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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
6
Daily grain quotation noting 550s at 2.25 and a price of 74 cited by Bishop Elevator Ge. Market shorthand highlights rough values with minimal detail.
Daily stock quotations show cheese price ranges and hog calf figures with multiple grade distinctions. Prices listed include cheese at about 4.50 to 4.75 per unit and hogs and calves across several quality categories.
Readable text fragment notes corrections by Cook & Co with references to hides and duties. Incomplete OCR leaves few clear facts about location dates or outcomes.
Chicago grains show strong flour demand with spring wheat at 5.90 to 6.00. Minneapolis hard patent at 4.90 to 5.19. export bags 3.80 to 4.20. Wheat bears May 9.5 to 10. through July 14c. Corn soft at 5.6c. oats mixed 53 to 54c May. Butter higher. poultry and eggs mixed. potatoes 6.70 to 7c. New York prices steady on flour and rye. corn and oats soft.
CATTLE range quoted from good to prime with steers at 4.50 to 6.50, cows and heifers 3.75 to 5.50, feeders 3.00 to 4.75, calves up to 6.75. HOGS steady to higher with heavy sows 4.85 to 4.95, barrows 4.40 to 5.10, lights 4.70 to 4.80, pigs 4.25 to 5.50. SHEEP steady with yearlings 6.75 to 6.90, wethers 5.75 to 6.00, ewes around 6.00 to 7.80, lambs 6.50 to 7.50. Market data from Omaha Nebraska dated March 23.
A string of chaotic incidents includes Leo Wojcinski’s poisoning suicide in Milwaukee after killing his sweetheart Nettie Plaschek. The Rock Island Daily News plant blew in a dynamite blast, Vincenzo Banano a Sicily-born ex-monk was murdered in New York, and the steamer Matsu sank near Hakodate with hundreds dead after a collision with Hideyoshi. Henri Rochette in Paris faces swindling charges. Chilean powder houses at Batuco were blown up causing city panic.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church for Charles Henry Fowler a bishop for 24 years educator founder of universities author and missionary in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The ceremony honored his long service and global impact with impressive tributes.
A home preparation claims to purify blood and improve kidney function. The formula blends Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with dosing after meals and at night. Promoted as a cheaper alternative to patent medicines, it targets rheumatism and catarrhal issues by boosting blood quality and organ activity.
Prominent clergy and laymen attended the ceremonies conducted by church associates and Bishop Fowler’s intimate friends. A denominational memorial is planned and citizens nationwide are asked to forward reminiscences of the late bishop to the Methodist Episcopal church headquarters in their cities.
Santa Monica California March 24 Rev Cephas Baird a minister of the English Lutheran church for fifty years died at his son's home from injuries caused when a newspaper covering his face ignited while he slept before an open fireplace. He was born near Akron Ohio in 1835 and served pulpits in Indianapolis Cedar Rapids and in Illinois and Nebraska.
Miss Jeannette Cooper sister of Congressman H. A. Cooper, died at age 40 in Chicago. She taught in Chicago schools for seven years and wrote several literary works. Her death was reported by telegram from Racine Wisconsin.
Fire in Rockford on Tuesday damaged the Rockford Bank and Interurban company block and the W Clark Printing company causing about 75000 dollars in damage.
A dispatch from Trenton reports U S Senator R R Tillman recovering after a serious attack Thursday night. Doctors say he is considerably better and hope he can return to duties within a few days.
Classified notes announce a want column where advertisements cost five cents per line for each insertion in the local paper. The listing highlights affordable space for readers to place short notices or requests.
Male Help Wanted. Men to learn barber trade. Will equip shop or furnish pass ions, constant practice, tools given. Saturday wages. Write for catalogue. Moler Barber College, Chicago.
Advertisement offers a commission based sales opportunity with Hermingsen Cigar Co. in Toledo Ohio. Earn $65 per month plus expenses with no experience required.
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs folds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiate or other harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults by IW Porter.
Washington reports David Griffiths of the agriculture department predicts the prickly pear will rise from despised weed to staple crop. Cattle and other livestock thrive on its fruit and flesh after spine removal, with edible varieties already spine free. Government trials show high profitability with low replanting costs and eightyfold productivity gains over wild plants.
Local business directory notes advertising opportunities at moderate cost. It explains listings are alphabetically arranged with printing houses found under Pp.
