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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
6
A fragmented review notes a melodrama presented at the Andre Theatre with singing and choruses. The cast includes actors and a slewed plot about fraud and a dramatic climax. The critique highlights sensational dialogue and the production's effort to entertain amid flaws.
Fragmented text outlines a Republican convention with delegates from Fayette and Union counties, proposing proportional representation and future voting plans. Mentions William Downs as chair, and lists local county committees. Includes a pitch for Fifty Pen Pictures of Home Life and premium pricing details for a periodical.
New York reports indicate G. Lynch an elevator boy fell from a story height three months ago breaking his neck. X rays showed a fractured vertebra pressing on the spinal cord and causing paralysis below the shoulders. An operation exposed the cord, removed bone fragments, and five weeks later the patient recovered full strength.
A state dated testimonial from Monticello Illinois claims Dr Caldwell’s By Penispeina cured chronic constipation and stomach distress. C K Browngogs writes he is now well after using one fifty cent bottle and recommends the remedy to others with bowel trouble.
Results show Trustee Joseph H. Riley 648 votes with no opposition. Assessor contenders James F. Creamer 48, Charles E. Davis 185, Oliver P. Morris 136. Co uncil districts and road supervisors list several nominees with vote tallies. Total votes cast 50,636.
The Lyons Station column recaps spring signals, neighborly chatter, and events. Mentions Oldham and Rudy with health notes, a fundraising party at the Guse, a well attended food social, chimney cleaning ad, and local services. A social at Gen Brethea marks a birthday gathering with a long narrative of guests, music, dining, and heartfelt goodbyes. The piece also notes a village blacksmith, jewelry talk, a photographer in training, and a health tip from the Home Journal on wool versus cotton undergarments. Subscribe for The Courier.
Serrespondence from The Courier lists school closure at Nulltown School on Saturday. Grand Jury member A A Brumfiel. H D Conner and wife visited by a clip for weeks. Neff and daughter Hattie Sunday with Ashworth family Connersville. Handley and Brumfiel and wives attended Horticultural Meeting in Connerville last Thursday. Conner bought wheat on East Side to ship this week. Will Lockhart family guests of East Side relatives Sunday. Elliott school program planned for Thursday close. A J Britt teacher. Trusler couple Everton with Maude Williams Mt Zion to Danville for spring and summer study. Elijah Elliott and wife visited daughter Mrs S H Robinson Connersville Saturday. Mrs Massey and daughter Connersville here over Sunday with Samuel Murray family. Mrs Doug Elliott East Side entertaining sister Mrs Wilbur Bell niece Mrs Grace Stewart and baby of Kansas City Missouri.
Born to Will Whipple and wife on Thursday last a child. Miss Carrie Strong entertained many friends to dinner Sunday. Miss Lillie Cummings of Milton visits Miss Louie Griffin of Pleasant Village. Rev Mount will preach at Hawkins school house Thursday night March 15. All invited. Otho Moffett and wife and Lambert Moffett attended the funeral of Mrs Ella Wilson of Greensboro last Saturday. Griffin on sick list. Miss Minnie Griffin visited Miss Bertha Harris. Mrs Martin Bossart spent Friday with Mrs Nick Wiseel. Mrs Kate Swafford and Miss Carrie Strong visited Mrs Sant Hurst.
Mra Fred Rhinehart and Hessie visit Bentonville. Rufus Beck and wife spend with Joe Showalter. Frank Husted of Liberty visits locals as county treasurer candidate. Mrs Murray visits daughter Mrs Clide Beck. Charles Mitchel and Theodore Long from Clifton fox hunt but no start. Mrs Charlie Murray now near Dan Paddock farm under Dr Kisinger care. John Showalter loses a valuable colt. Zed Layeon and wife from Quaker Town visit Joe Beck family. John Cheneworth of Windfall visits Mell Connaway.
Ray Nickels returns to work Monday after a two week vacation. New Hope Dramatic Co. production praised as a success. Skating rink now open every Friday night. Mr and Mrs E P Wilson of College Corner visited home over weekend. Miss Lakie Cunningham visited relatives here last week. Oscar Garrett and Albert Abernathy made a business trip to Richmond last week. Clint Greist of Everton visited relatives over Sunday. Miss Lillie Abernathy transacted business at Liberty Saturday. Miss Christine Hill visited friends at Lyone Station last Saturday. Heim and Young of Alquina open a new grocer and merchant business paying top prices for farm produce including poultry. Mrs Filo Hartman subscribed for the Courier at the office for a relative. Mrs Hartman praises the Courier.
Mayme Caudler kin and Sam Murphy plan summer work with Orlando Elliott. Chester Roberts and Dorcia Duncan wed at Alquina last week with rumors of another local wedding. Friday hosts Phenis Lake and wife entertained many Everton youths with Crokinole games and refreshments. John Garrett dies in East Connersville. Jennie Chowning returns from Hancock County.
Correspondent Miss Ethel Gibbs is ill along the Nickel Plate. Bob Carr plans large scale gardening and an incubator scon this summer. John Porter and wife visit Bunyan Mardin. Mary Hawkins improves from illness. Local Democrats of Fairview will hold a convention next Saturday. Beets from temperate zones are challenging tropic sugar in U S production, relevant to Indiana beet sugar experiments.
A witty quip contrasts a new neighbor who talks long while guests hold the door. The remark, sourced from the Chicago Record, humorously depicts social friction and manners in shared spaces.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin leads in relief of constipation indigestion and headaches. Trial size coats 10c for 10 doses with larger sizes at 50c and 1. Ward Jemison.
A New York palm reader, able to earn a living by palmistry, is arrested under an old witchcraft statute after a complaint by a Black woman who alleges a $20 fortune telling swindle. The practitioner is held over to the grand jury. Dre. Diliman Mountain physicians and surgeons. Office in First National Bank Building.
A partial excerpt shows a reader praising the home paper and mentioning a spouse. The text includes odd phrases and potential misreads, yielding minimal clear facts or names. No definite event or date is identified.
Advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for rheumatic and other ailments caused by torpid bowels liver and kidneys. It promotes trial sizes at 10c and larger bottles at 60c and 100 alongside Ward Jemison.
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