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Untitled brief notes a troop return home in a terse wartime item. The fragment mentions the event but lacks full context or dates. No clear organizations or locations are provided in the readable text.
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
1
Untitled brief notes a troop return home in a terse wartime item. The fragment mentions the event but lacks full context or dates. No clear organizations or locations are provided in the readable text.
Springfield Wisconsin swelled with arrests as looting crimes spread after riots. Police reported 80 prisoners in a crowded station, with six notable arrests tied to loot findings. Governor Deneen issued six reward proclamations for murderers, as new fatalities raised the death toll to six with more expected.
Marguerite Demerly of 204 North Sixth Street saved her home when a gasoline stove ignited as she prepared supper. She carried the flaming appliance into the yard to prevent a tank from catching fire. Neighbors aided and one girl suffered a badly burned arm and facial singeing.
Eight Barnum Bailey circus workers were badly hurt when spreading rails caused four cars of the first section to derail on the Great Northern line eight miles south of New Westminster. The severely injured include W. C. Wheaton of Rochester and Andrew Melane of Mount Vernon who is expected to die. Little damage to cars or animals.
Republicans plan to form college clubs and bring first voters into the fold as part of a broader political outreach. The move aims to recruit student supporters and expand party influence on campuses nationwide.
At Hot Springs Virginia on August 17 Judge Taft outlined plans to customize campaign speeches for each delegation visiting Cincinnati. He said he would expand on topics as needed and avoid a fixed order, noting topics depend on delegation interests. The discussion included Herbert M Myers of Columbus Ohio and plans to boost college voter outreach to 25 000 first voters.
St Paul Minn Aug 17 Editors from across the United States meeting for the twenty third annual convention of the National Editorial association. Henry Branson Warner of Lexington NC opened the session and roll call responses named state reps including Arkansas Indiana and Texas. Will H Myers of Brownwood Bulletin is expected to succeed as president with no contest anticipated.
At a Terre Haute meeting of operators tonight the Vandalia company reversed its previous plan to resume the check-off system and aligned with other operators. Miners face the same situation as last Friday when the strike began.
Geo W Evans Montpelier grocer who disappeared a week ago was found wandering in Fort Wayne and returned to his Hartford City home. He appeared dazed and could not tell his movements his whereabouts or how he spent about 300 dollars he had when he left.
Logansport Furniture Company expands its factory to nine hours daily seven days a week except Sunday. Output includes tables and signs with shipments to Kansas and growing orders from New York. Twenty workers employed now, with plans to hire more as demand rises.
In Terre Haute Indiana Mrs Edward Irons and her 18 month old daughter Gertrude died in a kitchen fire blamed on careless coal oil use. Firemen found the bodies close to the door after extinguishing the blaze. The husband Edward Irons worked at Vandalia shops and faced shock and distress.
Officers raid the Daly home after a report of a prowler. They search upstairs while another watches the outside and find no sign of a burglar or disturbance. The small Daly boy had heard noises he mistook for a man, think rats caused the sounds.
In Jellico area near Kings Mountain mine, 70 armed Black workers barricaded in a commissary while 300 to 400 white miners surround. A clash is expected. Sheriff Huddlestone and local authorities mobilize citizens to protect Black workers after weeks of mounting tension and a Saturday eviction of 12 Black families by white miners.
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co will haul National Guard units from along its line to Indianapolis for the September encampment at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Over 600 men are expected, with special cars for Battery B equipment and horses. Traction officials in the Midwest monitor this first major use of electric lines for troop movement.
Winona residents petition the Winona interurban railway for Sunday service, denied for two years due to the directors religious beliefs. An electrical installation firm from Chicago filed for a receiver in Indianapolis to push the road toward Sunday operation.
Market notes report wheat prices unchanged with only a few loads daily as farmers seek cash. Observers estimate two thirds of Cass county wheat sold, with elevators in many towns serving nearby growers.
Vincent A. Bendix of the Bendix Automobile Company returns to Chicago for further work on moving the factory to this city. Plans advance to sell stock soon to secure funds for the factory removal.
Auditor Cann announced yesterday the sale of bonds for the Briggs road in Clinton township and the Morgan road in Washington township. Final papers to be signed, with work likely to start within a few days.
A major advertiser in Logansport placed a coupon ad in all four newspapers the Daily Tribune the Daily Pharos the Daily Journal and the Daily Reporter. Purchasers could redeem bargains only by presenting the coupons clipped from each paper. The sale occurred on circus day and coupons from each issue were required.
Clinton Davisson of Rochester, commissioner on the Gault ditch, reported in the city yesterday that nearly all Cass county residents consent to the extra levy and that no further lawsuits are anticipated.
The patrol wagon with two officers rushed to Mrs Ellen Daly at Fourteenth and Spear streets after a burglar call at 10 o clock last night. Sergeant Morris approached the front while a patrolman attacked from the rear in a cautious response to the report.
Government experts H Walter Clark Donald M Earl and Charles B Wilson traveled the Wabash River to assess the extent of mussels. They aim to determine if pearl manufacturers can use the mollusks and whether mussels offer any future material value.
The G A R Glee club accepted an invitation to Shelbyville tomorrow to sing at the county fair. Wednesday will be observed as old soldiers day and various regiments will hold reunions with the glee club as a chief attraction.
Fire department crews were called to Riverside Park last night to extinguish a blaze started by local boys. Firefighters arrived promptly and contained the fire with no reported injuries.
New York August 17. The arrest of Captain Haines for the Bayside Yacht Club killing of William E. Annis centers on motive from threat letters said to have come from Haines rival Jenkins Haines. District Attorney Darrin said letters prompted Haines to question his wife and implicated Jenkins as an accessory before and during the fact. Funeral services for Annis are planned for tomorrow from the Malbern on Clermont Avenue.
About half the Logansport Underwear plant workers walked out when manager William Schnelle switched pay from weekly to piece work. Eight of fifteen strikers left saying the change compromised their earnings, while Schnelle refused to discuss details beyond stating the business must run.
A small blaze began when boys set fire to paper near weatherboarding of a house under construction. Fire crews responded to extinguish the flames and prevent further damage to the structure. No injuries reported. investigation to determine exact cause ongoing.
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