Young clerk testifies in Morse banking case trial
A 19 year old tow headed clerk testified in the Morse bank case revealing heavy borrowings by Leslie E Whiting from the National Bank of North America. Whiting repeatedly borrowed large sums in 1907 often $100000 plus, though notes were in Morse’s name. The boy’s awkward demeanor drew laughter as he admitted inability to pay large notes.
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New York
United States Court
Charles W. Morse
Financial Manard
Alfred H. Curtis
National Bank of North America
Edward P. Moxey
Leslie E. Whiting
Whiting
Roosevelt to Lecture at Oxford in England Visit
The Times reports President Roosevelt plans a 1910 England trip after Africa. He will deliver the Romanes lecture at Oxford and receive the honorary degree of D C L. He may also visit Paris to speak at the Sorbonne with Mrs Roosevelt joining him at Khartoum.
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London
the Times
Roosevelt
England
Oxford
Vite
Times
Paris
Sorbonne
Khartoum
Wheat and flour markets show bearish and firm moves in Chicago
The Chicago market notes a Bearish wheat pattern with December at 9 1 2 cents and May near 1 02 as corn weak and oats firm. Flour prices stay steady with mixed export and patent grades. butter and poultry prices listed for creamery and live stock items.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Duluth
TATA
Cattle and Hogs Prices Reported At Omaha Market
CATTLE prices show a range from 1 to 8 dollars with cattle classes including native yearlings and stockers. HOGS market trends down with heavy butchers around five to seven dollars and pigs at three to five dollars. Omaha Neb Oct 14 reports steady cattle with steady sheep and mixed hogs, listing various class prices across categories.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Texas
The Reporter Sale at Local Stores in Porters Area
The Reporter is on sale at Roy al Slave cigar store on 411 Fourth Street Porter's cigar store at 324 Market Street and at the Interurban news stand offering copies to readers in the district.
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Royal Slave Cigar Store
Fourth Street
Porter’s Cigar Store
Market Street
Sanity and balance in modern women pondered
A rural article argues that true sanity comes from proportion and varied interests. It warns against overemphasis on clubs religion charity society love or politics and criticizes religious fanatics who neglect everyday virtues like work, housekeeping, parenting and schooling.
Education key to sane balance in city life
The piece argues hysteria, not religion, drives trouble as city women vie for Madame President while sons dissapate. It condemns moral lapses such as affairs and convent seclusion, calling both offenses due to unbalanced characters. Education, the author says, provides sanity and poise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Australians Modify Davis Cup Team Roster
A. F. Wilding is not named in the defending Australian Davis Cup team. Norman Brookes and two new players, Rice and Heath, are teamed to defend the trophy.
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A. F. Wilding
Norman Brookes
Rice
Heath
Brookes
Tobacco Sandwiches Real Bread Real Tobacco in Portland
In Portland on a Sunday a cigar store uses a sandwich as a workaround to blue laws. A savvy tobacconist offers an own sandwich with a cigar between bread, and even a star sandwich with a slab of plug tobacco. The district attorney studies the legality.
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Portland
Ore
American challengers set for Melbourne tour in November
Beal C Wright and F B Alexander sail for Australia aiming to win the title at Melbourne about November 20. National champion Billy Larned could not join the team though efforts were made. Wright and Alexander have shown strong form all season and seek the prize overseas.
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Melbourne
Beal C. Wright
F. B. Alexander
Australia
Billy Larned
Wright
Alexander
Has-beens fade from glory in old cup and ship tales
The piece notes that faded stars remain has-beens whether ball players horses or ships. It recalls the famous Puritan once defender of the America s Cup in 1885 against Genesta now serving as a packet ship anchored in the Cape Verde islands.
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Genesta
Cape Verde Islands
Logansport Business Directory Ad Opportunity
Local directory notes that any store or business may be effectively advertised in the business directory at a moderate cost. The notice invites merchants to place listings to reach customers in the city.
Columbia Brewing Co. advertisement features Columbia beer tagline
A brief ad for B Brewery promoting Columbia Brewing Co makers of the famous Columbia beer with the slogan A beer that has no peer and a family trade, offering telephone contact number 40.
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Columbia Brewing Co
Columbia
Carpenter Repair Work and Furniture Repair Services
H A DeFord advertises carpentry and wood floor repairs at 315 Fifth Street with phone 1531B2. Offers old furniture repair and novelty wood work and notes manufacture of DeFord spice medicine and combination toilet cabinets.
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H. A. DeFord
Fifth — Street
Job
DeFord
Orwin & Son Retailers Ad at 301 Third Street
An old newspaper ad promotes Orwin & Son at 301 Third Street and Broadway theatre corner, selling cigars tobaccos pipes and smokers articles with candy offers. Merrill & Son at 432 High Street advertise coal oil and gasoline with a trust disclaimer and invitation for trial orders.
