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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
4
Terms include carrier rates and monthly prepaid pricing for The Daily Reporter. Weekly editions publish Tuesday and Friday with annual rate of $1.26. Orders and delivery issues handled via office and phone at 825 Broadway Logansport Ind. Abel.
TG Walker of Minneapolis reveals in Washington the formation of a lumber combine to control virtually all standing timber in the western hemisphere. The piece warns that the great underwriting interests behind steel and other big combines finance this effort, and it condemns monopolies as enslaving mankind while urging abstract title back to God.
Richard Croker, former Tammany chief, drew wide crowds of judges, business and professional men, club members and politicians with wives and daughters as he was heroized in banquets and ovations across the city.
Washington dispatch reports that while the Interstate Commerce Commission cuts rates at retail the railroads raise them wholesale to offset losses. Traffic chief C Haile of the Missouri Kansas Texas says revenues must be maintained and that rate reductions trigger offsets on other goods. The piece argues the public has been flimmled and urges law amendments to curb wholesale rate increases.
The piece portrays Croker as a vicious thug and major scoundrel who ran a dominant metropolis political machine. He admitted using politics for personal gain and fled to Ireland when pressure rose, returning to find public sympathy while enjoying a life of wealth. The passage ends noting the public condones thieves who “get away with the swag.”
A noted figure sports a No 7 hat and a No 9 shoe drawing comment that many men with larger hats would like to be in his shoes reflecting fashion and status remarks of the era.
Samuel Hellopeter of Wabash and William Smith of Lafayette announce the DePauw Glee club will not tour during the Christmas holidays after failing to secure sufficient contracts. A few single trips are planned for early next term to Indianapolis Brazil Danville and Terre Haute with a possible spring tour. The DePauw debate team began formal discussion of the question to be debated with three other colleges.
A newspaper item notes calls for federal licensing of businesses engaged in interstate commerce as a regulatory reform proposal. The report highlights proponents arguing for uniform standards and opponents fearing overreach and economic impact.
A light tongue twister notes language quirks about how we describe disaster. The pair jokes that even when all buildings burn, we still say the city has burned up reflecting playful idiom.
Spokane and Walla Walla physicians vouch for Herpicide noting it kills dandruff germs and relieves itching. The ad claims it destroys parasites, softens the hair, and prevents dandruff with two sizes available and samples via postage.
The Indiana State Prison at Michigan City plans a Christmas day dinner for 1,263 inmates featuring oysters, roast beef, and trimmings. Steward D S Durbin ordered large quantities of food, including 70 gallons of oysters and 785 pounds of beef, to keep costs low. Prison health is good with 40 in hospital and cleanliness praised. Standing guard over a silent busy facility are long serving trusties like Bill Powers who may never leave. Vigo County has the most prisoners, followed by Marion and Madison.
The United States Dispensatory cites hydrastis canadensis as treating mucous membrane disease nasal catarrh dyspepsia and related conditions and notes cory dalis formosa cubebs and cedron seeds as tonics and stomachic aids. Oil of copaiba is described as a mild stimulant and diuretic aiding chronic cystitis dysentery and liver or kidney issues. A call to request a Peruna Almanac for 1909 invites readers to seek testimonials and free booklets.
Notice announces an application to the Cass County Board of Commissioners in December 1908 for a license to sell spirituous Vincus and malt liquors in less than a quart and to permit on premises No 429 Third Street in the Dunn Hotel Logansport Eel township. The described three story brick building room fronts Third Street fifteen feet and extends west twenty five feet with a fourteen foot ceiling.
A hard luck performer begs for a role to revive his career. The manager questions the act as the would be head stander promises a specialty that could restore his footing in the act.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. sworn as senior partner in Toledo Ohio. Firm offers one hundred dollars for each catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6 1886. Testimonials and address in Toledo. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An old drug advertisement touts Orino as a permanent remedy for habitual constipation. It asserts the syrup stimulates the liver and restores natural bowel action without irritation, nausea, or griping, and it urges consumers to remember the name and refuse substitutes.
R W Gibson requests a January 1909 hearing before the board of liquor license applicants to permit sale and consumption of wine and malt liquor on premises at the Elks Home, Lot 104 O P in Logansport Cass County Indiana The room is in the semi basement of the brick building at Fifth and North streets with specified dimensions and a 10 foot ceiling meals to be served during legal hours.
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