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Newspaper

Galveston Leader

Location

Galveston, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1908

Page

3

New Autumn Fashions In Suits And Waists At Discount Prices

Local department store advertises continual suit turnover with prices cut to attract early buyers. Autumn ready made department features Empire Jacket dresses, tailored suits, dotted net waists, taffeta silk waists, linen tailor made waist, and varied accessories with special tag prices. Large selections intended to showcase new season styles and fabrics.

Empire Directoire London Paris

New Fall Footwear Offers Bargain School Shoes

The wholesale market features Godman School Shoes for children at 98e, youth sizes 54 to 8 at 1.10, Misses Faultless shoes 1.39 at 11 to 2, Ladies Bernarda Kid 2.00 and Godman Box Calf 2.00, men Vici Kid 2.50 at 1.95, plus John Kelly kid lace or blucher styles, all sizes.

Godman Bernarda Kid Vici John Kelly

Galveston Case Lumber Co. promotes quality lumber in ad

Jas Kivett and wife visited Otto Fenn and wife Sunday. Oil cake oyster shells and chick feed at Galveston Drug Store. Ransom Woolley of Logansport visited Oscar Woolley and family last Thursday. George Winterrowd returned home Friday from Nebraska visit. We talk about quality lumber, not price. Galveston Case Lumber Co.

Jas. Kivett Walton Otto Fenn Sunday Galveston Drug Store Ransom Woolley Logansport Oscar Woolley George Winterrowd Nebraska

Galveston High School Opens for New Year with Strong Enrollment

The Galveston High School begins its term September 14 with more teachers and learners. Miss Crum of South Bend joins to lead music drawing English and German, while Day and Shultz return. Sixty six pupils are enrolled with more expected. The senior class starts German, and football excitement grows as the team, led by a confident coach, prepares for a Northern State championship at Kokomo High next Saturday.

Kokomo High School Galveston Galveston High School Miss Crum South Bend Day Miss Shultz

Richmond visitor Gordon Shaffer attends event

Gordon Shaffer visited Richmond on Wednesday. Rant Bell and wife attended the Jas Lutz sale at Loree on Friday. The Universalist Aid Society dinner at the McDonald sale last week raised seventy eight dollars with fifty four dollars profit. Mrs Dollie Douglas and daughter Blanch planned visits to Indianapolis and Evansville, with Miss Myrle Dixon working at the telephone exchange during their absence.

Rant Bell Loree Universalist Aid Society McDonald Sale Dollie Douglas Blanch Indianapolis Evansville Lulu Endicott Myrle Dixon

Family Reunion Draws Attendees From Wide Area

Alison Bell and family and a long list of relatives attended the Fickle Engler Bell Graves family reunion at Spencer Park Sunday. The gathering included multiple households from Galveston Kokomo Lincoln and Bunker Hill among others as kinship ties marked the event.

Alison Bell J. A. Rodibaugh Will Shirley Rant Bell John Dixon Dan Daggett Luther Barr Will Fickle Emma Haworth Henderson Fickle Charles Fickle Iva Bell James Myers Harvey Bell Lincoln McHale Homer Sprinkle Otho Young Walter King Galveston

New Life Pills Promise Easy Digestion and Relief

N H Brown of Pittsfield VT says Dr King's New Life Pills relieve kinks in stomach liver and bowels without fuss or friction. Guaranteed satisfactory at Galveston Drug Co 25c.

Dr. King N. H. Brown Pittsfield Galveston Drug Co

Fall Millinery Opens with New Season Hats

Harvest time in Kokomo's Millinery Department showcases satin and velvet hats at 2.50, 2.75, 2.95 with 200 new silk velvet options. Exclusive hat designs, wings from 50c to 10.00, ostrich and Paradise feathers from 1.50 up, inviting customers to see Kokomo's best millinery.

Pri Kokomo

Basement Bargains For Early Bird Shoppers At Thalman Levi

Stirring bargain news for shoppers planning morning visits at Thalman Levi. Early buyers can grab glass tumblers, gas mantles, enameled cookware, and stove accessories at steeply reduced prices as fall coats are also pushed to move for upcoming arrivals.

Tomorow Thalman& Levi

Carpet and Rug Stock Sale Offers Deep Discounts

Advertises a wide selection of carpets and rugs with deep discounts. Highlights wall paper matches, novelty curtains, and a range of rug values from 2 yard deals to large Wilton and Axminster options. Emphasizes value and quick production for color matching.

Bussorah Axminster Axminster

McCoy’s News and Kokomo Visits Highlight Local Notes

E Z Bake Flour praised at McCoy’s as best. Mrs. Martha Turley of Kokomo visited Galveston Friday. New fall and winter suit samples arrive. G W McCoy and Wesley Walker families hosted by Wm Walker in Kokomo. Jerry Powers left for Walkerton for a lumber yard job. Bunker Hill Press notes hats in new colors gray and green. Mrs Fanny Haynes also noted.

Jerry Powers Walkerton Bunker Hill Press Fanny Haynes

Lawsuit Over Farm and Town Property Conveyance

Miss Mary O Campbell now Mrs Mary O Ross sues her brother William S Campbell to compel conveyance of a Galveston farm and town property. Attorneys listed for both sides. The suit seeks recovery of the property per an understanding that he would re convey on demand.

