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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
7
A local advertisement boasts that money can stretch further than rubber. It touts a large line of china, tableware from Haviland & Co., toys priced from 25c, and a broad range of goods with free delivery and goods set aside for customers.
The Groat law's 10 cent per pound butterine tax is blamed for shrinking livestock and packing profits while lowering internal revenue. Reported six year tax take fell from 2 cent rate totals of over 12 million to about 24.2 million with an annual loss of roughly 1.35 million, harming consumers and poorer households.
The record confirms federal tax figures align with earlier statements about stock interests, showing consistency across years and reinforcing prior claims. The terse finding underscores the ongoing linkage between tax data and disclosed stock holdings.
Rev Edward Anderson of Presidents Hill Quincy has possession of a Greenough statue titled Christ Awakening In the Tomb. He has tried to gift it to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Public Library without success. The statue remains in a Boston Public Library storeroom as the possessor seeks an institution or cemetery to receive it.
An observatory in Zurich, the world’s only genuine public facility, serves the public every evening. In six months it attracted at least 25,000 visitors. The telescope measures seventeen feet six inches, weighs fourteen tons, and has a twelve inch objective glass with a projecting screen for viewers waiting to use the instrument.
A Dutch inventor turns heart rhythms into a film via a stethoscope and a camera driven oscilloscope. The device could show jurors the tempo of a witness during cross examination, offering a tangible record of stress and reaction in court.
Irene Smith, who plays La Bebe Bax at Drury Lane, claims the title of the tallest actress. She stands six feet one and a half inches in stockings, and uses high heels hair height and a high hat to appear six feet four inches, aligning with the authors' design.
A cow found suffering from leprosy had ears removed inch by inch without pain. The Natal Afrikander warns of the horror of milk from a leprous cow reaching humans and calls attention to the public health risk.
The Daily Tribune reports a grand circulation total of 1,430,314 copies for the period from December 1, 1907, to November 30, 1908, with a twelve month average daily circulation of 4,584 copies. The statement is sworn and subscribed before Edgar F. Metzger, manager of Lognsport Tribune Co., on November 30, 1908.
On her thirtieth birthday the aspiring author Lillian Treadwell faces a publisher’s rejection and a choice between continuing hack work or marrying her old friend Jack Ainsworth. Reunited, she abandons the novel for love, inviting Jack to help burn the manuscript and begin anew.
A short essay on courteous conduct in commerce highlights polite solicitors and bank tellers as essential for smooth relations. It argues that gracious interaction reduces friction, builds trust, and improves one’s standing with customers and associates.
Quote reflects social contrast as three hundred attended a dog fight last Sunday while under fifty filled the church, highlighting public interest divergence and a remark about the country going to the dogs.
Fragmentary U S rail timetable lists East and West bound trains from St. Louis to New York, Chicago to New York, and other routes with daily and Sunday-except services. Includes train numbers No. 2 No. 28 No. 4 No. 6 No. 9 No. 1 No. 5 No. 3 No. 41 No. 43 No. 45 No. 47 No. 49 No. 140 No. 142 No. 143 No. 245 and several branch services, with partial times and agent note M Burke.
Time table in effect November 29 1908 lists trains between Chicago Logansport Cincinnati and Louisville with Nos 1 3 7 10 12 18 19 126 118 119 241 318 332 328 331 319 329 and more. It notes sleeping and parlor car service on several routes and daily or Sunday only operations.
Telegraph style summary lists Monon to Delphi train times for north bound routes with express and mail accommodations. Times include 8 57 am 6 34 pm 1 48 pm 4 37 am and 7 57 pm for express and mail with accommodations available except Sundays. Frank J Reed listed as G P A Chisago with morning times 5 48 am 2 58 pm and 2 15 am.
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co announces effective December 6 1908 new interurban train times to Peru Wabash Huntington Delphi Lafayette and intermediate points. Evening connections include a 855 pm car to Peru for the limited and a 1035 pm run to Boyd Park. Freight service improves between Fort Wayne Logansport and Lafayette with eastbound trips at 830 am 130 pm and westbound at 845 am 330 pm.
March 12 1907 timetable shows Logansport to Indianapolis interurban trains leaving 6:00 6:45 7:00 9:00 9:45 11:00 1:45 3:45 6:00 5:45 7:20 8:00 11:00 p m Limited trains connect at Kokomo with through services to Indianapolis Runs to Tipton with direct connections at Tipton for Elwood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and other stations Interchangeable coupon books offer 12 dollars worth of travel for 10 dollars valid on 32 traction lines across Indiana Ohio Michigan covering 1867 miles of track Traction line connections list routes from Muncie to Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton Farmland Winchester Union City Greenville and beyond.
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