Sensational clearance sale at Kokomo with cut‑price apparel
Readable catalog highlights a massive sale starting August 6 offering silk ribbons brass rods lace linens and dress goods at deep cuts. Lot 1 to Lot 3 feature two piece suits princess styles and late season costumes with sale prices from 3.45 to 12.75. Extensive listings include table linens towels bed spreads napkins curtains and housewares with steep reductions across all summer stock and household items.
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Kokomo
August Dress Goods Clearance Promises Deep Discounts
Local shop advertises dramatic savings on dress fabrics with reductions from 50 to 100 percent off. Deals include 38-inch wool dress goods at 28c, 44-inch worsted suitings at 48c, 46- to 50-inch novelty fabrics at 79c, silk and wool voiles at 85c, and Priestley cravenette and serge fabrics discounted to 1.10 and 1.19 respectively.
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Copenhagen
Priestley
Cravenette
Priestley&Co
August Shoe Clearance Offers Deep Storewide Discounts
Our Annual August Shoe Clearance promises the best makes at or below tax price. The entire stock, for men women and children, includes winter ready footwear at greatly reduced prices. Infants to adults all styles on sale with many pair prices and value highlights across the store.
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Indiana
August Clearance of Stylish Summer Suits
August clearance of stylish summer suits noted with remaining stock and sale emphasis. Limited sizes and colors likely, with prices reduced to attract buyers. Local shop mentions seasonal inventory reduction and ongoing discounts.
Domestic Cotton Goods Prices and Market Notes
The wholesale cotton fabric market remains firm with restricted penetration and an anticipated early price advance. Highlights include various graded linens, muslins, calicoes, ginghams, cretonnes, prints, and linens with exact yardage and price points listed for immediate purchase.
Local Social News and Tragic Fire Loss Near Galveston
Miss Maud Douglas visited Ko komo on Monday while Claude Waddell returned home from Marion to see his parents. Several families from Danville Anoka Forest and Wabash. visitors stayed with local residents. A lightning strike burned the Robert Hunter barn east of Young America injuring nothing but property valued at 1500 dollars. Mrs. Margaret Hart died suddenly at 61 years of age with funeral at Newlife church and burial at Galveston cemetery.
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Robert Hunter
Young America
Margaret Hart
Wm. Hart
Newlife Church
Rev. McCoy
Galveston
Arnica Salve Endorsed for Sores Burns and Piles
Mr W Stone of East Poland Maine endorses Buchtens Arnica Salve as the proper remedy for sore feet, burns, cuts, and all abrasions. It is recommended as the proper treatment for piles, offered with a Galveston guarantee.
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W. Stone
East Poland
Maine
St. Bold
Galveston
Kokomo Visitors And Local Meetings Report
Geo McCoy, A. M. and Mrs Endicott, Will Haworth and family, John Weaver all visited Kokomo or nearby towns from Friday to Sunday. Mrs Amanda Brown and Miss Bertha Sandifer plan a Chicago visit for two weeks. U B church F H C club meets at Glenn Lawrence home this Wednesday. Maud and Lena Geeting host Overcomers at their southwest Kokomo home this Wednesday. Logansport visitors Anna Stonerock and son Waller, Mollie Miller and Geo Smith depart Friday for Lexington Kentucky. Jackson township Democrats set a township convention at Red Men’s Hall Galveston August 22 at 2 PM to nominate Trustee and Assessor candidates.
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Amanda Brown
Bertha Sandifer
Chicago
Anna Stonerock
Waller
Logansport
Mollie Miller
Geo. Smith
Lexington
Jackson Township
Red Men's Hall
Galveston
Tickets for Lake Maxinkuckee excursion on sale now
Tickets for the Lake Maxinkuckee excursion are on sale at the places named in the bills. The notice urges buyers to purchase Monday August 10 1908 and not wait until the last minute.
Sunday congregation holds old fashioned class meeting
The Sunday service featured an inspiring class meeting instead of a sermon. Nine were baptized and received into full membership, three joined by letter. Next Sunday marks the 2d quarterly meeting. The presiding elder will conduct the conference on Monday evening Aug. roth.
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Roth
Mrs Chas E Smith Seeks Health with Life Pills
Mrs. Chas E Smith of West Franklin endorses Life Pills from Galveston Drug Co as effective laxative medicine. She claims the pills ease pain and work without side effects, describing them as good for the family.
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Chas. E. Smith
West Franklin Sdnpiad Yi
Rome
Galveston Lrug Co
Social notes and local meetings in Galveston area
Leslie Davisson visits Kokomo. Carr ie Hiller travels to Winona. Walter Walker of Indianapolis visits Galveston relatives. Mrs Rose Bumgarner of Walton greets Mrs. Chas Stewart. Mrs Geo McCoy and children visit relatives west of town. Mrs Bernard Thomas and Miss Mary Thomas attend Kokomo Chautauqua. Rev McLaughlin returns to Chicago after visit. John Burris travels to Kirklin for ill son. funeral held Sunday. Galveston trustees set meeting Wednesday. Chas Seaward seeks electric light franchise. Andersen of Pipe Creek Flour Mill arrested on fish ladder charge. trial scheduled. warrant issued. he acts to comply but still faces charge.
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Mr. Andersen
Pipe Creek
Sines
Hiatt
Peter
Andersen
Camberlain's Salve Promoted After Eye Trouble
A Lyndon County resident recounts twenty years of sore eyes eased after trying Camberlain's Salve recommended by two gentlemen in Henrietta Kentucky February 1903. The Galveston Drug Co. offers the salve for sale.
