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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
8
Local items detail visitors from Rochester and St Louis, new businesses and sales at Trade Palace and Harry Ward's, house rentals, a new electric sign for Otto Shoe Clothing, illness and surgical notices, church events, arrivals and departures, and a May excursion to Indianapolis with prices.
In a brief note from the local shop, dry weather is cited as the sole missing element for restocking the paint line at Tritt's Drug Store. The store emphasizes it will resume supplies as soon as conditions allow.
Charles Reece announces his dining room relocation from 315 Fifth Street to 321 Pearl Street and invites customers to a tidy, open Saturday dinner service with a pledge to please patrons two doors south of the gas office.
To the public Copeland's Loan Office on Third Street will close May 14 and 15 due to the death and funeral of his brother in Lima Ohio Open Saturday May 16 for business return.
The Sutton hotel at 525 527 Broadway Logansport Indiana is for rent. The property includes a large office dining room twenty two bedrooms and four bathrooms. For more information contact The Logansport Daily Reporter 525 Broadway Logansport Indiana.
The Busy Bees meeting postponed to a later day. German Ameri can Alliance to meet tomorrow evening at Kreuzberger hall with several speeches. Court of Honor to meet tonight in regular session at the K of C hall. Dorcas circle of King's Daughters meets tomorrow at 2 PM at Mrs L J Piersons 316 Sixth street. Golden Chain Hand-in-Hand circle invited to attend.
The Logansport State Bank on Market Street pays four percent per annum on money left six months, and three percent for three or more even months.
Our ladies hats have drawn much praise and are hailed as the most stylish in the city by De venter the hatter and furnisher.
New mid summer hat styles exclusive to Wiler and Wise Inc. are shown for a limited time. The complete assortment offers unique hats not available elsewhere and invites customers to view the collection while stock lasts.
Kipney's Market offers 100 full-blooded Brown Leghorn chickens at 35 dollars per dozen if taken as singles. Seller will dispose of all or part of the flock.
Local brief items report Paints-Red Cross drive details, a billiard table sale, and multiple social notes. M A Little improves at home near Spencer park. Misses Watson return to Bedford Pennsylvania. Travel ad covers a $1.25 round trip to Logansport. Abbott Drug rep J S McLaughlin and wife move to Ballard flats. Swigart Porter Brookmeyer trio trip to Lake Maxinkuckee. Deventer joins from Lafayette. Petty named Northwestern Life Insurance west half regional manager based in Indianapolis. Hootman and Richmire visit on South Bend Insurance business.
London May 14 Complaints over lengthy confirmations by the Bishop of Norwich dominated a North and South Rockland rural deanery conference in the Norwich diocese. A motion urged the dean to forward a resolution asking the bishop to shorten his addresses. It was noted two recent services lasted over an hour and fifty minutes. The dean declined to entertain the proposal.
The Cape Verde schooner Ramona arrives in port from Penikese Island Buzzards Bay carrying a lone passenger Bertha Ossis a Russian woman with leprosy bound for her origin. She has been treated at the Penikese leper colony for months and was shunned by railroads leading Massachusetts immigration authorities to charter the vessel.
The Presbyterian churches will observe Mothers Day next Sunday and asks every member to wear a carnation in honor of his mother. Those with mothers out of town are urged to call or write a loving letter. This marks the first observance of Mothers Day.
The offer lists 19 80 to Kansas City Missouri with return via Wabash railroad. Ex cursion tickets sold May 18 19 20 22 and 23 valid returning up to and including June. Through chair cars Pullmans and dining car service.
Mrs. Lizzie Kraut, 39, of Linden avenue, died at home leaving a husband and four children. Iva E. Jamison’s funeral was at 1 PM in Bethlehem township with Rev. Thompson. Bethel Cemetery interment. The Koons infant funeral occurred at 11 AM from the residence, Indian Creek cemetery. John Hoff’s funeral was at the Dunkard church in Flora with cemetery interment. Remains were moved from Mrs. Powers’ home at 12:55 PM.
A marriage license was issued to Miss Susan MecNellis and Charles Lamborn, both of this city, last evening. They were married later by Justice Graves. Lamborn is a stone cutter employed by James Larnes in this city.
Congress passed a bill boosting monthly pay for enlisted men, prompting a rise in local recruiting activity. Names listed include Carl Peters Kokomo Frank McNeil Wolcott Jesse Hamilton Wolcott Frank Dunn Logansport George Zimmerman Delphi with new pay scales for various ranks and specialties.
Local merchants and physicians who used D. E. Wells, a collection agent, seek him after his disappearance. He shared an office with L. J. Burge in the Masonic Temple. Burge says he knows nothing of Wells whereabouts. Wells reportedly wrote from Laporte promising a return, but he has not come back.
Detectives Strahle and Miller of the Panhandle collected a 3500 reward in Kokomo for capturing Worley Osborn. They shared an equal amount with Sager the operator in the S N tower who aided the capture. Hal McElheny, who also claimed the reward, received nothing.
Earl Denbo has commenced the erection of a two story dwelling at 306 Sycamore Street. The notice records show construction activity beginning on the lot, with no further details on permits or timelines available in the readable text.
Train service to Hamilton and Cincinnati offered by Pennsylvania Lines on Sunday May 17. Departs Logansport at 5 a.m. Central Time.
John Hedde advertises a fire sale of all kinds of coal at 432 High street with phone 1700 for contact.
Mr and Mrs Henry E Peter of Deacon attended the funeral of Mrs G A Peter Monday at Mulberry in Clinton County. The brief notice notes the family and location of the service.
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