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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
8
Rev. Alferd Mainwaring pastor of the Baptist church here has been chosen by the Knights of Pythias lodge at Young America to give the memorial address next Sunday afternoon at 2 20 o clock. He will depart after morning services and return in time for the evening meeting.
Yesterday the store received 1873 yards of fine silks to add to the ongoing Silk Sale which began on Monday.
The notice lists sale prices for various fabrics including 19-inch Black Taffeta at 48c and 32-inch Black Peau de Soie at 38c. It notes a 12% discount on all other silks not specially advertised during the sale.
Brief notices list sales offerings rooms for rent personal travels and visits with multiple local names and locations. Several items mention medical staff travel and patients including typhoid pneumonia at St Joseph's hospital. Various ads refer to coatings ribbons and secondhand phaeton with contact details.
Harry Shideler, a receiving teller at City National Bank, sails on a two month vacation through the west. He left yesterday for Chicago by Vandalia and will reach Seattle via St. Paul. John Kuns, ex paying teller, is now in Seattle and Shideler will visit him. After several weeks in California he plans a relaxed journey home.
Fragmentary item notes Eastman sanitz paints for Red Cross. Reinhardt piano tuner referenced. Trade Palace June Silk Sale. Kittmiller and General Charlie Smith summoned to Delphi on Monday.
The Northern Indiana Editorial Association will hold its annual meeting here this week. As a feature, editors will ride about Logansport in cars Friday morning starting at 10 o clock for a couple of hours, with local automobile owners lending their machines.
The county board of review has met since Monday morning and reports no objections to local assessments. Members have reviewed the assessors’ books and put them in proper shape, indicating satisfactory work by the township assessors.
The Vandalia will operate a dollar excursion to South Bend on Sunday with trains at 7 05 and 10 20 from here. Local Loganport residents expected to take advantage of the low fare.
Twins arrived yesterday at the Jefferson township deer park of Wilson Searight. The farm lies in the game reserve area and Searight takes pride in the new additions to his deer enclosure.
Yesterday morning at five o'clock David Loftus superintendent of the electric light plant and Miss Mary O'Leary were united in marriage by Rev Father Crosson. Only a few intimate friends attended and the couple left soon after for a brief wedding trip.
The North Ern Indiana Hospital for the Insane will receive supplies for July by the board of trustees at the hospital until Monday June 8. Specifications are in City National Bank. By order of the board Dr. Fred W. Terflinger acting medical superintendent Longcliff June 2 1908.
Charles Colvin B Castaldi and S D Genova Dunkirk liquor dealers have secured city licenses under the new ordinance which took effect yesterday One saloon has closed and June 1 marks the renewal date for annual licenses for city dealers with recent activity noted yesterday and today.
A bank advertises the largest capital and surplus fund and the largest deposits. It offers 4 percent interest. The notice highlights the strength of the financial institution and its competitive rates.
The No 10 chapter of the Daughters of Liberty holds a regular meeting this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Members discuss routine club matters and upcoming events.
Yesterday morning attorney Charles H. Stuart paid the First National Bank twenty five dollars from Y M C A ticket proceeds. Others report success in ticket sales and promoters feel encouraged.
Blue Ball Church hosts a Saturday night festival with members in charge inviting everyone to attend. The event aims to bring together community members for a shared evening of activities and fellowship.
Mrs W L Fernald will entertain at a bridge whist party Thursday afternoon at her North street home.
The Pope Garage and Machine Works towed a Model car from Peru to its city shop yesterday for general repairs and inspection. The effort localized the vehicle for service and potential restoration.
A brief notice states that the burning question is answered by calling Ed F. Leonard at number 1682, coal coke and wood, this afternoon at five o'clock tea.
Logansport U R K P No 26 will meet this evening at Castle hall at 7 30 sharp. The session will discuss important lodge business. Harry Fidler serves as captain.
County commissioners upheld a remonstrance from Harrison township residents stopping any liquor licenses in the township for two years. Dennis North had advertised for a license but failed to file his application with the board.
Telegraphs from Chicago report Mrs Lee underwent an operation yesterday that was successful and showed no cancerous growth. Charles Lee plans a tour starting in Terre Haute and Indianapolis, then south, lasting several days. H C Metzger to visit relatives in Decatur Illinois. Cubs schedule a Sunday doubleheader at South Side grounds starting 2 PM. A passenger who jumped from a Broadway car Sunday has not contacted the local office for damages.
A 50 ft 344 inch garden hose is offered for 2.50 by Big John the Plumber. The item appears in a classified style note aimed at shoppers seeking inexpensive irrigation supplies. The seller emphasizes value and utility.
Linen with Eton jackets and full pleat skirt described as fancy embroidered. Formerly $10.00, reduced for three days to $3.50. Ladies wool skirts also priced at $1.98, made of fancy cloth.
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