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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1908
Page
4
Logansport merchants Cline Bros announce plans to close their entire stock within the next thirty days and depart the city. They will slash prices on furniture carpets hardware and other items to attract buyers and aid Christmas shopping with large savings for local residents.
Local notices list bank ads job seeks guests in Chicago births and visits from Jefferson township to Logansport. Furniture specials perfumes dolls contests gas bill discounts and multiple shoppers and visitors with short notes from Stewart Dry Goods and Stewart Dry Goods Co.
A garbled vendor note invites customers to choose a suit overcoat or trousers as a Christmas present for a husband or son, but the fragment ends with an unclear line about nothing you could give him would please him. The text is incomplete and lacks concrete details.
A casual ad fragment offers savings on clothing with a money back guarantee if customers are not satisfied. The line references Lucy and a friendly, informal pitch for holiday shopping.
Fifty machinists work the night shift at Western Motorworks in Logansport. The plant reports strong business with about forty five engines produced daily and plans to add more workers as skilled machinists are found. The current night crew includes only machinists but other departments may join later.
Doc Milburn facing murder charges in the Vincent Herman case likely to post a $2 500 bond set by City Judge Smith after waiving arraignment. Milburn and his lawyers expect release pending grand jury action with two witnesses testifying namely Milburn and Rector. Blood stained clothes from the night of the homicide have been replaced as he adapts to jail life.
Community briefs list furniture and household goods for sale at 215 9th St and rental offers for a modern 10 room house. Local residents and visitors are noted with travel, visits, hunting trips, and social updates from Miss Kittie Kirkpatrick to the Stuckey family planning a move to California.
A collection of brief items lists visits, illnesses, and travel notices. Names include Dr Stalnaker and Mrs Hannah Stuck, with mentions of James Turner injured Friday, James Faley moving to Peru, and several local households hosting guests. Sale items mention chafing dishes, watches, and handkerchiefs. travel fare offers cite the Wabash Railroad. A state library purchase recounts Judge Laselle’s Indiana history materials and old logs from Logansport.
All members of Mizpah Lodge No 26 L A O R T are requested to be present Monday afternoon at 2 30 Ben Hor hall for the election of officers.
Murphy and Fleming, noted tailors, attract attention in city business pages for their craftsmanship and upcoming event. Local patrons praise fit and service as shop marks milestone in the textile trade.
One of Cass counties oldest clocks sits in the county clerk's office its back bearing a page from the Democratic Pharos dated May 31 1865. The piece notes historical market prices including sugar 20 cents per pound eggs 15 cents a dozen coffee 40 cents a pound wheat 125 a bushel clover seed 1275 and walnut lumber 30 per thousand highlighting lasting value and nostalgia.
Intelligence of the death of Frank G Titus in Laporte Friday morning reaches friends. He was son of War ner B Titus formerly of Kokomo and once ran a local restaurant. Survived by a wife and two children. Member of the Eagles lodge Kokomo. Burial in Kokomo. remains shipped there yesterday from Laporte.
J Levering Jones urges the city to halt its plan to sell surplus electric power after lighting streets. He cites Wabash Valley Traction and local investors, accusing them of favoritism amid a looming conflict as the mayor remains silent and no municipal retirement order is issued.
Mary Wolley and Katherine vo nalta of Kenneth were fined one cent and costs each by Justice Hanna walt for trespassing on the Panhandle railway right of way. Larceny charges were dismissed. Evidence showed they gathered coal along the tracks, without regard to source. The Panhandle patrol noted coal thefts occur at night and pose danger from trains.
Walton group including Will Hoover Bert Davis Charles Crockett and Harry Shedron chased foxes with ten dogs in Seven Sections, east of Adamsboro, catching a large red fox described as one of the finest seen in the area.
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