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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
6
Daily quotes show goats selling at 4.40 to 4.55, hogs in the 4.49 to 4.50 range for medium and heavy or rough parkers, calves from 4.05 to 6.19, and cattle prices from 2.90 to 6.50, reflecting mixed market activity across stock types.
Local correction notice issued by D. Vv. Cook and Company appears in a page segment. The item references a correction or ledger update, but readable details are limited and no individuals beyond the company name are clearly identified.
Chicago and New York market notes show flour prices firm with spring wheat at 5.90 to 6.00, hard patent meals and export bags rising, wheat futures firmer May and July, corn subdued with May around 66 percent, oats dull, butter varied by grade, eggs quoted at 12 to 13 cents per dozen. New York trading lists rye flour steady, No. 2 red wheat about 1.01, May 1.02 to 1.04, corn spot steady with No. 2 yellow around 65 to 66 cents.
Chicago and Omaha market summaries show cattle and hogs with mixed to steady trends. Prices cover native and western cattle, cows, steer types, stockers, calves, hogs including heavy sows and barrows, and sheep with yearlings and lambs.
A Des Moines proposal to establish a home for aged and needy Iowa coal miners gains momentum. Voters likely will approve when the measure is resubmitted this year, with Des Moines viewed as the probable site for the institution.
Tallahassee March 28 Governor Broward named Hall Milton of Marianna to fill the late Senator Horgan’s Florida seat. Milton, 42, is a grandson of former Governor John Milton, born in Marianna, and is a banker and businessman.
An old advertisement touts Diapepsin as a universal remedy for indigestion and gas. It promises fast digestion after a single 22-grain dose and friendly relief for stomach headaches sour stomach and belching. The piece mixes testimonials with sensational notes about a court case and a silk hat owner, reflecting period ad tactics.
A Washington gossip piece recounts a complex dope case tied to a silk hat it calls Harper. It notes trial drama, press suppression, and varied reactions from T R and political figures as public opinion swirls about jail versus fine and a high profile chamber of commerce leader.
A fragmentary report notes a paper with names falling into a floor crack and being replaced amid a dispute involving Mr Harper, the chamber of commerce, and federal authorities. The matter centers on attempted continuation of influence during federal tensions.
The note recounts Harper initially naming his stux "Harper's Cephalgine Brain Food" and later renaming it with a simplified spelling to "Cureforuedake Brane fude." The quirky alteration highlights ongoing branding whimsy and rapid shifts in nomenclature.
In San Francisco detective investigations lead to the arrest of four would be assassins led by Paul Bignami. The quartet Joseph Tumiatti Charles Anjoni August Nocchi and Charles Dalboni swore on a coffin with skull and crossbones to take the life of Officer John Rocca who already holds them at the city prison. Nocchi recently relocated from Chicago.
Logansport business directory lists entries alphabetically with moderate pricing. The note explains that listings are organized by letter such as printing under P for easy reference.
The notice announces the Carl J. Horn office located in the Stettiner building with telephone number 700. It highlights that plans and specifications have been carefully prepared for a project or service.
A brief ad for Columbia Brewing Co makers of the Columbia beer promotes a family trade and provides the telephone number 40 for contact.
Ed F Leonard offers coal at low prices from 222 Heath Street with tele reason 1682 and sells wood and coke. Co L Willey & Co lists 515 Market Street with phone 87 offering coal horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe.
Flour and feed and hay supplied by Lt Dilley & Co at 515 Market Street. Telephone Wo. 87.
Ed Osborne successor to John M. Thompson offers expert horseshoeing at 122 Sixth Street. Promising prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
Young and Custer advertise this week special prices on bankets robes and winter goods.
Insurance firm advertising fire life accident and casualty coverage with prompt settlement of claims. Located in room 1 Spry block and contact phone 1240.
Carriage and wagon building painting and repairing services offered. General blacksmithing with good work and reasonable prices at 514 North Street, Peek. Phone number 573 listed.
George H. Gise advertises corner room over Bowen bank and offers 5 percent money. He writes insurance of all kinds and provides office and residence phone numbers 482 and 238.
