Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Galveston Leader in Galveston, Indiana

We have 10,635,812 pages in Indiana

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Galveston Leader

Location

Galveston, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1903

Page

4

Local Social Notes and Upcoming Waltz Sisters Show

Lowell Neff of Logansport spent Tuesday in Galveston. Mrs M. M. Davis visits Will and wife at Paddy. Willard Lawrence’s barber shop gets a new wallpaper coat. Miss Blanch Flomerfelt of Walton visits Mrs Elias Turley. About twenty Masons attend lodge at Mian. several candidates instructed. Mrs Charles Dawson and son Vern visit Mrs Blanch Stanley. G W and Mrs Davis in Kokomo. Mrs Minnie Masters of Logansport visits his parents here. Miss Gertrude Sites of New Lisbon spends week with Mr and Mrs Win Ballard. Waltz Sisters show in Galveston June 19 and 20.

M. M. Davis Will Wood Paddy Willard Lawrence Mian Gertrude Sites New Lisbon Ind Mrs Win. Ballard Galveston

New Life Pills Promote Health and Blood Purity

Promotion for Dr King’s New Life Pills claim they relieve sick and nervous headaches and improve health by purifying blood. Advertises price 25 cents and sale at 42 U Loop Druggist.

Dr. King U. Loop

Lincoln Letter Opens Bid Week Readers

A weekly issue features a letter from Lincoln. Social notes mention Dr Z Loop and wife at Kokomo decoration, Laird and wife visit Marion, and Waltz Sisters exhibiting in Galveston June 16 and 20. Local ads promote Chamberlain's tablets and various merchants.

Z. . Loop K. of P. Decoration Kokomo

Old Reliable Bee Hive Store Offers Uniform Low Prices

The advertisement promotes consistent pricing with no job lots or seconds. It asserts all merchandise is in style and high quality, with plain figures and the same price for all. It claims regular prices are cheaper than bargain or closing sales and invites readers to shop.

Domestic Goods Sale Highlights Linen and Lace Bargains

A bustling sale lists 12 piece domestic ensembles at 15 cents and numerous fabrics including seersuckers cambric muslin and percale. It features table damask bedding linens belts neckwear corsets and a wide range of household items with varied prices and weekly specials.

R&c

Bargain Silk Apparel Drop Prices on Skirts and Waists

Large in store discount sale lists silk jackets skirts and waists with prices from 35 to 18.50. Includes mohair skirts 5 to dress skirts 5 to 12.50 chambray petticoats 85c to 1.50 black petticoats 1.00 and shirt waists 50c to 2.50. Discount on all silk waists.

Chambray

Suits for Every Budget at Our Store Going Fast

All suits in the store must go with prices from 3 to 50 dollars. See us if you want a suit.

John Thomas

Ribbons and Laces Offer Low Prices This Week

A Norfolk store advertises Latin ta ffeta ribbons priced at 1 cent 15 cents for plain and fancy varieties. Also listed are root counter ribbons at 5 cents this week.

Ingrain Carpets and Wilton Velvet Sale Notes

Advertising snippet lists various carpets and velvets with price reductions. Ingrain carpets drop from 55 cents to 421 percent of value? Cite unclear. Wilton velvet now 874, all millinery greatly reduced.

Hosiery and Underwear Sale Listings

Sale catalog notes a variety of hosiery and underwear items including ladies fancy hose and lace hose with prices from 15c to 50c, children's Hercules hose and white lace options, ladies summer underwear, men's summer shirts and drawers, and Munsings underwear. Also listed are men’s black socks and fancy socks, elegant shirts, Elgin shirts at 1.00, and a complete line of underwear for all ages.

Elgin

The Largest Best and Cheapest Line in the City

A boldly phrased claim markets a transit line as the city’s top option for price and quality. The slogan invites readers to see for themselves and compare the service.

Wash Goods Sale Announcement in local shop

The advertisement lists wash goods at 12 1/2c and 9c 1c and 1gc, with new batiste and thin summer fabrics. It promotes beautiful styles and prices 25c 35c 50c 75c and 1.00, noting greatly reduced stock and a 5c selection.

Umbrellas and Parasols Bargain Sale Ad

Umbrellas and parasols priced for quick sale. Every para or umbrella offers good value. See us for fancy colored parasols.

Discount on Silks and Dress Goods Offers

In a sale listing many fabrics are discounted. Corded wash silk and black taffeta silk are offered by the yard with limited prices. Colored dress goods and black silk pieces are reduced by up to 16 percent across all stock.

Muslin Undergarments Promote This Week

Local shop advertises a line of muslin underwear inviting customers to visit during the week for new offerings and special displays.

Home Goods Sale Ad Displays Rugs and Curtains

The ad lists Brussels and Smyrna rugs in various sizes with prices 98c to 2.00, plus large line rugs gx12 and 58 pairs of lace curtains valued at 1.25 this week and 1.48 sale price. Mentions 97 pairs priced at 1.75 and 2.00 now discounted.

