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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
5
An old advertisement touts Barefoot Skipper sandles for children described as practical durable vacation and play shoes. It claims calf and willow calf materials with well sewn soles and leather bottoms, priced around 50 cents to 1.00, plus infants and child sizes and hose in Tron Clads for 15 and 25 cents.
George W. Hill, identified as a colored murderer, plans to plead guilty after consulting with friends. He will be moved to jail soon, and the insanity plea has been abandoned. Meanwhile crowds attend the Lamb ri gger Show at the Krutzberger lot where a baby chimpanzee amuses children.
Delegate Will Rea returns from Knoxville as Knoxville hosts the national convention. A split in the Order of Owls creates competing factions the regulars led by John Talbot favor Spokane for the next meeting while the American Order plans Reading for next year. The Crawfordsville nest recently formed and faces choosing allegiance amid the dispute.
Threshing will begin in Cass County within three weeks as nearby farms add at least six new machines. Rates stay at two to two and a half cents per bushel for oats and four cents for wheat with improved machines reducing labor needs. Rings of farmers cooperate, sharing meals and duties, cutting expenses and easing domestic burden.
Knights of Pythias Walton Lodge No. 500 plans memorial services on Sunday at 2:30 PM. Rev. Alfred A. Mainwaring, Baptist pastor, chosen to deliver the keynote address. This marks his second Pythian memorial address since joining weeks ago. his first was at Young America last Sunday.
A seven man survey party led by Henry F. Coleman began the Marion to Logansport interurban survey at 6 30 yesterday. The group will reach Logansport on its first trip in days and Coleman will report to eastern capitalists whether funds will be advanced to start construction.
Flora news notes travel by Harry Spitler to Frankfort and W. H. Miller to Chicago. Bert Shigley returns from a western state trip. A Baptist tam day program starts at 8 o clock Sunday. Samuel Musselman buys a Buick touring car. Local petty thefts reported with multiple dwellings entered. work attributed to local talent. Hay harvest begins in county.
Blue Ball congregation members gathered at Daniel Brunder Sr. home south of the city for a sewing and quilting bee. Sixty ladies attended and the event concluded with a large dinner, described as a social and successful day.
Georgetown ladies plan an ice cream social at the school house Saturday evening expecting a large turnout. The well regarded event traditionally draws big crowds and organizers forecast strong attendance again.
Twenty glass workers from Vernon Indiana inform Emil Foresch they will not camp this summer as planned. They cite warm river valley and ground conditions but likely follow a Terre Haute Brewing Company contract moving them to Washington County to receive beer deliveries. The prior camp earned $300 in beer purchases.
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