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Orwin & Son
Third _ street
Broadway Theatre
Local Coal and Building Supplies Advertised
Co L Dilley and Co at 515 Market Street offer high grade coal and a range of goods including horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe with telephone service available.
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Co. L. Dilley & Co
Market Street
Local Blacksmith and Tailor Advertisements
Peek and Kandier offer carriage and wagon building painting and repairing with general blacksmithing at reasonable prices. H Weber advertises clothing cleaning repairing pressing and tailoring services at 310 Pearl Street.
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Peek & Kandier
North Street
Flour and Feed Ad on Street
Flour and feed and hay offered with a local telephone contact listed as 87.
Gasoline and Coal Oil Advertisement at Merrill & Son
Merrill and Son at 432 High Street advertise high test gasoline and coal oil that resists gum buildup. They state they are not in the trust and offer best gasoline at 14 cents and best coal oil at 10 cents with a trial order option.
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Merrill & Son
High Street
Clothing Hospital-First-class Work Only
Local shop at 310 Third Street offers high quality clothing services. Contact phone 394 for inquiries and repairs.
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Third Street
J C Julian Horse Shoeing and Blacksmithing
J C Julian at 514 High Street between Fifth and Sixth streets offers horse shoeing and general blacksmithing. Originator of a reasonable price for shoeing horses in stock. Patronage appreciated and satisfaction guaranteed.
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J. C. Julian
High Street
Sixth Streets
Ed Osborne Sixth Street Horseshoeing Service
Ed Osborne offers expert horseshoeing at 122 Sixth Street as successor to John M. Thompson. Prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
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ED Osborne
Sixth Street
John M. Thompson
Harness Buggies and Wagons Ad from Young and Custer
Advertisement from Young and Custer promoting harnesses buggies and wagons. Located at 310 Fifth Street and 318 Market Street with contact numbers 729 and 548. Emphasizes honest goods and reasonable prices.
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Young & Custer
Fifth Street
Market Street
Dentists F M Bozer and D E Delzeli Ads
Dentist listings with offices at Fourth and Broadway over City National Bank and Market Street location. Bozer advertises office and residence numbers. Delzeli shows Market Street office near Ray's grocery and North Street residence with phone numbers.
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F. M. Bozer
D. D. S.—Dental Parors
Fourth and Broadway
City National Bank
D. E. Delzeli
Market Street
Ray's
North Street
Local Market Report Listing Prices
Corrected daily by Bishop Elevator Co. Wheat 95 corn 88 oats 6? butter 1946606 254 08 Curkeys Butter per pound Higgs per dozen. Prices show grains and dairy with typical market notation and scattered OCR errors. Local market figures include corn prices around 88 and butter near 3.10 per unit with occasional misreads.
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Bishop Elevator Co
Live Stock Market Quotes From Logansport Yard
The Logansport Union Stock Yards lists daily hog price ranges by weight with light hogs 130 to 160 pounds at 4.25 to 5.00 dollars and medium to heavy hogs up to 190 pounds priced up to 6.50 dollars. Corrected daily by B. V. Cock & Co. No clear additional data.
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Logansport Union Stock Yards
B. V. Cock & Co
Yonkers Toy Fire Sparks Curious Theories
A Yonkers, New York toy was set aflame at the stake by playmates, prompting questions about motive. Some readers wonder if melodramas or moving pictures have influenced such acts, while officials seek understanding of the incident.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Toy
Chess Champion Earnings Echo Boxing Outcry
The article compares Dr. Emanuel Lasker’s $2,645 defense of his world chess title against German rival Tarrasch to a boxer's $2,600 pay, noting six weeks of hard work. It also mentions cheap boxing gloves and Philadelphia’s prominence on the map.
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Philadelphia
Emanuel Lasker
Tarrasch
Bat Nelson
Halswelle Files Formal Charge Over 409-Meter Olympic Race
Lieut Halswelle accuses American jockey J C Carpenter of fouling him in the 409 meter Olympic race. Halswelle says Carpenter bored him and the veteran rider claims unfair contact at the finish, prompting a formal protest.
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Lieut. Halswelle
J. C. Carpenter
Halswelle
White Sox Fans Rethink Club Amid Umpire Incident
A Chicago White Sox supporters group facing disbandment after a member maced an umpire and sent him to hospital expects dissolution. The faction had already endured a treasury leak scandal, signaling financial and governance troubles within the organization.
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Chicago’ White Sox Renters Association
Treasury
Night-School Innuendos Describe Chicago Rooters
Fragmentary line suggests agents by day and night activities linked to political manipulation in Chicago. The text hints at deceitful tactics and covert actions without specific names or dates.
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Chi
West’s big four football powers set in stone
Illinois Chicago Minnesota and Wisconsin have already elected themselves as the big four of football in the west. It would be a setback if a lesser club elevens upsets these mighty teams and reshapes the standings.
