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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
8
A. M. Andrews & Co offers a money back guarantee if Dr Colwell's Egyptian Ile Cure fails to cure piles. The advertisement promises relief and refunds the purchase price if not satisfied.
Cal and personal notes from August 29 1906 list travels to Muncie Anderson and Laurel actor iss Agana visiting. Britt family near Everton. Green visiting Mr and Mrs Edwards. Ethel Potter returns from grandmother care to Indian territory. D R Horn en route to Alpine for visit. Dr Robt D Haire family visiting Clinton Missouri. First National Bank employees praised under Alva Washam after fruit gift. farm implement case near Banter Hill. Bramfiel becomes Clifford Williamson partner. Calvin Ochiltree day school class picnic at Webster Moving. Ethel Stewart Boise City visiting. Marguerite Barb Boise City visiting. Arthur Fuller planning move to Court New York. Mrs Fuller Lena and Florence to Courtland home in about three weeks.
Alfred Sample of Metamora visits his cousin Miss Mary Jolliff. Laurel visitors include Mee John Herman and Miss Minnie Goehner, and Miss Gussie O Hair from Indianapolis. Local families host relatives and traders, with Dr. Spillman learning of Mrs. Senica Scott’s burial in Andersonville after tuberculosis.
The finishing department foreman at the Connersville Buggy Company resigns his post as management hesitates to release him. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller have lived in Connersville for over a year and friends express regret at their departure, praising them as excellent citizens.
John Cox and Frank Warner of Laurel were in the area with Mrs Albert Moffett visiting relatives in Marion. Richard Marlotte returned from a brief camp trial at Cold Spring. Dan Vance and Franc ia Lakine came back from visiting friends near Falmouth. Miss Gertrude Meyer visits the Burk sisters country home for a week. Mike Ryan fined 500 dollars plus costs in Justice Cates court and jailed fourteen days. Rev Beck of Metamora officiated at Mrs John Harmon funeral at Mt Pleasant and returned to Metamora.
Ray Reeves returns from a two week visit with his uncle Rufus Gibbs and wife in Fairview. Mrs John Hiera returns home in Laurel after weeks with Mr and Mrs Ed Hiers. Frank Mason and wife of Xenia Ohio visit LD Springer family and go home today. I B Young wins wallpaper contract for East Connersville M E church. Miss Ethel Ferris returns to Metaire after visit with Miss Elizabeth Stephene. Mrs Peter Brolz and Mrs Tom Ellie of Blooming Grove visit Mrs Joe Ainsley on east Fifth street. Mrs Charles Jarrell and daughter travel to Metamora for the old Meckindrie church reunion. Peter Stolz of Blooming Grove visits daughter Mrs Joseph Ainsley for two weeks. Berlin health improves with daily walks. Insanity proceedings initiated against Harvey White of Waterloo township by Squire Hannah. doctors Derbyshire and Lamberson examine. decision due tomorrow.
Dr A P Helvie will spend next week at West Baden Springs. Mrs Helvie and her father D W Moore of Everton will visit Vincennes friends. Miss Florence Goble of College Corner Ohio visits Mrs Alden Allison. Miss Ruby Parris goes to Lib erty to spend a week with friends. Ed Breitenbach improves after illness in Water loo township. Miss Helen Laurer returns home to Hamilton Ohio after two weeks with her grandfather Fred Keller. John F Grays of Nevada Tipton county visits brother Garrett Gray on Summit avenue. Mr and Mrs Barton Wright welcome a baby girl this morning. Mr and Mrs John Fawcett J C Mount and Miss Blanche Dowell of Cincinnati guests of Mr and Mrs T C Bryson south of the city. Miss Tressie Pack of Columbia township, candidate for Queen of the Fair, visits friends in the city. Frank Wagner and family and Michael Wagner and family called to Laurel by their mother's death at six this morning.
