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Connersville Times

Location

Connersville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1906

Page

3

Bargains and social calls in and near Laurel

Shera and McIntosh advertise lawn care and remnants bargains with new fall styles in plaid silks for waists. Various locals including Lewis, Rev Jett Smith, Clair Lake, Oscar Beeson, Mary Trusler, Will Miller and families are noted visiting relatives or spending time at homes in Metamora Everton Milton Bloomington Alpine Brownsville and Blooming Grove.

Jett Smith Cambridge City Shera & McIntosh’s Clair Lake Everton Shera & Mcintosh

Desirable six room house for sale in Connersville

Desirable six room house on Vine street East Connersville near bridge. Inquire of O. P. Moris Phone S42. Local notices note residents in town including Morris Beeker visiting Adrian Beekee and others, and various social visits in Cambridge City and Portsmouth Ohio. A winter stock of Mun sing underwear announced. Chair manufacturers meet Connersville Amusement Company directors about theatre seats.

Vine Street Connersville Bridge O. P. Moris

Local Social Notes From Laurel Area

Lester s Busy Store reports Charles Kreamer in Laurel today and Miss Herman visiting friends. A son born to Vava Moore and her husband in East Connersville. W H Sherry remains critically ill with a carbuncle. Mr and Mrs E Annis hosted guests at Centerville. Charles Rigor and wife welcomed a daughter in East Connersville. Lon Williams and son Hugo visited Laurel to see relatives. Bertha and Arba Hayes of New Castle visit G R Hayes and wife. Mrs E E Moore and Miss Katherine Moore hosted their nephew Aubrey Alford of Chicago.

Martha Starr Blooming Grove Harvey Weiser Brownsville John Smith Vava Moore Connersville W. H. Sherry E. Annis Friends Centerville Lon Williams Hugo Laurel Bertha Arba Hayes New Castle G. R. Hayes E E. Moore Katharine Moore Aubrey Alford Chicago

Weekend visits and local notes from Lyons Station area

Local residents plan visits to friends in Falmouth Andersonville Marshaltown Metamera and Dunlapsville. A measuring party at Lyons Station invites attendees for a social with supper. Beeson recovers from illness after heat at Old Settlers meeting.

Firestine Joins Connersville Regulars As Third Baseman

Firestine, Indianapolis infielder, was signed by Connersville Baseball Club for the remainder of the season after volunteering last Sunday. The piece notes Carmel, Lebanon, Bluffton, and other Indiana teams, streaming game results, player moves, and local hype around potential standout performances this season.

Firestine Indianapolis Connersville Carmel Indiana Bluffton Nebraska Indians

Cubans Increase Rural Guards to 4000 Amid Insurrection Quell

Havana reports President Palma elevates General Rafael Montalvo to direct military operations against insurgents and raises rural guards to 4 000. Veterans of prior revolutions offer aid. A special train moves 1 000 guards from Santa Clara with fifty artillerymen to Pinar del Rio. Arrests and seizures of arms rise as insurgent activity concentrates near Pinar del Rio city.

Havana Cuba Palma Rafael Montalvo Spain Patra Santa Clara Pinar del Rio

Peace at Fort Brown and Labor Strikes in Boonville

Military secretary Major General F C Ainsworth orders transfer of colored troops from Fort Brown Texas to Fort Ringgold Texas about 100 miles north to ease citizen soldier tensions. A white company from the Twenty sixth Infantry is sent to Fort Brown to replace the colored troops. In Boonville Indiana union laborers strike again over wages and hours with a pledge not to hire imported Kentucky workers. Roetzel plans to hire Louisville laborers.

Washington F.C. Ainsworth Fort Brown Tex Fort Ringgold Rio Grande Twenty-sixth Infantry Boonville Ind Henry Roetzel Kentucky Roetzel Louisville

South American quake reportedly destroys Juan Fernandez Island

A New York report says an earthquake obliterated Juan Fernandez Island off the Chilean coast. The island, once home to a penal settlement and a fort, is famed as the setting of Robinson Crusoe.

New York Juan Fernandez Chile Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe

Cossacks Fight Tartars and a Village Is Destroyed

Telegrams from Shusha report Tartars attacked marching Cossacks near Matey, four Cossacks killed, rescue squadron fired on, and the Cossacks destroyed the Tartars village. In Charlotte Michigan three Italian laborers died and many injured after a work train backing into the dinner crowd. In Saluda County South Carolina Bob Ethridge was shot to death by the farmer after a failed assault on a seven year old girl.

Tiffis Shusha Matey Charlotte, Mich Charlotte House Michigan Central South Carolina Columbus U S. C Bob” Ethridge T. H. West Saluda County

Colonial forces clash with natives at dawn in Natal

Colonel Royston's 3,000 levies including 1,500 at Zumaland attack irreconcilable natives at dawn in Krantzkop Natal.

Krantzkop Natal Royston Zumaland

Market Report Indianapolis Grain and Livestock

Indianapolis and Chicago market notes show wheat and corn prices across classes, mixed oats and hay values, and cattle hog sheep and lamb ranges. Receipts in Indianapolis include hogs 32,600 and cattle 400 with multiple regional quotes and Toledo cash and futures figures.

Indianapolis Chicago

Fire Destroys Smelzer Barn In Fairview Township

Lightning struck a large barn on John Smelzer’s farm in Fairview township Saturday night, destroying the structure and part of its contents. Smelzer saved horses, carriage, and a buggy. a bucket brigade and rain saved a corn crib and nearby buildings. Loss around 800 dollars with 350 dollars insured.

John Smelzer Fairview Township

Measuring Party at Lyons Station Draws Social Fun

A Lyons Station Indiana social event titled Meas uring Party will be held in the hall on August 25 1906. Ladies of the Christian church host a clever novelty where shorter guests pay per foot of height for supper, with an extra penny per inch. Music refreshments and amusement accompany the unique entertainment inviting all to attend.

Clifford Williamson Eimma McGluchey Dier Belle Moore Everton Lyons Station Indiana

Neff Family Visit Over Sunday in Nulltown

Mr and Mrs Charles Neff visited A Y Neff and wife of Nulltown over Sunday.

Charles Neff A. Y. Neff Nulltown

Tracy Johnson Dead After Heart Trouble in Boston

Tracy B Johnson, a Portsmouth Ohio businessman and official of the Tracy Shoe Company, died of heart trouble while on a business trip in Boston. He was about 48, married to Miss Irene Pepper of Connersville, and is survived by his wife, mother-in-law Mrs Mary Pepper of Connersville, and sister-in-law Mrs Samuel Johnson of Portsmouth. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at four in the afternoon.

Kate Heron Tracy B. Johnson Portsmouth Ohio Connersville Irene Pepper Mr. Johnson Boston Tracy Shoe Company Excelsior Shoe Manufacturing Company Mary Pepper Samuel Johnson Miss Pepper Johnson

Wedding of Daisy Archey and Ernest Watt Planned

At the bride’s home north of the city tomorrow afternoon a wedding will unite Miss Daisy Deane Archey and Ernest Watt of Wayne county. Archey is noted in social circles and Watt is the son of George Watt, a prominent farmer, with a large gathering expected to witness the ceremony.

Bride Daisy Deane Archey Ernest Watt Wayne County Miss Archey Mr. Watt George Watt

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