Motion Picture Week at Nelson and Crystal Theaters
The Nelson theater announces continued drama with interspersed motion pictures and illustrated songs starting Monday with 2:30 and 8 p.m. showings all week, plus weekly Monday Wednesday Friday illustrations by Miss Claudia Swihart. The Crystal theater highlights vaudeville acts like Dave Weaton and Benau's, with moving pictures billed as the greatest yet seen in Logansport and a burlesque emphasis through Tom Hardie showings.
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Nelson Theater
Claudia Swihart
Chicago
Theater Nelson
Motion Pictures
Morgan
Dave
Weaton
Benau
Hazel Good
Dan Rice
Moving Pictures
Logansport
Tom Hardie
Rural Route Mail Reports Highlight February Deliveries
Rural Route No. 8 led February mail with 6 350 pieces delivered and 782 collected. Route No. 4 did the largest stamp sales at $30.62. Clymers rural route No. 33 logged 4 206 pieces and $7.76 stamps. A C Rice ran that route. Paul Wooley, a post office messenger, remains employed under new rules affecting boy messengers.
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Clymers
A. C. Rice
Motorman Mesel Sprains Ankle Alighting In Wabash
B B Mesel a motor man on the Valleys, well known here, sprained his ankle yesterday at Wabash while alighting from his car and is hobbling on crutches. He slipped on the icy street while getting orders and fell, was helped back into the car, and stayed at his post until reaching this city. He could not continue to Lafayette and will remain in Huntington for several weeks.
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B. B. Mesel
Wabash
Lafayette
Huntington
Sleet and hailstorm delays hit city streetcars
A severe sleet and hailstorm delayed nearly all city streetcars last night. A ball of fire traveled along the trolley wire near Seventh Street on Broadway around eight. Valley line cars were delayed about ten minutes and I A T cars faced city entry delays. The delays did not inconvenience riders.
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Seventh Street
Broadway
Big Four Hires Men Amid New Telegraph Staffing
Officers of the Big Four based in Indianapolis announce expanded telegraph staffing on the Peoria and Eastern division. Central Passenger association roads may hire 600 to 800 more operators as they implement the nine hour law. most lines have begun complying and few have closed small offices.
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Big Four
Indianapolis
Peoria
Central Passenger Association
Mur ray recalls brief marriage to Gracia Calla
L W Murray claims to be the first husband of Gracia Calla wife of Frenchman Paul Roy. He says their marriage lasted about a year and ended by her plea for divorce. Murray, a bookmaker at local racetracks, says he heard of Carkins death as a suicide but believed he was Calla's brother, not husband.
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New York
Newburyport
Mass
Carkins
Murray
Evelyn Thaw denies demand for money in divorce case
New York February 29 Mrs Evelyn Thaw denied reports she demanded one million dollars or had been offered money to consent to an annulment of her marriage to Harry K Thaw. She said there have been no conferences or lawyers and no one has approached her.
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Harry
Associated Press
New, York
Evelyn Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Interlocking Devices Cause Rail Yard Delays
Workers along the line used hammers and axes to free the switches. In local yards little trouble was seen, but east and west of town more issues arose with interlocking devices and increased switch use.
FIND GABOOSE ROBBERS INDIANA MEN BOUND OVER IN THEFT CASE
Mortimer Bowen allegedly aided in robbing a Panhandle green line caboose near Kokomo and is bound over to the circuit court with a $1,000 bond. Frank Phillips Omer Phillips and Prince Hart also arraigned for conspiring to commit robbery and bound over in $1,000 bonds. Bowens testimony at preliminaries drew skepticism as officers persist in identifying the suspects in a long running series of Panhandle robberies.
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Kokomo
Frank
Omer Phillips
Prince Hart
Bowen
Panhandle
Coal traffic on the Wabash nears season high
The Wabash division reports a daily average of 230 to 280 loaded coal cars with a recent uptick. No strike rush has materialized yet, but an increase to 300 cars daily could follow if fears prompt activity.
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Wabash
Wabash Announces Reduced Mardi Gras Fare to New Orleans
Wabash railroad officials announce reduced passenger rates to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The sale is effective now and continues until after March 2, with many travelers from the city expected to attend the carnival. The Wabash connects with Illinois Central for through service.
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Wabash Railroad
New Orleans
Wabash
Illinois Central
Auditor Vordemark Opens Rockfield Office
H. E. Vordemark auditor for the Valley lines visited the city yesterday on monthly business. He aims to visit most offices on the first of each month and during this trip opened a new office at Rockfield. The Rockfield office was opened for business last night.
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H. E. Vordemark
The
Valley Lines
Mr. Vordemark
Rockfield
New I U T Division Superintendent to Visit Lines This Week
Ward Hubbard, appointed Thursday as division superintendent of the I U T, will tour the lines this week. Engineer Charles Schumagee of the Wabash, recently laid off after a wreck, has returned to work. Panhandle shops were idle yesterday. Supt. Hardie of the Valley lines plans for the reception of the superintendent association meeting here tomorrow.
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Ward Hubbard
Charles Schumagee
Panhandle
Supt
Hardie
Valley Lines
Interlocking Switches Freezing Halt Panhandle Rail Line
Weather froze all interlocking switches on the Panhandle line last night causing shutdowns. Crews reported extensive delays as trains stranded and schedules disrupted.
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Panhandle
No Offer of Money Yet Denied. Illness Cited
A quoted statement says no money was offered or demanded. The speaker admits illness with grip and limited movement. She denies that detectives are following her, citing a letter from Mr. Daugherty claiming no detectives are engaged.
City back taxes tally over one hundred million dollars
New York City faces 102 834 336 dollars in back taxes a figure vouched for by City Controller Metz. The breakdown includes 239 816 153 in real estate taxes 47 348 499 on personal property 1 118 662 on real estate owned by corporations and 24 521 012 in franchise related taxes. Officials say collection could fund subway expansion for outer districts.
Howland Renominated at Cleveland Republican Convention
Congress man Paul Howland was renominated by acclamation at the Twentieth District Republican convention in Cleveland. Delegates Herman Baehr and A. F. Cook were chosen for the national convention, and resolutions endorsing the Roosevelt administration and Taft's candidacy were passed.
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Man’ Paul Howland
Herman” Baehr
A. F. Cook
Roosevelt
Taft
Louisville and Nashville workers win temporary wage relief
Inter State Commerce Commission intervention yields an interim relief for locomotive engineers and conductors employed by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in Louisville Kentucky. The company agrees to rescind recent wage reductions pending further action.
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Louisville and Nashville. Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce. Commission
Weston man Faulkner recalled to duty in local call
Richard Faulkner of Weston Missouri was recently summoned to report for duty, amid activation notices and local draft procedures. He is listed among residents responding to a nationwide call.
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Richard Faulkner
Weston
Ee ‘Coon
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