Metamora shooting incident linked to Rushville visitor
Miss Ruth Aldridge of Rushville visited here with Clarence Jackson who was shot during a rabbit chase near Metamora last Friday. Jackson, operated on in Cincinnati Saturday, lost his left eye but is recovering and will return home tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Jackson
Metamora
Cincinnati
Metalmora
Jackson
Karolyn Poore
Phil Joseph
Erlanger
Kentucky
J. G. Lewis
Rushville
Howard Wynegar
Richmond
Elmer Endicott
Garrett Hollingsworth
Brownsville
Lester's Busy Store Robbers Offer 35 Cent Pairs
Local shop features Ladies and Mean's robbers priced at 35 and 65 cents a pair at Beblichte's. Brief notes mention a newborn daughter to Mr and Mrs Walter Hedges of East Connersville and Mrs W W Sparka's winter trip to Fitzgerald Georgia. About twenty five residents attended a temperance meeting in Indianapolis as Mrs Mary Bender travels to Falfield for professional nursing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Floren
William Goodwin
New Castle
Literary Society
Nulltown
Walter A. Hedges
East Connersville
Lester
Bchlichte’s
Walter Hedges
Mary Bender
Mean
Beblichte's
Kellar
Falmouth
Urine Luxative Fruit Syrup Promises Constipation Relief
An advertorial claim promotes Urine Luxative Fruit Syrup as a permanent cure for habitual constipation. It asserts liver stimulation and natural bowel action without irritation, nausea, or griping, and warns against substitutes, naming S. O. McKennan & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oring
S. O. McKennan & Son
Labyrinth Club Holds Community Meeting in Yankeetown
The Labyrinth club gathered at Mr and Mrs Donovan Robinsons home in Yankeetown for a Saturday night session. Rosa Tingley spoke on Siberia exile. Paul Caldwell on the Siberian railway. Lewis Robinson on Siberia’s future. war news prompted general discussion. A guessing contest yielded four prizes with Mrs Caldwell, Mildred Tingley, Lewis Robinson, and Clarence Taylor honored. A two course collation followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labyrinth Club
Donovan Robinson
Yankeetown
Siberia
Rosa Tingley
Siberian
Paul Caldwell
Lewis Robinson
Russia
Japan
Mildred Tingley
Clarence Taylor
Coming Nuptials of Miller and Craig in East Connersville
The forthcoming marriage of John H. Miller and R. Mae Craig is announced for December 18 at East Connersville. Miller is a machinist with P H F M Roots Co and the son of Anson Miller. Craig is the daughter of James and Mrs James Craig and works as a bookkeeper at the Examiner office. The couple enjoys church and social prominence and receives congratulations from the News and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Miller
R. Mae Craig
Anson Miller
East Connersville
P. H. & F. M. Roots Co
James Craig
Examiner
Post Office List of Letters in Connersville Indiana
Week ending December 2 1907 notices of letters held for pickup. Names include Harle Badders Mrs W J Brown Miss Ethel Buckner Frank Davis Philip Fox F C Hunt Mrs L 8 Lympus Charities W Moore Floyd Taylor Mrs Dillard Thomas and Miles K Moffett postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Indiana
Harle Badders
W. J. Brown
Ethel Buckner
Frank Davis
Phillip Fox
F. C. Hunt
W. Moore
Floyd Taylor
Dillard Thomas
Miles K. Moffett
P. M
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Longstanding Asthma claim
An Iowa woman credits Foley's Honey and Tar with curing asthma after a twelve year struggle. Mrs Adolph Buesing of Davenport says a single 50 cent bottle ended her asthma and months of severe cold that began twelve years earlier. The testimonial appears in an advertisement from 8 0 McKegpes & Bog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Adolph Buesing
West Third St
Davenport
Iowa
McKegpes & Bog
Sears Roe Buck on Toboccan Slide and Stock Falls
The December Dry Goods Reporter notes Sears, Roebuck & Co. facing slow business and a new rotary layoff system cutting ten percent for three days each month. Stock declines follow, with a 30 point drop from eighteen months prior, while a Des Moines grand jury indicts the firm on three mail fraud counts involving white lead and rings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Federal Grand Jury
Des Moines
Iowa
Mrs Milton Gordon Dies After Illness Near Gings Station
Mrs Milton Gordon aged about fifty nine died at her home north west of Gings Station after two weeks of illness from peritonitis. She was survived by her husband two children Wilbert Gordon and Mrs Jesse Peters. Funeral at Fairview Union Church tomorrow at ten, burial in Fairview cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Gordon
Gings Sation
Mary J. Smiley
L. D. Springer
Wilbert Gordon
Jesse Peters
Fairview Union Church
Fairview Cemetery
Eastern Mills Open Expected Across New England
Thirty five mills and factories in New England, among the largest in the region, are expected to resume operations during the coming week. Henry Millepaugh was a guest at Glen Heller's home yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Mills
