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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
3
An advertise heavy on sales promises proclaims money can stretch further than rubber with a vast line of china, pottery, toys, and furniture at low prices. A second fragment references a discussion on karma and divorce, noting a Great White Lodge and its followers across major cities.
Philadelphia reports outline university and clergy interest in the occult Order of the Fifteen led by Homer Curtiss and tied to the Great White Lodge. Dr. Charlotte Abbey, dormitory superintendent, provided correspondence with Curtiss to Provost Harrison and trustees. The inquiry examines beliefs on sex relations and the group’s influence across colleges in the East and Midwest.
The court finds leaders including Gompers and Morrison guilty of conspiracy to restrain trade and breach contracts, detailing plans to undermine plaintiff's business goodwill and to disrupt commerce across states. It notes violations of injunction and cites Mitchell's writings as evidence.
Express companies report a massive Christmas rush with trains unloading large volumes of express. local transfer and loading struggle as wagons and crews work late every night. Extra workers and an additional wagon are urged to handle the surge amid oysters shipments to western points and anticipated rise in passenger traffic.
The court rejects defenses claiming the injunction violated free press and free speech. It notes no apology was offered and the injunction targeted contemptuous publication of unfair lists and the Bucks Store and Range Company, ruling the measure necessary to curb contemptous acts and not to hinder legitimate criticism.
A city doll contest held at Stewart Dry Goods wraps up this evening as a committee of three Women’s Progressive club members reviews poems. About five to six hundred entries from local children were submitted, each seven lines long with acrostic spelling STEW ART. Prizes are two large dolls, and many families await the winners' announcement. The judging panel consists of Mesdames R. O. Law Carrie Zorger and Samuel Gifford.
Woodmen Circle holds a regular meeting tonight in the east Ben Hur hall. Initiation of candidates will be followed by a social session. All members are urged to attend.
Rt Rev J Co White bishop of the Trinity Episcopal Church in this diocese was in the city last night and assisted Rev Father Stengel in the confirmation of a young man.
Special services will begin at the Miami Baptist Church in Adamsboro. Community members are invited to attend the revival events starting soon at the Adamsboro location.
Har rison Point hosts a Christmas dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Mead of Mayville Michigan while St James Lutheran youths plan their annual Christmas program. News covers Plummer Miller wedding in Peru, Purple Club Christmas ball, Cunningham Harnish wedding in Kokomo, Broadway nine entertainment, and a farewell party for Miss Dessie Webb. Also reports Ed Burrows and Gertie Schoch marriage and K of P tree party with prizes and burlesque gifts.
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