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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
8
A varied local notice page lists piano tuning by Erb, horse clipping at Grables yard, and sale items from Trade Palace and Wiser & Wise. It includes rental offers, spring fashion prices, and classified inquiries for room and board and buying or selling ponies and horses. Also notes Marion Gallagher in Chicago and Mrs. Bennett visiting from Toledo Street.
Fine shoes at cut prices advertised by Otto Shoe and Clothing Co. with emphasis on tang as a feature.
A jumble of small items notes business visits births job changes market events and ads. M H Krauss visited the capital city Wm Reed started as a trimmer at C J Panton Alfred Campbell city letter carrier ill. a birth on Eighteenth and Smead. market for women at 610 EB. breeding eggs leghorns. Closson's drug store market. Penrose returns from Walton. Ireland new ditch receiver. found canary with owner claim. J S Kemp from Reliance Insurance. Knights of Columbus planning walking match to Peru. mortgage exemption filed on Fourth Street. Trade Palace ribbon sale 23c yard. J F Scott to Minnesota dredge. Harmony 25 talk ing machine offer at J A Beyer. Mrs Powell Bickle returns from Winnipeg. Jefferson and wife visit. Patterson relatives in city. McGaughey Kendricks in Chicago for The Merry Widow. Roy Keeseley appearing. For oil dealer Moores, quality claim and Cary G C Cast Oil Wagon contact.
Competitors claim Otto shoes are inferior but customers prefer Otto. A market buyer visits many factories, buys samples and small lots, and aggregates a carload at half price. The strategy is to buy cheap and sell cheap to attract buyers.
Axminster and velvet carpet ends bound and fringed for doors priced at 27 cents each. 100 pairs of Swiss bedroom curtains ruffled with tucked hems 24% yards long at 36 inches wide, value 75 cents, special 53 cents per pair.
A Logansport notice markets Cary C. Cast Oil Wagon as the sole independent oil seller handling oil not made by the oil trust. It promotes Moore's oil as not produced by the oil octopus and provides the phone number 1714 for contact.
Otto Cincinnati Trade Sale advertises cheap buys and sales of tan shoes Oxford and lumps, noting past scarcity of stock and higher prices. The notice emphasizes new low prices and a growing but modest trade.
Auction records show clothing from the When Clothing Co of Pendleton Indiana acquired by the Otto store. The sale ends Saturday night with enough items left to make a strong showing.
Local ministers say marriages by justices of the peace have become mere legal contracts and divorces rise from such unions. Since an earlier conference, several county associations have passed resolutions against magistrate marriages, but no action has been taken locally.
Prof Roche was arrested after an affidavit by Cass County Medical Society charging him with practicing medicine without a license at his physical culture school. He claims innocence and says he will open a permanent school, while the society argues the offense under state law includes offering to practice medicine without proper credentials.
No new developments in the effort to secure a solid county delegation for Judge Lairy at the Democratic state convention as he seeks the nomination for supreme court judge. Chairman Guthrie said there was nothing new yesterday. Judge Lairy returned from a state tour and is unable to comment on the local scene.
Eugene Sloat charged with robbing the Warsaw Elks lodge of 200 dollars was captured at the Johnston hotel by Detective D A Moon. Moon traced Sloat via a woman connected to him and identified an alias used by the suspect before arresting him in his room.
In Justice Graves court John Booher of Lucerne is charged with pointing a shotgun at Charles Clary after a land dispute. Constable Heppe arrested Booher and he was released on his own recognizance as Booher asserts Clary threatened him with a hatchet. Booher faces trial.
A large crowd attended a Salvation Army meeting in the courthouse Wednesday night. Provincial commander William E. Scott spoke on The March of the Salvation Army. Earlier, a street meeting was held outside the courthouse with Division Commander Escott of the state in attendance.
Nat Floyd argues he can walk to Peru and return in a day. Charles Wallace doubts him and Floyd plans the feat. He began a long walk yesterday to build endurance for the contest.
Dr R B Wagner died yesterday in Chicago at age 38. His body will be sent to Twelve Mile for burial arriving at 11 30 am today. Services will be held at Corinth church with Knights Templar delegation from here attending.
The attempted death by own action of Charles H. Barnes, formerly of Jegansport, was reported last night from Salt Lake City. Charles H. Barnes, who formerly resided here, moved to Hamilton, Ohio, and Charles W. Barnes, also a former resident of this city, is thought to be in the west.
A sale item lists 59 bed spreads offered at 59 cents on the dollar with a stated value of 1835 dollars. The note emphasizes deep discounts and the reduced sale price to attract buyers.
An oil dealer touts That Good Oil of Moore's as a fix for stubborn stoves replacing cheap oil. He notes durable results and offers door to door delivery via Cary C. Cast Oil Wagon, phone 1714.
Wood Hart, the city health officer, will begin a cleanup mission shortly to place every city section in sanitary condition. A penalty is set for residents who fail to clean up their property.
Anna Harrington as guardian reports sale of Jeremiah Kelleher’s real property to Mary L Reid for 133 dollars. Judgment for 1999.99 dollars awarded Susan Hoffman executrix of her husband’s estate in a suit against Lake Erie and Western tried at Plymouth. Hoffman injured in a light from the defendant company’s train February 6, 1896. Attorneys for the plaintiff were A G Jenkins and Judge Winfield.
Floor stains varnishes and paints offered to produce wood imitations. Tools lent and instruction provided by Tritts Drug Store on Fourth Street.
Immediate possession offered for rental units on the first floor above the Otto Shoe and Clothing Company with likely available apartments and transfer of occupancy.
Classified line shows a fire sale of all kinds of coal authored by John Hedde with a contact phone number 1700 indicating immediate sale and clearance of inventory.
Otto Shoe and Clothing promotes new spring shirts priced at 1.10 to 1.50 in an outdoor window display. The garments claim material equal to regular two dollar shirts and promise attractive patterns evident at a quick glance.
J M Griggsby has completed the interior decorations of his drug store located on Broadway, marking a new stage for the business. The work enhances the shop’s layout and appearance.
Advertisement notes a limited sale at Trade Palace with only three items per customer. The offer runs from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. today, Friday, and emphasizes scarcity.
The Hon. Charles B LaSalle remains seriously ill at St Josephs hospital due to sickness and his advancing age. He sometimes recognizes friends who visit.
A Boston woman Miss Sadie Thurlow of 172 Columbus Avenue asks for a writer. She sent her name in a package received in Logansport yesterday with the note please write.
William F. Wagoner as administrator petitions to sell the estate property in Carrol county. The total appraised value is four dollars and the sale expenses are expected to exceed the proceeds.
Reverend W R Shell, pastor of Union Center and Pisgah Presbyterian churches, resigns after about two years in the city to accept a new pastorate in Northern Michigan. He came here from Illinois two years ago.
Frank Leavenworth and George Williams of Chicago are in the city for a few days as guests of James O'Donnell.
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