Boston
Masa
New England
United States
Henry Millepaugh
Glen Heller
Solemn services honor memory of Connersville Elks
The Connersville Lodge 379 B P O Elks held a somber memorial at the Auditorium Sunday afternoon with about 100 members and several hundred friends in attendance. A tablet bearing departed members’ names glowed with electric lights as hymns and prayers accompanied the brief eulogy by Hon. John C. Shea of Dayton Lodge. Fourteen local Elks were named among the departed: Geo T McNutt Robt L Ballinger Wm Radican H M Broaddus A Wiley Anthony Watt W F Downs Frederick Lewis Ward Jemison Guy C Weisner Edward M Florea Rob E Nevin Will E Sparks Frank Billau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Lodge of Sorrow
W. Otto Miessner
Elks’ Choir
George C. Hicks, Jr
Chor
W. F. Smith
W. E. Sparks
Bryant
John C. Shea
Dayton Lodge
No. 48
Henry Miller
Smith
Geo. T. McNutt
Robt
L. Ballinger
Wm. Radican
H. M. Broaddus
A. Wiley
Anthony Watt
W. F. Downs
Frederick Lewis
Ward Jemison
Guy C. Weisner
Edward M. Florea
Robi. E. Nevin
Will E. Sparks
Frank Billau
Carriage Tongue Breaks Causing Wreck Near Alquina
Saturday evening J W Wilson Henry Knoll Miss Kenney and her sister with Mrs Elizabeth Riebsomer returning from J H Jewell s near Alquina were A carriage drawn by two horses rolled into a gulley after the tongue fastening broke on a sharp grade. Mrs Riebsomer suffered painful shoulder injuries but no bones were broken. All occupants escaped serious harm and she remained with friends overnight before returning home. She is reportedly recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wilson
Henry Knoll
Miss Kenney
Elizabeth Riebsomer
J. H. Jewell
Alquina
Mrs. Riebsomer
Mr. Wilson
County Board of Health Secretary and Jail Doctor Appointed
The Commissioners appointed Dr. Frank Chitwood as Secretary of the County Board of Health and Dr. L. D. Dillman as physician for the jail and county asylum. William Woeldwright won a jail overhaul and repair contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Chitwood
County Board of Health
L. D. Dillman
Wm. Woeldwright
Timber shortages loom as arboriculturist warns
John P Brown from New Orleans predicts the South will lose timber in twelve years and the nation within eighteen unless states tighten laws and expand forest reservations. He promotes catalpa speciosa as a fast growing, durable timber for crossties and lumber and plans planting on railroad lands with partnerships from Indiana and Illinois specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
John P. Brown
South
Connersville
Indiana
St. Charles
West
Alabama
Forestry Commission
Brown
Gamall
Wabash
Illinois
Louisville and Nashville
Mobile
Mr. Brown
United States
Yars
Felix Vonnigut
Indianapolis
Mr. Vannigut
Louisiana
Catalpa
Slight Delay in New Castle License Remonstrances
County Commissioners take no action on saloon remonstrances at New Castle as no licenses are pursued this year. A Courier revision reduced the remonstrator list from 179 to 172 with some duplicates removed. Temperance supporters expect more signers to defend against saloonists, while some names may be struck for nonvoter status. The saloonists organize lists. no withdrawal or addition is allowed before the initial dispute over signature legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Courier
Two Divorce Suits Filed In Circuit Court
Florence C Finch sues James T Finch for divorce citing abandonment and cruel treatment since last October leaving her with five children and seeking custody. Viola Hobbs sues Harrison Hobbs for divorce claiming abandonment and lack of support for her and their son and seeks custody and restoration of her maiden name Viola Seek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence C. Finch
Circuit Court
James T. Finch
Viola Hobbs
Harrison Hobbs
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Monda
Buay O.u
Ruth Aldridge
W. J. Porter
Jean Porter
John Machlan
Charles Cain
Elizabeth Davis
Denver
Colorado
Margaret Canty
Harrisburg
Walter Lambert
Raleigh
W. C. Lambert
Margaret Powell
Alton Trusler
Bentley and
Fairfield
Hertha Burris
Hazel Riggs
Lola Riggs
Vena Wilson
Claude Riggs
Fred Steele
Irvin Sylvester
Curtis Retherford
Stella Ricard
Lyons Station
Theodore Ford
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Ford
Alvin Ford
Curtis Wilson
Lexington
Henry Stant
Edward Crouch
Little Thelma
William Wayne
Cecil McCombs
Fred
New York
Cecil
Bessie Creed Lowe
Calcutta
India
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
E. V. Hawkins
J. F. McFarban
Schlichte’s
Cynthia Fisher
J. K. Craig and
East Side
Cossee Hawkins
Lillian Pike
Joe Little
Simon Doenges
W. W. Sparka
Fitzgerald
Georgia
SEARS
Mrs. Milton Gordon
Rer
Gings Station
Lodge of Elks
Wainwright
Alaskas
Arctics
Pratt’s Shoe Store
Central Ave
Connersville, Ind
P. Brown
Timbers
Maine
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