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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
1
Local items report visits by Glenn Loop and others, church events, lodge work at Amity, poultry and seed sales, and an upcoming Bell Bros sale. Paralyzed Galveston resident George Emry threatens with serious condition. street-light installation discussed. Obituaries note Nathan Addington’s guests and a July gathering for college-bound youth.
Last Friday evening a group of Pas tor's church members organized a society in the study to develop socially mentally and spiritually. Officers elected include President Frank Graham Secretary Thomas ye a Censor Harry Sgnn. Attendance at Sunday school has been exceptionally good for the past month.
The finance committee has raised 5000 dollars to defray Kokomo G A R encampment expenses May 19 to 21. The town will be brilliantly lighted with electric arches and a parade will feature an automobile section. Twelve bands, including Marion National Military Home and Knightstown Soldiers and Sailors orphans homes, are contracted for, with daily concerts in courthouse square. Galveston Dan Pratt Post will send many members.
Sunday school at 9 30, Junior at 2 30, Y P C U at 6 45, preaching at 7 30. Center services next Sunday at 4 30. Ministerial Institute a priority next week with Bishop Matthews of Chicago preaching Thursday evening. Y P C U anniversary praised last Sunday with Miss Mazzie McClain directing a full evening program.
Chas F Budahn of Tracy California writes that two 25 cent boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured his years of itching piles after other treatments failed. The Galveston Drug Co. sells it under guarantee.
Friends gathered at a rural home on Sunday to celebrate Robert E Betts turning 26. Attendees included Mrs H C Beckett and daughter Miss Alsie Beckett, Mr and Mrs J B Rose and son Forest Rose, Miss Margaret Heck of Toledo, Mr and Mrs J F Eisenbrey, Mrs Kate E Betts, and Marie W Eisenbrey. The writer wished the celebrants many returns of the happy anniversary.
Miss Ethel Grisier daughter of Dr and Mrs F Grisier of this city, will sail May 10 with two of Mr Evans’s daughters to Panama City for a wedding in Panama. Evans, a former Newark resident, holds a government clerical post at the destination and they may settle in Panama after the canal is completed.
Fragmentary snippet recalls a Cedar merchant and a Dr ing remedy priced at six dollars, associated with biliousness and illness mentioned in a Galveston context.
Bourbon Santos coffee 15¢ lb at McCoy s. Try it. Mrs Dollie Douglas was a Logansport visitor Thursday. Miss Florence McConnell Meredith and Dan Thomas spent Sunday with friends in Peru. There isn t anything in the lumber line we can t furnish you. GALVESTON Cash LUMBER Co Harry Copeland and family of Indianapolis were the Saturday guests of F H Thomas and wife. Ernest Kennedy and Miss Lucy Cole of Kokomo were entertained Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart.
Regular services planned for next Sabbath morning. Juniors will lead the evening service. Rev. F. E. Dickinson of Peru supplied last Sabbath. The pastor preached at Kokomo, administered the Lord's Supper in the morning, and baptized one young man in the evening. A steroptical lecture on home missions is set for the evening of the 17th inst.
Mothers with experience of this distressing ailment are advised that Chamberlain's Salve may cure if applied immediately after nursing and wiped clean before the next nursing. Many trained nurses report good results. For sale by Galveston Drug Co.
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