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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
2
Voice Culture at 2114 Broadway touts That Good Oil of Moore's as pure gold. Advertises Cary C Cast Oil Wagon and phone 1714 for orders, claiming its quality is the finest and worth its face value worldwide.
The Nelson presents a week of attractions beginning March 17 with Al H Wilson in Metz in the Alps and other acts. March 19 brings Geo M Cohan's The Honeymooners with a New York Broadway cast and Paris gown costumes. Madame Gertrude continues mental telepathy demonstrations nightly and six specialties accompany each show.
Madame Gertrude, a seeress performer at the Nelson, wowed Manager Smith by locating a missing veil. Miss Fink, who runs the Nelson ticket window, recalls the veil’s loss and the plan to summon the seeress’s aid to reveal the culprit if the veil was not returned.
Miss Fink says the veil found at the box office yesterday evening was not taken intentionally. She expresses surprise at the incident and suggests no deliberate act was involved.
Windfall resident Grandma Myers aged ninety two rode a steam train or trolley for the first time this week on the Panhandle line. She had feared steam cars and doubted trolley safety but traveled by train Monday. In other news, word reached the city of the death of Mrs. Asa Cree near Young America.
A Vetman sending machine demonstrated in the Panhandle offices allowing dispatchers to send letters to distant offices via a standard typewriter keyboard. Bradford already operates one. An order was issued limiting train speeds to 10 mph near the Crooked Creek division due to a washout near the arch cut off, with the affected track segment detailed.
Delegates and friends planned to travel by Panhandle to the Marion convention. The I U T Tractions line offered a cheaper option. Five interurban cars would depart this morning with a round trip fare of one dollar, arriving in Marion about two hours later.
The Wabash will drop trains 52 and 53 between Lafayette and Litchfield next Sunday. No 6 the fast mail from St Louis will run several hours later. No 8 the Kansas City fast mail will carry the former St Louis passengers. Freight schedules also to be altered.
Chief Clerk Hutton of the Panhandle denies reports of fifteen additional office closures citing no foundation for the claim. He states no office or force changes will occur unless absolutely necessary and that the public will be informed if any changes are made.
At 9 30 Monday the Milan bridge washed out prompting a rapid repair and a slow train schedule. Wabash trains faced flooding along the route with many late departures while crews clear low spots between Wabash and Fort Wayne. Dispatchers ordered enginemen to run no faster than seven miles per hour. Supt. Greer of the Panhandle region warns to Go slow over Creek.
Ticket Agent Beal of the I. U. T. arranges special cars to Marion for delegates to the Marion convention. Supt. Ryder of the local street car lines will attend a superintendents meeting in Ft Wayne. The Wabash time changes reduce mail wagon trips on Sundays. Emmons and Gunn of Valley lines report flood recovery in Ft Wayne.
Three South Bend firefighters narrowly escaped death when naptha in a barrel exploded at the McHenry Millhouse Roofing Manufacturing plant. Lieut. Joseph Shirk, Chief Wilfred Grant, and William Freeh were blown about thirty feet. the iron barrel was hurled across blocks and into a box car on the Vandalla tracks. None were seriously injured. Hallice Swinehart was not reported further.
A firefighter suffers severe burns to the hands and face while aiding fellow responders during a blaze. The incident underscores the dangers faced by emergency personnel in active fires.
A southwest gale and heavy seas marked the measured mile off Rockland Maine as the scout cruiser Birmingham powered to 25.3 knots corrected speed. With reciprocating engines and 200 RPM screws, the vessel set a new record in its class during station tests.
Regional ad copy touts the Chicago Daily Farmers and Drovers Journal as a leading farm and livestock paper with market reports and departments for the farm home and children. It promotes subscription deals via the Loganport Daily Tribune for one year rates.
By Associated Press Indianapolis March 11 Harry Gilliland former postmaster at Rugby Indiana was arrested on a charge of being $840 short in his accounts. His father made good the amount but he was bound over under a $1,500 bond. Gilliland ran a general store in connection with the post office.
Deputy from the Game and Fish Commission went to Adamsboro and secured a fish net. Affidavits are filed and arrests will be made today as announced in the Tribune.
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