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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
4
The Logansport Daily Reporter outlines delivery terms including ten cents a week and forty cents a month in advance. It lists annual weeklies at $1.25 with advance payment, and specifies contact methods for delivery changes or issues at the office on Broadway.
The piece hails the era of American novelists while linking the 1908 panic to a collapse in book sales. It notes publishers delaying releases as bank failures and trust collapses dampen the holiday harvest of stories and revenue. The tone mocks the era’s literary culture amid financial turmoil.
A historical editorial mocks lawmakers who defend child labor in mines mills and factories by recounting their own early work experiences. It highlights Senator Nathan B Scott Senator Knute Nelson Senator Jake Gallinger and Samuel Piles arguing for or against protections while praising self reliance and early earnings.
Royal Center Indiana resident Charles Brown declares his candidacy for clerk of the Cates circuit court pending the Democratic nominating convention decision. Brown states his intent to serve and seeks support from voters and party members.
Editor reporter John W. Snell states he will seek the Democratic county convention’s decision to name him as a candidate for clerk of the Cass circuit court.
Editor announces candidate Mat thew Moroney will seek renomination for the county treasurer post subject to the Democratic county convention decision.
R. S. Estabrook declares intention to seek the county commissioner seat in the First district subject to the Democratic convention's decision. The notice is filed as a formal declaration of candidacy.
Editor Louis E K Beckley announces his candidacy for re nomination as sheriff of Cass County. He declares intent to seek the Democratic convention support and continues to promise steady law enforcement leadership.
The speaker denounces proposed labor policies as heartless toward widows, orphans, and working families while vowing to defend the right of an American worker. He rails against corporate greed and political figures he deems hypocritical, warning of broad opposition.
Dr. Ballard says one third of blindness could be prevented, mostly from blennorrhea in newborns. He cites high cure rates in Vienna and urges mandatory reporting by midwives and physicians, plus laws requiring prompt medical attendance to protect infants' sight. He frames it as a civic duty to save a third of lives from lifelong blindness.
In St Paul a wife who shot at her husband on stage is said to accompany him to New York. The quip that you can’t lose a woman like that reflects the theatre incident and future plans.
Cadets from Utah accompany Admiral Evans as escorts in San Francisco signaling subdued disappointment that the fleet cannot sail on the Great Salt Lake.
Wright brothers reportedly trained their aircraft to cover thirty miles raising hope they will someday demonstrate their much advertised device before a public audience at Lerewd.
Milwaukee May 15 Ellie Fay renowned as The Belle of Avenue A is to marry United States naval lieutenant Damon Piettri a naturalized Corsican. She plans to quit the stage while he remains on shore duty and will wed upon his arrival in Washington.
Wilber C. Phillips of the New York milk committee declares American born mothers produce puny, ill nourished children with high death rates. He cites a Plaza area showing 37 births in one year versus 370 in four East Side blocks, argues for importing mothers to improve the next generation.
The cornerstone ceremony will take place next Sunday despite weather. President Ort of Wittenberg College will preside with Rev. J. O. Simon assisting as pastor of the church.
Wilkes Barre Pa May 15 Over pampering of an appetite grown epi curean in his old age hastened the death of Blackie the Rockefeller of cats for whose support Benjaminn F Dilley who died in 1991 set aside 40000 An incurable disease caused by too much luxury made it necessary to chloroform the animal Miss Ada Ruch keeper of Blackie since his masters death at a salary of 75 a month will receive that amount the remainder of her life as a pension for her services This was provided in Dilley s will which the trustees will carry out to the letter The two cats left in the household were the mother cat and Baby Dandy The mother cat and Pinkie died five years ago since Blackie has been guarded with jealous care
Chicago report details Admiral Robley D. Evans and Secretary Metcalf on a secret target practice report. Evans says the Atlantic fleet set shooting records and urges expanding both fleets to forty eight battleships, with sixteen in the Pacific and sixteen in the Atlantic, plus eight reserves, to prepare for war.
An advertisement urges readers to start a treatment for hair that lacks shine and body. It stresses improving scalp health and restoring thick, lustrous hair. Targeting those with dull, thinning locks, the copy promotes a specific product as a remedy.
Admiral Evans argues the Pacific coast would be nearly undefended without a robust battleship force. He says the cruise confirms the need to maintain a fleet in the Pacific as large as the Atlantic fleet. Evans sent an exhaustive report to Secretary defeats on epoch making target practice.
Three sisters of one family have died in three months. Mrs Theopholis Osborn lied yesterday at her Marion home. Mrs Parks died in February and Mrs Catherine Webb died three weeks ago in Hartford City.
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