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Newspaper
Salem Press
Location
Salem, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1886
Page
3
A long string of notices and ads from Henderson's drug store Hall's Hair Renewer Ayer's Sarsaparilla Barnum's show tickets and local business promotions fill the Salem Press page. Individuals like Harvey Fulmer John H. Jones and W. B. Harris appear in small notices.
Local shop Zornmans advertises boots and shoes sewn or pegged to order with quick repair service at the lowest prices. Several residents are noted visiting relatives and renewing subscriptions, including Miss Minnie Hauger and Miss Elizabeth Robinson.
Mars. E. C. Lex of Campbellsburg thanks friends and visitors to the S. 5 convention for helping save property from a fire last Wednesday and promises to remember them kindly.
A Salem citizens meeting at the court house formed committees to organize a grand July 4 event with water works display, fire department exhibition, horse racing and a baseball game. Township delegates were named to mobilize bands and bring a large crowd for a “grand success.”
The County Sunday School Convention met at the M E church in Campbellsburg May 16 and 18 with a crowded audience and strong turnout of delegates from across the county. Nine ministers and many lay workers presented papers on Sabbath school topics as forty four school reports offered an optimistic outlook. A condolence resolution honored ill health of Miss Adaline Reid and delegates were named for the State Convention in New Albany June 22, with adjournment set for Fredericksburg October 12 and 13.
A letter from Armstrong of Monticello Illinois endorses Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic for dyspepsia constipation and general lassitude. The writer notes long family use and satisfaction and invites inquiries via self addressed notes.
A condensed tribute to Allan Pinkerton born in Glasgow in 1819 and died in Chicago in 1884, praising his detective skill, insight, and public service. It notes his writings, especially Thirty Years a Detective, and its aim to show crime followed by punishment, with a publisher seeking agents for the book.
The Alumni Banquet at Wariner's Hall on Tuesday evening June 1 features music and addresses by Rev. Telle Miss Clara Prow Prof I M Bridgman and others with toasts by local figures. Tickets 50 cents at drugstores. Entertainment starts 8:30 p m.
Fragmentary ad copy touts Ely's Dream-Rat as a cure for catarrh even after fever, claiming quick relief and healing. The text is garbled but signals a nostril and respiratory remedy pitched to wary readers.
C C Hauger & Co advertise as agents for a major carpet mill and promise to cut, make, and press carpets without extra charge. They claim less waste by cutting from multiple bolts and will bring samples to homes for inspection.
The L N A C announces special excursion rates for Monoy resort visitors. Single round trip 13.15 dollars, parties of three to nine 9.15 dollars, parties of ten to twenty four 7.30 dollars. Tickets valid thirty days from sale. Hotel accommodations available.
Joe and Abe Colglazier took horses to the Toursville market last week. Herod Mitchell found a swarm of bees last Sunday. Several young folks visited White River for a fishing spree with good luck. A lee Schoonover step son was taken by Sheriff Rudder to the Indianapolis Insane Hospital last week with Mini Schoonover accompanying. Jake Roby’s child is much better. Samuel H. Colglasier, once sick, is able again.
Neighbors and friends surprised Elijah Mount with a birthday dinner for the 66th anniversary of his arrival in Gibson township. He was born near his current home and has lived there his entire life. Members of the community and his wife shared happiness as they celebrated. Arch Golden of Arkansas visited home folks, and Phillip Lester and W R England attended Will Cumback’s Salem lecture. William Brant, longtime local resident, died last Sunday and was buried Monday by the G A R.
Mrs Sherrill and Miss Florence Porter visit New Albany to see friends. The New Providence Post G A R decorates soldier graves next Saturday starting at Providence then to Pekin and Mt Pleasant for a noon dinner. They proceed to Martinsburg via Mt Washington and urge flowers and spare dinner. Graves is building a large shed to dry brick and tile water. The College Hill Military band will provide music on Decoration Day.
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