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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
5
Manager Smythe announces the Phantom Detective at the Nelson Theatre. Roland and Clifford lease the venue and present a high class show with beautiful scenery and a big chorus. A cage of real lions appears in the climactic scene for realism.
A Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company offer promotes a booklet detailing complete fish and game laws for the D. and C. Coast Line to Mackinac. It urges hunters and anglers to request particulars by sending a two cent stamp to Detroit, Michigan.
Tribune Special Correspondence describes Dr Lybrook buying a Buick and local residents catching auto fever. It notes hot August weather, a 5 am Galveston Hacks departure, school starting around September 14, and locals plus churches hosting sermons. It also mentions the Walton Cubs beating Frankfort White Sox 8 7 and Phillips Bechdel building a coal shed.
The Cass county branch of the Carson and Graham families holds its annual reunion in Brookside Park Indianapolis with about 200 relatives expected. John Carson leads the association as records from 1817 to present are read. Walter Carson prepared the family tree. A notable heirloom pear tree on the old Carson homestead bears fruit for 93 years, two feet in diameter, witnessed by travelers from Logansport and Galveston.
Special to the Tribune reports Miss Louise Schwalm visiting her brother George Schwalm. Eunice, Helen Martin, and Jesse Hurd visited Lilly Kurtz. Bowman travels to Ohio to live with her father and attend school. Mrs. Maurice Barnard and two daughters from Jeffersonville and Miss Mabel Barnard of Burlington visit O. M. Barnard and wife Sundar. Leah Flynn of Marion visits her aunt Mrs Cahill. Mrs. Earl Foutz and son return to Muncie after a month with her parents.
Ed Frazier and wife from west of town visited Flora on Tuesday. Will Harter from east of Bringhurst was in the city Tuesday. Dr J B Blackenstaff traveled to Burlington on professional business. The Louisville Giants did not come and no game was played. Dr A J Cook went to Delphi on business. Harry Burns attended the Frankfort fair. John Gilliam will attend the Frankfort fair with seven prize hogs valued around seven thousand dollars. First home grown watermelons were sold on the streets today.
The Indiana Rural Letter Carriers Association plans its annual gathering in Marion on Sept 6 and 7 in Ben Hur hall. William Spillman, general superintendent of rural free delivery, is hoped to attend to address members. if unavailable, a deputy will attend. The program includes a reception, city tour, supper, and a program featuring Orpheus quartet and speakers.
New York letter describes Josephine Cohan ordering a chocolate sundae at an uptown drug store. Her hat brushed a cigar lighter, flames erupted, and the clerk doused the hat with ice cream. She complains the hat cost 50 dollars and demands 19 dollars in return, promising to return for a fire extinguisher and to visit the funny house.
Stella Gard introduces a program featuring Col. George W. Steele, Miss Earlene Bennett, and local musicians in Warren Indiana. A welcome address will be given by Mayor Sweezey with remarks from Vice President W. J. Ward of Carmel. The day ends with a business session.
The Hand-in-Hand Circle of Kings Daughters will meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Mary Jacksons home at Eighteenth and Smead streets. Members should bring thimbles and join in sewing comforts by order of the secretary.
About fifty Pathfinders from the city attended a district meeting at Boyd Park yesterday. Representatives of lodges from Peru Wabash Marion Kokomo Lafayette and Delphi were present.
P A Havelick and wife of Indian apolis Levi Winklebeck and family of Hartfield City and H W Clayton of Dayton Ohio were guests yesterday at a relatives picnic in this city at Spencer Park.
William Gremelspacher and Mrs. Butz purchased lots 49 and 50 in Islington Park addition of Mrs. Baker. They camped at Dykeman Springs this summer and chose the river location for a permanent residence.
The Boston Transcript reports two government scientists declare mad stones have no greater value against rabies than blotting paper. The finding warns against believing any claimed efficacy of madstones and notes the cultural loss for families who revered them as heirlooms.
Fragmentary flyer lists Sun Beam Dressing three ten cent bottles for sale and D and O Polish at ten cent box price. Limited readable details show promotional prices and advertising style.
The Chicago Tribune reports eleven places bearing the Taft name plus many Taft towns. States with Taft locations include Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Oregon Texas Tennessee North Carolina South Carolina and Oklahoma.
Fragmentary notice describes lavish czar era dining where each dish costs 10 rubles and a table is valued at about 3 shillings. The text hints at extreme extravagance in royal provisioning and food items, emphasizing costly meals.
In a three century old Alps tale Hermann Fielder guides Greek diamond merchant Arshag across Sim plon Pass. After Arshag’s jewelry is stolen the innkeepers are buried by an avalanche sparked by a curse uttered for protection. Fateful riches return to Hermann years later.
Mr. A R Webb of St. Louis urges rail passengers to save newspapers for workers along the line rather than discard them. He notes that section hands and other laborers crave knowledge and that Western dailies already publish notices asking travelers to share papers with the crew.
London based Tit Bits comments on towering writers Thackeray Conan Doyle Hyne and Prichard noting Thackeray at six feet three inches Conan Doyle at six feet two but diminutive in appearance Hyne also six feet three and Prichard slightly taller Keble May 19th era gossip piece highlights author statures without further context.
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