Trustee J. M. Carter offers premiums to residents outside Connersville City. Awards include best display in booth, arithmetic and spelling contests, and miscellaneous prizes with set amounts. All contestants must be present at the contest time. rules of the Educational Department apply.
Widely circulated health ad explains kidney function and dangers of overwork. Promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy with claims of cures and instructions to request a free sample and pamphlet by mail from Binghamton New York.
Trustee W C Whipple offers exclusive premiums for Harrison township residents in the Educational department of the Free Fair. Awards include 1st prizes of 1.00 in Prof Sanders spelling and Prof Ochiltree arithmetic, plus 1st and 2nd in Miss Carters drawing class with amounts listed. Rules require all contestants to be on grounds at the advertised time.
A Connersville minister asks a gentleman why he avoids church. The man cites many hypocrites, but the minister replies there is always room for one more, suggesting welcome despite flaws.
Druggists authorize refunds if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. Itching bleeding or protruding piles are addressed by this treatment priced at 60 cents.
Professor M L Fisher of Purdue University and a member of the Purdue Experiment Station will give a special lecture on Scientific Points in Farming at the Free Fair. The talk is arranged by the Free Fair Association to benefit farmers and showcase grains on exhibit.
President Roosevelt has endorsed the Carnegie spelling reform committee led by Brander Matthews at Columbia University. He ordered all White House messages and documents printed in the reform style, adopting changes including through spelled as thru and though as tho. The measure aims to speed the nationwide adoption of the new spelling system.
Samuel Lamar and wife near Fairfield were riding home when an automobile headlamp appeared ahead. The horse reared and fell, injuring Mr Lamar's arm slightly. Neighbors Will Limpus and Frank Kennedy helped control the horse as the car passed on toward the city.
Attorney John Hawkins finished a two weeks’ visit to Darke County Ohio with friends.
An 1800s style advert claims kidney secretions warn of illness and lists back pain as a signal of kidney disease. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure, with a testimonial from James Woodward of Logansport Indiana and notes on price and distribution through Foster Milburn Co.
Ed Thomda and his young daughter Garnet were driving from their home toward Alpine and Everton via Connersville when Garnet nearly fainted from the heat after leaving the city. She has since apparently recovered.
All persons who intend to compete for the special premium at the Fair must notify us no later than September 1. No article received after Tuesday September 4. Conner Lewie.
The Fair Association lists prizes for the Industrial Parade on September 4. awards include 7.50 for best merchants float, 2.50 for second, 7.50 for best manufacturers float, 2.50 for second, 38.00 for best double team turnout, 2.00 for second, 3.00 for best single turnout, 2.00 for second, 7.50 for best decorated automobile, 2.50 for second, 7.50 for best float representing a fraternal or secret order, and 2.50 for second.
Elijah Oldham of Rush county hired two men to buy two calves of a certain sex. The agents met at a cafe, each bidding against the other until the price rose high. Oldham secured the calves but paid a high price.
The pamphlet extols Golden Medical Discovery as a potent blood purifier and tonic that helps mucous-lined organs and cures many catarrhal cases. Favorite Prescription is praised for addressing women’s weaknesses and irregularities while boosting strength and overall health without alcohol or secrecy. Both remedies are glyceric extracts from native American plants, sold by medicine dealers, with Pierce’s Pellets offered as a helpful supplement.
Sylvester Spencer, a carpenter, tore flesh with a hammer blow near the wrist. The wound swelled to the elbow and he now pads healing under a physician’s care, who warns of possible blood poisoning if untreated.
The will of the late Robert Shields has been filed for probate. After debts and funeral expenses, he bequeaths his entire estate to his sister, Miss Margaret Shields, who is named executrix without bond. The will was drawn May 13, 1903, and witnessed by Joseph I. Little and Charles A. Bailey.
An Indiana patient A R Bass suffered severe nocturnal urination and backache before being cured by Foley's Kidney Cure. The ad urges early use to prevent Bright's disease and notes O McKennan & Son as agents while Mrs Beeson visits Milton.
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