Pular Excursion to Detroit Michigan via Wabash R R Sunday
Special excursion train departs Logansport at 1 04 a m for Detroit arriving 7 00 a m. Round trip cost 2 25. Tickets valid on return trains Sunday evening June 7 or any regular train June 8. Stops limited to Belle Isle Windsor Canada Star Isle Sugar Island St Clair Flats tributary to Detroit. M Burke ticket agent phone 158.
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Logensport
Peru
Detroit
Belle Isle
Boys Blanc
Windsor
Canada
Star Isle
Sugar Island
St. Clair Flats
Proof of Girgulation From Government Records
Record of Tribunes mailed through Logansport post office during April shows the daily Tribune leading all others in circulation.
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Tribunes
Logansport
Daily Tribune
Railways Built for War Across Asia Frontier
Russia completes a strategic steel and concrete bridge over the Oxus at Karki linking Samarkand to Bosaga. The new line, built secretly, could mass a million troops on Afghan borders and connects to a Caspian to Penjheh route via Merv, placing Herat within easy reach of St. Petersburg.
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Russia
Oxus
Karki
Samarkand
Russian Turkestan
Bosaga
Caspian
Penjheh
Merv
Herat
India
St. Petersburg
Afghanistan
The Syrian Cigarette Lighter.
The native Turkish population uses a fusee made in Syria and Austria for lighting cigarettes. It is a brown saltpetre impregnated paper strip perforated for tearing into slips and has a match head. About $30,000 in imports annually.
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Turkey
Syria
Austria
Land deeded to God in 1864 in La Porte Pennsylvania
In La Porte Pa a 1864 deed by Peter E Armstrong and wife conveys four acres just outside Celestia to Almighty God for heavenly use. The couple long-ago life residents of Sullivan county state the land is to be free from sale or worldly control. One son still tends the wilderness parcel.
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la Porte
Peter E. Armstrong
Sullivan County
God
Earth
Celestia
Armstrong
Chewing Gum in Court Sparks Courtroom Consumption Trend
A San Francisco Call article notes gum chewing spread from graft trial jurors to courtroom visitors and juries across trials. The habit arose as jurors faced long hours, boosting local caterers and gum factories while altering the courtroom atmosphere.
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San Francisco
Diamonds in America and the search for their origin
The article notes that since 1830 American diamonds have been authenticated but none found in place. Most stones reached surface via rock decay and erosion in the United States, Guiana, and Brazil. Some were carried by glacial action to Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Surveying parties along the Quebec to Winnipeg railway line are seeking the original resting place.
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America
United States
Guiana
Brazil
South America
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Canada
Quebec
Winnipeg
Superstitions About Water From Everyday Life
An old sentiment collection notes beliefs about water. Water with soup allegedly causes coughing in the grave. Washing hands together sparks quarrels. Water on the doorstep brings prosperity while spilled water brings tears. Spilling water awakens thoughts of a lover, and a house full of visitors may follow.
Man Sells Eternal Salvation in A Spiritual Deed
A Melitopol peasant Nicola Nicephorovitch age 38 in Dogmarovski district sells his eternal salvation and heavenly place to Makar Selenky for 50 rubles, certified by a village elder.
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Rodnoa Dielo
Nicolia Nicephorovitch
Dogmarovski
Melitopol
Kingdom of Heaven
Makar Selenky
Corrosion of Boilers and Feed Water Acid
Corrosion of boilers results from acid in feed water. Sulphuric acid in the water damages feed pipes before entering the boiler, causing expense and risk, but preventing boiler explosions.
Marked Falling Off in Alpine Expeditions
A Telegraph editor notes eighty mortal accidents in the Alps this year and suggests a punchy headline titled Marked Falling Off in Alpine Expeditions.
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Telegraph
Alps
Knee injury fraudists draw auditor’s wary eye
A surgeon warns accident insurance firms about fake knee injuries used to siphon funds. He cites a jailed man who over nine years collected about $11,000 by slipping his knee, feigning accidents across multiple policies and cities.
How a Joke Is Made by Labouchere Told in Wit
The Bohemian quotes Marshall P. Wilder describing two anecdotes about Labouchere and a stylish young man to illustrate a single joke point. A mother explains a fashionable man as a “dude” and attributes his creation to Providence, prompting a playful contrast in the child’s reaction.
