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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1908
Page
7
A Japanese college girl asserts Japan has no domestic animals to disturb slumber. She notes dogs and cats are kept away, pigs are unknown, and chickens are housed far from homes, claiming nights of perfect quietude and calling Japan a best place on earth for sleeping.
A jeweler scorns women for misusing watches and recounts a case where a left handed customer wound a timepiece the wrong way, causing repeated stoppages. The anecdote ends with the shopkeeper admitting the oddity beats his usual experiences.
Vancouver trapper George H. Hower notes beavers remain plentiful in the Elk River area, with thousands present on the Fraser tributary this season. Trappers rush to trap, sending most skins to San Francisco, some to Montreal and Toronto, then outward to other Canadian cities and Europe.
A curious breakdown counts 69 pieces in a violin including back 2 pieces belly 2 sides 5 bar 1 purflings 24 and more. It notes maple for back neck sides bridge pine for belly bar linings and sound-post ebony for finger-board tail board nut guard for string pegs and button.
Col Philip Reade of the Twenty third United States infantry presents epigrams on marksmanship and soldiering. He states aim follows reasoning and practice, arguing accuracy is key and training turns poor shooters into good ones.
Mrs. Kenward, appointed postmistress at the Wivelsfield post office since 1846, recently celebrated her eighty eighth birthday. Despite her age she tends to her duties and reads newspapers. she believes herself the country’s oldest post mistress. Her father was a farmer at Speldhurst near Tunbridge Wells. she hopes to live to a hundred and die in harness.
A judge tells a witness he looks well enough and questions why the witness is excused. The witness asserts he has stood on the stand for two hours speaking the truth.
Announcements list numerous church services across Logansport with Salvation Army meetings including jail, Sunday school, and prayer sessions. Also covers Christian Science and various Christian denominations with service times, Sunday schools, baptisms, children’s day programs, and youth leagues.
Trinity Episcopal announces Rev. A. C. Stengel as rector. Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m. Holy eucharist at 7 30 and 11 a m. Evening service scheduled for 7 30 p m.
Pastor Reverend George R. Crum leads Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and a sermon at the aula.m. The Young People's Christian Union meets at 6:30 p.m. showing a full day of church activities.
B F Watts pastor. Sunday school at 9 45. Preaching at 11 a m and 7 00 p m. Union prayer meeting at 2 30 p m.
Pastor Rev. Alfred A. Mainwaring D D leads Bible school at 9 45 a m Young People at 6 30 p m preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Children’s day program and radiating exercises in the morning Evening sermon titled The Heavenly Chariot.
Rev. E. C. Dunn pastor announces Sunday school at 9 30 Epworth League 6 36 class meeting 6 30 and morning and evening services at 10 45 a m and 7 45 p m Children’s day program in the morning and the evening sermon titled The Purpose of the Sabbath.
Readable details indicate the Daniel Webster school building located at Twenty fourth and Market streets. The fragment notes construction or occupancy status with no additional context.
Vandalia Division 345 G I A to B of L E meets at Ben Hur hall at 1 30 to receive badges and decorate graves of departed brothers. Mizpah Lodge 26 L A to B of R T meets at 1 to attend memorial services. Bridge City Lodge 305 K P N meets at 7 30 to arrange funeral attendance for F B Sowers. Engineers and GI A to B of L E invited to memorial exercises Sunday at 1 30 in Elk's hall.
Reverend James QO Simon leads Sunday services at Corner Island Market with Sabbath school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m Luther league at 6 45 p m. Services held in Library Hall basement at Cicott and West Market streets. E E Gregory pastor sermon 10 45 a m Sunday. evening service 7 45 p m. Sunday school 3 p m.
Pastor Rev. Walter A. Johnson leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 7 30 p m. Children’s day exercises begin at 11 o’clock. The Junior Y M C A meets in the gymnasium Sunday afternoon at 2 30 for a sermon by the pastor.
Eastbound and westbound train numbers, routes, schedules, and services for St. Louis to New York and related connections. Includes local ticket agent notes, station stops at South Bend Logan Port and Terre Haute, plus Sunday only trains and Butler Branch services with listed departure times.
Railway timetable excerpt detailing multiple routes between Chicago Logansport Bradford Louisville and Cincinnati with trains Nos 6 1 3 7 43 21 19 35 and more. Includes sleeping parlor dining car notes and schedule details May 24 1908 and June 1 1908 with interurban connections and express freight service.
Rev G S Barrick of Denton Maryland visiting from Indiana begins revival services at Northside Union hall on Sunday evening. Dunkard Mission activities noted with Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m. Christian Workers meet at 7 p m.
The U R K of P entertainment association will meet Sunday at 9 30 AM instead of 2 00 PM. All members must attend. Harry Fidler, President. L A to the O R C members to meet at the Elks hall at 1 30 PM to participate in railroad orders memorial services today.
Residents of Lake Cicot and nearby areas plan a July Fourth event. Activities include a morning gun shoot, an afternoon ball game, and an evening program by the Crescent Literary club, with boating and fishing drawing a crowd.
Adolph Eckerle a 48 year old Sycamore street butcher died at Lonecliff after two weeks as a patient. Dementia began after a street car fall and he later faced a cow related court case. He allegedly forced his wife to sign notes. Funeral at St Joseph church Tuesday 9 AM. Larry Alder to cover rural route 5 vacation. Roscoe McGinnis to substitute.
Express and accelerated mail service run daily except Sundays. FRANK J. REE appears with time windows 5:34 a.m. to 1:48 p.m. and 4:37 a.m. to 7:57 p.m. indicating specific daily handling times.
U T System announces effective March 12 1907 service from Logansport to Indianapolis with multiple departure times from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm and limited trains. All trains except 11:20 pm connect at Tipton to Elk Wood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and intermediate stations. Interchangeable coupon books offer 12 dollars of travel for 10.60 good across 32 traction lines in Indiana Ohio and Michigan covering 1 807 miles. Connect at Muncie for Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton Farmland Winchester Union City Greenville and beyond.
OCR text shows a jumble of times such as 7:00 a m 7 30 a m and 9 39 p m with inconsistent spacing and colons. The fragment lacks a coherent event or identifiable subjects, yielding an unusable narrative.
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