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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
4
Postal entry for Galveston Indiana dated March 11 1897 details second class matter publication status and subscription rates for one year six months and three months per copy.
Rates outline per line and per item for local notices cards of thanks obituaries church notices and display advertising with per line charges. The notice explains 5 cents per line for local notices 6 lines or fewer 25 cents for cards and 5 cents a line for additional lines and 3 cents per line for resolutions of respect. Obituaries free unless poetry is attached which costs 5 cents per line. Display ad rates are available on application.
The notice prompts readers to call No. 24 for any item purchase or job work and is available daily from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The message is concise and directs to use a single contact number for services offered.
The latest feature in modern battleships is a passenger elevator system. Delaware, North Dakota, Florida and Utah under construction will have three elevators each, with Arkansas and Wyoming likely to follow. Elevators will run from the fireroom ventilator trunks to the gun deck, lifting about 500 pounds in 13 seconds via car-operated push buttons.
The twelfth week of tariff debate centers on a Taft favored two percent levy on net corporate earnings and a Senate move to substitute this for the income tax plan. A second key change reduces the income tax to two percent on incomes over five thousand, with rebates to stockholders under five thousand total. Washington dispatches say Taft urges honest methods and broad federal supervision, arguing the measure rounds out last administration policies and boosts Republican credit.
Mrs Eva Gray spent Sunday in Kokomo. Lacey Logan attends school at Angola Indiana. G W McCoy acts as agent for The Kahn Tailoring Co Indianapolis. Fred Kemp served as substitute telegraph operator at Walton Thursday. Miss Mabel Woods attended the U P C E convention at Huntington last week. Mrs Azel Bell of Lincoln was Friday evening guest of Wm Wampler and family. Clinton King and wife of the Soldiers Home at Lafayette spent Thursday with John Symons and wife. Dr W E Armstrong and family returned to their home in Hagerstown Saturday after a week’s visit.
Mrs. George Gates has been on the sick list. Virgil Berry graduated at Bloody ington Friday night. Mrs. Amanda Brown spent Thursday with friends in Logansport. Ben Crites and wife returned Friday from a week's visit in the country. Miss Audra Thomas spent the fore part of the week with her sister in Muncie. Cal Bruch and wife are now located at Portland Oregon. Both have good positions in drug store.
Dr. Z A Loop and wife and Mr Sarah Loop traveled to Indianapolis Sunday with Indiana Union Traction Co. They returned that evening while the wife stayed a few days with her sister. Omer Crisler badly mashed his left hand braking on the local at Logansport Friday morning and later received medical attention in Galveston before continuing home to Richmond.
W. B. Lake, Trustee of Jackson Township, will hold office days at his residence on Tuesday and at Galveston Drug Co. drug store in Galveston, Indiana on Friday each week.
Early cherry varieties are picked now with larger fruit but fewer in number than last year. Community notes include visits by Frank Jackson of Kokomo to his aunt Mrs. Emma Spencer, a fire reception for Rev. Tedford and family moving to Frankfort, and Sunday gatherings with various neighbors.
A clergyman recounts his hesitation to rebuke disruptive behavior after an earlier rebuke of a laughing youth. A bystander warned that the young man was “affright” or “fiftieth,” and the preacher feared repeating a past error. The remainder of the service proceeded with order.
Sunday attendance varied as some thought the weather too fine for church while others found it ideal. Next Sunday schedule includes 9 30 Sunday School 10 30 preaching 2 30 Junior League and 8 00 preaching. Ota Winterrowd sang a solo. Mrs Boase leads Junior League next Sunday. Choir practice Friday. Logansport District preachers met at Kokomo and will meet in Peru soon with hope laymen attend.
Names and visits include Otto Wood near Onward in Galveston, Miss Hazel Davisson and Glen Loop in Peru, Mrs Edith Wilson and daughter from Anderson, and Miss Carmin Davis with Ray Langworthy in Kokomo. Also mentions a Galveston band concert and ice cream festival on the King lawn, plus a funeral for Mrs Sarah Wolf in Wawpecong.
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets with claims of cures and a chance to win a thousand dollars for medicine. Prices 25 cents with free samples at Galveston Drug Co. A list of local residents attended a railroaders picnic at Kokomo and Sunday visits to Mrs. Millie Meek are noted. Lydia Stevens damaged by a fall at the Lyle Brown residence, loosening nine teeth requiring extraction.
The building committee Frank Morrison F H Thomas and Robert Conwell praise good judgment and business skill. Foundations are in and materials on site. A deep well will be drilled at once and the structure rushed to completion. Save effort and contribute to the push.
Mrs J W Bevington on sick list. Will Endicott’s school closed at Sharpsville Friday. Mrs Ollie King visited Walton Friday. Harry Keller of Indianapolis hosted by Miss Dora Fowler. Grace Winterrowd and Pearl Miller visit Mrs C A Sickafoose’s family in Ft Wayne. Grace and Porathy Symons of Springfield Ill guest of J Q Symons and wife. Arthur Rowland of McGrawsville died Sunday at 13 years 2 months 22 days of tuberculosis of the stomach. Funeral Tuesday with burial at Clymers cemetery. Mrs Elizabeth Knight of Walton served by surprise dinner 65 guests. Attendees included Miss Turnpaugh Miss Larimore James Crockett and family Kid Goldsberry and family.
For a sprain or bruise the treatment claims quick relief within a week. The liniment is described as remarkable for sprains chronic rheumatism and muscular pain and is sold by Galveston Drug Co.
Mothers report relief from sore nipples after using Chamberlain's Salve immediately after nursing. Wipe off before the baby nurses. Many trained nurses favor the salve for best results. For sale by Galveston Drug Co.
The list notes several Indiana patent grants this week including railway switch by J Barrow Windfall labelling machine by A L Brown papering apparatus by C G Conn valve for corners by C E Estabrook draft mechanism by H I Lahr car seal by C C Miller bag by S P Mulloy measuring and weighing machine by E Timmerhoff gas lighting system for automobiles by D B Utt signal by M S Yoder hoisting mechanism for barns by M S Yoder Ship Shewana mentioned for visibility. Requests for copies require ten cents in postage stamps with date to C A Snow & Co Washington DC.
Bert R. Lean of Cheng Washington describes a deadly bout with a hard cold causing lung trouble. After costly Spokane visits and a California attempt, he credits Dr King's New Discovery with a complete cure. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Galveston Drug Co.
AdvertisesElectric Bitters as a cure for nervous irritability constipation and skin flaws in women. Claims regulate stomach liver kidneys purify blood and improve complexion with strong nerves and fresh breath in charming women. Galveston drug ad copy.
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