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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1908
Page
4
Readable numbers show a total of 129,320, with surrounding figures and brackets obscured. No names or places are clearly legible.
Edgar F. Metzger publisher of The Logansport Daily Tribune swears before Notary E V Hillhouse that the circulation for September 1908 is as shown in the accompanying table. The oath was sworn on October 3, 1908, with the notary seal and commission expiry August 28, 1912.
John T. McCutcheon hails Roosevelt as a long standing news maker whose White House and Oyster Bay chronicles have shaped national discourse for seven years. He predicts a quieter era after Roosevelt departs, with the executive mansion losing its bustling mix of savants, statesmen and notable visitors.
A list of candidates appears including John G. Billheimer for State Treasurer Oscar Hadley for Attorney General James Bingham for Clerk of Court George We Self for Supreme Court and Lawrence Turnan for Public Instruction Quincy A. Myers for Judge Appeals David Myers for Assistant Judge Chas H. Good for Congressman Eleventh District Oscar B. Conant for Prosecutor James Deleplane for Representative Samuel Gifford for Clerk George W. Cogley for Sheriff J S Mellinger for Coroner M B Stewart for Surveyor Harry Bell and Alfred M. Dill with Oliver M. Harness as district commissioner names.
The column notes a temporary focus on Washington dispatches for a week or two and mentions plans to end the Ananias club and the return of the nature takers with renewed life confidence.
Dr. Van Nuys, superintendent of the epileptic village near Newcastle, defends patient work on the farm. He says exercise and fresh air are the chief benefits, with income a secondary advantage from harvesting duties. A former county jail inmate improved markedly after moving to the village and taking up farm work.
The report notes many farmers buying automobiles while William J. Bryan rode a horse to the speakers' stand at Haverlock. The scene in Rhode Island suggests the horse drawing may have influenced his campaign gesture and voter perception.
The article notes Mr. Marshall delaying on the county option question while Governor Hanly is urged to respond within ten days to a separate inquiry about signing a repeal bill. It frames the political tension and urgency surrounding both issues.
Taft defends large company aggregates as aiding progress while urging stronger supervision and prosecutions to curb monopolies. He critiques Bryan’s free list and licensing ideas, backing classification by capital and federal inspection. Taft plans speeches in St Louis and Chicago. Cincinnati Enquirer reports crowd reactions and a chant-along gibe.
Two lodges visit the state as lodges gain popularity across regions. The brief note highlights increased lodge activity and community interest in fraternal groups.
Miss Hodges laments a neighbor who borrows odd items from kitchen tools to her diary for weather and poultry records. The friend recalls country town life as the woman plots to copy entries from Hodges diary, calling it the cap sheaf.
A Baltimore Herald editorial urges that fresh starts matter in racing and life. It argues that restart efforts overcome misfortune and defeat through renewed effort, discipline, and perseverance.
A traveling man recalls a Berkshire hill town tale of a wife who runs a farm and keeps things shipshape while her husband accepts a shabby life. When he asks her to darn his holes filled stockings she replies wear two pairs and the strong spots in one will cover the holes in the other. She makes him do it.
The passage notes that long before conquest Mexicans used feather fans as symbols of authority. When Montezuma learned Spaniards had landed he summoned goldsmiths and lapidaries and prepared gifts for Cortes, including two feather fans with sun and moon in polished gold, reflecting the Aztec view of the lan as an emblem of power.
London News recalls a young woman asking why ships weigh anchor on leaving port. The friend’s reply about changing weight from barnacles and other accumulations is deemed not illuminating.
Prisoner responds to judge and mentions fifty prior appearances for vagancy and a hoped for a small jubilee during the hearing. The exchange shows a request for consideration of mitigating factors.
Fragmentary OCR text yields a garbled note with scattered names and symbols making identification difficult. A partial name Weegee Caen appears among nonsensical characters, lacking coherent context or date.
A Spaniard endured a brutal oven ordeal consuming roasted fowl, then hid on a board among candles. After a pause the audience cried enough, the door opened, and the oven reeked of boiling tallow while he recovered with a cold bath. His pulse first reading 176 per minute.
The London Chronicle notes Rome as the chair of St Peter with the actual episcopal seat in St Peter's, a worm eaten wooden chair in bronze. From such chairs the words cathedral and cathedral church derive as the bishop's ca thedra, while cathedral usage once signified authority and antiquity.
A parent deposits 1 dollar at birth and adds each birthday a sum equal to that year. At 4 percent interest compounded semiannually, the 21 year total reaches 300 dollars. A saver of 23 cents weekly grows to 73 in five years, 162 in ten, 403 in twenty, and 1,294 in forty. A five dollar weekly saver would reach about 25,888 in forty years.
In a London restaurant a Friday order for divised whale or filleted shark was refused. Ireland's Inimitable smile, the Irish man named Paddy, then asked for roasted porpoise. After a wary waiter reaction he settled for roast beef and vegetables.
A simple science note explains that dissolving salt in a tumbler of water and letting it stand shows salt creeping up the glass and then down the outside as if escaping its environment. After the salt appears to leave the solution the water remains unusually salty, making the demo engaging for young readers.
A young husband and wife discuss butter quality at their first home breakfast. The husband notes the butter is strong while the wife recalls advice from a market man about economy. He claims spending a bit more upfront yields longer lasting, better butter.
The passage warns that slander harms both the slanderer and listeners, extinguishing charity and potentially killing many souls. It emphasizes that a single calumny can be fatal, affecting those who circulate and those who fail to reject it, within the context of Woman's Life.
Special to the Tribune reports on household visits and entertainments in Logansport. Mrs. Martha Rhine visited her sister Mrs. Frank Fair while Mrs G W Bowyer hosted her daughter Mrs Shaver and Mr Wean. Rev Amos attended the Akron Lyceum. J M McKinsey advertises 5 percent loans and trades farms for city property over City National Bank.
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