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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
5
Rev Bechtold recently appointed as supply at Mount Etna left after six weeks without farewell, telling only his landlady to settle a small board bill. The 25 year old pastor came from Upland via Taylor university and seeks active ministry work, replacing a pastor who moved for a Pennsylvania college scholarship.
Des Moines reports Senator y C Dowell plans a bill to pension veteran female teachers. In districts of 10 900+ population a Teachers Retirement Fund will be created with member representation and a five member retirement board, funded by monthly district contributions and loaned on first mortgages on Iowa farms. The measure requires school board oversight and district approval. Meanwhile Margaret Sington announces retirement from the New York stage citing fatigue and a wish for rest and quieter life with plans for time in California.
Margaret Illington vows to abandon acting for domestic life at home by the fireside. She says the life on stage is too hard and she desires to read and sew in quiet companionship.
A forthcoming stamp release will hit local post offices within ten days. The design, inspired by French stamps, is artistic yet simple, measuring about one inch square in dark green. Diagonal olive branch imagery entwines a mercury hat, symbolizing peace and haste, with 10c in the upper left and U. S. postage special delivery in bold letters lower right.
Listings detail transfers in Logansport and Dunkirk including Albert F Stukey to Sidney Kaufman and Kate Mahoney to Mary A Diety, with amounts from 100 to 4750 dollars. Other transfers include Swift Co to Giuseppe Caruso and multiple parcels on North Street Broadway East Wabash avenues. Mortgages filed and released total several thousand dollars.
A lighthearted line questions whether an open door will stay steady, joking about a double acting hinge. The quip notes uncertainty about door performance while hinting at a mechanical or architectural element in play.
Franklin Ind December 12 Johnson county corn growers won nearly 75 percent of eligible prizes at the international corn show in Omaha Representatives L B Clore took the grand champion sweepstakes prize of 1000 dollars in gold plus a 1000 dollar gold medal an automobile and other premiums Joseph R Overstreet captured the 125 dollar cash sweepstakes prize for the best single car and earned more than 1000 dollars in machinery and other prizes
Mystery surrounds the death of Jennie Clarke of South Bend after a fractured skull. Other items include a Mishawaka rubber regenerating company incorporation with 250000 capital and a Crawfordsville attack by a pet pig injuring Mrs Nancy Campbell.
Advertises five cent per line for Want column space. Calls for 560 men to learn barber trade with quick completion, scholarships, tools, instructions, diplomas, and a course catalog from Moler Barber College in Chicago.
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