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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
8
A postmortem on Hugh Faley, an elderly ex soldier, found death due to heart disease at Gladden boarding house on Biddle's Island. Coroner Miller has not yet issued a verdict. Rumors of a $400 cash issue are being investigated. Faley reportedly carried $400, later leaving $100 with a bartender.
Community items include piano tuner ads and screen suppliers at 315 Fifth St, Dunn Hotel dinner specials, and piano sales by Stella Quinn at 717 Race St. Missing persons and help wanted lines plus social notices of visits, the Murphy Fleming game at Spencer Park, a Toledo excursion, and German Latin lessons offered after June 10.
A sale listing from Trade Palace advertises rugs from Royal Wil ton and Scotch body Brussels. Prices range from $9.50 to $40 for various sizes and materials, including 9x12 Brussels at low figures and 8x12 Tapestry Brussels discounted.
A crowded Trade Palace features silk bargains and cut carpet prices this week. Notices include sales of full dress suit at 10 dollars, refrigerators and lawn mowers for sale, and a large upcoming Spencer Park game between M and F E and Peru Eagles at 3 30. Local visits, church preaching, and memorial services are noted alongside lost and found items and several travel plans.
O P Smith of this city and vice president of the State Federation of Labor spoke in Danville Friday night. He has been active in organizing brick workers and has traveled across the state and eastern Illinois this spring.
Judge Larry did not issue a ruling in the habeas corpus suit of R. M. Cotterman against Sheriff Beckley. The case concluded Friday evening without a decision.
At six o'clock this morning Pacific Express Agent Linvill will release about three hundred homing pigeons. The birds came yesterday from the Noah's Ark Pigeon club at Detroit with care instructions. They are tagged and expected to return to their home lofts, weather permitting. nine crates carried the birds, and rain could delay the release.
Crowds filled the store all day and into the evening causing a backlog. Officials state stock cannot be restored and ready to open before 9 o’clock Monday forenoon. W. H. Turner, successor to W. W. Ridenour, announces the delay.
Ed S Leonard No 1632 is cited as the source for coal coke and wood in a terse query result. The line lists materials and a named contact, suggesting a supplier or broker connected to the query.
Members of the Cass County Detective association near exhaustion after pursuit of a thief and horse taken from John Gerrard. They plan to ride regular trains and return by six. Forty members of the Uniform Rank company will accompany the pursuit.
Notice to rent Stettiner Hall while away until June 28 calls for inquiries to Mr Noel Cook proprietor of Dunn Hotel. H Galloway signs the notice.
The state’s case against John Smith for first degree murder in the Sheriff Oglesby killing was continued by agreement of both sides. No reason given for adjournment, but lawyers may await a possible new trial and jury decision. The Webb case remains a separate matter with ongoing legal action. Carriage listings and contact phone 206 follow the notice.
U T offers an excursion to Indianapolis on Sunday June 7 with a $1.25 round trip fare. Special tickets are valid on trains leaving at 5 00, 5 45, 7 00, and 9 00 a m and returning on any train the same day.
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