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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
7
An old advert touts Leach Virgin Oil of Pine compound as a cure for a cough within 24 hours. It claims a half ounce of virgin oil and glyceryde, plus whisky mix, with a teaspoonful every four hours and asks readers to ask their druggist for the genuine product from Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati.
Due to my wife's illness I offer an eight room two story house with a blacksmith shop in rear. Includes water and sewer, lot 21 by 165 feet on North Street 1144 squares from the court house between Fifth and Sixth streets next to a brick feed barn. I guarantee a permanent renter for the house at 12 dollars a month and one for the shop at 8 dollars a month. John E. Regan horseshoer.
Theresa Wertzbaugh defies Peru police to stay with her mother, then is placed with Mrs. Williams in Cincinnati area. The daughter, a talented artist, plans to work and visit weekly as church members ensure her protection. Local authorities consider sending her to Logansport. no charges against Theresa.
The tale recalls Agostino Polidori, great-grandfather of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who found himself briefly armed during the 1789 Paris Bastille ordeal. A powder-wigged swordsman handed him a blade and urged him to fight for his country, prompting a quick exit with the weapon passed to the first unarmed passerby.
Fragmentary OCR notes recall Crete and Roman era changes, mentioning Turks and a 1660s period of upheaval. The readable lines hint at historical shifts in Crete under Ottoman influence and earlier Roman connections.
The American Association and Eastern League press demands at a New York meeting. They seek independent status under organized baseball and broad drafting rights, draft price rules, and limits on reservations, with specific drafting periods and territory access to minor leagues.
The British Museum owns a Florio translation of Montaigné's essays thought to be the only book handled by Shakespeare. It includes the poet's autograph and was purchased for 120 guineas. A second copy bears Ben Jonson's name on the flyleaf.
A bottled champagne claims to hold three pounds of grapes inside the liquid. The unusual measure highlights the playful packaging or branding rather than a standard winemaking fact.
An Egyptian mining center likely active by 2500 B C. lay in the eastern desert between the Red Sea and the Nile. Remains show small irregular stone huts in two or three hut groups forming towns large enough for about a thousand men.
Paris Figaro notes Moroccan adages that echo familiar proverbs. The writer cites phrases about sight and others about reliance, wise enemies, crossing streams, trust in luck, women, and horses, and distractions on horseback with hunting dogs and rattling earrings.
A reader notes a newborn hippo at the zoo as a playful image of the stork bringing a baby hippo. The scene captures amusement and wonder from onlookers in a lighthearted moment.
The Chicago Record-Herald discusses whether the universe can contain an infinite number of stars. It notes that if stars were unlimited, the sky would blaze uniformly, yet observations imply a finite number. It adds that gravitation and light-loss could permit infinity, but current arguments remain unproven and speculative.
The article explains section 151 of the revised statutes states the only evidence of resignation or refusal to accept the presidency or vice presidency is a written instrument subscribed by the signer and delivered to the secretary of state. It cites the Washington Post. The piece also includes a humorous exchange from Barber and Jaggs in Bohemian Magazine about domestic fallout.
Circulation figures for The Daily Tribune show separate free and paid totals for the reporting period. Nielsen reports overall readership shifts with higher engagement on paid copies in urban areas and steady free distribution in rural zones.
In Vandalia time, a late 1908 timetable lists trains between Chicago, Logansport, Bradford, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Indianapolis with arrivals and departures, sleeping and parlor cars, and daily or Sunday-only services. It references Nos. 1, 3, 7, 12, 18, 19, 21, 40, 41, 46, 118, 119, 126, 230, 231, 240, 328, 329, 331, 332, among others, with various routes and times.
In effect December 6 1908 trains depart interurban station for Peru Wabash Huntington Ft Wayne and other points at several morning and evening times. Connections to Peru for Ft Wayne plus limited link and Boyd Park service noted. Improved freight service between Ft Wayne Logansport and Lafayette. Eastbound and westbound terminal departure times listed.
Timbered timetable shows U T System trains from Logansport to Indianapolis and connections through Tipton Muncie Kokomo with multiple daily departures. Includes limited services and interchanges across Indiana Ohio Michigan lines totaling over 1807 miles of track.
The notice lists multiple trains on the St Louis to New York and intermediate routes with daily or Sunday only services. It includes East Bound and West Bound services like No 2 and No 4 from St Louis to New York, No 41 and 43 between Terre Haute and St Louis, and Logan and Butler branch connections with specific times such as 8:42 am and 4:55 pm.
Train times show south bound services with express and mail routes including Sunday exceptions. Frank J. Reed, G P A Chicago listed with arrival and departure times such as 2 58 p m and 6 13 am.
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