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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
9
Short notices and ads list services and sales in the city. Items include addresses, phone numbers, lodging, rentals, horse trading, a travel note, farm and loan offers, a reader's serial prompt, and a mortgage exemption filing offer. Notable names include J Panton, Erb, Gruenoch Bros, Grable, McAllister Boiler Works, Mrs Catherine Dugan, M L, Joe McNary.
State factory inspector Blakesley, with Deputy Inspector Kline, surveyed local schools for sanitary conditions. They recommended two fire escapes at Hendricks school and ordered a third floor escape at St. Joseph school, praising overall cleanliness and lighting.
C. E. Thompson formerly worked at Panhole shops and now a hospital patient in Peru after a Monday beating by three colored men in Ft Wayne. Thompson, a new night watchman at the Wahash shops, warned the trio away but was attacked later in a sudden assault.
Graves' piano sale offers ten days of special bargain prices on multiple uprights. Items include an ebony upright, an oak case rental, a mahogany repossessed model with minor flaw, a slightly used oak upright, and a new mahogany upright, all marketed at reduced rates. Co. W. Graves, 317-319 Fourth St.
Helvie and Sellers promotes new spring fashion offering reliable clothing at affordable prices. Public notice emphasizes good value and dependable apparel from the Home of Good Clothes.
Sugar cured regular ham per lb ten and a half cents fancy navel oranges per dozen twelve and four tenths cents fresh crisp butter crackers per pound seven forty four cents Comarty bloaters per dozen twenty cents oil and mustard sardines five cents two loaves bread two dollars and five cents McAfee
John Hedde announces a fire sale of coal varieties with contact phone 1700 for buyers seeking bulk or retail discounts.
P. E. Vickers of Indianapolis representatives a baking firm visited L. G. Lewing on Market street to collect a due bill. After a brief dispute Vickers was pelted with biscuits cups and plates and fled. He then went to police but decided to drop the lodging of an affidavit after talking with officers.
Inquiries flood The Tribune office as the Missing Word Contest attracts interest from both country and city readers. Tomorrow morning the first answers will be filed with many more expected. The contest offers small cash prizes and an educational angle with chance to try again if not successful initially.
Workers Joseph Schuman and William Hess were buried under debris during wall demolition at the Stevens Bligh planing mill yesterday morning. Hess suffered a broken leg and bruises, Schuman was knocked unconscious and badly bruised. Both men were taken to their homes by ambulance. Hess recently arrived from Indianapolis with few friends beyond mill coworkers.
Daniel Harter a well known retirement farmer of Mexico Miami county died suddenly yesterday from heart disease. He was wealthy and highly regarded in the county.
Realistic sea storm pictures showcase the dangers faced by men who battle the waves to save lives during Peck's illustrated lecture at Nelson. Tickets are available at Hal Smith's jewelry store.
All graduates hold lucrative positions so the college seeks a competent young lady bookkeeper. vacancy opens March 23. Apply at Private Business College or call 762 for details.
R. S. Easterday of Indianapolis representing the committee on publication for the Christian Science churches and societies of Indiana was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Lillian Miller testified in a divorce suit against John W. Miller of Peru, detailing alleged infidelity and seeking alimony. The defense plans a strong counterstrike with thirty four witnesses. The hearing featured emotional testimony from the plaintiff as the case progresses. Misrepresented Horse Sale details a breach of warranty suit by Oran M. Campbell against Robert M. Rush in Washington township. Case Is Set notes E. E. Howard’s liquor sale charge in police court scheduled for Thursday.
Charles Girton won the Linden avenue contract from Wilkinson Street to Panhandle right of way with a bid of 2.15 per foot for gravelling and grading and 0.05 per square foot for the sidewalk. Other bids were rejected for technical issues while work to start immediately. residents on Helm Street petitioned for a cement sidewalk on the south side.
William J. Bryan has visited most major cities but is unlikely to visit Logansport before the Democratic national convention in Denver. A local Bryan club formed but stayed tentative. He may visit Logansport after nomination if the Western faction’s wishes align.
Miss Stockley returns from visiting Mrs. Harry McSheehy in Toledo while Lyle Emmett oversees a monument project in Goodland. Several residents travel to Wabash Chicago Lafayette and Richmond for funerals meetings and sales. The piece also mentions arts crafts and the opening chapter of The Girl from Tim's Place in yesterday's paper.
Knauss and Izor announce a new tailoring shop opening at the Nelson theater area featuring latest styles and exclusive patterns. Inspect the line before buying a suit.
Receiver W. H. Haas has begun operations at the Logansport Ice and Cold Storage Plant with C. A. Shaff directing the work.
A brief 1897 classified notice from Atlanta seeking a driving horse and a saddler, with a phone contact listed for responses.
The ad offers discounted pianos during the last ten days of March. Items are repossessed or returned from rentals and sold from $138, with cash or easy payments. Graves Co. at 317-819 Fourth Street promotes real bargains for prospective buyers.
Hon. Arthur L. Puck will give an illustrated lecture on Storm Heroes of Our Coast at Nelson Friday night. The program promises finest pictures of surf waves and wave washed vessels with crews in the rigging.
An experienced correspondent and solicitor listed with the general office as care at the Tribune. The fragment notes a street address and office designation for further contact.
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