28 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1910
Page
1
The push for fireproof housing grows as 300000 new homes yearly replace wood, with 84000 yearly properties burning. The Americana Architect notes a shift to durable methods, highlighting hollow terra-cotta blocks as key in modern fireproof walls and the move toward permanent, safer residences.
Fire in Glenwood Monday at about one o'clock destroyed the residence of Mrs. Ollie Newman, with only a few furniture items saved. The adjacent new house of Mrs. Ann Ochiltree near the Newman home was heavily damaged. both homes carried insurance, though not fully covering the losses.
The Supreme Court ruled the three mile road law constitutional in a Tuesday decision by a 3 2 vote. It reverses a earlier Hamilton county challenge and finds all six constitutional points unfounded.
Hon Eugene W Chafin of Chicago Prohibition presidential candidate in 1908 joins a speaking tour across Indiana during February into March 10th. He will address forty counties and county conventions with Fayette county set for February 16th night and Liberty in Union county that same date for morning and afternoon sessions.
William Walters told the Ministers Alliance in Kansas City that the Bible mirrors modern journalism. He praised Moses as the first great editor and Luke as the finest reporter, noting biblical accounts of disobedience and other vivid details as exemplary news writing. Walters praised biography and personal gossip as features in biblical reporting.
A diary from a saloonkeeper recounts daily sales of whisky to patrons including Tommy Bill, Charlie Piper, Dick Plaster, Johnny Slogan, Phil Carter, and Sam Chap. It notes criminal acts and family harm related to drunkenness, with a wary closing remark on propriety and public image.
A letter from Squire Pinkerton contemplates how to choose a mixture to spray a political plum tree to yield the desired fruit. The writer notes difficulty in seeing an egg yet claims there is plenty of egg- see still ahead.
Mrs Anna Handley aged about 78 died at her Jackson township home after a brief stroke. Born Anna Steel she married Archie Handley who died in 1879. Surviving are three sons Henry in Grand Junction Colorado Elmer in this city and Alvie at home, plus many relatives. Funeral Monday at Everton M Church conducted by Rev G C Floyd. interment in Everton local cemetery.
A weekly rash of crashes across the United States highlights railroad dangers. The Twentieth Century Limited on the New York Central killed the enginman and fireman as speed and improper switching by a towerman caused a wreck. Rail safety advocates urge slower schedules to save lives and property.
The Greensburg Era denounces opponents who allege that prohibition would muddy the waters. The paper insists prohibitions are advancing and vows to hasten that day with firm disapproval of such claims.
Mrs. William Lowes Elizabeth Price, born in Franklin County in 1862, died Monday at her Virginia avenue home after a stroke and prior paralysis. She married William Ines in 1885 and lived in this city for eighteen years. Survived by her husband and four children. Short funeral services were held at home and interment followed at New Trenton.
Residents reported a bright new comet in the western sky shortly after sunset on Sunday. Observers noted its growing brightness, a distinct tail, and its proximity to Venus, with experts calling it a recently discovered comet from South Africa rather than Halley’s.
Palace Hotel suspends dining room service due to high food prices. Mr. Woosley, owner of the building owned by the Indianapolis Brewing Company, will run the hotel as a rooming house. Dining may reopen if food costs become reasonable again.
In Rushville Indiana Frank Pruitt vanished last Saturday leaving his young wife penniless. The Salvation Army couple wed about a year ago after a friendship that grew into a romance. Police and family search for Pruitt while the wife faces no support.
A Hamilton Ohio incident tied up traffic on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line for hours. Two freight trains collided, wrecking more than a dozen cars and damaging the track. A switch engine aborted clearing efforts and, after a flagman warned the oncoming freight, the engineer and fireman escaped with minor injuries as the wreck was cleared by afternoon.
North west section residents will hold a grand fox drive starting at 9 30 a m with lines from Posey Harris township eastward toward Rush county and Tracion line through Harrisburg then west to Posey. Captains named for each line marshal Ernest Maurer coordinates. No firearms loose dogs or vehicles on grounds. Bring horns drums and join this day of sport at Samuel Clark farm Hawkinsville.
An exchange argues farmers are not to blame for soaring pork and beef costs. They say farmers sell when markets are high and supply plus speculation drive prices, while packers between farmer and consumer reap the profit from rising meat prices.
Unskilled laborers urged to return to farming as a solution at the Chicago national convention of the unemployed. Delegates plan further sessions with a Kansas City meeting to follow later in the week. no specific relocation locality chosen.
A Jennings township citizen argues for including agriculture in public schools, especially in rural districts. He says farming is becoming a specialty science and that studying soil, crops, and farming why and wherefore would keep boys on the farm, motivate learning, and create future agricultural specialists.
A Chicago flyer on the Big Four left the rails near Riverside Ohio last Saturday morning at high speed. Five people were killed including a mail clerk conductor and brakeman in the demolished mail car and baggage coach. The engineer and fireman died after hospital treatment in Cincinnati. Brakeman Jimmie Lewis, known in the city, was among the victims.
Fayette county teachers will hold a Saturday institute at the High School on February 5. The program includes a music invocation, lectures on English usage literature and teaching Dickens Christmas Carol, with music directed by L. M. Tilson. Building will host School officers and patrons urged to attend.
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