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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
3
Community notes from The Valley include visits by Goble Lake and Jarrells, farm and stock activity, fruit ripening, and local social events. Memorial services led by K of P Red Men and Pythian Sisters set for Everton next Sunday at 2.00 pm with all members urged to attend.
Local notes detail Sunday visits and illnesses among Nulltown area families including Mostel Chance Elliott Brumfiel Rose and Banks. A June 3 Bentley wedding united Miss Mabel Rose and Gregg Banks at the Rose home, with postnuptial life on the Banks farm. Virgil Nutt, 20, died after pneumonia. funeral set in Indianapolis, with local kinship ties noted.
A compilation of social visits and movements with names such as Train Pike Mattie Foster Maud Selby and Mary Foster. The piece mentions trips to Laurel Columbia and Cincinnati with visits to a Medal contest fundraising for Missions and a note about a new floor in a store room. An advisory about mowing lawn care closes the item.
J P Scott was in town Saturday. Clyde Jerrell spent Sunday at Rushville. Arch Handley toured in a new rig Sunday. Virgil Griffith has a new blacksmith. Decoration at Everton drew a large crowd. Jerrell on sick list. Fred Shillinger did work for George Scott. H B Elliott and wife visited J O Worster family. Leatha Kellum visiting brother John Kellum. Jim Kellum learning German with weekly lessons. Oliver Handley family were guests of Sam Rowe. KB Handley family dine with F M Scott. Rev George Floyd to fill Everton appointment Sunday night. Ladies Aid Social hosted by D W Moore last Thursday. Ellsworth Jerrell family visiting Connersville. E R Clifton family visiting John Grimes. Decoration attended Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Quenzer grows weaker. Shell Davison lost a cow. Mrs Caldwell and Mrs Lambert travel to Rushville. Mrs Hittle visits Fairview. Jesse Stevens of Richmond visits relatives. Birth of a grandson to Mr and Mrs Higley of Shirley announced. Bowles visit in laws and attend services. Joseph Tiaiebold wedding reception planned. An endorsement of Electric Bitters praises its health benefits for digestion, liver, back and kidneys. Sold at Lewis Ashworth's drug store for 50 cents.
A large crowd gathered for decoration services in Everton with many Connersville residents joining. Clare Lake and wife and Mrs. Mary Duckworth visited Indianapolis. Geo Scott and wife stayed at Joe Klipple’s. W R Lake hosted Clare Lake and family for dinner and church events.
Police indicate a man reported missing could be in danger but authorities have not yet confirmed his disappearance. Family members appeal for tips as investigators review leads and coordinate with local agencies.
A barn at 923 Eastern avenue belonging to E A Fossett burned before 11 pm. Two horses owned by Arthur Hayes were incinerated, a third narrowly escaped. Investigators suspected arson by a itinerant person, with rumors of a possible fatality, though unverified. Insurance on the barn was small.
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine writes that Dr King s New Discovery saved his life after years of use for coughs and colds. The remedy is described as a premier throat and lung healer and a preventive against pneumonia. Sold at Lewis Ashworth s drug store 50c and 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
J EB Crandel was in town Saturday. Next Sunday services occur at Mt Zion. Rolland Pumphrey and wife visited relatives Sunday. Grace Corbin visited her grandparents last week. Marie White visits sister in East Connersville for a week. Anna Franklin and son David of Bear Creek visited Mrs John Corbin last Friday. Cramer of Marion returned home after visiting daughter. Red Men K of P Lodge and Rathbone Sisters decorated at Everton Sunday. Rev Floyd delivered a fine address.
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm to relieve rheumatism pain and aid sleep. It notes a cure is possible and urges use even for long standing cases. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes from S. O. McKen nan & Son.
Mrs Sweazer remains gravely ill as farmers face strenuous days after a damaging hail storm that hit the wheat crop hard. Uncle Harvey Piper has regained strength to sit up. Local residents attended church in Raleigh and shared a family dinner with George Ertel. The grand lodge of Masons prohibits lodge use for public entertainments with admission fees and bans attendance by a man with part of a left hand amputated. They also restrict congregational Sunday church attendance by lodges. Lodge rules bar public processions on Sundays except funerals. Martin H Rice reports year receipts of 16245.14 and a cash balance of 32223.14.
Ennis Bros announce adoption of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in Narcoossee Florida after successful use in Iowa and El Paso Texas where life was saved. Sold by S O McKennan and Son.
After 15 years of chronic indigestion and over two hundred dollars spent, B F Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina says Dr King’s New Life Pills did more good than anything. Sold under guarantee at Lewis Ashworth’s drug store for 25 cents.
Fayette County’s free fair association approves four 300 purses for trots and paces, open to national entries with 5 percent entry and winner deductions. Local Fayette county races remain separate. managers expect strong exhibitor interest and higher overall entertainment this year.
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga reports a stubborn instep sore cured after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He bought less than half of a 25 cent box under a guarantee at Lewis Ashworth's drug store.
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