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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
12
The Logansport city page notes varied items from shoes and balloons to rentals and local gossip. Mentions include Ward's shoes, a new lavatory roof, a murder case linked to New Britton, and a vaudeville run. Readers are urged to visit the Reporter for stories on page twelve and to follow upcoming local sales and millinery openings.
Agents for Beaver Creek Ken coal promote a fire sale of large or small lots with contact at 12 High Street and phone 17jvd.
Classified notice announcing a 10 room living and rooming flat with bath for rent at 223 4th Street, listed by V. E. Seiter.
Pennsylvania lines run a special train to Gas City and return on Sunday October 11 for the Catholic church dedication. Leaves Logansport at .25 a.m. Returns from Gas City at .30 p.m. Fare is seventy five cents round trip.
Miss Pelton presents latest millinery designs for public inspection at Horstman’s grocery 204 W Market Street.
Classified notice seeking purchase of a double set work harness. Respond to address marked X via reporter.
Canary birds and goldfish globes free with admission at the Jungle show. Located at 203 Market Street. Open Saturday from 10 a.m. Bring the children to see the animals.
The page lists varying items: person notes inquiring about a girl, Mason glass jars for ten cents a dozen, shoe ads from Schroeder and Porter, August Wassman of Wabash on business, Daily Reporter subscription prices, Reed Wickle of Young America injured after a fall, an invitation to read Foul Play by Charles Reade, Tom Winand hearing Caleb Powers in Kokomo, Jewel Rebekah lodge meeting, new framed pictures for Christmas, Florence Moore taking a singing job in Fort Wayne, Ladies Society meeting for dues, Trainmaster Johnson and Dispatcher Tousley returning from a western trip via British Columbia and California.
Notice to masons from Logansport and vicinity to join a group trip to Peru for the courthouse cornerstone laying on October 7. Notify A. S. Boyer at phone 1008 by Saturday evening to arrange transportation. Essential that all go together. Committee signatory.
Messinger and Sullivan at 202 Sixth Street in Logansport stands as the oldest plumbing outfit in the area. The firm, formed by J. B. Messinger and T. H. Sullivan, highlights high and low pressure heating, gravity vacuum systems, and a growing portfolio including Delphi M. E. church and parsonage, a Christian church, and Dr. Gouchenor residence. Sullivan’s work spans Marion hot water systems, Kokomo residence plumbing, and Culver Military School projects praised for no leaks. The team recently completed heating and plumbing for St. Vincent de Paul church and school, an orphanage renovation, and introduced an auxiliary system to adapt hot air furnaces to steam or hot water operations, underscoring decades of trusted service.
The Reporter begins a new serial titled Foul Play with the first installment found on page 12. Readers are urged not to miss this engaging piece as it unfolds.
Time for Wa bash Valley interurban cars changed today and daily cars reduced from fourteen to nine. Through limiteds from Fort Wayne to Lafayette removed. Division Superintendent Frank Hardy ordered the cut. winter permanence undecided.
An advertisement proclaims Rexall 93 Hair Tonic, crediting Dr Sabourand and Prof Upna with discovering a microbe related cause of baldness. It claims trials by 100 druggists across cities led to 93 positive reports and offers free use if not fully effective, with two bottle sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Messrs Zesch and Prosch who recently took charge of the Star laundry have installed new machinery and made changes to ensure first class work. They have increased their force of employes and are prepared to handle all the work they can obtain. They thank their many friends for future patronage.
Round trip excursion from Logansport to Kokomo with multiple stops including Elwood Lee Anderson New Castle Hagerstown Richmond Eaton Hamilton Reading and Cincinnati. Special trail caves Logansport departs 5 a.m. and fares listed in cents and dollars for various legs.
County Auditor Cann plans to distribute official election laws to voters ahead of the upcoming polling period. The drive aims to inform residents about procedures, eligibility, and ballot rights during the election.
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