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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1908
Page
4
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of November 1908. E V Hillhouse Notary Public. My commission expires 8 26 1912.
A slang filled notion suggests that a destitute man might accept Carnegie's offer of a one million dollar monthly income with a substantial guarantee to return him to the poverty he started from.
The Westminster Gazette asserts that the term frazzle existed in England before Columbus's time, not coined by General Gordon Roosevelt or any American. The remark challenges the notion of American coinage and highlights an earlier English usage.
Net earnings rise from a year ago when freight congestion hurt banks. With business outlook brightening, common carriers have no reason to risk conflict with shippers consumers and the government by raising rates. The poverty plea won’t wash as roads soon enjoy earnings under old rates.
Commentary argues the truce with Japan avoids war talk by avoiding firm treaties or guarantees. It notes the joint commitment to conference before major moves, warns formal alliances could backfire, and mentions past anxieties over school incidents and immigration. It frames world politics as cautionary and non confrontational.
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans to place inspectors at rail manufacturers to inspect all steel billets and each rail before delivery. Other major lines are expected to follow with orders for the coming year within ten days.
Announcement in Philadelphia notes W. W. Atterbury, currently general manager, to be promoted to vice president increasing the number in that rank to six. John P. Green, first vice president, will retire in July due to age, with S. C. Long of the Western division slated for the next promotion.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has begun constructing fifteen consolidated locomotives at its Juniata shops. Details include 62 inch drivers, Belpaire boiler, tubes 465 inches, boiler length 14 feet, heating surface 3.839 square feet, grain area 65.13 square feet, and tractive effort of 42 661 pounds.
The Cass county Tribune notes a poetry slump due to Christmas shopping but features a poem by H. D. Weaver of Onward Indiana titled Christmas Eve. The piece describes eager children awaiting Santa, December days, snow, electric lights, stockings filled with toys, and a wish for Christmas to be every day.
Officials attempted to shift the burden among counties but failed, leaving the problem unresolved in their midst. The discussion, marked by repeated delays and clarification efforts, highlighted ongoing friction over responsibility.
The English Lutheran church in Logansport Indiana dedicated a new sanctuary debt free after a Sunday program led by Rev C G Heckert of Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio. Morning service featured a masterly sermon and special music. Eight thousand dollars was raised during the day, adding to thirteen thousand pledged earlier and four thousand assumed by officers to cover the twenty five thousand dollar costs.
The report notes a Saturday game that contrasts sharply with the former five man setup, highlighting a dramatic shift in style and approach for the team and its observers.
Kokomo’s T J Fawcett recovers a watch lost in a Galveston saloon twenty two months ago after a night of knocking out drops alleged by a friend. He recalls little of the event but credits the watch passing through several hands including a man named Freeman who left Kokomo over a year ago.
Mrs Frank Reader and son Paul will visit relatives at Monticello for the holidays. H Simmons is in Chicago on a shopping trip. The Panhandle will haul the Fifty Miles From Broadway company from this city to Marion today on train No 20 with an extra coach and baggage car for the troupe. George Solman will spend the holidays with friends at Cincinnati. J Stephenson spent Sunday with relatives in Anderson. L V Trout and wife have gone to South Whitley for the holidays. W H Vernon car repairman is visiting in Chicago. K Brown clerk of the boiler shop office has returned from a visit. Harry Fries apprentice in the erecting department has returned from a trip to Chicago.
Culver military students depart for Chicago today. Fred Kimball a tank repairman will spend Christmas with relatives in Walkerton Indiana. Boyd Smith has accepted a position as extra brakeman.
Engine No. 37 undergoes Class 3 repairs in back shop. J P Rose travels to La Royal Michigan for holidays along with Levi High. Fred Tanguy to Chicago for holiday visit. Ed Conray listed sick. Reynolds and Chesterson tested engine 345. Tom Perkins to Terre Haute for Christmas. Floyd O Neal welcomes a ten pound girl. mother and baby reported fine. Vandalia to haul Bertha Kalish company gear from Michigan City to Logansport on December 26. Mrs A S Hauck hospitalized at 725 Michigan Ave. William Morris named assistant foreman at Vandalia yards and to relocate from Columbia City. C R Twitcher resumes duty. Lee Robinson back from funeral in Delong. John Hearst takes extra brakeman role.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McClain of H.2 m Street were summoned to Flora on Sunday due to the serious illness of McClain’s father, prompting concern and family travel.
Reverend Ides of Young America recovered a purse he lost on October first. It contained $15 when lost but was empty when returned after two and a half months. A note said it was sent back because of a receipt it contained.
Longcliffe officials refuse admission to Mrs. McFarren of Peru, after her husband James McFarren faced lunacy charges. Officials cite her as an idiot and the only humane institution appears to be the poor house, leaving the case unresolved.
Auditor Shinn and auditors from fourteen counties in Ohio and Indiana record a mortgage from the Dietrich syndicate to the Central Test Co of New York. The mortgage now goes on record for the second time due to initial typographical errors.
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