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Marshall P. Wilder
Labouchere
London Truth
Northampton
Papa
Mamma
Providence
Girl Kills Large Hawk to Save Her Life at Blue Hills
Miss Eloise M. Shields of Milton Massachusetts 18 fought off a fourteen pound hawk that attacked her while she and friends fed pigeons at Blue Hills reservation. She struck the bird with a tonic bottle, dropped its prey, and later killed the hawk with a hard blow to its head. She suffered only scratches.
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Eloise M. Shields
Milton
Mass
Blue Hills Reservation
Miss Shields
Lonely bachelor seeks company at Waldorf cafe
A Harlem resident, tired after a long day, rushes to the Waldorf cafe at a friend's urgent call. The friend arrives, and Jim explains he is lonely and wants someone to talk with. Jim is a bachelor seeking companionship.
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Harlem
N. Y
New York
The
Waldorf
Jim
Hurry as commerce and culture in modern life
The excerpt asserts hurry has risen from a disease to a commercial force shaping life and mindset. It notes hurry turns peace of mind into money and influences fashion and daily routines, with urgency now self-justifying and barely requiring a clear reason.
The Jewel of Forgiveness
A reflective meditation on forgiveness and reconciliation. The speaker notes that forgiving heals both the forgiver and the one who caused the hurt, comparing the act to a sea-worm creating a pearl within a mussel. The passage elevates mercy as a noble strength.
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Richter
Fearful Wife Delays Breakfast Reading Papers
The wife of a Pittsburg millionaire fears what news might bring as she hesitates to read the morning papers while her husband is away on business. A waiting maid offers their delivery, but she refuses, dreading the contents.
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Pittsburg
Marie
John
The Pretty Nurse and the Steel Millionaire Proposal
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports a scene where a nurse cares for a steel magnate who declares he will marry her. She questions the sudden proposal, and he insists they have time to adjust to the idea while he contemplates ending his current marriage.
Whistler's boastful debt tale contrasts fame with forgetfulness
The Dundee Advertiser recounts artist James McNeill Whistler evading a debt by asking a friend to check his bank balance. The cashier confirms Whistler had over $30,000, yet the artist cannot recall when or how he obtained such funds, highlighting his famed lack of business sense.
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Dundee Advertiser
Whistler
Misleading the Young Idea by a Noted Lecturer
A lecturer extols nature and cites cogwheel ideas from the human body. He tells boys to try knuckle gear experiments at home to lift 250 pounds, but the plan proves faulty and the boys realize they were deceived by another nature faker.
Why Not Theater Plan Sparks Wall Street Offer
A famed playwright aims to build a personal theater but lacks funds. He appeals to a Wall Street friend who, though he has hundreds of thousands idle, dismisses the idea and counters with a blunt joke to simply write checks.
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Wall Street
Childhood’s frank heavenward visit on the veranda
A child flits around a veranda gathering as adults discuss heaven. The girl, in a white frock and blue ribbon, declares she came from heaven and was sent down here with wings, noting she has not seen anyone from there since.
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Heaven
Chinese press faces government control under new laws
A Chinese report states the ministry of posts and communications will oversee presses in the future. Proposals ban attacks on government or administration and prohibit publishing personal attacks or secret government documents. Laws to take effect after ministerial advice.
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China
Ministry of Posts and Communications
Beggar Woman Seen Milling Bread Then Selling It at High Prices
A Beaver Falls woman was found to beg loaves from residents on one side of a street claiming a sick husband and starving children. She then transported the bread to the opposite side and sold it at inflated prices, alleging she must bake to support a large family.
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Beaver Falls
Subservience of Individual Ambition vs. Ice Cream Soda
In dialogue, Mr. Comrox notes a daughter's commencement essay from last June, suggesting it shows an interest in a grand theme yet reveals she prefers ice cream soda. The TV remark echoes the contrast between lofty thought and everyday delight.
Wagner as a Curative Agent
Vernon Lee recounts the tale of Wagner easing a headache and inducing a hypnotic effect where sounds appear to clear the air and the listener drifts into a dreamlike state.
