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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
4
Inez M. Sutton serves as trustee in a local notice published by the Logansport Daily Reporter. The paper operates as an afternoon publication, excluding Sundays.
A Nation’s Supreme Court decision on Oregon limits for women in factories is reexamined as a critique of legal precedent over facts. Brandeis and the Consumers’ League reshaped the case with a 113 page brief focusing on human realities, leading to a unanimous ruling and a new defense force for labor laws.
Chicago reporter Stuart Maclean describes the March blaze at the Grand Pacific in the loop. The fire attracted tens of thousands, damaged nearby landmarks including the post office and Rookery, and destroyed valuable paintings while the skylines and the federal building dome loomed above.
At Mrs Anne Morgan’s residence the meeting formed a new organization aimed at improving labor conditions for working men and women. The event drew a mix of society figures and labor participants as overalls and silk gowns mingled during the gathering.
A clerical paper urges Mexico to declare war on the United States hoping Colombia and Japan join in and Venezuela and Castro stay neutral. The piece hints at a strategic snub and urges neutrality from Castro while pressing for regional involvement.
Two customs inspectors fatally shot each other along the Rio Grande after misidentifying the other as a smuggler. The incident underscores how crowded border duties can lead to deadly misunderstandings.
Elizabeth H. Gregory notes a new Philadelphia style reform, the Womens Welfare committee formed at Miss Anne Morgan’s home aims to improve conditions for workers. Mrs J B Harriman presides with labor leaders Healy and Gould among speakers and leaders including Mrs Eva McDonald Valesch and Mrs Jos Medill McCormick. The group plans branches nationwide and pledges investigations plus non coercive suggestions to employers. The movement argues welfare work restores personal contact and fights social prejudice.
Dismayed Reichstag members blame newspapers for declining to publish speeches, a snub that sparks anger toward press. They argue the press is hamstrung by self restraint and political pressure, hindering coverage of the deliberations.
St. Petersburg dispatch argues Russian autocracy now operates via landlords and moneyed elites, not a single czar. It warns of intensified oppression, rising peasant distress, and laws favoring Russian landlords, risking a future revolt akin to pre revolutionary France.
A playful exchange notes Brewer Bierstein's baby will drink only malted milk, signaling steadfast family and trade ties in a humorous vignette.
Seventeen year old Win centa Shardish of Polish descent was lost en route from New York to South Windsor. After wandering to Windsor Locks and Windsor, a cousin located her with a Polish family. she had remained in a train coach until the error was noticed and she returned to Hartford.
In Binghampton New York on Sunday March 24 a boiler blowout during water intake fatally injured engineer A Hendrickson and brakeman A Korfarge both from Oneonta. Fireman S O Smith also from Oneonta died later from injuries.
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