22 Jun 1891
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Newspaper
Connersville Daily News
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1891
Page
1
Notices recall the passing of Joseph E. McDonald, longtime Indiana lawyer and statesman. The obituary lauds his self-made education, balanced mind, and public service while noting his Democratic affiliation and independent stands on key issues.
Opaque fragmentary note mentions Cincinnati, Hamilton and other lines and a railway company BH D with uncertain status. Readable text suggests a discussion of rail lines or a railway company in decline or reorganization. No clear dates or outcomes available.
The Liberty people claim the courthouse collapse results from poor workmanship or construction error. A local emissary was sent to Indianapolis to present the county’s side, while critics accuse foul play. The piece also notes weddings, visits, and local social notes as East Connersville reports a busy season.
In a sharp exchange between local papers readers are urged to sample rival editors. Klein and Aughe jewelers advertise in the News and Examiner of Times as well as this paper, an appeal some deem worth attention.
The Big Feet offer excursion rates to Batesville for the Oldenburg commencement with travel June 30 to July 2 and return July 4. Round trip fare is 91 with children 50. Also rates to Bellamy Park near Beaskville on June Mth for Christian Sunday school, good for day return.
Nervous women often suffer with heart weakness and related symptoms while receiving little sympathy. Dr Miles New Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine are pitched as remedies with free testimonials. The notice also mentions local inquiries, travel tickets, and a new picnic grove by the Big Four two miles south of Brookville, plus city directories offered for sale.
Fragmentary note indicates excursion travels to Rashville with fares listed from 33 to 96 cents and mentions a single fare for the round trip. details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
An excursion train derailed two miles west of Dover killing one man instantly and injuring fifteen or more, many severely. A list of the dead and injured includes residents of Cleveland and Toronto players among the injured. six cars left the track and the wreck was chaotic with scarce details.
An old promotional snippet touts Gereapartila as the standard building up medicine and blood purifier. It claims wide recognition and intrinsic merit with merchants endorsing its efficacy.
Disconnected items include The Graphic publisher missing, anarchist Herr Most jailed for a year, U S treasury cash on June 20 1891, Strathmeath wins Chicago derby, High Tariff dies in race, Illinois Central train collision near New Orleans with deaths and injuries, hop pests threaten Washington state hop crops, Clinton County Ohio Farmers Alliance joins People's party, explosion burns James McCardle in Munice Indiana, Sugar Grove lands proposed for Ohio Masonic home, Methodist conference to hold quadrennial in Omaha 1643, Jack Kehoe murders mother in law in Manistee Michigan, Atlanta mayor vetoes beer licenses and two license types issued, several baseball scores in National and American leagues, general weather and fire reports noting cooler trend and destructive fires, and a fire at Lake Lachlan line indicating further damage.
Charley Gringer and Jake Linn, painters, receive high compliments for their work on the John Cassady residence. City directories for sale by I. B. Young's at fifty cents each. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton to receive new passenger engines with six-foot drive wheels in two weeks. Mea Barnum returned from Chicago reports a nice time and notes the Forepaugh show's immense business.
An 1890s advertisement touts Dr Miles' Pills as a new discovery that regulates liver stomach and bowels through nerves. The claims include speedy cure for biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation and general relief for men women and children with many testimonials and promises.
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