Post Office Hours Bring Crowds at Registry Window
Last night the seven to eight o clock period drew many patrons at the post office registry and stamp windows. The flow matched typical peak hours as travelers and merchants used the new hours, with more people visiting than at most other times. The shift reduces individual demand on the post office and shifts stamp sales to local shops and drugstores. Some patrons resented stores not stocking stamps, while others benefited from the registry service for nightly cash remittances.
Messenger boy robbed on bicycle near Helm Street
Western Union messenger Paul Fisher was held up at 1 35 yesterday near Helm Street on his return home after delivering a message. A man jumped from an alley and grabbed him taking eighty cents. police reported no traces found. Beav er Creek coal ad followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fisher
Western Union
Helm Street
Local Items and Notices From Logansport Chronicle
Miscellaneous notices include tenancy, sales, and arrivals. For rent a brick eight room house at Canal Street. W H Leedy travels to Maxinkuckee. Pythian Sisters market at Etnire’s Furniture Store. Robert Cordell changes East Broadway address. furnished rooms with heat and utilities. sale of pigeons at 1301 Indiana Street. death in Guthrie Oklahoma of Mrs. Frank Rogers’ brother. D R Shelley returns from Petosky. Will Porter named estate administrator. T B Mcclotyre charged with trespass. farms for sale in Cass and Carroll counties. money to loan at per cent. real estate and loan services by W T Giffe. O P Smith elected vice president of state Federation of Labor. Spring & Howard sell Murdock Hotel to E E Murphy. Charles Sterrett visiting. Edgar Phillips to hold sale at Pipe Creek stock farm. Ruth Kelsey dies of heart trouble. groups to Michigan City for Ninth Indiana reunion.
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Robert Cordell
East Broadway
Indiana Street
Logansport
Ind
Frank Rogers
North Street
Guthrie
Oklahoma
D. R. Shelley
Galveston
Petosky
Michigan
Will Porter
Dan Mahoney
John H. Koon
W. T. Giffe
Grave
Federation of Labor
Vincennes
O. P. Smith
Spring & Howard
Murdock Hotel
E. E. Murphy
Cincinnati
Charles Sterrett
Saratoga
Wyo
Joseph Patterson
Sterrett
Los Angeles
Cal
Edgar Phillips
Pipe Creek
F. M. Blassingham
Nice
Ruth Kelsey
LeMar
Colorado
John Banta
William Banta
George Friend
Alf. Porter
L. E. Burns
Michigan City
Indiana
McCaffrey
Harry Dale
Denver
Col
John Ballard
Chicago
Tritt’s Drug Store
Benjamin
Market Street
W. S. Richardson
Topeka
Kansas
J. J. Campbell
Charles Maiden
Mary Kinnear
J. F. Getty
Kingville
Ohio
Follen & Hagenbrick
BE. W. Crouse
National Cash Register Co
Dayton
Solomon Rice
Biddle’s Island
Rice
F. C. Moore
Racine
Wis
Moore
Terre Haute
Reliable Crystal
Board Seeks November Supplies for Northern Hospital
The Board of Trustees invites sealed bids for November supplies for the Northern Hospital for the Insane. Bids must be received at the hospital by Monday October 12 at 6 p m. Specifications available at City National Bank. Issued by Medical Superintendent Fred W Terflinger at Longcliff October 2, 1908.
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Northern Hospital For
Board of Trustees
City National Bank
Y M C A Band Reorganized Expands Logansport Music Groups
The Y M C A band splits as the Merchants Band of Logansport forms from secessionists. Prof. Carson will teach the new group, which includes 17 members with 10 awaiting oath. About half of the old band remains, with rules violations cited. Current bands include Elks, Kuhns, Y M C A, Merchants Band, Democratic drum corps, Republican drum corps, and Republican Juvenile drum corps.
