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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
5
Connersville and Fayette county communities report on residents traveling for business and visiting relatives. schools open dates given. camp meetings at Stelle's Grove. various outings and social visits across Indiana towns. local industry and theater notes plus a Mackinac excursion offer and a drowning incident near Brookville.
Readable items describe a September 6 Sunday School programme with morning and afternoon sessions, songs, recitations, and leadership led by A Nef and W Wright. Included is a notice of election of three trustees at Fayetteville Christian Church on September 11 1900 at 7 30 pm for five year terms.
A barn belonging to Frank Cook near Lyons Station was struck by lightning and burned completely. No livestock were harmed. farming implements could not be saved. John Walker, seated on a nearby porch, was badly shocked. Railroad section men arrived first but could not rescue the contents. This marks the second nearby barn destroyed by lightning recently.
On September 8 1900 round trip tickets will be sold to all Big Four celebration points from within fifty miles at one fare for the round trip with limited return validity. Tickets available via Big Four Route agents or by addressing the Ticket Agent MUS Ree Cincinnati O.
James Wymore wife and son Chauncey and Charles Wolfe left Sunday for Chicago to attend the G A R encampment. Dr Daum and Rev Darsie were driving through the neighborhood Monday. Several from the vicinity will attend the Rush County fair this week. Rev Vines preached his farewell at Wiley Chapel last Sunday. John Payne and the road inspector for the Free Mail Delivery passed through Hawkins on their route. Mrs Lucy Ludlow is quite ill. Crozler Gibbs hauled clover for Charlee Hammond last Tuesday.
The ad claims August Flower is the top medicine for undigestion biliousness and general ill health. It asserts doctors were scarce and lists ailments like indigestion liver issues and nervous prostration cured by the liquid remedy. Sold by McKennan and Ashworth.
Constipation is described as a curse afflicting many Americans. The advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Ureo Pepsin as a remedy to banish the curse, with moderate use. It notes sizes of 50 cents and 1 dollar and sales by Ward Jemison.
On East Fourth Street this Saturday visitors may view a grand colt show hosted by Wannamaker famed for a 2:30 record. William A. Hanson invites owners to bring colts sired by the noted stallion. Three prizes are offered and the public is invited to attend.
A fragmentary notice touts Dr Caldwell's Cure All Syrup claiming to cure ailments of “ned’” and to ward off illness. The ad references bottles and a customer named Jemleon with ambiguous regional details.
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