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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
8
Heavy rains arrived timely to avert a milk famine across South Bend Mishawaka Walkerton and nearby towns. Dairymen agreed to daily deliveries ensuring continued milk supply despite prior fears of stopping service.
A family scene in Norfolk Street leads to a forged note scandal involving Rev Robert Penfold and his father Michael Penfold. The note's forgery triggers a magistrate hearing, prison, and a tense pursuit by Wardlaw and Adams as the case heads toward central court.
The Gas City city council instructed its attorney to begin action to annul the Indiana Union Traction Company franchise because cars have not maintained the 30 minute schedule between Marion and Gas City as required.
Joseph Baker a farmer five miles south of Banta died from a freak accident while tying fodder. A rope broke causing him to fall onto corn stalk stubs which pierced his body.
Danville October 2 A youth claiming William Ard as his name and Yockville as home appeared before Justice Kennedy on charges of carrying concealed weapons and malicious trespass. On pleas of guilty he was fined ten dollars and costs in each case.
Terre Haute October 2 The board of trustees of the State Normal at Terre Haute voted to seek a special appropriation from the next general assembly to finance a large new building to house manual training and science activities.
Marion October 2 Pasquale Trotta an Italian is on trial for the murder of fellow countryman Errigo Quarasta. Many witnesses cannot speak English requiring an interpreter to take testimony.
After drinking water from a home well, five people became seriously ill with typhoid fever. The affected are E. Fossett and his wife, the wife’s mother, Mrs. Martha Hall, Mrs. Harry Quick and her sister from Cincinnati.
In Wabash on October 2 a Mrs Newburn was found lying at the foot of the Big Four cliff with both legs fractured and her jaw broken. She said she wandered to the bluff with companions and fell over the precipice.
M Fuhrer formerly a Notre Dame student married Viola Martin after eloping from New York City to South Bend. The ceremony took place at the Oliver hotel and was performed by Justice John W. Kitch.
South Bend officials depart for Omaha to attend the Municipal Team meeting, after approving a $700 appropriation for travel expenses.
A $196 000 mortgage on the Evansville and Mount Vernon Traction railway was filed with county records to cover improvements on the road. The filing dates to October 2 in Evansville.
News from Leavenworth area confirms farmer Richard Shea died after falling into a well on his farm near Leavenworth. The incident occurred in the night, and details remain limited as authorities investigate.
North Vernon October 2 Republicans of the Fourth Indiana district nominated James A. Cox of Crothersville for Congress.
Rev. George Sweeney, brother of Z T Sweeney, state fish and game commissioner, has accepted a call to the Christian church at Columbus.
A Philadelphia reader from 2238 Ridge Avenue testifies after six years of severe itching and facial eruptions that Dr. Taylor's Remedies cured her. She urges others to seek relief and notes a free illustrated booklet offer from W H Porter in Logansport Indiana.
A clerk betrays Wardlaw and Robert Penfold faces trial at the central criminal court. Penfold is found guilty but mercy is recommended. He spends a year in separate confinement before being sent to the penal colony aboard the Vengeance, embittered and spiritually scarred. He clings to his late mother’s prayer book as he endures his fate.
Washington reports Dr Detrie a Austrian delegate to the tuberculosis congress plans an epochal test using human and bovine bacilli. Three patients from a tuberculosis hospital will be inoculated to reveal the infection type degree and stage through a cutaneous reaction within twenty four hours.
Certification that all druggists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs and colds. Claims to stop coughing, heal the lungs, prevent serious illness, grippe, pneumonia and consumption. Says no spites and warns genuine in yellow package. Sold by W H Porter.
Fragmented OCR mentions Gold Medal Flour by Vinersta and Raova with claims of delicious baked goods. Chicago is noted for producing more steel rails than any city. A saloonkeeper jokes about dairy dominance and a judge cites rent rules amid a Bowery theater anecdote.
A Cold can lead to pneumonia chronic catarrh and make children susceptible to diphtheria scarlet fever measles and whooping cough. The author warns of hidden dangers of ordinary colds and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the quick cure sold by W H Porter.
Announcement lists interurban train times from the station to Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediate points with multiple departures through the day. It notes Delphi Lafayette and intermediate routes and special cars to Boyd Park and Improved Freight Service with eastbound and westbound departures.
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