Sanitary barber ordinance seeks strict shop rules
The city considers an ordinance to require barber shops to meet 15 sanitation rules, including floor cleaning, fresh coverings, hand washing, antiseptic cleaning after each customer, and banning reused towels. Violations may bring fines up to 100 dollars, imprisonment, or license revocation, with repeal of conflicting ordinances. A Finlander travels first class around the world while seeking work toward finishing school, planning a move to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Athletic Association
New York
Chicago
October Temperature and Weather Averages
The month of October shows a 37 year mild pattern with average 55 F. The record highs and lows are noted from 1887 to 1900 including an 89 F hot day on October 1 1897 and 22 F cold days on October 30 1887 and 1895. First killing frost typically by September 19 with variability. Precipitation averages 2.72 inches, with an 1883 record rainfall of 8.56 inches and predominantly south winds.
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Weather Bureau
Married Nineteen Years Also Headline
Panhandle conductor George Ramsey of 1227 East Market Street recalls his wedding of September 30, 19— as reported in the Daily Reporter nineteenth anniversary. He has not missed a copy since that issue.
Advertising firm touts daily newspaper campaigns
H W Kastor and Sons of St Louis and Chicago mail a statement asserting that advertisers gain quicker direct results from properly conducted daily newspaper campaigns due to monthly increases this year versus last year. The firm cites practical demonstration and targets advertisers seeking to exploit goods in daily papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W.kastor & Sons
St. Louis
Chicago
Shaff 40th Wedding Anniversary Observed on South Side
Mr and Mrs John Shaff of Burlington Avenue celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary with a dinner at home. Present were relatives and friends including Mrs Shaffs siblings David and Dan Smith and sisters Alla Snell Miley Fields and Sarah Helvie, plus cousin Mrs Mary Helvie. Children Charles Shaff and Ollie Jacks attended.
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Burlington Avenue
Shaff
Shaiff
David Smith
Dan Smith
Cassville
Alla Snell
Miley Fields
Sarah Helvie
Mary Helvie
Seven Mile
Charles Shaff
Ollie Jacks
Baptist Delegates Return From Logansport Meeting
Mrs. Mary Campbell Rev. A. A. Mainwaring and Rev. W. A. Keys returned last evening from the Bethlehem church in Fulton county where they attended the Logansport Baptist association two day session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Campbell
A. A. Mainwaring
W. A. Keys
Bethlelem
Fulton County
Logansport Baptist Association
Tully Trustee Fights Claims and Amputation Fear
A civil war veteran, Daw Daw, fell from a ladder while painting a house on Wheatland avenue and fractured his right ankle so severely the bone protruded. Doctors warned amputation might be needed, but Dr. Noland later believed the foot could be saved. Daw is a noted painter who was on a ladder when it collapsed. Hunters entering farmers’ lands and the quail season opening November 10 prompt warnings about licenses and trespass penalties.
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P. Caw
A. S. Boyer
Wheatland Avenue
Bates Street
Noland
Daw
Boyer
Dan
Logansport
Smith's Letter Read At Labor Convention Reform Bid
At the state labor convention a 1907 letter from O. P. Smith to Charles Lockwood on becoming state factory inspector was read. Watson sympathizers noted it but Perkins defeated its impact by confirming the association backed Smith. Smith is scheduled to speak in Kokomo Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Smith
Charles Lockwood
Watson
Perkins
Association
Smith
Kokomo
Vigo County Republican Drops From Ticket
D C Johnson representative from Vigo county resigns from the ticket and will not run again. He backed the county local option bill despite constituent wishes and stated he would vote for the Hill and resign, a pledge he has kept.
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D. C. Johnson
Vigo County
the Hill
Sam Small Coming to County Venues Next Week
County Chairman Frank Guthrie of the Democratic party has secured evangelist Rev. Sam Small to speak there next Thursday night. He will also address audiences in Young America the following afternoon and in Royal Center the next evening.
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Frank Guthrie
Democratic Party
Sam Small
Young America
Royal Center
New Merchants Band Forms After YMCA Split
Members who left the YMCA band plan a new group to meet tonight in a Market Street hall above Hackett's dye works. Prof. Carson will remain as leader in the Merchants' band.
