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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
4
The piece urges Cass County residents to buy at home this Christmas, arguing local merchants are well stocked and ready to meet holiday needs. It notes that shopping locally supports home merchants and enhances community spirit, while avoiding town rushes.
The article discusses Russian government requests to extradite Christian Rudowitz and questions the fate of refugees in the United States who joined the Russian revolutionary movement. It notes the perilous acts some participants were forced to commit and frames the movement as part of a long struggle against oppression, with America seen as a historic asylum.
The piece argues that running a newspaper is best done by listening to readers and embracing their suggestions. Successful publishers keep an ear to the ground, welcome input, and publish what readers want, since goodwill and subscriber support drive a paper’s success.
The Drovers Journal reports tanners shoe makers and dealers press Congress tariff commission to restore hides to the free list arguing free hides cut prices and injure cattle raisers while packers and labor gain protection They question whether free hides would lower leather and shoe prices without harming producers
After school yesterday the student body elected Harry Routh captain for next year with 21 votes to 11 for E Busjahn and 3 for E Champ. The roll showed 361 pupils enrolled with 139 boys and 222 girls, ages fourteen to twenty-two, and a table lists per year counts. Carl Bucher Harvey Hecard and Harry Dritt were absent all day.
The text marks the first Sunday in Advent as a period of church fasting and reflection. It notes partial observance of the season by Catholic churches and mentions three feast days observed in addition to the Advent focus.
Keifer and Martin contractors acquire part of the O W Smith farm near the lime kilns to open a new stone quarry. Wabash railroad crews lay siding for mine output, with two crushers planned and capacity of about twenty five cars daily to Chicago. About seventy five workers to be employed as quarry operates and plans for a crusher plant at Logansport cost around 123000 dollars.
County clerk records show only 33 hunting licenses issued since Thanksgiving, far below the 48 issued on a single day at the season's start. The list includes James Justice, Arthur Voorhees, Otis Borrows, W F Brown, Edwin Busjahn, Victor Tobey, Roy Meckeig and dozens of others.
Actress Miss Edith Totten who starred in Othello in Hartford City adopted a roaming fox terrier after a youngster reported the dog missing. Sheriff Clamme recovered the animal at the theater after a lengthy explanation. Totten said she loved the dog and nearly cried when returning it to its owner.
Attorney Bob Hillis for Royal Centre town board attended two meetings. A resolution passed binds the town to maintain a recently completed stone road through the town.
The city council and commissioners will consider a declaratory resolution binding city to maintain a macadamized road from Twenty fourth Street to Adamsboro Pike along High Street. A petition seeks brick paving on part of the same route, creating a conflict that must be resolved before contracts.
Two men claim title to the Logansport Hotel and its receivership. W C Thomas was appointed receiver by Judge Larry. creditors petitioned in Indianapolis to appoint Fred Dyke man as receiver. Local attorneys expect a federal contest and possible involuntary bankruptcy.
Fred Kinney and Edward Morgan were arraigned in Logansport circuit court on burglary charges connected to a Clark's Hill bank robbery. They pleaded not guilty and the case was scheduled for a jury trial on December 21 with bond set at $1. Haywood and Burdett will defend them.
Two claims were filed with the city clerk warning of potential lawsuits if not resolved by the city council. Mr and Mrs James M Woltz report a buggy wreck on George street after their horse stumbled in a gully with no lighting. Laborer Auisin White alleges eye injury from blasting debris and seeks 275 to 300 in settlement.
In a suit by the Crate Pavey- Savoy heirs, the court in Indianapolis ruled for the plaintiffs. The stepchildren receive the entire $8,000 estate while the widow receives nothing.
City Treasurer Ben Porter and Controller Middleton issue notice calling in and canceling city orders dating from April 1904 to May 1904. The action seeks to retire outstanding warrants and streamline municipal debt records.
The funeral for Thaddeus Miller was held yesterday at 2:30 P M from Ninth Street Christian Church with Rev Craig officiating and city musicians participating. George Sehrt died Monday at his Lafayette family home. funeral today at 2:20 P M conducted by Rev Conrad Hassel with burial in Greenbush Cemetery.
Arthur Smith, formerly sent to a reform school from Kokomo and paroled, was arrested early Tuesday with Earl Smith in connection with a baggage coach incident. The Kokomo boy was taken back by Kokomo police and will be returned to the reform school.
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