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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1900
Page
2
The piece argues for expanding manufacturing to support retail and real estate growth in Connerville. It notes plans for new office and business rooms, debates replacing ballots with voting machines, and calls for careful study of machine costs security maintenance and county precinct consolidation before adoption.
Total votes cast for president exclude minor candidates but include McKinley and Bryan. McKinley gains 131210 from 1896 reaching 7238514. Bryan falls 162284 to 6360796. Overall 41074 fewer votes than 1896 due to higher minor-ticket totals this year.
Four years ago results show Woolley 157090 Debs 73407 Barker 54813 with several states not yet counted. Vue Educator Journal commends Supt Calvin Ochiltree Fayette county for a county course of study supplement with a local geography map and history integration.
The outline of a primary election bill prepared by committees of the Commercial Club and state chairman Hernly appeared in Indianapolis newspapers. It applies selectively by county, allows nomination by popular vote and writ ballot, requires all parties to nominate on the same day and manner, and fixes the nomination time on the Monday before the regular election.
The Jacksonian in Rushville and the Republican in Shelbyville oppose a proposed change creating a separate Shelby county arena, joining Rush with Fayette, and forming four circuits for Franklin and Union counties. Both papers resist a Democratic or Republican trap and avoid a hopeless circuit.
Our townsman Herman Munk received a letter from W. H. Wood civil engineer of Muncie. Wood argues no expert examination is needed before street improvement and stresses the value of an expert supervising the project. He invites local residents to visit Muncie to study their streets.
The Democrats have moved their opposition to imperialism from the campaign trail to the House of Representatives. They oppose the army reorganization bill, arguing it would reduce the army from its current size.
A fragment recalls a conviction that public duty outweighs individual interests. The text hints at a philosophical stance urging service and responsibility in governance, without providing concrete actions or events.
The legislature considers raises for the governor and Supreme Court officers while urging careful review of other salaries. The House presses ahead, moving many measures through the session as March nears.
Fragmentary notes mention elections in Nepal and a debate over ship subsidies. The text references a General Barrivon and unspecified political positions, with unclear names and events.
The Commissioners of Clinton county contracted for voting machines at a cost of $600 each.
The court denied the motion for a new trial in the Consorumas HigGins case. The ruling allows the ongoing process to proceed under existing trial orders and schedule.
The Tipton area adopts drawing as a new public school subject with supervisor Prof Nottingham presenting a state notable display at Fifth Street. Mothers Club sessions discuss Music in the public schools with whole-rooms choirs engaging over 200 children across four numbers. praise for Lippitt’s direction and refreshments afterward.
The Modern Mother notes that her children improved more with the pleasant Syrup of Figs than with other laxatives. It is praised as gentle and enjoyable for kids and is manufactured exclusively by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Dec 10 000 Perc dons calling for letters in the following list please say they are advertised Mrs S A Atkins Mack Adama Senua N Bradwell H H Buckley Mrs Alma EK Dolan Mrs Eleanor Earle Anna Miller care Prof Miller Willia M Moore Caddie Talisferro Charles Symthe A H R Stephen Joan Payer PM Mr H E Swift well known representative of Jon Murdoch Wholesale Dropsgeist Parkersburg WV says was laid up with Cholera Morbus bought Kermott Ext blackberry cured with one dose would not be without it if cost me a bottle heartily recommend Kermott Ext blackberry best remedy for Summer Complaint Diarrhea Cholera Morbus Et E BE Swift Sold by McKennan Ashworth
Charley Lewis butchered his Snake Farm crop of pigs yesterday and generously donated to the printers. He is a neighborhood newcomer but regarded as the kind of fellow the community has needed, with plans to make frequent "killin's" in our wishes.
An ad notes a lax liver remedy Knox Stomach Tableta purifies blood and stimulates the liver to cure dyspepsia. Fifty doses cost fifty cents. The snippet mentions Mrs. E. P. Carver visiting relatives north of Hurrieburg.
A reader describes four beef cuts from the round or iron area with faces resembling four cattle types. It explains cow bull and ox beef by color texture and fat, defines prime as well-marbled lean from a young stall-fed animal, and notes meat from unnumbered or aged cattle is tougher and paler with small bones.
An 19th century style advertisement claims a universal cure for catarrh named Catarchive. It offers $100 for any failure, touts constitutional treatment and testimonials, lists FLCHIENEY & CO. of Toledo, and notes Ed Gansert’s move to Los Angeles for the winter.
The last will and testament of Pauline Holland, deceased, was admitted to probate. It leaves her husband Henry Holland an 8 life estate in all property with remainder to her children Mrs. O. A. Bailey, Mrs. Emma Monon, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, and Samuel Holland. No executor is named. Finley Carney of Laurel was in the city transacting business.
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