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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1870
Page
6
The Odd Fellows Lodge No 328 hosts a grove picnic on June 17 with invited neighboring lodges, meeting at the hall at ten in the morning. Other items note a Jerome Circuit quarterly meeting June 11 and 12 at Hopewell Church, local agricultural news, and various community updates from Kokomo.
City bonds outstanding amount to 5000 dollars. Winter goods like overcoats stoves and other fixins are in demand. The Congressional Convention meets in the city next Thursday. D H Bennett of this city is a correspondent for the Indianapolis Mirror. Billy Chapman sells excellent ice cream at his stand on the northeast corner of the public square. The paper seeks two young ladies to set type with good wages after the first year. A sidewalk will be built on Sycamore street in front of the Normal School property. Temperance friends are urged to meet with the Good Templars this Friday evening. The 4th Ward schoolhouse may be built by the day. There were no services at the M E Church Sunday evening. Rev. Wilson assisted at Mr. Baldwin’s installation. The Odd Fellows festival last Saturday night was pleasant despite storms. Mr. Philips of the Tribune received the cake. Lieutenant Daugherty, who shot Vanhorn, was taken to Tipton and will stay jailed there until sometime in October.
Mrs. Farquhar on the south side of the public square runs rooms for ice cream strawberries lemonade and more praised as the finest in Northern Indiana. Patrons, especially the youth, enjoy a neat quiet venue and friendly service with excellent cream.
Local notices parade Coste & Teague’s fashion appeal and Dryden & Co hardware stock while Kraus & Rosenthal and J. M. Leeds vie for shopper attention. A delivery wagon runs through Clinton House block as Charlie Smith offers grooming goods and shaving razors.
Rev C. Clark of Hope sends praise for the twisted loop stitch used by Wilcox Gibbs, claiming it is elastic durable and capable of beautiful embroidery. He notes it endures greater strain and resists ripping better than others. Bargains in carpets oil cloths and window shades offered at the New Cincinnati Store.
The advertisement urges using Hagan's Magnolis Balm on face neck and hands to render a pearly soft natural complexion removing freckles tan sallowness and red patches. Lyon's Kathairon is claimed to produce a splendid head of hair. The copy suggests these products remove age signs and improve a woman's appearance, implying benefits for middle aged users and portraying adornment through cosmetics.
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