Demand Exceeded Supply as Farmers Sell Poultry Quickly
Farmers sold almost all their grain and poultry due to high prices and limited feed. Byers Bros packing house under Charles Carthers reports its best year with record poultry prices and large shipments to eastern markets, including 30,000 pounds of poultry and 17,000 chickens plus 13,000 turkeys from Cass county during Christmas. With grain prices high, farmers sold grain rather than feed poultry, boosting demand and prices. upcoming week sees shipments shift from carloads to eastern express.
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Cass County
Express
Logansport
Interurban Line Marion to Logansport Abandoned for This Year
Dispatch from Peru reports the Marion to Logansport interurban line along the Hue will not be renewed this year. Groundwork began two years ago with surveys and preliminaries by Marion men but financing failed during 1907 and no definite eastern company as pledged. Promoters have been silent for weeks and no renewal is expected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Marion
Logansport
Panhandle
Meade
Panama Hats Costly High Grade Panamas
Panama hats command high prices for top quality examples. Trade chatter notes costliness tied to grade, weave, and origin, with merchants stressing careful selection for durability and prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
St Briget's Society Stages Deacon to Sold-Out Crowd
Catholic societies draw large turnout as St Briget's Young People's group presents the five act comedy The Deacon at the Stettiner building. Joseph Finnegan Leona Schloss Lorence Kroeger and Peter J Dwyer lead with strong supporting roles as audiences applaud the production and a later burlesque on repertory theater by John Holland.
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ST. Bridget’s Society
Stettiner” Hall
St. Briget’s, Young People’s. Society
Stettiner Building
John Holland
Boquet
Knights of Columbus
Holland
Joseph Finnegan
Lorence Kroeger
Leona Schloss
Daisy
Peter J. Dwyer
Thornton
Ella McCarthy
Edith Kroeger
Minnie
Geo. Darrah
Anna Elpers
Amelia Fawcett
Florence Kroeger
Passengers shaken as two interurban cars collide near Warsaw
In Wabash Indiana the theater car from Goshen collided with a stalled empty car near a substation seven miles north of Warsaw on the Winona interurban line. Conductor William Winebrenner signalled to stop but the headlight was out and the motorman Gun ter did not see him. Several Warsaw residents including Helen and Roy Dickey and the Frazer family were badly shaken.
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Wabash
Ind
Warsaw
Goshen
Winona
William Winebrenner
Gunter
Winebrenner
Helen Dickey
Roy Dickey
Ed Hainsman
Hannah Levy
Margaret Woods
Houghton Frazer
Harriett Frazer
Theodore C. Frazer
Deaths and Funerals Wolf-3 Rebecca Wolf, 86
Rebecca Wolf died yesterday morning at age 86. She is survived by family members and funeral services are to be announced.
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Wolf
A Rebecca
Treatment A Surprise Left Show at Elwood
Stranded twenty-five miles from home the Damark sisters aged eighteen and twenty asked strangers for money to return home after leaving the Miss Manhattan show in Elwood Indiana. They describe abusive treatment by the company and hope Kokomo friends can help them return home.
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Kokomo
Alhambra
Jife
Panhandie
John Meehan
Fourth Street
Notable Early Life of Alexander Hamilton
A compact biographical sketch traces Alexander Hamilton from college at sixteen to public affairs address at seventeen in New York. It notes his artillery captaincy at White Plains Trenton and Princeton, a key mission to General Gates, his congressional service at twenty-five, treasury secretary at thirty-two, and major general at forty-one.
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Alexander Hamilton
King’s College
New York
White Plains
Trenton
Princeton
General Gates
Congress
the Treasury
Time zones in Europe after standard time change
Standard Time notes Belgium, Holland and Spain share Great Britain time. Germany, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Serbia run one hour ahead.
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Belgium
Holland
Spain
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Austria
Denmark
Sweden
Australian Trees Highlight Giant Kansi Timber
Kansi stands as one of Australia’s most valuable timbers with giants rivaling Yosemite trees. A felled specimen showed a trunk 84 feet tall to the first branch, over six feet in diameter, and a cubical content near 13,500 feet.
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Australia
Two Months About Even More Money Orders Sent This Year
The local post office reports December business this year will likely match last year, with added today’s receipts not likely to surpass. Christmas trade was stronger, stamps sales rose, but last December saw higher quantities of stamped envelopes and stamped paper to businesses.
Do You Wear Shoes
A fragment discusses choosing shoes and how a content man finds comfort and proper fit. It notes he pays a fair price and feels well dressed, with feet that do not hurt him. The tone hints at satisfaction with the purchase and the way shoes affect appearance and comfort.
By the Way Our Men’s Shoes Offer Solid Steel Shanks
Advertisement notes men’s shoes at four dollars made of all leather and stylish design with solid steel shanks. Claims quality workmanship and proper fit, inviting customers to ask the man who wears them.
Executor Appointment Notice in Cass County Indiana
Notice states Carl Betzner is designated executor of the last will and testament of Catherine Vance, deceased, Cass County Indiana. The estate is described as solvent and located in Cass County. Filing and qualification details to follow under Indiana law.
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State of
Indiana
Cass County
Catherine Vance
Saidi
Carl Betzner
Trust Co Offers 6 Percent Mortgages and Savings
A Utah trust company advertises 6 percent interest on savings accounts and mortgage investments. It claims certificates of deposit yield net 6 percent with semiannual payments and mortgage values taken at less than half, backed by long experience and guaranteed by a bank.
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Utah
Arest Trust
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Byers ‘Bros
Byers Bros., Packing House
Charles Carthers
Logans
Port-Marion
Eear
Elwood
the Tribune
Elwood, Ind
Damark Sisters
Stern Ne
Margaret ‘Maiben
Ruth ‘Scott
Baptist Church
A. A. Rogers
Condon Gerard
Chicago
Janet Lefever
Della Johnson
Pearl Cox
Retta Kahler
Lizzie Meranda
Bila Ebey
Myrtle Hineman
Ella Henderson
Anna Hempel
Mrs. Towlen
Ada Tracey
Busy Bee Club
Industrial Club
Euchre’ Party
Robert Doyle
Nineteenth Street
John E Barnes
Westside
William Burton
Lucerne
E. B. Grates
Cora Butler
Alta Reed
Dr. Burton
Fanny Gravel
theEnglish ‘Lutheran Church
Mr. Dock
Edith Alexander
Hihel Rogers
Cincinnati
Kate Hall
Wirs. J. G. Long
Frank Dock
Wittenberg College
Joe Newman
Ottawa Street
John ‘Lebo
Newman
C. Hawkins
A. J. Hawkins
Indianaapolis
Dudley Galloway
City
James Lebo
Jolly Nine Pedro Club
Lizzie Weaver
Flo Leffel
Kleisel
Fred Weaver
Betty Wilson
Broadway
Ethel Rogers
Amarine
Nona
Georgia
Vera Legg
High Street
Eulalia Amarine
Columbus
K. of P. Card Social
Bridge City
Aera
Castle Hall
Uniform Bank
K. of P
Helen Ragan
Lew Spillman
Fred Albert
Pedro
G. L. Leonard
Dam Anderson
Harry Newby
Masonic Temple
Harry Fidler
Phi Sigma Chi
Stettiner Hall
Country Club
Logansport Country Club
Indianapolis
Thomas Torr
R. C. Bernard
Elliot
Chattanooga
Tenn
M.C. Mahanami George Richardson Wright
Anderson
Miss Andreas
Lafayette
Charles Lewis
R. C. McKeon
Pittsburg
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