Fragmentary OCR Note on Commission Expiry
A partial OCR fragment references a commission with an expiry date of 31 August 08. The text shows numbers 4890 14 ae 4875 4865 and ends with a bracketed 16 17 4865 SEAL.
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
4
A partial OCR fragment references a commission with an expiry date of 31 August 08. The text shows numbers 4890 14 ae 4875 4865 and ends with a bracketed 16 17 4865 SEAL.
A letter from Ireland to the Chicago Record Herald by William E. Curtis notes Cork merchants rise late, open slowly, and markets start by 9 to 10 am. He links these practices to European customs and to debates on daylight saving in Parliament, contrasting brisk American bustle with continental leisure and pauses.
The note lists candidates for county offices including Treasurer George W. Cogley Sheriff J S Mellinger and Coroner Dr M B Stewart with the Surveyor position left incomplete indicating a continuation in the next line or column.
The Indianapolis News questions if constant hurry is necessary and notes that despite English leisure time, trade improves, while Germany shows heavy work and rapid progress with ample recreation.
Henry A. DeFord and Rosetta Hanna transfer lot 21 in Hankee addition for 1500 dollars. Hanna also buys from DeFord for 1500 dollars. Anna Fehrer sells part of lots 158-159 in West Logan to Alexander Flanegin for 700 dollars. Writings show transfers involving Witters and Turley families, and substantial parcel sale of 320 acres to John Kinney for 27000 dollars. Mortgages totaling 795 dollars are filed.
The Broadway quartet SING AT LAFAYETTE performed yesterday in Lafayette. The group members are George Chesser Harry Wood Jas Martin and Len Porter as they plan a road tour after securing a sketch.
At the board of works meeting the clerk was ordered to advertise for bids for coal for the fire houses this winter. About seventy tons of coal are consumed each year.
Joseph Guthrie will travel to Lafayette next month to take part in the Wilder brigade reunion event.
A Bryan club will be formed in the city Tuesday night as part of a nationwide movement to boost William Jennings Bryan. Democratic clubs are planned in other cities next week, with a reorganization aimed at increasing momentum now that the county ticket has been chosen.
Clymers Mr and Mrs William Smith and daughter and Mr and Mrs William Nicholson and son spent Sunday at Lafayette. Miss Elsie Moore spent Sunday with friends at Indianapolis. Mrs May Shheidler of Logansport is visiting her niece Mrs Ruth Reed. John Hardy spent part of the week with Paul Woodhouse. Homer Spring has been ill but improving. Mrs Cora Cox and family returned to Peru after visiting Dr and Mrs Blake.
Royal Centre news item notes visitors and movers between Logansport and North Judson. W. S. Stalnaker from Logansport and Joe Plotner from North Judson stopped through on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Edward Long welcomed Aug. 6 and Mrs E B Thomas visits Penn relatives. The Rhodes family and Helen spend time with local kin. Granddaughter M W Kistler visited Logansport yesterday. S M Kistler traveled to Ripley between trains, and Mrs Gravelly came from Logansport last evening.
A band concert is scheduled at the Old Theater. The event features local musicians performing a mix of light classical and popular pieces, inviting community members to attend for an evening of live music.
Plans to ease through and local train congestion at Union Station Pittsburg involve re routing Panhandle and Ft Wayne local trains to new terminals Fourth Avenue and North Side stations. The changes follow a surge in through travel and excursion traffic this season.
Delano likely to step down from the Wabash during the remainder of the year with reports of friction over the line before its receiver took control. He has not headed the Wheeling & Lake Erie, Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal, or West Side Belt since the receiver’s appointment.
Entries for the picnic day events trickle in with E. F. Hikenberry planning to boost interest. George Mollique lists participants including Henry Zimmerman in the obstacle race John Durham in trap shoot W. E. S. Stott in sprints wheelbarrow races and more.
Jacob Lamott, the road’s oldest engineer, declines a $100 monthly pension to retire, saying he wants to die in his cab. He owns property valued at about $50,000 and does not need the money.
State Railroad Commission urges Lake Shore to bar pedestrian use of tracks at South Bend where nearby factories employ workers who cross the rails. Commission notes railroad duty to police its property to prevent accidents.
A series of brief notices list individuals taking time off or traveling. T A Lufcy is off duty sick, M E Roush on a hunting expedition, Mrs Harry Singer visiting El Paso Texas, Fred May Panhandle fireman on layoff, Mrs R A Miler traveling to Petosky for weeks. Tim Smith pipe fitter off duty due to sickness, Co E Martin out days for ill health, Stag club returning from Lake Maxinkuckee tomorrow, J E Willis off his run due to the incident.
The summer resort up the Wabash once promoted by Thad Planck and named Foleyville will be renamed. It has been re dedicated as Grand View after the required official action and announcement.
James Bingham of Muncie Republican nominee for a second term as Attorney General is praised as an energetic, capable Indiana lawyer. Born 1861 in Fountain County he rose from farm and rail work to teach, then served as county superintendent and prosecutor. His fight against Pollard school furniture swindle boosted his reputation and he later built a successful private practice in Muncie.
A Cass county agriculturist argues that when corn fails the weather is often blamed while poor soil and late planting are the real culprits. He says farmers should plant as soon as frost lifts, enrich soil, and weed control to ensure bumper crops.
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