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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
1
Panic here as January proves the busiest yet for both stores. The sale touts low prices across ladies and children cloaks, skirts, furs, coats, waists, petticoats, underwear, hosiery, men’s pants and suits, caps, and shoes with many items marked down to half price and under a dollar. Shop now for big values.
Trustee O M Shirley on the sick list and localities around Logansport Kokomo and Galveston are mentioned with visits from Mrs Ollie King Mrs Leota Mummert and several others. Promotions include coal prices from Galveston Grain Co and Galveston Cash Lumber Co.Various residents are noted visiting relatives and friends plus weather chatter about six more weeks of winter.
The piece notes temperance reform sweeping the nation with local option gaining traction and newspapers backing reform. It reports the Snyder divorce case being compromised with Mrs Snyder withdrawing her complaint and Dr Snyder obtaining a divorce for cruel and inhuman treatment. witnesses’ fees are not recoverable.
Hall of Galveston lodge No 225 of the I O O F passes a memorial for Adelmer Foy, noting his value to the lodge and community. The resolution calls for 30 days of mourning, minutes to record the tribute, and publication in the Galveston Leader, with copies sent to the family.
An ad urges taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to cleanse the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels. The offer notes a price of 25 cents and samples free at Galveston Drug Co.
The Smith family extends gratitude to friends and neighbors for help and kindness and to those who sent floral offerings. Special thanks to Jacob Barker and his wife for their generous aid throughout the illness and death of our wife and mother.
The Kokomo Tribune noted a high school entertainment in Kokomo featuring Carmen Davis singing a difficult soprano with notable training. Elizabeth Strayer, a natural contralto, performed well with a rich voice. Forest Rose delivered a faultless baritone performance showing promise.
Charles Stewart and wife hosted a Friday evening dinner for guests including Mr and Mrs Claude Chalmers Bumgarner Mr Forrest Rose Miss Grace Patterson and Mr and Mrs Stewart. The dining room glittered with red candles and the entertainment featured vocal and instrumental music dancing and sketching pictures.
Don’t trifle with a cold. Proper food ventilation and dry warm clothing guard against colds through autumn, winter, and spring. Neglected colds can become severe and may lead to serious illness. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is recommended as safe and effective, sold by Galveston Drugs Co.
Fragmentary text references Sherlock Holmes stories and detective fiction. Mentions The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and a murder theme set in a large United States city. Contains garbled phrases and lacks a coherent event or date.
An Indiana Union Traction Company advertisement touts the I U T System as the best way to travel across Indiana Ohio and southern Michigan. It invites locals to contact their agent for rates and routes.
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