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LOGANSPORT PHAROS31EPOKTEBT THOSE SOCIETY EDITOR, When somebody visits you, you go out of town or you entertain or are entertained, 'phone Pharos- Reporter, No. 70, and tell the So- clety Editor all about it. Cross Unit. Red Cross unit. No.

1. of Anoka, will meet all day Thursday with Mrs. Gladys Hopper. He is also a graduate of the local high school. Mr.

and Mrs. Gibson arrived in the city last evening for r. short visit with their parents. Entertain Tattler Staff. Miss Lucille Price will entertain he Tattler staff i i at her home on Bates street.

Hostess to Clnb. Miss Edith Orr will be hostess to her bridge club Thursday evening at the home in Burlington avenue. Unit to Meet. Red Cross unit of Adamsboro will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. John Wilds.

Red Cross Unit. The Red Cross unit of the L. A. to the B. of R.

T. No. 26 will sew a Red Cross shop Wednesday afternoon. A1J members are requested to be present. Celebrate Birthday.

W. W. Beck, veteran printer, celebrated his birthday yesterday in a quiet manner. Mr. Beck is 8-1 years young and is enjoying the best of health.

Eastern Stars to Sew. The Red Cross unit of the Order of Eastern Stars will meet Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Ma- 5ontc temple to sew for the Red Cross. A full attendance is desired. Boys Entertain Patients. Some clever dramatizations of pa- riotic songs were given iasf evening at Longcliff by several students Miss Fettig of the Jefferson school.

Those who participated were Harold Surwell. James Thurman, Herbert Porter and Joseph Shigley. Jfortliside Red Cross Urdt, The Northside Red Cross 'Unit will meet in the McKinley school Wednes- kflay afternoon to sew. These meetings "are held every Wednesday at 3 o'clock All ladies living in the Northside are cordially invited to conic. Zauss-Betz.

Agatha Zauss and Howard Betz were united in marriage Friday evening, March 15th, at the' German Lutheran manse. Rev. Stuehm ofB- clating. Mr. and Mrs.

Betz will reside In their newly furnished home in Broadway. Rep Your 'Pardon. In the social item which appeared yesterday, recording the marriage of Miss Tacy Ella Boltou and Russell L. Tucker, an error Was made in that the should have read "a dinner 'was served at the home of the groom's brother. A.

H. Tucker. -117 West Miami avenue." Cross Shipment. The following Red Cross shipment was made from the local.Red Cross unit of the Logansport chapter the March IS to the headquarters in Indianapolis: Operating 'caps, 10; bed socks 10 pair; bed shirts .210: pajamas, 30; pillows, rugs, wash rags, 30; glass covers, 50; napkins, hand towels, 14; surgical dressings 7,754. Snrprisc Shower.

Last evening a party of Northside friends completely surprised Mrs Charles Safford. who is moving this week to 1325 East Market street, with a kitchen shower. A very pleasant and enjoyable evening was spent bj all present. In the party were Mrs '-Mary Iay, Mrs. Eupheriia Zook, Mrs Kendall and daughter Ethel JIrs.

Knapp, Mrs. William Bunger and daughter Daisy, Conrad and sons Charles and William, Mrs. Albert Mrs. Sherman 'Tucker, Mrs William Andrew Gal lion, Mrs. William Halsjjy.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McClain, Paclc- ard, Mrs.

Wesley Al.ber and Mrs Martha Wells. HoM Musical. The Seven B-grade of the Centra school entertained friends yesterda afternoon at the school -with a run sical. The girls held a program and the boys also. Miss Josephine Cann leader of the girls and Harold Haggard of the boys.

The following program was given by the-girls: Reading--Vera Kinriert. Piano Solo--Beatrice Carr. Violin Solo--Ruth Lux accompanied by Catherine Seiter. Vocal Cann am Mary Flynn accompanied by Mildrec Price. Vocal Solo--Gertrude Meek.

Reading--Wilda Reed. Piano Solo--Mildred Price. "Keep the Home Fires Burning' --7-B girls. Boys' held the following program Vocal Violin Gabbie, acconi panied Price. Songs by 7-B Boys.

Searight-Sibson. A marriage occurred jresterda; which was of great intejdfi and surprise to the maifcfrtpiffis of the con -tracting parties Jjiss Margare Searight daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Searight; 1314 High street, wa united marriage to Ross Gibson of Mr.

and Mrs. J. C. Gibson, re- biding atx and half miles from th City on the Burnettsville road. The marriage took place yesterday o'clock in Dec-atur .111., at the Second Presbyterian churci Rev.

