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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
7
Bedford reports the Woman's Christian Temperance Union pledged $3,000 at its session to push state wide prohibition. The funds will support a constitutional amendment toward absolute prohibition and place speakers in the field to advocate the plan.
D A White a rural mail carrier out of South Bend sues Greene township trustee Holland in local court to test the federal statute governing duties to keep rural carrier roads in repair and passable for delivering mail.
Johnson Clark, a farmer at a farm sale in Princeton on October 13, bought a hive of bees. When he lifted the hive into his buggy the bottom dropped out. Bees swarmed the horse causing a runaway. Clark was dragged and seriously injured.
Marion October 13. Upton Brumbaugh's wife secured a divorce several days ago. He requested a new trial but Judge P H Elliott of the superior court overruled the motion. Brumbaugh has given notice of appeal.
Warsaw reports the New Colonial theater opening disrupted by a fight between two local women causing a commotion and audience stampede. Management dismissed the performance. In Wabash, Thomas Catren, foreman at the Big Four blacksmith shops, marked 39 years without vacation or sick leave before a recent illness.
Marion reports attorney and politician W. J. Houck was arrested on a grand jury indictment charging subornation of perjury. Houck is noted as a presidential elector for the Eleventh district, triggering political upheaval in local circles.
South Bend October 13 E E Mangold owner of a local photographic studio is named defendant in a sensational divorce action. In her complaint Mrs Mangold accuses her husband of pulling her hair and beating her.
Columbus reported John Loy files for divorce citing his wife Nora's late night ride on a merry-go-round with friends and her absence from home as a primary cause.
The body of Joseph Kuehn a Williamsport butcher was found on the road a half mile north of Lafayette dying from self inflicted carbolic acid. Identification was made by authorities on October 13.
D M Myrick a farmer near Oakland chased Perry Isaacs who aided him down the road while intoxicated and fired several shots striking Isaacs in the back police report conditions not provided as to injuries or charges
Fire destroyed the stave factory and warehouse owned by George Schiierer in Columbus. He faced an $8,000 loss and suspects the blaze was incendiary.
In Wabash on October 13, Robert Quinn aged 19 of North Manchester and Miss Miner va Hippensteel aged 48 of Urbana eloped to St. Joe Michigan where they were married.
The body of an unknown young man about 25, well dressed, was recovered from a water tank on Oscar Fort's farm at Knightstown on October 13. The man's identity remains unknown and authorities investigate the death.
In Foransville on October 13 Downey Turpen, 18, fatally cut Lee Kelly, 25 and married, after a quarrel over family matters.
Fire damaged Miss Mollie Kellar's East Broad Street residence in Newcastle for about 2500 dollars. No injuries reported. Fire departments battled the blaze on October 13.
Mrs Lyda Warner of Brazil dismisses her divorce suit against her husband after he signs a pledge to abstain from alcohol. The case ends with the agreement and no further action listed.
Passages from Mr Hazel s Diary describe the Proserpine crew and tensions. Capt Hudson shifts from sober seaman to a drunken talker, while mate Joseph Wylie is feared as a calculating threat. Miss Rolleston falls ill during a calm as Hazel piques curiosity about his past and why he kept her off board.
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for women's ailments. It cites large testimonial files in Lynn Massachusetts and claims the product saves some from surgery and is made from roots and herbs without drugs.
A health note says mature adults need only enough food to repair waste and supply energy and heat. Overeating is linked to stomach troubles rheumatism and kidney issues. If indigestion occurs revise diet and use Chamberlains stomach and Liver Tablets sold by W H Porter.
The narrator, posing as Desdemona the Decapitated Lady, contemplates joining Mr. Skiddoo's Colossal Carnival at a street fair in Slabbtown. He offers eight dollars weekly plus a beard job to perform behind a mirror pedestal while keeping the higher pay quiet.
The schedule enumerates trains West Bound No 9 from New York to Kansas City daily No 1 from New York to St Louis daily No 5 from Toledo to St Louis daily No 3 from New York to St Louis daily.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on mucous surfaces. Marketed by F.J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, it is described as a prescription and allegedly effective. Sold by druggists for 75 cents along with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A proverb-like line advises a groom to bury previous troubles and stay firm. It suggests guarding reputation and keeping former issues hidden as a man starts a new life.
Kidney issues show in clear urine and back pain. Doan's Kidney Pills claim permanent cure, with testimonial from Richard Ines of Monticello Indiana. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
The Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company announces a new timetable effective October 1 1908. Trains depart from the interurban station for Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediates at 6 05 am 7 35 am 10 05 am 12 35 pm 2 35 pm 4 49 pm 7 05 pm 8 50 pm 7 35 pm 19 35 pm and for Delphi Lafayette and intermediates at 6 40 am 9 10 am 11 10 pm 1 10 pm 3 10 pm 5 10 pm 7 10 pm 9 19 pm 11 40 pm. A car at 8 50 pm serves Boyd Park. a car at 10 35 pm serves Improved Freight Service. Eastbound trains at 8 30 am and 1 30 pm. Westbound trains at 8 19 am and 3 00 pm. Between Fort Wayne Logansport and Lafayette.
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