Patriotism and Social Visits Across Town
Dave Cook and family along with Chas Young and family and Mrs. Tina McConnell spent Sunday with Frank McConnell and family. Rev. Geo E Garrison of Macy visited Galveston friends Friday evening and stayed with B B Richards and wife and with G W Wininger and family. Mrs C K Woolley hosted a farewell reception for Miss Susie Fisher headed to Muncie for hospital training. A program with music featured, a contest won by Mrs Addie Hicks and Mrs Ollie Goodier, and light refreshments served from a miniature fish pond.
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Dave Cook
Chas. Young and Family
Christina McConnell
Frank McConnell
Geo. E. Garrison
Macy
Galveston
B. B Richards
G. W. Wininger
C. K. Woolley
Susie Fisher
Muncie
Addie Hicks
Ollie Goodier
Anniversary Ready-to-Wear Sale Slashes Prices Citywide
Saturday June 22, the department store promotes its ready-to-wear section as the most complete and economical in the city. All garments are new with half price cuts on suits and many dresses, blouses, skirts and wash dresses, with values listed like $25 $22.50 $19.50 $8.50 and $2.50, plus extra sizes up to 56.
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Galveston
Indiana
Home goods underpriced sale including rugs and curtains
Advertises discounts on window shades 39 inches by 7 feet, carpet sweepers, wall paper cleaner, travel bags and suitcases, rag rugs and velvet or Axminster area rugs in various sizes. Includes prices such as 69 cents rag rugs, 2.89 dollars velvet rugs, 5.95 matting, 10 dollar Bozart rugs, 60 and 55 dollar Wilton rugs, lace curtains at 98 cents per pair, and other home furnishings.
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Axminster
Wilton
Unusual Basement Sale Slashes Prices 10 Percent
The listing promotes a basement sale with hundreds of items including queenware glassware aluminum ware garden and lawn products kitchenware paints and household goods all offered at exceptionally low figures plus an added ten percent discount.
Main Floor Bargains Carnival in a Livings Market Sale
A shopper’s guide to deep discounts on fabrics, linens, and clothing during a large sale. Items include dress voiles, ginghams, silk shirtings, lonsdale muslin, table cloths, towels, gloves, socks, and boys and men’s apparel with reduced prices. Stock emphasizes quality fabric by the yard and ready to wear at lower costs.
Yankees and Japanese Customs Inspire Whimsical Debate
Anna recalls a missionary from Japan describing polite manners and kimono layering. Uncle Dick jokes about weather and family’s crowded cities while discussing Yankee Doodle's origins and its role in American liberty and patriotism.
A Famous Battle at Monks Mound Draws St Louis Visitors
A party from St Louis including Russell BE Gardner and officials visited Monks Mound near Cahokia for a famed Indian battle site. A local man humorously replied he once had a set to with a fresh lighting rod agent, not expecting it to reach St Louis.
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St. Louis Citisene
Monks’ Mound
Cahokia
Russell BE
Gardner
St. Louie
Cozy Club Gathered for Thursday Needlework Social
Mrs. Mary Paulus hosted the Cozy Club with Mesdames Miller Hart Thomas Millhouse Miller Burton Harris Wampler and Jno. Paulus present. Light refreshments and flower decorated rooms accompanied social time and needle work. Mrs. Chas. Stewart assisted, next meeting to be with Mrs. Jno. Thomas.
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Mary Paulus
John Miller
L. E. Miller
M. C. Hart
John Thomas
C. E. Millhouse
C. F Thomas
G. W. Burton
J. P. Harris
Wm. Wampler
Chas. Stewart
Jno. Thomas
Accident of Birth on the Nebraska Prairie
Two men in a boxcar encounter a brakeman and tumble onto a farmed plain near aRambling stone house as one man laments life’s luck and the other notes the farmer’s wealth. The talk centers on class, birth, and opportunity, with one declaring he will seek a job from the farmer Jim while the other plans to vanish.
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Nebraska
Jim
Miss Margaret Haynes and others visit in Frankfort
Social notes list visitors from Richmond Chicago and Frankfort area with Sunday and Wednesday gatherings. The Galveston Drug Co advertised a music line at 10c per copy. The Reed Garrison farm barn burned early Thursday with some machinery and harness destroyed and no contents insured.
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Galveston Drug Co
Reed Garrison Farm
Eleanor Society Members Enjoy Meeting and Talks
The Eleanor Society at Mrs D A Zehring’s home hosted guests for a June 12 gathering. Mrs Paul Garrison spoke on Baby Welfare and Registration, with future talks planned on The After-the-War Woman by Miss Fannie McConnell.
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Eleanors
Eleanor Sobiety
D. A. Zehring
Chas. Wilson
Paul Garrison
Fannie McConnell
Lee
Lydia Stafford
Ida Saylor
Grace Garrison
Clara Graff
Pearl Ault
Flossie Ault
Aline Leese
Ada Wilson
Edith Parks
Edith Toney
Gon
Bertha Emerick
Claudia Overholser
Maggie Haskett
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the Seybold Dry Goods Co
Logansport
Ind
Lonsdale
Japan
Anna
Uncle Dick
Greenland
Elila
England
Gladstone
Songa
France
Low Countries
America
The
Hudson
Shuckburgh
Richard Shuckburgh
Holmes
Faneuil Hall
Cozy Club
Margaret Haynes
Richmond
Morton McCoy
Chicago
J.C. Bailey
Frankfort
Wm. Troutman
Dave Fisher
Cecil Cornell
W. H. Whiteside
Tgarantes
Racine
Racine Country Road
Country Road Service
Racine Tire
Racine Rubber CO
Racine, Wc
Maggart Bros
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