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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1908
Page
4
Logansport Daily Reporter announces publication details and delivery terms. The paper warns carriers not to report changes and directs customers to contact the office for any delivery irregularities.
A Chicago dispatch notes transcontinental railroads will raise freight rates from Chicago to the coast per 100 pounds. The higher costs shift to consumers, with eastern trusts charging more for eastern goods while coastal producers face coastal prices. The speech criticizes railroad bonds and monopolies, arguing consumers pay the price, not the workers or railroads.
The piece argues that steady repetition yields results far more than single bold efforts. It likens repeated blows on hot iron to sustained effort, noting giants succeed through dogged perseverance and consistent work, like an ant carrying crumbs inch by inch to a goal.
Indiana and John L. Maurice transfer to Milton 8. Stewart part of lot 5 B Green's addition on Broadway between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets for 1400 dollars. Frank Barreaux transfers to William E. Keddow part of lot 7 M A Heth's addition on West Broadway for 2200 dollars. Two real estate mortgages filed totaling 102 dollars, one chattel mortgage filed for 100 dollars. Two mortgage releases filed totaling 5 dollars.
A pointed remark on domestic expectations by Ed. Howe cited in the Atchison Globe. It notes that many wives think a husband will return home at noon to kiss his wife, with dinner seen as secondary to the greeting.
From Albumqueerk New Mexico October 3 delegates Adolf and Osgar describe a drought receding through modern irrigation. They claim seventy million dollars spent on regulation and surface water projects, turning deserts into fertile land with crops from wheat to sugar beets. They joke about the Great Plains becoming known as ornamental land and celebrate irrigation gains with a sensational tabloid headline.
The piece traces the Democratic party from its Jefferson era roots through post Civil War divisions to 1896 and the Bryan movement. It links tariff, money power, and reform ideas with shifts in leadership and public mood, ending with a preview of Monday's analysis of Bryan the man.
Claims Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup improves digestion and clears sallow blotched complexions by stimulating the liver and bowels. The product is described as mild and pleasant to take, not nauseating or gippy, with W. H. Porter selling it and urging customers to refuse substitutes.
Berne October 3 Swiss observers note Americans show feverish enthusiasm for choosing a president, while Switzerland, with a population under four million, maintains calm. The Swiss system keeps the president largely ceremonial, with real power in the federal assembly and cantons.
Advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide as the hair care solution for dandruff, preventing hair loss and promoting new growth. A Detroit company sample offer is mentioned, with H. C. Tritt named as special agent and prices listed for two sizes.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan says she was expelled from Jacksonville Presbyterian Academy in Illinois after taking a buggy ride with the Democratic presidential candidate then a student in Danville. She notes she later was reinstated and became valedictorian, while praising Bryan as a winner.
Bryn Mawr College president Miss M Carey Thomas announces a no hazing policy to students, with Mrs. William Howard Taft present. Earlier that day sophomores forced freshmen to sit on floors in dorm dining halls, sing, feed each other, and drink from teapots in a so called initiation.
Roosevelt’s son is reported to be employed at a carpet factory. The note suggests an unusual public interest in the private career of the president’s child amid the era’s labor and industry coverage.
Miss Annie Catron of 927 Main St Cincinnati Ohio praises Peruna for curing years of head and throat catarrh in a month stating breath improved stomach settled headaches eased and general health enhanced she urges others preferring solid medicine to try Peruna tablets as a convenient dose.
Mash the yolk of a hard boiled egg smoothing with melted butter add salt pepper mustard grated American cheese quarter pound stir in vinegar and spread on buttered bread for a creamy savory sandwich.
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