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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
3
U R K of P lodge meets to finalize the Big husking and dance set for Oct 29 at K of P Hall. Despite repairs including steam heat and redecorating, officials expect completion for Halloween events. Decorations feature pumpkins and jack o lanterns with prizes for husking and red ear hunting.
David Wright of New London proves ginseng farming can be profitable in Howard county. He has many beds behind his home with shade shelters and careful conditions to mimic woods. The crop takes about five years to mature and China is the chief market. Wright was offered 35 000 for his beds but declined, expecting much more value after additional work.
Indianapolis reports the State Board of Health adopted a rule requiring all ready to eat foods such as bread pastries and nuts be protected from insects vermin and dust. Inspectors will enforce the measure amid concerns of contamination from cats maggots and vermin in stores. The September bulletin shows fewer deaths and less sickness than the previous month.
William J. Bryan drew vast crowds as he toured Louisville and Newark in a brief three hour stop. Police struggled to control the throng along the march and at Phoenix Hill park where he delivered three speeches to large audiences. He left Louisville for Newark by 11 o clock for further campaigning in Ohio.
The couple is reported married in Chicago after leaving on Monday morning. The bride daughter of Howard Johnson a Panhandle engineer and residing at 214 Fourteenth street. The groom is a son of an unnamed father.
County inspectors are warned that failure to appear at the clerk's office by five o'clock one week from Saturday to collect election supplies will trigger penalties. Supplies may be mailed to the precinct, messengers paid two dollars per day plus five cents per mile, and inspectors may be fined ten to one hundred dollars and barred from holding the office if willful neglect occurs.
Dr Charles W Slick Mishawaka chairman Longcliff hospital board of trustees was in the city en route to Indianapolis The board has not acted since last week when the annual meeting declared the hospital in excellent condition The report due to the governor for the year ending October 1 is expected to be one of the best ever with no immediate improvements required and operations running smoothly under Dr Terflinger.
Grant county attorneys favor changing the burglary statute to reduce the ten to twenty year imprisonment. They argue the penalty is excessive and hard to convict under. The debate follows Edward C. Corey's acquittal for robbing a Pennsylvania railway station in Gas City of $17, a case believed to reflect the harsh penalty.
Tipton lodge No 33 F and A M II invites a Wednesday evening E A work. Wm P Felver W M and A S Boyer secretary sign. Elks Loganport lodge No 66 B P O Elks and brothers meet 1 40 pm today October 21 1908 for Mont Swigarts funeral at his North street residence at 2. Daughters of Liberty Lorain council No 10 hold regular meeting this afternoon with candidate initiation.
Four top Logansport high school football players are unable to play Saturday due to State Athletic Association rules. The second team will replace them, weakening the squad against Oakwood in what is billed as a championship bout.
Across Indiana on October 20 various figures spoke at local gatherings. Leslie M. Shaw attacked centralization while praising Bryan. Overstreet touted Taft as a friend of labor. Markle urged Watson for governor. Shively urged curbing extravagance with Democrats in power. Foulke attacked Marshall over spoils claims. Haskell praised Texas and Oklahoma. Straus cited Taft’s injunction stance as favorable to labor.
The new order of Owls met at Ray barber shop on Broadway to discuss keeping the local lodge together until the August convention. Insurance features are planned to strengthen the order though current interest is weak and disbandment is possible. A follow up meeting is set for November 10 to decide on concrete steps.
The funeral for Mont Swigart will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the residence at 715 North Street with interment in Mt Hope. His brothers Charles Swigart of Kansas City Missouri John Swigart of Mississippi and Jesse Swigart of Washington DC arrived home yesterday. Dudley Swigart another broker is in the West and cannot be located. The remains will be in state this morning from 10 to 12 o'clock.
A Chicago dispatch cites royal authorization for the Elkins Abruzzi marriage and says the ceremony will be performed by Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore. The duke plans to travel to the United States, with the king securing approval to avert family opposition and Miss Elkins awaiting Catholic conversion before a fixed date.
Promoters of a Boston to New York airship line announce engineer Thomas Baldwin, inventor of the dirigible, is in Boston. Captain Baldwin says the Hudson to Hub service will soon be a reality. The company led by Charles J. Gidden trains pilots as they plan a Boston Worcester line hoped to operate next month.
Earthquakes continued with a new tremor between 11 and 12 o’clock following three yesterday. The observatory places the first focus within 200 kilometers of Manila and notes several light, imperceptible shocks. No damage in Manila or surrounding islands.
A warrant was issued for Miss Edith Wirt a Kansas City Kansas grade school teacher on charges of cruel punishment after she pasted court plaster across the lips of Harvey Galloway a one year old pupil who talked in class. the warrant sworn by the pupil's father alleges cruelty.
The American fleet's stay in Tokyo marks three days with orderly shore liberty. Japanese hosts show courtesy, avoiding friction as invited residents and Americans gather for a large garden party at Shingaku imperial gardens hosted by Admiral Togo. Premier Katsura will host a dinner for American officers followed by a grand ball.
Washington reports from Consul Norton in Asuncion describe Paraguay in a credit squeeze with commerce at a standstill. Merchants seek extensions, imports scarce, exports down, timber trade dead, and tobacco relief slow. About 35 million pesos in paper money circulates with exchange at 2400 percent.
In Stanford, Danville Utah, Carl and Frank James died after eating moldy cherry pie their mother left at home Thursday. The brothers fell ill Thursday night and died Saturday, funeral held at their home Monday afternoon.
Indianapolis Oct 20 The Rev Francis de McConnell pastor of the New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal church of Brooklyn will be the next president of Pepauw University. A brief notice confirms the selection and appointment details.
Fires have burned over several days in a county near Delphi Indiana. Sparks from a passing freight train reportedly started a blaze in a cornfield north of a German farm. Local fire crews battled the flames as flames spread through the cornfield and surrounding acreage.
A traction car on the Indianapolis and Northwestern line in Frankfort was struck by a van and derailed this morning. About forty passengers were aboard but escaped injury as Conductor Lewis and Motorman Sam Harter managed the car.
Cochran of New York urged support for William J Bryan and the Democratic ticket before a large audience. He branded Speaker Cannon a barrier to progress. A Springfield detour caused a late arrival to his Indianapolis engagement due to a hired special train.
A six story tenement on East Third Street caught fire shortly before 1 AM. Three people died from burns and the blaze imperiled the lives of about one hundred tenants. Firemen battled the flames through the early hours.
A appeal urges loyal Republicans to fund Taft and Sherman campaigns. It notes legal limits on corporate contributions and asks individuals to donate one dollar to state finance committee chairmen or directly to the assistant treasurer Fred Upham to receive an official receipt. Names of state chairs and cities appear.
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