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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
2
New York reports a sharper market reaction with a midday dip following a July rise seen as overdue. Heavy selling by a single house and London brokers influenced declines while Berlin cut rates in response to the Imperial Bank. Bar silver dipped to 51 54, marking a rare level since 1903.
City of St Ignace is the express steamer of the D C line, running three trips weekly between Detroit Alpena and Mackinac. Along with City of Mackinac and City of Alpena it forms daily service to Northern Michigan resorts. Send for pamphlet with timetables fares and accommodations from D C Line 6 Wayne St Detroit Mich.
C W Plummer returns from Mt Vernon Ohio and prepares to reopen his Bates street sanitarium around September 1. He intends to equip the place modernly and offer treatments in the most scientific manner. He has recovered from a heart condition that led to a spring closure.
Two large crowds attended the Broadway theatre last night and praised the show. LaSalle and Lind perform a six to eight club juggling act with skillful manipulation and impressive tricks. Marie Clark sings new songs and debuts the latest hit Base Balls with a fresh monologue. The Porto Rican Military Quartette delivers ballads and popular tunes with electric effects. Earl Hyman sings Sweet Sixteen with slide visuals. The moving pictures provide late comedy and a strong finish to a fine bill.
An old exchange recalls two extinct Indiana towns Palestine and Hindustan on the White River. Once county seats for Lawrence and Martin counties, both faded within a century due to sickness and unsanitary conditions. Hindustan featured in old Vincennes road records and suffered severe smallpox outbreaks that drove residents away.
Large crowd attended a Saturday night gathering at Miss Emma Kidd and brother Charles's Adamsboro home. Guests from nearby towns including New Waverly, Twelve Mile, Kokomo, Danes, Logansport, and Royal Centre joined family and friends for a community social at Fletcher’s Lake.
New York August 11. The dry goods trade waits for tomorrow's two day auction sale of cotton goods. Silk piece goods in staples are quiet while ribbons are active. Gotten yarns are lower and very quiet.
Boston left hander Tuckey pitched his first game, shutting out the St Louis Americans 2 to 0. Batteries were Tuckey and Graham for Boston, Karger and Buliss for St Louis, with umpire Emslie.
The schedule lists Boston visiting Philadelphia and Brooklyn playing New York on today’s NBA card. Both matchups promise divisional implications and late-season emphasis as teams jockey for playoff positioning.
In Cleveland Philadelphia beats the home team 6 to 1 in the opener, then Cleveland answers with a 6 to 4 victory. Pitchers Falkenberg Liebhardt Foster and WN Clarke plus Schreck and Umpire Connolly are noted for the first game while Berger Rhoades Bemis N Clarke Vickers Plank and Powers are listed for the second.
In Minneapolis on August 11 Louisville built a big lead and held on for a 9 to 2 victory over Minneapolis. Batteries Patterson and Buelow for Louisville backed by solid pitching. St. Paul fell to Indianapolis 3 to 1 in the same date series opener. Columbus edged Milwaukee 1 to 0 in a pitching duel.
Chicago defeated New York 6 to 1 as a patched up infield collapsed in the sixth inning. White Walsh and Sullivan pitched for Chicago with Sheridan and Egan behind the plate. umpire Sheridan. Detroit lost to Washington 3 to 2 as Freeman drove in three runs with timely hits. Donovan Schmidt and Street were the battery for Detroit and Washington respectively. Umpire O Loughlin.
Boston beat St Louis 3 to 0 in a game played in St Louis on August 11. Boston posted a 3 run inning and prevailed 3 0 while St Louis had 0 runs and 4 hits.
In Philadelphia on August 11 Pittsburg defeated Philadelphia 5 to 1 as rain suspended play for about half an hour. Final score shows Pittsburg scoring multiple runs in later innings while Philadelphia managed a single run.
