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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
2
The Connersville Courier notes seasonal glimpses from travel and food to fashion and industry. It references a calm amid lake incidents and mentions labor, travel, and urban lighting trends while touching on sanitary progress and past political critiques.
The war talk in South America may be real eventually but current signs point to a minor quarrel that should be easily settled.
A large flotilla will accompany the president on the Mississippi River though no ships are expected to attempt to circle the presidential boat.
Two hundred grenadier hats have arrived in New York from Paris amid a fashion controversy. Some day American women may stage a Boston tea party to protest foreign monstrosities in clothing.
City statistician estimates Chicago will top 2,500,000 residents by 1910, with a federal check planned as Uncle Sam will send a man to verify the figures.
The passage contrasts fruit as delaying tissue hardening and preserving youth with the idea that age is a lemon life gives to youth and beauty, framing aging as an unavoidable outcome. It reflects a philosophical view on health, aging, and the limits of youth.
A grandson of King Edward enters the naval college amid publicity around a famous song. Critics in England may resist career changes as the public eye remains on the young recruit and his musical ties.
The czar visits relatives and briefly leaves his yacht for tea while surrounded by naval units including Invincibles Inflexibles Dreadnoughts to ensure no bombs or anarchists are present.
A Connecticut resident sues a neighbor alleging a bee attack caused injuries from the neighbor’s apiary. The case raises questions about liability for dangers from beekeeping practices and potential damages.
A New York man files a lawsuit against a judge two police chiefs three detectives and a coroner alleging false arrest. He says his reputation suffered due to the actions of multiple officials in the case.
Inmates at Sing Sing request additional tenor singers to support church services. The shortage of vocalists is noted as a problem for upcoming musical duties.
Experiments claim a petroleum derived butter equals the genuine article in taste and quality but critics doubt the flavor and aroma will please discerning palates. The note suggests the product may not win broad acceptance among careful tasters or connoisseurs.
The discovery that worms favor jack pine alarms timber owners. Once they would just fell more timber, but jack pine now has value, changing the response and intensifying efforts among those harvesting Norway pines.
The British and colonial governments agree that cable press rates between Britain and India Australia and South Africa will drop from a shilling to ninepence per word, a likely outcome of the recent colonial conference in London.
Some advisers urge King Alfonso to heed lessons from Cuba but face the hard truth that the Bouthons never learn.
Three aviators plan a record airship crossing of the English Channel. If successful, the journey would signal an end to England’s island isolation and mark a milestone in aerial feats.
Blake and Miss Leslie and Lord Winthrope survive a shipwreck and drift ashore on an island. Blake risks exposure to hippos while seeking rescue, then shares coconuts with Winthrope and Miss Leslie. The trio begins a ten mile trek toward higher ground as thirst and danger loom.
Blake and Winthrope escort Miss Leslie through a riverfront camp toward the jungle. They fear hippos and crocodiles while debating safety, dress, and paths as night approaches. The trio contemplates shelter and a perilous ascent as danger looms in the African setting.
Winthrope watches Blake stride from the thickets with a rough wooden club. He tests its weight on dirt and bushes, then jokes about bowling an ox. Blake accepts the praise and dismisses doubt, arguing the thing is suddenly good.
At a London hearing on sweating, evidence showed 56 women sewing hooks and eyes earned about 75 cents a week on average. Another woman worked from one morning to the next and earned 16 cents in that period, underscoring harsh conditions.
In rustic New Jersey a justice of the peace advertised he would marry couples for five dollars, accepting one dollar down and the rest weekly. A couple arrived by automobile shortly after midnight and, true to the ad, the JP performed the ceremony, accepting the plan and collecting the fee in installments.
J R Herzog D D S of New York City endorses Resinol as an immediate effective remedy for itching piles. An occasional use prevents recurrence and serves as a reliable everyday healing treatment.
During Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign the Mameluks were spotted and the order came for a square to form with artillery to the angles and the center protected. Soldiers laughed at the phrase and dubbed the asses demi savans in a moment of lighthearted contrast to the battle bustle.
The text urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for Cra. Grtiu signature, claiming 30 years of use and the familiar label. It then quotes an “institution” described as a home for the feeble minded where residents live a "real simple life."
The Prospect jokes about love birds chasing aeroplane flights causing people to be in the clouds. It cautions against overdoing tonics for little pains and suggests local inflammation as cause. It recommends rubbing with Hamlin’s Wizard Oil and warns to beware of insincere flattery that may pave the way for betrayal.
A 25 cent bottle claims to ease teething pain by softening gums and reducing inflammation. The ad markets the syrup as a cure for wind colic and notes a price of 25 cents. It also mentions a salacious claim about pepper valued at one million dollars in 1908.
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