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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1906
Page
4
A 9th Circuit court clerk explains the post reform naturalization process taking effect September 2. Applicants must speak English, know American government, prove residence, and have intent to become citizens. Paper filings move to Circuit or U S courts and exact arrival details may be required.
The Milton News lauds Connersville as interested in a proposed traction line to Milton while urging Milton residents to support local merchants. The Richmond company’s delay in extending to Connersville is blamed on fearing trade loss to Richmond and its better facilities.
Belle Steele, a notorious Knightstown woman, confesses to placing the dead child under the bridge but says the infant was dead at birth. The claim adds a twist to the ongoing case and implicates the circumstances of the death.
The Saturday Evening News notes an unusually large attendance at the funeral of Robert Shields. The service at First Presbyterian Church was led by Pastor Lani, with speakers including Mr. and Mrs. E A Leiter, and Mr. J bite, followed by interment at the Biads Creek Cemetery. Attendees included Pours Sawyer, Adbert Rebusat, Henry Maurer, J O Litth, and Mrs Bethan.
Report notes unusual wheat to flour conversion at Uhl and Snider Mills with flour weighing 67 pounds per bushel. Standard is 60 pounds. this year 61 or 62 are common elsewhere, but the mills grind a heavier product, prompting curiosity about the secret behind the record.
The State Board of Health instructs county officers to collect bottles of beer sold in their counties for analysis at the State Laboratory. Reports say some beers are adulterated and samples will be brought to the capital for inspection as part of a larger probe led by the board and State Chemist.
Harry Millspareh of Indianapolis arrived this morning to spend a week with Clifford Ballard and relatives. Ballard Milspaugh and friends will travel to Waterloo Township on Monday where they will open a camp for a week of hunting and fishing.
Hom. FLT. Roots reports Southern visitors at Atlantic City notes Fairbanks strength in the East and growing support for him if Roosevelt does not run. He cites enthusiastic iron men from Birmingham and memories of Roosevelt’s South trip replacing Democratic illness images with Fairbanks popularity.
Evansville resident TP, troubled for over five years by kidney and bladder ailments, says pain and worry plagued him. After failing with three doctors, Foley's Kidney Cure was prescribed. the first bottle brought relief and the second led to a complete recovery, ending his work impairment.
Mias Lana Shillinger of Newport Ky visits relatives in the city for a couple of weeks. Mrs. George Shillinger Sr. of the city visits Lena Shillinger at her Newport home in Mary. Virginia C. Meredith wins multiple prizes for fine cattle at the Hagerstown fair.
A call rose in the Saturday Evening News for a public hospital in the city as a mother in delicate health with typhoid like fever faced high sanitation costs. A working husband fears ruin from care needs and local sympathy mounted as residents pledged support to fund Fayette Sanitarium or a city hospital to relieve the burden.
Dr. Pierce sued the Curti Publishing Company for 200000 dollars alleging a Ladies' Home Journal article defamed his business by claiming alcohol or harmful drugs in the Favorite Prescription. The suit, supported by expert testimony and medical authorities, resulted in a New York Supreme Court verdict for the doctor, affirming the product contains only known vegetable ingredients.
Montgomery Downs, age sixty six years and six months, died Saturday morning at his brother James Downs’s home on Eastern Avenue after a long illness. A Civil War veteran, he served in Co K of the 16th Indiana and was wounded at Richmond Kentucky before completing his enlistment. He was born in Switzerland County and grew up near Anderson before moving to Indianapolis and later returning to live with his brother. The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at James Downs’s residence with Rev. Jesse Miller officiating.
Henry county sheriff visiting the Jeffersonville Reformatory was told by staff that Haley Gipe is a model prisoner. He now conducts himself in a manner far different from when he first entered and complies with all prison officials orders.
Fred and Walter Lake of Everton are spending a week with relatives in Harrison Cleves and Cincinnati visiting kin and sightseeing.
List of names in the Connersville Indiana post office unclaimed letters aged July 30 1900. Individuals include W H Armstrong John Callahan D E Cavender Dingee and Conrad B C Estes Miss Mary A Hancock Dr William Heustis Charles J Jay H McKany Miss Bertha Neam Dwight Potten ger Mrs John Seals Miss Dora Smith St John and Guthrie Willie Anwiller Oliver V Winters Frank Wrigley and others.
The open season for squirrels begins today with plentiful game and hot weather hampering the sport. Hunters are advised to stay within township limits unless licensed and warn of the dangers of roaming in the heat.
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