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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
3
Fine rain fell in the valley on Saturday as residents note routine travel and visits. Several locals, including E. W. Handley and J. Kellum families, were in Brookville and Connersville. A gold ring mystery prompts a corn crib claim while local merchants advertise Swiss fabrics and home dressed meats for harvest.
Glen Swift visited Loyd Naylor Saturday night. Mrs Lyde Ellis and Grace Kennedy went to Brookville Tuesday. Mr and Mrs John Glaub are blessed with a new baby boy. A large crowd attended the Children's Day exercises Sunday night. Fred Meyers and wife of Everton called on relatives here Sunday afternoon. Mrs Bell Ellis and children of Richmond are visiting relatives at this place. Florence Swift and daughter Thelma Loyd Naylor and Edith Sherwood visited J F Swift and family Sunday. Sam Bell and wife of Falmouth visited J F Swift and family Sunday and Monday. An ice cream social will be held at this place next Saturday night. Everyone invited. Will Bowles and family near Metamora visited Elsworth Naylor and family Sunday. The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Crawley was held at the old McKendrie church last Wednesday Bro Sterrett officiating. Frank Swift wife and daughter Nina and Mr Toombs and family of Morristown made a flying trip here Sunday to visit relatives.
Mrs. D. O. Moore remains very ill while Curt Jerman travels to Hamilton. Measles spread among Wall Horning’s children. Clare Lake and family and Joe Klipple visit relations. Mission circle meets at Mrs. Will Lake’s and plans a Lawn Social at Valley Mound Farm on July 11 to benefit a good cause.
Some boys watched a Sunday baseball game at Connersville. Upcoming term assigns Mr. Batford to the intermediate room. Sickness lists include Marshall Hinchman Sr George Hulse and Perry Meek. Mrs Pearl Link plans a week in Anderson. Frank Reed suffers pain from a rusty nail injury. Mrs Lewis E Cook of Columbus visits her brothers Earl and Ray Ruff. J & Ryburn to install a wheat dump west of the C H D depot and buy grain. Claude Bardon of Andersonville to visit Thursdays for photography. Joseph Baker contracted to level street crossings. Street work seen as needed since sidewalks were installed. Young and Nowlin dissolve partnership. Meek and Putman form next. Meek owns one leading shop in Connersville.
Mrs Esther Hughes visits son A Hughes this week. Frank Woods and wife spend Tuesday with Link Burris and wife. Alien Breece and wife call on Mrs James Eddy Sunday evening. Al Burris of Indianapolis visits brother Link Burris and wife. Carl Gibbs and wife spend Sunday with John Gibbs and family. Miss Mabel Retherford leaves for Missouri for two weeks. John Tate and family, G C Tate and family and Will Russell spend Sunday with Will Tate and family. Bunker Hill defeats Longwood 15 to 13. Carpets at Shera and McIntosh's.
Sunday gatherings and visits dominate the scene with many residents and relatives seen at Bentley Everton Alquina and nearby. Reunions, church attendance, and farm work mark a busy period as families travel and social events unfold through mid July 1908.
B F Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina says after 15 years of chronic indigestion nothing helped like Dr King s New Life Pills. He spent over two hundred dollars and now endorses the pills sold under guarantee at Lewis Ashworth s drug store for 25 cents.
Sunday gatherings feature visits among Dolan Rees and related families. Ed Hackleman and wife visit John Hackleman in Harrisburg Monday. Lightning hits Eva Erwin barn with no serious damage. Rush-Fayette Co Reunion attendees include Cary Jackson, Elmer Caldwell, Lenna and Gertrude Benson, David Baker, Walter Stant, and others.
Tom Moore of Cochran Rural Route 1 reports a sore on his foot healed after using Buckten’s Arnica Salve. He says less than half of a 25 cent box effected a perfect cure and notes the product is sold under guarantee at Lewis Ashworth’s drug store.
Storewide discounts announced for Shera and McIntosh highlighting savings in every department during the month end sale. Local shoppers urged to visit for reduced prices on dry goods and other merchandise.
An electrical display of lightning was noted at Wilson Creek on a Saturday night. The Shera and McIntosh sale advertises bargains ending Friday night July 3 at 10 o'clock, with nine days remaining.
The column records sickness for Miss Grace Corbin and Mrs D O Moore seeking treatment in Indianapolis. John Henwood and family traveled to Indianapolis. Several local families visit relatives in Connersville and Harrisburg. Wind and rain damaged peaches. Mt Zion church plans regular preaching and Sunday school at 9:30. Master Homer Broaddus and Orris Williams visit. Mrs L M Pumphrey to visit sons in Hawkins and near Raleigh. Ernest Eshelman returns home with grandparents Steve White and wife.
Mr. Frank Conlan of 536 Houston St New York endorses Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver issues. He says it aids digestion purifies the blood and restores vigor for the weak and debilitated. Sold under guarantee at Lewis Ashworth's drug store for 50c.
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