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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
5
George Bush, manager of the Olympic rink, announced last night that the rink would close for the season on Saturday evening. He said preparations are underway for the park rink’s summer opening, and with a hot season ahead he decided to end this year’s operations a bit sooner.
The Ohio Republican gathering featured Garf ield’s praise of Roosevelt era reform and calls for tariff reform antitrust enforcement and public resource protection. Delegates shifted away from Foraker influence as Harris is set to lead the ticket with Taft and Herrick among favored names. party pledges emphasize regulation, fair labor treatment, and strong law enforcement.
Up to March 1 142,900,000 cubic yards of excavation had been taken from the Panama Canal route. This is about one fifth of the total amount estimated to complete the waterway project.
An old Harper’s Weekly anecdote narrates Townsend facing financial strain while owning six horses seven carriages and eight dollars, contrasted with a mother’s pride and a friend’s quip about his wealth.
Abdul Aziz sultan of Morocco stores personal jewelry worth about 5 million dollars in a Charing Cross bank vault. The jewels lie below Strand level guarded day and night, with millions in unclaimed French era pieces nearby. Authorities cannot locate rightful owners or heirs. A loan offer of 1.25 million dollars exists but the sultan seeks a larger sum.
Boston reports a vast two million pound fish haul at UT wharf from 100 schooners with catches of cod haddock hake pollock halibut and other deep sea species. Each vessel employs varying crew sizes and earnings, reflecting wide differences in voyage length and haul value from five days to several weeks at sea.
A corporation runs quick lunch places posting a placard urging patrons to shift lunch to 12 45 or 1 30 to obtain better seats. Managers at several branches say the signs reduced noon crowds and increased elbow room.
A reflection on love for enemies as the supreme charity. Harder to love the cross and tiresome neighbor than the agreeable. The essay urges placing oneself in others' shoes to understand treatment, whether as buyer or seller, to pursue fair dealing. Frasia de Sales attributed wisdom.
In a brief remark the text cites an English author who argued steam power could not propel vessels and oceans by steam, highlighting a historical theory about impractical ocean propulsion. The fragment mentions the steam engine and early skepticism.
In Rushville Indiana on March 3 threats against John Henry Gruffs jailed for the murder of Charles Coleman have sparked talk of moving him out of the county. Coleman a well to do farmer was found with eight hatchet wounds and a severed head near his home. Gruffs and Mrs Coleman were interrogated by a grand jury while Gruffs remains jailed. Prosecutor Hack hopes the mystery will be solved by tomorrow night.
A beauty doctor claims cold bedrooms keep skin rosy by cooling and drying the body. He contrasts open fires and heated rooms, saying warm, overheated sleeping spaces dull complexions and morning eyes appear dull, while cold rooms produce bright, rose like faces.
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