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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
2
An ad declares vigorous attack on patent medicines and offers a guaranteed home remedy for dyspepsia. It instructs readers to buy ingredients like bicarbonate of soda and powdered magnesia, mix with hot water, and take after meals and at bedtime.
An excerpt describes Old Tomah leaping with a rifle as he spots a vanishing canoe on the lake. He follows the trail into the undergrowth, leaping over rocks and chasms, and disappears atop a ridge after the dramatic scene.
Chip is saved from captivity after a violent abduction scare. Levi and Old Tomah lead a mercy mission with the cabin group celebrating the rescue. Bolduc the half breed pursues the girl, vowing revenge as a council of locals plans to capture him.
In a moonlit wilderness chase along a remote lake outlet, four men push canoes through a silent, moss-draped stream. A rhythmic paddle tap signals an approaching vessel and Levi and Hersey level rifles as Pete Bolduc emerges from a bend, overturning a canoe in a sudden confrontation.
Local theatre patrons hear endorsements for the Ben Greet Players production of the Merchant of Venice at the Nelson Theatre. Also announced are upcoming shows including Human Hearts and George Washington Jr with dates in late March and early April plus Lyman Howe moving pictures abroad at matinee and night.
A string of society items notes a T. B. club gathering at Miss Margaret Foskett’s home with sewing and refreshments. A Division 612 B. of L. E. social will be hosted by Mrs. George Lauterbach with Mrs. Charles Lew assisting. Dr. Frank Holman’s wedding to Miss Lillian Maxwell is mentioned. Coffee events at 1 State street and Trinity Guild meetings under Mrs. Mauders are listed. English Lutheran church plans meals for the Pythian Sisters convention and a Knights of Pythias card social and dance are noted.
Today includes Phi Sigma Chi banquet Epworth League organ recital at Broadway M E church coffee hosted by Mrs Henry Weber and various dances hosted by Knights of Pythias Library Knights of Pythias hall Foresters Social clubs and Woman’s groups. Thursday features Patriotic Social League Current Topics Mrs H G Stalnaker Nonpariel Foresters Social Mental Culture Fleur de Lis and Fleur clubs. Friday hosts Busy Bee Assembly Hucre club Miss Naomi Henry. Saturday showcases Purple Teddy Bear P H B clubs and more community events.
The Logansport division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers will host wives and sweethearts next Monday at Ben Hur hall. About two hundred firemen exist in the city, with speakers from Pittsburg Indianapolis and Fort Wayne. Dancing, card playing, and a two course luncheon will follow speeches.
The document notes that he has traveled nearly 50 000 miles. It also recalls that during his residence here Mr Brimsom was an active worker in the Broadway Presbyterian church.
H. E. Barnard of the state board of health will file a formal complaint with federal authorities alleging Indiana fish dealers and consumers are swindled by out of state packers. An inspection at Peru found buckets labeled six pounds often short by one to two pounds, risking about $50 per carload. The state board cannot target foreign packers directly but asks for federal protection and action against in state agents if present.
Seth Weeden of 800 Michigan Avenue won a dollar for correctly completing a missing word in a Sunday contest. Several correct replies were received, but Weeden’s was the first opened. The advertisement references Uhr and Company and Stewart Neéhr’s as sponsors with multiple entries noted.
W. G. Brimson, ex-superintendent of the Logansport and Eel River line, now vice president of the Quincy Omaha and Kansas City, is profiled in a Chicago newspaper. He travels from Kansas City to Chicago each Sunday to oversee a Baptist Sunday school he founded during his residence there.
The Cass circuit court is near certain to convene a grand jury for the April term. Details of the jury’s duties remain undisclosed as police and the prosecutor keep plans confidential.
A wheel stolen from the residence of William Obencall on Sixth Street was recovered yesterday afternoon floating along the river opposite the water works.
The Indiana Union Traction Co announces an official route for the State Republican Convention with a rate of one and a fourth cents per mile. Tickets are valid on all cars with no excess. departures start Tuesday March 24 at 9:45 a.m. from the station and continue into Wednesday March 25. Return tickets are valid until Friday March 27 inclusive. Information from local agent or Traffic Dept. Indiana Union Traction Co Anderson Ind.
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