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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
3
Cleveland dispatch reports Landon T. James, a Baltimore & Ohio engineer, advocates forcing marriage on a reluctant widow. He was arrested twice after breaking in for signatures, later given a suspended sentence. He plans a long wedding trip after the ceremony.
The Logansport district annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the North Indiana Conference of the M E church convened in Greentown on October 23. Seventy five delegates and many visitors attended from Elwood Hopewell Kokomo Logansport Mc Grawsville Peru Santa Fe Sheridan and Tipton. The officers of the district opened proceedings.
The Bronte classic Jane Eyre in a dramatic touring version captivates audiences with a powerful tale and strong stagecraft. Nelson hosts a Saturday matinee and night show on October 24 as Logansport features the Depew Burdette Stock company with Fannie Depew and Thomas Depew in a six vaudeville lineup, plus Salome’s dance.
The list includes Mrs. J. A. Sumwalt Elwood president Mrs. Vale Cruft Tipton first vice president Mrs. Mishe McGrawsville second vice president Mrs. Herbert Brown Logansport recording secretary Mrs I G Read Tipton corresponding secretary and Mrs Flora Pratt Sharpsville treasurer Business sessions run through Friday evening Read more about visiting speakers Mrs Titus Lowe missionary from India Mrs Wooten Greentown Mrs Eli A lspach Peru Mrs Brown Logansport Mrs J W Cain Sheridan H E Planter Santa Fe and Mrs Romelia Tevis Peru.
A humorous phonetic note on mispronunciations and proverbs. The speaker mocks readers who trust odd spellings and hints at common sayings about effort, temptation, and patience with a playful tone.
Jinks claims Buttin gives his baby goat milk to develop the old family habit, while Jenks questions the purpose. The exchange hints at a quirky domestic practice attributed to the family.
A Kingston North Carolina Baptist elder testifies that Vinci a cod liver based tonic improved his digestion debility and vertigo after two doses. The ad claims Vinci is not a patent medicine but a liver extract with iron and wine and promises to refund money if unsatisfied. W H Porter Logansport druggist endorses the remedy.
Special to the Reporter reports that Prince Miguel of Braganza son of Don Miguel the Portuguese pretender will marry Mrs S Chauncey widow of an American millionaire. Mrs Chauncey was introduced to Viennese society by the American embassy and there met Prince Miguel who resides with his father near Vienna.
A series of town items note several sudden deaths including William E. Herritage of Alexandria and James Parrish of Shelbyville. Other reports mention an Evansville teacher accused in a child injury case, a Portland murder and robbery, a baby’s body found in Wabash, a Vincennes elevator fire damaging a city, and Don M. Roberts’s arrest for fraud in Terre Haute. Helen Stapp of Indianapolis receives a Carnegie medal and $1000 for a lifesaving act in 1906.
London reports indicate American visitors have bought heavily this season with items like Irish lace linen poplin Scottish homespuns plaids tailor-made gowns and evening dresses English silks ostrich feathers furs embossed leather goods and antiques. Despite a fifty percent ad valorem duty on made-up clothing visitors are bringing back a large supply of new clothes and even feathers are considered a cheap buy. Dear Will Wrote Ted Go right Up head.
A sixty year old prospector B T Pratt perished crossing the American desert in Inyo county. His notebook entries detail hunger thirst and a futile struggle toward the Argus mountains as two prospectors recover his body and note his family ties across Kansas Missouri and Wyoming.
Charles M. Personett transfers part of lot 29 in Joan Tipton’s first addition city on Sixth Street between Broadway and North Streets to William R. Personett for $1. Roy M. Shaffetux sells N 12 lot 7 in sub division outlet 8 in N S LaRose’s third addition city for $2,000. Three chattel mortgages filed totaling $563.50.
The line playfully quips that Miss Elkins should respond to a dull joke by telling the jokester to run along and hoop her way to better humor. A flirtatious period dialogue hints at social wit and local character.
A recent Russian law fines public displays of affection with ten roubles in street cases and streetcar offenses. The rule also charges five roubles for sending declarations of love on postcards, converting to about seven dollars in U.S. currency.
The Sutton hotel at 625 Broad way Logansport is for rent. This family hotel features a large office dining room twenty two bedrooms and four bathrooms. For details contact Logansport Daily Reporter 626 Broad way Logansport Indiana.
A neighbor comments that the child is mute to a minor key while a mother responds with stubborn assurance that the child is a minor and thus unaffected. The exchange reflects tense social friction over perceived behavior.
Countess Lydia Rostoptchine declares that old maids are happiest, suggesting the reason lies in their lack of mothers-in-law.
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