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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
4
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A Denver hotel poker night pits 30 men and women including prominent socialites against a gambling orgy lasting 31 hours. Officers describe cigarette smoke drenched rooms, drinks, and debt as Sabbath bells toll while wives and mothers gamble away fortunes in a slim hotel basement.
Springfield mass May 25 With much mystery over the Independence party nomination Thomas L Hisgen of West Springfield is touted as the likely candidate He is head of a large oil and axle grease business at Albany and has long opposed Standard Oil Hisgen praises Hearst and predicts a 1912 national showing while detailing his rise from small beginnings and his anti trust stance
A historical report depicts China’s long campaign against opium to end the drug’s grip on officials and people. It lauds national effort to free China from opium and notes an imperial edict two years earlier.
At a Chicago bankers dinner William J Bryan argues that if the ten percent cap on bank loans had been enforced during the panic the crisis would have been worse. He calls for criminal penalties against violators and cites Oklahoma style bank guarantees to protect depositors.
In Laporte Indiana on May 25 Ray Lamphere ties John Moe of Elbow Lake Minnesota to the Gunness murder case by matching watch numbers Moe carried years ago Moe visited Mrs Gunness in December 1906 and vanished near Christmas after withdrawing 1100 from Elbow Lake bank authorities suspect 1500 gained from the killing Moe's body remains unidentified for now
George Murphy of 419 Grov Street presents the local Foresters lodge with a new banner measuring twenty two by thirty inches. The hand embroidered silk banner carries the lodge emblem and adds a decorative honor to the organization.
In a domestic exchange, the wife tells Harold she decides quickly, while the husband quips about a slow complexion. Agnes is referenced as the wife in the exchange.
An unclear report hints at an aeroplane issue and high cash stakes during a series of trials. No concrete names, dates, or locations are readable in the fragment.
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