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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
8
U B NOTES states a prolonged Otterbein meeting continues this week as prayers and support ease the pastor’s burdens. Ladies Aid meets Thursday afternoon. Bible study group meets Thursday evening at 7. Sabbath School at 9 30 Sunday. Y P C U at 6 and preaching at 7.
If you suffer from bleeding itching and other piles send your address for home cure instructions using the new absorption treatment. Immediate relief and permanent care are promised without money. Mrs M Summers Box P Notre Dame Indiana offers free trial and local references on request.
The note recalls strong interest in the Home Mission Rally Service with a good offering. Harvey Gray judged the Delphi corn show on Friday. KomoMo callers Friday included Geo McCoy Marion Murphy Nick Woods and Otis Spaulding. Sunday guests at Mr and Mrs H Z Carey were J W Bevington and family Mr and Mrs C W Carey Mrs T G McManus and daughter Margaret.
Executors of James McClain deceased offer public auction at the family residence in Galveston Cass County Indiana on December 11 1909 at 2 oclock pm. Personal estate includes farm tools household goods carriage harness road wagon two yearling colts two spring colts five yearling steers buggy pole and many other items. Terms include credit six months with note and security minimum cash payments five dollars tender cost no removal before terms met. Col. Wm Pruett auctioneer.
Mrs Wash Doran spent Thursday with Clifford Graves and family at Bunker Hill. John Stone and Miss Vera and Miss Elizabeth Morrison spent Friday afternoon in Kokomo. Notice lists weekly office days at the science on Tuesday and at the Drug Co store in Galveston Indiana. Joe Woods fell from a delivery wagon injuring head and shoulder near a furniture store. A sprained ankle keeps him from work for weeks. Chamberlains liniment is recommended for faster cure.
John Elliott and wife spent Friday in Kokomo. Mrs Hester Morris gone to Oklahoma to spend winter with her son. Anson Jones and wife of Bourbon visiting Wm McKinney and family. Coal prices available at Gaveston Grain Co. Thanksgiving with Joseph Carey and wife in Tipton township. Otto Bird and family Alvin Gibson and wife George McCleland and wife with Hiram Reed and family. Chamberlain Medicine Co free sample offer by mail from Des Moines Iowa via Galveston Drug Co.
Mrs Harvey Gray and son Minor visited Kokomo on Friday. Mrs James Lines Mrs Wm Corns and daughters spent Saturday in Miami. Mrs Minnie Deacon of Deacon visited with her father James Sprinkle Thursday. John Marshall a law student at Indiana University and Miss Ruby Marshall of Galveston were guests of brother W A Bitler and family Friday evening and attended the Ben Hur social.
Mrs. C Phinevault of Vestal Center New York extols Electric Bitters as a cure for nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches and fainting with quick improvements in vigor and health. The Galveston Drug Co sells bottles for 50 cents.
Sale advertisement lists deep discounts on window shades rugs and room accessories. Oil Window Shades Velvet Rugs Axminster and Ingrain options priced below usual values with multiple sizes and designs. Includes textile items like Scotch Madras floorcloth and door mats offered at reduced rates.
Shoe department announces daily shipments from premier boot and shoe shops. New styles and lasts arrive, meeting season demand. Ladies patent colt and kid shoes feature black and grey tops, plain vamp, fads, prices around 3.50 to 2.50. Children's and misses styles also listed along with men’s patent, gun metal, and box calf shoes priced to fit.
Bargain prices on wool dresses and tailored suits for women with many sizes and fabrics. Discounts range from eight to twenty dollars off, including rare one of a kind pieces and import models. Alterations offered free.
Bargain fur listing offers sable coney sets and mink, coney, angora, and squirrel pieces priced from 1.95 to 16.50 with multi piece sets including muff, scarf, shawl, and headwear. Featured items include sable coney and Brook mink sets with varying muffs and tails.
Large fleecy warm cotton blankets in tans or greys priced at 89 cents with a $1.25 value and a special $2 option in gray. 11-4 size wool plaid blankets in red blue black white offered at $3.35. Pillows with ticking covers 73 cents pair and without ticking $1.48 each. High grade satin cover comfortables $1.98, full size crib blankets 69 cents.
Feature list of discounted fabrics including 36 inch mohairs at 39c, 46 inch broadcloth at 95c, 52 inch chiff broadcloth at 1.59, tussah silks at 29c, crepe de chine 50c, oil boiled taffeta 79c, messalines 49c, and other silk yard goods with special weekly pricing.
Readable from an old sale page listing cheap household items and small wares. Items include fiber chair seats 10c, raisins 8c per lb, shredded coconut 5c, brass cup hooks 8c per dozen, crepe paper 8c per roll, nut picks 20c, aluminum family scale 90c, glass tumblers six for 9c, Kokomo school tablets 3c, lace curtain stretcher 1c, and miscellaneous hardware. The notice invites customers to buy early and have items laid aside for delivery.
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