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Wagner
Vernon Lee
Too Lazy to Sign Name at New York Hotel
Col. Peacock recalls Samuel Parker Sedgewick Elliott, a Philadelphia silk house drummer, who over ten years shortened his name from Samuel P. G. Elliott to Sam Elliott and finally to the incomplete S. Elliot. The habit began with deliberate flourishes and evolved into a scant signature.
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Col. Peacock
Hoffman House
New York
Philadelphia
Samuel Parker Sedgewick Elliott
Samuel P. G. Elliott
S. P. G. Elliott
Sam Elliott
S. Elliot
German mask industry fuels demand for carnival novelties
Consul T. H. Norton of Chemnitz notes an extensive German mask trade for carnival and other merrymaking. Central Germany hosts large studios producing pasteboard gauze silk and wire masks. Each firm hires its own designers and pushes new designs, boosting a growing steady trade with the United States.
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T. H. Norton
Chemnitz
Germany
United States
Lamp for Dante’s Tomb to Burn Perpetually in Ravenna
The Italian Dante society will furnish a lamp for Dante’s Ravenna tomb, to be kept forever burning at Florence’s expense. The fourteenth century Venetian style lamp features an ostrich egg, copper circlet with gems, lapis lazuli and malachite, and a cup of fine Venetian crystal, with work praised as in Florentine tradition. It should be installed in Ravenna around October.
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Dante Society
Ravenna
Florence
Black Walnuts as Fuel Versus Coal In Owen County
The Owen County Democrat urges using black walnuts as fuel offering quicker hotter fires and greater heat per ton than coal. Readily gathered in Owen County this year, walnuts can be dried with hulls and burned like coal or mixed with coal or wood to save money on heating costs.
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Owen County
Owen County Democrat
Time Flies As Mother and Daughter Argue Over Hour
In a humorous exchange quoted from The Catholic Standard and Times a mother questions when a young man departed last night and daughter Mabel insists it was nearly 11 o clock and then reflects on how they both misjudged the time in a dreamlike statement.
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Mabel
Catholic Standard and Times
Unhappy Mean s Snicker Do you like the four day Loat
Unclear excerpt presents a snide remark about a four day event, with characters Bocker and others debating enjoyment and recovery. The readable text shows banter and a dismissive tone but few concrete details or names.
Train Schedule Fragments Show Routes and Times
A garbled listing details passenger trains between New York and cities like St Louis Kansas City and Toledo. Times for some trains are visible while others are unreadable with a local ticket agent Burke noted.
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St. Louis
New York
Kansas City
Toledo
Pan Calactean
Pennsylvania Lines Schedule of Trains and Stops
Long timetable lists arrivals and departures between Chicago Logansport Louisville and other points. Includes train numbers, times, sleeping car and parlor car notes, and daily service variants from May 1908 Vandalia timetable.
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Chicago
Louisville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Columbus
Pittsburg
Loufville
Logansport
Springfield
No 48 Logan Ace Sunday Race Start Time
No 48 Logan Ace is listed with Sunday only service at 10 05 a m and No 58 South Bend Ace appears as Sunday only. The schedule presents limited weekday trains or services for these entries.
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Vandalla
South Bend Acco
Huntington
Boyd Park
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
R. T. Gunn
Supt. Trans
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Logan Ace
Eccescennes
South Bend
T. Haute
St. Louis
Terre Haute
Eee
Logansport
Logan
Butler
Logan Ac
Limited trains and coupon offer link Indiana traction lines
Train schedule lists start and end times with limited services and direct connections at Tipton and Muncie. Interchangeable Coupon Books offer twelve dollars worth of transportation for ten dollars across 32 traction lines in Indiana Ohio and Michigan covering 1807 miles.
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Kokomo
Indianapolis
Tipton
Elwood
Alexandria
Fairmount
Anderson
Middletown
Muncie
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Hartford City
Montpelier
Bluffton
Farmland
Winchester
Union City
Greenville
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Joseph T. Bahr
Third and Broadway
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Bird
Traveler’s Guide
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East
CIA
Bradford
Setween
Lou
Effner
A& m
Wayna
Wabash Valley Action CO
Wabash
Delphi
Ars
Monon
Delphi, Inc
North Bound
Mail Express Express
Frank J. Reed
U. T
Marion
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