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Illinois
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Insurance ad for George H. Gise
George H. Gise offers all kinds of insurance and 5 percent money. Former room over Bowen Bank. Office phone 482 and residence phone 238.
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George H. Gise
Bowen Bank
Not her Prince Who's Going to Be His Own Boss
A fragmentary phrase hints at a public figure or celebrity preparing to chart an independent course. details remain unclear due to the incomplete source text.
Bat Nelson Turns Author Yet Again for A Book
Bat Nelson joins Mr. Rockefeller as a writer likely to deliver two top sellers in the coming literary year. Their concurrent projects promise strong sales and widespread attention in the publishing world.
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Bat Nelson
Mr. Rockefeller
Tomato Preserves Improvised Recipe Notes
Twelve pounds ripe tomatoes eight rounds sugar six lemons cut in small pieces two tablespoons whole cloves and a large cupful stick cinnamon or three-fourths pound green ginger. Cook until fairly firm but not dark.
Nell and Belle Exchange Farewell Words Over Love
Nell says Mr Firesome would go to the ends of the earth for her. Belle asks what was said. Nell explains she got him started for home and left it at that.
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Nell
Belle
Montenegro Declares Independence After Berlin Treaty Assassination
Prince Nicholas asserts Montenegro is independent after a controversial move linked to the Berlin treaty incident. The prince claims full sovereignty for a small mountain nation.
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Nicholas
Montenegro
Nick
S LUMBER Interior finishing and store fixtures firm
Parker and Johnston advertise S Lumber offering highest grade interior finishing and store fixtures. They operate a yard mill and office at the corner of Spencer and Lerkley streets and can be reached by telephone 112.
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Parker & Johnston
Spencer and Lerkley Streets
DeFord Offers Novelty Wood Work and Carpentry Services
H. A. DeFord lists services at 315 Fifth Street including novelty wood work job carpentry furniture and hard wood floor repair. Phone 153182.
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H. A. DeFord
Fifth Street
Stove Repairing Service Promises Quick, Full Work
Eureka Novelty and Plating Co. offers stove cleaning, blackening, and renickel plating plus repairs. Mechanical work of all kinds on short notice by Carl Nickum, proprietor, 315 Sixth Street. Phone 1746.
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Eureka Novelty and Plating Co
Carl Nickum
Sixth Street
Tailoring and Repairing Ad at 310 Pearl Street
H. Weber offers tailoring and repair services at 310 Pearl Street. Spring and summer patterns ready for inspection. Suits from 15 dollars and up, trousers from 4 dollars and up. Come and see.
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H. Weber
Pearl Street
Tin Roofs and Repairs by H J Trah
H J Trah offers slate tin and metal roofing guttering spouting flue tops and furnace repairing at 311 Fifth Street. Practical timer. All work done in best possible manner.
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H. J. Trah
Fifth Street
Tin and Iron Roofing and Repairs Ad
John Mehaffie at 318 Fifth Street offers galvanizing, tin and iron roofing, skylights, spouting, and repair services with telephone contact 59.
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John Mehaffie
Fifth Street
Montenegro Fighters and Italy Marriage Mention
The passage notes Montenegro fighters who topple cliff tops in battle and adds that Nick’s eldest daughter is married to the minor king of Italy as a side detail.
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Servia
Montenegro
Nick
Italy
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgage Release
Real estate transfers show Elizabeth Homburg trustee to James H Carney Jet 4 block 5 Melbourne Avenue Gal lagher s Barron place location between Park Avenue and Wilkinson Street for £1.00. James H Carney et ux to Elizabeth Homburg trustee for $1.00. Louis D Beckley to William D Lybrook lot 9 Solomon Fouts add Young America for $345.80. One mortgage release filed for $800.
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Elizabeth Homburg
James H. Carney
P. D
Gallagher
Barron Place
Add
Melbourne Avenue
Park Avenue
Wilkinson Street
James H. Carney Etux
Louis D. Beckley
William D. Lybrook
Solomon Fouts
Young America
Sun never sets on American soil across time zones
A quirky comparison notes that while it is 6 p.m. on Attoc Island, Alaska, it is 9 36 p.m. the next day on Maine's east coast illustrating the vast span of U S time zones.
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England
America
American
Attoc Island
Alaska
Maine
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Morse
London Times
News of Sporting World
YALE
Gridiron
Jr-Vilpatrick
Ted Coy
Hopkins
Kilpatrick
Andover
Coy
Walter Camp
Cigari Plug
Logansport Business Directory
Coal Oil
Coal and Feed
Local Market Report
Beyer Bros
Reese
W. C. Routh
Insurance
Prince Nicholas
S Lumber
Broadway
Tinners
S. M. Velsey
ORINO
W. H. Ports
Soll
Foley & CO
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