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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
4
SoganSport Daily Reporter issues delivered by carrier for ten cents per week or forty cents per month. Weekly editions issued Tuesday and Friday. Subscriptions for the Daily and the Weekly are available in advance by mail or carrier. Entered at Logansport Indiana post office as second class matter. Anonymous letters not noticed.
No carrier may report a stop change of address or complaint. All notices must be sent directly to the office by phone, card or personally to protect subscribers. Office 625 Broadway.
A speaker urges lovers of education to hide a great hope in their hearts and nurture it through temptations and toil. The tale of a boy who vowed to go to Africa 25 years later shows how hope powers perseverance, growth, and resistance to failure.
Mrs. Maryland Spring Watson, wife of Lieutenant Watson, releases Destiny and Desire, a collection of poems about passion. Readers expect judgment from San Antonio circles and army wives at Fort Slocum, while Watson defends her work as truthful and writes for her five year old daughter.
The article discusses the Panama Canal project with rising optimism and fear among critics. It reports rumors of a subterranean water source under Gatun Dam, notes the dam’s clay foundation, and mentions an artesian flow that could threaten the canal if the dam fails.
The piece argues Panama canal integrity rests with the engineers building Gatun dam. Lindon W. Bates warns of a $550,000,000 risk and national shame if it fails, but voters should trust the engineers as the nation's fighting line and responsibility.
Snoggles and his wife Clarice exchange a playful quip at home about time and dressing, with Clarice teasing Snoggles for being kept waiting by her appearance.
A collection of brief items reports drownings and injuries from farm ponds, a town incorporation petition for Oaktown, a fractured arm from a falling tree in Dillshoro, a fatal fall from a pole in Laporte, an interurban meeting in Kendallville, a forged check at First National Bank of Kookogotee, a fatal injury from a barn fall in Petersburg, a major fire in Pennville, a deserter arrest in Lawrenceburg, clergy changes in Spencerville and Goodland, a long-time Ringling Brothers bandmaster Robert Jamison's death, and a baby adopted after being left on a porch in Indianapolis.
In Shelbyville Indiana on December 21 David Wilkinson unearthed a five pound petrified tooth from a mastodon or giant animal while digging a ditch on the Graham farm six miles north of the city. He initially mistook it for a log and later discovered the large fossil along with a second tooth split in three parts. He plans to continue digging for more remains.
A boastful boy proclaims he can beat every boy on the block while his father replies with surprise and pride. The dialogue hints at a girl-dominated street scene and a clash of bravado versus vulnerability.
A curious note states that if an ounce of spider web were stretched straight, it would reach about 250 miles. The claim highlights remarkable arachnid silk strength and length perception in a historical science feature.
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