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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
7
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for lame back kidney bladder and related troubles. It claims tested success in hospitals and private practice and offers a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail to readers who mention the paper.
Widespread Christmas shopping in the city with Bert Ficklin from Fairview and siblings from Parkeville, Mich. visits. funeral attendance for Dudley Templeton in Brookville. Eva Wells from New Castile visiting. Retta, C. T. returns home. Mrs. FE. I Chance of Alpine injured on ice and bedridden. Correction on dog incident. warning against patent medicines. ad for Walther's Peptonized Port at The People's Drug Store. Death of Silas Pennington reported in Keokuk. uncles of local residents linked to Pennington.
Yancy Powell was arrested last evening by Policeman Elwood for drunkenness and jailed. This morning he appeared before Mayor Clark and pleaded guilty to public intoxication, receiving a $1 fine. A correction notes a misprint in a prior issue about Frank Eby. the heading should read One Trial for his liberty, not On Trial for his life.
Miss Anna Metske of Seymour and several guests visit relatives as scattered families journey for holidays. Edgar True and wife travel to Warsaw Kentucky to spend Christmas with relatives. Mrs. Florence Orr visits Shelbyville to see friends, while others head to Augusta Kentucky and Adrian Michigan for the season.
Samuel Smiley of Glendall Ohio visits E A Fossett and family. Mrs Norman Morrison of Wilmington Ohio visits relatives. Miss Freda Lotz travels to Hamilton for three weeks with grandmother. Mrs K and Hamilton visits La Fayette for ten days. Miss Inez Pigman Stella Hall Bert Newkirk and Bart Pigman spend Christmas at Liberty. Miss Mabel Bark of Springfield Ohio visits city relatives. T M Little receives a topical Bible from his Sunday school class. Kate Heron learns of Albert Johnston's death from Portsmouth Ohio. he was a prominent local visitor. Knights of Pythias lodge elects Ed Onin Chancellor Commander Milworth Miller Vice Chancellor and other officers.
Piles relief advertised with free samples and a claim of permanent cure. The Humo phreus Witch Hazel Oil is offered for external and internal piles including bleeding fissures and fistulas with immediate relief. Three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 sold by druggists or prepaid on receipt of price Humphreys Medicine Co New York at William and John Streets.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No. 28 offered for nervous debility and prostration from overwork. In use 40 years, advertised as the only successful remedy. One vial one dollar. special packages eight dollars. Sold by druggists or prepaid from Humphreys Med Co New York.
Robbers gained entry to the C. H. & D. freight office Thursday night, cracked the safe with glycerine, and stole the entire contents of the money box totaling 575 dollars in coins. The crime appears planned by skilled hands. no suspects yet. A window was pried, two explosions occurred, and a cafe door may have blown off after the first blast. Two envelopes with sixty cents and fifteen cents in pennies were left behind. An employee heard noises at six but did not investigate.
Timothy Hassett, a watchman at the crossing on northeastern avenue, was badly beaten by a man named Lanahan on Saturday night. Hassett received surgical treatment at his home in East Connersville. Lanahan, a boiler maker from Hamilton, pleaded guilty to assault and battery before the Mayor and paid a $9.08 fine.
The Republican State Committee fixs January 12 1904 for the district convention in Connersville to select a district committeeman. Nin e counties Fayette Franklin Decatur Hancock Henry Rush Shelby Union Wayne send 240 delegates and alternates. Two candidates are named Charles Unthank and Col Ed Thayer, with plans likely to settle on one. Kh N Elliott leads Fayette County arrangements and invites public attendance.
Dan Sherwood was knocked down by Connersville Transfer Co. horses near the Big Four station while racing with the Thomas team. He sustained a sprained left ankle, a badly bruised head, and injuries to his elbow and knee. Witnesses say both teams were racing in darkness and snow.
Thomas Mansil died at home on Fountain Street East Connersville last night at 8 after a long battle with cancer from a horse hoof injury. He was 47, a horse trader and Shields livery barn employee. Survived by wife, father James Mansil, three sons Orlin Clyde Herbert, one daughter Kathy, three sisters and a brother in Missouri. Funeral tomorrow at 10 from the residence with interment in Everton cemetery.
Sherman Stevens and Miss Daisy Thomas wed in a December 24 ceremony conducted by Rev. Jesse Miller at Charles Thomas's home in East Cornersville. A large gathering attended and cake and ice cream were served. The couple will establish a home on a farm belonging to the groom near Alpina.
A. Kehl the jeweler held a holiday drawing after giving coupons with purchases entitling buyers to 8 chances at a $20 gold piece. On Saturday a crowd watched Frank Robinson win the prize as his coupon number 4120 was drawn.
Miss Maple M Nelson of Hawkinsville and Arthur A Jeffrey were married Sunday afternoon at the Grand Avenue parsonage by Rev W N Fletcher. