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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
7
The speaker argues that paying too little for unreliable goods is worse than paying for quality, since you lose value and get nothing in return. The message emphasizes buying the best goods cheaply to enable selling at a non negotiable market price.
An advertisement notes Trusler's Rheumatic Tablets claimed to cure rheumatism nervousness and constipation and prevent appendicitis. Sold for 50 cents a box by druggists with a strict guarantee and manufactured for T F Trusler Huntington Ind. Porter the druggist is named as a locator.
The undersigned is appointed Administrator of the estate of Andrew Harder and Mary Harder deceased of Cass County Indiana. Estate is believed solvent. Charles F. Harder Administrator September 21 1908 Wilson Atty.
In a New York bachelor club Dan Maitland uncovers a woman's fingerprints and a letter from his attorney. He travels to Greenfields to guard family jewels as a mysterious woman in gray entangles him with a twin criminal mastermind. The tale follows deception, disguises, and police maneuvers.
A chaotic scene unfolds as officers disperse a wary crowd outside a building elevator shaft. Maitland coordinates a cabman to guard a key entrant while Hickey vents rage and the detective debates trust and routes for pursuit. A stray Virgil volume is lost to the sea, later replaced by a fisherman bearing a fish and a calm superstition.
In an early 20th century New England town Mr Church buried four wives in one lot. While moving remains to a new cemetery he mixed bones, then used new headstones reading lines that imply Emily is buried with Mary Matilda and Hannah. The inscription guesses at who lies beneath and ends with a tearful plea.
An orange tree at Versailles, said to be five centuries old and once at Fontainebleau, survives as a famed Grand Bourbon. Planted in 1421 by a Navarre princess, it outlived monarchs and even the French kings, remaining the lone Bourbon still blooming at Versailles.
A tense chase across Broadway leads Hickey and Maitland to an upper floor of the St Luke building where a night elevator ascent ends in a blackout. The duo abandon the light and hunt for Anisty as police wait below and the lobby fades into shadow.
A detective commands an elevator car to move while a shaft block of light hovers between cages. The indicator shows no response as a second cage drops. Hickey, frustrated, studies the mechanism and recalls a lasting impression of fear in darkness.
A scientist reports a waterspout over a French district with a sound likened to a galloping artillery battery. The base of a broad nimbus showed the inverted cone typical of such phenomena. A strong south-southwest wind blew as the storm preceded the waterspout and a shower followed.
The archbishop of Canterbury is primate of all England and outranks the archbishop of York who is only primate of England. This distinction arose from a centuries old dispute over precedence. The settlement gave Canterbury both titles and the higher precedence.
A fragment describes an Inca written examination on physical geography with a question about what happens during a lunar eclipse. A boy is praised for a knack of escaping difficulty with a concise answer.
In 1716 Robert Kitchingman aged about 100 was buried at Chapel Allerton with torch lights and a velvet pall borne by the chief gentry. The scene featured black hung room, 50 pounds given to the poor, and the same ceremonial for his wife Mary who died July 28, 1716 aged 97.
A printed guide advises mixing equal parts capsicum annum with gum arabic mucilage and glycerin to treat bruises. After cleansing the bruise, apply the preparation in multiple coats until absorbed, claiming it prevents discoloration and may aid rheumatism or neck stiffness.
The St Louis Republic notes a joke that David R. Atchison of Missouri was president for one day when Polk left office and Taylor had not yet sworn in. Since the constitution required the oath, the piece questions how Atchison could be president if neither Polk nor Taylor had taken office.
A Moorish general named Tarifa seized a small seaport near the southern edge of Europe in 710. He established a station for collecting tolls on local trade and left his name on the town. The term evolved to mean a schedule of charges and spread into French, Italian, and English usage.
An old high backed wooden chair on display in the Cape Town museum is linked to a legend about a Dutch governor who was found sitting dead moments after sentencing a soldier to be hanged. The condemned man allegedly invoked the governor to join him before the Supreme Judge.
A five year old wonders why elves sing of Satan kneeling and trembling. She asks what it means to sit on Satan's knees and why he would tremble if the weakest saint kneels. The puzzled child voices a playful misunderstanding of the hymn line.
A brief line from the London Globe shows a playful exchange about handedness as Ditto thanks a man and calls after him. The exchange ends with a quip about being left handed and the alternate direction of movement.
A diner declares being a vegetarian and suggests a Welsh rabbit substitute. The waiter proposes cheese with vegetables as a vegetarian option, reflecting a small kitchen exchange captured by the Chicago Tribune.
Fragmentary note notes parlor car service between Chicago and Pittsburgh via Columbus with cars numbered 118 and 119 and the term pad unclear. The text hints at railroad equipment or schedules but provides limited readable details.
East and Westbound passenger trains listed with routes from St. Louis to New York and Kansas City to New York. Timings shown include departures and arrivals, with local ticket sales by M. Burke noted.
Fragmentary timetable data shows passenger and express trains between Chicago Bradford Logansport and nearby lines with several numbered trains such as No 1 Chi Exp No 3 Pac Exp and No 7 Mid-Spl plus varying times early morning to afternoon indicating a historical schedule excerpt.
Between Cincinnati and Logansport and Louisville and Logansport trains listed with arrival and departure times. Connections include Chicago Express and Midwestern Splits. Rail supervisor R T Gunn announces daily and Sunday-only services with east and westbound departures from Ft Wayne terminals.
A fragmented railway timetable fragment lists destinations and times, including a Sunday-only note for Logan accommodation and a Butler branch. The legible items show 10:05 a m and 1:00 p m in incomplete form, with partial station references.
The excerpt lists north and south bound train times and services for the Monon and Delphi routes with express and mail accommodations and indicates Chicago as a reference point and FRANK J. REED G. P. AY.
Trains depart the interurban station for Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediate points at 6 05 7 35 10 05 12 35 PM 2 33 PM 4 49 7 05 with prices 250 710 35 cents per mile to Delphi Lafayette and intermediate points at 6 40 9 10 11 10 AM 1 10 3 10 PM
Schedule effective March 12 19c7 shows interurban trains from Logansport to Indianapolis with multiple daily departures from 5 00 a m to 11 00 p m. Limited trains connect at Komo with the Indianapolis line and run to Tipton only with direct connections at Tipton to Wood Alexandria Fairmount Ande gon Middletown Muncie and intermediate stations. Interchangeable coupon books and a pass covering 1 800 miles are offered.
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