Plans and specifications carefully prepared for clients by Carl J. Horn at the Stettiner building, contactable by telephone 700.
Columbia Brewing Co solicits family trade for its "Columbia" beer. Advertises telephone number 40.
Ed F. Leonare at 222 Heath Street offers coal and coke plus wood and coke. L. Dilley & Co. at 515 Market Street provides high grade coal as well as horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe. Telephone numbers 1632 and 87 accompany each listing.
Peek and Kandler offer carriage and wagon building painting and repairing at 514 North Street with general blacksmithing. Phone 573 advertises good work and reasonable prices.
H. Weber offers clothing cleaning, repair and pressing services at 310 Pearl Street. Tailoring and alterations also provided to fit garments to measurements.
Dr. F M Bozer D D S operates at par tors corner Fourth and Broadway above City National Bank. Office phone 363 residence 1463.
Dialogue records a domestic quarrel where the wife declares she will go to her mother and not return. The husband consents but warns the dispute should not end with her bringing the mother to live with them.
Listing shows D. E. Delzeli with an office at 404% Market Street stairway east of Ray's Grocery and a residence at 1918 North Street. Phone numbers 253 for office and 622 for residence.
The notice lists a flour and feed business with street location and Bay items. It provides telephone number 87 for contact and inquiries about flour, feed, and related goods.
The advert notes special weekly prices at Young and Custer for blankets robes and other winter goods offering value on seasonal essentials.
C J Knouff offers fire life accident and casualty insurance services from Room 1 Spry block. Phone 1240. Prompt settlement of claims.
George H. Gise announces relocation to Corner Room over Town Bank offering 5 percent money and all kinds of insurance. Office phone 482 and residence phone 238.
Parker and Johnston advertise high grade interior finishing and store fixtures. Yard mill and office located at corner Spencer and Berkeley streets with telephone 112.
Philip Voorhees dealer in lumber hardware and planing mill work seeks patronage. Office and yard located at 400 Sycamore Street Paors 364.
A brief notice for the Misses Hendersons School of Music located at 1817 Market Street. The item identifies the institution's name and address without additional details.
Madras March 24 Elephant stands eleven to twelve feet tall in fatigue uniform at the door of a Hindu temple in Childenberam. The sacred animal serves in temple rites, wearing a headdress and silk net drapery, reflecting reverence from Hindoo worshippers and trained intelligence.
Captain Griffis and five crewmen of the Baltimore schooner William H Skinner told aboard the Cunarder Etruria of their wreck after leaving George South Carolina Feb 14 bound for New Haven. Leaking after a gale they lashed to deck for three hours, endured starvation for days, and were rescued February 22 by the Brayhead off latitude 35 24 N longitude 71 26 W. The vessel built in Baltimore in 1893 weighed 222 tons.
Tacoma reports a posse of fourteen men has tracked Gun A Nool and eight bandits across thousands of miles in northern British Columbia since July 1906 without success. The pursuit, costly and exhaustive, is set to return home as winter closes in on the frozen frontier.
C A Price operates at 315 Court Street in the rear of the interurban station offering granite and marble monuments. Artistic work at reasonable prices with invitations to obtain an estimate for custom memorials.
P Printing at Reporter Office Broadway advertises all kinds of job printing including letter heads envelopes statements business cards invitations and more with prompt service and samples available by phone call.
G C Mathews buys and sells new and second hand house furnishings. Highest prices paid for used articles. Bargains in stores, rockers, dining chairs, a cash register, two incubators, a tailor's and a cobbler's Singer sewing machine, and other items. Phone 655.
H Weber 310 Pearl Street offers tailoring and repair services. Spring and summer patterns are 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 and metal roofing guttering spouting flue tops furnace repair and general repair work at 311 Fifth Street. Practical timer available. All work done in best possible manner.
John Mehaffie offers galvanized iron cornices skylights tin iron and slate roofing and spouting. All kinds of tin and iron repairing available. Located at 318 Fifth Street with telephone 59.
The white saloon keeper and Max Leclair were killed by Gun A Nool and an Indian named Peter. Police pursuit failed as the murderers moved with support from allies. The man-hunt cost the provincial government over $50,000 as officers narrowed the chase but the fugitives remained at large.
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