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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
5
Local items report visits and travels of residents like J M Custer in Alpine and Miss Mamie Claver joining the office staff. It notes illnesses and recoveries, defining Arbor Day observances, shop notices, and family events including births and deaths. Brookville death of Mrs Beaton is mentioned with probate context.
Corresp dence from the Courier reports Willams and Marin visiting Orris Ludlow in Muncie. Alex Maurer and wife spent Sunday with the latter's brother in East Cameraville. Esther Osborn and Edith Dane visited Hawkins school last Thursday afternoon. A dog attack near Oxford Ohio killed three and wounded five of Joe Foster's sheep. Lawrence and Pearl Bloom visited John P. Nel'leon and family. The note also includes an advertisement for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and a fragmented medical query.
G W Huxtable receives two giant pumpkins from Jackson County weighing 63 and 72 pounds raised by John Keller. Keller shipped twelve wagon loads to a Cro[the]ville canning plant earning 1.75 per ton. Ward Jemison hosts the display of the pumpkins. E Williamson of Harrison Township produces a large potato of the Lightning Express variety from the Q A Mount farm. The United States and Europe demand boosts hog products for army provisions, hinting pork prices may stay high.
The Courier reports a string of community notes from farmers and residents. Mentions include Chas Beck of your town and Chas Bally of Ludianapolla visiting nearby, Abe Troxel ill with typhoid fever, Curtis Ranck and wife at a funeral in Hayere town, and several visits and family updates across Muncie, Blue Mound, Fayette County, Dayton, and Tipton. Also notes 42 in Sunday School and pride in the local school.
Property listings include No 61 207 acres with five room house two barns three wells stock and grain farm at 3500 dollars terms 1600 down 5 percent interest No 174 40 acres four miles from city seven room house stone cellar good well cistern large barn on a main road price 1600 dollars A four room house with 3 acres in Columbia town for 200 dollars Additional farms city property and loans on real estate offered by W E Ocniutrse
Albert Heller of 1114 Farnham St Omaha testifies that Krance's Headache Capsules offered little relief after trying many remedies. The product is priced at 250, sold by McKennan & Ashworth.
The Courier notes visitors from Indiana Ohio and Missouri including Wim Banner Benj Washam Harry Stewart Claude Skinner Miss Mable Munna and Miss Jessie Smith Ed L Miller sold his blacksmith shop to Clay Lemons and Frank Johnson. Several locals attended the Synodical Presbyterian meeting in Richmond Indiana and others made regional trips or relocations.
Advertisement asserts Syrup Pepsin cures constipation indigestion headaches and summer complaints and that it is pleasant and powerful. It notes a 10 dose bottle costs 10 cents and is sold at Ward Jemison's.
Correspondents note sizable crowds at a Givnwood address with the local drum corps aiding the event. The article lists residents such as Moteh assisting music and mentions Sunday visits, a baptismal immersion, a pear-picking accident injuring Bert Weaver, and Drs Boyd and Sindy attending the broken arm. James K. Mason traveled to Chicago for business.
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