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Hackett
Market Street
Prof. Carson
Merchants’ Band
Adams Democrats select candidates for township offices
In Adams township the Democratic meeting at Twelve Mile nominated Noah Sullivan for trustee and James Kingery for assessor. Thomas Dalzell presided as chairman with William Ault as secretary. Speakers B. C. Jenkines and Mike Fansler addressed the gathering.
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Adams Township
Noah Sullivan
James Kingery
Twelve Mile
Thomas Dalzell
William Ault
B. C. Jenkines
Mike Fansler
DePauw Students Involved In Greencastle Murder Probe
Samuel Hollopeter son of Rev B S Hollopeter and two other Depauw students testified at the coroner's inquest into the killing of Otis Henderson, a night agent for the T H L and Bh, who was slain after leaving the station in Greencastle.
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Samuel Hollopeter
Rev. B. S. Hollopeter
Depauw
Otis Henderson
Greencastle
Birth Records and the Law in Indiana and Massachusetts
State health officials press for complete birth and death records to prove property, pensions, and insurance rights. Massachusetts courts deny fees without full records. Indiana began systematic recording in 1881 and expanded by 1907. Dr. Carpenter of Galveston was arrested for refusing to record a child’s death.
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Harry Shultz
County Board of Health
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Indiana
Carpenter
Galaveston
Panhandle office workers ignite over baseball scores
Office staff in the Panhandle become baseball fans, gathering in the telegraph room as D. M. Crisp mond, Sam Graham, and Cliff Nethercutt announce scores rapidly. Bets are placed daily and debates on politics flare, promising dull times only after election and baseball season end unless new excitement arrives.
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Panhandle
D. M. Crismond
Sam Graham
Cliff Nethercutt
Shultztown Tax Payers Petition to Clear Culverts
John Lux John McGillen Joseph Gault Ed Closson and others petition county commissioners through attorney Charles Hale seeking removal or enlargement of debris clogged culverts along Prairie Creek. High spring waters back up, flood adjacent property, force residents to vacate. If unmet, they threaten court action.
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John Lux
John McGillen
Joseph Gault
Ed Closson
Shultztown
Charles E. Hale
Prairie Creek
Chilcott Case Hopeless, Insane in Longcliff Commitment
Frank Chilcott, the Longcliff patient who escaped this week and was later captured, is now described as hopelessly insane and not expected to live long. He was committed from Huntington.
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Frank Chilcott
Longcliff
Ccanont
Huntington
Bicycle Stolen From Pleasant Hill Resident
A bicycle belonging to Archie Mc Donald was stolen from his residence on Pleasant Hill street last night.
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Archie McDonald
Pleasant Hill Street
Logansport Police End Dog Manhunt With Fatal Shot
A logansport dog that attacked a man on Market Street led to a citywide hunt. George Schaeffer and Capt. Graham pursued the animal after it wounded Andrew Schaeffer, and Patrolman Monigan fatally shot the dog near the Eel River after a long chase across the Third Street Bridge.
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Monigan
Graham
George Schaeffer
Yeetenlay
Costello
Logansport
Heck
Frank Bowman
Market Street
Andrew Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Walton
Royal Center
Chicago
Indianapolis
New York
Bowman
West Side
Oridge
Eel River
Church Trouble At Burnettsville Ruffles Methodist Family
Royal Center Record reports the Burnettsville Methodist church is locked and the parsonage rented to others. The district superintendent Dr Curnick visited to resolve the dispute over the transferred minister who has a wife and two children.
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Royal Center
Burnettsville
Kistler and Smith to Speak at Marshall Club
The Marshall club meets tonight in the courthouse. Senator Frank M. Kistler will discuss the county option battle and Hanly on graft charges. O. P. Smith, fresh from Vincennes labor convention, reports on Watson’s stance and recent labor-bill activity.
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Marshall Club
Court House
Frank M. Kistler
Hanly
O. P. Smith
Vincennes
Watson
Con
Emery Recovers After Stroke Slump Near Lincoln
George Emery of near Lincoln, who lay helpless in bed for five days after a stroke, was in the city today. He was once given up to die but has now almost recovered.
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George Emery
Lincoln
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Hafes
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Bitu
Rees
Greve
S.®. Boyer
Tully Trustee Fights Claims
M’connell
D. B. McConnell
Mark Tully
William
Anna Trook
Trook
Anna J. LaRose
Noah L. LaRose
Alice Swigart
Banks Et al
Wahlig
Adams Democrats
Chilcott
George Schaefer
Kistler and Smith
Emery
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