McDonald officiating. -The a very attractive and charming Strung lady aid is a grad uate of the local high school and a was Hilikeu Col lege at Decatur, 111. The groom is in the and is stationed at San in the aviation corps. Dance and Eurclie. The Eagles will hold their card iarty and dance this evening in the odge room on Sixth street.

Entertain Sewing Club. Mrs. Guy Wirick will be hostess to er sewing club tomorrow afternoon hor home, 110 East Linden Ave. S. and C.

Clnb. Mr. and Mrs. W. A.

Purcell will en- ertain the S. and C. club Thursday ivening at their home in the Barnes lats. Ladies Ladies of Harrison township will leet Thursday to do Red Cross work. The ladies i meet every Thursday mless otherwise announced in these Every lady is invited to and help with this vary necessary work.

A. GRUBE STARTS ON REMODELING Work of remodeling the building at 409-411 Broadway, formerly occupied by -the Otter Shoe Clothing company -which is to be occupied A. Grube Co. as soon as completed, has been started by the contractors, Medland and the work of tearing out the front and the interior which is to undergo extensive remodeling, is already well under way. Medland Bros, have the for the permanent improvements, while the T.

H. Sullivan Co. has the contract for the heating, and C. B. Roads has the plumbing contract.

Mr. Grube today announced that he expects to occupy the building about September "1. A large streamer is now being painted to be placed on the building announcing this fact and also that all stock in the new store will be brand new. Mr. Grube has a 13 year lease on the new location.

Details of the interior arrangements was published in the Pharos-Reporter some time ago after the lease had been signed up with the Logansport Loan Trust company. Needless to say that the building and interior arrangements when completed will be equal to the best in the state of Indiana. Today Mr. Grube announced that plans had been completed for the addition of new departments in the new store. The most prominent addition is a milinery department, in which medium and high-grade millinery at right prices will predominate.

A children's department is also to be added which will consist of dresses and hats for children ranging in ages from 6 to 16 years. f'oiijrhlin-Ball. This morning at 10:30 o'clork occurred the marriage of Miss Bertilla 'oughlin. daughter oE Mr. and Mrs.

Michael Coughlin, to Benjamin Harrison Ball. The wedding ceremony place at the manse of the Ninth Street Christian church, Rev. E. Rich- Edwards officiating, using the ceremony. Miss Effie Ball, sister of tha groom, accompanied the ling couple.

Mr. and Mrs. Ball are both popular young people this city and have a lost of friends who extend to them best wishes. The groom is in the service and is now stationed in the artillery regiment at Camp Taylor. and is home on a short furlough.

St. I'atnck's Dance Success. The St. Patrick's dance given.last evening in Che Elks' hall by the Business Woman's Civis league, proved a very successful and enjoyable affair. The hail was decorated for the occasion with green crepe paper streamers and green crepe paper caps were iven the dancers as souvenirs' About 85 couples enjoyed the dance and the balcony ivas well filierl with spectators.

Excellent dance music was provided. The out of town guests were Miss Elizabeth Stevenson and Miss Georgia Lowe of Indianapolis; Miss Sullivan, Messrs. Bob- Ryan and Bill Dailey of Peru; Messrs. Sellers and Goshorn of Huntington and Dr. Bonn and Dr.

Mercer of Kokomo. WINAMAC To Give Benefit Piny. The Tri Kappa sorority will give a benefit entertainment Friday evening at the Logansport high school auditorium to raise necessary funds for the Red Cross ambulance which the different chapters of the sorority ovcr the state have agreed to purchase. There will be three one act plays given under the direction of Miss Dorothy Wilson. The first play given will be entitled "Her First Assignment" and will be given-by the pupils of Miss Holbrook's commercial class of high school.

A short synopsis of the play is as follows: A young lady reporter was given her first assignment to interview a famous lady writer and finding the moment that she is not coming to the function to where she is expected, conceives the idea to assume her character to oblige the hostess only to have the real celebrity to turn up later, which brings about a very humorous ending and made news for the reporter. Next play given will be the "Joint Owners in Spain" given by Miss son's classes in dramatic expression. This story is written by Miss Alice Brown, well known writer, especially noted for her books on the New England type of folks. A short synopsis of the second play is the story of two old ladies in an old ladies home who are so cantankerous they can't live with any one but each other. Many amusing complications arise.

