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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
4
Thalman and Levi in Kokomo Indiana announce their annual August clearance with dramatic price cuts on lingerie dresses skirts and shirt waists. Many items slashed from nine to two dollars with swift sales expected as stock moves quickly.
A promotional sale offers deep discounts across footwear including ladies and children’s canvas oxfords and patent leather options, plus house slippers and kid dress shoes. The event also features general discounts on housewares, glassware, lawn items, and dress fabrics with substantial clearance pricing across multiple departments.
Enormous stock of high grade black silks offered at one third off. 19 inch black taffeta silk reduced from 50 cents to 29 cents. 34 inch all silk taffeta clearanced to 64 cents. Full yard wide black taffeta 95 cents. 36 inch Peau de soie 95 cents. 2.00 black all silk taffeta now 1.39 with guarantee or replacement.
A dated catalog style list details assorted fabrics and prices. Items include indigo prints at 31ec and turkey red prints at 3c, dress percale at 84c, dress ginghams at 8c to 54c, colored outing prints, cretons, pillow slips, and bleached and unbleached sheeting priced per yard or yard-wide.
Bargains across carpets and rugs include wool ingrain yard goods 30c with 60c value 42c per yard, china matting 10c, velvet rugs 98c, large axminster 2.87 and 1.39 for smaller sizes, 9x12 art squares 7.25, seamless Brussels 12.85, and an Ames worth 15.65 for 9x12. High quality options emphasize low prices and fresh fall selections.
The store advertises reserve stock at drastic reductions including brass curtain poles 5c, Silkolines 14c, 45 inch swiss grenadine 20c, ruffled curtains 25c, Battenberg inserts 57c, Nottingham face curtains 85c, fancy net 1.19, couch covers 67c, and 20 pairs of tapestry party fabrics 3.75. Every item in the line goes at special price in this sale.
A detailed shop notice lists various linen items with low prices including bleached and unbleached table cloths ranging from 15c to 296, two yard wide linens at 48c, all linen table linens from 89c to 1.39, napkins from 38c per lot to $1.29 per lot, toweling from 4c to 13c, Turkish towels from 10c to 19c, fringe towels at 5c to 22c, and wash rags at 1c.
A departmental sale lists pins hooks and eyes hairpins and corset covers with deep discounts. Households can buy socks suspenders handkerchiefs and lace at reduced prices along with petticoats drawers and pima finishes. Numerous fabrics including linen lace and cambric are offered with marked savings.
Saturday and Sunday visits mark a busy social scene with neighbors from Union County and Logansport attending the Old Settlers Meeting in Miami. The Methodist church served dinner, raising 103.10, while the Universalists held a Pleasant Valley picnic with services and songs by Ethel Thornton and Forest Rose. Local families and vendors socialized, including ice cream sales by L. E. Miller and Co. and refreshment stands by Johnson & Laird and Will Walker.
East Poland Maine resident Mr W Stone endorses Bucklens Arnica Salve as effective for sore feet burns sores cuts and abrasions It is also recommended for piles under guarantee by Galveston Drug in Galveston Texas.
Mrs Nellie Miller visited Mrs Jas Miller in Kokomo Sunday. Willard Burrows and wife occupy their new West Howard street home. Chas Hardin and family of Wanamaker visited Mrs Susie Armstrong and family over Sunday. Mr and Mrs Chas McCoy returned home from a three weeks visit with relatives at Osgood. Several couples attended the Russiaville fair last Thursday.
Last Saturday evening at the groom’s home on West Jackson street Mrs Anna Baldwin and John McConnell were married by Rev Herbert Boase. Only immediate relatives attended. The event, though expected, came as a pleasant surprise and they receive the hearty congratulations of many friends.
Community items report travel plans and illnesses across Galveston Cass County and Kokomo area. Mentions Rev Herbert Boase. Mr and Mrs Clem and son. John Gilliland family. Lew Harness recovering from typhoid. Russiaville fair attendance. Walton merchants plan prompt collections. marriage of Dr J H Ross and Miss Mary Campbell. Bank of Galveston financials and notary affirmation.
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as a painless family laxative sold by Galveston Drug Co. Louis Cass Bell of California visits City Hotel on Monday and recalls his Civil War service in the old 39th regiment. He is uncle to James M Bell of Jewel and the first white child born in Cass County a county named for him. Maj Daniel Bell father fought at Tippecanoe died 1876 on that battle anniversary. His remains rest in Sprinkle cemetery.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky recalls twenty years of granulated eye trouble. In February 1903 a gentleman urged him to try Chamberlains Salve. He bought one box and used about two thirds, and his eye trouble ceased. The Galveston Drug Co. sells the salve.
Mr A Robinson of Drumquin Ontario suffers years of indigestion and recommends Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best medicine ever used. If troubled with indigestion or constipation try them they are beneficial and easy to take. Price 25c samples free at Galveston Drug Co.
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