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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1908
Page
3
The Lillian Russell company touring the Nelson last night faced a scheme by two actors to save board by living in the private car. The manager caught them charging board at parlor car rates and the pair now perform the Hall Room boys act to settle scores. Lillian Russell, nearly sixty but appearing forty, travels with a large staff including a maid and butler.
Fort Wayne residents Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Ginty and daughter Hazel visit F. C. Murphy family on East High street. Rev. John Dunkle Jr. set to lead a pastorate in Arcadia Indiana. Rev. and Mrs. Couch of Huntington to stay with daughter Mrs. J. D. Hite at 2126 Broadway next week. Edwin Barcourt of East North street returns from Indianapolis after two weeks with relatives. Sylvester Brucker of Rush Tower Missouri visits sister Mrs. George Schafer last week. Helen Shirley of Galveston visits Hazel Jackson on East High street.
Stated meeting of Fidelity No. 58 O E C Tuesday evening May 5th. Odd Fellows AH Odd Fellows notice at Logan Lodge No 40 I O O F Monday evening at o clock several strangers will be present and introduced. Old degree staff urged to attend. Sojourning brothers invited. W O B Thompson Secretary.
Logansport court No 233 T of B H plans a Monday night 8 p m session. Chief Phillip Shank calls for a full attendance.
Rumors spread in Pittsburg on May 2 that four men had been arrested in connection with the hold up and robbery of the St Louis express train on the Pennsylvania miles from the city Thursday night.
Cass County Detective Association held its regular meeting at the Trades Assembly Hall yesterday afternoon. Routine business was transacted.
A physician questions moving to Swamphurst amid remarks about local newspapers and sickness. The exchange hints at concerns over health conditions in the town and the speaker’s professional perspective.
A dinner tale in Michigan City recounts a man named G. Bourcier St Chaffray of Zust car describing how a thief returned a missing sum. He compares the episode to an old legend of his great uncle who buried 4 000 louis under a pear tree, retrieved it later, and hid a further 1 000 louis after someone suggested the same hiding place.
Theodore Parker praises Webster as a monumental figure of vast brain and presence. He compares him to Socrates Michelangelo Charlemagne and Dupuytren and Cuvier, noting a kingly stature, dignified manners, and a powerful lion like mouth paired with a sweet, gentle smile.
The piece warns that money buys less in China as exchange rates fluctuate. A $100 salary can become 180 to 250 local dollars, with purchasing power eroding over time. The author labels exchange as the major risk for workers with limited means in China.
Charles Dickens, a theater patron, endured a dull show for a friend’s sake after a gatekeeper demanded payment. The author finally found the official who granted permission and, on leaving, quipped he wished to thank the kind-hearted man who would not admit them without pay by giving him a shilling.
A newly appointed Indigenous representative challenges a senior congressman’s patronizing remark about his suitability. He quips that the country never sends its best men to Congress, highlighting humor in a partisan setting. The anecdote appears in Sunday Magazine.
The article notes butterfly farming advances with large scale breeding. William Watkins in Eastbourne established an acre sized protected garden where thousands of butterflies roam freely behind a lattice fence and are sold to collectors at high prices. Other notable facilities include Dr Hughes at Chamerac and M Andre at Macon.
A fictional scene shows Senator Strimmer replying to a letter from a newspaper editor and a paper manufacturer. He directs a discreet exchange of letters, insisting a public official must resist hostile calls to repeal the tariff and uphold protection to home industries.
A town mother asks why her son needed an extra stamp after mailing a letter. Johnny explains the mailman weighed it and required another stamp because of weight, and he placed it atop the first stamp to fit the address. The anecdote appears in the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Representative William H. Ryan of Buffalo prepared for Christmas travel. He had his trunk roped by a hotel porter for Asia bound luggage, then realized he left all his money and railroad ticket in a pocket of trousers packed inside the trunk.
Niagara Falls correspondent reports Sunday afternoon gunners on the lower Niagara River nearly wiped out a flock of wild swans, most felled by fowling pieces as they hovered, with some birds captured alive when boats pursued those that settled in the ice and eddies.
The article extols mignonette as a natural deterrent against flies. It notes that the fragrant plant repels flies when placed in rooms and suggests sowing seeds now and applying gentle heat for early bloom.
Miss Peachley notes Ty’s habit of looking on the bright side. She calmly faces a mirror and admires the bright side, portraying optimistic temperament as a featured moment.
Antonio Mangano notes three months in southern Italian provinces revealing cave homes in Scili Sicily oil presses donkey powered and walls of mud and brush. He describes peasant patience hunger and daily meals while predicting progress will come despite landholders’ desires.
The piece urges the over meticulous to accept limits, act in the present, and start each task without doubts. Do not postpone vacations or sleep for perfect final order. Focus on the task itself, avoid overreaching, and accept possible failure over prolonged nervous strain.
A Craftsman writer argues that manual labor is essential to personal and national health. He contends that both individuals and classes benefit from hands-on work, and leaders should have endured manual labor to understand common people and govern wisely.
The late Shah Nasr-ed-din of Persia valued a black Persian cat as his luck charm. When the cat died a wife known as The Wife of the Cat arranged a nephew to become the new luck bringer, earning the title The Cherished of the Sovereign and a place by the shah.
The writer argues that responsibility requires capacity and power. Many capable people avoid duties seeing accountability as burdensome. Even high rewards fail to tempt those who refuse contention or prolonged effort, preferring peaceful paths.
Amber Pete jokes about a cinnamon bear and the "Human Pincushion" from the circus side show. The Mastodon Minstrel advance agent notes the gameness of the act and a threat of violence if he fails. The pretend grim talk centers on fear and mock bravado in a frontier settlement.
A quotation from Woman's Life on being prepared to seize luck and not delay action. It contrasts passive waiting with those who anticipate opportunity and grab it before misfortune arrives.
Mr Stubb and Mrs Stubb discuss watching a play after a twenty year gap. They tease the heroine’s changing hat style as a sign of scene and tone shift.
Cartoon narration features a cat admitting a guilty pleasure after the canary escapes its cage. The feline tone reveals a sly amusement at the bird's bold breakout and a regretful remark about devouring the foolish meal.
Walt Whitman argues there is no trade or employment where a young man cannot become a hero. He challenges the belief that romance belongs only to distant ages and that virtue is scarce in the modern world, insisting heroic potential exists in everyday life.
The Strand Magazine portrays London’s legions of pensionless, homeless veterans from many trades living on children’s gratuities and seeking casual labor. Street lodging houses, garrets, and cheap rooms in courts and alleys are crowded with these nameless figures.
The text describes voluntary immolation on funeral pyres in India before Bentinck's suppression. It notes widows' devotion to departed husbands, urging wives to remain loyal even under extraordinary or unnatural actions following a husband’s death.
A storm damaged log of mahogany in Belfast shows a clear image of a small deer and a larger animal in motion, seemingly created by lightning striking the wood. The tree is four feet in diameter, indicating an ancient specimen and suggesting the image was formed long ago.
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