The last play "Op 0' Me will he given by another class of Miss -Wilson's. It is the story of a romance in a laundry in London. It ings in a character of a little orphan and a coster, the latter a type similar to a character in the New York Bowery. The music for the acts will he Rlay- ed by Miss Mildred Weymer. pianist, and Stephen Wallace, violinist.

The overture will be played by Miss Mary Hartz and tie L. H. S. orchestra. The public is cordially invited to attend.

A nominal fee'will be for admission. W. E. Cox went to ChicUgo yesterday for the purpose of bringing home a new Republic truck. The new truck will be used to help busines along at the 0, PI, Keller lumber yard, Fred Borders went to Chicago yesterday on business.

Mrs. Anna Noland Logansport, came last evening for a visit in the home of Mrs. Kate Hackett. Miss Genevieve Brown departed yesterday for Billings, Montana, for a visit with her brother, H. Brown.

Miss. Helen M. Scott accompanied her to Chicago. Airs. W.

T. Manders was in Logansport today. George Metz of Camp Shelby, came yesterday for a several days' visit with his parents and other relatives. Mrs. Russell Rearick and children of Kewanna, returned home today, after a visit since Thursday with Henry Rearick and wife.

Miss Ella Kroft and Miss Mary Nicoles of Medaryville, went to Lo- today for a couple weeks' visit with relatives. Mrs. O. C. Small and Mrs.

Pessie Pierce were Logansport visitors today. Mrs. A. D. Hartman of Pittsburgh, visited for a few days with Mrs.

R. P. Wetzel. Mrs. Belle Huddleston, Miss Leila W.

H. Henderson and S. Pearson rnotorec 7 to Logansport Sunday. Mrs. Elsie Hathaway and Mrs.

Mac Carper were Logansport visitors yesterday. Mrs. Bertha Ross and Mrs. Theo. Riemenschnider went to Gary yesterday, having been called there by the Jatter's son, Lawrence Riemensci.nid- er, being seriously burned.

A marriage license was issued to Israel D. Bright and Mrs. Samantha Bader. The marriage will take place this evening at S. o'clock.

The bride- to-be is well known locally, having resided heree a number of years. Mr. Bright is a barber employed at Bluffton, where they will make their home, and where best wishes of numerous friends accompany them. The Gleaners will meet this evening with Miss Maude Messerly. Little Miss Maurine Jenkins went to St.

Paris, Ohio, yesterday after spending the week-end -with her grandmother, Mrs. Florence Graves. Mrs. O. J.

Shaw was a Logansport visitor yesterday between trains. Herman Meyer and sister. Miss Rosa, of-Grass Creek, returned home yesterday after a visit since Saturday with Raymond ileyer and wife, south west of town. Mrs. Ed.

Conner and granddaughter, Miss Ethel Stelner of Peru, returned home yesterday after a few days' visit -with Mrs. I. D. Howard. Mrs.

Loo Shauinger and children of Logansport spent Sunday with Mrs I. D. Howard. Cecil Rowe. wife and children of Chicago, came yesterday for an indefinite visit with relatives.

PEOHI BELL BEAD. ALBANY, N. March York state assembly voted this afternoon to postpone action prohibition, amendment until 1919. Miss Eva and Hiss Gladys Stuart spent tne week end visiting friends and relatives in Marion. LATE DEATHS.

Have Tour New Easter Costume Fitted Over One of Our Corsets. CRUBETS BULLETIN LOGANSPORT, INDL4NA, MARCH 19, 1918, Complete Stock of BETTY WALES DRESSES Are now Here for You to Choose From. Ladies of Logansport and Surrounding Country: We are pleased to advise you that owing to heavy early buying at right prices, and because our stocks are now complete, you can select your new Easter garment from a Twenty five thousand dollar stock We Have No Excuses to Offer You. Freight and Express Embargoes Do Not Worry Us Because We Have the Merchandise You Want and Because We Are Firm Believers in Preparedness in Business and have anticipated your every garment want months ago Please read and see how well prepared we are to please and fit you. We Have Plenty of Coats--Plenty of Suits Plenty of Skirts Plenty of Dresses Plenty of Dainty Waists --Plenty of Petticoats, Corsets and Silk and Wool Sweaters.

