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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
3
Galveston store promotes the largest assortment of easy and fancy rockers at remarkably low prices for two weeks. It features comfortable chairs, small fancy rockers, stylish rattan rockers, and urges customers to visit before buying.
Clerking for S P Bevington noted by Will Coffman. Misses Anna and Mary Tennell left for Anderson. Dr Kay's Renovator marketed by druggists. Mrs Mary Paulus and Miss Laura Butts visited Kokomo last Thursday. Z U Loop sells exclusive Books and Bibles in town. Bert Bitler and wife of West Middleton visited Jas Marshall family. Died James Turner Kokomo Monday night and funeral at M E church with Sprinkle Chapel interment. A C Davis resigns Galveston postmaster job and becomes substitute carrier in Kokomo. Arthur Pyke shifts to clerical division and will be night clerk after January 1.
Ada Chambers returns to school after a week away while Ora Ault was absent Tuesday and Wednesday last week. Trustee Wi Conner and Miss Maud Sherick visited midweek and on Friday. School closed Monday at recess due to smoke from a furnace. the furnace is faulty and a stove was placed in the high school room. The high school gains a new case for reference books, risking the old one for library volumes. Examinations are planned for Thursday and Friday. Paragraphs also reference Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and a Seattle area dealer, with ads and hiring notices interspersed.
Novelties in Jewelry and Plated Ware are advertised. Dedication of the United Brethren chapel is noted in Kokomo San ay. Galveston Rebekah Lodge No. 610 re elected officers last Tuesday. Mrs Alzina Saylors returned from a six week visit to Geetingsville. Baptist protracted meetings continue with reported good. S Bevington claims the largest holiday stock at his store. C F Thomas Co adds new cash carrier system.
The column reports Jo married Sunday in Kokomo to Dessie Johnson with plans to reside in Galveston. It notes Marvin Kuhns a busy exchanger with multiple distant works. Also mentions Dr J H McLean liver balm inquiries and ongoing Evangelistic services at the Baptist church with Rev T Smith leading a revival audience. A Masonic and Mongolian Tribe gathering at the Red Men’s Wigwam features a rocking chair gift to J A Rodibaugh.
A 1900 letter from Newport Rhode Island describes military life at the U S Naval Training School. The writer explains drills, meals, and daily routines, recalls initial fear of being sent away, and notes about the large student body and island campus.
A short classified style notice touts pain relief products claiming cures for rheumatism and offering trial relief. It mentions sale by a seller named Leop and promises immediate relief to customers seeking relief from pain in the side or chest.
Excession tickets will be sold by Agents to allow connecting lines in the Association Territory at greatly reduced rates on December 23 24 25 and January first 1903. Tickets apply to holiday travel and allow connections across lines within the territory.
Mr. R Gray of Amenia Duchesse County New York credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with stopping croup attacks in his child. He urges keeping a bottle at hand for instant use at first signs of symptoms. For sale by Z U Loop.
The Clover Leaf Route will inaugurate a new time schedule Sunday December 1900 shortening Toledo to St Louis travel by nearly one hour via test trains named the Commercial Traveler. Obtain the new timetable from the nearest Clover Leaf Agent in Toledo Ohio.
Dr A Bosehee's celebrated German Syrup is described as a reliable medicine that quickly cures coughing colds and severe lung ailments by addressing the cause. Marketed as not experimental, it claims year after year sales in millions and a three dose relief for ordinary coughs at 75 cents. Availability advertised through Green's Prize Almanac at Z U Loop's.
A promotional notice offers commissions and salary for selling a pure, beautiful children's Christian book. It claims strong demand across communities and markets, with opportunities for local agents, state managers, and promotion to management roles. Address The Barrish American Co. Corcoran Building Washington DC.
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