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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
4
Rates listed for local notices and obituaries vary by length and content. Cards of thanks up to six lines cost 25 cents, over six lines accrue per line. Resolutions and church notices are priced per line, display ads by application. Obituaries may be free unless poetry is attached with a per line charge.
When you need an item or want work of any kind you can call No 24 at any time between 7:00 am and 9:00 pm for service or inquiries.
Lon McCain John Oliver and wife were Koko mo visitors Thursday Miss Grace Patterson has return ed to her duties in Chicago Chas McKinney of Bourbon is visiting Wm McKinney and family Mrs Wm Ballard returned Mon day from a visit with relatives at Columbus Ohio John Mummert Route 13 was severely injured by being kicked by a horse Monday evening Lucile and Cletus Barron of Bun ker Hill are spending the week with their grandparents Will Fickle and wife
Chas Amos known as Fox Amos dies after being struck by a northbound interurban line car near Walton while traveling from Kokomo. Coroner and family identify the body. Amos remembered as a loving son and brother with several surviving relatives.
A public notice lauds Dr King’s New Discovery for curing C V Pepper’s deadly lung hemorrhages after three weeks of use. The testimonial claims relief from coughs colds hay fever lagrippe asthma and other bronchial ailments with a trial bottle offered free and full guarantee by Galveston Drug Co.
Local items record social visits and errands in Walton including Hattie Bebee Blanch Wingrave and Galveston ties. A fall injured Marna Bumgarner off Lou Ramers house. Otto Munson and others visited. A ladder accident hurt Fred Wingrave. Mabel Hurd funeral held at the M E church. Rev A C Miller to stay in Winona.
An old advertisement extols Bucklen’s Arnica salve as a universal healer for boils ulcers fever sores eczema and piles. It claims rapid relief from inflamed wounds from burns or injuries and lists 25 cents price at Galveston Drug.
Fragments report births and visits from John Rayland and families in nearby towns. A quarterly S S Convention is set for August 29 at Lincoln with a push to attend the entire winter lecture series featuring the Lycenum platform speakers. The notes urge Sunday School workers and praising speakers as inspiring community figures.
A mosaic of town news reports travel, marriages, illnesses, and social events. Families named Parks Davidson Beam and Zook Titus share trips and nuptials in Tipton and Logansport. Church activities, birthdays, sales, and community gatherings fill the week with details of sickness, visits, and upcoming services.
G W McCoy represents The Kahn Tailoring Co of Indianapolis. George Ross of Kokomo stayed with Adramn Weaver Saturday. Homer Sprinkle and Frank Daggett returned from Tennessee. Mrs John Galbreath John A Burrows and Miss Galbreath shared supper with Mr and Mrs J F Eisenbrey. Pythian Sisters call meeting changes back to Friday night with regular Temple session next Friday.
Idleness leads to trouble and a lazy liver but Dr King’s New Life Pills banish liver troubles. They claim to build up health with a 25 cent price at Galveston Drug Co.
Mrs. David Ridenhour left Tuesday for a visit at Frankfort. Val Caldwell and family of Deacon spent Saturday with Tom Armstrong and family. M. L. Galbreath of Columbia City called on John Galbreath and family Monday afternoon. Lee Davis of North Grove visits grandparents Geo Davis and wife for a week. Harry Bickell Azel Bell and Jesse Graham employed by trustee William Lake to convey country children to Galveston and Lincoln schools for the coming year. Mrs Addie Robertson and daughter Panza Mrs Myrtle Stewart Mrs Anna Woolley Aaron Robertson and family. Dave Kepner and family Maud Fisher Marjorie and Agnes Bean spent Sunday in Kokomo park.
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