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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
4
Issued every afternoon except Sunday. Carriers report no delivery changes. customers must notify the office. Rates: ten cents weekly, forty cents monthly, forty cents per month in advance for the United States. Weekly editions published Tuesday or Friday. yearly advance $1.26.
The article urges readers to value their vote above all possessions, arguing it cannot be lost or stolen and shapes laws, taxes, protections, and opportunities. It challenges readers to recognize political influence over deceitful promises and asks whether they will wield the vote for themselves or allow others to control it.
Special Correspondence reports brutal practice of convict leasing in Georgia. Witnesses describe wholesale cruelties, killings, and injuries under lessees, with indictments of the prison commission and former warden. The piece suggests possible abolition by legislature.
President David Starr Jordan argues against protective tariffs, calling them a violation of equality before the law and a vehicle for class enrichment. He says tariffs raise costs for labor and industry, hinder wages, and fuel monopolies, urging blind taxation to fund government.
The war department awarded a khaki contract to English makers for Philippine uniforms after tests showed cheaper, more serviceable cloth abroad than American goods. The Brooklyn Eagle criticizes government reliance on foreign manufacturers, arguing tariff or other measures should keep procurement domestic.
The piece argues that continuing to buy at the highest market price while protecting domestic goods creates a self defeating situation. It claims tariffs are a bid for inferior domestic products, keeping out foreign goods and letting inferior local makes sell at or just below price plus the tariff.
The Sutton hotel at 525-527 Broadway Logansport Ind is for rent. This spacious family hotel includes a large office living room twenty two bedrooms and four bathrooms. For information contact Logansport Daily Reporter 625 Broadway Logansport Ind.
Round trip fare is $1.25 with special tickets valid on trains leaving Logansport at 3 00 PM 5 45 PM and 9 00 AM next Sunday. The service runs to Indianapolis via the Indiana Union Telegraph company lines.
Recipe fragment lists ingredients for a cake including flour corn starch baking powder sugar butter milk and eggs. Instructions are incomplete but indicate creaming butter and sugar and baking.
New York actress Ethel Jackson once famed as the Merry Widow has obtained a divorce from theatrical manager J Fred Zimmerman after a long separation. Jackson remains a leading stage star and previously toured the country in The Blue Moon.
A persuasive ad extols Mapl-Flake as the sole truly digestible food in heat. It claims fat foods heat the body while whole wheat and other cereals do not. It describes extensive steam cooking and curing to separate starch for digestion, urging consumers to choose proper preparation over cheapness.
A nostalgic ad promises Mapl Flake as a lasting breakfast option prepared in pure maple syrup. It claims the product is the best food for children and urges readers to call their grocer to have it tomorrow morning.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution describes a journey with sentiment about safety and the ocean’s depth. It mentions sending Laura’s bathing suit by letter and conveys a sense of personal well being as the author settles in a new place near John.
A grocer and a customer debate over a complaint about sugar. The exchange hints at consumer frustration and a firm stance by the retailer in handling a routine purchase dispute.
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