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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1908
Page
3
Police chief declares hunt on anarchists after a deadly hallway shooting. The attacker died. officers Foley and shippy and others rushed to hospital. A lozenge box bearing Meadville Pa label and possible poison found on the corpse prompts further inquiry.
An 18 year old Culver Military Academy student rushed to his father’s aid during a hall confrontation with an armed man. He knocked the knife from the attacker and saved his father’s life as gunfire erupted injuring the assailant. Police raided the Edelstadt Group headquarters and seized anarchist materials. The slain man was Lazarus Averbuch, a 22 year old Russian student living with his sister Olga after arriving from Austria.
Denver police chief Michael Delaney links the March Chicago assassination attempt on Police Chief Shippy to the Haymarket riot. He claims Shippy's efforts broke the anarchist gang and notes Shippy has led major anti anarchist cases since.
A secret session of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen was held at the union headquarters in Peoria. Grand Master Hanrahan said wage reduction details would not be released until tomorrow as representatives from all eastern lines, about 45,000 members, attended the meeting.
Inside the grand hall the dome lights up creating a dazzling effect while a single inner beacon shines over the floor. The moonlight dances turn off most lights except the dome as Steinhart's orchestra and the Elks band play from the stage. Y M C A musicians declined due to card games.
New Orleans marks the formal opening of its carnival with Rex arriving for Mardi Gras. The king receives elaborate ceremonies by the mayor and officials this afternoon and holds the keys to the city until midnight Tuesday. The carnival jewels worn by Rex and his queen have been on exhibit in New Orleans for several days.
The monthly receipts total $48,324,899 and expenditures $56,173,007, yielding a deficit of $8,405,118 for February 1908. Washington D C March 2.
Washington March 2 Senator Allison turned 79 today and received congratulations from colleagues. He will complete his thirty fifth year in the senate tomorrow, a record length of service. He has served in Congress forty three years.
Miss Cornelia Harriman daughter of E H Harriman will marry Robert Gerry son of Elbridge T Gerry at Grace Church at noon tomorrow in New York March 2 Associated Press reports the ceremony scheduled for today’s date.
A telegraph pole on the Vandalia lines at Jessup was split in two by lightning Saturday night, disrupting railway communications and causing minor delays while repairs were arranged.
Washington March 2 Congress considers a bill by Representative Dawson Iowa to spend 25000 next year on propagating fresh water mussels. The shells fuel the U S pearl button trade with 1906 investments of 1.5 million dollars and 25 million pounds of buttons worth 5.5 million dollars. About 6500 workers plus 3000 shell diggers produced 48000 tons of shells valued 15.35 per ton.
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Indications of a milk price break follow the Borden Milk Company’s one cent per quart reduction. Bordens act independently of the milk trust, which is branded as cut throat by others. The move returns milk to seven cents per quart, levels last seen before the broad rise prompted by increased costs. The milk trust probe continues with grand jury indictments pending.
Dr D S Cushman, aged 89, who helped send the first human voice over wires, died in Minneapolis. Born in Virginia, he was linked with early pioneers including Samuel Morse and was a friend of Horace Greeley.
A Virginia duck hunt ends with a cook proudly showing off three ducks as the master boasts of marksman skill. The grisly punch line reveals the cook actually removed all legs and wings, sparking a running joke among friends about “knocking off both the wings and legs” to catch the game.
In Michigan City Indiana March 2 Associated Press reporting that a second French car in a New York to Paris auto race from New Carlisle to Michigan City is pursued after a claim of $65 for taking a car. Teamsters issued attachments and a constable headed by rail to stop the car before leaving the state.
Huntington Ind March 2 At the annual meeting of the Majenica Telephone Company with 664 stockholders owning exchanges at Harlansburg Majenica and Markle John P Shutts was elected president Anderson Potts vice president F K M Smith secretary and J A Walker treasurer The organization is unusual in the state operating only seventy lines for stockholders and the company affairs are reported prosperous no patrons have paid a cent for telephone service except $50 for a share of stock The company has been organized for three years.
Catherine Pickett, three, daughter of Leroy and Mrs. Pickett, died after hours of suffering from strangulation. Police and authorities are investigating the incident as a tragedy reported by Associated Press from Frankfort.
