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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
2
The French Maids burlesque and vaudeville company earns public praise for novelty music and lively scenes in A Night at the Circus. Manager Dowling announces the group will appear March 6 at his house.
Freight traffic on the Wabash Railway has risen so high that locomotives are insufficient. Six coal trains left Decatur Illinois on Thursday for the north and a dozen more passed Logansport for Danville on Friday, with transfers north. Company could run five times as many heavily loaded trains if engines were available. Much coal passes through from the southern and western ends, and many western division freights Saturday were coal drags. Panhandle yards show many trains awaiting movement, resembling a coal field. Officials of the Vandalia system have been cautious in hiring crews since the new law.
Panhandle officials issue orders banning gambling in all cabooses and on company property after reports of gambling in tailenders and concerns over police coverage. The move aims to stop the practice and ensure control of activities on the cars.
Marry Crosby, foreman at the Sev enteenth street car barns, devises a copper plate with electric wires carrying 610 volts. A meat bait lures rats to the plate where contact delivers a fatal electric shock, swiftly reducing the rodent numbers.
The Panhandle reports an unusual rush of fruit trains from the south heading to eastern markets. Bananas comprise most traffic as solid freight, with the Wabash also hauling fruit. On Sunday a train with twenty two fruit cars passed through the city toward the east.
J J Hamnon general foreman and H S Becker cabin car foreman of Panhandle shops in Columbus on company business and illness updates. David Lessing T H and L traveling auditor was in the city on business. E R Coleman Vandalia district freight agent went to St Louis on system business. Frank Reder Panhandle car inspector recovered and reported for duty. L V Blanchard Big Four city passenger agent attended Elks home opening. J C Curry of Railroad Equipment Co New York called on railroad officials. Panhandle ice from Lake Cicott hauled here last train Tuesday. Ninety nine cars shipped but ice filled only part of the ice houses. Ticket Agent Beal Interurban ordered more street car maps for patrons.
Last night at midnight the Panhandle Vandalia and Wabasha railroad telegraph operators began new eight hour shifts across the districts. Few vacancies occurred but some offices were closed to fill positions and to comply with the law. A notable feature was that nothing has ever been re-
An Indian woman described as a quarter blood Indian lived in Shawnee Oklahoma before moving to Kansas City. The brief notes her origin and residence, emphasizing ethnicity and relocation.
Petersburg Indiana notes Amanda Corn, long associated with Stendel area, recognized as oldest living pioneer of Pike. Announcement marks her status and remembers dates tied to the region’s pioneer era.
Miss Cornelia Harriman, daughter of KE Harriman, marries Robert Livingston Gerry, son of Commodore and Mrs Eldridge Gerry, at Grace Episcopal Church on Broadway and Tenth Street. The ceremony drew a bustling crowd with hundreds of automobiles and carriages, and featured a distinctive musical program including organ, violin, and harp pieces.
A Jefferson County reader argues against pheasant game reserves. He cites widespread damage by pheasants to corn, oats, peas, beans, melons, and other crops across Ontario county. He urges farmers to petition the legislature for the right to kill pheasants on their estates and warns of city sportsmen imposing limits.
The Lorain Council No. 10 Daughters of Liberty holds a 2 o’clock meeting with all members urged to attend. Harmony Court No. 34 Tribe of Ben Hur plans a regular session at the Ben Hur hall tonight with initiation of 20 or more members followed by a social and luncheon.
In Warsaw Indiana on March 3 a thief stole cash intended for a burial. Mrs Charles By Brows reported the loss claiming the funds were tied with the corpse burial arrangements and expected to be used for funeral expenses.
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