Wide Selection of Goods Advertised at Low Prices
An old advertisement proclaims a store offering textiles prints ginghams percale embroideries dress goods fancy trimmings Queensware glassware crockery groceries fruits including four cans of apples for 25 cents and tomatoes at 8 cents per can. It highlights affordable shoes for ladies gents and children and urges customers to visit to buy discounted damaged or out of date goods at about half wholesale price. The note closes with thanks from the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensware
Mieses
Letter From Charley Olinger From St Petersburg Florida
Sergt Charles Olinger writes from St Petersburg Florida where Co D 157 Ind Vol guards the water supply. He describes rations, pay, a Fourth of July program, training, a road race and a picnic in camp. He mentions Cuban battles, Sampson and Dewey, a Confederate pastor, and his romantic note with a Detroit schoolteacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt. Chas. Olinger
Florida
Co. D
Charley
George Brown
Crang
Pleasant Entertainment Honors Karn and Wright at Silver Lake
Mr and Mrs C E Wiltrout hosted Saturday night in Silver Lake for Mr and Mrs Karn and Miss Mercy Wright of Fort Wayne. They came from Winona to attend Western Writers Association meetings. Wright performed piano and singing while Karn read her own poems including Deweys Victory. Karn remains in the city as the ladies returned Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Wiltrout
Karn
Mercy Wright
Ft. Wayne
Winona
En Western Writers ' Association
Miss Wright
Mule Kicking Injures Farm Worker Near Claypool
L T Wilson was kicked by a mule on the Worley farm east of Claypool just after dinner on a July day. He suffered two broken ribs and a spinal injury but was reported out of danger after medical care. His mother Mrs Esther Wilson traveled from Silver Lake to visit and assist as the family awaits his recovery and time off work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will” K. May
Santiago
Cerveras
Sampson
Morro Castle
Santiago de Cuba
Methodist Church South
Ohio
O. K
Grandpa Worley
Claypool
Esther
Wilson
Silver Lake
A ¥Terley
New Industry Near Farmers Bank Opens Soon
A fragment notes a new industry in the area next to the Farmers Bank with an upcoming shop opening. Details are incomplete but suggest development and local business activity adjacent to the bank premises.
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Farmers! Bank
Social Notes From Local County Scene
Center area residents host guests and visitors including Mr and Mrs Sam Clink Mr and Mrs Gee Michaels and families enjoy weekend trips to Beaver Dam Mentone and James Gill Bertha Geiger arrives from St Louis to spend the summer with her father H A Geiger Rev J E Rowland preached at Fair View last Sunday evening Aaron Gunter a former county resident who lived near Packerton was murdered near Sapulpa Oklahoma on June 30 with a companion. authorities seek those responsible.
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H. A. Geiger
J. E ‘Rowland
Fair View
Keesey
Mollie
Nickel Plate Road
Aaron Gunter
Packeton
Indian Territory
Sapulpa
Packerton
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. M. Jaques
J.C. Martin & Bro., Publishers
Ind
Charley Olinger
St. Petersburg
Fla
Tampa
Studebaker
Port Tampa
North
Manchester
Cuba
Jontz, Dulaney
Indiana
Leckrone
Silver Lake, Ind
Pavlus’ Store
Brown & Teeter
Shriner Lake
Christian
Prop
Columbia City
Sam Clink
Mrs
Fred Hines
Mrs. Gee Michaels
Beaver Dam
Artie
Miss Close Carry
James Gill
Mentone
John Kindle
Marion
Geo Michaels
Earl Alspaugh
Roy Carr
Bertha Geiger
St Louis
J. C. Babcock
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