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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
8
A long list of small notices and advertisements appears, including shopping specials, lost and found items, personal notices, musical events, theater ads, and local telegrams. Mentions of Red Cross stamps, furniture, jewelry, drug stores, and upcoming social gatherings fill the page with community highlights.
A plea to settle debts now to help a reporter carrier boy have a merry Christmas. A kind word and payment of the amount owed are urged to assist the hardworking youth.
Helvie & Sellers promote Staley Wool Underwear as durable all wool outerwear that will wear well and keep the wearer warm, claiming it is the proper choice for good clothes.
Local ad offers special prices on candies for teachers and school staff. Candies guaranteed pure and wholesome by New York Candy Kitchen at 308 Market Street.
Prompt Gd very 301 Market street Phone 216.
The Hal Smith jewelry firm declares satisfaction with its eight year growth and invites Christmas shoppers to inspect a replenished stock. It emphasizes cash sales, price competitiveness, courteous service, and a large staff. The notice positions the store as a leading jewelry shop in northern Indiana and urges comparisons with any dealer.
County Superintendent William Haas expresses pleasure with school results this fall and credits the view school law requiring well qualified teachers for the strong showing.
Beautiful boxes hold gold and silver tackles sold for 50c to 1. Sellers at Helvie Street offer these silk suspenders as bargains from the Home of Good Clothes.
A box of 25 cigars sold at Mulcahey’s local shop located at 219 Sixth Street. The dealer offers Christmas themed packages for sale from the factory.
The ad promotes holiday gifts for men from Murdock & Wise featuring neckwear shirts mufflers collar bags house coats bath robes umbrellas gloves handkerchiefs leather novelties suspenders scarf pins cuff buttons hosiery and other items. Customers are urged to visit the shop for a suitable present.
Deventer, a hatter and furnisher, says the counter stroke on neckwear gloves shirts underwear suspenders hankerchiefs mufflers bath robes house coats suits traveling bags trunks hats and caps ensures solid stock of holiday goods.
If clothing purchases do not satisfy you, come to Helvie and Sellers. They guarantee every suit or overcoat bought, or your money back.
The Otto Shoe and Clothing Co offers new colors for ladies PF Phoenix mufflers in options including copper, sky, navy, lavender, maroon, cerise, white, black, grey, brown, dark brown and golden.
John M. Etnire of Stettiner block notes that good furniture markets itself and requires little else in promotion. The remark underscores the brand strength of quality interiors and consumer trust.
A mixed local page lists prices and offers from shops for coal oats electric bills and copperware and jewelry such as diamond brooches cuff links and photographic goods. It also notes personalities and arrivals including Dennis Knight A J Wells and Mrs Trimble with plans for holidays and work notices from Panhandle officials and Wabash freight agents.
Regular hams and California hams offered at low prices. Sugar corn three cans for 23¢. Lifted peas three cans for 23¢. Baked beans three cans for 12¢. Good roasted coffee 1b for 10¢. McCaffrey.
The Reporter carrier boys’ earnings depend on collections. Each boy seeks to maximize earnings, so pay all you owe when he calls on Saturday or Monday to help them earn their Christmas money.
Frank W. Tucker, pure food inspector, visited the city today to inspect meat markets and groceries. He conducted checks to ensure sanitary conditions and proper handling of food products.
Local shoppers see promotions for fountain pens from Taylor and Porter's with gifts priced 1 to 6 dollars. Residents travel for holidays, attend social events, and receive visits from relatives. Panhandle and Vandalia pay cars arrive to settle Christmas wages for workers.
A catalog style item from Murdock & Wise touts neckwear linen handkerchiefs shirts silk suspenders umbrellas scarf pins buttons gloves bath robes and house coats with prices ranging from 50 cents to $5 aimed at men's gifts and novelties.
At the Yeuell meeting opening last evening twenty people were baptized and seven joined the church. Rev Yeuell spoke on The Unpardonable Sin. The Ben Hur lecture has been postponed to Friday.
Helvie and Sellers advertise ten dollar prices on suits and overcoats priced by others at twelve to fifteen dollars. The garments are described as durable and well presenting, promoting long wear and smart appearance at a bargain.
Local Panhandle yards received a large carload of bolts and nuts from Columbus marking a major material delivery. shifts and assignments include Stalnaker and others in dental and retail trades, while staff changes show Vance family layoffs and Jon Allison resuming duties after grand jury appearance.
Walter S Sievers files a suit against Casparis Stone company demanding 500 dollars in damages. Baker seeks a divorce in related notices.
Joshua Baker filed suit for divorce from Alice M. Baker claiming separation since December 10, 1908. He alleges she stays out until all hours and notes their 1889 Goshen marriage and daughters Florence Ethel and Fannie O. born to them. Baker is an interurban conductor living on Erie avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Irvine hosted a party for their son William to mark his fourteenth birthday with forty guests. Prizes went to Marie McConnell, Roslyn Oppenheimer, Edna McCullough, Paul Youngker, Joseph Taylor, and Margaret Stauffer, with readings by Miss Minnie Starr. The Meur du Lis club plans a meeting tomorrow with Mrs Halderman on Fifteenth Street.
Notice to subscribers that The Reporter carrier boys will conduct their regular monthly and weekly collections this Saturday. Please have payments ready for the collector.
Cass Encampment No 119 C O F holds regular meeting this evening with work in Royal Purple degree. Business of importance noted. Charles R Brooks C P George R Jackson Scribe.
Mrs. C. C. Murphy of 1826 Market street reports a doll left at Panhandle station by her sister Mrs. Saylor of Camden Ohio was mistaken for a real baby. Mrs. Saylor had bought a doll for her daughter and left it on a seat before returning home, leading to a telegram request to retrieve it.
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