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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
7
A punctilious wife subjects a new maid to a bizarre dress rehearsal, demanding a full dinner service with labeled china and blank plates. The nervous servant breaks under the extreme test, whispers she cannot do this nightly, and ultimately leaves the job.
A man sought a wholesale dry goods job but the manager required him to shave his mustache. The stenographers said the heavy mustache hindered speech and caused mistakes, so the applicant agreed to cut it off to secure the position and began work the next day.
The Tehuantepec railway opened in 1907 linking Coatzacoalcos on the Atlantic with Salina Cruz on the Pacific, enabling fast land-haul transfers and boosting US trade across the isthmuses. Merchandize valued over $40 million moved between Atlantic and Pacific ports, with sugar from Hawaii driving westward flows to the eastern US.
A distinguished author argues that a wife who cannot read or write but runs a comfortable home is a far better companion than a multilingual bride who cannot cook or keep a house. Talent and education should serve home life, and clever wives balance mind cultivation with skilled housekeeping.
In Constantinople shoemakers recite verses while repairing or lacing. customers hear Arabic or Turkish lines and may not know merit. On the Muski in old Cairo red leather slippers cost about 60 cents and are flimsy, unlike sturdy English or American handmade shoes noted for beauty and durability.
Passengers note ongoing vibration on turbine steamers. Engine vibration has been reduced but water induced propeller vibration remains, a condition tied to propeller operation that cannot be fully eliminated while propellers are used.
A colorful reminiscence notes Bismarck favored Moselle and seltzer during Reichstag speeches, recounting a relay of waiters delivering wine and seltzer, his hoarseness, and the habit of consuming many glasses as he spoke.
A village tale from near Cleveland recounts a man who, like many traders, plays a ruse to show a milkless cow in better light. He adds a calf to imply it belongs to the cow, sparking a dispute when a neighbor questions the arrangement. The owner insists he bought and gave the calf to the cow himself.
A Pennsylvania railroad yard town on the Susquehanna earned its name from a lone telegraph operator in a watch box. To confirm the message he signed operator in charge of the tower all alone and, after trouble on the wire, spelled it backward as alone then Enola.
Grimshaw portrays a waterspout over the South seas as a black trunk a colossal cone of turbulent sea forming a vast pillar joining clouds and sea. The immense column moved toward a ship amid copper crimson sunset and tearing water in a dance of death.
Rear Admiral Mason warned at a Washington dinner that many inventors of automatic torpedoes and new explosives ignore risks to users. He compared risky tech to a farmer with a dangerous bull, noting it can threaten civilians, including women and children, if misused.
A lawyer bluntly tells the client there is little hope of winning because the law is against them. The client questions if that is all, and the lawyer notes judges are not always right.
A guide urges women to train their voices to be low and sweet. It argues a shrill tone spoils charm and authority, while a well cultivated calm voice enhances attraction and tone. It cautions against shouting to servants and others, promoting steady, mild speech.
A woman in a New York bank exudes maternal care as she instructs a coughing customer to get a long-held family remedy and soak feet in hot mustard water. The scene draws smiles from a line of patrons who seek comfort from a universal, motherly figure in the bank lobby.
A wealthy Chinese merchant named Keen Scheck married Miss Anna Laura James in a Los Angeles colored church. Rev. C. H. Anderson officiated for a $50 fee. The ceremony drew almost the entire colored population and the couple then returned to a $7,000 mansion on a popular Street, a previously deeded wedding present to the bride.
An historian notes the safety pin was born from the care of a English blacksmith’s son named Harrison who sought a safer pin for his baby brother. The father adopted the boy’s idea and produced the modern safety pin used worldwide.
A New York Sun note mocks misconceptions about South America. It cites Paraguay as roughly four fifths the size of Germany and claims Brazil nearly equals Europe, Chile stretching from North Cape to Gibraltar, and Paraná steamers running north south nearly NYC to Omaha.
A frugal farmer and his 12-year-old son agreed the boy would earn ten cents per cord of wood he sawed and piled. The industrious youth saved every penny in his mother's care and plans to buy a new saw with his growing earnings.
Rail schedule lists arrivals and departures for multiple trains between Chicago Logansport Bradford Cincinnati and Louisville with various sleeping and parlor car services and notes on daily and Sunday operations. Local agent Burke of Vandalia Times provides timetable details effective December 1 1907.
East and west bound Wabash trains listed with routes from St. Louis to New York and Kansas City to New York. Timings show inconsistent OCR details including 2 3542 a m and 6:39 a m. Entries mention No. 2 8 6 4 9 trains with varied origins and destinations.
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Action Co lists trains from the interurban station to Peru, Wabash, Huntington, Fort Wayne and intermediate points at 6:35, 12:35, 5:54, 8:35, 8:54, and 10:05 a.m. and to Delphi and other points at 5:10, 6:50, 9:10, 10:29 a.m. The Limited cars depart at 1:25, 7:41, 2:35, 8:35, 4:35 and 10:35 p.m. Lafayette connections shown at 11:10, 1:10, 1:39, 5:10, 9: m., 5:10 p.m., 7:10, 7:29, 9:10 p.m. A Fort Wayne–Lafayette Limited Train runs east at 1:25 p.m. and west at 1:39 p.m. Express freight runs Fort Wayne 9:30 a.m. to Lafayette 8:30 a.m. daily. R. T. Gunn is superintendent of transportation.
UT System lists train departures to Indianapolis from an interurban station with many daily times. Limited trains run and connections extend to Ko home Tipton Elwood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and more. Interchangeable coupon books offer 12 dollars of travel for ten. Traction line links Muncie to Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton Farmland Winchester Union City Greenville and beyond.
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