Local notes from Connersville and vicinity May 31 1923
Thursday reports a busy social week with visits, illnesses and funerals. Notable items include Mrs. Sarat J. Driggs appointed administrator of Caries Driggs estate, Odd Fellows membership growth, and Mrs Elva Martin’s death at 78. Hutchinsons attend Mayo operation recovery. Greenfield trees threatened by green midge. Clyde Walb elected state party chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. McGraw
Elwood
Georgy Siliser
Altoona
Penn
Clifford Howard
Indianapolis
Shedron
Anderson
Margaret Scudder
Geneva van Dannet
Carthage
Frank Werner
Lincoln
Ill
Sarat’ J. Driggs
Caries Driggs
Connersville
Kathrine Drake
Eleanor Groveg
Forest Danner
Merrill Teeple
Geneva
J. N. [Stacy
Sixth District Medical Society
New Castle
John Boy
Mayo's
Alice McCaffrey
New York City
James Peacock
J. B. Abbott
Sheridan
Edward Brown
Montana
James Dolin
Richmond
Elva Martin
Cora Fugion
Philomath
Wright
Sales Creek
Tenn
Joseph Acres
Gleveland
Jary Ludington
Harley Laington
Michigan
Leon Kruise
Europe
Greenfield
Republican State Committee
Clyde A. Walb
L la- Grange
Tate
Lawrence Lyons
Fity Dalrymple
Jefferson Dalrympe
Bentonville
Hussell
Winefred
Cambridge City
Clarence and Field
Milton
Friend's Church
Lewisville
Jaerbert Harrison
Horace Harilton
North Center Street
Beeler Farm Death and Local Chautauqua News
The issue highlights a tragic Beeler farm death near Fortville with details of the coroner's report and the Beeler family. It also notes Cambridge City chautauqua plans July 10 to 14 with multiple musical groups and speakers. Local rail and mail improvements are mentioned along with regional race and horse breeding updates.
Obituary of James P. Dougherty from Indiana Civil War Vet
James P. Dougherty born August 8 1837 near Jacksonburg Indiana son of Zadok and Mary Willad Dougherty served as a farmer. He enlisted August 3 1862 in Company B 5th Indiana Cavalry and saw action from Kentucky to Tennessee including Knoxville and Atlanta. He endured Andersonville Charleston and Florence prisons and died May 23 1993 aged 85 years 9 months and 20 days surviving by a niece Margaret Hood and wife Elizabeth A. Miller. Odd Fellows assisted at the grave near Richland in a simple service led by Mrs Austin and a quartet from duchapapetle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Dougherty
Zadok
Mary Willad Dougherty
Jacksonburg
Indiana
Co.b
5Th
Indiana Cavalry
Kentucky
Tensivesee
Knoxville
Parson Brownlow
Sherman
Tunnel Hill
Georgia
Atlanta
Stoneman
Mscop
Andersonville
Charleston
Florence
John Morgan
Bistol
Chesterfield
Giod
Elizabeth
A. Miller
Efort
Margaret Hood
Austin
Richmand
Anna Thorensen
Duchapapetle
German town Items Chronicle Birthday and Funeral Notes
Marshal Steffenson attended his father’s funeral in Dayton on Sunday. Oliver Hess visited from Indianapolis and spent time with friends in Germantown and Milton. Henry Eliason painted his new home. Mrs Malinda Bertsch visited Madison to see relatives. E G Salyer and family welcomed a son born Sunday morning on the Kimmel farm. Will Davis bought plots of a burned house and Mrs Fisher moved east of the river to Milton. Chas Rocher family attended the funeral of Guyon brothers killed at a grade crossing in Anderson. Memorial services set for Sunday June 10 with soldiers of all wars Odd Fellows and citizens. Judge Springer to speak. local band to play.
