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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
6
Pre season rush for parts hits Broadway as actors and actresses face a crowded market. Managers delay big moves until after elections while pay sinks from last year.
Chicago markets show flour firm with autumn wheat weakness and steady corn. Butter and eggs mixed with varied retail prices while potatoes and cheese report shifts. New York outlook notes spot wheat firm with slight declines in some futures, oats marginally steady.
Chicago and Omaha report mixed cattle and hog quotations with steers and cows ranging from roughly 2.00 to 7.00 in various classes. Prices vary by quality and weight, with hogs showing steady to stronger trends and heavy packers and mixed lots yielding different bid levels.
The note cites the earliest biblical reference to gold appearing in Genesis chapter two around 4004 B C. This brief historical marker highlights ancient recognition of gold in religious text.
Daily quotes from Logansport Union Stock Yards show hogs medium to heavy $5.90 to $6.25 and $5.85 to $6.05, calves common to fair $3.00 to, with hogs and calves listed among other routine market records.
Market note from B. V. Cock & Co. provides corrected daily prices for hides and wool. Includes reference to No. 1 hides and No. 2 hides with unit codes and preliminary market terms.
Intimate correspondence from Overland Limited eastbound August 26 recounts the ire over burnt toast on dining car menus and the overall quality of meals. The writer rails against the dining car monopoly and long standing lines at the kitchen, proposing frugal fixes like canned beans and critiquing cracked crab versus veal salad choices.
A sports column laments the changing taste in base stealing while recalling past views. The writer notes modern cheers for steals contrast with older, more routine perceptions and suggests the art has faded in memory.
A proverb asserts that a loving woman treats a man with respect and never ridicules him, emphasizing kindness over mockery in intimate bonds.
The passage discusses base stealing prowess in early baseball, noting how players like Harry veer from the base with leaps and spike-shoes to reach bags. It references Ed Seward of the Athletics during Stovey’s peak years and mentions Fogarty as another similar player.
The 1880s marksmen like Harry Stovey stole 1538 bases for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1908 Flick and Conroy led the American League with 41 steals, Ty Cobb had 40, and Honus Wagner swiped 61 in the National League amid praise from critics.
Seward lauds Stovey for extraordinary long legs and sprinting speed. He notes a 100 yard dash near ten seconds and that base stealing relies on small time gains.
The inquiry centers on Harry Stoveys secret to remarkable success in abuse. Key details trace methods, alliances, and public reactions shaping his notoriety and influence. No explicit outcome or action is specified in the fragment.
Stovey probably originated the feet-first slide and prepared himself for base running. He wore padding on legs and hips, and was notably agile and quick off the first motion of the pitcher.
The text notes Stovey as a grand base stealer in a rough style but not equal to Curt Welsh of Jimmy Fogarty in base running ingenuity. Welsh is described as circling around the baseman regardless of his movements.
Lancaster stretched a winning streak to twenty six games in the Atlantic league of 1889 while Louisville in the American Association suffered a loss.
Mrs Edward E Henry of the United States Express Co Chicago testifies that Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy stopped her chronic diarrhoea at once and has helped many sick aboard trains She notes she is a veteran of the 23rd Ohio regiment and recommends the remedy sold by W F Porter druggist
Columbia Brewing Co solicits family trade and advertises telephone number 40 for contact. The ad promotes Columbia beer as a peerless beverage and notes its maker as the Columbia Brewing Co.
The Merrill and Son company at 432 High Street advertises best coal oil for 10 cents and best gasoline for 14 cents. They claim not to be in the trust and urge readers to give them a trial order.
Co L Dilley and Co at 515 Market Street promote high grade coal horse feed lime meat and sewer pipe with telephone contact 87 for orders and inquiries.
Carriage and wagon building painting and repairing. General blacksmithing. Good work. Reasonable prices.
A local ad for cleaning and repairing services by H Weber located at 316 Pearl Street. Clothing cleaning, repairs, pressing, and tailoring offered.
F. M. Bozer D. D. S. dental parlor located at the corner of Fourth and Broadway over City National Bank. Office telephone 363 and residence 1463 listed.
Local office listing cites BD E Deizell at 404 Market Street with stairway east of Ray's grocery and contact 253. Residence listed as 1918 North.
C L Dilley and Company at 515 Market street offer flour feed and hay with telephone service via number 87.
Merrill and Son at 432 High Street advertise high test gasoline and coal oil that does not gum stoves. They claim not to be in the trust and offer best gasoline at 14 cents and best coal oil at 10 cents with a trial order by mail.
Ed Osborne successor to John M. Thompson offers expert horseshoeing at 122 sixth street. Prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
Local ad features Young and Custer promoting honest goods at fair prices with storefronts on 310 Fifth Street and 318 Market Street, including phone contacts 729 and 948.
George H. Gize announces availability of 5 percent money and offers all kinds of insurance. Office phone 482 and residence phone 238.
S LUMBER offers specialty interior finishing and store fixtures by Parker and Johnston. Highlights include highest grade workmanship with a yard mill and office at corner Boemeer and Berkley streets. Telephone 72.
Eureka Novelty Works run by Carl Nickum at 313 Sixth Street offers nickel plating oxidizing bicycle and general machine shop repair, model and novelty work, wood and metal patterns.
H. Weber offers tailoring and repairing services at 310 Pearl Street with ready spring and summer patterns. Suits start at 15 dollars and up, trousers at 4 dollars and up. Come and inspect.
H J Trah offers tinning and practical tinning services at 311 Fifth Street. Slate, tin and metal roofing, guttering, spouting, flue tops, furnace repair and general repair all done in best possible manner.
Galvanized from cornices skylights tin trom and slate roofing and spouting. All times of same and trom repairing. John Mehaffie 218 Fifth street telephone 659.
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