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Newspaper
Logansport Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
6
The statement sworn by publisher Edgar F. Metzger lists the Tribune's November 1911 circulation across four demographic columns: 5,165 4,983 4,958 and 4,950. Notary Louis P. Denner witnessed the oath on December 5, 1911, with a commission expiry in 1814.
The Tribune rebuts Pharos criticism on electric light policy, denying confusion or delay. It notes the Pharos opposition to district lighting and questions motives while defending the city’s current power plan and alleged decades of editorial stance.
A political letter discusses support for a one cent power rate and criticizes city leadership for shifting control to a newspaper editor. It warns that if the Pharos editor is allowed to pull the strings, criticism will follow unless the editor runs the show to satisfy readers.
Logansport street car workers seek a Christmas concession from Ft. Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Co. to allow immediate family members of motormen and conductors to ride the local lines free or at reduced fare. They note Ft. Wayne and Lafayette families are honored and prepare a petition for company officials.
Charles Dimery of Columbus was ejected from the National Military Home after officials said he exploited credentials of a deceased brother to live there for nineteen months. Dimery likely faced no prosecution as he is in poor health and had sought a pension. the pension department notified the home of the brother’s death.
The Vandalia local division announces shorter work hours through year end to avoid layoffs. Yard crews drop from eleven to ten hours, shop and car repair eight hours, section men work alternate days, and foremen will walk tracks on off days. Wages will be distributed Saturday with a special half hour pay for road men on Sunday.
Obituary notices report Charles B. Stocks dying at St Joseph hospital after Brights disease with surviving siblings in Virginia Maryland and Oklahoma. Funeral at Market Street M E B Church with burial at Mt Hope. Also Rebecca Jane Hall and William K Kennedy funerals noted with burials in Monticello and Camden. John Frank funeral described as prominent young farmer near Cass County.
The Howard county court at Kokomo hears the case George H. Shirey versus Jesse Shadinger. The trial questions the validity of the surety’s signature on the promissory note, with claims the father never signed it and possible forgeries by the son.
Milo E. McCarter of Kokomo sues Indiana Union Traction Company in Howard County Court for $1,000 damages alleging careless operation of an interurban car demolished his automobile.
The notice promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a constitutional remedy for loss of appetite and ensuing weakness. It claims the medicine purifies and enriches the blood and supports the whole system, available in liquid form or chocolate tablets.
An Iowa style testimonial states Eckman’s Alterative cured a man declared consumptive after years of coughing fever and poor health. The letter claims weight gain, full activity, and no recurrence, urging others to try the remedy. It also notes other uses for respiratory and digestive ailments and invites readers to request a pamphlet and contact Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe blood impurities and “blood-cures” with terms like Burdock and Bitters. The text presents claims that certain tonics purify blood and cure diseases, but details and context are unclear.
Flora, who died Wednesday at age thirty two, leaves a wife and two children. Death attributed to pneumonia.
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