We Have Every Size, Every Color, Every Wanted Style and Material Here for You to-Choose From. And Everything We Hav eto Show You Is Priced Right Because Our Entire Spring Stock Was Bought Right. Most of it Was Bought Months -Ago when Prices Were Much Lower Than They Are Today. Furthermore-- Early Purchases Made Possible Early Deliveries; an dThat is Why We Can Truthfully Say That Express and Freight Embargoes do not worry We Now Have Just What You Want, When You Want It and at The Price You Want to Pay. The Best Proof of this Statement Is That Hundreds of Women Are Buying Their Easter Garments Here Now.

You Too Can Select Your New Easter Garments from This Large and Well Assorted Stock. Again--we want to impress upon your mind that owing to heavy early buying we are in a position to save you money Not how reasonable our prices- are and what is more to the point we are going to save you moneyion everything here ready wear. Prices a very reasonable a follows: Store News Dear Friends and.Patrons: March 17, 1819, the A. Grube was eight years old. It has been a very short eight years mid we trust tliat it has been an eight years of faithful service to you and every one in the community.

That day closed the most successful fiscal in the history of this specialty store, TIME tries stores and store policies. Those of our own people who are most intimately associated with this reliable store, and that means you. have the best reason.to know that-no store, In such a short space; of time, has stool the test of time as'this store has. You know that we'speak truly-when wo call our store a Thoroughly Reliable Store. We Firmly Believo that the coming year will be.

the greatest we have ever in fact we have planned that it shall be, and here are the reasons why: We shall continue with the same well denned policies that have made possible the rapid growth of this Women's Ready to Wear Store. Namely: To -give the greatest possible value for money received. To sell only quality merchandise. To have complete assortments here for you in every department. To mark all merchandise figures.

A square deal to all and special favors to none. Courteous treatment to one and all. To quote one price to one and all alike. To have what you want, when you want To anticipate your every garment want, it and at the price you want to pay. In other words we plan our work and work our plan so that it works to- the mutual benefit of both customer and store.

Thanking you for your splendid co-operation which has made it possible for us to achieve these results, We are Yours Sincerely, THE A GRUBE Logansport's Leading Ready to Wear Store. Coats priced from $10.95 up Suits from $14.95 up Skirts from $3.95 up Dresses of Silk $9.95 up Wash Dresses from $3.95 up Sweaters from $3.95 up Silk Waists from $1.95 up Wash Waists from $1.00 up Gotten Petticoats $1.00 up Silk Petticoats $2.95 up LaCamille Corsets $2.00 up Warner Corsets $1.00 Our Pre-Easter Showing Is a Practical Demonstration of How Preparedness Pays in Business Not Only For Us, But For You. A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT Hoosier Homes Help Hoover. The A. Grube Co.

Logansport's Leading eady-to-Wear Store. The Store Tha Sells IVooltex. -Put Up for Europe SPRING OPENING OF LOCAL STORES the dry gQsffs and gen- will blossom rock crystal and a genuine work of art. The windows artists are as follows: A. Grube company.

Charles Heck, Wiler Wise, Eddie Hauck, Golden Rule, Robert Rehm; Seybold Dry Goods company, Raymond Etnire. Friends in the city will be grieved to learn of the sudden death of Mrs Peter Duffey, which occurred last Wednesday in Los Angeles, California, where deceased was visiting Mrs. Duffy, who visited in Logansport last Fall has many acquaintances locally Mrs. Duffy, whose maiden name was Alice McCaiiley was bom in Anderson. but lived many years in Logansport, previous to her marriag-e.

The remains were taken to Omaha, where deceased resided with her for burial. The funeral of Gustave Dreyer will be held. tomorrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock from the residence, 729 Washington street, conducted by Rev. Radcliffe of the Market Street M. E.

church. Interment will be made in tit. Hope cemetery. Tomorrow eral ladies' forth in all of their Spring Style Displays, the preliminaries already being apparent in the beautiful show windows that are already complete or in process of elaboration. Spring Style Opening is always a event, to the ladies at least, and what the masculine misses in the way of a really feminine appreciation of the fluffy fashions and stunning styles he is able to recoup to some extent, if he has any really artistic taste in viewing the work of the window artists who this year have spread themselves to an unusual extent At the Grube store the window display is more along the lines of utility anri the setting forth of the various styles of wear, the effect being very pleasing.

