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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
4
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A meditation on inventors and workers who did not profit from their ideas. It argues civilization owes debts to those who labored for progress rather than wealth, with examples from Whitney Trevethick Koenig and others and a call to value humble service over riches.
The piece highlights ultra stylish women with straight long coats and waist hanging skirts, with trimmed guimpes and elbow frills. It notes juvenile frocks, border trimmed cool day dresses, Valencia Gibson style stock finishes with bottom plaitings, and autumn offerings in wool cotton weaves and various fabrics.
Tokio reports October 8 that the government will prohibit all racetrack gambling and enforce racing laws. The decision aims to end horse racing in Japan and has sparked a wide reaction.
A $100,009,000 plan proposes a freight subway beneath New York streets from the Battery to Sixty-sixth street with cross-town lines. Wilbur J. Wilgus, ex NY Central chief, envisions ten ton electric freight cars and basement-to-basement delivery via sidewalk tunnels and railroad connections.
This historical piece surveys Eugene V. Debs, his rise in the American Railway Union, the 1894 Pullman strike, and the injunction era. It contrasts Socialist aims with Republican and Democratic class-based ownership, advocating public ownership of railroads and major industries.
Denver bunker tale outlines an unadoptable boy nicknamed Frenchie living in the city detention home. Superintendent Wright inherited the case and faces a two week limit before Frenchie returns to the bare walls. A Denver legend says Frenchie was abandoned by a ranch near town after being stolen by a band of Gypsy Indians.
Republican leaders shift final campaign effort to New York and New Jersey to deliver a Taft majority. Chairman Hitchcock tightens access at headquarters, targeting prominent figures, with focus on winning key states while worrying about Ohio Indiana and Nebraska. Labor vote and rising prices cited as hurdles.
A remark compares the kiss between women to the bland handshake of a hotel clerk or a politician before an election, suggesting both are empty rituals in public behavior.
Samuel R. Worley of Hixburg Virginia, a veteran blacksmith with over fifty years shoeing horses, reports Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the best liniment for his lame back and rheumatism. Sold by W. H. Porter.
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