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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
4
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Edgar F. Metzger publisher swears the Tribune’s April 1908 circulation as shown in the accompanying table. Notary Anna Dolan confirms the oath on May 12, 1908. Commission expires July 12, 1911.
A catalog of state ticket candidates is listed including James Watson Fremont Goodwine Fred Sims John Billheimer Oscar Hadley James Bingham George Self Lawrence Turnan J L Peetz Quincy Myers David Myers and Chas H Good Also mentions a moving van owner a postponed Bryan club meeting a roller skating note banished wooden Indians in Oklahoma cigar stores Wall Street mood versus Alaskan prospectors and Chicago's faint pennant hope.
The piece defines a Democrat as someone who trusts in the fellow man and local self government, aligning with Lincoln’s belief that no person should be master over another without consent, and valuing calm citizen judgment over fashionable public opinion.
The passage asserts strict adherence to a three-branch government, equality before law, and the duty of the executive, legislative, and judiciary to act within their roles. It names political loyalty matters and ends by noting no right to classify voters who didn’t back Bryan, reflecting partisan nuance amid constitutional ideals.
In Rehoboth Beach Delaware on June 3 Harry E. Elliot a merchant and four companions uncovered a tile frame oil storage house buried in shifting sands. The partially exposed peak led to a dig that revealed icicles preserved for more than sixty years near Cape Henlopen lighthouse.
A discovery reveals a forgotten storehouse with a door forced open to a large refrigerator from which icicles hung. The icicles melted in the sun, and Williot notes the find is valuable for showing a new ice preservation method.
Eighth Street School defeated Franklin School 8 to 5 yesterday afternoon at the junction. Eighth Street batter ies Kinney and Woods opposed Franklin’s Hyman and Dorsch in a hard fought game.
Bethlehem Pres byterian church ladies will hold a market at Homer Closson's drug store on Saturday June 6 opening at 9 o'clock.
An East End family head describes a low key night at home marked by rising bills and social expenses. He notes daughters buying gifts and outfits including a 64 dollar dress while a younger child asks for money for ice cream, underscoring the strain of a growing family.
A Monterey article notes two unusual trees, the Majava Yucca described as a vegetable freak and a creeping oak said to personify mystery, with a fragmentary discovery of their strange existence.
A fragment notes the creeping oak of Monterey with its roots spreading to form new trunks and five acres of ground claimed as it advances. It also mentions the Mojava yucca, a unique vegetable species with unclear origins thriving in a barren hot region and a mysterious habitat. A separate item reports Mrs Jensen reclaiming her drowned husband’s Bible and ship’s ticket, found in good condition.
Edison explains mantle based improvements to gas lighting in Atlantic City. An overheard hardware shop exchange shows a young woman asking for a replacement part, saying she has metal and chimney but needs the small white shirt, illustrating mantle components.
A visitor to Joaquin Miller's mountain home describes the poet in corduroys boots and sombrero claiming a U S Senate race from Oregon. He boasts of greatness and references an earlier Whitman tribute. The piece recalls George Francis Train’s quip about feeling like a coconut among peanuts amid self praise.
A Shields trawler hauled up a Bible from the catch 50 miles off the Tyne. Hidden inside was a Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society membership ticket for Martin Jensen of 85 Maxwell Street South Shields dated January 29 1907.
An editor recalls Paul Laurence Dunbar the poet addressing a New York Sunday school. After his talk he told children they might wear a gold crown one day. A boy there quipped that his father already wore one, on his roof, prompting Dunbar to laugh along with the room in a light hearted moment from Home Magazine.
A colt, mistaken for a deer amid buck fever, collapses in a barnyard. Surrounded by sympathetic animals, the mortally wounded colt summons a final message for its sire stating it died game.
John Kendrick Bangs recalls his birthday talk on ghosts from Houseboat on the Styx. He relates a vision where Washington and Gen Howe discuss weight and running, with Howe wagering a mile for a shilling and Washington replying he was always ahead in running.
The passage advises nurturing a child's interest in music with simple nursery songs and warns against forcing instrumental study too early. It suggests delaying formal training until ages 12 to 16, noting that lack of interest can waste time and harm a child’s disposition.
The inventor ponders if aerial navigation has a future and asks whether it will ever have a present. The exchange contrasts a confident forecast with cautious anticipation.
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