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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1900
Page
2
Charles S. Lewis announces candidacy for Trustee of Connersville Township subject to Republican voters decision.
The Republican State Committee elected new officers led by Chairman Charles S. Hernles and Vice Chairman Joseph Bohesing with Warren Bigter as Secretary and H. W. Bennett as Treasurer. The group planned to end the Indianapolis convention on May Teeth and bird of May. Reports indicate strong state support for the upcoming campaign. Thomas Moore died at his daughter Mrs. John Moughty’s home Tuesday night from consumption aged sixty-two. He leaves a daughter and two sons and had recently moved from Brown County Ohio to Fayetteville. Funeral arrangements were set for Thursday afternoon at 3:30 from the Fayetteville residence under Mider Darsie’s direction.
Sheriff Daniel D. Hall was seized by paralysis and carried to the Buckley house where Dr. Lezee found him unconscious and his right side paralyzed. He is resting and hopes are for a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester thank neighbors for kindness shown during the illness and death of Mrs. Sylvester's mother.
Important notice reports the Manufacturers Club of this city adopted a resolution at its January 20, 1900 meeting urging citizens to patronize Frazee telephones for local service. The group cites Central Union’s franchise as allowing rate control and claims Frazee offers lower costs, urging support for Frazee and noting potential changes in the city’s telephone landscape.
John Griffith stars in a lavish local staging of The Three Musketeers with a large company and elaborate scenery. Kathryn Parnell leads a twenty-artist ensemble as critics praise authentic costumes and the Dame Prohimen scenery. A January 26 public literary program at the High School follows the performance with readings, declamations, debates, and music.
Anna Chilcoat born in 1809 in Lantington Pennsylvania married Richard Baker. She lived in Indianapolis 1854 onward, then Connersville from 1870, joined Lick Creek Baptist near Harrisburg, died December 18 in Indianapolis aged ninety years nine months sixteen days. Survived by two daughters, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren. husband and two sons predeceased.
Mrs. Dolin Gray and Miss Jenine Perkins host and visit relatives in Connersville area. funeral of Mrs. Jane Logan draws many, with family from Indianapoly and Wabash counties in attendance. Local notices include social planned for Christian church benefit, medical cures advertised, and town life anecdotes.
Promote a quack quit tobacco program claiming easy, guaranteed cessation. It lists dubious remedies like No-lo-Hac and urges contacting Sterling Kemeny Co in Chicago or New York for the promised cure.
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