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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
5
In a Rue Rambuteau restaurant twelve well dressed men staged a dramatic feast then appeared dead after a champagne fueled night. A note to police sparked a door breaking incident before doctors confirmed the men only slept off their intoxication and left.
During a night hunting trip W V Freshour found a horse and buggy in his woods. A unnamed stranger claimed to be resting and later drove off in the rig. Police alerted. suspect a horse thief.
An ad claims P G Naphtha Soap is white with no rosin while most naphtha soaps are yellow due to resin. It argues rosin content is cheap and warns consumers to choose the white soap, stating P G Naphtha Soap has no resin.
A passerby alerting authorities helped subdue a grass fire sparked by a passenger train near the Mrs Tickfer farm on the south edge of town. George Forgy and local residents aided firefighters, preventing loss of the straw stack, barn, and Tickfer home.
Royal Center records the Yeoman hedge crew finishing a major cut in the Gault ditch just above the Cippecanoe river. The 80 by 20 by 100 foot result reduces worry in the area as the dredge, three quarters of a mile from the river, nears one last, smaller pass before winter freezes.
A new Woodmen Circle unit Ivy Grove No 41 was organized with 41 members at east Ben Hur hall. Mrs Frank Matthew of South Bend attended as a state organizer. Officers include Guardian Lula E Irvine Advisor Agnes Wise Clerk Minnie Walt Banker Mary Livingston Attendant Cora Marshall Chaplain Minnie Jensen and others. next meeting Tuesday plans to recruit new members.
Drayman John Rumbold reports the theft of an automobile horn from one of the jungle show wagons he cared for in town. The horn valued at 5 dollars was taken from a barn after a stranger, claiming to be with the show, asked for the wagons. Police seek the thief.
Rev. Sam Small plans a return visit to the city next Tuesday evening to speak in the court house. Democratic Chairman Guthrie has rented the Elks hall for the campaign’s last Saturday and aims to secure a noted speaker for that date.
Judge Winfield, Forest Brown, James Scales, W. O. Buck, E. B. Thomas, M. A. Weyand, W. H. Bingaman, Albert Glaser and Kloene have been issued hunting licenses following the season opening.
Seventeen cars prepared for the Vanderbilt cup in New York with speeds over 70 mph on the Long Island course. Security will include 600 Irish Volunteers and 200 deputy sheriffs as officials plan a one minute interval between starts. The field was trimmed when the E R Thomas car failed weight tests, and Renault and Graves entries were absent from the weigh in.
Farmers battle muck fires for two weeks as Ernest Boone and John Hendricks lose standing grain and several cords of wood south of the city. The blazes continue to threaten crops and property across the rural area.
J P Webster of this city possesses an old medal given to the Indians by the government on treaty years. The piece bears Andrew Jackson’s portrait and is dated 1829.
A Rexall drugstore ad proclaims immediate relief from constipation with a money back guarantee if not cured. It touts Rexall Orderlies as gentle effective safe, suitable for children and the elderly, improving liver function and overall health.
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