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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
1
Numerous short items note visits and stays in Kokomo and nearby towns, church and social events, sales and auctions, new goods at McCoy’s, and personal acknowledgments. Highlights include the M. E. church dinner proceeds, the Baptist social, Elsie Haynes and Alvin Logan wedding, the Basket Meeting at Pleasant Valley, and local trades like Curt Laird buying Wm. Stanley’s stock pens and Alonzo McClain purchasing the milk wagon.
The little son of Chas Barnhart is reported quite ill. E H Shirley and family are camping at a springs for a few weeks. Frank Paggett visited Wm Countryman and family north of town. Frank Lytle from Chicago has spent the past week at his father’s bedside, who is improving. Miss Imo Peter Grace Oyler Minnie Davisson and Fern Ward returned Saturday from Danville where they attended school.
Miss Nellie Geeting and Ernest Parsons were married at the U B parsonage Saturday evening at 6 by Rev C A Sickafouse. The bride is well liked and the groom upright. they will live locally for a time before likely moving to Indianapolis. The wish is for a long, happy, prosperous marriage.
Mary Jayne Leach born July 27 1826 near College Corner Ohio died August 13 1909 aged 83 years 17 days. She married Randolph Johnson June 16 1847 and had two children Thomas Jefferson and Effie Josephine. The family lived in Logansport Indiana and Galveston Indiana where she and her husband joined Baptist churches. After her husband’s death in 1892 she lived with her son Effie having died earlier. Funeral held at the Baptist church in Galveston at 10 30 AM conducted by Rev Raleigh Smith burial in Galveston Cemetery.
Otto Fenn and family spent Sunday in Sharpsville. Misses Lulu and Marie Fickle are visiting relatives in Lafayette. Bert Burtch and family of Youngstown Ohio are visiting relatives and friends here.
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