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Carson
Merchants Band
Logansport
Oscar Henderson
Pendleton
Vno
Elks Band
Kuhns
Democratic Drum Corps
Republican
Republican Juvenile
Sisters of St. Francis Prepare to Move into New Hospital
The Sisters of St. Francis plan to occupy their new hospital at the corner of North and Twenty-High streets. Steam heating is installed and partial occupancy may begin before completion. One room will be used at a time if patient numbers rise, and lodges seek to fit special rooms for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of St. Francis
SPECIAL CARS ORDERED FOR PERU COURTHOUSE EVENT
About two hundred Local Masons will travel to Peru next Wednesday October 7 to lay the corner stone of the new courthouse. Two special cars will run from the Wabash Valley with departure at one o clock and arrival before the 3 pm exercises. The Ellis band will accompany the group.
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Peru
Court House
Wabash Valley
Ellis Band
For Sale and Rooms for Rent in Steam Heated Office
Auction style fragment lists counters shelving and Steam heated office rooms for rent. Includes exclamations and stray names Rufus Magee and Demur Rage in uncertain context.
Local notices and ads mix in city page items
A collage of short items lists sales prices for jars and fruit, rental housing, travel notes, fashion openings, and local happenings. Mentions McCaffrey groceries, Golden Rule promotions, theater vaudeville, and residents visiting cities like Denver Chicago Topeka Cincinnati Racine and Logansport.
Benefit to Young Men at Railroad Y M C A Classes
A meeting at the Railroad Y M C A rooms organized year’s classes in shorthand mechanical drawing and penmanship for night study. Everett Kauffman Herman Frushour Walter Cantley lead the courses with ten, eight, and seven students respectively. Sessions begin next week and run twelve weeks, with more students urged to enroll.
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Walter Cantley
Panhandle
Geer
W. N. Northcott
Association
Peru
Wilbur M. Apple
Lafayette
Reed Family Reunion Planned at Spencer Park
A Reed family reunion will be held at Spencer Park on Saturday if weather allows. Regular park transport may pause but a special service will run for the event. if conditions are too cold, arrangements may move the meeting to another location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Spencer Park
Investigate Fish Ladders Delays at City Dam
The board of works has not acted on the dam fish ladder rejection by deputy wardens. They will review the issue this week and conduct an investigation. A member said the contractor may be responsible for remedy since the ladder was built to the fish and game wardens’ specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Works
Fish and Game -Warden
Westinghouse Electric contract ratified by Board of Works
At a Board of Works meeting the contract and bond of Westinghouse Electric were approved allowing installation of new electric light machinery to proceed without interruption. Bills for the water works and electric light departments were also approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Works
Westinghouse Electric Company
Water Works
Two Lawyers Clash In Local Chess Session
Marion attorney Robert Vanatta, a top state player, spent yesterday afternoon in the city and played several games. He joined a local team that twice beat local players. Vanatta won all games except the draw with attorney B Co Jenkins, which ended in a two draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. Vanatta
Marion
Vanatta
Hooley and Tucker Tailors Offer Wide Color Range
In Logansport Hooley and Tucker Tailors advertise a broad palette from meadow greens to autumn browns and sky grays. They claim their woolens are special and non duplicable by cheaper factory clothes and invite customers to compare and try their patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Logansport
Hooley & Tucker
Tailors
Fourth
Broadway
Also Mentioned on This Page
Messenger Boy
Beaver Creek
John Hedde
Eliaswinterg Son
Lates
Vivian
Brodway
Canal Street
W. H. Leedy
Pythian Sisters
Etnire’s Furniture
Fred W. Terflinger
Longcliff
Herz
THE
Merchants
Band OF
Y. M. C. A. Band
Rufus
Magee
F. M. Guy
Devil’s Lake
North Dakota
Jefferson Guy
Washington Township
Mary Wright
Stephen Hammon
S. M. Grable
J. W. Winn
Wm Remley
Ben Martin
Wilds
John W. Barnes
Ottawa St
INE Y. M
C. A
TUES
Everett Kauffman
Johnson
Herman
Frushour
I Ta Mites Legana
Fourth Street
John Mehaffie
Fifth Street
Telephone No
D. & Mathews
Sixth’ Street
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