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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
8
A crowded domestic column lists shop ads, visits, social events, travel, local crimes, nominations, and community notices. Mentions Miss Merle Ash of Huntington visiting relatives, plans for picnics and excursions, various job inquiries, and several residents traveling to Lake Maxinkuckee and other nearby towns. Also notes rail and streetcar operations, savings deposits, and local business promotions.
The Kokomo Automobile club will run to Wabash Marion Peru and end in this city on September 2 with the visit dubbed Automobile Day. The local club will host the visiting motorists in town.
Edward Furey of this city progresses after surgery at St. Joseph's hospital. He has been moved to his home at 335 Ottawa Street. Marey is named as a printer at Smith Stationery Company.
Saturday sale at Golden Rule offers savings until 10 PM. Royal soap 1% bars cost 25 cents with no sales to children. Best 30 cent house brooms priced at 1ic. Silk ribbons No 40 to 86 at 10 cents. Kimono crepe cloth 25 cents at 18 cents. New silk petticoats 36.00 class items now 4.44. Special sale includes new room rugs and tailored suits.
Local column notes light bills and listings for rooms and goods for sale. Mentions H L Frane Toledo baseball secretary visiting city. Citizens travel to Winona and Chicago. Preaching at West Sandridge, guests at Rochester, and Lake Maxinkuckee accommodations. Cement works ad and civic notices mark community life.
The St Anne's church congregation at Grass Creek will hold its annual picnic on Thursday August 27. The event is a major summer gathering and attracts many attendees from the area.
The Ball-Temple threshing ring members celebrated their yearly banquet at Horace Smith's Bethlehem township home. Ice cream was served and music was provided by Mr. and Mrs. William Buchanan, Horace Smith, Clyde Smith, Lewis Works and Homer Young.
Mrs. Fred Cravens of Tipton was freed from jail after aiding the police by revealing the whereabouts of Will Cottingham, an embezzler. She and her husband planned to move to Indianapolis. Cottingham was arrested and faces trial.
Death of Mrs Honeywood of Charing England in 1620 is marked by a vast family tree totaling 367 descendants including sixteen children 114 grandchildren 288 great grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren.
Mrs J B Taylor hosted a leap year party honoring Miss Nellie Griffith of Chicago with out of town guests Harry Himmelberger and Mr Cann. The Double Six Pedro club awarded honors to Mrs Mary Eisert and Miss Georgia Warner. Royal Neighbors, Modern Woodmen events planned in Ben Hur hall while Ada Hays to host next meeting. picnics at Spencer park and Presbyterian Missionary society gathering also noted.
Martin Caton age 82 Civil War veteran died at his Grass Creek home last night. Funeral from the house tomorrow at 9 a.m. Mrs Lillie Higgins remains shipped to Forest Indiana for funeral after dying in Campbell's laundry. Katherine Zimmerman funeral set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. from her Noble township residence with burial at Mt Hope.
Special tomorrow at Wind-Uno Sale offers ladies white embroidery linen purses valued to 1.59 dollars. Wiler & Wise, Inc. promotes choice items at discounted prices for shoppers.
For sale a good eleven room house adaptable as single or double unit. Prime location. Terms: part cash with balance on time or exchange for a smaller home with balance in cash or time. Address C care Daily Reporter.
Indianapolis August 25 notices announce Kern notification day at the state fair grounds. I. U. T. Co. plans to have cars running past the grounds and many vehicles to provide ideal service with W. J. Bryan expected to attend.
Paris reports France shows slow rise in cremations with most in Paris and little use in provinces. The International Cremation Society notes America leads with 4 000 bodies, followed by Germany 2 977, Argentina 976, Switzerland 721, Great Britain 705, and France 451 across Paris Marseille Lyons Rouen. Italy has 142 with 30 crematories.
Charles McKeen formerly of this city and Miss Sarah Williams superintendent of the Critten Girls' school at Terre Haute were married recently. McKeen once worked as a Vandalic conductor here and now runs a laundry business in Terre Haute.
The Haymakers lodge No 170 holds a meeting tonight to discuss purchasing special equipment for lodge rooms. All members are expected to attend.
The Parseval and Gross steerable balloons cruised together for two hours over Berlin, performing evolutions with great success. They sailed Unter den Linden close to rooftops, cheered by crowds as the Duke of Sachem Altenburg steered the Parseval. Daily ascensions will train new pilots.
Paints-Red Cross. For Rent Furnished room with bath and electric light. 630 High. Easy to buy and easy to pay for furniture at Hadley & Co. Mason jars quarts 60c per dozen. 319 Pearl St Closson. Mr. and Mrs. George Horney entertained Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Horn at dinner. Save for a rainy day with the Loan & Trust Co savings department. Miss Calla Reinhart and Miss Addie Reinhart attended the Hinkle reunion at Tipton yesterday.
A wireless dispatch from off Cape Race reports the Cunard liner Lusitania achieved 659 knots in 24 hours from noon Sunday to noon Monday August 17, breaking the prior record of 643 knots set by the same ship on July 6. The report notes the record is the latest in a series of improvements for the fastest daily run by an ocean steamer.
The New York World cites a fresh figure placing the United States with 201 794 642 apple trees as of last June. Missouri leads with 24 040 399 trees, New York second with 15 054 832, while New York’s 1890s gain is noted as remarkable. It discusses state shares, yields, and apple varieties, highlighting Davis and Northern Spy as premier selections.
At a Blue and Gray reunion in Mammoth Springs Missouri Arkansas Mrs Jennie Sprun of New Madrid Missouri defends her husband calling no remarks about him. Mrs Jessie Hamilton provoked a scene by saying the husband was the ugliest man in Missouri prompting a peace suspension during the event.
A fragment cites a proverb about continual dripping in rain and draws a likeness to a contentious woman. The line references Prev 27 15, suggesting a biblical cross reference or period tone.
Fragmentary lines mention annual blood flow of about 1 206 600 gallons and a burial at Minot cemetery on Main Street in Concordia. Mixed quotes reflect emotional whimsy and remarks on presidential portraits, notably Lincoln, with a remark on memory of a general expression after viewing a likeness.
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