More than 30 000 fans attended the Chicago and New York NL game with 5000 outside as a storm hit in the third inning. O Day halted play in the first half of the seventh with Chicago leading 4 to 0. The second game was canceled due to weather. Score was Chicago 4 New York 2 in the first game. Batteries Pfeister Kling Wilse Bresnahan. Umpires O Day and Rigler.
In a high scoring game on August 11 at Kansas City Toledo beat the Kansas City team 9 to 7. Lattimore and Land powered the Toledo offense while Brandon and Sullivan led Kansas City. Umpire Owens presided as both sides produced long hits and brilliant plays.
The article explains that all northern longitudes meet at the North Pole making it noon there all day. It adds social notes: the Canverge Of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City. Mrs John Jacob Astor of New York renting Mrs Adair's Curzon Street residence in London for the season. Mrs Blbridge Claiborne becomes the first woman to vote in Philadelphia Trades League director elections.
Miss Mary Haden chosen for senate at new Dublin University. Another woman joins the council of Belfast University. Mrs Sarah Bryant, a Stonington Me centenarian, sews daily. Grace O Connor of Holyoke has passed state pharmacy exam and is a registered pharmacist. Mrs Ray Metehak funds a surgical mechanico therapeutics department in memory of her husband Samuel.
A Sydney incident shows a cafe scene on Sunday with hidden dining and police entry. A waitress claimed breach of promise for $2,000 after an Italian patron, already married, was spared at first but later faced court action. His wife then sued for divorce and remarried another man.
A playful paragraph challenges readers to pronounce a hundred word sequence about Cleopatra in an oasis. It riffs on vocabulary and speech while weaving odd, surreal phrases and unfamiliar medical terms into a single prose exercise.
A witness explains that the defendant drank and gambled, inferred from giving a blue chip for car fare and telling the conductor to keep the change. The defense attorney challenges the basis of the inference, prompting the witness to reveal the blue chip detail.
A Sydney woman tossed a found horseshoe over her shoulder striking a hat buyer who was trying on a hat. In panic a shopman struck the man, sending him through a plate glass window. A general melee followed as bystanders wondered at the incident.
A yeoman at a navy recruiting station voices frustration over the absence of side pockets in the navy uniform trousers. He notes men instinctively thrust their hands into pockets and struggles to adapt after four years in the service.
In a playful exchange Clara tells her mother she believes a paper of pins was her previous state, because she can still feel some of them as her toes. The parents discuss reincarnation in this quaint moment.
A brief dialogue hints at ancient iron discovery as a classroom topic. Johnny reports hearing his father mention iron melting, suggesting early metalworking origins and the transition from meteoric or native iron to smelted iron in ancient times.
William Slagle of Clymers, substituting on rural route 34, faced a swarm of bumblebees that caused his horse to bolt. The bees, angered by a grazing sewing machine peddler, scattered mail over the road for a mile and left Slagle with a swollen face and a semi-delirious condition.
A leading railroad official warned that American railways will have 100,000 fewer freight cars in service on January 1, 1909 than at the start of this year. The shortfall stems from incomplete replacement of worn cars due to insufficient funds for borrowing or earnings. Demand for transportation has hit record highs, as manufacturers struggle to meet orders amid the post slump recovery.
The note warns that freight car shortages will persist for months, causing transport and logistics difficulties and potential delays in shipments and supply chains.
The Nelson presents The Cow Puncher next Saturday afternoon and evening. Written by Hal Reid the Arizona ranch life drama follows a rough Plains cowboy turned hero with a true heart.
Arrangements set for a golf match between a Marion Country Club team and Logansport Country Club here Thursday afternoon. Logansport players are not yet certain to travel. Marion’s lineup reportedly includes stronger players than those who played in Fort Wayne.
Wilson Searight of Jackson township has secured a pair of elk for his private park in Cass county. The animals, nearly extinct in the United States, will be delivered within thirty days from W. H. Pullin near Rennselaer. He also bought five year old horns three and a half feet long. Searight aims to build one of the state’s best private parks with deer wild geese pheasants and plans for swan antelope and other rare birds and animals.
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