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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
8
The Daily Reporter lists assorted notes from Josh Wise and residents. Fire, electric and rail updates mix with visits, travels, layoffs, sales and upcoming excursions to Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. Community events, personnel changes, and local business notices fill the page.
Arnold's wash materials priced up to 35e a yard with choices at 74c. White duck skirts reach 7.98 with selection at 8c. Embroidery flounces priced to 1.25 a yard with 38c choice. Cambric corset covers 50c values for 25c. Indian linen shirtwaists 75c values for 39c. Kayser silk gloves 14 inch valued at 2.00 for 8c. Ladies 50c fancy hose 35c. West quality tin cans per dozen 33c. Fels Naptha soap seven cakes for 25c. Old Ptteh cleanser tea can or 3 cans for a discount. Wiler & Wise Inc.
Advert says the Golden Rule offers a remarkable money saving sale inviting 5 000 more ladies to attend to save money. It urges women to visit the store for substantial bargains and promotional pricing.
The notice asks readers to have the amount due for their paper ready tomorrow. Carriers will start early and readers are urged to leave the payment with a family member to spare the carriers extra walking.
Shoppers are urged to visit Golden Rule for a money-saving fall sale featuring lace and muslin apparel. Items include 12% lonsdale muslin at 25¢, corset covers embroidery at 19¢, cotton blankets at 5¢, elbow-length silk gloves at 4.98, silk ribbons No 80 at 10¢, silk petticoats at 6. , fall voile skirts at 4. , floor rugs at 10.75, and over 75 tailored suits from 15 to 25 dollars in new shades and exclusive styles.
This week's specials include taffeta ribbons 16c to 50c, floral ribbons at 14c, fancy ribbons 38c, men's balbriggan shirts and drawers 23c, men's athletic undershirts 16c, women's sleeveless vests 5c, linen laces 5c, handkerchiefs 3c, embroidery items 5c to 25c, Mennen talcum 12c, fancy taffeta silks 44c to 48c, lawns 7c, dark perales 7c, tan hose 9c, and many dress goods and silks at half price. Continued sale notes from The Seybold D G Co.
For sale a good eleven room house that can be used as single or double. Splendid location with flexible terms. part cash balance on time or exchange for smaller home with balance cash or time. Address "C" care Daily Reporter.
Patrons in the afternoon performance at the Ark enjoyed a string of gags with "The Directoire Gown" and "Stung or What Can That Bee" drawing steady laughter. The play’s running jokes left audiences amused and appreciative.
Furnished rooms for rent announce at 606 Market street. John C. Deventer travels to New York for purchases. Sixteenth street school repainting begins. Local people fishing at Fletcher's lake. Boyer family from Marion visit Pottowattomie Point. Ollie Ashbrook guest of J. Y. Wood at 821 High street. Savings department advertised by Loan & Trust Co. Wanted grocery clerk with stock keeping skill. Elks band to attend courthouse cornerstone laying at Peru Sept 9. Peach picking for market. Nettleton Neff from Panhandle in city on inspection. Miss Dunwoody of Indianapolis and Miss Kistler of Marion visit Fay Vernon. E. M. Howard and R. W. Weir depart for west on vacation. Interstate Commerce Commission extends bill of lading date to Nov 1. Tom Dodds sick. Harry Allery in for him. Logansport players aim for state tennis in Indianapolis Sept 7. Mrs. Will Bernfield to Bradford Pa. trip to Niagara Falls. Wabash outing near Georgetown with several families. Delays in completion and inspection of Clymers interlocker affect routes.
Miscellaneous small items list for Rent notices at 319 Pearl and 630 High. new furnace at Panhandle heating plant. several social visits including Miss Della Cole Ruth Widgeon Miss Fay Lucy Miss Irene Neff. travel news of Indiana girls on the Indianapolis Star tour. dray axle break and repair. carrier collections start tomorrow. Mrs James Vernon and daughters to Chicago then northern resorts. families visited by Attorney John Linn group. Eva Hollopeter injured at Loon Lake with no fracture.
Jonathan Garver formerly of this city died yesterday at his home near Kempton Indiana. The funeral was held this afternoon from the Pisgah church south of town.
Regular meeting of Lew Wallace court No. 2065 T. B. H. is held this evening. All members are urged to attend due to important business. Minisee council No. 66 also meets tonight with Adoption degree work planned. all members are requested to be present.
A Kansas girl reports eczema on face and hands improved by changing diet to Grape-Nuts after a physician linked the disorder to indigestion. She credits better digestion and fading eruptions to the cereal, urging others with similar symptoms to try it over medicines. The letter is signed with a Postum Co. slogan and a plug for The Road to Wellville.
Misses Zella Kinser and Bernice Kinser of Bloomington are guests of Miss Drysdale at 908 High Street. Miss Evadero Houser of Young America visits Miss Dollie Shepherd of Burlington Avenue. Attorney Ben Goldsberry of Colfax to lecture on The Divinity of Christ at Market Street M E church on October 23. L B Custer to speak at Indiana Horticultural Society meeting in Greenfield on today and Thursday about The true History of the Banana Apple. A B Liming and family to travel tomorrow to Anniston Missouri to visit sister Mrs Oliver Wilson. Mr and Mrs L M Pantz, returning from the East with the U R E of P, expected home within a day or two.
O Jones, Panhandle fireman, heads to Thornhope. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Falron Kleckner of 1829 Erie Ave. Mrs Charles Woll of this city returns from visits in South Bend St Joseph Mich and Chicago. Henry Fornoff moves barber shop from 415 to 419 Fourth St to remodel old building for Stevens Busjahn. Roscoe M Grable Bethlehem Twp and John Ballard Jr of this city sail to Saskatchewan Canada for land his father recently secured.
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