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Logansport Daily Tribune

Location

Logansport, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1908

Page

3

Local Buyers Urge Look Before You Buy

A terse notice invites city residents to inspect items for sale before purchasing, promising strong value and an opportunity to see how much can be offered for a small item or lot in the sale.

Sub merged heater offers tank warming in extreme cold

Advertisement promotes a Sub merged heater to keep tanks steaming at 20 degrees below zero. It directs readers to write for prices or call M5 Az.

Local Brevities and Advertisements Highlight Area Life

Oak dressers priced at 8.75 by Hundley & Company. Ward's sells holiday slippers. Seth Thomas clocks at Taylor's. LeLegue jeweler offers gold and gold filled pieces from 1.50 to 5.00. Taylor's features bracelets and rings. Rev Dunn forms Epworth League in New Waverly. Attorney Campbell out sick. Mrs. Katherine Vernon visiting Royal Centre. F Brown hurt at work. Joe McNary offers 5 percent loans on city property or farms. Mrs. E K Brown travels to Dennison, Ohio. gas bill due by the 10th to avoid discount.

LeLegue Taylor's Katherine Vernon Royal Centre Legue Broadway F. Brown North Street Joe McNary E.K. Brown Dennison Ohio Logansport & Wabash Valley Gas Company

Ohio counties vote dry with big margins

In Columbus on December, Licking county approved prohibition by about 500 votes after 84 saloons were shut. Hardin county with 21 saloons followed dry by roughly 1,200 votes, reflecting strong temperance support.

Columbus Licking County Hardin County

Jealousy Tainted Letters Tied to Tragic Suicide

Philander W. Oliver a Panhandle boiler maker killed himself at 314 Market Street by carbolic acid after disputes over marriage with Etta Gleason who refused to wed until spring. He left two letters blaming rivals and detailing hopes for publication in the Tribune. Coroner and police investigated as Gleason denied any culpability and cited a prior divorce from a drunk husband.

Panhandle Market Street the Tribune T. Philander W. Oliver Etta Catherine Gleason Jim Bliale Gleason Bliale North Street Wirwahn J. M. Oliver West Wabash Street Frankfort Ind J. S. Lake Stockwell Miller Graham Killian & McCloskey Undertaking Establishment Bille Oliver Bilile

Local Retail Ads Highlight Holiday Gifts and Services

Pearl and diamond brooches and sterling spoons offered at LeLegue and Taylor's with prices from 7c to 27 dollars. Coffee machines and shaving cups advertised. light housekeeping suites for rent in Royal Centre. Also timber for sale near Logansport and winter clothing specials at local stores. Fannie Morgan visiting Royal Centre. Jno Ranch in Reynolds managing dredge business.

LeLegue Taylor’s LeLegue’s Taylor's Fannie Morgan Royal Centre Logansport S. M. Kistler C. J. Panton Market Street Jno Ranch Reynolds Ind

Cass County Medical Society Wins Poor Relief Contract

The Cass County Medical Society secures the 1909 poor relief contract for $250 to provide medical care to county jail and poor farm patients. Patients may choose any society member, expanding options beyond a single contracted doctor. Funds support lab equipment and a permanent meeting place, with broader revenue from township contractsraising about $1,000.

Address by Henry E. Rosevear to First Presbyterian Brotherhood

At the first Brotherhood meeting of the First Presbyterian church a large crowd heard Henry E. Rosevear, secretary of national headquarters, deliver an able address. Guests included members from Broadway and Cumberland churches. An oyster supper followed in the church parlors.

National Headquarters Henry E. Rosevear Broadway Cumberland

New Pair Sparks Goats on the Dressing Table

Sarcasticus and his wife head to a theater demand the goats on the dressing table be fetched. A comic exchange follows as the wife reveals her goats are now called kids, prompting a wry remark about aging.

Sarcasticus

Advertising for Samson Nature prints and framing service

An old advertisement offers Samson Nature prints in small watercolors priced at 55c and $1, inviting readers to invest any amount. The seller notes they are sole agents and provide framing upon request.

Polish Woman Escapes City Hall and Shelters Two Children

Mrs. Mary Mikowska, a Polish woman from East Chicago, escaped Mishawaka city hall Sunday around 2 am while her husband slept. Found exhausted after hiding two days, she will be taken to Longcliff asylum once able to travel and to reunite with her two children at the Mishawaka Orphans Home.

Miltsowka Chicago Mishawaka Insane Hospital Longcliff Longceliff

The Brown Rat As Earth's Most Dangerous Pest

The brown or Norway rat is described by doctors and scientists as the most dangerous pest on earth due to its health risks and widespread presence.

Earth

Ancient Dentistry and the twelve tables law

The twelve tables drafted by the Roman decemvirs in 450 B C barred burying or burning gold with a corpse except when used to wire teeth.

Prussic Acid Poisoning Threat Affects Life

Prussic acid poisons every living thing, affecting both plants and animals, highlighting its dangers in natural environments and potential risks to health and agriculture.

Flag Code Signals

International Flag Code uses eighteen signals but can encode at least twenty thousand distinct signals for warships and merchant ships worldwide.

Proverb on Compensation in a Chequred Speech

A fragment cites Uncle Eben on compensation noting an automobile goes faster yet hits harder, with a digression on a German proverb. The Washington Star quote emphasizes speed versus impact in a terse, tongue in cheek style.

Eben Dana Washington Star

Also Mentioned on This Page

Market ST Hundley & Company Ward's Seth Thomas Dunn Epworth League Association New Waverly Frank Campbell Dry Philander W. Oliver Believ Affianged Etta Gleason Philander W. Oliver The Sui Etta Jim Beale le Legue F. C. Martin Indianapols John M. Etnire Stettiner Block Dividual Cass County Cass County Medical Society Grant Society Brotherhood Erhood of the First Presbyterian Lantoee Edison Victor Christ Kodaks Eastman Ancy Holly Neff & CO Brosadwar Mary Mikowska Mishawanka
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