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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
8
A collage of short items from Vandalia and surrounding areas notes road work and rail activity. new hires and absences on streetcar and interurban lines. holiday sales and discounts from Hadley Co and Graves. social events, church talks, and school vacation plans. births, injuries, and weather-related updates.
Bath robes offered in excellent qualities with new colors and patterns priced from 3.50 to 8 dollars at Murdock and Wise.
A notice from John Hedde at 432 High Street advertises a fire sale and claims their coat does not need reweighing, asserting weight guarding. Telephone provided as 1700 for inquiries.
Market shopper notice for ETNIRE'S SPECIALS at 301 Market Street listing eatables and prompt delivery. Phone number 216 appears for orders.
Boxes and handsome webs feature silk suspenders with gold and silver buckles offered by Murdock & Wise. Prices listed at 5c 75e and 1 dollar in a compact sales item.
The First National Bank of Logansport Indiana will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the bank on No 314 Fourth Street Logansport Cass County Indiana Tuesday January 12 1909 between 1 and 3 PM for electing directors and any other business. W W Ross Cashier December 8 1998
An ad for Never Darn half hose offers six month guarantees and a trade for returned pairs within six months. Each box priced at two dollars from Murdock & Wise.
A brief ad from Independent Coal Co offers self service weighing at any convenient scales. It invites customers to leave coal orders and prompts prompt delivery with the privilege of weighing. Phone 144 is listed.
Local notices report personnel changes at Vandalia yards with several workers on sick lists returning to duty. Cars are disinfected daily with twenty-two cars processed as the railroad company struggles to meet stock car demand. A funeral for Elizabeth Jane Watts was held at Shiloh Church with interment in the nearby cemetery.
The Woman's Progressive club met at Library hall for a program with Beulah Vernon on violin and Fay Vernon at piano. Edna Graham spoke on Boulevards, Mrs. Berry on Tuilleries, and Mrs. Wall on Art Galleries. A Park Avenue Sunday school class met at Cumberland Presbyterian church. Birthday, birthday and dance events were held for Henry Murdock, Miss Jessie Crodge, and the Pathfinders lodge. Guests enjoyed masks, an oyster supper, and bridge whist at several gatherings.
Cellar bags handkerchiefs and tie cases flash jewel cases and pocketbooks offered at very low prices by Murdock and Wise in a bargain display.
Local notes list Julius Lienemann yard goods and gift books at 321 Third St, plus names of shops offering oak dressers, patent leather shoes, and holiday chocolates at Red Cross pharmacy. Also reports residents at Bates street sanitarium, social visits, lodge invitations, rail traffic rate cuts, and officer elections in local clubs.
Professor John H Skinner says Purdue earned the greatest American college honor at the international livestock exposition. Fyvie Knight the prize steer won the royal purple ribbon and about $1 000 in cash with over $500 more in prizes, while $125 came from sales to the Fair store. The steer’s name combines Fyvie Mover from the general family and Woodlawn Knight.
Miss Sadie Wyatt and Glenwood Holloway were married last evening at 8 o clock at 315 Clifton Avenue. Rev A A Mainwaring of the Baptist church officiated. A small group attended, and the couple will reside in the city.
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