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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
5
Colonial Country Club Hotel in West Baden Springs, Indiana advertises drinking the waters and baths to cure kidney liver and stomach ailments. It claims the cost is small compared with benefits and provides five gallons of mineral water by mail with physician guidance for home treatment, requiring a $2 payment.
Capt. A Crist of the Zeus and seaman Hooline drown after the launch sails from Avalon. EF Easton and his wife with two children and a nurse are rescued by the US cruiser Buffalo after two days adrift off Santa Catalina. Easton, a former war correspondent, is brought to Avalon with his family.
Toronto May 30 Mrs E B B Reesor of the Crown Bank of Canada urges women to enter banking as an honest profession not training deceit. She says truth guides daily business and a woman banker can leave her desk free of deceit with a clear conscience and untainted soul.
A cascade of notes covers a contractor Jerry Kincaid killed by a cavern in a drain ditch, a broad push to close saloons in Hagerstown, and Grays Lake postmistress Mrs. Witmers charged with opening others letters. Also listed: Bankers association meeting at Muncie on June 11, Rev. Becker to New Corydon, Ross Stankard dies in his Brazil office, Shelbyville Canning to run peas, South Bend chamber of commerce forming, Richmond inmate Harvey Barton to be released, Bloomington sewer and plant contract to Terre Haute’s W. H. Harris for 101 dollars, Harvey Hinkle judged insane for killings, and a Purdue circus set for June 6.
La Guayra, Venezuela, is cut off by sea and military cordon as bubonic plague spreads. Famine and fear drive refugees into a deadly siege. executions reported for fugitives. President Castro enforces port blockade. shipping halted and prices soar. Mortality from the epidemic remains high.
The board of public works will ask the council for an appropriation to construct a storm sewer on the east end of George street. Local residents have long desired sewer access in that area.
The Panhandle wreck crew was dispatched to Anoka yesterday to clear the track after a bolster pin pulled out of a box car. Traffic was delayed as the crew worked to remove the obstruction and restore normal service.
Washington May 30 Rear Admiral A S Crowninshield died in Philadelphia after forty three years of naval service. He entered the naval academy from New York in 1860 and retired in 1903. He served on the naval advisory board from 1888 to 1886 and was chief of the bureau of navigation from 1897 to 1902. He commanded the European station in 1903 and sat on the board of naval strategy during the Spanish war.
Two skeeters discuss a peculiar Stygomia showing a stagger from a mosquito bar. The exchange hints at a strange scene and a casual observation of the creature's behavior.
Mrs. Westmedder voices support for Abner as she reads about rooftop gardens in the city. She stresses the need for high cultivation and orderly upkeep of the green spaces above.
Washington reports charges of pernicious political activity against Herbert G. Squiers United States minister to Panama. He is accused of openly backing Senor Arias against Senor Obaldia and offering two to one wagers on Arias election. Calls grow to recall him or stop his campaign mixing. He also angered canal zone Americans by skipping his daughter’s wedding to a canal commissioner.
Ira B. Ejidson of New Waverly died yesterday at 66 after a long residence in the area. Born in 1842 he served three years in the Civil War with Company B Twentieth Indiana. Survived by widow and three children W M Eidson J P Winters and Mrs J Birkenruth. Funeral tomorrow at Pipe Creek Christian church.
County commissioners held a special session and awarded twelve bridge contracts for repair or new abutments. Notable awards include Richester Bridge company for Creeked Creek at 549 dollars and Samuel Corner for several concrete arches at three dollars per cubic yard, with other work to Samuel Cotner and Walter Girton across multiple townships.
J. E. Frazier, a mail clerk from this city, was arrested Thursday in Bradford O for alleged post office robbery. The Bradford burglars had cracked the safe the night before and fled with money. A suspect was jailed in Piqua O and tried for the Bradford crime. During the trial Frazier offered knowledge about Bradford’s post office, arousing suspicion and leading to his release after interrogation.
Surveyors report near completion of work on the South Bend Logansport and Indianapolis line between here and Indianapolis. They expect to be through in about twenty days.
A. D. Toner of Kewanna lost his court case against the town seeking damages for injuries to his property caused by surface water.
The senior class at DePauw University presented a new flagstaff to the school as a token of remembrance.
Brief fragment notes Stetson hats priced at five dollars with unclear surrounding context. No additional names or places clearly readable.
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