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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
3
Harvard wins the boat race as Yale falters after a late rally. Griswold guts the Yale crew but collapses, leaving Yale disheartened at their oars while Harvard surges ahead to cross the line with a constant swish and roar.
The scene aboard the presidential yacht featured the Roosevelts amid deafening cheers from many craft. A sea of crimson colors and kaleidoscopic flashes accompanied chants of "Marvard" as the crowd celebrated from bank to bank and along the masts and trucks.
The T P A convention elected officers for the next session and planned an $18 000 state bond program. Officers named include President Henry O Grey Louisville Vice presidents Allen J Bird C D Frazier F W King Fred W Hawkins C A Lee and several directors for two years. National committee chairs were chosen for Railroads Legislation Press Hotels Employment Good Roads and Chaplain Homer T Wilson. The convention ends tomorrow.
Flora reports a child required chloroform to remove a cherry seed stuck in a car. Winton Wilson dies after a long illness. Ida Mitchell visits Belle Kenrick. Eight couples go to Deer Creek on a hay wagon with baskets. Flora Regulars beat Kokomo Giants 9 to 3. John Colvin replaced by Merle Colvin in city delivery. Wheat cutting begins with good yield indications. Margaret Nettle injured her hand. Local farmers harvesting wheat. Olive Timburman ill. Broadway theater opens with 14 Japanese porch seats. Japanese fibre matting rugs offered for sale.
Walton residents share social visits and travel to Eaton for a railroad picnic. Millinery firms Bozell & Cooper sell to Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Bostock of Elwood. Local accidents include Charles Small’s fall from a ladder and Miss Etta Plummer’s cherry tree injury. Regulars visit, hostesses entertain, and neighbors travel to Logansport and Lakeville for short stays.
The Associated Press reports Caracas ended its epidemic scare with only three new plague cases after the outbreak last week. Authorities had feared wider spread but the city now shows improved conditions and calmer streets.
The Crystal showcases a lively week with Manager Hardy touting acts and buying performers. Leroy Bland the impersonator and Milmars display new acrobatic turns while Peritzkow and Chandler finish a successful second week with strong singing and yodeling. Both shows attract packed houses.
Seven sections record visits among Angle Kinzie Elkins Funk Murden and Fair families with Langson Loganport connections. Walter Fair paints Elmer Smiths buggy while Horace Scott's funeral, led by Rev M F Rickoff of Indianapolis, drew a large crowd and followed Modern Woodmen ritual.
Mary Holmes is ill at home from an abscess caused by a decayed tooth and care is taken to prevent blood poisoning. W. F. Ford and Tommy Kisteler traveled to Pulaski. Elizabeth Beckley visits Nettie McGary in Chicago. Odie Enders and wife of Logansport visit C. M. Anderson and family. Leslie Dickey of Converse visits Walter Agness.
Rock Creek residents and visits extended to Logansport families. Local social guests include Etta Gleason and son James, Bruner of Walton, Downham and Hall families, Hinkle, Tim berman, and others. Church events note Deer Creek Southern services at Point Creek on June 28 with Rev. Moore officiating. A newborn son arrived to Jess Wallace.
A chair broke while Mrs. James Lines fixed vines on her porch causing a rib fracture and two more injuries. Local social notes report a U B church Young People’s Society gathering with meals and games, township Republicans meeting, and visitors from Chicago and Bloomington with health concerns and railroaders’ picnic attendance in Eaton Ohio.
Manager Helmick and assistants rushed to finish the Broadway theater for a Christian Science lecture. Five hundred people attended as stage hands completed settings at 7 30. Owners plan outside painting to improve curb appeal, then Monday will reopen with a vaudeville show.
Dyer states Leeds faced depreciation rather than loss in October and held Rock Island bonds in trust for his wife and second son. He notes Leeds had an annual income over $1,000,000 and a substantial reinvestment balance, estimating a net worth near $40,000,000.
Rudolph Leeds son of William B Leeds multi millionaire who died in Paris declines to discuss any New York story about his father estate disposition. He says he has no knowledge of any will action and notes four years of distant relations while he ran a Richmond newspaper venture. Friends warn that a will excluding him could be challenged.
In Corunna Spain on June 25 reports say 85 people are missing after the steamship Larache struck rocks near Muros and sank within minutes. 65 were rescued. the captain went down with the ship. Most victims were Argentine residents amid heavy fog that hampered rescue by nearby fishing boats.
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