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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
7
An article notes Franklin school on the West Side has about 320 pupils but only four with red hair. The typical red haired proportion is one in ten, yet here it is one in eighty. The piece links red hair with perceived mental qualities and praises red haired girls as reliable workers.
Mrs. L. F. Hines, wife of the Dunn hotel proprietor on Market Street, reads cards for amusement. After predicting a sudden trip for a guest, repeated readings coincided with telegrams about a friend's death and a relative's illness, with a recurring motif of a light haired woman menacing others' happiness.
Horrific details describe children piled six to eight deep as fire and crowding trapped exits at the rear door. Mothers, rescuers, and teachers struggled in vain while a ladder attempt failed and many perished from smoke and flames. Authorities vow a rigid investigation.
In Cleveland a rapid flood of cash donations pours in for Collinwood sufferers after yesterday's disaster. The village council allocates 5000 dollars for aid and the Collinwood board of trade pledges a similar sum. Governor Harris offers sympathy and asks how to help.
In The Whirlpool of Europe a wealthy Magyar peasant invites a shabby man to tend his sheep. The next day a procession arrives with cows horses and sheep and a wagon loaded with heavy furniture. The old man claims the prank shows the humor and cunning of rural life.
New York Health Commissioner Darlington condemns keeping dogs in cities citing neighborly nuisance and animal welfare. He argues dogs thrive in open country life and likens city owners to selfish lovers. A Brooklyn plumber vacationing with his sweetheart recalls a bull attack in a meadow prompting a tree climb for safety.
Voters in Cass County Indiana will meet in wards and townships to select delegates and alternates to the congressional convention in Marion on March 12 1908. Meetings across townships set times and places with ward delegations allocated and ballots used for selection. Signed Herbert A. Brown chairman and Chas A. Kahler secretary.
The author jokes about science and sensational reports noting a sun flare 10 000 miles per minute and an improbable earth fall incident. It mocks implausible statements about astronomical precision and a giant man crushed by earth, with exaggerated heart and pulse details.
A London embassy secretary recalls an Irish court heating cost query. A treasury official is assigned, the judge lightly mocks the process, and a charwoman is summoned to connect him with the department head. The judge leaves with a quip about the young man to "get about the chat."
Two Eastport Indians Dana and Sapier profit from sealing in Boston harbor under a city bounty. After camping on Peddock Island they brought 62 seal tails to the City Clerk, totaling 186 dollars, and received payment from the city treasurer.
An audience hisses and groans as a dramatic scene fails and the heart broken playwright laments public tastes. The manager grimly notes the show should have delivered refunds, signaling the audience wants its money back.
Essex Street in London was linked to the ill fated Earl of Essex, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. The earl’s town house stood there and the queen reportedly struck him in the garden with a rebuke. A 1770 discovery noted scratched letters on a glass pane claiming the queen met the earl, an onlooker’s test of the pair.
A fragmentary note discusses Stockson Bonds and the belief that the financial world needs a more elastic currency. N O Little questions whether such currency could be created from rules, hinting at reform ideas.
A Philadelphia lawyer based at his country estate chats with his Irish gardener about the dark state of Ireland. The gardener, eager for freedom, hints at ongoing struggle while the judge quotes Ireland’s delayed justice. The dialogue juxtaposes twilight and midnight across the Atlantic.
The page lists North Bound and South Bound train numbers with times, announcing the Vandalia timetable in effect December 1 1907. It includes No 46 South Bend Acc Sunday No 40 South Bend Mail No 42 South Bend Express No 48 Logan Acc No 58 South Bend Acc Sunday Only No 140 Butler Acc No 142 Butler Acc No 143 Logan Ac No 245 Logan Ac with various daily or ex Sunday designations and listed departure times.
Timetable lists train numbers, routes, and arrival depart times across Pennsylvania lines from Chicago to Logansport and Bradford to Logansport with notes on sleeping and parlor cars. Includes daily and Sunday specifics and car service details for several routes.
Delineates Monon Indiana to Delphi train and express schedules with times for mail and express services. Identifies Frank J. Reed as general passenger agent and notes Sunday exceptions for certain express services.
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co lists daily interurban train departures to Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediate points with multiple morning and afternoon runs. Limited cars operate with a Boyd Park destination on the 11 05 p m run. Express freight service runs Fort Wayne to Lafayette with weekday departures. R T Gunn superintendent trans Fort Wayne Ind.
In Indianapolis trains depart at multiple early and late times with limited services. Connect at Ko komo for deeper links to Indianapolis and Tipton routing to EL wood Alexandria and other towns. Coupon books offer $12 of travel for $10 valid over 32 traction lines across Indiana Ohio and Michigan. Traction line connections enable trips from Muncie to Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton Farmland Winchester Union City Greenville and beyond.
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