ninth Street
Mary Justice
Ora Cox
Justice
John Murphy Fusses in Lewis Ray’s Grocery Store
John Murphy caused a disturbance in Lewis Ray's grocery store this afternoon and was later taken home in a patrol wagon on Cana Street.
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John Murphy
Lewis Ray
Cana Street
Ten Thousand Daw Stone Laid at St Joseph Hospital
A cornerstone laying ceremony at the St Joseph Hospital site drew broad support from local lodges and organizations. The event was praised as the most impressive in the city, with thanks extended to sponsoring committees and to donors and Sisters of St Francis for their roles.
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St. Joseph Hospital
Sisters OF ST. Francis
Charles Woll
Market Street
Sixth
Eighteenth Street
Hospital
Elks’ Band
Nto
Notre Dame University
George P. McKee
Albert G. Jenkines
Ather Crosson
Spencer Park
Hospital Grounds
Broadway
High Street
Cornerstone Laying Draws Ten Thousand To St Joseph Hospital
Ten thousand people witnessed the cornerstone ceremony for the new St Joseph hospital amid a citywide turnout. Delegations by train and interurban from Crawfordsville Richmond and South Bend joined a throng along Market to North and Eighteenth streets.
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St. Joseph Hospital
Terre Haute
Crawfordsville
Frankfort
Richmond
State Line
South Bend
Chicago
Winamac
Star City
Royal Center
Marion
Ferguson
Market Street
Hospital Fund
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Palmer
John Minneman
Thomas Fyinn
J. J. Martin
Harry McMullen
William Burgman
Plank
Fifth Ward
Barnes
Bethlehem
Clay
Clinton
Deer Creek
Harrison
Tipton
Washington
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Lybrook
Adams
Jefferson
Jackson
Miami
Noble
Schwertman—Clay
Bhauyates
Ninth Street Christian Church
Crain
Darius
Wright
Wright Brothers
Tot
Landlady
Boarder
North Side
C. B. Chapman
Ing
Hill
Prof
City
Neice
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