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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
8
The sale at Wiler & Wise Inc. concludes tonight with hundreds of bargains across departments. Shoppers are urged to attend for the chance to secure substantial savings and benefit from the event.
R. W. Kellogg of Indianapolis and Ed Goldman of Toledo visit, along with numerous local guests and events. Real estate, rentals, services, reunions, travel offers, and community updates fill a day’s local miscellany from loans to social calls and municipal notes.
For sale a good eleven room house that can be used as either a single or double dwelling. Located in a splendid area. Terms include part cash with balance on time, or exchange for a smaller home with balance in cash or time. Address "C" referenced in Daily Reporter.
Promotion for The Flower of the Ranch at Boyd Park on Sunday August 30. The show promises a high priced experience with popular admission. Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co will sell excursion tickets for the round trip from Logansport 50c Burrows 70c Rock Held 80c and from Delphi 9c.
Good stock mostly mares offered by Kreuzberger and Kistler Smith from the Western sale.
Local news item list covers rentals on Pearl Street and Market Street, travelers returning from Indianapolis and Chicago, visits across Michigan Indiana and Ohio, a theater company passing through, a sprained finger, and a special Vandalia train September 11 transporting I N G companies to Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Beginning Tuesday September 1 the store will sell all ranges and cook stoves in stock at actual cash cost. Featured lines include Favorite Estate and Moore's with other first class cook stores and ranges. Stock will be closed out as soon as possible, so customers are urged to come quickly. C A Eberline 518 Broadway.
A listing of Sunday services across multiple churches including Dunker Mission Union Street North Side First Church of Christ Scientists Ninth Streets Wheatland Avenue M E First Presbyterian Cumberland Presbyterian Market Street M E Ninth Street Christian and more with times for Sunday school worship and evening sermons. Strong names include Rev E C Dunn Rev W J Stewart Rev D I Williamson Prof G N Berry Miss Edna Sharmon Miss Leona Sharmon and others.
Cool mornings prompt a reminder to service your furnace now. Lusfield Geyer at 328 Fifth Street offers overhauls and can be reached by phone at 2233 for prompt work.
The Republican convention met last evening at Backus hall, Lucerne, Harrison township. Melvin Tucker won the trustee nomination against Burris Shideler, M. M. Brown was acclaimed for assessor, with Philip Wolford as chairman and Walter Walker as secretary.
Local Country club hosts a handicap golf match for the Secretary's Cup on Labor Day afternoon. All men who play are eligible and those interested should give their names to Captain F H Worthington so handicaps can be arranged.
The annual Dunn reunion drew about 500 attendees at Goldthwaite park in Marion on Thursday. Rev. E C Dunn was elected president with Eugene Grindle as secretary and E E Tolley as treasurer, both of Marion.
Mrs. and H. Burge hosted a surprise gathering at 310 Wheatland Avenue with friends on Thursday evening after a brief absence. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cox of Miami Avenue entertained guests with cards and music. Mrs. Charles Seybold gave a euchre party for ladies at her south of town home. Mrs. B. C. Stevens plans a dinner party tonight.
The annual Custer Conrad reunion took place at Spencer park with over one hundred relatives attending despite threatening weather. A large basket dinner and a good program were highlights of the day.
Martin Grady once a linotype operator in the city and Miss Catherine Wolf formerly of Campbell’s laundry were licensed to wed in Chicago yesterday. Grady had recently left the city, and the ceremony came as a surprise.
A party of local residents completed a tour of Canadian lands with all members returning except Anderson Hawkins who remained in Sakatoon for a broiled steak. H 2 trails on a following train. Roscoe Grable and Matthew Moroney visited Chicago, while Buck Summer Lon Pritchett and Ton swhnson are back home.
The board of public works will open bids Tuesday morning for machinery to be installed at the electric light plant. No bids have been filed yet, but they are expected before Tuesday.
F. G. Eberhart of this city sold 100 lambs averaging sixty five pounds in Chicago this week for 5.75 dollars each. The price is twenty five cents per hundred higher than any Cass county lambs brought to Chicago markets.
The social committee of Logansport Court No 233 has organized a watermelon social for Monday evening August 31 inviting all court members to attend.
Mr and Mrs Galloway invite their usual crowd to a dance at 8 30 Friday September 4 admission 50 cents per couple for those leaving for college.
Joseph Funk of Clay township, father of Attorney George W. Funk, handed out home grown peaches to courthouse officials this afternoon. The Funk orchards are reported loaded. Bob Varnett also delivered a sack of peaches this morning.
The case against Harry Kennedy brought by an East End girl was set for trial today but postponed until next Wednesday.
Local effort aims to bolster community winter readiness by distributing provisions. Volunteers coordinate informal drives to gather clothing fuel and food for households facing cold shortages. Organizers urge neighbors to donate and help sort aid for those in need.
Berwanger and Murray received the contract to wire three new Monticello buildings built by James Barnes. The sites are the White County Loan and Trust Co. bank, Marx Goodman's store, and F. C. Harkechers big store room. Work to start immediately once hospital work finishes.
Game Warden Gallion arrested Claude Smith on Sixth street bridge for catching two undersized bass and keeping them. The case will be filed in the circuit court.
Mr and Mrs Ira M Downey of Wabash sought refuge at the Mur dock hotel last evening after their marriage and escaped friends who had planned a bell ing. The couple continues their wedding trip today.
Rev. A. A. Mainwaring, pastor of the Baptist church, has returned from the University of Chicago where he pursued advanced work in ministry. He will preach tomorrow morning. No sermon tonight.
Commission certificates were received this morning appointing Eva M. Myers and Essie Hillhouse as notary publics.
Republican candidate James E. Watson passed through the city en route from Valparaiso to Indianapolis. He spoke yesterday at Valparaiso and delivered a speech in Greenfield today.
Gorman, two months ago, purchased John DeRee land in Noble township for £427 5000. Yesterday he received an offer of $100 per acre but refused to sell. DeRee claimed gold in the ground and Gorman plans to pursue the claim.
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