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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1915
Page
4
Wm McKinney seeks cancer treatment in notations from local visits. Numerous residents and guests visit Logansport Kokomo Indianapolis and Danville. Decoration Day events and Sunday gatherings thread through community life with church and club activities.
Boone Township residents voted Tuesday to keep the area dry by a margin of 207 votes. The item lists numerous local visits and social captions, including residents traveling to Noblesville, Russiaville, Kokomo, Danville, and Oregon, with family gatherings and guests noted throughout the week.
Rev. H. C. Beckett is pastor. Sunday School is at 9 30 a m.
The Rev Geo H Trinkle notes provide Sunday services with Sabbath School at 9 30 AM preaching at 10 30 AM and 7 30 PM plus Christian Endeavor at 6 40 PM. The notice invites all to attend.
Omar Smith of Kokomo visits Cyril Wood. Dr. A J Gray and wife return from a five week California trip. Mrs. Cora Dennison of Mississippi visits Frank Poor family. Bid Wininger and family visit Clarence Emerick. Mrs. Lee Mink of Geetingsville visits Willard Lawrence. Tom Fawcett and family attend Decoration Day services. Mrs Alf Weller and children visit J W Terflinger. Henry Kepner and Jas Fisher visit Frank Wood. Lawrence Williams and family visit G W Harness. Bad weather delays grave decorating. done Sunday and Monday. Tom Patten sells 45 acre farm to B F Conwell for 8600 dollars. three Kokomo properties included in deal.
A U T freight car jumped the track near Walton Wednesday morning causing a schedule mixup for passenger trains. Local social notes list visiting families from Danville and Kokomo and gather noting dinners and visits around Walton.
Dr K Koesske reports a unique plastic surgery success in which a completely lost thumb is rebuilt using a tibia segment with periosteum and chest skin. The 13 year old patient gained functional opposition and touch sensation, with plans to transplant nail from a toe later.
An advertisement promotes Sloan's Liniment for nerve pain with a 25 cent bottle. Aviation pioneer Aviator Adams flew a Logansport to Elwood leg in 40 minutes covering 44 miles, then a 90 mph flight from Anoka to Galveston and a 6 mile Walton to Galveston hop, landing rough at Elwood and breaking two wheels before repair and return.
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County oath by Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co promising one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A Gleason. Cure taken internally works on blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. Toledo F J Cheney & Co sold by druggists. Take Hall's Vomis Fills for constipation.
A London Times note contrasts French and English dress choices. It argues French women plan outfits as a coherent whole, considering fashion and personal traits, giving dress character. It asserts the French excel in many minor arts and approach life more seriously than the English.
A dramatic suitor pleads for marriage while the woman, resolute, questions a future together over a polar views dispute. He rhapsodizes devotion and plans, but she warns against a hasty union until they settle their beliefs. The pivotal question hinges on the North Pole controversy.
A Washington Star excerpt notes Senator Sorg Hum objects to snapshot portraits arguing they breach procedure by denying a ten minute grace to adjust appearance. The piece also recalls a dinner parlor moment where a young woman seeks conversation with a silent guest, who dismisses Meyerbeer with a casual remark about lagers.
A local exchange questions a man named Tom Speed as a potential husband citing he is blackballed by clubs in town. The dialogue hints at social judgment and future expectations for a husband who may not be home at night. A traveling gentleman and a beautiful lady scene is also noted with a witty frontier declaration. Strawberries at McCoy's Saturday.
Goldie Pierson visits friends in Flora while locals note a Satley Corn Plow sale at B F Conwell for 21 dollars. Wesley Frick of Flora is ill at Willard Lawrence's. John Wyatt returns from Cincinnati for a weekend. Wm Bell and Claude visit Galveston from near Bunker Hill. Oscar Preble and Howard county family visit Tom Young. Mrs Mary Delaplane visits Logansport kin of near Logansport. Jesse Overholser family returns from Sheridan. Mrs Grace Enoch and Mrs Gertrude Smith visit W H Shirley. Ed Graham family and Billy Evans visit Chas Barnhart. Mrs Bob Fording and children return from near Kappa after stepdaughter's illness.
Miss Pansy Wood spent Thursday and Friday in Kokomo as guest of Miss Helen Morrow. She attended the high school class play and commencement.
S. P. Bevington is improving his lots in Galveston Heights by grading them. Prof Elbert Day of Bunker Hill is engaged as superintendent of Butler school. Bid Wininger and family, Clive Streeter and family, were Saturday guests of Dr. Ross. Mrs Blanche Day and children of Bunker Hill visit relatives here. Mrs Earl Nichols and son of Lincoln are here for a month. Jasper Amos and wife visited Chas Snyder and family. W S Wenzel and family of Indianapolis were here for the weekend with M H Thomas and wife.
Mrs. Henry Downhour Andrew Downhour Gen. Downhour and family Chas. and Ethel Shelly were the Sunday guests of John Goodier and presented as a social note in the local column.
Reverend A H Allen preaches Sunday morning and evening on Samson's Riddle. Business meeting Thursday at 7 30. Choir practice Friday. Judson Association at B Y P A and Sunday School convention meet with Hill's Baptist church Wednesday and Thursday. Parishioners from our Sunday School and church will attend. You are invited.
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