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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
4
Logansport Daily Reporter announces subscription rates delivery by carrier and mail order options. Weekly editions published Tuesday and Friday with advance payment. Address and contact details provided for subscriber communications and delivery irregularities.
The article censures Prof. Robert Herrick for a novel attacking American wives and depicts his sweeping claims as ungrounded. It argues that generalizing about women ignores vast diversity and risks revealing the author more than his subject.
Special to the Reporter notes Candida’s praise of the Countess Adela Grant Essex, an American social figure in London. The piece admires her beauty and refined taste while modestly detailing her London laundry business in the West Side tenements and commenting on the health challenges facing her presence each season.
The text argues that with Taft and Bryan offering similar platforms the election hinges on the candidates themselves. It notes Taft’s proven performance in office and Bryan’s congressional record, urging voters to choose between the men despite overlapping policy claims.
The passage urges collective participation in elections, arguing that a strong majority grants the winner greater power. It notes that the records and qualities of Taft and Bryan are public and appeals to patriotism and self-interest, urging every voter to help decide who is the best man.
A British submarine flotilla off Folkestone reported No. x falling behind with distress signals. A rescue party found two officers and nine men unconscious in the boat yet later revived them. The incident stemmed from gas fumes due to valve springs failing in rolling seas. White mice had warned of petrol fumes but were recently discontinued by order of the Admiralty.
The Sutton hotel at 525 527 Broadway Logansport Indiana is for rent. The family hotel includes a large office dining room twenty two bedrooms and four bathrooms. For further information contact Logansport Daily Reporter 625 Broadway Logansport Indiana.
Logansport to Indianapolis excursion offered by I U company lines with round trip fare of 1.25 dollars. Special tickets valid on trains departing Logansport at 6 00 am 5 45 am and 9 00 am.
A mole, deprived of food, faces death by starvation within a day as conditions worsen.
Tigers are skilled swimmers observed in the Brama Putra River in India. They often become entangled in fishermen’s nets, highlighting potential conservation and safety concerns for local communities.
Harrisburg August 19 inmates at the Perry county jail complain they are being overfed. Bromley Wharton of the state board of charities finds the Bloomfield institution's meals too rich. Prisoners cite pie and cake causing dyspepsia and urge a stop. A separate note reports John Maurice’s market exhibit of a willow tree growing through an ax head.
A quip shows the first motorist asking the second about a car's make and the reply that the vehicle is partly from the original manufacturer and mostly from the repairer.
Washington August 19. Frank Jorrison secretary of the American Federation of Labor marries Alice Boswell of this city. Their wedding invitations carry the lithographers union label. Morrison a prominent labor leader, and his bride a long time chief bookkeeper in his office are both active union advocates.
Robert Shankey a North Side bookkeeper died in the county jail after learning his father William K. Shankey had died. He had used an assumed name to sober up, and the delay in revealing his true name prevented him from attending the funeral. He collapsed at the cell bars and died before release could occur.
State Entomologist E. P. Felt notes a swarm of small white moths around electric lights in Albany and Troy, named snow white linden moths. The caterpillars are two inch brown worms feeding on linden elms maples and beeches, defoliating Catskills acres last summer and possibly this season. English sparrows feed on the moths reducing risk to cities.
The Valley Traction company will postpone installing a roller coaster and amusements at Spencer park until next season. Officials say this season has been dull for amusements and expect full operation next year.
The Reporter is available for purchase at Porter's Cigar Store located at 324 Market Street, offering readers a convenient outlet for the latest news.
An ad explains Maps Flake as the ideal children’s food, wheat based and maple syrup sweetened. It describes six hours steam cook and four hundred degree toasting to split starch, warning faster flaked cereals reduce digestibility and irritate young stomachs.
In hot days the ad suggests Mapl Flake as the best cereal replacement for meat dishes. It claims Mapl Flake is the most nourishing since it digests easily. One package will convince you, urging readers to ask grocers to deliver today.
Real estate transfers include Joseph M. Bury to Ella Zinn on Stanley street $1600 and Angeline Helm to Henry Unger on 17th and Toledo Streets $1200. Other moves involve Jessie H. Twells, Martha Watts, Rose Good, and various add subdivisions with sums from $1 to $1750. Also two chattel mortgages filed for $162 and nine real estate mortgages recorded.
The records show an eight release of mortgages amounting to 69 550 dollars and a separate 67 772 dollar release listed in the county clerk’s docket.
A reader describes using plain buttermilk as a simple skin bleach to remove tan and brown shading. They report it leaves skin smooth and soft and find it effective for new sunburns.
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