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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
1
Superintendent J S Ryder drafts a conductors code posting rules to curb complaints and ensure fare collection. New rules require ringing the bell before motion and banning riding on running boards, with emphasis on not airing personal troubles to passengers and proper platform conduct.
In Evansville Indiana Mrs William Allen found her daughter in law Mrs John Janz dead in bed with throat cut and husband a railroad fireman missing. Janz last seen at eight am yesterday leaving the city saying goodbye to his sister. Coroner speculates murder occurred between 1 and 5 am yesterday. Authorities search for the husband.
J. A. Monroe, a livestock commission man, is celebrated for his twenty eighth child born to his third wife. He is sixty five, with sixteen children living, and his first born John Allen Jr. was born in 1866. He maintains a steady work routine from 8 to 3 daily.
Sylvester Smith, rural carrier No. 8, ordered an Aurora automobile to cover his route. The car will have a top to protect him from cold weather.
The board of works urges the common council to appropriate funds to buy new fire ladders, deeming them essential. A prior $3,000 swimming pool appropriation is noted but shelved, while swift action on ladder funds is expected for safety and rapid response.
The local high school holds its 1908 commencement this evening at 8 in the gym. Prof Robert J Aley of Indiana University delivers the address and is noted for political speeches. Supt A H Douglass gives the farewell and presents diplomas to forty graduates including Helen Diffenbaugh Sabina Hutton Donald Douglass Frank Reed Ruth Mosson and Mary Justice.
Deputy Fish and Game Warden Albert Gallion of this city is placed on a 360 monthly salary plus expenses and will no longer earn by arresting violators per head.
The city treasurer will soon issue another call for old city orders and the debt of the city will be reduced by several thousand dollars.
Freshmen were caught placing their class colors on the school flag staff. Captives Fred McKinzie and Boyd McConnell were tied to a wall while Fred Wipperman climbed the pole and removed the Li pennant. The Li flag waved for about an hour as the fight continues.
Franklin and Washington schools conducted a joint commencement in the Cumberland Presbyterian church this afternoon. More than thirty graduates received diplomas as Rev. B. A. Arthur delivered the address and Prof. George B. Davis spoke briefly and presented the diplomas.
Anderson Hawkins and daughters Blanche and Laura return from Chicago where they visited Gertrude Hawkins who survived an automobile accident that killed one and injured two. She is not seriously injured and will recover soon.
Miss Lucy Hessler, former German teacher, was voted best looking girl at the Junior class graduation fete in Lettiner hall. J P Hochhaber won best looking man. contests included egg rolling, pie eating, and singing won by Scarnabas Deane. Guests Gertrude Cole and Chassie Schmidt attended.
Stella Watts granted divorce from Charles E. Watts. May Tyler vs John W. Tyler continued after partial evidence. Albert H. Hunt awarded $82.62 against David W. Armstrong. Philip M. Smith versus Myrtle V. Smith ends with wife’s cross complaint granting divorce.
Logansport Automobile Club and friends returned from a trip to Kokomo with no major incidents. A flat tire delayed Dr J W Ballard briefly while George W Lucy had a wild running board stunt and a stumble into weeds. Frank Wall’s gearing failed but he received a replacement car at Haynes factory. Fifty one parade cars, luncheon at Frances hotel, tours of Kokomo streets and visits to Haynes and Apperson factories capped a pleasant outing with gifts of carnations and watch fobs.
Allen J. Sheerin a Home Telephone employee living at 698 Linden Avenue narrowly escaped injury when a heavy flower pot from a third story window shattered on the stone sidewalk. The incident urges an end to placing objects on window sills in flats in the business district as criminal negligence and a potential cause of death.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Helvie of Miami Avenue. Both mother and child are reported in good condition.
A Winamac courtroom case over Sheriff Oglesby’s murder continues with jurors seated as attorneys exercise prerogatives to dismiss several members. Witnesses like Taylor Tolley and tramp Patrick Shea testified while Webb’s sister funds the defense. past Burnettsville robbery testimony offered little relevance to the murder verdict.
Cleveland, May 23. Mrs. Anna Hartlieb Wagner of 7419 Elton Avenue is mother to twenty four children, including two sets of twins. She seeks a medal from President Roosevelt for her family’s perseverance and claims fluency in four languages while devoting time to literature.
London report notes a Suffolk physician Dr. Newton Friend describes a bee sting cure. A schoolmaster with severe rheumatism exposed his arms to bee stings and recovered, with no subsequent attacks as he aged toward fifty.
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