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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1908
Page
2
A northern trip organized for Tuesday September 1 invites travelers to join and view top grain yields in North America. The package includes a one day at Minnesota State Fair with a special Logansport car, round trip fare 25 dollars, and reservations available by writing or calling.
A fragmented notice notes real estate activity in Waba City with hints of market movement and development interest. Details are limited but indicate ongoing property transactions and potential new listings in the local area.
A man calling himself Eckman, described as mentally troubled, roams the southern county visiting farms seeking food and shelter. Though well dressed and clean, residents fear a capture and possible institutional care, with talks of sending him to Longcliff or county jail unless managed.
The Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company advertises a booklet titled Goin' Fishin It contains complete fish and game laws and coast line notes to Mackinac for hunters and anglers. Read for particulars and send two cent stamp to Detroit, Michigan address.
The Bic League title chase tightens as key races tighten the gap between contenders. Analysts note rising competition and shifting momentum across remaining fixtures.
Pittsburg edged Brooklyn 1 to 0 after seventeen innings, in a record length game. Thomas delivered a key throw from center in the 13th to prevent Pastorius, and Moeller drove in the deciding run in the 17th after two were out. Young scored on Thomas’s single, Pastorius advanced on Thomas, then Moeller’s Texas leaguer plated the winner.
Mrs Herbert Boase and son visit Wabash friends while Misses Alice and Nellie Helm of Indianapolis stay with George Davis. Walter King days in Walton with brother Kenneth. Pocket book with $12.50 found. money returned by Harry Bilk. Typhoid illness keeps Lawrence McDonald under care with Mrs Harry Persinger assisting. Picnic agent duties at Lake Maxinkuckee handled by E A Foreman during Charles Streidle’s absence. Local visits include Mrs James Brown from Chicago and Uncle George Smith with Mollie Miller returning from Kentucky. Several relatives visit Ohio towns and Kokomo friend George Davis hosts in Galveston. Three year old Frank Fickle sustains scalp wound from wheel. twelve stitches applied by Dr Z A Loop.
Charlie Fickle and his wife fell from a horse on Thursday and he broke his arm between the elbow and wrist. Dr. Cornell was called in to set the bone and reports Charlie is doing nicely.
Special to the Tribune reports several local social visits. Siddel family and children traveled to Indianapolis for a few days. Various guests visited the Bishops, Keslings, and Fauchs, with gatherings including a dinner hosted by Virgil Fiomerfelt for the Millers and Dr. Dutchess.
In a throwback day of matchups Columbus at St Paul Toledo at Minneapolis Indianapolis at Kansas City Louisville at Milwaukee to Boston today in the fifteenth in ning Bates led off with his fifth hit a sacrifice and two more singles followed scoring two runs Chicago 1 Boston 3 final with Brown Kling and Tuckey Graham delivering the batteries Umpires Rigler and Rudderham
Chicago tops Boston 7 6 in a hard hitting game with poor base running by Boston. Columbus shuts out St Paul 11 0 as Gehring and teammates hold the line. Indianapolis edges Kansas City 3 2 in a pitching duel, Marquard and Brandon solid on the mound.
Cleveland wins easily by collecting hits off Vickers and Dygart as Philadelphia struggles. Final score 9 to 1 with strong Cleveland offense and pitching. Umpires Sheridan and Evans noted. Detroit tops Washington 6 to 4 in another box score.
Milwaukee defeated Louisville 6 to 1 to move ahead of the former first-place club. Stovall was knocked unconscious by a foul ball in the eighth but was revived and later singled.
In Minneapolis on August 22 Toledo defeated Minneapolis 7 to 3. Patterson was hit hard by Toledo as batteries Patterson and Buelow team with Block Steen and Abbott against Minneapolis pitcher Kane. Final score listed as Toledo 7 Minneapolis 3 with umpire Kane.
Beginning Monday August 24 the Broadway theatre offers a new vaudeville program. The Colbys perform music and mystery, Mule Alma presents a high class singing act, Fern and Mack deliver comedy singing and dancing, Earl Hyman sings a popular hit, and the show includes two moving pictures.
The Ark screens East Lynne Monday and Tuesday, a 1990 plus foot film, presenting pathos, humor and tragedy with lifelike detail. The theater, known for quality pictures, reports crowds nightly and promises a faithful portrayal of the classic story.
The Columbia Stock Company opens Monday Aug 24 at Theatre Nelson with a week of plays including On the Ranch The Golden Inn Sins of the Father A Mother's Love Little Gypsy Out West A Wise Woman Deadwood Dick and vaudeville features. The large troupe is praised by the press with popular prices daily matinees and a free 30 cent ticket for every lady accompanying a paid adult on opening night.
A rambling solicitous letter offers a $500 reward to prove genuineness of Swiss Herb Tea claims. It cites multiple testimonials from Brooklyn Iowa and Montezuma, urging delivery of more product to SARAH Lowell and Mrs Me, asserting cures and long-term illness relief with no doctors involved.
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