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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
4
Republican announcements name George W. Oldham Leander Langston and Charles Fe Ford as sheriff candidates for Fayette County subject to Republican voters' decision. A WWI era column then critiques Turkish debt settlement and notes Connersville made goods and local industry.
An appeals-driven piece highlights Connersville’s progress in industry and commerce. It urges residents to back a Manufacturers' Club plan to raise 30000 dollars for new factories, praising local merchants, health products, and sanatoriums while calling on citizens to support home industries and patronize local trade. It notes national events like the Paris World’s Fair and political shifts in Michigan.
The Fayette County Republican central committee met at the Court House Saturday at 2 o'clock and selected March 22 as the primary date to nominate a candidate for sheriff. The primary again uses a popular vote method as in the last election.
A fragmentary eighteenth or nineteenth century poem attributed to Rev. B. Poulter and linked to 1828 as far back as history traces. The lines present an Austrian siege of Belgrade with heavy alliterative diction and a chorus of martial imagery.
A Hoosier product, the Sells-Gray circus exhibition assembles a grand bill with a parade nearly a mile long and features blooded horses, open dens and tableaux. The winter quarters will be in Elwood and a splendid entertainment is promised. Connersville venue May 10.
The Beckett and Starr Coal team ran away on Monday after an earlier river bid. Driver Monroe Miller leaped free on third street hill as horses bolted toward a fence near the river. A wagon crash left one horse wounded. Dr. A L P Helvie treated the injuries.
Correspotoled notes farmers plowing up wheat tidus to prepare corn. Bay View hotel hosted Mrs Reese Bay Friday with several visitors. Mrs Sylvia Fiant ill last week. Miss Lulu Groce visits New Platem summer with Une Jamil at Andy Gulia Mes. Jesse Harris of Bevson Station visited sister Miss Elia Harris. Manuel Richardson near Aliquina called on Levi Green Sunday. Ora and Oliver Frant bought rubber tired buggy last week. Maud Grace to Joe Hurst's for work. Mrs Ella Watt and Leota Watt visited Stella Watt of Wayne Co. Dan Fiant and wife at Lyons Station with Mrs William Rudy. Abe Troxel family at Court Troxels Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jobe and Lafe Reed families at Court Troxels Sunday. Martin Pflum bought fine driving horse at L N Green. Mr and Mrs McDougal of Brownsville and Will Dungan visited John Rollins in Wayne Co. State Librarian. W E Henry of Indianapolis visiting Jesse Henry's. Elwood Squires and wife with Dan Franklin and wife visited Levi Green recently. Houston Henry and Lambert Funk in Indianapolis Sunday. Mr Booth of Dunlapsville visiting locally Saturday and Sunday. Wonder what the attraction is. Oscar Henry family visited Robert Henry's Sunday.
In Terre Haute Indiana on October 28 1878 R Foster recounts a long struggle with dyspepsia indigestion heartburn and nervous headache. After using one bottle from Mr Shinkle at 4th and Chestnut he reports relief before finishing the bottle and urges others to try the remedy. He credits Mr Shinkle for the cure and notes his gratitude at 26 N Third St.
John Lockhart, once hindered by rheumatic ailment, is now able to be out. A neighborhood rise party at Raymond Springer’s Thursday evening drew about fifty attendees who report a good time. Phil Ludlow and wife hosted a small family gathering last Sunday. Mrs. A E Johnston of Lafontaine, formerly of this county, was visiting relatives nearby.
A directory listing Fayette area churches with pastors and service schedules. It notes upcoming election of two trustees for the Second Williams Creek Baptist Church and provides assorted details for congregations including First Presbyterian First Methodist Second Methodist and other local churches.
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