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Martin Boy Henrietta
August Clearance Floor Covering Sale in Kokomo
The store invites shoppers to refresh homes with discounted rugs and fittings during an August clearance. Numerous items include cottage carpets at 19c per yard, wool ingrains from 49c to 60c, matting from 11c to 19c, Brussels, Wilton, and Axminster rug specials, and affordable curtains, rods, and household textiles all marked down on the Second Floor Annex.
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Kokomo
Axminster
Nottingham
August Clearance Sale In Bargain Land Basement
Bargain Land Basement offers a August Clearance Sale with a wide array of economy goods. Feather dusters priced at 10 cents and table oil cloth at 13 cents per yard appear among items. Suitcase, cloth covered, listed at 89 cents.
Bargain Showcase Promises Greatly Increased Values
Advertised items claim real worth from a third to half more than sale prices. Shoppers urged to seek largest crowd as the best bargains sell out. Prices listed include 25c linen at 15c, 75c napkins at 39c, 25c fabric at 19c, 10c dress gingham at 31c, 5c embroidery, 1c ladies handkerchiefs, and more.
Desirable Silk Foulards and Silks Put On Clearance
Silk foulards 24 in wide in navy brown old rose and other shades priced at 75c but cleared to 29c selection includes 20 in crystal silk light blue pink cream white clearance 39c 35 in black taffeta with strong durable quality 59c Yard wide white habitai wash silk heavy and launderable 38c 36 in imported Swiss taffeta black heavy finish clearance 95c Fancy taffeta fabrics both imported and domestic sold seasonally at 90c to 1 35 each etc
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Batiste
Copenhagen
August Clearance Sale At Thalman And Levi Store
A Thalman and Levi store urges a low price August clearance to dump slow selling goods and attract customers. The notice stresses sacrifice over profit and invites readers to compare prices and shop to take advantage of wholesale costs.
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Thalman & Levi
Eavily
Aurosseble
Local Social Roundup of Visits and Church Dinner
Roy Cornell and wife spent Saturday in Kokomo. W Srey acts for The Kahn Tailoring Co of Indianapolis. Harvey Thomas and wife left for Lucerne and Flora. Mrs. Mary Gidham of Lincoln guests of Mrs. Dollie Douglas. Mr and Mrs Harry Banks of Walton visited Hiram Reed and family. Blanch and Lucy Welsh of Des Moines were guests of Walter Platt. Galveston Methodist Church to serve hot dinner at Old Settlers Picnic in Miami on Saturday August. Jacob Pearcy land family and others entertained by Charles Barnhart. T W Logan and family D A Zehring and wife and Bertha Baldwin enjoyed Sunday at Clarence Emerick's. Will Frigg-nagy and family vacation from Platt meat market, plan to visit Young America and Poplar Grove and Russiaville fair. Wiley Terrill sent to Windfall as extra telegraph operator. Ottis Spaulding assisting at station after passing Richmond exam. Miss Cleo Campbell hosted guests Friday night including several named individuals. refreshments served.
Best For Indigestion Trial Offers
Advertisement promotes two indigestion remedies Mr. A. Robinson and Drumquin Ontario products. Claims they are beneficial and pleasant in effect and suitable for trial with free samples offered.
Local notes from Galveston and Logansport area
Items report routine visits and events including illness of Mrs. Jessie Brown, social visits by Mrs. Vera McClain and Mrs. Dollie Douglas, a Ringling Bros circus trip, church services at Universalist churches, a foot race between Missourian and Indian, lumber ads, pension day activities, and a Logansport post office inspection. Also mentions Mack Stanford and others visiting Enos McClain, and local baseball game with Galveston Reds defeating Logansport team 8 to 7.
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Reds
Logansport
Galveston Boys
Electric Bitters Praised By Mrs Davisson For Health
Mrs M M Davisson of San Jose California extols Electric Bitters as a strong family remedy for headache biliousness and torpor of the liver and bowels. She claims one bottle offers more health for five organs than any other remedy. Sold under guarantee by Galveston Drug Co 56c.
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M. M. Davisson
Gifford Ave
San Jose
Cal
Galveston, Drug Co
Cure For Chronic Diarrhea Ends Sixty Year Old Suffering
John H. Zirkle of Philips West Virginia writes his father endured years of chronic diarrhea until using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. One bottle cured him and contact with symptoms ended for eighteen months. Now sixty and able to work as a younger man. Sold by Galveston Drug Co.
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John H. Zirkle
Philips
W. Va
Chamberlain
Phillipi Republican
Galveston Drug Co
Temperance play planned at Castleton church this Thursday
Trustee O M Shirley lists weekly office days at his residence on Tuesday and at Galveston Drug Co drug store in Galveston Indiana on Friday. A temperance play The Turn of the Tide will be printed for performance at the Castleton Universalist church Thursday night August 13 with Rev H C Beckett and family in the cast. Bruce Peters horse ran away Sunday night causing a buggy accident injuring Bruce and Miss Maud Eck. Miss Eck sprained ankle and bruised, Bruce sprained ankle, buggy damaged, horse recovered Monday at Bruce's farm.
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Galveston Drug Co
Galveston
Ind
O. M. Shirley
Jackson Township
Castleton Universalist Church
H.C. Beckett
Miss .Isse
Bruce Peter
Bruce
Miss Maud Eck
Jackson
Lincoln
Miss Eck
James Lee’s Recovery Credited to New Discovery
Mrs. Mary Lee of Zanesville Ohio reports her husband James Lee owed his life to Dr King’s New Discovery. Lungs severely damaged by consumption were saved after use. The product claims to relieve coughs and colds with first doses. Available at Galveston Drug Co for 50 cents and 1 dollar with a trial bottle free.
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Zanesville
Mary Lee
James Lee
Dr. King
Galveston Drug Co
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