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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
5
Bring your shoe money to our store for a summer sale on Winter’s oxfords. A reduction of one quarter from former prices promises quality comfortable footwear at good value. The store emphasizes honesty craftsmanship and lasting comfort with every purchase.
An advertisement pitches safe investments in the Tramping Lake District claiming Saskatchewan style farming profits and rent-to-deed schemes. It touts 33.8 bushels wheat and other yields per acre, offers $25 round trip from Logansport Aug 18 to visit lands at 12 dollars per acre, and urges readers to call for information.
The case charging George Chesser with obtaining money under false pretenses was continued yesterday until today. Friends of the defendant’s associate are raising funds to help him cover legal costs and secure his release from jail.
D A Gillespie lists livery boarding and saddle horses for hire at 116 12th street with phone contact 393.
Complaint by John H. Wendling leads Prosecutor Custer to file an affidavit against Dr. Carpenter of Walton for failing to file a birth return. Carpenter reportedly gave no excuse beyond lack of blanks from the state board of health. He will be arrested this morning for explanation.
The Republican central committee postpones its meeting due to lack of urgent work and picnic plans. When held, the date to start the county campaign will be set and minor matters of campaign conduct will be arranged.
Allen McKinsey clerk at the Chili Parlor seeks a sincere apology after a planned visit backfires. He bought candy for a date, but someone mixed nails and screws into the sweets, turning the dish into a junk heap. Mamma's cake saved the refreshments. others at the parlor are suspected.
Contractors overseeing the new J. O. O. F. home say exterior work is advancing and the building should be finished and ready for occupancy by October 1 at the latest. Interior work is being rushed to meet the target date.
A thief returned Ray Molay's bicycle Thursday night after stealthy handling. Police had been on the case and the thief apparently moved away from the pursuit, hoping to avoid trouble.
I A T motorman Earl Hughes was struck in the back by a pike pole and injured. He was taken to his home in Tipton for treatment.
Farmers urged to visit John Meyer at 518 North Street for sharpened disc harrows plow parts ground horses shod buggy painting and trimming and other new work services.
A terse note states the question is answered by calling Ed'F. Leanard, No 1682, for coal coke and wood.
Ten head of cows for sale described as fresh with mixed Jersey and Durham origins. Buyer inquiry expected as market listings continue.
Community notices recount sales of cement and fuel items, farm equipment and livestock, travel plans, visitors from Chicago and Fort Wayne, and social gatherings. Names include Elberta peaches seller MecCaffrey, Mrs. Morris Fisher, Banta, and Quaker era locals. A run of teas, coffees, and Ark film showings also appear among theater and leisure items.
The Julian family reunion will be held at Spencer park on Thursday August 27. It is the third annual gathering expected to draw about two hundred members including relatives from Colorado and other distant points. A big dinner at the noon hour and an entertained program of music reminiscences and social time are planned.
Local notices show electric light bills ready, market prices on fruit and poultry, and moving of Grand Union Tea Co offices. Reports include visits and travels of residents, sales on farms, a Wabash Valley line promotion, and large family reunions planned for Robinson Park in Fort Wayne on September 3.
Store will close all day Monday August 17 to prepare for a large mark down sale opening Tuesday morning August 18. The plan covers thousands of dollars worth of clothing shoes hats coats suits skirts jackets furnishings at very low prices. Be on hand for bargains while they last. Logansport Indiana.
County commissioners approve Bituminated Wood Block Paving for the Cicott street bridge after a Chicago visit. The plan specifies this material for bids and adds a ten foot arch to be built on the John Maurice farm in Clay township.
Special for today only at Wiler and Wise Inc. features one lot of assorted waists valued at $1.25 to $1.50 in white and black lawn shirts priced at 98 cents. Silk taffeta ribbons and linen handkerchiefs offered at deep discounts, with cross bar linen handkerchiefs noted.
Bert C. Kelley owner and manager of a Mishawaka business college has been missing ten days. His wife, after futile search efforts, fears he was killed and robbed as he left the college with a large sum of money.
A partial OCR reads a note about private funding for farm loans, indicating a shift toward private finance options and a lack of formal government backing. The fragment mentions financing terms and potential lenders.
Captain Benders old regiment holds its annual reunion at Huntington on August 28 with the Forty-Seventh Military Band, the Civil War era group now reduced to two members Harrison Craig and Ben Plesinger who continue to provide marching music for Decoration Day at Bluffton and regimental events. Captain Samuel Keller of Bluffton is noted as a veteran of both the Mexican and Civil Wars and Captain Bender served in the Civil War and Spanish-American War.
Warren Bookwaiter of the Panhandle shops returns from Lake Manitou near Rochester. He reports a monstrous bass at the resort took a live mouse used as bait after a corn crib attracted it.
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