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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
1
The Nevada based forecaster Hicks predicts a dry early September with a frost risk around the 15th as a stormy spell from the 4th to 8th and again near the equinox brings cold, rain, and shifting weather into late September. The piece also notes prison hunger drama involving Arthur Finnegan who ends a fast after a deputy sheriff’s tray provokes him to eat.
Mrs. Rudolph Slackenburg seeks proof that women’s clubs benefit society. She has sent inquiries to club women nationwide asking what good they do and whether they are more than social gatherings. Results will be discussed by two Pittsburgh assemblies in October.
Dr. Harry Shultz prepares the county health report noting twenty one births outside corporate towns and fifteen deaths. Eight deaths occurred at Longeliff. Three diphtheria and two typhoid fever cases were recorded in the country.
The board of public works will open bids for electric light plant equipment tomorrow at 110 a.m. The notice calls for qualified bidders to submit proposals for the project and outlines the time for bid opening.
Deputy Sheriff J B Stanley reports forty-one prisoners in the county jail for August. At present only five remain, and for several days that month no inmates were confined as the jail doors were open.
The Board of Works approved the grading and improvement of Miles street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. George Ellison won the contract at 1.95 per linear foot for street work and 0.78 per square foot for sidewalks. Bids for Horney street grading will be advertised. A petition to build on John Tipton first addition lot 3 was granted. An electric sign permit at 329 Court street was discussed and a deed to grave No. [number] on lot 357 at Mt Hope cemetery was granted.
A railroader clashed with a man on Sycamore Street after a dispute over a wife claim. The men were separated and no arrests were made.
James Scarponi received a $5 fine plus costs after an incident at the police headquarters where he struck Andrew Sink with a chair. Sink was fined $10 and costs the previous afternoon.
Fourteen years after John Keip became manager of the Columbia brewery in Logansport the output rose from 2100 to 24000 barrels annually. His work boosted home beer, integrated the brewery with public life, and earned him local commendation for progress.
In Cleveland the Municipal Traction company will accept three pennies as fare starting tomorrow, with five cent fares for other payments. The policy, promoted by Mayor Tom L. Johnson, allows three-cent rides if conductors avoid time lost giving change. Five-ticket bundles total fifteen cents.
Alfred Jones of the cab shop has returned to work after a vacation spent camping along the Tippecanoe River.
Esther Rummel recalls a spirit picture produced on stage at Camp Chesterfield Indiana by the Bang sisters of Chicago. A frame with mats and a coal oil lamp created a living image of a girl around twelve years old, viewed by hundreds before eyes opened and the audience cheered. The sisters claim spirit artists do the work and allow chemical testing.
John Klivick of the planing mill is spending his vacation in Detroit as he takes a break from work duties.
Springfield, September 1. Additional claims against the city of Springfield bring total claims to 16,000 plus suits for deaths and injuries filed in circuit court. The grand jury heard evidence tied to Edward Farris, alleged rioter. Police report a club and Loper's restaurant tableware found in his room. William E. Connor, brother of Kate Howard, pled guilty to keeping a disorderly house, fined 206 dollars and costs.
Fireman W. E. Wendling is visiting his home in Hamilton Ohio according to local society notes. The brief item records a return visit by the firefighter to his residence in the city.
Earl Masters, a bartender, was arraigned on selling beer on Sunday but acquitted after Patrolman Wedekind’s testimony. The case rested on whether beer was sold, with no other witnesses called. Separately, ten year old Walter Watkins was returned to his orphan home after ten days away from a Mexico area farm.
A man named Stapes was fined five dollars and jailed after a domestic disturbance triggered by missing food. He reportedly fled when police were called, then returned to ransack and stow the house before being captured.
Three carloads of Culver summer naval school cadets arrived in Logansport en route to homes nationwide. Commencement exercises ended with a swell ball and today the students left for home. The town, already busy with cadets, awaits the winter session as Culver military academy grows in popularity.
Mrs. W. E. Rose of Bemidji Minnesota escaped a deadly fire the night of August 26 due to her dog which woke her. The dog perished from burns while staying to alert his owner. She is a daughter of Henry Prosch of 9135 Linden Avenue.
Miss Hazel Pitman and Ed Grier of Richmond visited B. V. Pitman and family on East High street. They left with Hazel's sister Miss Harriet Pitman after a five weeks stay with relatives there.
The Cass County teachers institute reports 185 enrollees by day two, surpassing prior two day totals. Lectures cover slavery and teacher efficiency while Miss McNitt leads music and Marsellaise study. A full list of enrolled instructors is provided.
The supreme lodge with Attorney George Funk sues Catherine Butler Ada Hagen Joseph Bowlby and Charles W Forqueron for an account of 500, filed in court seeking judgment and damages.
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