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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
5
Overstock sale highlights deep cuts on black mohairs and sicilian fabrics with prices from 39¢ to 95¢. Includes 52-inch black sicilian, 46-inch mohair, silk blends, satin foulards, tap silk, oil boiled taffeta, and assorted 24-inch to 27-inch waists and corset covers. Extensive low prices aim to clear stock and attract value seekers.
Bargain cards lure shoppers to Okomo Indiana store opening before 9 or 10 in the morning. Prices slash apparel including wool spring suits, silk dresses, and linen wash suits with discounts from $3.95 to $9.75. Loyal customers flock for first picks as stock moves quickly and economy is emphasized.
Bargain gems draw crowds of Kokomo women from nearby and distant towns as prices promise big savings. Aisles feature paper plates and napkins at low per dozen and basket-ready wash tubs. Shoes for all ages show steep discounts from infant to men’s patent leather options. The ad touts value with many items priced well below typical cost.
Supplement to Galveston Leader lists Bell Bros as Sharpies Cream Separator agents and promotes coal delivery from Galveston Grain Co. It records visits by Mrs. Dr. Smith and family, Mrs. Kemp, and others, plus Culver Military Academy invitations to G A R members. Street fakir fines rumour and local lumber talk appear amid civic notices and I C O F lodge plans to Elwood for degree work.
A local testimonial from C. M. Harden of Silver City North Carolina praises Electric Bitters for stomach liver and kidney troubles weakness backaches chills and malaria. Sold with guarantee by the Galveston Drug Company.
McCoy's offers canned goods and lumber supply. Residents report social visits across Logansport Kokomo Indianapolis Dayton and nearby towns. Events include dinners visits from Mrs Caldwell and daughter, Miss Vera Morrison, and a large wheat threshing on the W F Stanley farm with 1,179 bushels produced.
The notice lists church activities including a prayer meeting Thursday evening, a choir meeting Friday evening, Sabbath Bible School at 9 30 a m, and preaching at 10 30 a m and 7 45 p m.
In 1872 the remedy was introduced and proved highly successful for diarrhoea dysentery and cholera infantum. It has grown to wide sales across the United States and abroad with nine druggists often recommending it and Galveston Drug Co. as a seller.
A Carbon Hill Alabama man credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy with saving his four year old son after two physicians gave up. He urges giving the remedy with castor oil per directions, noting many children survive thanks to it. Available at Galveston Drug 10.
J. W. Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best in the world claiming it cured a felon on his thumb and heals wounds burns and sores. available for 25 cents at The Galveston Drug Co.
O M Shirley, trustee of Jackson Township, states office days will be held at her residence on Tuesday and at Gal ion Drug Co. in Gal ion, Indiana, on Friday each week.
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