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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1908
Page
7
Martin Gleason Lake Erie section foreman pleaded guilty to the murder of Charles Woods a crew member at Kempton on September 3. Judge Elliott sentenced Gleason to life imprisonment and he was moved to Michigan City.
City docket lists 559 law violation cases before City Judge Blanchard Horne since January 1, 1908. Most cases arise from intoxication with 252 counts, and 122 involve assault and battery, often where one or both parties were under liquor influence.
Noblesville Oct. 5 Central States Bridge Company files suit in Hamilton circuit court against Arcadia High Pressure Bottle Works and others for 6000 alleging it was to supply a steel roof but the bottle works arranged a separate contract with another firm for 1500.
Shelbyville report by Prosecutor Hack and Mayor Swain concludes tobacco sellers mainly targeted boys age 6 to 15 in lower grades. Investigation shows youths were under 16, not high school first or second year students.
Roy Bratton twenty five a structural iron worker fell from a large building in Goldfield Nevada and was instantly killed his family formerly lived in Indianapolis and burial will be in Crawfordsville.
In Anderson on Oct 5,_Manager H Nichol discussed a planned students' car after a week of talks between Indiana Union Traction Company officials and city school patrons. The issue concerns service for children attending the city schools along the interurban line.
Arcadia reports Main street nearly a mile long will be improved under the gravel road law at a cost of 18000 dollars. Viewers filed their report with the auditor and recommended the work. This becomes the county's second macadamized street.
New Albany October 5 The Lena May the small river steamer for the Louisville and Evansville Packet Company ceased trips due to low water and laid up at the wharf here after the boats were laid up earlier.
A militia company organized at the Auditorium rink with 64 enlisted. Officers will be elected after muster in. The unit will join the Indiana National Guard when a vacancy occurs.
E. G. Hill of Richmond has earned another florist accolade as the Rhea Reid rose, among his top specimens, receives the grand prize at the International Rose show in Paris.
The committee organizing a State Federation of Commercial Clubs announced a meeting in Richmond the week of November 15. All the larger cities of the state will be represented.
New Albany reports a woman identified as Mrs Elmer Sper lock, wife of a farmer, caught her foot in a frog on the Southern railroad track near Birdsere and was killed by an ensuing freight train a few minutes later.
A two story frame hotel at Seymour known as the Commercial hotel burned rapidly on October 5. The blaze caused about 6000 dollars in damage with two thousand dollars insured.
An unclear excerpt shows an orator lamenting the spirit of the S0s and an unkempt auditor complaining the mood is wasted. The text is fragmentary with distorted quotes and missing context.
A young lady of fair abilities sits with her father in a quiet home. She has completed music and studies yet feels listless and longs for change. She blushes at her behavior and asks her father a question about her fate.
Helen Rolleston awakens to a gunfire incident as a robber scales the window. The gardener Seaton is knocked unconscious by a fall but later questioned, claiming concern for Miss Rolleston. General Rolleston orders Seaton’s restraint while Miss Rolleston frets over the wounded intruder and continues her romantic fantasies.
A collage of short quips and verses includes a Sunday school remark from the Houston Post, poetry on Death and Cicero, a museum taunt about Noah, a note on mispronounced tremendo s, Brazil’s rising external debt, Lamon with Lincoln’s fee story, trade woes in Germany, and a humorous judge dialogue about watching a wife at the washtub.
Letitia declares Gold Medal Flour makes the whitest bread while Sylvia endorses the product in a brief advertisement style segment.
The schedule enumerates daily train numbers and their routes from St. Louis to New York, Kansas City to New York, St. Louis to Toledo, New York to Kansas City, New York to St. Louis, Toledo to St. Louis, and New York to St. Louis, reflecting a broad network of intercity service.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications because the disease is constitutional. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and claimed to act directly on the mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. testimonials available on request. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Cream one cup sugar with a scant half cup butter. Add one egg and beat thoroughly. Sift together half a level teaspoon soda and a half cup flour and add to the mixture. Beat well and add enough more sifted flour to make a dough that can be rolled out. Cut in rings and twist inside out. Fry in deep hot fat. These may be flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon or any other flavoring desired.
The piece warns that ordinary colds can lead to pneumonia chronic catarrh and increase risk of diphtheria scarlet fever measles and whooping cough. It stresses the danger of colds and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by W H Porter as a quick cure and a staple worldwide.
Timings listed include evening and early morning runs with many times misprinted. Limited trains connect at the komo for Indianapolis and run to Tipton only with direct links at Tipton to Mir wood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and other stations.
Interurban trains run from Fort Wayne to Peru Wabash Huntington and other points starting at 6:05 a.m. with multiple daily departures. Additional services connect Delphi Lafayette and intermediate points with times listed. Special cars serve Boyd Park and Improved Freight routes. Eastbound and westbound services show morning and afternoon slots.
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