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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
4
A June 27 1901 Cincinnati Palladium style column cites Washingtons Mount Vernon visitors 95 829 for last year notes Tom Taggart Kern Dems and direct election talk Burrows Root Cuba US rule and growth in Chicago public schools plus Mormon migration Adelbert Hay death and Secretary Hay bereavement referenced.
The Pan American Exposition features a special 41 by 101 foot building plus a 594265 foot wing lit entirely by acetylene. Ohio State Building also glows with 650 jets, 160 indoors and the rest outside. An event overview notes the illumination plans and exhibit scope.
Mrs Gillet Gordon visits Oldenburg while local merchants tout a $45 steel range now offered at $35 by Smith Stove Co. Mr and Mrs Ready entertain guests. Arba Rothschilds and J E McFarlan travel to the Pan American Exposition. Mrs George Garrett returns from Liberty visit. Connersville plans a lecture series at the Christian church. Captain Thomas Downs returns from years on the Pacific coast. Allie Tyndall nee White dies in Pontiac Illinois. funeral held there. Churchill Co Rushville fire damages stock. insurance covers $10,000 to $15,000. Arthur Trevelyan debuts piano magazine piece “My Heart Is Yours.” hailstorm viewed near home of Mrs J M Webster. Lawn fete at Daum Sanitarium July 4 with speeches, attractions, fireworks. Young People’s Society in charge. Pioneer reunion notes Virginia wagon train to Indiana in 1836. seven survivors now. John P Brown returns from forestry tour. support from railroads encouraged. Governors of New Hampshire and Massachusetts seek Brown’s advisory service on timber issues.
The B P O Elke presents a seven day free carnival in Greensburg from August 12 to 17. Officials tout the event as the best street fair yet with nightly fireworks balloon ascensions a 90 foot dive trained animals electric shows and an automobile parade with prizes. Half fare railroad rates invite visitors and Greensburg pledges lavish hospitality.
Rev and Mrs Schroutz of Orange celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary with a large reception at the parsonage. Roses sweet peas and myrtle decorated rooms. Edna Bending and Mrs Reed sang solos. Misses Norrie and Chas Kehl and Gwen Bowen performed music. Attendees included Hal George Owen Long Reed Hunt Mrs Bowen and many others.
The piece notes renewed interest in The Wandering Jew novel cycle led by Salathiel by Geo. Croly and other works like Eugene Sue and The Prince of India. It highlights General Wallace praising Salathiel and reports a New York publisher's illustrated edition for 1.40 net, then John B. Alden offers a 12c postpaid mail order to Courten readers, 442 Pearl St New York.
Mrs. F M Jones entertained guests Mr Hope and wife from Sparta Wisconsin. J J Ferguson and family visited relatives at Dublin. Miss Martha and Nora Griffith stayed in Indianapolis. Richard Morgan, long ill, died in Ricamond and will be buried here. Marvin Wallace returned from State University. Various local residents hosted and visited relatives and friends near Milton and Cambridge.
Walter B. Week and Louise M. Davis are issued a marriage license. Walter B. Kube and Rosa May Spen are issued a marriage license.
The issue cites Year Book of Agriculture 1900 and Blatchley’s state geology report as fuel for promoting farmers libraries in district schools and post offices. It notes Marion county A and H Society plans to study library adoption and includes curious items on a boy stuck on a corn stalk, a racing horse prospect, and a giant Duroc hog near Harrisburg with a towering girth and notable size.
Rush County real estate listings describe a large city lot with a one room building for 150 dollars a house with six rooms on a large lot for 1000 dollars a six room house on a lot for 700 dollars a Rush County farm of eighty acres near Rushville with good buildings and fences five miles from town and half a mile from the railroad station priced at 5000 dollars another farm of 209 acres for 3000 dollars a farm within three miles of town priced at 50 dollars per acre 120 acres listed by W E Cuard Tree at 508 Central Ave Connersville Ind
IN MEMORIAM. Conneraville Indiana June 38 2901 Written in memory of Ethel Marie Hamilton born December 7 1900 and died June 16 1901 aged six months and nine days. Our home is lonely without her loving kiss and fond embrace. Although heartbreak remains we trust her life was brief but blessed.
The C H D Ry and connections offer Half Rate tickets to Detroit and Cincinnati with return dates July 5th to 7th and 6th to 8th. Special low fares apply to Pan American Exposition Northern Resorts and during the National Educational Meeting. Book through C H D representatives for Summer tours.
Classified notice seeks an active man of good character to deliver and collect in Indiana for a manufacturing and wholesale house. Position offers 0966 a year, steady pay. experience preferred. References required. respond to Chicago address.
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