Prosecutor Cooper opposes closing theaters amid two scathing letters to papers. One from Mrs. Stella C. Stimson, wife of retired Judge S. CL Stimson, condemns the prosecuting attorney. The other from Eugene V Debs criticizes anti theater and anti saloon factions over child labor law violations in the game city.
Dr May of Michigan compares freshmen from Yale and Michigan finding Yale students show greater long capacity with 256 to 243. He cites more tobacco use at Yale 46 percent versus 23.75 percent at Michigan and notes 145 of 800 wore glasses while about 150 had deformities. He concludes Yale are overall less healthy but aims for 1912 class with bigger lungs.
Kimball, general superintendent of the life saving service, recalls an applicant for work. The tale centers on steadiness, humorously illustrated by Mrs. Madden who quips that Herbert Bisbing is so steady he would be dead if any steadier.
A talkative man claims he can hypnotize others to sleep and bets a friend. The friend responds simply by asking the man to try, saying you have only to speak. The scene centers on the boast and the implied demonstration among acquaintances.
The text notes Hassfurder acting as dispatcher at Rockfield for Vandalianree affairs until a regular man is secured to take over.
An account describes rain turning gunny sacks into stone as they sank and fused with cement. The sacks became a wall block by block with the weave impressed on the surface. Weather eventually eroded the sacks leaving a decorative cement wall that resembles woven fabric.
A historic report describes Pernambuco Brazil inland penal colony 800 miles offshore with 600 convicts. They work 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. planting superfine cotton for the state and after two work for themselves. The islands offer quiet seas and potential fishing, phosphate deposits, and a coaling-station site at low labor cost.
A widow, quoted by the Exchange, laments American mothers over styling young girls. She admires wealthy French mothers restraining outfits and suggests even if a daughter marries young, or remains unwed at 21, attire should shift from schoolroom uniforms to distinct styles for mother and daughter.
Excerpt reflects on self sufficiency and farming labor as a tonic before winter. The narrator uses vivid phrases to describe digging, picking, and baking apples by wood fire. The mood shifts to serene after harvest, a sense of immune calm lasting into warmer days. It borrows from Daellas Lore and Sharp in Atlantic.
Jabez Alvord of Winsted Connecticut advertises a lost pocketbook containing a penny dated 1818. He offers a liberal reward for its return, noting the coin’s personal value from childhood and its disappearance after a house relocation exposed it from a crack between partitions.
Dr J Brown medical officer of health Bacup highlights muslin curtains as an effective air filter in rooms. The London Globe reports they remove solid air, are cheap and washable, and should be changed frequently. He notes no need for ironing or dressing the curtains.
A fragment from a Chicago News item questions whether Knox You and Dr. Jones are partners. It notes Dr. Smith and others consult together and attend to patients in absentia, and mentions the possibility of an accomplice.
Officials ordered immediate destruction of revolutionary handbills and arrested distributors. The Empress Dowager vows severe punishment for further efforts while discussing French marriages as largely arranged by parents. Wives are secured through agents, with women urged to rebel against old customs.
The east window at St Margaret Westminster England wandered for over two centuries before its current position. Dating to 1 Henry VII it passed through Dordrecht and changing hands from Waltham abbots to General Monk. Buried during Puritan times it was rediscovered at the Restoration and relocated within the church after purchase by Wattham College and a civic committee.
After seven years of wrangling, church wardens in Ravenna Ohio prevailed and the beautiful window was allowed to remain undisturbed. The dispute centered on a church property matter involving B Chamberlain and his daughter.
A worker moved from sewing sleeves to assembling waists, saying the change unnerved her. The foreman claimed the task was the same, yet her nerves took weeks to recover her former speed, illustrating how habit shapes performance despite identical work.
The article honors John Chapman known as Johnny Appleseed for sowing apple seeds across the Ohio valley to aid settlers. It notes his belief in improving pioneer diet for health and efficiency and that his native state plans to erect a monument in his memory.
Prescott the historian is described as possessing a quiet quaint humor. During a stroll with a foreign visitor to see a fountain the water was shut off. Prescott apologizes that little boys were not allowed to play on Sabbath and laments not knowing rains were not permitted to do so.
A disjointed dialogue fragment shows a speaker addressing a beloved with phrases like darling and understand me. The text is broken and lacks clear events, setting, or attributions.
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