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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
7
New Waverly residents share visits across Peru Logansport and Pipe Creek Falls. Sunday school rally planned at M E church with a special program and music. Grandmother Grimes is poorly and preaching set for Sunday evening by Rev A C Hoover.
Lake Cicott notes report Carl Calloway back in school after a fractured arm and William Peters Sr in a cast from a falling tree. Fox Den and Burkettsville church and school activities include services at 3:00 p m and a 2:00 p m Sunday start, plus a gun club shoot on October 31. Local road work progresses as Township Trustee candidates discuss improvements amid talk of hot air in spending.
A long ticket of Republican candidates is listed including President William H Taft and Vice President James Sherman for national offices. State roles feature James Watson Fremont E Goodwine Fred A Sims John C Billheimer Oscar Hadley James Bingham George W Self Lawrence Turnan J L Peetz Quincy Myrs David Myers Chas H Good Oscar B Conan A B Sibert Jame Deleplane Samuel Gifford George W Cogley J S Mellinger M B Stewart Harry Bell Alfred M Dill Oliver M Harness J N Watkins John W Markley Chas Skinner Alonzo Applegate Lyman Yantis Samuel Warner Ira Kistler Andrew Thompson Art Wells Lyman Smith Harry Amoss Harley Benner Lora Wilson H Turner Melvin Tucker Ellis Brown O M Shirley Wm Burley Jenkins Chas E McCoy John Kidd Wm McMillen Chas Brandt Chas Wilson Wm Collins Col Collins
Cass county farmers supply little to groceries as Michigan wholesalers dominate purchases. Logansport grocers favor home products but rely on Michigan for late vegetables and citrus from Florida. Grapefruit appears in season at 15 cents. Michigan provides celery cauliflower cranberries endive grapes peaches. home grown staples like pumpkins cucumbers beans and potatoes appear in limited variety with low prices. Cranberries remain in prime season at 25 cents for quarts. Next week cabbage will flood the market for kraut buyers.
Adamsboro Clarence Easter visits relatives in Virginia. Mrs Anna Brown was in Logansport Thursday. Jake Rhoades and wife spent Sunday at Jonesboro. Miss Ruth and Mr Blaine Swigart entertained local youths Sunday. Mrs Rudolph visited grandma Moore Tuesday afternoon. Morgan Crooks shipped a car load of stock Wednesday. Emmet Brennan went to Marion Monday for school. William Harvey is painting and reroofing his home. Mrs Shideler and Miss Stella Reed were at Lucerne Tuesday. Miss Rogers and Miss Blanche Canade attended prohibition talk in Logansport Monday evening. Harry Harrison and wife and Ed Ray and wife of Logansport camped along Eel river Saturday and Sunday. Preaching by Rev. Tedford Sunday morning and evening. Mrs Laycock visited friends in Logansport Sunday. Mrs Porter of Logansport spent Friday with Mrs Mason.
The ladies of the G A R will entertain Mrs Fannie M Gibson of Fort in an event described by the era as a social gathering. Details are sparse but indicate a community welcome from veterans group members.
About 175 members and friends of the M. B. E. church gathered in the basement Wednesday evening to greet the pastor Rev. Kenneth and his family. The gathering included a pleasant evening and a free lunch. Mrs. C. W. Callahan and her son Teft left Saturday for Marion then Columbus, Ohio, to visit her parents. Mr. Noel attended an aunt’s funeral near Lincoln last Sunday. The first lecture course at the high school will be held Friday evening. Charles Strohm and his wife of Harlin, Iowa, are visiting his sister Mrs. Anna Schowalter.
Mrs. Mary Hicks wife of John Hicks dies at her home aged 86 funeral Sunday 10 am interment at Cline cemetery. Mrs Frank Hilbert travels to Kewanna for grandfather Mr Keshner death at 89 funeral Sunday 10 am. Emma Kidd and L R Day Jr wed Dessie Anderson and O E Shafer in a double ceremony Rev J J Thompson officiates. Susie Lawrence and Minnie McFarland in St Joseph hospital Logansport progressing well. Russell Thomas hosts junior gathering on South Chicago Street. S H Grant kicked by a horse last night. Dr Kistler says injuries painful but not serious.
The Markle Journal notes corn prices at public sales surpass land value. Shively sale yielded 104 cents per eighty row, Hoggy sale saw one dollar per shock as top bid, and Kain’s sale showed the corn worth three dollars more per acre than the land cost, a rare premium for noncontiguous communities.
