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!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
4
Department store fabrics on sale feature 50 pieces of black wool dress goods from New York firms in 44 to 50 inch widths, marked 69c. wool suiting 44 inches wide at 49c. cream wool mohair 38 inches wide at 29c. 44 inch French wool voiles and 36 inch white wash silk offered at reduced prices with various silk names and widths.
Imported tanose and silk overshot fabrics 28 inches wide offered at 42c. Dresden floral sprays 19c to 65c values, novelty lawns in spring colors at 63c. Aristo batiste 7c to 15c, Egyptian tissue 19c, Holly batiste 15c. Newport suitings 12c, 27 inch mercerized men 19c. Cotton foulards in silk designs 174c.
Listing of home textiles including 7 foot cloth shade fixtures 35c 25 brass extension poles 54 inch 5c 7c yard oil cloth 19c full size couch cover 65c to $3.50 curtains 1.95 scrim 20c wool ingrain 40c 55c Wiltons and Axministers carpets per yard 95c seamless Brussels rug 9x12 $12.40 and Wilton velvet rug 9x12 $19.70
Ot and Warren Bell of Walton visited Galveston on Monday. Rant Bell and wife spent Sunday with daughter Mrs. Mary Lutz near Miami. Dr. Little of Logansport was called Sunday to see George Emmry who is very ill. John Doty with wife and daughter of Kokomo stayed with Harry Wood and wife over the weekend. J C Barron and family of Bunker Hill plus Miss Lora Novinger, Mrs Joe Kroeger and daughter of Logansport, Willard Burton and wife, Dave Cookard family were entertained by Jerry Ault and family. Mrs Lulu Endicott has recovered and left the hospital for home in Evansville and plans to visit Galveston for the summer. Mrs Mary Paulus will accompany her.
The advertisement claims fevers prevail at high elevations while malaria occurs at lower levels due to altitude. It promotes Electric Bitters as the cure for lassitude malaria jaundice biliousness fever age and general debility and calls it the great alterative and blood purifier. Sold under guarantee at the Galveston Drug Co price 50c.
Miss Inez Proctor visited Kokomo on Saturday. Picture molding in stock at the Galveston Drug Co. D. R. Shelly returned from Michigan last week. Luther Barr and family spent Sunday with A. J. Haynes and family in Kokomo. Rev. Herbert Boase and District Steward Geo. W. Gates attended the M E Stewards and Ministers District meeting in Kokomo last Friday.
The state narrows sites from fifteen to five for a new Indiana tuberculosis hospital. A five member commission appointed by Governor Han ly will pick the final location, with Bunker Hill among the contenders.
A Galveston Drug Co advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted, fail-safe medicine used for over thirty years. It notes it is pleasant when mixed with water and sugar and remains widely available through local drugstores.
The listing highlights menswear and womenswear items including tailored suits in multiple price points from 11.75 to 40.00, fine worsted materials, various skirt options ranging 5.00 to 7.50, voile and panama fabrics, and affordable waists from 0.75 to 2.50 with special backs and sleeve details.
A list of fabric items and menswear features numerous price points with discounts. Regular wool panamas in shadow stripe and other panama options appear alongside suits and pleated designs. Special prices include several trims, embroidery panels, and trimmed yard goods.
Historic ad listing yard wide unbleached sheeting at 59 for soft finish bleach muslin and best lonsdale cambric at 15e 53c. Also promotes standard tints 43c indigo 43c and grey black prints, dress fabrics from 11c to 19c, and towelings and table linens with prices from 7c to $1.50.
An assortment of linens and fabrics with current prices including India linen from 6 to 15 cents per yard, Persian lawn at 12 to 17 cents, checked nainsook at 9 to 12.5 cents, plain white nainsook at 19 to 123 cents, imported Swiss embroidery at 75 to 69 cents, white Swiss dots, white batiste, plaid lawns, sheer chiffon, silk mouseline and Danish cloth in various colors and widths.
A shopping list of household goods shows prices for tools cleaning supplies and hardware. Items include long handle brooms, cotton mops, mop pails with wringers, dust caps and shelf paper. Hardware like galvanized pails, screen doors, screen windows and ladders are listed with per unit prices. Also offered are seeds, lawn mowers, paints, hammers and ironing boards among other household essentials.
Business trip notes and visits from Galveston region include C M Small of Walton, F H Shepherd of Indianapolis, Jake Johnson and family of Spencerville Ohio, and guests of Mrs Katie Burrows. Also health tips and Chamberlain tablets advertised. Commencement details note Agnes Reider as sole graduate for Galveston class of ’68 after transfer to Onward high school.
Alison Bell md to Logansport G W Meter on business trip. Tom Arms moved into Creek Street during the week. Kahn Tailoring Co offers spring suits. George Emry ill with stroke paralyzing right side. remains critical. Dr Z A Loop elected to national convention. Connie and S E k mia also selected. Matt McCoy sells canned goods. Galveston Grain Co for coal. Helen Shirley visited Logansport. Roy Hyatt Galveston visitor. Audry Thomas guest of Emma Simmons at Kokomo. Prinny Graves family and Miss Brinley visited Mrs Rebecca Graves. W C Lutz Bonker Hill Galveston visitor. LEADER office call. Mrs Alice Ault returned from Danville after three months work. First quarterly conference meeting held at M E church. Presiding Elder C C Cissel of Logansport preached.
Mr E Humphrey of Omega Ohio a store owner and telecom president says Dr Kings New Discovery saved his life by reaching the cough spot when others failed It also heals sore spots in throat lungs and chest Sold with guarantee at Galveston Drug Co and $1 Trial bottle free
O. M. Shirley, trustee of Jackson Township, states office days will be held at his residence on Tuesdays and at the Galveston Drug Co. drug store in Galveston, Indiana, on Fridays each week.
Mrs Grace Enoch of Logansport visited her relatives here A J and Mrs Shirley. Mr and Mrs L D Mercer traveled to Galveston to spend Sunday with friends. Mrs Ella Jones of Greenwood spent time with son James Myers and family. Jas Kivett Otto Fenn Alvin Gibson and spouses visited Sharpsville with Fenns parents.
Mrs. Walter Crisler has been on the sick list the past few days. Mrs. Sra Bat att rine Thurston were Kok vist Friday. Mrs. Allen Woolley and baby went to Burrows Saturday where her husband is in business. Before buying coal, call for prices at the GALVESTON Grain Co. Will Fickle, Homer Sprinkle, John Burris and S. E. Thurston were Logansport visitors Saturday. Misses Ida Young and Effie Truitt of Kokomo spent Sunday with Frank McConnell and family east of town. Mrs. Millie Meek, Mrs. Anna Baldwin and Miss Bertha Baldwin spent Sunday at Zoras Blue’s home, Darwin.
Patrolman Rolland Curry of Key West Florida recounts two years of rheumatic pain that hampered duty. After using Cham berlains Pain Balm from a local drug store his pain nearly vanished overnight and disappeared for three months after two weeks of treatment, with Galveston Drug Co. selling the product.
Limited trains operate on the South Bend line with connections at Kokomo and Tipton. Northbound services run to Logansport with several daily times listed. The schedule includes multiple 4.23 to 11.17 times and mentions TAT TW codes and 771134 numbers.
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.
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!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.