Mary O. Campbell Mary O. Ross William S. Campbell Galveston Ross

Electric Bitters Touted By Chicago Man For Mother

P. J. Daly of 1247 W Congress St Chicago reports his mother, once feeble, gaining flesh, overcoming insomnia, and growing stronger after using Electric Bitters. The remedy targets stomach, liver and kidney issues under Veaton Drug Co guarantee.

P. J. Daly W. Congress Chicago Veaton Drug Co

Local Notes From Indiana Visits and Jobs

Alison Bell visited Indianapolis on Saturday while Bourbon Santos coffee sold at 15c a pound at McCoy's. Chas Walk and Mrs. Charles Barnhart with Miss Iva Bell visited Kokomo friends Saturday. Chester Purdy and Miss Lena King saw Mr Purdy’s father at Thornhope Sunday. Mazie McClain began work as bookkeeper at Kokomo’s Thulman and Levi store Monday. Dan W. Erb will tune pianos in Jogansport and Galveston Tuesdays at J F Eisenbrey home. New curb and gutter on Jackson and Sycamore streets near John Thomas property improves area. Huls & Frush did the work.

Chester Purdy Lena King Mr. Purdy Thornhope Mazie McClain Thulman & Levi Kokomo John Thomas Jackson and Sycamore Streets Huls & Frush

Local notices outline weekly office days and helpers

Notice states offices held at residence on Tuesday and at Galveston Drug Store in Galveston Indiana each week day. Dr W E Garrit and A P Watkin to Indianapolis to work on the local option bill. inspectors were sent from this place Lincoln to assist county efforts.

Galveston Drug Store Galveston Ind W .E. Garrit A. P. Watkin Indianapolis Lincoln

Local Social Notes and Election Inspector Appointments

Miss Iva Reil visits Logansport relatives this week. A J Patterson of Walton spent Friday at the bedside of George Eisenbrey at Red Coal Oil. Mr and Mrs A C Garrett visited their daughters in Kokomo last week. Ray Morganson of Indianapolis was guest of his father John Morganson and wife Sunday. Let us take your order for a full suit of clothes from Kahn Tailoring Co. G W McCoy, Agent. Miss Elsie Hill of Danville and Miss Nevada Graham dined with Miss Mayme Winterrowd Thursday. County commissioners appoint election inspectors for the November election R C Hyatt and Chas Beck for Jackson township.

Ray Morganson Indianapolis John Morganson Sunday Kahn Tailoring Co G. W. McCoy

Traveling man praises a remedy for colic aboard train

Sam A Garber recounts aiding a gravely ill woman on an O R & N R R eastbound trip from Pendleton to Le Grande using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He administers doses from his own bottle with whisky and water, and the passenger recovers before reaching Le Grande. The notice ends with sale by the Galveston.

Pendleton le Grande Ore Sam ‘A. Garber LeGrande Galveston Drug Co

Local social notes and small town trips from area residents

McCoy's remains a stop for canned goods while Rant Bell made a business trip to Burrows Monday. Bird Oden and family from Alto visited Galveston friends Sunday. Mrs. Dollie Douglas and Miss Blanch Douglas visited Logansport Friday. Section crews rebuilt the Jackson street railroad crossing last Monday. Before buying coal, residents are urged to call GALVESTON GRAIN Co. Flossie Earl and Pamelia Case of Noblesville visited Miss Stella Robertson the latter part of last week. Clifford Chapman Kokomo Gordon Shaffer Cassville Edith McDonald Louise and Buel la Crockett Jas McClain and wife were guests of Alonzo McClain and family Sunday.

Flossie Earl Pamelia Case Noblesville Stella Robertson Clifford Chapman Kokomo Gordon Shaffer Cassville Edith McDonald Louise Buella Crockett Jas. McClain Alonzo McClain Family

Bucklens Arnica Salve Promises Quick Ulcer Cure

J. C. Goodwin of Reidsville North Carolina praises Bucklen s Arnica Salve as a sure remedy for ulcers saying a bad leg sore last summer disappeared with no scar. The product is guaranteed for piles sores burns and related injuries and sold at Galveston Drug Co.

J. C. Goodwin Reidsville N. C Bucklen Galveston Drug Co's

Toledo Blade Promoted as National Weekly for Non Readers

The Toledo Blade markets itself as a removable weekly paper with national circulation and broad appeal. It claims the largest long term audience, low price at one dollar yearly, and content designed for readers who do not read daily newspapers.

Toledo Blade United States America Blade

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Kokomo, Indiana Kokomo and Thalman & Levi Altman Voile Simons Galvveston Case Lumber Co Elsie Hill Danville Illinois Mayme Winterrowd Nevada Graham Messrs Orville Emerick Kenneth Frush Ray Peck Richmond The Major Doyon Lawrence McDonald Galveston Grain Company McCoy’s Martha Turley Wesley Walker Wm. Walker and Santos McCoy's Chas Charles Barnhart Dan W. Erb Jogansport J. F. Eisenbrey Payisig Investment John White Highland Ave Houston Maine King Iva Reil A. J. Patterson George Eisenbrey W. H. ShIrney A. C. Garrett Ilinois R. C. Hyatt Chas Beck Jackson Township Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana Union Traction CO I. U. T. Lines Burrows Bird Oden Alto Miss Blanch Douglas Jackson Street Galveston Grain Co America’s Greatest Weekly Toledo Toledo, Ohio the Blade
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