H. Weber offers cleaning, repair, and pressing of clothing at 310 Pearl Street with tailoring services available.
Pittsburg Pa March 28 Henry Reiber paying teller and John Young auditor of the Farmers Deposit National Bank were arraigned on new charges filed by Bank Examiner William T Fords raising the total defalcation to 1 105 000 They waived hearings and each bond was set at 250 000 defaulting to jail where they have been since Monday night charged with embezzling 85 000
Two men named Harry Black and Jim Wren were captured near Neosho Missouri on March 28 by local officers after a bank robbery attempt at Springtown Arkansas on March 25. They admitted the crime and identified the deceased as J H Staley who died in a premature explosion inside the bank.
S LUMBER. Parker Johnston.We make a specialty of interior finishing and store fixtures. Highest grade of work. Yard mill and office, corner Spencer at Berkley streets. Telephone 112.
F. M. Bozer D D S lists office at Fourth and Broadway above City National Bank with office phone 363 and residence 1463. BD Delzell cites office at 404 Market Street near Ray's grocers with phone 253 and residence 1918 North Street with phone 622.
Philip Voorhees promotes lumber hardware and planing mill services with office and yard at 400 Sycamore Street offering customer patronage and local services.
A local listing notes The Misses Henderson's School Music located at 1317 Market Street offering lessons and musical instruction.
Foley's Honey and Tar promises to stop coughs and prevent pneumonia by strengthening the lungs. The ad warns against substitutes and asserts the product contains no opiates and offers safe, certain results for colds and lingering coughs.
A Chicago publisher promotes Osgar und Adolf and Rollo and His Father by F. W. Schaefer. The volume features witty confessions, comic musings on air ships and football, with illustrations by Hurlbut. Diana's Diary is also praised as humorous and uplifting with full page drawings by Condo.
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is claimed to be unaffected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiate or harmful drugs. W. H. Porter recommends it as a safe remedy for children and adults.
Some fair high church penitents have given up flesh food during Lent as a form of self denial.
New York dispatch notes trainer Mike Murphy will join the United States Olympic team sailing from Philadelphia on June 27 to compete in the games. Murphy, famed for turning Yale and Pennsylvania teams into winners, joins amid a controversy involving Mat Halpin, manager of the team, who was challenged by the Irish American Athletic Association over alleged incompetence.
Granite and marble monuments manufactured by C A Price at 315 Court Street rear interurban station. Artistic work offered at reasonable prices. Free estimates requested.
The P Reporter Office at 525 Broadway offers all kinds of job printing including letter heads envelopes statements and invitations. Reach by telephone for samples and prompt service.
G C Mathews buys and sells new and second hand house furnishings. Highest prices paid for second hand goods. Bargains now in stores rockers dining chairs and more including a cash register two incubators a tailor's and a cobbler's Singer sewing machine. Phone 634.
H Weber, merchant and agent tailor, offers spring and summer patterns for inspection. Suits start at 15 dollars and up, trousers at 4 dollars and up. Visit to view selections.
H J Trah phones 802 at Fifth street offering slate tin and metal roofing guttering spouting flue tops furnace repair and general repair. All work done in best possible manner.
John Mehaffie offers galvanised iron cornices skylights tin iron slate and iron repairing roofing and spouting at 318 Fifth Street contact telephone 59.
E. H. Jones of Grove Maryland reports severe cold once deemed near pneumonia and consumption. A friend led him to Foley's Honey and Tar, which provided relief and he bought the regular size. Two or three bottles cured him and he has had no throat or lung trouble since. Three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. The 50c size has two and a half times the amount of the small, and the 1.00 bottle about six times as much.
The body of a Black man who attempted to aid the present on a dissecting table is reported dead in Philadelphia on March 27 as a defender of President McKinley.
In the centre of the Theatre Shopping and Business District the A La Carte Cafe Club offers breakfast 40 cup luncheon 50 table de hoté dinners 75c. Music from 6 p.m. to 12 p.m. Every room has bath.
The body of James B. Parker, the man who tried to defend President McKinley during the Buffalo shooting, was moved from a Philadelphia hospital where he had been a charity patient in the insane department. Parker died nearly two weeks ago and his remains were turned over to the state anatomical board and given to Jefferson Medical College for dissection.
A historical note speculates that a million dollar diamond in King Edward's possession may influence next summer's ice supply. The column links royal wealth to climate concerns, presenting a tension between luxury and resource scarcity.
Water from Colonial Country Club Hotel springs advertised to cure kidney liver stomach ailments and more. Readers can mail symptoms with $2 to receive five gallons plus physician advice for home use.
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