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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
8
Early purchase advised for favorable values with bright patterns and fine overcoats and suits. Prices marked plainly with no deviation. Sales pitch aims at satisfied customers, promising high quality stock and fair pricing from Screensburg, Indiana to Cincinnati Clotering Factory.
Residents report travels and social events from Decatur and surrounding towns. Guests include Rev. Alfred Bear and wife in Madison, Miss Leta Callicott from Newpoint, and James Zoller and wife from Rich- Mont visiting relatives. Ben Hur attendance, promotions, and local business changes also noted.
Indiana statistics show divorce to marriage ratios vary yearly but indicate a growing divorce problem. The State bureau releases a six year table illustrating this trend and urging a legal check to curb the rising divorce rate.
At the home five miles south of the city on Sunday afternoon, William H. Hil and Miss Mary M Level were married by Rev. H Morrow. The couple appeared well dressed and were adorned with bouquets. Fred Reddleman and Miss Blanch Shine of Knightstown led the procession. Many friends offered congratulations and a splendid dinner followed, with all in happiness.
Advertisers claim Foley's Honey and Tar is a splendid remedy for coughs colds and sore lungs. Satisfied users endorse the product as the best advertising for Alexander & Co. ml.
Swarthout and McMullen win a thirty five year franchise to operate an electric street railway in Aurora. Rumors place extensions to Dilsboro Versailles and possibly Indianapolis via Greensburg. The venture is seen as a prudent investment and may gain local support according to the Ostood Journal.
The paper prints obituary notices free if under twenty lines and charges regular rates for longer notices and all notices labeled as pot more than twenty lines. Cars of thanks and resolutions from societies are billed at normal advertising rates. Charitable notices are free unless admission is charged at events. church related notices and women’s groups share the same treatment as church notices.
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There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases and for years treated locally. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo is promoted as a constitutional remedy taken by mouth to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The firm offers one hundred dollars for any failing case and directs readers to obtain circulars and testimonials. Ford by druggist. The Hall's Family Pills are the best.
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