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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
4
Logansport Daily Reporter notes delivery terms and pricing for daily and weekly editions. Subscriptions cost 40 cents monthly in advance for daily, 1.26 dollars yearly in advance for weekly issues, with delivery by carrier and office reporting rules.
In a presidential year speech, a judge warns against mob violence and echoes Lincoln’s defense of law. He recalls a 1837 Springfield lyceum debate on preserving political institutions and warns mob rule endangers government by eroding respect for due process.
The piece questions Mrs. Claudia Libbey Hains amid a murder linked to her husband Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. and friend William E. Annis. It probes lieutenant Jenkins Hains, alleged confessions, and public views from Fort Hamilton era officers.
The Sutton hotel at 525-527 Broadway Logansport Indiana is for rent. It features a large office dining room twenty two bedrooms and four bathrooms. For details contact Logansport Daily Reporter 525 Broadway Logansport Indiana.
A defendant faced obstruction charges after blocking Broadway for an hour to count the stories of the tallest new building. The officer testified the act disrupted traffic as crowds gathered to watch the count.
New York Senator Thomas C. Platt opposed Governor Hughes renomination calling his opponents good boys and arguing Hughes running would hurt Taft in New York. He offered no candidate but suggested Speaker Wadsworth as a potential future governor who could aid Taft. Bryan is portrayed as fading but could regain momentum if Hughes fails.
Mary Viotilla appeared at central station in Pittsburg on August 21 claiming she lost a hand satchel with years of savings including $59 notes, a bank book with $800 deposits, a passport, and an Italy ticket. She threatened to drown herself if the money could not be found before she planned to sail on Monday. B R Burgoon and E entered the station and handed the satchel to the sergeant.
The two men explained they found a money satchel on a desk in a post office after the owner had written a letter to friends. They returned it to the police, saying they were hungry and out of work but believed someone who needed it more should have it. The owner later received the satchel with tears of joy and gave them a $50 reward.
Judge Converse in Richmond Indiana rules liquor seized from Dr Arthur Jones drug store must be destroyed as the city court limits ruling to the destruction action. The circuit court retains the charge of keeping a blind tiger and testimony from the city court could aid the state in prosecuting Dr James. Liquor evidence remains held until trial.
Chicago dispatch reports Bishop Walters advocates uniting colored voters with white Southern leaders to curb race tensions and sway support toward Bryan. He proposes a weekly Negro paper funded by Democrats to mobilize votes against Roosevelt and Taft, citing Springfield riots and Brownsville issue. He envisions former masters guarding Negroes’ interests under Democratic leadership.
In St Paul on August 21 International Paper Co and Speaker Joseph Cannon were roasted by D Seitz of the New York World at the National Editorial association meeting. Absent Seitz, Walter J Driscoll of the St Paul Dispatch read the paper on Print Paper Combines and Prices and tariff relations.
A guide extols whole wheat as ideal for summer when made digestible. It describes six hours of steam cooking, curing, flaking, and a 30 minute 400 degree toast to separate starch particles and ensure full digestion, noting it takes longer to prepare than flaked varieties.
A reflective essay recalling Richard Mansfield's Peer Gynt scene with a dying mother. It asks readers to consider their duty to their mothers and whether sons ever fully repay the care, sacrifice, and love given in youth. It imagines mothers issuing bills for the years of devotion and asks how such debts might be paid in a single life.
A satirical Punch exchange has Saunders arguing ministers deserve larger stipends to attract a better class of men. The minister expresses gratification at the idea.
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