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Eleanor Groves
Union
Old National Road
Indianapolis
Washington City
Straughn
Chapman
Richard
Blind Dick) Elvord
Hagerstown
Ediom B. Fosdick
Fosdick
Clara Weast
George L
Ed. Allen
Jim Hazelton
Cedar Hill
Cambridge City
Abriam Boyd
Peter the Great
Abingen
Dillon Axworthy
Mabel
Lord Dewey
Bingen
Braden Direct
Baron Direct
Goforth
Weber
Gibsonians and
Fisher- Shipp Co
Mercer Concert Company
Harold Bachman
Million Dollar Band
West Palm Beach
Fla
George Beeler
William Beeler
Beeler
Washington Township
Kentucky
Hancock County
Hancock Democrat
George A. Beeler
Fortville
Vernon Township
C. M. Gibbs
Calvert
Mr. Beeler
Gibbs
George McCarty
Frank Calvert
Robert L. Beeler
James Beeler
Terre Haute
Cordelia Hopkins
Near
Maxwell
Ida B. Surfin
Free Boil
Mich
Will Davis
Chas. Rocher
Anderson
Guyon
Boyd Gravel Pit
Tutankhamen
Middle West
Milton
M. E. Church
A. H. Backus
Grace M. E. Church
Richmond
Ina Crawford
Butler College
Elmer Bertsch
Jesse Moore
Women of the Christian Church
Crownover
Pershing
Alice Marley
Charles Dairy
Alliance
Ohio
Ernest F. Jones
Indiana Medical School
Floyd Hines
Christian Sunday School
Gaar
J. H. Hess
Flora Ferguson
Mooreland
Wellington Swearingen
Grays Edge Eagles 3 2 in Rain Slowed Attendance
The Grays defeated the Richmond Eagles 3 to 2 in a tight pitched game amid rain delays. Diffenderfer doubled and scored, Reddinghaus doubled, Winters hit a three bagger and scored, with Batson and Hawekette contributing. Next Sunday the Grays travel to Farmland and Farmland visits June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grays
Richmond Eagles
Eagles
Diffender
Reddinghaus
Diffenderfer
Winters
Batsonarge Ut
Pruitt
Hawekette
Boys Club Forms Under First M. E. Church Scout Charter
Enthusiastic meeting implements a perfected Boys Club structure with Rev. R. Stelle as chairman and a slate of officers and directors. The group receives a Boy Scout charter and will operate under First M. E. church guidance. A $1,000 fund is subscribed to be paid at 10 percent monthly installments. Membership starts at age ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iboys Club
R. Stelle
R. H. Ressler
Floyd Petty
W. H. Deney
Harry Bachman
E. O. Paul
F. R. McGraw
Byron Stratton
H. Hines
Claude Kitterman
J. W. Harper
Earl Whipple
W. E. Judkins
J. R. Bielle
Percy Wilsof
Coleman
H. Fancher
Freeland
Instramental
Flrst
M. E. Church
Boy Scouts
Memorial service honors soldiers with flag presentation
May 27 a very appropriate and sympathetic address was given by Rev McCormick. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers and flags, a floral piece of red white and blue on the pulpit added to the beauty. Patriotic music was finely rendered. Eleven comrades were present, one Spanish war veteran and 36 Woman's Relief Corps members. All soldiers and Woman's Relief Corps members were presented with a silk flag. Nothing omitted that could add to the sentiment accorded the soldiers memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick
Woman's Relief Corps
P Woman's Relief Corps
Milton Items Highlight Local Events And Garden Shrubs
Milton reports include church events, a 5 to 0 baseball win over Straughn in six innings, and a Deration Day program at the schoolhouse. Local gardens showcase Japanese flowering crab apple Hawthorne Kerria and Pyrus Japonica shrubs, with a King Tutankhamen exhibit at the M E church. Community news covers marriages engagements and visits from Ina Crawford Elmer Bertsch and other locals. A note on vandalism in Milton cemetery prompts prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Wm. A. Bragg
F. M. Jones
New York
Jennie Liebhardt
Elwood Beeson
Starbuck
North Carolina
Beesons
Veterans Fail to Attend Muncie Encampment
Fewer than a dozen Civil War veterans remain in the city area and none could attend last week's encampment at Muncie. The old soldiers are aging and passing away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Foley Kidney Pills Help Nashville Man Walk Pain Free
Andrew White of Nashville Tennessee credits Foley Kidney Pills with ending two years of back hip and leg pain. He reports improved walking and a bladder that is now O K. The ad urges refusing substitutes and insisting on Foley's at Carpenter's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew White
Nashville
Tenn
Foley
O. K
Foley’s. Carpenter’s Drug, Store
California Budget Drafted by Mrs Nellie B Pierce
The state budget in California was drafted by a woman, Mrs Nellie B Pierce, who runs it as she would a household. She oversees the process with a hands on, personal management style reflecting frugal, careful budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Nellie B. Pierce
Foley's Honey and Tar Vouchers Relief in Coughs
James Noll of Connerville Indiana praises Foley's Honey and Tar for his child with whooping cough and says it helps his other children with coughs or colds. He refuses substitutes and notes Carpenter's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Noll
Connersville
Ind
Foley
Carpenter’s Drug Store
Copper sources in Cyprus from ancient Greek and Roman times
The fragment notes Cyprus supplied large copper riches in antiquity to Greek and Roman worlds, highlighting Cyprus as a major ore source for early metallurgy. It mentions the island as a key origin of copper used in classical era economies and crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyprus
Island
Cut Out This Slip For Foley’s Money Back Package
An old Chicago advertisement urges readers to mail in a cutout with five cents to Foley & Co. for a trial package including Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Carpenter’s Drug Store
German Musicians Refuse Mozart Concerts Amid Jealousy
Leading German musicians, 80 in number, were so envious of Mozart the composer that they refused to attend his concerts. The incident highlights tension in the music world surrounding the famed artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Mozart
Foley Cathartic Tablets End Constipation Quickly
An advertisement claims many suffer from constipation and indigestion and features a Maine reader Mildred Keene praising Foley Cathartic Tablets for relief. It advises avoiding gripe and substitutes and stresses effective relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Mildred Keene
Bangor
Maine
Carpenter's Drug Store
Timber laden rafts towed from Astoria to San Diego
Log rafts carrying more than 5,000,000 feet of timber are being towed from Astoria on the Pacific coast to San Diego, reflecting a major timber transport operation during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
San Diego
Pacific Coast
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted by Satisfied User
Mrs E M Doby of Asbury Park New Jersey says she suffered a hacking cough for years but Foley's Honey and Tar cured her. Coughs colds and croup relieved quickly with Foley's Honey and Tar. Refuse substitutes. Carpenter's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
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