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Newspaper
Boonville Enquirer
Location
Boonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1892
Page
3
In a December 24 1892 note the Boonville Enquirer warns patrons it can no longer sustain delayed payments and will strike names from the list. It says other means will be used to collect overdue accounts and that collection will be prompt.
Fragmented items report church events such as high mass and services at St Clement's. Also noted are a death in Evansville area, Maple Grove Cemetery funeral, a road congress in Evansville with railroad excusions, and revival meetings led by Rev H B Roller with church-building plans for spring. Includes brief obituary for a 38 month old child and notes on a man killed in a road incident near Boonville.
Absorbent news from Boon township highlights hospital patients improving in Evansville and a parade of residents returning home for the holidays. Messages note travelers from Indianapolis Chicago and Michigan visiting relatives, plus several locals on trips or vacation, with remarks on sick lists and neighborhood greetings.
Citizens of Boonville invited to a Monday evening lecture by Rev. L H Murlin of Vincennes at the GO P church on January 2 1693 at 7 oclock Admission is 25 cents The lecture titled The Nails That Tear My Coat draws on humorous and satirical observations of human foibles and life with praise from several newspapers attached to the reading and comments
The week’s disposals include Wm Woolley fined 235 dollars for carrying concealed weapons and a coal bank riot case with James Dewar and Louis Stock, fines and costs. Rosetta won divorce from W C Allen with custody awarded. Bates vs Rhodes: seduction and breach of promise jury awards plaintiff 212 dollars 90 cents. Warrick Chapter 76 officers elected I H P J O Brackenridgs King and others. Holiday excursion tickets at one and one third rate to be sold Dec 4 9 25 26 Dec 31 and Jan 1 2, returning by Jan 3 1893. Col O Conner visits to select postmasters. local aspirants urged to meet delegate.
An advertisement fragment promotes Southern Illinois land sales via the Winds Central Railroad with E P Skene as land commissioner. It shifts to a Chicago Ledger promotional pitch by W D Boyce, listing subscription rates and departments. It ends with a brief local notice about Warnek County book solicitation and endorsements from W H Guim.
The article outlines extended Winter Excursion routes from the Central line to the South Gulf Coast Resorts via New Orleans and connections to Mexico and the Pacific Coast, plus Hot Springs Arkansas and the Southwest via St. Louis or Cairo. It notes Loop Excursion tickets allowing travel to New Orleans via Jackson Tennessee and Jackson Michigan with returns through Yazoo Mississippi and Newport News routes, and lists ticket agents and addresses for more information. It also includes a Boonville Indiana post office note with unclaimed letters and notices from local residents and a few local business notices and ads.
Evansville firm Stromae & Bros plans a new retail clothing block after outgrowing current quarters. They are among the top manufacturers of youths, boys, and children's clothing, offering deep discounts to clear stock before completion. Readily-priced Suits and Overcoats range from $10 to $100 and up to $500 in value across departments, with Strouse & Bros. reputation cited as assurance of value, urging readers to visit Evansville to trade in old garments.
Boonville Indiana merchants announce Boonville Planing Mill now in full operation with a wide stock of lumber and building materials sold at low prices. G C Wilde advertises Certain Chill Cure price 50 cents and a new hearse from his undertaking business in Boonville. Pelzer Weyerbacher advertise Moline wagons.
An old time advertis text touts Castoria as a cure for children and ailments, then promotes coal delivery and Brown's Iron Bitters for nervousness and indigestion. It notes Hedevs jeweler on the east side selling new jewelry and watches, with references to L Eckstein drivers and local coal orders.
A fragmented ad claims Cer'ain Chill Care cures chills and fever. It advertises large bottles priced at 50 cents and targets general children with the assertion of guaranteed relief. The text is a garbled vintage advertisement style.
An advertised plea extols direct shopping at Lyon's Mammoth House Evansville for safe purchases. It urges honest buyers to avoid shop-arounds and highlights good clothing and fair prices from the store.
Pocket book test in Boonville found Saturday the 7th contains 35 dollars in paper money. Finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving at this office David H. Herver.
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