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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
4
The Logansport Daily Reporter notes the year 1908 drawing to a close with reflections on time and life. It urges readers to value time as the great asset and to seek courage and better deeds before the new year arrives.
The article lauds 1908 as a year of anti monopoly progress and praises honest industry, especially farming, as the nation’s key wealth creator. It condemns predatory banking and distribution, calls for government to ensure just conditions, and notes vast farm production amid urban distress. It ends with a contrasting note about a village cut-up at an unclaimed freight sale.
Fred Schaefer recalls attending a depot unclaimed freight sale with prominent locals in attendance. A box of jewelry proved a dead queen bee while other lots amused the crowd including benzine jokes, safety razors traded for suspicious gifts, and a trunk said to contain Salome costumes but filled with paving brick.
Pittsburg December 31 Frank Klausnitzer, a poor farmer near Butler Pennsylvania, dreamed oil would burst from the ground between his house and an apple tree. After pawning jewelry and selling a wall paper invention, the Dream Oil & Gas company dug and found daily gas output of 1,590,000 cubic feet and later oil within fifty yards. He now drills more wells and holds options on surrounding acres while his family rises from poverty.
A household tip outlines heating water in a double crock setup with a thick cloth cover to keep a bottle warm overnight. It also details a candied cranberries recipe washing berries, sugar and water, slow boil, and cooling on oiled paper.
MGKS predicts a gold wave of cold, snow and wind with a warm spell around January 21. The forecast mentions blizzards, cold waves, and storms across the country from early to late January, with a temporary thaw around the 21st and renewed cold toward month’s end.
Fragmentary note reflects a blunt judgment on habit formation and self discipline. It contrasts extreme apathy with the idea of embracing vice to avoid moral self punishment.
A druggist W. H. Porter promotes Orino Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup as permanent relief for habitual constipation. It supposedly stimulates the liver and restores natural bowel action without irritation or nausea, claiming mild pleasant taste and no gripping effects.
Upon learning the disaster extent King Victor Emanuel left Rome to personally oversee relief and rescue efforts in the earthquake stricken region.
A 1908 state report by Amos W. Butler shows 4,503 tramps visited Indiana with Vigo County ranking highest at 873. Indianapolis hosted the Friendly Inn aiding the vagrant issue. Evansville lodging helped few. Jail costs totaled 36,103.66 statewide, with Vigo 688.04 and Marion 789.06. Age data place most inmates between 17 and 35. 25 counties reported no vagrants.
The Columbus and Hocking Coal company sues E. T. Affleck and Sidney A. McManigal for 210000 alleging a conspiracy to defraud. The suit claims McManigal sold about 500000 tons of coal to Affleck’s company at 42 cents below market to enrich themselves.
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