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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
5
The Busy Bee Hi Store partners with Bubdel and Benson meat market to supply groceries dry goods and fresh meats with home delivery. Customers can call phone 32 to request doorstep delivery.
Mrs. Jennie Simons of Wabash avenue, evicted tenant, fought constables with a hatchet, was taken to jail with a child. Constable Benny Flanagan filed insanity charges to be heard today, with Drs Hall Bradfield and Justice Graves presiding.
Three Cumberland Maryland railroad workers say eighty fish, six inches to over a foot, were found in the Baltimore and Ohio engine No. 1847 tank during cleaning. They claim the fish entered when small and now offer a new fishing field for railroad men and others. Boiled fish from the injector and spouted bass from the stack are mentioned playfully as not barred.
Trustee Irwin of Adams township paid over 120 dollars to the county though only 105 had been collected and kept 315 dollars himself to cover the remainder risking collection from citizens who owned dogs. He has since collected all but two dollars and expects to reclaim it. he warns that no suits will be filed if the remaining amount cannot be recovered.
Mary E McElroy seeks $750 from the railroad relief department as beneficiary of her late brother who was an employee. The company refuses, noting the estate sued and won $77500. The relief contract bars suits for damages in court.
Foremen will have their own shovels. no pooling or chain gangs. Each foreman uses a shovel matched to him, returns it after his run, and takes a new one upon returning. No others may use that shovel, ensuring every firefighter has a suitable tool.
Danville workers at the Wabash shops gain an eight hour day starting July first. Although daily hours rise, the work week shrinks reducing days worked and keeping overall pay similar to prior five hour days. The Danville Commercial notes workers had Saturday off and a midweek day off, yielding a thirty two hour week versus thirty hours before.
The Nickle Plate railroad plans a block system for train control from Pittsburg west, using a semaphore operated by two levers at the station. Work is underway at multiple points, with operation not expected before September.
Three engineers on the Richmond division are slated to be set back to day on July 23 unless business improves. A week ago two train crews were taken off, one between this setty and
Rail employers on the Baltimore and Ohio lines including the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern prohibit assignments of wages under penalty of suspension or dismissal to curb loan sharks charging usurious interest. An instance cited involved a $25 extra charge beyond interest. Similar action may spread to the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia and Reading lines, offering protection to employers from further coercion.
John Warrum of Greenfield received $3,500 after a Rushville trial found the postal car mail bag strike liable for damages. An Appellate court affirmed. the Supreme Court refused to hear the case, upholding the judgment. The defense argued Warrum trespassed on private company property.
A Pittsburg dispatch reports orders issued to hunt for boxcars by the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, and Vanderbilt systems. With rising demand for coke and coal shipments, thousands of boxcars are needed for fall business, and experts foresee a major shortage in the West and in the East soon.
At an executive meeting of the Panhandle employees picnic association the amusement committee added two events for children ages six to twelve a sack race and a ribbon race with prizes of 50 cents one dollar and two dollars. Attendance and attendance rates were discussed along with committee assignments and other social activities for the excursion.
The Ringling circus foreman in town yesterday boasted the tightest town ever struck as he arranged contracts and promoted red lithographs for shop windows. Merchants balked at lithographs despite ticket bundles, with vacant store windows demanding high prices to cover exposure until show day.
Mrs John Pearcy of one mile east of Galveston died Tuesday at 2 am. She was 68 and leaves a husband and five children. Funeral at 2:30 pm at the Methodist church conducted by Rev Herbert Boast. Interment in Odd Fellow's cemetery.
The infant child of Tom Patton and his wife was taken for burial from the southern part of the state. Mrs. Schuyler Peurad and daughter from Columbus visit relatives. Mrs. Gertie Smith and two sons of Logansport visit A. J. Shirley’s family. Kokomo and Galveston played a baseball game Sunday, Galveston winning 14 to 13 before a large crowd. Rev. McLaughlin of Chicago preached two sermons at the M E church. Married Ladies Needle Club and families picnicked at Meek's Grove. M E ice cream festival raised about 22 dollars and 55 cents. Miss Merl Hanna of Marion visits Fred Streeter and family. Rev. T. J. Johnston and daughter also mentioned.
The August Woman's Home Companion is packed with stories and illustrations by Temple Bailey Juliet Wilbur Tompkins Marion Hill Ruth Wilson Herrick May Isabel Fisk Clinton Dangerfield and Harvey J O Higgins with art by Orson Lowell Alice Barber Stephens and Charlotte Weber Ditzler. Practical pieces include Sleep and Re Creation The Garden in August summer salads recipes by Fannie Merritt Farmer Christine Terhune Herrick Grace Margaret Gould fashion notes Sam Lloyd puzzle page and more appealing to readers seeking summer reading and guidance.
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