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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
8
Bargain list with hosiery belts dresses and hats. Women and children items marked from 9c to 56c with outlets on parasols umbrellas and suits. Includes men's unions shirts and negligee offerings as special price items.
Promoter urges home seekers and investors to rent a farm in the Tramping Lake District with a deed after paying rent. They cite a Saskatchewan experiment yielding 33.58 bushels of wheat and other crops per acre over 10 years, plus $25 round trip from Logansport for an inspection of lands at $12 to $15 per acre claiming 40 bushels of wheat potential.
Judge M B Lairy is slated to speak at a Democratic day celebration in Fountain Park Remington Indiana on Thursday August 27. Principal speakers include Thomas R Marshall candidate for governor Moses B Larry candidate for supreme court judge Henry Warrum of Indianapolis and John W Kern Democratic vice presidential candidate.
Local notices report visitors including Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cogley and Frances Wright returning home from Logansport. Indiana watermelons priced at 25 cents and celery six cents a bunch are advertised by Rothermel. entertainments at 6 o clock with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Louis Apgle and Miss Marie Gleason. Eugene Garrett and family depart for extended visits in Whitehall Virginia and other eastern points.
Sugar cured California hams per pound per lb and fancy California prunes extra per pound also Elberta peaches basket New corn per dozen New tomatoes per pound Canteloupes each sale items listed under McCaffrey with prices obscured by OCR marks.
Frank Sutley a Greek and Henry Atkins aged 15 were released yesterday morning in Judge Smiths court on the train rider case.
The first time in baseball history an official ball guaranteed for nine innings sold for under a dollar twenty five. Saturday only Graves' book store offers the ball at 79 cents.
Auction style sale offering all kinds of coal by proprietor John Hedde listed at phone 1700 for inquiries and pickup.
Local notice advertises family footwear at 48c 68c and 1.28 and 148 dollars subject to approval. Store located at 420 Broadway.
Short items include illness of Charles McCain with malaria in Helm street, Otto Kraus visiting from Logansport, sweet potatoes and spring meats at local shops, and county assessor Harry Warrick returning to office after neuralgia. visits by Mrs. Rup, Dr. Downey, Ruth Knelter, Katie Hall, and Miss Edith Alexander. room for rent. Paragon candy ads. church notice for Ninth Street Christian services. travelers Morris visit, Justice Reid touring Michigan resorts, and Ringling Circus crowds in Ft Wayne. Gas bill payment reminder with discount cutoff. Evalyne Trowbridge of Dayton visiting aunt in Logansport before study in New York.
Tickets for the Galveston to Lake Maxinkuckee Sunday school excursion go on sale Monday Aug 10 at listed locations. Special train will stop at Lincoln Walton and Anoka. Please buy your tickets now.
A reader learns the answer by calling Ed F. Leanard No 1632 for coal coke and wood, resolving the query.
Sheriff George A. Mahoney arrested a stranger in the rear alley of the Burman saloon early today. A passerby, John Fry, reported the incident as the man held a bundle of clothes and rifled the collection. He is held awaiting word from Logansport on possible theft connected to an early circus train.
Vernie C. Morter filed a suit in the circuit court asking for $500 yearly support from her husband Frank J. Morter. The Panhandle railroad Co. is named a co defendant. The couple married January 22, 1908 and the plaintiff says she has depended on her parents for support. no divorce is sought.
Thursday night rainfall was worth thousands to Cass county farmers say veteran growers. Corn needed the rain to mature and grow larger ears while threshing resumed for those still in progress as most harvesting had finished.
H. L. Bendel of Huntington Republican chairman of the Eleventh District is summoned to Indianapolis for a state committee meeting this evening. He leaves this afternoon and plans to attend the session, though he does not know the agenda.
Livery offers saddle horses for hire with boarding and riding services. D A Gillespie operates at 116 12th Street, contact via phone 303.
Fragments report residents visiting relatives in Peru and Illinois, travelers in Kokomo and Anderson, and exchanges about lodging, groceries, and services. Names include Mildred Clark, George Fender, Miss Ruth Gregg, Miss Esther Stuart, and Mrs. Kate Benica. Local shops and health notes mention new cement curbing, a McKinley park artesian well faucet, and quarantined diphtheria cases.
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