At the Wiler Wise "Bee Hive" the artist, Pierre Wainright. with canvas and pencil having drawn pictures of Peace where the lion and lamb lie down together and then a contracting. picture of Peace with her olive branch and then the opposite, the War God Mars with steel helmet and brazen bayonet, -these two pictures forming the basis for a beautiful display of ladies wear. At the Golden Rule the been decorated in exquisite ar! tistic taste, the design being conventional and forming a back-ground for extremely handsome display. At the Seybold Dry" Goods compiJij- srreat show filled with a fine display of spring fluffiness, the back-ground being cuJ.euuoiial design representing a garden pergola scene, Th.9 BOARD OF WOKKS HAD JKETESG.

A brief session of the board of works was held today. A permit was issued to the Logansport Loan Trust Company to remodel the store room formerly occupied by the Otto Shoe Clothing Company in Broadway. Deeds were ordered issued to John Fairchild, Earl Clary and J. T. Clary for lots in Mt.

Hope cemetery. Plumbers bonds Spencer Linton, Graf and Schmidt were submitted and approved. The Routh Motor Car Company was granted permission to erect a tire filling, free wind station in front of taeir garage at 206-208 Fifth street. TRY FOE A'APOLIS Two Logansport boys are among those of the Eleventh district who have secured a rating in. their mental examination and will be examined by the naval hoard on the 16th ot April in competition for scholarships at Anapolis.

They are P. F. Bergman and Pat Taylor. Since the nomina-, tions were made, Charles D. Taft, a local boy, withdrew from the list of contestants.

MICHAEl TO 'CLIFF. The sanity commission appointed to investigate the condition of Samuel A. Michael, who on last Friday morning attacked, and. assaulted Harry Dale, found Michael to-be a. person of unsound mind and recommended that he be given treatment at a Longclifi hospital for tie -Insane.

Today Michael was taken to tie 'Cliff work is for treatment OLDEST CITIZEN IN LAST SLEEP Henry Jensen, oldest citizen of this afternoon at 1:30 1814 East Broadway," where he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Illingsworth. Mi-. Jensen was ninety- eight years of age, and death came as the close of a busy life. He fell asleep while sitting in his chair and the end came as peacefully as if the aged body had simply relaxed in a much needed rest, For many years Mr.

Jensen conducted a dye works west of Third street on the north bank of the Wabash river, later entering into a partnership with his. son-in-law, Walter II- lingsworth, and established the plant on the north side of Broadway east of Sixth. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. D.

Ferguson, Mrs. Walter II- lingsworth of this city, and a stepson, Henry Mordhurst of Palm Beach. Florida. LOCAL NEWS NOTES Miss Esther Long of this city departed today for Indianapolis, where sne will reside indefinitely. Another lot of those fancy home grown potatoes, 22c Co.

Plenty of fresh eggs 31c Co. Mrs. Grube, Miss Prances, Mrs. Miller and Dorothy Miller of-Logansport drove to Peru Sunday afternoon and were the guests of Journal. Mrs.

S. W. Carey of Marion visited friends in the city yesterday. Mrs. Carey moved from thiscity to Marion recently.

Bora to McTaggart and wife of 511 West Market street, Sunday morning, a nine-pound daughter. Otto Stevens Market street left for Indianapolis for a few days' visit, the guest of Miss St Claire. RELIGIOUS ITEMS Section No. 7, of the Ninth Street Christian church, will meet tomorrow afternoon with Miss Dodd, 355 West Broadway. The meeting of the Wheatland Avenue Brotherhood, which was to hare been, held at the hoine of N.

A. Cornell, 916 State street, on Wednesday evening, March. 20, has been postponed one week, owing to illness in the Cornell home. Signed by J. Bowen, president Members of the Market Street M.

E. church are Invited to attend the conference Thursday night, in the Sunday school room. We are to have a layman give an address on church work to making our tor next, conference year. YTEFE ASKS D1TOHCE. Alleging that on April 20, 1917, her husband secured a pass for her and sent her to visit relatives in Ohio, and that since that time he has refused to live with her, Doris E.

through attorney George W. Walters, today brought suit in the CSSH circuit court against her hug- hand, Relph E. Smith, asking- a divorce. complaint charges that the husband is insanely jealous and accused the wife wrongfully. In addition to the divorce, the wife asks $500 alimony and the restoration ol her maiden name of Doris E.

Kramer. ABEESTED Gus Hoops, local bartender, has been arrested in a charge of gelling liquor to a. minor and the case has been set for hearing In city-court to: morrow. Hoops is alleged bavaj sold Harry Dille, a. minor, whtakey; last night Dille taken into ens- tody at Longcliff laze night and is alleged to hare beea in an adraaced stage of.