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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement asserts that rheumatic tablets can cure rheumatism and offers testimonials and promises of relief. It emphasizes quick results and affordable treatment.
Dan Maitland assists a young woman at a New York bachelor club door after discovering her in his room. He carries her across a river at night to Greenpoint on the Sound, then learns she must travel ten miles home as her chauffeur is detained and no one can bail him out. The scene ends with her revealing she faced this alone after failed calls and a long wait.
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company advertises a booklet on fish and game laws, promising hunting and fishing details for Michigan lakes and northern forests. Send two cent stamp to Detroit Michigan address for particulars.
President Gompers of the AFL meets labor leaders in Washington to discuss speakers for the political campaign. He cites two million idle wealth producers since last October and warns against a permanent army of unemployed workers. The union seeks remedial anti trust and political independence from parties.
Oyster Bay reports that Kermit Roosevelt, son of the president, halted a runaway pair of horses on the shore road toward Bayville this afternoon. He seized the reins and brought the horses to a stop, likely saving the lives of Mrs. Frank Hilton and her two young sons. Mr. Hilton was thrown from the carriage but unharmed.
M. H. Reardon, owner of Allen Winter and winner of the Readville derby with a record purse, telegraphed W. F. Kissell that he refused a $40,000 offer. He also ordered $7,000 more insurance on the animal.
Louis Sewing suffered a broken hand yesterday noon when he was thrown from a rig as he entered his yard at College Hill residence. His son Joe accompanied him and escaped injury. The horse bolted after a passing car and crashed into a chicken coop.
George A. Custer as trustee in bankruptcy must sell the stock of the Trick Burgman Syfert company to the highest bidder for cash on September 8.
A dispatch reports the American fleet passing Gabo Island at 4:10 a m and now off the Victoria coast near Melbourne.
Boston reports the death of Margaret Daly Vokes a renowned comedienne at her Lynnfield summer home after a lengthy tuberculosis illness. She was married to Harry Vokes of the Ward and Vokes company.
A dense roster of named trains and routes from St. Louis to New York to Chicago and beyond is listed with numbers and times. It includes No. 2 28 4 6 9 5 3 1 and many others, along with origins Toledo Kansas City Terre Haute Loganport and Butler. Accommodations include daily services and Sunday only trains with various arrival and departure times.
A detailed itemized budget request is filed with the Cass County Auditor listing expenditures for all departments for the coming year. The document catalogs costs for offices such as County Clerk, Treasurer, Recorder, Sheriff, Supt. of Schools, Assessor, and others, with totals and specific line items including transit and bridge projects and various public services.
The pastor of the Universalist church who returned from Rome City where the state convention was held was unanimously elected president of the convention.
U T System timetable effective March 12 1907 lists multiple daily departures from Logansport to Indianapolis with morning and afternoon runs and connections. Limited trains run and direct connections at Tipton for Elwood and nearby stations are noted. Interchangeable coupon books offer 12 dollars worth of travel for ten dollars across 32 traction lines in Indiana Ohio and Michigan covering 1807 miles. Connections available at Muncie for Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton Farmland and Union City among others.
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