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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
4
Edgar F. Metzger publisher of The Logansport Daily Tribune swears the July 1908 circulation as shown in the accompanying table. Essie Hillhouse Notary Public confirms the oath dated August 11 1908 with seal and commission expiration noted.
The United States has elevated the farmer in finance and society with federal and state support. A five member Roosevelt commission will study social and sanitary farm conditions to improve them, with experts from agriculture and industry.
Brief notice lists Coroner Dr M B Stewart and Surveyor positions with names and unclear context from a historical page segment. Further details are unavailable in the readable text.
Logansport labor unions plan to attend the Lafayette Labor Day celebration with about 2600 from the city. A special Wabash train is being sought and Mayor McKee will join in the parade in a carriage. The Elks band, costing about 150 dollars, will be hired. Unions seek prizes for largest delegation and best appearance.
An article extols improved rural life highlighting rural free delivery bringing mail to farms, telephones linking communities to markets, and modern homes with city comforts. It notes trolley systems and better roads shrink distance and praises President Roosevelt for backing a five member commission to study making the country home ideal.
Mrs. Tilton wife of Henry Tilton a bookkeeper for J J Hilderbrandt escaped with only slight injuries after a runaway south of town. She was thrown from the rig and dragged several feet by the lines. The rear wheel passed over her body while the baby in the buggy bed remained uninjured and laughing.
Rev J C Waite travels to Sheldon for Sunday dedication of a new M E church where he will deliver the principal address. The event marks his first charge in the ministry and brings pleasure to the pastor and congregation.
Farmers across Indiana counties form permanent organizations to hold annual corn shows. Cass county endorses the plan while Tipton county recently organized and elected officers. Committees on exhibition are named with each township to contribute premium lists and countywide prize for the largest exhibit.
Seventeen Pennsylvan ia Railroad locomotives are equipped with fire hoses and pumping gear to combat fires. Their crews operate continuously in switching work and respond to alarms, covering a twenty five to thirty mile radius around Pittsburg amid heavy freight car traffic.
P H McGreevey, longtime Vandalia railway mail clerk on the Butler branch, is off his run with a nervous breakdown after a trivial wagon overturn six weeks ago. Friends in the postal service hope he resumes his route soon. Oliver Higlen of Markle covers his run during absence.
Traffic on the Pennsylvania railroad lines shows a healthy rise since August first with 10,000 cars added to the active list and idle cars at a new low. Orders issued Wednesday at Altoona call for 500 car repair workers in anticipation of a rush.
A. C. Shand chief engineer and officials inspect lines east of Pittsburg and complete the first series today. W. W. Atterbury general manager with 200 division officials to tour east and west systems, with James McCrea president later visiting main western line and key branches in the fall.
William Tucker returns to his Vandalia run while yard brakeman Warner is off duty due to eye issues. Two special trains were run to Mishawaka for a Dodge Manufacturing Company employee excursion, with supervision by Trainmaster Burke and Road Foreman Widgeon. The Golimar Brothers circus will be moved from Auburn and North Manchester to Vandalia, then to Monticello after late Monday night. Conductor and brakeman platform rules were issued, and Mason Espy’s sons returned from Phoenix. The Cutter Stock Company travels Urbana to Frankfort, and a Terre Haute to Culver excursion is planned for Sunday.
A stone walk is being built from the Humphrey and Fisher vaults to the roadway. Six stones weigh eight tons each. The stones were hauled from the Wabash river by Spencer Transfer company.
Mrs. Phinea Newhouse of Union township Wells county and Mrs. B F Kain of Bluffton will be guests next week of J F Kain and family at 1000 Toledo street.
Miss Nellie Burnett, daughter of John H. Burnett living north of the city, married Mason Warren of Ft. Collins, Colorado, at Long Beach California where she had been visiting. She taught school in Ft. Collins for three years and the couple wed August 6.
Colfax attorney Ben Goldsberry visited the city yesterday to arrange a lecture on divinity focusing on Christ. He discussed setting a date and venue for the talk and potential audiences.
George Custer acting as trustee for the Trick-Syfert-Burgman novelty works reviews the stock and closes the firm. He finds assets totaling 35 693 24 dollars, far below liabilities. A creditors meeting with Referee Mc Connell will determine the firm's future.
New baby joins Mr and Mrs Norman P Gordon of Kelley New Mexico weighing eleven pounds at birth. Parents announced arrival and family joy follows in local notice.
The Tribune announces a pony and buggy contest now underway with easy entry. One year subscription earns 2000 votes or six months yields 1000 votes, inviting boys and girls to join through receipt books and daily display ads. Numerous named locals appear in the article.
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