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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1908
Page
2
Miss Nellie C Hoppe and James M Hipsher wed in a small city ceremony conducted by Rev White of Broadway Methodist Church. The couple are well known locally with Hoppe connected to prominent families and Hipsher a fireman.
The senior class learned a high quality production costs money but the class play earned $132, wiping out the journalism shortfall. After expenses only, the show left $11 for each class member.
Government records show Tribune mailings in April with 7 139 total pounds and 2 466 copies mailed daily. County circulation exceeds all other Logansport daily city and county totals.
In Yale English class professor Billy Phelps jokes about the troops parade by remarking on the undistributed middle. Arthur Deerin Call recounts how the Second Company governor's foot guard marched past with band, colors, and gala attire as students watched from the window.
Mr Wu tells New York Chinatown residents gambling is illegal while Police Inspector Russell asks for a method to close gambling dens. Wu responds by noting licenses are not issued for gambling and urges enforcement actions.
A wood-sawing bee at Mrs. Nettie A. Allen’s Auburn residence on Oxford Street aided by Samuel A. Newton of West Auburn and volunteers. They produced enough wood for a year, donated by friends and local children whose breadwinner recently passed away.
A humorous exchange notes disappointment on a battleship tour with a chorus lacking in spirit the captain unable to deliver humor and lieutenants failing as vocalists. The quip frames the visit as a comic misfire rather than a grand maritime spectacle.
Sir David Gill showcased Newtons nine inch long two inch aperture telescope to a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution in London. Newton built it personally and first displayed it before the Royal Society in 1671.
A New York dog fancier recounts an alleged telepathic link with a dog that fetched matches and later a cigar. He notes the dog seemed to understand his wants without words, but cautions that true telepathy is unproven and proposes a hypothetical distant theft as the only other explanation.
Harper's Weekly describes global gown differences for degree levels. It explains bachelor masters and doctoral gowns, noting black fabrics and distinctive sleeve shaping, with hoods signaling doctorates in many English speaking regions.
A live monkey was committed to the State Home for Boys at Jamesburg after its Italian owner was sent to prison. Officials framed a legal transfer and the monkey, nicknamed Pedro, began two week stays with each housing group, highlighting a curious use of the state facility.
A cloudy mirror can be due to surface scratches or overbright light damaging the silvering. Remove scratches with soft leather moistened with water and jeweler's rouge, or use a wood buff wheel with fine pumice stone and water, then polish with a felt buff and rouge.
The text explains two methods to remove paint from wood. One uses a lamp designed for softening paint, then scraping with a flat-ended knife. If unavailable, apply strong soda lye and scrape after it acts. To repaint, treat with vinegar or weak acid to neutralize the soda, enabling new paint adhesion.
Nearly 1 000 Chicago women are expected to wear sandals this summer according to local shoe dealers who have stocked hundreds of pairs in adult and children sizes. The trend is described as a natural fashion move without needing a physical culture club for courage.
Rail businesses showed a deep downturn with shops suspended freight offices closed and workers given a day off. Yard work and local freights were halted except essential tasks while traction lines kept minimal activity. Engineers protest pay saying seven dollars a day is too low amid convention salaries totaling about eight thousand dollars daily.
Two hundred workers will transfer from Brightwood to the Beech Grove shops of the New York Central lines in Indianapolis today. The move introduces piece work pay in the new shops, changing how earnings are calculated for the labor force.
The interstate commerce commission reportedly disapproves of railways extending private car service to officials and their families. The practice is described as used only by officials and not for public passenger traffic.
The Vandalia and Big Four coal mines reopen tomorrow with full operations across all branches. The Vandalia local branch supplies deal to Nickel Plate and will deliver at South Whitley, resuming local coal shipments.
Attendees at the Columbus B of L E convention push for higher pay and better wages for engineers. Organizers and speakers frame the demand as essential to professional standards and living costs.
The Vandalia plans a special train from Butler to this city for excursionists to Lake Maxinkuckee, then train 40 to the lake. A Panhandle excursion to Chicago is set for next Sunday over all divisions. Several Panhandle staff and Vandalia workers are ill or on leave, including A W Dotterer Frank Bishop A F McFarn Milo Ford B F Hawkins and H G Warvel. Wilbur Allison returns from Kautz where he served as telegraph operator and Wallace Watson joins Pennsylvania lines as extra agent at McGrawsville. Ogansport South Bend interurban surveyors reach Burlington with cars expected to run into the city by October.
A group of Rochester men appeared in the city Friday inviting friends and visitors. The participants named include Omer Smith Wm Howard John R Barr and A L Denniston.
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