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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
3
Mrs. Norton says James Norton assaulted her after he came home in a fit of anger over the weather and other matters. She appeared at police headquarters last night with visible injuries and asked that he be arrested. He was taken to jail around 11 PM to meditate.
Twelve people were injured when a Pullman car attached to Rock Island No. 41 westbound near Fouche rolled over after wheels struck a rail kink from heat. Injured include Conductor J. O. Strange, Stanley Bruce, James Oglesby, J. S. Bell and Mrs. J. S. Bell. A relief train was sent from Little Rock.
At 1102 Toledo Street a quiet double anniversary celebration marked William Riehle's 49th birthday and his 25th wedding anniversary attended only by their children.
Homer and Alva Edwards and Elmer Shoemaker traveled to Louisville to work as press feeders, arranged by Jack McLaughlin at the Willson-Humphreys plant. A pressmen strike in Louisville may force them into strike breaking roles.
Mr and Mrs Paul Kash announced their marriage which occurred June 8 in Windsor Canada The bride formerly Miss Della Williamson granddaughter of Mr and Mrs George Williamson The groom a machinist is son of Mr and Mrs Charles C Kasch They intend to reside in Kokomo.
Harry Winslow, a colored resident of this city, has graduated from Wilberforce University. A benevolent gentleman funded his education, and Winslow has acquitted himself with splendid credit to his benefactor.
George Hamilton of Oakland California was arrested in Peru Indiana while boarding a train to Chicago. Authorities found dies molds and other tools used for making counterfeit half dollars. He confessed to creating the dies and planned to operate in Chicago. He will be turned over to federal authorities in Indianapolis.
Farmers J. E. Kitchell and A. A. Newer report from Toledo on the Toledo & Western Electric interurban line. The 80 mile route hauls heavy freight including livestock grain and hay with electric engines and exchanges cars with steam roads. They seek data to promote a line from Deer Creek to Frankfort.
Indiana Democrats plan a special train to Denver for the July 5 delegates meeting and July 8 start. Chairman Taggart departs from French Lick tonight with a $32.90 round trip fare and $7.50 sleeping car option. The party aims to determine committee representation and names John Ez Lamb to the resolutions panel.
Sol Hathaway editor of the Indianapolis Independent visits friends at Walton. Mrs William Line of Logansport visits at H E Martin’s home west of the city. The Christian Aid society will serve supper at A Hendrixon Walton Thursday 4 30 to 6 30 with the church orchestra providing music.
Mrs. McGuire of Twelfth Street was arrested last night charged with intoxication and profanity.
A massive blaze in Three Rivers Quebec, fanned by high winds, burned over 300 buildings including the post office, city hall, banks, hotels, churches, and major stores. Local forces failed to contain it until trains from Montreal Sherbrooke brought help. a thousand soldiers assisted. One woman and two children burned. total losses exceed one million dollars with many insurers hit.
A newsboy was knocked down near the Panhandle station by a hack tongue and a horse stepped on his knee and heel. He was treated by Dr. Hetherington and sent home to Shultztown.
The Logansport Fanciers Club announces the first annual poultry and beach show in January with poultry dog and cat awards. E H Grace is president Thomas Flanegin secretary and F W Woodling treasurer. forty members. Poultry judged by J W Dinwoody of Columbia Missouri. Location to be decided.
Denver reporters note Ury Woodson of Kentucky secretary of the Democratic National Committee and Roger C Sullivan arrive to organize pre convention preliminaries for the July meeting. Sergeant at Arms John S Martin greets them as they tour the convention site and decorators finish the auditorium. Sub committee on arrangements meets Saturday. permanent chairman to be chosen with Thomas Taggart, Henry Clayton and Theodore Bell among those discussed.
A registered mail pouch stolen from a Union depot car on June 6 contained 75 000 in cash 100 000 in diamonds and jewelry and was found by a Rock Island yard crew in Kansas City Kansas. The pouch held several unopened packages untouched. the thief likely misjudged its value. Federal authorities recovered the unopened items.
Thieves entered the home of Mrs. John A. Reitz in Evansville while the family was away and carried off about $4,000 in jewelry. The major loss includes a diamond bracelet valued at $2,400. Police have no leads. Mrs. Reitz is a prominent local social figure.
Julia Ward Howe speaks before five Boston religious associations on progress and rehabilitation of the sex. She argues that democracy of souls erases masculine dominance and asserts women’s equal promise and responsibility in the new Christian teaching.
Mrs Alice Hildebrand fell from a cherry tree at 120 State Street about 11 AM injuring her arm and bruising her head and shoulders. A limb broke, she landed head first, and her forearm fracture was treated by Drs. Little and Troutman. She is resting easier with no internal injuries expected.
John W. Kern, backed by the state Democratic convention for vice presidential nomination, declared he does not want to be a candidate for any office and has no plan to address the issue unless an emergency arises. He did not commit to future statements.
A man recalls buying shoestrings from a downtown door step seller, noting her infant on the step and the stock spread across it. He explains how his small purchase returns a smile and suggests it may improve her dull trade, highlighting the value of small exchanges.
A porcelain plate with a half inch tall crystal growth is valued at over 100000 by a collector. He notes few known growing plates, including ones in Boston and New York, with prices ranging from 3700 to 4500. He bought this piece for 2000 and says it has produced three new crystals since acquisition.
An American father wakes from a dream where a count seeks his heiress to wed with no settlements and no debts. The father questions the groom about cash demands, but the count denies any fee, insisting they simply love each other and wish to marry. The scene ends with the judge noting the count waking beside the bed.
The speaker calls housekeeping a circus and cites an abridged dictionary defining menage as household affairs and administration and a menagerie as a collection of animals for exhibition. The quote frames housekeeping as a varied, showy enterprise.
A civil engineer recalls sitting on a Texas hotel porch when a northbound guest complained about smoke from a cob pipe. The stranger moved, then the engineer revealed the smoker was the governor of Texas, to everyone’s astonishment.
Frederick Hovendon of London asserts electricity heat and ether are one fluid and that people exhale electricity from their fingertips. He photographs the moving process by inserting a finger through a box filled with cigarette smoke and air while an arc lamp lights.
In the tale Plodding Pete declares his commitment to forest preservation and his refusal to cut down a forest monarch even if it lies at his feet. The exchange centers on ethics and self restraint over immediate hunger.
A dramatic Broadway moment unfolds with threats of poisoning, dynamite, and a staged death. The plan involves seizing pistols, shouting to blow the cabin, and a final claim of the girl as the incentive for the collapse.
A dated quote attributed to Punch reflects a misunderstanding about leaving a situation due to others pursuing a sinful life and the desire to avoid servants. The line captures social attitudes of the era and uses indirect language to discuss moral expectations.
A three year old named Roger finds a mouse trap in the kitchen for the first time. He studies the contraption with quiet curiosity before commenting that he did not know there was a mouse in their house with a red thing piles of.
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