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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1875
Page
2
City reports note many tickets sold for the Colfax lecture next Monday evening. Prisoners linger in the county jail and local talk includes agents offering inducements while local business and excursions rise in activity with plans for saloons and plays.
Citizens meet to organize flowers and grave designations for Decoration Day observance. Committees named by ward lead efforts with fulfillment details and a call for old soldiers to participate. Also notes on Captain Snider and local fire company gathering and a Sherman memoir note.
The page compiles diverse items: price drops on Wall paper, a Tipton Fire Company meeting for election of Vice President, lumber and construction ads, cigars, rental offers, potatoes and groceries, a liquor store, and a city ordinance requiring cleanup of garbage within Logansport limits. It also lists merchants Reed’s Marble Works, Oppenheim & Long, Newmans millinery, and several fashion notices.
May 31 delivery begins from bakery at 84 Market. free daily service for bread rush buns cakes and more. Orders left at bakery. Also notices for Brackets store deals at Fifty Cent Store and local real estate inquiry at Bridge and North streets. Ague pills and linen cloths advertised by local shops.
The Purssell property on the South Side includes lots 85 90 and 95 with a two story frame house and will be sold on favorable terms. Apply to Rose L. Pomezatz. Milk man W Brookshire reliably serves customers in all weather with pure milk.
Oppenheim and Long of Masooleon Clothing House announce a free ticket draw from 1 to 1000 open to shoppers who spend ten dollars. Tickets come with a chance to win a $509 prize, with the Mayor and local dignitaries presiding. Purchasers choose their numbers, limit one ticket per person, and the deeds for the prize are on display at the store in Logansport Indiana.
An unclear OCR fragment lists various food items and materials including potatoes bread butter cheese and hides along with scattered letters and abbreviations. The readable elements suggest a catalog or notice but no coherent event or date is clear.
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