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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
8
Local column items include births, marriages, lost items, sales and services, visits, travel notes, upcoming events, and a film at the Crystal. Names such as Mrs. D. C. Leasure, George Burkhart, and Clyde Mandel appear amid road, shop, and social notices. A variety of small ads and community updates populate the page.
Advertisement notes sugar cured California hams and prunes with prices per unit. Lists include Fancy Elberta peaches, New corn by the dozen, tomatoes by the pound, and cantaloupes each five cents. Mentions McCaffrey.
Graves' book store offers an official league baseball ball guaranteed for nine innings for 79 cents on Saturday only. This marks a historic first as such balls have never before sold for under $1.25.
Flat for rent at 519 Pearl Street. Local guests include Miss Edith Stoner of Star City and Mrs. M. A. Baker of Rochester visiting relatives. Union and railway news feature benefits paid, train movements, and incidents including a near electrocution on a low hanging wire near Andrews.
The funeral of Mary E. Farrell was held at St. Vincent de Paul Church at 9 AM with Rev. P. J. Crosson presiding and interment at Mt. St. Vincent. Mary Meinert’s service is set for tomorrow at 2 PM from 20 Uhl Street with Rev. J. O. Simon. interment at Mt. Howe. Wavey Gertrude Marshall’s funeral is Sunday at 10 AM from Seven Mile Church, with interment at Onward Cemetery.
Mrs. O L Harrington hosted a Spencer park moonlight party for her niece Miss Adda Dritt soon to wed Fred Taylor of Berwyn Nebraska. Guests included Mrs O L Harrington Mr and Mrs Carl Green Mr and Mrs Harry Green William Sharp Albert M Schmeltzer Harry G Warvel Harry M Gardner Mrs Robert Galloway and others. Honors went to Harry Green and Harry Warvel.
In South Bend Indiana on August 7 angleworms cost ten cents a dozen with a steady market. The drought presses worms deeper in soil making supply tight and profitable for sellers. Fishermen and sporting goods dealers report difficulty obtaining worms and small boys roam wide to find them.
Daniel Slattery a chauffeur eloped with Miss Madeline Zeigler daughter of Mrs. Margaret Zeigler the East End socialite The couple hurried away after detectives were hired to check Slattery’s background by the heiress mother
A man named Forest Plank fell from a boat a few days ago and bit his spine. Initial assessments missed the severity but a doctor yesterday diagnosed a gathering in the spine indicating possible serious injury.
Regular meeting of Logansport camp Modern Woodmen of America this evening at 8 in Ben Hur hall. All neighbors urged to attend. Tipton lodge No. 3 F and A M holds a stated meeting Friday evening with work in the MM degree. All Masons invited. A. S. Boyle, Sec.
Walter J. Millard of Anderson will address Logansport residents at 8 PM Saturday at Fourth and Market streets. He will discuss The Future of the Trusts from the Socialist viewpoint and is described as an able speaker.
Work on the new model gravel road faced difficulty north of the city as fifty years of travel had packed the ground. A city steam roller proved useless, leading workers to tear up the ground with the roller and hand tools.
Yesterday the Republican convention in Bethlehem township nominated Lyman Yantis for trustee on the second ballot and Sam Warner for assessor on the third ballot. Contests included David Williamson John Redd Horace McDowell Frank Ellis Ab Morrow and Al Rogers. Nomination is considered election in this township.
Last night at Rev E A Arthur home Miss Essie Devin of Patoka Indiana and Dr M L Arthur of Washington Indiana joined in marriage. Rev Arthur brother of the groom performed the ceremony. They will reside in Washington. A small luncheon followed.
In Laporte Indiana August 7 a tramp robbed the home of Mrs George Schoonover wife of a Starke county farmer while she was alone. He attacked her before fleeing and was later pursued through the Kankakee marshes by organized posses but not captured. The search continues.
Miller Anderson of Pipe Creek faced charges in Justice Peters' Galveston court for not having a fish ladder at the dam. The case was dropped after a fish warden arrested him and it was learned he planned to construct a ladder.
Ty Cobb known as the Detroit Tigers star wed Charlotte Marion Lombard, Augusta's wealthy citizen’s daughter, in Atlanta on August 6. The couple plans a brief Georgia tour before Cobb rejoins the Tigers and later visits Europe after the season.
A couple wed yesterday at St. Joseph Michigan with Clifford R. Minor of this city and Clara Hoover of Alexandria as the bride. Minor is unknown to locals and not listed in the directory.
Irvin Groninger of Rockfield sustained a severe arm injury when his arm was drawn into a field separator while threshing two days ago. The machine could not be stopped in time and the arm was mangled with multiple bone fractures and extensive flesh torn from the upper arm.
In Hot Springs Virginia on August 7 Melville Ingalls, Cincinnati railroad magnate, dismissed E H Harriman as joking when he claimed not to seek profits but to aid the country. Ingalls called Harriman shrewd and grasping, noting a grand Union Pacific plan and bonds to sell. He questioned Harriman’s deal for Gould roads and compared him to James J Hill.
Waiter proudly confirms the egg is freshly saved for two weeks for the guests, calling it a fresh egg.
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