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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
4
Local notices mention an August clearance sale at Darby Patterson's with other community updates. Residents highlight visits, travel, and social events, plus notes on a fire protection discussion and a recent infant death.
Saturday and Sunday rain visited this section. Various guests and visits noted including Nell Chadwell in Logansport and Mrs Lulu Hardin returning to F H Thomas store after vacation. Birth announced near Lincoln and kinship gatherings at Lincoln and Logansport. Rebekah lodge in Galveston schedules a degree conferment. Beauty ad touts Rocky Mountain Tea. 160th Indiana Volunteer Infantry reunion set for Marion September 16 and 17 with Co A arranging activities.
Excur sion tickets to Louisville Ky for the Triennial Conclave of the Knights Templar will be sold August 24 to 28 via Pennsylvania Lines and returnable to Sept ad with extension to Sept 16. For details, see Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania Lines. Married Wednesday evening in Kokomo Miss Winnie Robertson daughter of Mr and Mrs Eli Robertson to Jefferson Goldsberry of this place. The ceremony was followed by ice cream and cake at the bride’s parents home about three miles southeast of Galveston. The couple will reside in the West and are described as promising young people.
The return limit for ten day excursion tickets to Buffalo via the Akron Route is extended to fifteen days, with one fare plus one dollar. The fifteen day tickets at one and one third fare gain a twenty day limit. Effective August xth. For fare details consult a Pennsylva nia Lines agent. A census bulletin cites Indiana population figures including school age, native and foreign born, white and colored, and voters by origin.
The column records various short items: barn re shingling, visits by Harry Yohn and Harry Gray to Galveston, new Fall Hat at Mrs Lytle, Fred Davis visiting from Chicago, Warren Brown visiting North Manchester, Will Turner and Frank Deacon hosting guests, and a Stomach and Liver Tablets note. It mentions a high society scene in American Bluff with two couples, a fifth man causing a fight with a head injury, and efforts to hush up the affair with names withheld.
Advertisement notes discounted round trip fares via Pennsylvania Lines to Cleveland for the G A R National Encampment with travel on specified September dates and return extension to October 8. Tickets available through local Penns Lines agents with inquiries to E C Hart Galveston Indiana. A local destitute family story follows with a traveling group seen in Peru and Galveston and suspected as a prior year scam.
Mrs. W. S. Lines spent Wednesday in Kokomo. Joe Gray was transacting business in Logansport Tuesday. Miss Effie Truitt and Miss Ida Young of Kokomo spent Monday in Galveston. Abutments for the new bridge across Deer Creek southeast of town have been completed. Whit James moved to the Dell Foy property recently vacated by George Whattenberger and wife.
Mrs. Nannie Galleger of La Grange Georgia reports Bucklin's Arica Sealve cured severe head and face sores quickly. The ad also promotes Bucklin’s Arica Sealve for sores burns scalds and piles with a guaranteed cure and lists a druggist Z A Loop. It includes a testimonial from Rev J G Standard Adams Nebraska and advertises Dr B J Kay's Renovator with no charge for advice and confidential letters.
STAFFORD PRESS advertises a paid yearly position offering liberal income and future security. Recruits aged men and women to act as traveling and local agents, with commissions, expenses, and rapid advancement. Address 23 Church St New Haven Conn for details.
Rev E Payson Hammond M A and Mrs Hammond hail Dr Kay's Renovator as beneficial for stomach liver and bowels and urge readers to try it. The ad notes a 25 cent or 1.00 price and offers free medical advice by correspondence. Sold by Z U Loop.
Cass Circuit Court September Term 1901 examines final settlement of James C. Loop estate. Administrator Z A Loop asks heirs creditors and legatees to appear July 25 1901 at Logansport Andrena to show cause why account should not be approved. Clerk J F Lienemann seal of court.
A brief notice invites individuals to complete tasks at the LRADER office. It emphasizes visiting the local office for processing and assistance with required services.
If that soiroe of yours shows a wretch ed, sallow complexion, a jaundiced look mate patches blotches on the askin, it's liver trouble. Dr. King's New Life Pills regulate the liver, purify the blood, give clear skin, rosy cheeks, rich complexion. Only 25c at Z. U. Loop's drug store. WANTED.-Capable, reliable person in every county to represent large com pany of solid financial reputation, $936 salary per year, payable weekly, $3 per day absolutely sure and all expenses, straight, bona-fide, definite salary, no commission, salary paid each Saturday and expense money advanced each week. STANDARD HOUSE, 334 Dear born St., Chicago.
Mrs. P Whittaker suffered chronic bronchial trouble until Dr King’s New Discovery cured her and their granddaughter of a severe Whooping Cough attack. The medicine reportedly treats Coughs Col ds La Grippe Bronchitis and other throat and lung troubles. 50c and $1.00 bottles available with free trial at Z U Loop’s drug store.
Excursion tickets to New York are available at principal ticket offices of the Pennsylvania Lines. Tickets are good for return via the lines or return via other direct routes from New York. Options include routes via Buffalo to Pan American Expo and Niagara Falls with stopovers, or returning via Washington, D C with a stopover. Full information available from Ticket Agents.
Editor S A Brown of Bennettsville S C recounts how his wife suffered dyspepsia and loss of vigor before using Electric Bitters. After four bottles she recovered fully, regaining appetite and strength, with the tonic aiding the liver. Sold only at Z U Loop’s.
The Akron Route offers through time and through car service to Buffalo. An alternative path via Cleveland and steamer connects C., A. & C. Nnk trains to Cleveland with a boat line to Buffalo. Tickets to Buffalo and return via Cleveland give the option of Boat or Rail. Inquiries to E. C. Hart, Galveston, Ind.
Dr Charles H Utter of Panama Colombia reports a dramatic recovery of a sixteen year old girl with dysentery after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The patient improved in eight hours and was fully well within a week. Sold by Z U Loop.
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