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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
6
A determined woman on a streetcar seat refuses to pay a conductor for the colonel, who tries to pass his own fare. The woman mocks him and reveals he’s her husband aiming to provoke a fight, declaring she won’t pay for Mary.
Chicago reports strong wheat trading aided by smaller northwest arrivals and firm overseas cables. May wheat rises to around 1.01 while corn and oats show mixed movements. hogs and provisions edge lower on large supplies. Estimated tomorrow receipts list wheat 17 cars, hogs 48,000 head, cattle 5,600. Bulls hint at steady to higher farm prices amid tight wheat flow.
Indianapolis stock report shows 15 000 hogs 1 700 cattle and 200 sheep received versus last week and last year. Upturn in hog prices late last week encouraged packers but today large receipts allowed buyers to trim advances with some sales at yesterday's levels and later declines of 5 to 10 cents.
Market report from The Tribune consolidates daily prices across Loganport and surrounding areas. Listings cover Timothy hay, grains, hogs, cattle, calves, sheep, country produce, poultry, and regional quotes from multiple firms and yards. Corrected daily by Bishop Elevator Co., W C Routh & Co., Logansport Union Stock Yards, McCaffrey & Co., Foley Co., Baughman & Stuart, Kinney, Galveston Grain Co., Stanley & Pearcy, L E Miller, W G Sweet, Remley & Smith.
Market notes show cattle and hog prices by Bishop Elevator Rich Bros and W. C. Richard & Co with cows 2.00 to 3.50 and calves 4.00 to 5.00. Grain values list wheat 90 to 92 cents, corn 62 cents, oats 44 cents. Poultry and eggs priced by Miller and Walker with capons 8 to 12 cents and eggs 18 cents.
Royal Centre welcomed a son born to Harry Gilpin and wife Monday January 27. Local updates list residents visiting, moving, and returning, including Dan Codt shipping cattle to Indianapolis and E E Howell moving to the L N Washburn property. A horse thief detective association was organized, and revival meetings at the Baptist church draw growing crowds.
A sad-eyed passenger recalls marrying the widow of a man hanged and learning the widow praises the executed man, while the sg. e. p. notes the husband earned harsher fate. The hardware drummer injects a sharp witticism about the hangings.
A long friendship and a short engagement may be the best mix. Prolonged engagements strain the sexes with drawbacks of matrimony and lack of finality. For women it means the burdens without worldly advantages while men feel the marriage yoke without its satisfactions. The Grand Magazine.
Big George complains at the Fairmont booze bazar that a windmill he tested at a Sonoma ranch failed to move on three Sundays. A new arrival bets 50 cents as the vendor jokes about wind. George insists the device is faulty due to lack of wind and sun.
A Metropolitan Opera board member recounts a musician’s wife describing her husband’s opera preferences. She notes a dislike for Wagner, claiming Wagner shows wear on his shirts, while she favors Italian operas and jokes about his torn clothes after Wagner performances.
A Virginia boy climbed an apple tree to pocket fruit. a farmer's hired man chased him down and the boy fell breaking his leg. The father sues for damages arguing the boy should have had time to descend safely. The case questions duty in such property disputes and implies broader legal standards.
In Travel Magazine a woman travels to a doctor seated in a chair on a man’s back. contrasts with fear of male cars and spinning trolleys. The piece notes some women cannot pay coach fare and hire a human carrier for a few cents per trip.
Territorial dialogue depicts a rough exchange between Larry and Denny about courage during a great battle. The injured tone and rural dialect convey fear and bravado amid shelling in a wartime setting.
A preserved inscription notes the fountain Bab Silsilea was built about 800 years ago in Jerusalem’s Temple Area. It has long been fed by water piped from Solomba’s Pools, supplying nine men away.
A speaker describes various laughs from cheerful open mirth to sneering secretive tittering. He warns that mirthless laughter at others’ distress hurts the object and lingers as a negative memory, while a spontaneous honest laugh can cleanse and refresh both speaker and listener.
A Tar Heel relays claims from the American encyclopedia about Miles Darden born 1798 in North Carolina. He stood seven feet six inches tall and reportedly weighed 871 pounds in 1845, later said to exceed 1,000 pounds at death in Tennessee on January 23, 1857.
A young man recounts giving his seat to a woman and receiving effusive thanks. He notes some ladies are grateful in excess, preferring a simple nod and smile as proper acknowledgment over lengthy praise in public.
Wealthy Greek Sevastopulos bequeaths 1 million dollars for public uses. One hundred thousand goes to the Greek Royal Agricultural Society, sixty thousand to found a technical school for workers, and eight hundred thousand to various philanthropic institutions in Athens and Constantinople.
Percy Plum tries for nearly an hour to reach Miss Peachreen by telephone, calling her repeatedly and startling her with the persistent inquiry. The exchange includes playful reproach about speaking loudly on the line.
A London paper notes Lord Chesham who recently died in the hunting field was born December 13, 1850 and married November 13, 1877. His elder son born September 13, 1878 fell in the South African war, and the second son born June 13, 1894 became fourth baron at age 13.
A diner condemns a touted dollar table d hate dinner calling it venomous. He pushes aside an entree and declares he would not recommend it to friends. A sad-faced waiter responds with a clipped remark inviting enemies to be sent.
A Houston Post item recalls a comic moment as a banana skin mishap triggers a punning exchange about life’s difficulties. The quip underscores the era’s humorous take on everyday missteps and resilience.
Onward correspondence reports Dewey Birnell ill with lung fever and Mrs. Annas Fourst visiting in Loree. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or move residences including Lewis Little heading to a six month stay in Cuba and Ed Shank moving to Solomon Kulb's farm. Births, illness, church events, and social visits populate the week with multiple mentions of Puterbaugh family members and neighbors in Kirkland, Kokomo, Marion, Lewisburg, and Bunker Hill.
Flora has transformed from a small village to Carroll county’s leading business hub. The town built three miles of cement walks, an $8,000 drainage system, and a $25,000 water works plant, funded by property taxes. New banks, stores, factories, and services proliferate as residents push for more industry and improved infrastructure.
A Chicago theatrical manager recalls Clara Bloodgood describing her social season. He notes her sharp wit and beauty as well as a tea at the Auditorium where she quipped about a society woman’s visit to Bar Harbor and her daughter.
A Chicago Tribune passage explains snow appears white because elementary colors blend in the radiant light from crystal surfaces. It notes numerous snow crystal forms and that air between frozen particles contributes to whiteness.
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