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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
7
The Crouse sale drew a good crowd despite bad weather. Local residents report illnesses and family visits, with Mrs. Walters' death noted near Zionsville. Several guests visited in Connersville and nearby towns, and a birthday gathering occurred despite the cold night. A drive to aid local children with clothing is announced inviting donations.
Homer Taylor and two pupils Paul Ludlow and Ralph Kerr visited the Harrisburg school on a visiting day. The report notes inclement weather at Yankeetown and a poorly attended service at Baptist Church. Mrs. Nancy Hackleman celebrated her 89th birthday with friends and a shower.
Ed Tate ships baled straw to Brooksville paper Co. A Falkert hauled poultry to Laurel. Mrs. Oscar Ennis shopped in Connersville. John Mettel shipped two cars of corn. Mr Gray of Brookville visited his son Albert and family. Neva Turner went to Cincinnati. F C Bryson was a Cincinnati passenger. Mrs Elizabeth Wright and son Charles returned from Connersville where Oliver Trandley, her father, is very ill.
In Connersville and nearby areas on Saturday and Sunday residents were out in winter conditions. Harold Truster and his brother Eldon were among those seen on the streets between trains, while John Eliett Lon Bruntiel were also noted in town. Marquis Jackson returned from over a year in Oklahoma and Nebraska and said Indiana suits him. George Jackson and family visited relatives during vacation. Many residents stayed home due to slick roads and inclement weather affecting church attendance.
A fragmented late edition records visits and social notes at Tyne Station, listing names such as Alfred Barker Auberson Moffett and others visiting relatives and attending events. The piece mentions school activities, weekend gatherings, and community notices with scattered diary-like references and dates.
The text recalls wartime reports with scattered names and places. It mentions a party or camp, tension among troops, and a tragic event with injuries and a confrontation. Details are garbled but suggest a disruptively violent incident and military discipline.
A long narrative recounts a decades old quarrel between two veterans Ayres and Peter Young over a Christmas card with a dove motif. After years of silence a wife uncovers the card and a cruelly timed note leads to renewed contact only in memory as the friendship remains unhealed. The tale ends with the emotional weight of missed reconciliation and enduring memory.
Sunday social notices list residents visiting relatives and hosting gatherings. Families including Mend Everett Metlar and Miss Pedant spend weeks with brothers, while Mr and Mrs Ben.obe entertain guests. Extended families visit James Henry and wife and attend Friday evening entertainment at Forrest Caldwell household.
Miss Ruby Perdite visited Oxford over the weekend. Lizzie McWhorter spent Sunday with Katie Ferris. Myrtle Swift visited her sister Goldie in Falmouth for a week. Mr and Mrs Harry Perdue were in Indianapolis Monday. A social will be held at Blooming Grove school house on December 1 with invites to all. Fred Swift saw Frank Ferris and Katie Ferris visited Alva Chambers on Sunday.
Miss Lillian Worsham and Russell spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs Amy Davis. Earl Alexander bought a new buggy from I Henry. Mrs Fanny Gibbs of Indianapolis visits Hughes family. Bundrant and wife spent Monday with daughter Mrs Ola Davis. Paul Tiughes, at business college in Indianapolis, visited home over weekend. Bunkerhill literary society promises an extra good program Monday night with dialogues recitations music and debates. Alice Binder spent Monday night with cousin Mrs Will Jones. Herbert and Will Alexander returned to New Castle. Mrs Carrie Martin plans a week in Indianapolis. Charley Moffett slowly improving.
Locust Grove records a series of Sunday and Friday visits among residents. John W Jobe and wife, Granville Brown and wife, Miss Mary Kuhn, Mrs Nannie Retherford and JamesL Heary and wife hosted and attended gatherings. Also listed are visits by Mrs Anna Mimott and Mrs Win George of near Duberty, plus Virgil and Jester Wilson with Hambert Retterford and others. For sale Beit he howud pugs inquire Joli Stevens.
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