01 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
1
The president arrived with military aide Captain Butt and an assistant secretary, aiming for a simple start to the commencement exercises. Yale crowds welcomed Taft with enthusiasm as a procession formed under elms for graduates and officers, while Hadley’s office noted a restrained display.
A police appeal requests the names of states involved in a recent event in the Netherlands. No further details are provided in the fragmented OCR text.
Patrolman Charles Chapman detained twenty two men and boys swimming in Eel River at Riverside Park last night. He escorted them to the station, seizing their clothes in a single bundle. Most were not criminals and offered little resistance. The incident sparked local complaints about profanity and drinking water contamination concerns. The court will hear their cases.
In Chicago Judge Theodore Brentano hears Ella Gingles charged with larceny from Miss Agnes Barrett at the Wellington hotel. Attorneys forecast sensational testimony on Gingles life, alleged plots to enslave her, and a mystery about a bound and gagged finding. Jury selection to proceed without further delay.
The city Sunday school leaders plan a lake outing with July 28 as the target. Agent Hauck directs crowd control measures and a separate area for children and adults. Officials Dr Nelson and Cz Lipngy are named to assist with arrangements.
A French inventor outlines a device with a horizontal surface of 600 pounds weight and eighty square feet area. It features two pairs of propellers 8 feet 8 inches in diameter mounted on a vertical shaft, turning in opposite directions.
J Roy Morrison of Whiting and Miss Edna Wickey were wed after a county clerk license sworn for an eighteen year old. The couple met in a stage production of Queen Esther in East Chicago and planned a debut for the bride next winter. The license was issued in Crown Point and the ceremony occurred June 13.
Reports say Nashville retailers will not evade the prohibition law and will sell only within rules while wholesale dealers eye Kentucky branches to serve Tennessee customers. City and state counsel prepare prosecutions. social clubs organize liquor schemes with locker systems and cross-border shipments.
In Washington on June 30 the Senate heard Cummins defend the income tax as the most just tax. He warned a deficit of 173 million if the income tax amendment fails to pass the constitution. Cummins argued a sufficient number of states would not support it to make it become law. The session adjourned in the afternoon.
Fragmentary text describes petty thieves and a brief scene involving a hand car at Bunker Hill with uncertain context. Names and specifics are unreadable, but the piece hints at crime or travel imagery.
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