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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
6
Corrected Daily by Boyer Bros and Bishop Elevator Co the market lists Ducks Geese 06-04 Turkeys Butter per pound Eggs per dozen Chickens Spring chickens Wheat 78 Oats 49 90 02 Mixed and white prices and ranges for Hogs Cattle and other livestock Values shown in dollars and cents with multiple price bands reflecting supply and grade conditions through the day
Daily price sheet shows hogs at 5.70 to 6.15 per pound for various weight classes and calves trading from 3.00 to 5.50. Pine corrections daily by B. V. Cook & Co. provide the latest figures.
Philadelphia July 6 Frederick Gies a Curtis Publishing foreman was detained after investigators tied his life to the William H Wilson murder. Wilson died June 26 after drinking poisoned ale sent via a local express. Police found connections suggesting a motive related to a wife's death.
Delegations from Idaho split over anti Mormon lines with former Senator Dubois leading a delegation seeking seats while an anti Dubois group arrives claiming regular selection. The dispute centers on a polygamy denunciation plank and control of the Idaho delegation at the national convention.
Mrs. Gies died at her home after complications. Dr. Wilson attended her. Police indicate attempts were made to mislead investigators to hide the true cause and time of death.
The query asks for the proportion of young men who rush into marriage immediately after earning a bachelor’s degree. It seeks a specific statistic likely from historical data or social studies, but no precise figure or source is provided.
Cleveland's team won the inter city spelling bee at the National Education Association convention. Marie Bolden and Mae Thursby each spelled 104 words without error to earn gold medals for Cleveland and Pittsburg respectively. Both 14 years old and unrecognized before the final test, Bolden's victory thrilled the crowd while Thursby described easy rounds after prior tough practice.
In Springfield Illinois a hoisting engineer C A Ballard was stabbed to death in his home early Sunday. Joseph James a black man was arrested and charged with the murder. Ballard awakened by his daughter Blanche who reported a Negro on her bed. Ballard attacked the intruder and was fatally stabbed. Public talk of lynching surrounds the case.
In Cooperstown New York Bishop Henry Codman Potter remains seriously ill from a stomach and liver ailment. Doctors reported Sunday night his condition improved enough to warrant hopeful prospects for recovery as each hour passes.
Count Sumarakoff Elston, eldest son of Prince Yussupoff, was killed by Count Manteuffel, a horse guards officer, in a pistol duel on Krestovsky Island in the Neva. The duel followed a family quarrel sparked by Count Manteuffel's challenge on Sunday.
A collection of humorous and moral quips on love age wealth and propriety. The sayings reference a man known by his employer a wife’s advice a heiress and a book with a title. The tone riffs on social norms and contemporary figures such as J Pierpont Morgan.
A reflective note recalls leaving the city for thick forests where time slows and the world’s noise fades. The speaker mentions moving beyond the ticker and the sting of a tick marks a return to quieter, simpler moments.
A vintage notice states Cham berlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy began in 1872 tackling diarrhoea dysentery and cholera infantum. It claims superior success, wide US and foreign distribution, strong pharmacist endorsements, and reliable results in severe cases with W H Porter as a local seller.
Carl Horn office in Stetiner building offers carefully prepared plans and specifications and provides telephone contact at 700 for project inquiries.
Columbia Brewing Co makers of the famous Columbia beer markets their lager with the slogan a beer that has no peer. Family trade solicited. Telephone No. 40.
The Merrill & Son store at 432 High Street promotes coal oil at 10 cents and gasoline at 14 cents claiming not to be in the trust and inviting trial orders.
C L Dilley & Co advertises at 515 Market Street with telephone 87 offering highest grade coal horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe.
Local shop offers garbage wagon builds and repairs plus painting and general blacksmithing with reasonable prices and prompt service. Contact at 57 percent phone for inquiries.
H Weber at 310 Pearl Street offers cloth cleaning, repairing, pressing and tailoring services.
Dentist F M Bozer operates at the corner of Fourth and Broadway above City National Bank. Office phone 363 residence 1463 listed.
The notice lists D. E. Delzer with an office at 404% Market Street, stairway east of Ray's Grocery, and a residence at 1918 North Street. Includes office phone 253 and residence phone 622. Note appears as a directory style contact listing.
Co L Dilley and Company operated at 515 Market Street offering flour feed and bay with a telephone listed as 87.
Merrill and Son at 422 High Street advertise high test gasoline and coal oil that resists gumming stoves. They claim no oil trust affiliation and offer best gasoline at 14 cents and coal oil at 10 cents with a prompt trial order via mail.
Ed Osborne successor to John M. Thompson offers expert horseshoeing at 11122 Sixth Street. Prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
Local listings show Young and Custer operate two stores at 310 Fifth Street and 318 Market Street with contact numbers 729 and 548 respectively offering reliable merchandise at fair prices.
George H. Gise offers five percent money and general insurance. Corner room over Bowen bank. Office phone 482 and residence phone 238.
S Lumber advertises Parker and Johnston as specialists in interior finishing and store fixtures. It notes a yard mill and office at corner Spencer and Berkley streets with telephone 113.
The P Reporter Office at 525 Broadway advertises job printing of letterheads envelopes white ads statements business cards orders invitations and more with prompt service and samples available by telephone.
H Weber merchant and agent tailor offers spring and summer patterns ready for inspection. Suits start at 15 dollars and up, trousers at 4 dollars and up. Come and see.
H J Trah offers slate tin metal roofing guttering spouting tin tops and furnace repairs. General repair work promised with careful workmanship and best effort on Fifth Street.
An old listing for John Mehaffie at 218 Fifth Street offers galvanised iron cornices skylights tin iron and slate routing and spouting and all irons timber and iron repairing services.
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