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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
6
Antonio y Pastor, noted theatrical manager in Elmhurst S 1, died Wednesday night after several weeks of illness. He was 71 years old.
Chicago markets show firm flour and mixed wheat futures with September bids around 986 BM Yc and May terms. Butter prices rise in creamery and dairy markets, while potatoes and cheese list varied regional values. New York notes active rye flour and steady spot wheat with No 2 red near $1.00.
Chicago and Omaha markets show cattle and hog prices with varied classes. Native and western cattle range from four to seven dollars for steers and cows, with calves and bulls listed. hogs show steady to higher values with heavy packers and light barrows quoted, and sheep and lambs priced in Omaha markets.
The real name of Robert Mantel is Robert Hudson, with sources noting the alias used in later records and personal documents. This clarification resolves prior confusion over the two-name reference.
Lieutenant Graetz undertakes an eight month overland drive from Dar es Salaam across German East Africa toward British and German Southwest Africa. He navigates desolate plains marshy lands and jungles with little to no roads using precious cold tea to cool his engine. If he reaches Walfisch Bay it will mark a historic automotive achievement.
The column notes Freddy Parent failing to steal a base over sixty two games, mentions Sailor Burke blocking Papke, and Joe Thomas challenging Stanley Ketchell briefly. It also references Sam Langford as inactive with no takers. The piece reads as a light, informal sports recap with personal asides.
In fall promotions the minor leagues receive more money for fewer players, signaling big league magnates will pay high fees for promising youngsters to strengthen teams. A first division club now holds the key to fate money in baseball.
Detroit paid Augusta seven hundred dollars for Ty Cobb. Ty's brother Paul Cobb has been sold to the St. Louis Browns by the Joplin club of the Western Association for three thousand dollars. Tyrus' playing was boosting the Cobb market.
All-American ball team schedules nine games in Japan from November 21 to December 3. A picked team of Japanese players will oppose them. The account warns of potential dangers, noting possible trouble for the American squad amid rising tensions.
Lima reports Miss Anna S. Peck, former Smith College Latin professor, as the new world mountain climber after ascending Mt Hauscaran in Peru to about 25 000 feet. She previously conquered Mt Sorata in Bolivia at 22000 feet and now plans a summer among the Andes giants.
The Logansport Union Stock Yards reports daily prices for livestock. Hogs range from 6.15 to 6.35 dollars, calves from 3.00 to 5.50, with sheep and other categories listed in the daily quote.
Corrected dairy by B. V. Cook & Co lists No 1 hides at a price of 04 and No 2 digs at .06. Wool values appear minimal with limited legible details remaining. The fragmentary entry notes market pricing for hides and wool purchases.
Real estate transfers list several parcel deeds in Onward, North Street, Taber ville, Adams twp., Boone twp., with prices from 1,900 to 5,800 and mortgages totaling 7,100. The piece also reports on Gompers AFL politics with a Chicago conference to consider his stance, labor divisions, and proposed actions including a federal unemployed bureau and wage and price dynamics amid a bumper wheat crop.
A driver rebuffs a hopeful partner, citing a wife and six children at home. The exchange highlights a resolved commitment and family responsibilities amid a tense confrontation.
A report estimates that about 90 percent of drownings stem from fear and a lack of calm, collected decision making.
A health note claims most victims are constipated and promotes Orion Laxative Fruit Syrup to stimulate liver and bowels restoring normal action. It says the syrup is mild, non nauseating, and free of griping and urges avoiding substitutes, offered for sale by W. W. H. Porter, druggist.
Eastern lightweight Harry Scroggs was about to fight in a Rockaway Beach card when news reached him his mother was dying in a New Jersey town. He agreed to fight for the money, then left to tend her, saying the purse would pay for a nurse.
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