03 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
1
Suburbs and individuals are noted with illnesses visits and social calls in Kokomo area. Includes typhoid fever at Mrs J E Conner and Everett Griffith visiting from Kokomo. Also mentions Calveton Cash Lumber Co pricing shingles and a poultry show in Logansport. Includes anti scalds and DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve medical ad.
Community updates include visits by Van Smith of Logansport to his son Marshal, Kokomo families gathering with Mrs. Geo Davis, and a 30 acre farm for sale. Church and charity notes report Ladies Aid supper profits for Red Men, and a humorous notice on DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. A Galveston furniture sale drew crowds, while a Royal Center theft was recovered in Logansport. A Supreme Court ruling stresses train-crossing safety duties for approaching motorists with aware, functioning senses.
An advertisement for the Illustrated Weekly Sentinel from Denver offers ten weeks free for two clubs, plus gold rings as premiums. The text includes a testimonial from J A Johnson of Lynn Center Illinois praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for his three year old's croup, calling it the best selling cough medicine and effective for throat and lung issues.
The Louisville Center Parlors moved to rooms above Citizens Bank, formerly Fleetwood Ault space. Arthur Dobson of Elwood visited Edgar Rinehart Sunday. Mrs Grace Enoch of Longansport and Mrs Jennie Nordyke of Peru are guests of local families. Watches and clocks can be repaired at City Bakery by Hodgen. Galveston Cash Lumber advertises Veranda Work styles.
Travelers headed for Alaska to prospect or try their luck are invited to consult Pennsylvania Lines Ticket Agents for rates routes and preliminaries at no charge. If local agents are unavailable, send name address start date party size and fare inquiries to W. W Richardson Passenger Department Indianapolis Ind for prompt guidance.
Local obituaries note Ruth Daggett age 3 described as daughter of Mr and Mrs Cat Daggett who died Sunday morning and was buried Monday at 1 30 PM from the U B church. Also mentioned are a death in Bourbon Ind and a family in Galveston.
The Tipton Union Dispatch warns of sales schemes in Tipton and Howard counties where agents sold steel ranges to farmers at inflated prices with promises of three year terms but notes later came due with interest. Similar overpricing on rocking chairs was noted, urging purchases from local reputable merchants.
Revival services continued at the U B church Try Hodgen with several new members. Howard county records two deaths attributed to faith healing. A C Davisson and wife of Logansport visited Galveston friends. A McCormick collector urged subscribers to pay promptly. M E church revival closed with nine accessions and strong church condition. Born to G W Williams a boy. Dr J S Smith attended. Ralph Bittler’s friends celebrated his birthday with games. Advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers for headaches and constipation.
The article notes a new syndicate organized to operate in Alaska gold fields offering few shares for sale through Victor Investment Co. in Denver. It also mentions community notices from Center Church near Galveston, Logansport sensational gossip, a visit by J B Cecil of New Burlington, and local rates for obituaries, resolutions, and cards of thanks in cents per line.
Friends honored Miss Lulu Paulus with ice cream and cake last Wednesday evening. Grace Patterson Lucy Fickle Grace Hayworth Lizzie Emrick Minnie Gabreath Will Hayworth John Burrows Fred Myers Everett Daggett Charlie Barnhart Rennie Robertson Harvey Bel Hugh Robertson Willard Philapy attended a delightful party with refreshments and good company.
William Reeder 22 and Frank Tee 13 are sentenced to the Indiana Reform School for breaking into the Thomas grocery in Logansport. The item collection includes local notices, club updates, and a bicycle sale offer priced at 13 dollars cash.
A reader from Fairhaven Conn reports weeks of bilious colic and stomach pains relieved by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The notice urges early use at first symptoms to ward off attacks and notes local availability through Dr Z A Locp. Gates special train to Mexico advertised with 30 days travel and routes via Memphis New Orleans San Antonio to Il Peso Denver Kansas City and Chicago plus Clover Leaf agent details.
The group offers sincere sympathy to Mrs Hindbaugh on the death of her father and resolves to publish copies of these resolutions in the home paper. Mrs Green presides with Nellie Ashley as assistant secretary.
A quirky note describes a supposed cure for coughs titled One Minute Cough Cure. It labels Yeat as a companion or mate in a casual, informal tone and hints at personal experience or endorsement.
Community updates from Lincoln include visits between residents of Wabash Logansport and Muncie. school news with Miss Ella Rider passing Kokomo exams. church activities and Epworth League reports. social events at the Wood House and Mrs Sprinkle’s. and local business ads seeking Butter Eggs Poultry Raw Furs Skins and agents.
After years of suffering from piles B. W. Pursell of Knitnersville Pa was cured by a single box of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. The ad touts curing skin diseases eczema rash pimples and obstinate sores with this famous remedy by Z U Loop.
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