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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
7
Correspondence reports social visits and events from Connersville and nearby places dated November 6 1899. Mentions families and individuals including the Laurier missionary meeting Epworth League and local church activities. Includes a long testimonial letter about Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin from Mrs Jeane Luxi Wheeler.
Residents from New Lisbon Harrisburg Tipton County and nearby towns are mentioned visiting relatives and attending services. The community mourns the death of Mrs. Martha Jemison with a large funeral attended by neighbors and distant friends. Reverend Hedges led the Union church service and burial was at the nearby cemetery.
A description of Boechee's German Syrup as an effective pre scription medicine for coughs colds and lung troubles. The text claims it is a longstanding non experimental remedy with two million bottles sold annually and introduction to the United States in 1868. Three doses said to relieve ordinary coughs. Price 75 cents. Get Green's Prise Almanac. McKennay and Ashworth.
Community notes report visitors and travel including Mrs F A Parker from Greenville visiting H W Clifton and Mrs W B Overhiser’s slow recovery. Ruby Crawford visits Connersville. George Adrian Albert Stoten and Barry Crawford go to Cincinnati. Couples from here visit Knightstown Home. Mrs R A Howard and children visit Peru. Sunday school institute praised. no church preaching next Sunday due to vacation. Alf Rea to be railroad agent after Aug 1. Chance of C VY business in Connersville. Subscribe for the Courier.
John Garner and his son Jesse were hurt when a spring wagon loaded with potatoes and berries plunged after their horse ran wild near Doblas Smiths south of Connerville. The wagon wagoned into a canal, the horse was injured, and the gar ners lost their produce. They reside in Orange and Columbus townships.
Obituary notes Martha Jemison of Fayette County Indiana born May 1 1824 died July 27 1901 aged 77 years 2 months 26 days wife of William Jemison mother of five with four daughters and one son. She united with the M E Church early and endured long illness with cheerfulness leaving a devoted husband and grandchildren. She rests in the Haven of Rest awaiting reunion.
A Fayette County boy A. F. Lowe, on leave from Porto Rico, shared insights with a Courier representative. He praises the island as a land of vast potential and notes opportunities for American business in fruits, sugars, tobaccos, and tropical products. Lowe will stay at home in Connersville until August 15 before returning to work on the island. Alva Young, a former local, also works at the same office and is prospering.
The Courier notes several neighborhood youths attended the Labyrinth Club gathering at Misses Tingley's in Harrieburg Saturday night. Various social visits and illnesses are recorded, including Grace Elliott with Anna Atherton of Longwood and John Ludlow's serious illness near Longwood.
The Big Four and A. and O. Bus offer a low rate excursion to Atlantic City Ocean City Seu Lele City Avalon Angleses Wildwood Holly Beach Cay New Jersey Ocean City Md or Kuboth Del Thursdays July 1st and August 15th. Through the Rhine Alps and the Battlefields of America returns within 12 days with a stop in Washington.
Low rate round trip from Cleveland via Big Four Route to New York with ten day return window. Passengers may mix routes, stopovers at Buffalo, Brocton on return, and authorized stops at Niagara Falls Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia. Consult agents for rates limits and details.
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