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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1906
Page
7
A. M. Andrews & Co advertises Dr. Colwell's Egyptian Pile Cure with a money back guarantee if the treatment does not cure piles. The claim emphasizes satisfaction and a full refund of the purchase price.
Various brief items note visits and travels around Connersville and nearby towns on Thanksgiving and the days after. Names include Lester's Busy Store, Henry Lenard of Metamora, John Reed family, Clarence Ballard, Claire Jobe, Laurel guests, Luther Smallwood, Charles Smallwood, Willian Seals, Mary Dawson, Essie and Helen Thomas, Alpine trip, William Calloway family, Ruby Rude, Mrs. Cline of Rushville, Miss Stunt of Andersonville, J. A. Horsley, Brookville visitors, Arthur Coe, Route No 6 changes and RK office, James F E Watson of Rushville, McFarlan Hotel, Tom/May Craig, Bryson family, S. E. Thoro, Anna Friedgen Roberts, Ernll Friedgen funeral, J Clouds commission as District Deputy Grand Patriarch for the 6th district of the LO O F Encampment.
J. S. Piper a student from Christian college Irvington visits base Conners ville with parents O S Piper and wife. Charles Piper of Anderson joins Thanksgiving at the old homestead. Dodge's Institute Valparaiso advertises telegraphy courses with high demand for operators and guaranteed positions at very low cost. free catalogue.
Miss Hill Hood visits Iverton for a few days as a guest of Mins Poat. Arthur Melba and wife welcome a ten pound son at their West Seventh Street home. Charles Beil travels to Kash county with a relative family for a short visit. Wat Ashworth visits Abington Brownsville Lyons Station and Philomath yesterday. Charles Arnold of A.A. 4 presents Richard Tyver a nail carrier for Thanksgiving. Dora Wesley Hamilton visits Frank Hamilton and James Hamilton in this city and Falmouth. William Calloway ships a carload of horses to Cincinnati to sell at markets. Harry Perrieu and wife pass through en route to Indianapolis for Thanksgiving. Clarence Lines and wife welcome a son on Fountain Street East Connersville. Marshall Martin plans December departure for Houston Texas for four months of hunting and fishing. Chrissie Schillinger and Fred Schillinger with family visit Jacob Schillinger south of the city. O. Davis and wife visit BOK Lake and family at Everton. Davis stays for Thanksgiving, wife for a week.
Richard Webb of Laurel and Henry Langston of Straughnus Station spent the day in the city on business. Miss Gertrude Dukate of Fal mouth is the guest of Mrs. D. Lewis.
E P Martin spends a few days in the city visiting kin. Mrs R Ashworth of St Louis visits nephews. families travel from Beesons Station to town on business. A daughter born to Charles Ward and wife on Western avenue. John Murphy hosts Frances Huber in Hacksburg for Thanksgiving. County Council meets and organizes in the afternoon.
R Neil Burgess signed the contract granting a street railway franchise to the Connersville Street Railway Company. Acceptance was Sept 6 with a ninety day period ending Tuesday. a $5,000 bond must be filed within six months, and lines must be completed within eighteen months from ordinance passage.
The County Council organized with A. Holland elected president and RB. G. Wait as vice president. They approved minor appropriations including jury fees $100, court expenses $200, round expenses $150, coroner inquests $75.
Mr and Mrs E M Stone hosted Thanksgiving at their Harrisburg country home with a three course turkey dinner prepared by Mrs Stone. Guests included Mr and Mrs Wilford Frazee and daughter of Indianapolis, Mr and Mrs Charles Stone and two daughters, Mrs Minnie Kerr and son, Mr and Mrs Clint Stone and son, Mr and Mrs Scott Caldwell and two sons, Mr and Mrs Dan Bradburn and son, Mrs Lancaster and Miss Evaline Baker. Guests praised the Stones as ideal entertainers and returned home in the late afternoon.
Eager readers are urged to try Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder troubles. A free sample bottle and a booklet are offered by mail with instructions to mention reading the paper. Regular sizes available from druggists in Binghamton New York.
A sad coincidence links the Friedgen and Schweikle families as Hermie Schweikle dies of tuberculosis days after Kimiel Friedgen’s death. Hermie, born February 1, 1888, leaves parents, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM next Monday at the First German Presbyterian Church.
Friends announce Mr Mat Lair is severely ill at his home southeast of the city after four weeks bedridden. His wife receives help from Mrs Alice Sparks while doctors attribute the Ll Ness to a general breakdown.
Mayor Barrows pushes an outside work program for jail inmates to reduce taxpayer burden and curb drunkenness and idleness. The plan, approved by the council and awaiting county commissioners, aims to place prisoners to work outside the jail under state law recently enforced elsewhere. The article also promotes Dr. Pierce medicines, praising their open formula and alcohol free composition as safe remedies.
The Rushville Republican laments idle men and extols living workers as vital to town enterprise. It contrasts “live men” who drive industry with “dead” ones who linger parasitically, arguing twenty real contributors outperform a thousand unproductive outsiders in powering mills and factories.
Washington to Indianapolis Star notes Connersville crowd awaiting Thursday December showing at the National Theatre. Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Longworth, Christina Roosevelt, and Secretary Moody attend the Mary Mannering play Glorious Betsy with the president’s party.
Perry C Jones advertises to buy raw furs from individuals, claiming small dealers trade for less. He states he will be at Moffett's new livery barn every Saturday and invites inquiries.
The First Presbyterian Church of Treencastle faces internal strife after Rev. A W Sonne and his wife visited J O Cammack. Mrs Cammack wore bloomers during a flower tending routine, upsetting the pastor and triggering factional tensions and calls for his resignation.
Obituary notes the death of baby Ella W. Isaacs on November 6, 1906 with a solemn farewell. The verse expresses mourning and the belief she has entered heaven.
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