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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1908
Page
2
At the Nelson the December schedule features Deimetral versus Lewis on the 14th followed by The Talk of New York on the 16th Just a Woman's Way on the 19th East Lynne on the 25th and Bertha Kalich starring in Cora on the 26th.
The Talk of New York a Geo M Cohan work returns to New York after a long run in Chicago. Victor Moore stars as the slang expert Kid Burns now a race track plunger who amasses wealth and wooes the daughter of a millionaire amid varied trials.
The Crystal Theatre advertises Grage Childis a dainty dancer who sings and dances. Frank Andrae, billed as the man with his own face, is praised as an unbeatable character sketch artist. Smith & Kline are top double-steppers, and the News boys Trio is billed as a sensational act.
The Four Famous Franks headline next week at the Broadway Theatre in a original musical comedy titled A Mixed Affair. The show showcases their versatility and stage presence in a lively production.
The four Franks headline a varied program with Frank Riley an eccentric Irish comedian from Chicago and new dope lines. Acrobats George and Georgie bring sensational balancing acts while Miss Maude Chestnut sings What Will Your Answer Be as a thousand feet of new pictures are shown.
Schrock John Schrock aged 1e died at Longcliff after a confined illness. He was once a contractor and later custodian of the Presbyterian church. Funeral at 2 pm Monday from 701 Elm Street with interment at Mt. Hope. Christine Koski aged 1o died at the Home for the Friendless from old age and complications. Funeral 1:30 pm Monday from home parlors conducted by Rev. H E Stuehm.
Washington December 12. The Longworth bill to appropriate 1 million dollars yearly for the purchase of embassies and legation buildings abroad faces another push to enact it this session of Congress.
A poetically framed excerpt shows a mother’s hope for her child and gratitude to Salvation Army workers. It contrasts a prisoner’s temptations with maternal care and ends with a Christmas Eve encounter where a city stranger finds shelter and purpose through the Army lassies.
Special to The abate reports Pierpont Morgan traveled from Chicago to New York aboard a New York Central train. The trip took seventeen hours and one minute at speeds of fifty eight to sixty miles per hour with six stops, faster than the Twentieth Century Limited. W Brown, senior vice president of the New York Central, was the only fellow passenger.
Indianapolis scene reports Burt Kling in arrears on alimony and a bulldog accepted as part payment by Mrs. Dore Brantlinger. Kling cited for contempt then ceded the dog to his ex-wife to satisfy a $25 arrearage as the case becomes part of the circuit court record.
In Chicago at Van Buren and State streets, Mike Roosa the blind beggar quits begging after Judge Gemmill suspended his fine on condition of retirement. Roosa’s rental income reaches $100 a month with additional valuable property ownership noted at the hearing.
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