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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1908
Page
11
The Empire Mills name stands for honesty fair dealing and excellent grain products in Logansport and Indiana. Local business partners and the city take pride in this longstanding enterprise renowned as one of the state’s best grain markets.
The Sturkin Nelson Company operates in Logansport as a four year old successor to John A. Sturkin. It employs about fifty skilled workers and exports to the United States and foreign markets. The firm expands constantly to meet orders, furnishes cabinets cupboards tables and catalogue cases, and ships wholesale by Logansport facilities with direct country reach. A catalog is available to wholesale dealers.
Local stock yards at the P C C St L and Vandalia interchanges promise rapid car switching and steady pricing from W W Jones and F G Eberhardt. The Logansport Basket Works reports rising output with 75 employees and a 1908 sales forecast above 75000, led by Frank M Rice H R Garrison and M A Cleary.
A fragmented anecdote recalls a Yankee remark about hearing an echo from the Rocky mountains. The speaker notes eight hours pass before the echo returns, joking that shouting from a window wakes him at daybreak.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a small boy named Juniper, a woman named Mrs. J, and various measurements and phrases. The text lacks clear events or context and reads like stray notes with incomplete sentences.
A fragment discusses Logansport and its basket works, noting the city’s history of local industries and the need for a concise resume of the Logansport Basket works as part of the industrial heritage.
A compact meditation on memorials and their evolution from ancient royal monuments to modern city cemeteries. The piece notes how memorial design has grown into a significant industry relying on masons engravers draftsmen photographers and other crafts to create lasting tributes to the dead.
Scientists note while the British Museum houses over a million insect specimens, the majority of the insect world remains undiscovered and unnamed. Researchers emphasize vast unseen diversity still awaits study and naming.
Spain has 121.3 million acres of land, with about 61 million acres classified as mountains and waste land. The figure highlights extensive unused terrain within the country.
One of Logansport’s oldest plants, the Logansport Furniture Factory was established about seventy years ago by W T S Manley. It later passed to AL A Smith and then to present owners George Ash & Son about twenty five years ago. Now employing about fifty skilled workers, the company ships high grade Library and Extension Dining Tables nationwide, with warehouses in New York City and salesmen on the road to dealers. The plant has been rebuilt with modern machinery and added a patent adjustable pedestal device enabling a six foot to extended table, boosting demand and pride in Logansport industry.
The passage lauds the courteous and kind conduct of those serving the trade. It highlights their efforts to please customers and earns high praise for such service.
A boy explains that if we had instinct we would know everything without learning, but humans have reason and must study themselves, or remain blind or foolish. The passage contrasts instinct with human intellect and suggests self-study is necessary.
A terse scene unfolds with a man asking clarifying questions as a constable arrives to levy on an outfit, exposing tension between observer and law. The confrontation hints at an impending legal action within a Chicago context.
In a Kansas City Times snippet, Mrs. Taukaway and Mr. Taulk away trade joking quarrels about snoring as an echoed retort lingers after waking. The lighthearted exchange centers on who truly caused the nocturnal racket.
A gentleman refuses to wash windows offering to see if his wife can do the job. He backs away indignantly but promises to return within a half hour if the employer will keep the position open.
A Cleveland Leader item reports a court hearing where a man accused of stealing a horse claims intoxication as his motive. The reply to pleading for mercy emphasizes his remaining reputation for sobriety as his sole asset.
A humorous aside notes a wife’s quiet reaction after a stag night. She sits at the piano and plays a hymn, Tell Me the Old Old Story, while the others joke about the scene in a Broadway style quip.
A witty exchange from the St. Louis Republic contrasts a husband and wife discussing housework. The husband's wife questions why the woman does not stay home to finish the work, while the wife of the quoted man retorts with a pointed remark about shared labor.
Detroit Tribune quotes a home grown philosopher noting luck involves intelligence and perseverance in response to a young man’s question about belief in luck.
The memoir recalls a pivotal court scene when Sir Charles Russell’s junior counsel, Asquith, improvised to trap witness Mr MacDonald. A brief lunch hour decision altered the case, earning Asquith a national reputation for wit and skill at the bar.
A brief, humorous exchange between Lady Randolph and Bernard Shaw unfolds over a luncheon invitation. Shaw declines with a witty retort about his habits and manners, and Lady Randolph replies with a sharp quip. Shaw later sends a long letter apologizing for not eating the luncheon fare.
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