Brussels Smyrna

Dr Miles Heart Cure Endorsed by Druggists and Patient

A Michigan musician and a Hot Springs pharmacist share strong endorsements for Dr. Miles Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine. The letters claim long term health benefits, cures claimed after eight years, and recommend the remedies to others. The advertisement urges readers to buy the first bottle from druggists and request a free book.

Miles Michigan C. H. Smith Flint Mich Dr. Miles Hot Springs Ls. D Dr. Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind

Visitors and notices from Columbus to Kokomo and a church update

Miss Mabel Penrod of Columbus Ohio stayed with Mr and Mrs Ballard. D E Shewman and wife visited Charlie Shewman in Kokomo last Thursday. Di Steves is due soon. One dozen best received by S P Bevington. The new Baptist church brickwork halted ten days due to brick shortages. July 18 19 excursion to Baltimore for Grand Lodge Elk meeting via Pennsylvania Lines. Mrs Sarah W Curtis of Lee MA endorses Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion and sour stomach and recommends them. for sale by local stores.

Baltimore Grand Lodge Elks Pennsylvania Lines Sarah W. Curtis Lee, Mass Chamberlain Z. U. Loop

Quiet week in the town with several local updates

A Busy three week quiet period ends as A P Watkins barn nears completion and John Swatford paints his house. Mrs Pearl Frush returns from Logansport. Mrs J M Thomas and Cora Burrows visit from Galveston. Locals attend the Logansport carnival and Galveston commencement. Jinklers and measles affect area residents while Frank Stanley injures a foot at the saw mill. Geo Tucker travels to Logansport and Kokomo.

Sam A. P. Watkins John Swatford Pearl Frush Logansport J. M. Thomas Cora Burrows Galveston Lincoln Chas Cook Burrows Bros Willard Logan Willard Will Will Sprinkle Kokomo Jinklers Mary Watkins Cleo Howard Cleo Noel Logan Frank Stanley Geo. Tucker

Electric Bitters Restores Mrs Newson After Suffering

Mrs H Newson of Decatur Alabama endured three years of digestive and bowel pain with doctors and remedies failing. She tried Electric Bitters and after a miraculous improvement is fully recovered. The tonic is promoted for liver kidney stomach and bowel troubles and sold for 50 cents by Z U Loop.

H. Newson Decatur Ala Z. U. Loop

Quiet Title Suit in Cass County Indiana

In the Cass Circuit Court of Indiana a quiet title action is filed by A Jesse Haines and James Alvord against Ellen Haines and others over real estate. The defendants James Alvord Elizabeth Alvord Elam B Jones are notified that unless they appear by September 7 1903 the suit proceeds in their absence.

Jesse Haines Ellen Haines James Alvord Cass Circuit Court Elizabeth Alvord Elam B. Jones Indiana Logansport Cass County State of Indiana J.F. Lienemann B. B. Richards Charles E. Yarlott

Umbrella Price List With Varied Discounts and Types

An itemized price list describes different umbrella kinds with discount tiers from 2.00 to 1.25 and ranges from 7 to 75 cents. Various styles labeled by cents appear, indicating a catalog-like sale detailing percentage or penny reductions.

Clearance Sale Drives Summer Purchases at Discount

A retailer notes 15 to 25 percent savings on dependable seasonable merchandise to boost steady demand. Profits shrink but the goal is to minimize stock before stock-taking soon, urging shoppers to take advantage of the clearance and stock up on up-to-date items across all departments.

Pre-inventory Selling Prices List

A list of item prices showing reduced rates for various fabrics and textiles. Items include 25c and 50c class fabrics, muslin, cambric, pillow cases, and sheeting with discounts ranging from one third to half off standard prices.

Classified ad fragment lists household items for sale

A basement catalog lists paraffin declaring cheap glass tumblers six for nine cents jelly glasses with cap sixteen cents sprayer fifty two cents bird seed six cents swinging brackets eight cents and various hanging baskets and sized flower pots with prices for each item.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Lowell Neff Miss Blanch Flomerfelt Walton Elias Turley Bevington's Charles Dawson Vern Elwood Blanch Stanley G. W Mrs. Davis Minnie Masters Peninsular Bid Robi. Laird Marion Alvin Laird Waltz Sisters Specialty Co Fred Paulus Franches Phelp’s H. H. Miller Waitz Sisters Specialty Co Z. A. Loop Robt. Conwell J. E. Conner Jessie Leonard Lulu Paulus Warren Brown Tom Endicott Pipe Creek Falls Athia Bell Cora Bell Hiley Pell Waltonarg M. E P. Bevington Ida Rodibaugh Mollie Miller Degree of Pocahontas Whiteside & Bohman, Galvesson, Ind Boston Pennsylvania Account Nationa Onal Association Act A Econ Nnsylvania Chamberlain’s N. Main St Kokomo, Indiana Turner’s Bee Hive Store Hive Store Failor Wilton Men's Black Sox Fine Batiste William Jt. Turner Inp Mabel Penrod Columbus, Ohio Wm. Ballard D. E. Shewman Charlie Shewman Wife di Steves S. P. Bevington New Baptist Church Lincoln News Bucklen Minneapolis Thesc
Search Courier

Search the Galveston Leader Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Galveston Leader?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication