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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
8
Short items list services and notices including piano tuning Krb and Co J Panton tailoring dry wood for sale Palmer telephone 915 Crystal show touted Ponies wanted mortgage exemptions filing by Gise Bowen Bank Todd Simons grocers unveil new delivery wagon. firm expanding business.
Chairman Ed won a clear mandate at a meeting of precinct committeemen. The gathering selected leadership and set upcoming party strategy topics for regional campaigns and local endorsements.
Democratic precinct committee men elected Saturday and Monday plan a 10 o clock meeting at the court house to organize. F W Guthrie remains the sole named candidate for county chair. other posts include secretary and treasurer. Judge M B Larry is unavailable for comment as no solid delegation is pledged.
At a regular board of works meeting the permit was issued to C. A. Price to erect a shed over his marble street yard on Court street. The board also accepted Susan Aldrich’s plat showing the south half of lot 54 and lot 53 in John Tipton's addition.
The state encampment G A R will be held at Kokomo May 19 0 and 21. The annual parade will take place on the 20th and a number of members from the local post will be in line.
See us for your spring suit and we will prove you can pay less for cheap clothing or for clothing that is well tailored and holds its shape. Ask to see our $15.00 specials at Helvie & Sellers, Home of Good Clothes.
Homer J. Cragan, a Panhandle conductor, has been notified he will receive a patent for his recently invented flying machine. The patent office says it does not infringe on existing designs. A stock company will be formed to perfect the model and manufacture additional units. The model operates perfectly.
A.D. March, ex-conductor now living six miles south of the city in Washington township, has perfected a hay loader patent. The device, on a four wheel frame with a gasoline engine, loads manure gravel dirt or windrowed hay with a fork or scoop. March hopes for factory interest and affordable pricing for farmers.
In commissioners court a dispute over Coroner Miller’s bill for an inquest into Thomas Leahy's death divides officials. One physician argued no inquest was needed as Leahy’s death by fire was well known, while Miller says inquests justify broader facts, citing a prior case where William Snyder, a Grass Creek saloonist shot, had an inquest whose bill was paid.
Rev Father McCorry Paulist missionary who led a St Vincent de Paul church mission will deliver a lecture at Dowling Hall on March 17 under the Ancient Order of Hibernians. A large crowd is expected to attend.
Baled hay and straw offered along with 100 bushels of fine potatoes for table use or seed. Also advertised are hundreds of bushels of seed corn from 1906, claimed to grow well based on tests.
Jacob A. Reed requests all Wpo who owe him to call at his office to make settlement arrangements. The notice mentions 228 Fifth street.
A fragmentary notice lists a person named John with a phone number 1700. The text is garbled but suggests a local contact or classified exchange entry for coal or household needs.
Pursuant to a party order voters in Cass County Indiana will meet in wards and townships on April 1 and 2 1908 to select delegates and alternates to the Tomlinson hall convention in Indianapolis. Meetings list locations times for each township ward and the number of delegates and alternates, with seating rules and voting method. Also notes independent oil waggon promotion by Cary C Cast Oil Wagon and Moore's oil.
The notice urges customers to pay their gas bill on or before the tenth of the month to avoid loss of service or penalties. It warns that after the due date no discount is allowed and nonpayment may lead to disconnection.
A mix of ads and community notices lists rentals for a seven room brick house with two lots, a Harmony talking machine given free by J A Beyer, corsets by Gossard, gas bill payment reminders, Moore’s Pure Gasoline, farm property sales and loans at five percent, local people visiting or returning from trips, a supper coming at the English Lutheran Sunday school, and various local business promotions and merchandise offers.
Thursday evening March 12 the Walton band will present a play titled A Noble Outcast a splendid drama. Proceeds go to buy instruments and furniture to replace those lost in fire.
Assessors of Cass Pulaski Carroll Miami and Howard counties will meet here March 25 for the regular spring session. Isaac Wingate state tax commissioner will attend and deliver an address.
Saturday sale lists towels offering six for ten cents with timing from two to four p m. at an unspecified location. Includes a brief promotional note typical of a local commerce notice.
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