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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
8
A crowded local page lists visitors and residents in town, upcoming events, shows at the Crystal, sales and services, and travels of many families. Notables include O. W. Cooper in fire insurance, H. E. Desgains visiting relatives in Royal Center, and F. H. Darwin planning a Mackinac City trip. Community notices cover picnics, school trips, theatre, and church events with numerous short updates.
No card party is scheduled Tuesday evening at the Country Club due to the circus. Chairman of the entertainment committee notes the cancellation and cites the event conflict.
Special meeting of the Germania Singing Society to be held at 318 Pearl Street on Tuesday evening August 4 1908. Officers and members are requested to attend for business of importance by order of committee.
In a foreign exchange of fortunes an heiress marries a duke and purchases a title while the duke gains money from the arrangement. The unusual union highlights social climbing and financial leverage in aristocratic circles.
The funeral for Vincent Schnitz was held at St. Joseph church with Fr Kroeger officiating and burial at Mt. St. Vincent under St Josephs society. May McDonald was laid to rest at Metea Baptist church and burial at the adjoining cemetery. Derma Beck, five weeks old, died and was interred at Mt. Hope after services at 319 North Sixth Street.
A pleasant surprise honored Miss Gretchen Swaney at her home on Nineteenth Street with friends including Bertha Kinsey Dottie Rynearson Hazel Wharfield Edna Swaney Otto Rothermel Robert Doyle Clarence Rhodes Ernest Doyle Ray Rynearson Claude Kinsey Don Swaney and Olga Kister of Royal Center. Mrs Joseph Taylor hosted a Country Club dinner with out of town guests Mrs Lucy Niswander Columbus Ohio Mrs E C Folsom Atlantic City and Mrs Ed Twells Marion Indiana. The eighth annual Custer Conrad family reunion is set for Spencer Park on August 29 with Roxie Conrad Barnett as secretary and Isaiah W Krider as president. Will Smith of the South Side hosted dinner for Miss Mary Baker of Monticello.
This morning at 7 o'clock the wedding of Claude Wolf and Genevieve Holland took place at St Vincent church. Rev P J Crosson officiated. Wolf has been a clerk at Seybold dry goods for ten years. Miss Holland is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Holland.
Miss Phoebe Beam daughter of Pan handle engineer Charles F Beam and William Orth of Chicago will marry tomorrow morning. Orth formerly resided in Fort Wayne and the couple plan to reside in Chicago.
Miss Mae Leach of Fowlertown and Ernest Crocraft of Flora were married Saturday in Marion. Crocraft works for the Panhandle and is well known locally.
To brighten carpet, dip the broom in kerosene oil and sweep in the usual way. The carpet will be almost as bright as new.
A reader shares a letter praising Postum over coffee after years of pale illness and weakness. After giving up coffee and switching to Postum, health improved rapidly, headaches ceased, and weight reached 148 pounds. The letter attributes recovery to Postum and notes the brand’s promotional stance.
The hair is parted on the left and waved away from the face with a back knot in a round Grecian style. Soft curls frame both sides and stand out, allowing flowers ribbons and many garnitures for adornment.
Advertisement copy offering a five day trial of the Corona Medicator inhalant for catarrh asthma hay fever and related head air passage issues. Promises $5 value and $10 home use with a $1 trial payment and 3 cent return costs. Calls for reliable agents for Corona Mfg Co Ashland Ohio.
A clipping notes 2,632 railroad collisions and derailments in three months amid global tensions. It mentions Roosevelt, the Sick Man of Europe, and race outcomes like Germany winning the New York to Paris event, with various quoted lines and figures such as Catholic and Protestant populations.
Aggressive advertisement touts cheap farms in Texas with easy terms, a new railroad to vast land, free berths on a private car to Plainview, and company hotel accommodations offered by Mor arch Land Co. aimed at attracting investors and settlers.
A fragment shows a young man at a doorway urging a loved one to act with urgency as he declares he is aflame with feeling and urges them to wake their mind to his plea. The dialogue conveys passionate longing and immediate emotional appeal.
Henry Tucker recorder notes the St John commandery holds its stated conclave this Monday evening. The Ladies of the G A R Lincoln Circle No 1 cancel tomorrow’s meeting and will hold the next meeting on the third Tuesday of the month.
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