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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1908
Page
4
The Logansport Daily Reporter issues afternoon editions except Sunday with carrier delivery at ten cents per week and forty cents by the month. Domestic and overseas subscriptions are available. weekly editions cost $1.25 per year in advance. Address changes and delivery irregularities must be reported to the office.
In a Chicago session the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water Way Association argues the inland water route will profit American shippers and shipowners, boost Navy reach, and deter British influence by linking the Mississippi and Illinois to the lakes. They urge bold, early construction.
John M. Caulfield of South Bend sues in the South Bend court to appoint a receiver for the Logansport Indianapolis South Bend Traction company. He was hired to secure right of way but the company cannot pay for services or construct the railroad between Logansport and South Bend. The ambitious line faces long odds.
Special Correspondence from Omaha reports a remarkable six month span with a six month old boy born March 12 and girl twins born September 16 to Mr. and Mrs. F Edwards of 18223 North Twenty fourth street. Both five pound babies are healthy. Mrs Edwards, eighteen, is a native Omaha girl.
Sioux City reports outline a tight race with Republicans aiming for a narrow Iowa win for Taft. Bryan support grows but farmers, city workers, and Scandinavians show mixed loyalties. Union ranks oppose Taft, clerical声 hints at Bryan backing. International readers note high right-handed prevalence.
New York news that Mrs. Ella France declared all men are devils in court after suing her husband for abandonment and support. She seeks a share of her late father's estate, a $200,000 fund to be settled with a $25,000 entitlement.
Reports indicate a severe officer shortage in the Russian army with about 3000 missing in the infantry path. The figure highlights manpower strain impacting units and operations.
A portrait of John D. Archbold, Standard Oil vice president and Syracuse university patron, is noted. The longtime donor and author of the "Dear Senator" letters is described as an American citizen who "takes pleasure" in the United States Senate, having sent varying sums to a senator on several occasions.
Los Angeles October 7 Hearst general manager of the Independence party denounced Thomas Taggart and John W Kern as linked to a gambling trust and railroad interests. He cited affidavits from J L Leit and G S Wilcox and warned of Kern’s railroad pass amid a broader critique of Democratic bosses and the Vanderbilt system allege corruption in Indiana politics and the French Lick Springs Hotel case.
Amherst mass October 7 a head valued at sixteen thousand dollars is owned by Professor John Mason Tyler biology Amherst college His head is noted for perfect formation and extraordinary brain development Scientists consider it valuable and there is a report he contracted to sell it for ten thousand dollars while a student in Leipzig He treats the matter as a joke.
In 1964 Indiana gave Roosevelt 368,289 and Parker 274,245. In 1900 Indiana gave McKinley 336,063 and Bryan 309,584. The figures show third party and party splits across different eras for Indiana state results.
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