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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
8
Guthrie questions whether a voter moving within thirty days between merged precincts retains eligibility. He cites combined voting locations in wards and asks if residence qualifications change with the consolidation. Democratic leaders debate whether merged polling sites alter residency rights.
A local Loganport dental ad touts consistent quality and personalized care. It argues against one size fits all plate fitting and promotes post graduate expertise, prompt service, and reliable crown and bridge work with guaranteed gold karat and weight comparisons.
Local items note coal price hints and Chill Parlor promotions along with the Billy Link Show at the Crystal. Community chatter includes masquerade ball plans at Ben Hur hall, illness updates, housing for rent, travel and visits, and various city residents passing through or returning from trips and hospitals.
The Hartford City Times-Gazette denounces Blackford county clerk Charles A. Reeves for ordering ballots to be printed at a Montpelier newspaper after the election board failed to meet on the scheduled date. The piece accuses Reeves of political maneuvering to aid his reapportionment bid and labels him an ingrate and counterfeiter in a scathing critique.
The record notes claims that residents altered their addresses to have two precincts vote together, enabling changes of residence without losing voting rights.
John Winegardner the court house custodian and Frank Livingston have begun preparing city voting precincts. They search for ballot boxes booths rope and other supplies. On Monday they will haul the gear by drag to precincts as they race to locate keys to the boxes some of which are missing.
A man identified as Quincy Grossenmeyer sustained only a bad shoulder bruise after an incident. The blanket he carried, initially believed stolen, was recovered by a woman along a road south of the area.
Hundreds of Elks inhabit Logansport but yesterday afternoon a real live elk appeared on the streets. W. H. Pillen, who sold a pair to Wilson Searight, delivered it from Rensselaer, accompanied by an elkess. The pair attracted curious onlookers during the daytime urban pause.
Roselle Waterman of Logansport plans to publish Irish Molly a song produced after night headaches that disappeared when she wrote. At eighteen she has poems and songs in demand with a Chicago music house already accepting a song for publication.
Daisy Carter won a divorce from James C. Carter and Nellie F Merriman secured a divorce from Lawrence Merriman. The Glancy case was heard in the afternoon with a legal separation granted. All cases filed recently.
Hoosierdam star pitcher Tommy McCarthy, once with Hartford City and Ft Wayne Central League, played for the Cincinnati Reds and then the Boston Nationals. Now jailed in Ft Wayne for drunken conduct, his brilliant career is stalled as alcohol hinders his prospects.
Voting machines will be used in the second and third precincts of the First ward and in the fourth and sixth precincts of the First ward. Voters have one minute to vote and may be timed out by a judge of the opposite party after the minute elapses.
The inspector in every Cass county precinct must report the vote the night of the election and come to Logansport without delay. He must present the report to the election commissioners in session at the circuit court room. The law requires prompt results reporting.
Elmer Willard of this city arrested in Peru for intoxication after being released from prison only days earlier.
Judge J C Nelson plans an address to laboring men tonight. The speech aims to discuss workers' issues and rights and is expected to draw local interest.
The L A C team will face another Lafayette football squad this Sunday. The lineup features largely the high school class of 1903 state champions with players Floyd Lee Homer Lee Jay Neff Albert de Beaulieu Lloyd Powell Arthur Routh plus Ross Hackett Harry Isele William Kendricks Harry Osborn and Carl Anderson.
Logansport workers invite Democratic Judge Nelson to speak tonight and Republican B F Long to present the opposing view Friday at 8.30 in the West court room. The Trades Assembly arranged the program to offer fair political discussion.
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