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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
6
The ad highlights a medical booklet by Pierce about maternal care and nourishment, claiming no alcohol or narcotics in Favorite Prescription and offering free paper-covered copies on request. It mentions practical advice for nervous weakness and infant nourishment, with the author and printing details noted.
The correspondent reports wheat yields around 8 to 20 bushels per acre with a few fields reaching 28. The blackberry crop dried up, a fishing party of 12 to 15 heads to Whitewater for two weeks, and church service times shift to 7 pm for the heated season. Local residents, visits, illnesses, and a funeral are noted along with a patent headache remedy advertisement.
Local column notes social chatter about George B Massove and his wife in Stringtown, mentioning Ray Thornburg and residents of Elwood amid unnamed events and rumors. This compact item highlights neighborhood intrigue without formal statements.
Community news reports visits among local families including Sherman Biiby, L Bundrant, John Burris, W A Tate, J C Tate, Bon Roots, Chas Holland, Mrs Painter, Ray Painter, and F M Bilby. Mention of Rev Welker’s appointment, sick with whooping cough, and a light anecdote about hiring an old bachelor’s hair. Also an ad for Lichty Celery Nerve Compound by McKennan & Ashworth.
Glenwood news reports Mrs Joe Bakers condition serious and a new boy for John Link. Local visits include Rev Welker and wife in Columbia and Mrs Elizabeth Fossett guest of Mrs Hall. The Glenwood circuit meets next weekend at M E church. Typhoid illness hits Leon Chew. upcoming moves and visitors noted. An 1886 Toledo Ohio affidavit advertises HaLa Catarrh Cure with testimonials and product claims.
Correspondence notes visitors and guests across Lyons Station including Frank Miller of Nashville, Miss Lizzie Connell of Connerville, and Mrs Nettie Wallacy of Birmingham visiting local families. Also mentions Mrs Addie Brown, Allie Walker starting a new residence, and a health blurb on dyspepsia and liver complaints.
In Columbia This vicinity enjoyed a beneficial rain last Monday aiding crops. Marion Larmore will preach next Sabbath, with no morning sermon due to a quarterly meeting. A seventh birthday party for Arthur Thomas drew ten young guests with ice cream and cake. Charles Thomas and family visited Alva Hardy. Mrs Train Pike and daughter Ethel spent time with Mrs T J Custer.
Mrs. Sanford Martin is on the sick list. Tom Sawyer and family entertain friends from Cincinnati last week. Morton Williams and wife spent Sunday with relatives north of Rushville. Mrs. James Cully’s condition is not much improved. Frank Wines returned to Tipton to make his future home. The W F M S did not meet due to heat. Mrs. Maria Martin of Muncie visits her niece Mrs. Alva McGraw. Samuel Heizer and family entertain relatives from Richmond. Aaron Hughes and son Byron visited Stephen Martin. Mrs. C R Thomas hosted a birthday party for her son Arthur on his seventh birthday with little friends and mothers. Mrs S H Robinson and Blanche of Connersville spent a week with C D Robinson and wife. Rumors of three local weddings before frost. Mrs T C Bryson hosted a Friday evening for her Sunday School class of young men and their partners. About twenty attended with lawn lanterns, music, and a late collation of ice cream, cake, lemonade, and fruit. Guests departed content with the evening.
The Monster Sacred Concert at the Cincinnati festival launches next September with a program by the real Classical Orchestra of sixty instruments. Last year about four thousand attended, and this year promises fuller voices as Mable Dufoor Finns Deil Martin Kendall A F Marsh and Joseph Whenkes headline with two popular Cincinnati girls noted for beauty and charm.
Beaumont oil fields report unclear drafty note with names Low Hates and Rzeolient Reeve appearing in fragmented OCR text. Context suggests a historical column or caption but specifics are unreadable.
The C UW and D Ry announces reduced rate round trips to Louisville Kentucky for the Knights Templar Conclave. Tickets on sale August 24 25 26 27 28 valid for return to depart Louisville by September 16. For details contact C H & D Agents or DG Edwards Passenger Traffic Manager Cincinnati Ohio.
A Courier notice promotes Croly’s Salathiel the Wandering Jew as a top English novel, offered postpaid by John B. Alden for 12c, with nearly 500 pages. It highlights a series of 300 popular titles at 10c each or 14c by mail, urging immediate orders and Courier mention.
A large type edition of Longfellow’s Courtship of Miles Standish is now published at five cents, down from 61.00, by a New York publisher. The note lists other classics such as Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack and Washington’s Farewell Address, with prices and ordering details via Mr Aldes and The Tribune.
The Courier cautions that entipyrine used to treat headaches can depress the heart and disrupt kidney function, urging readers to subscribe for more information.
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