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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
8
A miscellany of local notices and brief items. Advertisements for Red Cross stamps and holiday buys abound as residents plan visits, travel, and shopping. Reports include names like Josh Wise and A. D. MeMix, plus storefronts such as The Boston and Hal B. Smith & Co, and events like Christmas sales and a city basketball league opener.
The Deventer hatter and furnisher promotes a holiday assortment of bath robes in varied materials priced from $3 to $10. The item emphasizes warmth, guard against chill, and growing consumer interest during the season.
Ben Martin promotes a varied selection of umbrellas in plain handles and silver or gold mounted as thoughtful gifts. The piece highlights the appeal of umbrellas as practical yet stylish presents.
Weaver Creek the best soft coal Feranton the best hard coal Minton Lump the best cheap coal. John Giedde at 432 High Street. Phone 1700.
Local notice advertises overstock trunk, suitcases, and collar bags at cut prices. Show window displays available for customers preparing for travel needs.
The store announces daily big price cuts this week on Christmas items. Today Christmas stationery drops 33 1-3 percent and Christmas seals cards and tags are one fourth off. Watch the window for daily specials at 417 Broadway.
Advertises a line of neckwear priced at 50 cents praised as pleasing to men. Boxes offered free with purchase. Credits Murdock & Wise as the seller.
If you want to see a happy woman at your house buy her an electric iron a new chandelier or one of our pretty stand lamps George W Cann Co 324 Broadway.
Electrical items on display include flash lights telegraph instruments and electric bells at 324 Broadway. The catalog highlights batteries and related gadgets inviting young readers to visit the store for electric gift ideas.
Murdock and Wise advertise silk suspenders in boxes with gold and silver buckles priced at five cents to one dollar as a bargain offer in the period display.
Candies trees holly fruits and nuts featured in a Christmas sale at Etnire's grocery. Phone 216.
The page lists holiday bargains and shop notices, plus residents and travelers visiting relatives for Christmas. It notes bill payments, shopping at almsick's and Snider & Alber, piano offers from Hal B Smith & Co, and several locals traveling to spend the holidays in Indianapolis Columbus Chicago Louisville and Oklahoma City. It mentions J F Quick holiday plans and Wittenberg president Heckard as a guest, with several staff and residents visiting family.
A collage of Christmas season postings from local merchants and residents. ads promote fountain pens and slippers, home goods, and perfumes at Porter's Klinsick's Hal Smith Co and other stores. personal notes mention travel plans and visits across Indiana towns and nearby states.
Complete stock advertised with prices across categories. Mentions Alger and Hentz titles, copyright fiction at $1.50, children's books 5c to 10c, and general sale in the Trade Palace window. Includes 10¢ to 35¢ price range notes and miscellaneous 19¢ items.
A Broadway jewelry ad urges shoppers to give jewelry as a thoughtful, lasting present. It highlights affordable diamonds and watches and promotes Le Legue at 402 Broadway as a value-filled source for timely gifts.
Promote gifting a cozy cap from Deventer hats and fur finisher. Suggests cloth or fur options as ideal winter warmth for him. Highlighted by a local hatter and furrier.
A notice seeks a boy with experience to drive a grocery wagon. Applicants are instructed to address P. O. Box 397 for details.
Advertises gloves in 50c 1 dollar and 21 50 price points from Murdock and Wise. The copy asserts gloves are always a welcome gift for any man and any occasion.
The Logan sport Loan and Trust Company will return all money paid on the Bendix automobile factory subscription upon the return of receipt.
A conversation notes that the main difficulty in suffrage meetings is securing listeners rather than speakers. Mrs Millerant confirms the challenge lies in attracting an audience for the event.
Retail observers note persistent pressure from mass media and holiday catalogs urging consumers to buy. Shoppers encounter a flood of seasonal specials and limited time offers that push budgets toward the red before December ends.
Store packed with buyers as Cline Bros slashes prices to wholesale cost and less at 427 429 Broadway Spry building. Peru Walton Lucerne Kewanna and Panhandle towns send shoppers for the immense stock including furniture carpets rugs and toves. New spring goods ordered last summer arrive and must be sold, even at a loss.
Casey Michael, who boards with James Schofield, reported his raffle prize pig missing from Schofield’s saloon cellar at 155 Lakeside Avenue. The pig disappeared from a high open window after Tuesday night’s safe keeping, and Casey suspects theft while the hog remains unaccounted.
Sears or trade palace advertises a clearance of cloaks coats and neck pieces with prices ranging from 1.98 to 18.50. Items include men women and children outerwear with discounts as stock must be reduced today and upcoming days.
Castle hall hosts the Knights of Pythias annual roll call tomorrow evening with Senator Frank M. Kistler as toastmaster. Over 100 pounds of turkey and other fare will be served to a large gathering.
Diana Temple of Pythian Sisters elected officers including M. E. chief Glyda Evilsizer E.S. Anna Worstell E.J. Julu Morris M. of T. Fannie Moriarty M. of R. & T. Carolyn DeHart M. of F. Lottie Etnire P. of T Flora McCormick G. of O. T. Catherine Vernon L.O. Carrie Klinck.
Ben Martin advertises diamond rings priced from eight to four hundred dollars, claiming pre raise purchases allow quotes well below future prices. Customers are invited to visit and view the selection.
Linen handkerchiefs in various widths with fine quality offered by Murcock and Wise. Prices given 25c 35c and 50c as part of a local shop sale.
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