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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1908
Page
10
A collection of short items notes local happenings. People travel to Kokomo and Peru, attend shows at the Crystal and Broadway M E church, and visit relatives. Members of the community move, work, or recover while business and housing advertisements appear among social updates.
A fine program for all music lovers at the Broadway M E church tomorrow night. Miss Helen Shirley of Galveston visits Miss Hazel Jackson of East High street. Dale Albright of Kokomo guests Ed ward Guerner this Sunday. J B Nicholson and F C Fry from Indianapolis are in the city auditing fire insurance. Miss Gertrude Johnston returns from Peru. Floyd Lee visiting family from northern state. Crystal showtimes list matinee 3 pm and night 7 45 pm 9 pm. Wallace Hanek and Charles Lebrick travel from Peru to Lafayette yesterday. Buel Emerick at Vandalia hurt finger and is laid off temporarily.
The Sutton hotel at 525-527 Broadway Logansport Indiana is for rent. The property features a large office dining room twenty two bedrooms and four bathrooms. For information contact Logansport Daily Reporter 525 Broadway Logansport Indiana.
The county treasurer’s office was jammed today on the last day for paying taxes without penalty for delinquency. Taxpayers crowded counters to beat the deadline and avoid penalties.
Marion J. Leazenby filed suit through Frank Guthrie seeking foreclosure of a mortgage against John A Leazenby and Laura Leazenby.
Controller Middleton will requisition a set of new ladders this evening as the old ones are badly worn and burnt. The elevating ladders will be lighter and sturdier to replace the worn equipment.
A dainty jumper suit of deep Copenhagen blue linen is worn with a small round hat in the same color. The hat is made of a rough hemp braid with a high round crown swatched with blue and white striped silk. The wings are white and large stick pins are dull gold.
Amos Gullion entertained sixteen friends and his school teacher Friday evening at his North Side home for his twelfth birthday. The Logan council Knights and Ladies of Honor held a dance and card social Saturday in Ben Hur hall with favors awarded to Mrs. W. H. Cox, Miss Cora Sands and Miss Nettie Hinkle.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs A M Reeder died Saturday evening at their Bates street home. Funeral tomorrow at 9 from Rock Creek Christian church with interment in adjacent cemetery. Mrs Julia Costello funeral tomorrow at 8 from St Vincent de Paul church Father Crosson officiating. interment in St Anns cemetery at Grass Creek. Flora May Michaels two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Michaels of Nobletownship funeral yesterday at 2 from residence. interment Mt Hope.
A hungry woman studies a restaurant menu and jokes she could eat an entire cow. She orders a brace of midget pickles a chocolate éclair and a glass of water, prompting amused glances from the waiters in the crowd.
Guthrie Oklahoma May 4 a Cherokee Senator Landrum introduced a bill to forbid Indian figures used as cigar or tobacco signs. The proposal carries a $50 fine and up to six months in prison for violations. Both parties seek the Indian vote, making passage likely.
The Chicago Federation of Music voted to require theatre managers to pay $2 per week extra when orchestras appear in dress suits. The fee covers the suit and laundry costs spread over a year. Managers have not yet stated whether they will pay the surcharge.
The Foreign Missionary Society of Broadway M E church meets tomorrow at 2 29 P M with Mrs J F Standabury at 817 Spear Street. Trinity Guild convenes at Mrs Walter A Osmer 1823 Broadway. The ladies of the G A R meet tomorrow at the G A R hall at 30 o'clock. all members urged to attend.
Miss Hazel Bennett of Keen will arrive in the city tomorrow to spend a week with her cousin Miss Hazel Lee of East High Street.
A humorous compass of pithy aphorisms by Hopkins compiled by Rose Melville. Observations cover belted earls, girdling, frugal bakers, impatient actors, belles with earrings, coach-class manners, critics versus public, valets, dyed hair, bridge plays, autos versus horse sense, liars vs prevaricators, summer resort lectures, pacing men, and fishing for catfish along the toe path.
James T. Calhoun, 52, of Indian River in Georgetown Delaware, rode his first steam train to the county seat and avoided a photograph, saying he has never left a ship before and seldom reads papers. He fears cameras and cannot name the president.
About three hundred locals attended the Peru opening Saturday. Attendance generated $506 in spending as two special cars shuttled between the two cities, keeping busy until late at night.
Lawton here reports the private car Lawton of the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company passed through the city this morning en route to Lafayette. General Manager C D Emmons, Superintendent of Transportation R T Gunn, and Huntington superintendent Frank Hardy rode the car. A number of faction magnates from Philadelphia joined the party in Lawton.
A reader recounts coffee causing languor headaches and digestive trouble and credits Postum Food Coffee with relief. She cites several women who quit coffee and improved asthma dyspepsia heart issues and overall well being after switching to Postum. The letter ends by recommending The Road to Wellville and noting multiple similar letters appear.
The Logansport post No. 14 G A R and W R C committees and allied groups will meet in Library hall tomorrow evening to arrange the memorial services for May 30. J E Crain serves as chairman.
A oil stove in the residence of William Uhl at 203 West Market street upset this morning at 11 30 o clock, causing a run by the fire department. The blaze was extinguished with chemical and the loss was small. This was the first fire this month.
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