Notice of Public Sale of Personal Property
Probate notice for Mercy Axtell estate in Cass County Indiana. Charles M. Cordell as executor will auction the decedent's belongings at the residence in Tipton Township on December 19 1908 starting at 9 am. Items include wardrobe sewing machine dresser davenport lawn mower and chairs with payment terms under five dollars cash and over five dollars credit up to nine months with note and six percent interest.
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Indiana
Cass County
Mercy Axtell
Tipton Township
Logansport Humane Society Officers Listed
E. S. Rice presides as president with J. J. Hildebrandt as vice president and M. Neff as secretary. Gill Po Fl Grahar named dirof police and assistant finance officers join the on duty Felicemen in the organization.
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Logansport Humane Society
E. S. Rice
J. J. Hildebrandt
Urs. M. Neff
Gill PO FL Grahar
Candirof Police
Fiuman2z Offi
Cer
Fiuaane
Pullman Company Faces Inquiry Over Rates and Tipping
Special to The Tribune Chicago Dec 16 The Pullman company reports an original investment of 100000 has yielded more than 32000000 in dividends with assets of 74000000, as antitrust hearings explore berths tariffs and the tipping system. Assistant auditor Hough cites ongoing capital infusions and yearly losses such as 200519 in refunded fares and 111700 for unused tickets in 1906.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Hough
Interstate Commerce
Lane
George S. Loftus
St. Pat
Pullman
Haugh
Robert T. Lincoln
Pullman Company
Marvin Hughitt
Nothwestern Railroad
Exces Spva
Richmond Dean
Dean
Manahan
William J. Underwood
Chicago, Milwaukee, & St Paul
Pullman Company to Pay Mileage Under New Contract
The Pullman Palace Car Company will begin paying mileage for cars hauled over Pennsylvania lines under a new contract. The system will pay about $35,000 annually for the privilege of operating on Pullman lines, changing the prior arrangement where railroads covered running costs and did not receive mileage or car-profits.
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Pullman Company
Substitute Offered as Worker Seeks Time for Home Help
In a brief exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer a man declines a position with pride and requests a half hour to consult his wife before deciding. He insists he will not demean himself by begging for a window-washing job.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Daily Tribune Circulation Figures for 1907 08
Grand total 1 430 314 daily average 4 584 for twelve months ending November 30 1908. Statement certifies copies circulated by the Daily Tribune from December 1 1907 to November 30 1908 inclusive. Loganport Tribune Co Edgar F Metzger Manager. My commission expires August 28 1912.
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Daily Tribune
Logansport Tribune CO
Edgar F. Metzger
Bank on Two Legs: Uncle Nate Swan and the Bangor Train
Major Holmes Day recalls Uncle Nate Swan a longtime conductor on the Bangor and Piscataquis railroad who kept pay from woods crews safe during trips between Bangor and Moosehead lake. Depositors trusted Swan to guard their money and settle bets with steady authority.
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Maine
Major Holmes Day
Nate Swan
Bangor and
Piscataquis
City
Moosehead Lake
Nate
Uncle Nate
Swan
Lady Who Critiqued Fosco Calls Her Husband A Villain
In My Story Hall Caine recounts Wilkie Collins receiving praise and a sharp rebuke from a visitor, a Mrs. Bulwer Lytton. She claimed Collins erred in portrayal and revealed her own husband Edward Bulwer Lytton as a living, superior villain in witness.
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Hall Caine
All England
Fosce
Wilkie Collins
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Fixed Bayonets In London Regency Privileges
London Standard notes that only select regiments may march with fixed bayonets in London. The Royal Fusiliers, tracing to Cromwell and Gilpin, lead, followed by the East Kent Buffs, and the Royal Marines share the same city privilege. A grenadier battalion once served as marines, hence its sailors tattoo and amphibious heritage.
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London
Royal Fusileers
John Gilpin
East Kent “Buffs
Royal Marines
Grenadier Guards
Grenadier
London Standard
The Mental Joy Listen Prefix in City Work Etiquette
A New York Press quotation notes a common habit among workers who need the prefix Now listen before any instruction. A stenographer and a telephone operator are cited as examples, showing how the word listen acts as a mental cue to understand and act on spoken directives.
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New York
New York Press
Outside the wind meaned unceasive ly in prose
The piece references a literary disparagement of overwrought wind imagery in books versus a simple weather report. The Atchison Globe quips that outside the books people say it is raining, contrasting florid prose with plain speech.
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Atchison Globe
Brakeman recounts cow encounter near Coffeyville
A brakeman tells a reporter he ran over two cows that morning above Coffeyville. He explains the cows were drinking from a creek under a bridge, then he swung onto the last car and grinned his way out of town.
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Coffesville
Hkansas City Times
Blurry dialogue snippet sparks brief courtroom humor
Impossible to extract clear facts from the fragment. The text shows names Jimson Weed and a judge, with odd phrases about a wife and a vacation to thousand isles. It resembles a staged exchange rather than a news item.
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Brute
Jimson
Weed
Thousand Isles
Woman Dies in Montgomery Court During Divorce Hearing
Mrs. Catherine D. Galey 56 wife of Samuel Galey died in the Montgomery courtroom at Crawfordsville Ind while attending the Duncan divorce trial. She entered the room with her sister in law saying she felt ill and collapsed. She leaves a husband four children.