Shiloh Albert and Henry Busard spent Sunday with N. S. Brandt and family. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Ross visited Gust Hardy and wife. Mrs. W. A. Light and daughter Jes sie called on Mrs. Etta Busard and Mrs. Eliza Conner. Rebecca Richardson returned to A. Q. Brandt after a visit at Winamac. Byron Neff and family called on John Horner in Logansport. Pearl Corner and mother Ward returned from Kansas. A. O. Brandt spent Thursday with Joseph Plotner and family of North Judson. Edith Hazel Deck Nellie Harvey Clary Claude Eli Owen Wolford of Lucerne with Verna Light visited Flora and Ray Leach. Harry Bruner’s family visited in Logansport Saturday night and Sunday. Champ of Twelve Mile spent Thursday with Edward Azell. James Smith moved to Bethlehem township to buy a farm. Miss Jennie Bruner visits her brother Harry Bruner. Nora Kerns met uncle Samuel Daw with a broken limb. Martha and Lydia Dill returned to Belvidere Neb after visiting Logansport.
Mr Bowen and wife rented the B B Richards property on Deer Creek street and will move this week. Mrs James Havens rented the Douglas property vacated by them. Fire was found in the stairway between the Walker and John and Laird restaurants. Night Watchman John Wood alerted residents saving a possible disaster. Old barns on Sam Meek farm south of town burned to the ground after catching fire from passing trains. Grandma Walters returned from Kokomo. Marion Murphy and Theodore Martin fishing near Georgetown. Rev H C Beckett leads meetings at Pleasant Valley. Mrs Alzina Saylors returned from Cassville. Galveston Cemetery Association builds a waiting room. Young Married Ladies Needle club met with Mrs Carrie Fenn. John Thomas and wife of Sharpsville were Sunday guests of Otto Fenn and wife. Mrs Tom Armstrong and daughter Alta spent Thursday in Kokomo.
Rural Route 1 notes show Mrs. N J Ferguson bought a horse at the Bell sale while carpenters install church windows. Emma Ferguson visits Elkhart with relatives. Will Wolford and wife travel to Akron. Burnis Shidler and daughter Lottie visit Nelson Brandt. Rev Bolton stays at Cary Kerns home. Jessie Dean visits Logansport to see grandmother Mrs Dean. Mrs Frank Hopkins of Alton NL visits Adaline McCrea. Concord Sunday school plans rally day next Sunday with urged participation. Mr and Mrs Charles James entertain with parents Lontz. Mrs Betrham Dodt of Lucerne assists Emma Hanna in Clover Halling. Chas Larimer hosts with Florence Atherton of Logansport visiting.
Onward The Ladies Aid society cleared 42 at the George Enyart sales Thursday. They will sew for Mrs Enyart at her home next Thursday. Every lady willing to donate a day’s work is invited to be present. Mrs Fetro of Denver is visiting her son Harvey and family. Mary Oram is visiting her granddaughter Mrs Emma Baker. Judge Nelson and Hon Frank Kistler spoke in the K of P hall Thursday evening. Mae Sullivan visited with her sister Ethel Sagester and family. Grandma Sagester visited Mrs Ellen Little Friday.
Senator Borah extols William H. Taft in a Boston speech, praising his experience, law training, and devotion to duty. He lauds Taft as a brave, clean-minded leader with a firm belief in the constitution and orderly public service.
Reports from across Indiana describe disastrous farm fires sparked by railroad engines or farmer carelessness. Fires threaten fields near stubble and have spread quickly, prompting warnings to farmers to avoid ignition sources and safeguard crops.
Burrows J Patton and family from Al Pa visit with Jack Patton this week after a week's vacation. Miss Hinkle returns to her studio Crawfordsville Jessie Kendall visits relatives Lucerne Wednesday. Mrs W R Mitchell and daughter Maude spend Thursday at Logan. Mr and Mrs W O Martin entertain at home. The Larkin club met at Mrs Aaron Wingards Thursday afternoon. The Ladies Aid Society of the Burrows Christian Church met at Mrs Minnie Smiths Wednesday with over sixty at dinner and a larger collection than this summer. The Sunday school district convention will be held at the Christian church Saturday Oct 24 dinner served there.
A concise view on love stating it must be reciprocal to be truly satisfying. It asserts love begins as a singular need between one man and one woman and should endure, making them content and devoted for life.
An Irish Notre Dame woman offers a free home remedy claiming to cure rheumatism muscular and joint pains sciatica lumbago backache kidney pains and neuralgia by removing uric acid from the blood purifying it and brightening the eyes. She invites sufferers to write to Mrs M Summers Box R Notre Dame Ind for proof.
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