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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
4
Logansport Daily Reporter notes publication details with M Syttton as trustee. It lists delivery rates by carrier and mail, weekly editions on Tuesday and Friday, and contact options from 525 Broadway and the office telephone.
The piece argues against Rockefeller's plan for a Benevolent Trust to dispense charity. It warns the proposal could concentrate power, replace genuine philanthropy with a money driven board, and foresee a future where vast trusts control prices wages and welfare. It questions whether true charity survives under such a system.
Rockefeller urges creation of a Benevolent Trust to manage philanthropy with directors who oversee charity, arguing it would reduce waste and focus on causes. He cites Andrew Carnegie and William R Harper, notes critics, and envisions wealthier volunteers directing effective benevolence for the public good.
In Seattle, Ma tilda Maeterlinck sues for divorce from Joseph Maeterlinck whom she married in 1886 after a stingy $5 monthly stipend. She waited eighteen years for a separation, then filed for divorce asking $75 alimony and half the community property of $15,000 after a dispute over funds for a winter coat.
In Pennsburg Pennsylvania on December 28 gunmen found a decomposed body one mile from Simon Baver’s home near Coatsville. The false teeth identified the man as Elias Baver, visiting his son John Baver in Bally. Authorities suspect natural causes, possibly apoplexy, not foul play.
Washington letters praise a hard working secretary and singer facing social double standards. The writer lampoons old world norms, lauds capable women in offices, and imagines a future where a secretary could wed a wealthy boss. The piece closes with a satirical note on marriage and career.
Chicago police report John Donnelly a shabbydrunken figure claiming seven thousand years of inebriation. He rambled about poached door knobs and everlasting suns while confined in a city cell after a Christmas weekend incident.
In a newsroom exchange the editor questions a metaphor about Smithers burning his fingers holding a bag. The reporter suggests it could have been a hot water bag rather than a bag full of fire.
Helena Montana December 28 Special Agent Samuel Cone of the Indian service says three generations more and there may be no real Indians left in the country White men's clothing and houses he says have signed the death warrant of the Indian Disease and migration on every reservation decimating full blooded Indians particularly older plains and mountain tribes unfit for the new environment He notes the changed lifestyle
A terse aphorism warns that a man who believes a woman is an easy mark is fooling himself. The saying suggests caution against assuming easy wins in love.
The United Coal Yards company announces a charity program starting December 16 offering free two and a half tons of soft coal to households who can prove absolute need. For every forty tons of domestic coal or coke ordered, delivery is provided at standard prices through April 1, with credits toward fuel for those in hardship. Prices listed include Hazelton Lehigh anthracite seven dollars fifty, Blue Ridge four dollars twenty six, Pocahontas furnaces, and Cadillac three dollars fifty.
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