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Tribune
Crawfordsville
Ind
Catherine D. Galey
Samuel Galey
Here
Montgomery
Duncan
Galey
Rats In the Cold Storage Room Aboard The Lu Sind
The attendant emerged from a cold storage area noting rats thrive in dry clean modern plumbing ships and far from damp past conditions. He described rats roaming despite low temperatures and frost on their whiskers as they feed on frozen meat aboard the Lu Sind.
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CIA
Fires Shape Japanese Language and Public Policy
Fires in Japan have become a national issue with a dedicated agency and a rich vocabulary. The language distinguishes incendiary fires from accidental ones and terms describe fires from house origins to shared blazes and extinguishing strategies, reflecting a culture deeply engaged with fire.
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Japan
Chinese Doctor Ordered to Pay Wheat for Patient's Death
A Chinese doctor paid ten loads of wheat as punishment for causing a patient's death. While delivering the grain he was approached by a man asking him to treat a sick family member. The doctor agreed to come soon, and the man suggested cleaning the barn in the meantime.
Nature plans well for mankind's needs
Humorous exchange about convenience and imagination in a Washington Herald fragment, noting ears as a place to hook spectacles. It captures a light, witty moment reflecting daily life and attitudes toward invention.
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Washington Herald
He Artists Declare Five Feet Four Divine Height
A playful exchange features a narrator praising five foot four as ideal for women while another claims five foot nine proves surpassing divine. Quick retorts contrast height with affection as a humorous dialogue closes.
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Crossy
Pin Worm Destroyer Ad Warns Parents of Child Irritation
An old advertisement warns mothers that rectal itching is caused by pin worms not piles and promotes STEGktee’s Pin Worm Destroyer sold for 26 cents a box or two for 50 cents. The copy urges sending money to Geo G Steketee of Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Steqetee
Geo
G Steketee
Grand Rapids, Mich
A Dutch Remedy How to Make Your Own Bitters
Steketee's Dry Bitters advertised as a cure for dyspepsia loss of appetite dizziness headache kidney and liver diseases and as a blood purifier and stomach regulator. Described as delicious and made from roots herbs and berries imported from Holland and Germany. Send 30 cents in stamps for a package and directions to make one gallon bitters from Steketee's Dry Bitters Ged G Steketee 129 Cherry Street.
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Steketee
Holland
Germany
Grand Rapids, Mich
Train timetable snippet with multiple no. routes and times
A dense list of east and westbound train routes from St. Louis to New York and other cities, including numbered trains, daily services, exceptions on Sundays, and specific departure and arrival times. Also lists local ticket agent note and several branch line services with to and from destinations and schedule windows.
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St. Louis
New York
Kansas City
Eerie Debot
Toledo
Burke
Pennsylvania Lines Train Schedule and Sleeping Car Notes
Pennsylvania Lines timetable dated November 29 1908 covers routes between Chicago Logansport Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis and more. It lists multiple expresses and specials with departure arrival times including No 6 No 10 No 12 No 34 No 18 No 20 No 40 and No 1 3 7 4 43 21 19 35 41 231 etc. It notes daily operations daily and daily except Sunday services and specifies sleeping parlor and dining car privileges on several trains between key cities.
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ACM
Ghi
Bradford
Pac
Chi
Ceene
Cincinnati
Logansport
Pes
Ubi
Lno
Louisville
Hitaga
Indianapolis
Chicago
Columbus
Pitts
Ijouisville
Uicago
South Bend Acco
South Bend Mail
Mail Express Schedule Details
Express mail service runs daily except Sunday with morning and evening departures. Thirteen listed times include 8:57 am 6:34 pm and 1:43 pm 4:37 am for various routes. Frank J. Reed, G. P. A. signs off with additional 2:58 pm and 2:15 am departures noted.
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Mail Express Express
Frank J. Reed
Chicago
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Schedule 1908
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co announces new timetable effective December 6 1908. Trains depart interurban stations for Peru Wabash Huntington Ft Wayne and intermediates at several morning and evening times with service to Delphi Lafayette and others. Limited connections from Peru and extended freight service between Ft Wayne Logansport and Lafayette. Eastbound and westbound departure times listed.
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Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction CO
Peru
Wabash
Huntington
Ft. Wayne
Limited
Boyd Park
Logansport
Lafayette
U T System Trains and Special Offers Across Indiana Lines
The Union Transport System advertises schedule details with multiple daily departures and limited trains. It notes connections at Tipton for Ed Wood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Africia and other stations. Interchangeable coupon bonds offer $12 value transportation for $10 usable on 32 traction lines across Indiana Ohio and Michigan totaling 1 807 miles.
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Tipton
Edwood
Alexandria
Fairmount
Anderson
Middletown
Africia
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
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Southern Michigan
Charles M. Cordell
Pullman Palace
Pany
The
Pennsylvania
Istence
Lest
Florence
Ethel Aeoge
Traveler’s Guide
South Bend Express
Logan Ace
South Bend
P. Ma
T. Haute
St Louis
Terre Haute
Butler Branch
Butler
Gouna
Logan
Pennsylvania Lines
Effner
Monon
Delphi, Ind
Delphi
U. T. System
Indiana Tipton
Muncie
Hartford
Montpelier
Bluffton
Farmland
Winchester
Union City
Greenville
Kokomo
Merion
Marion
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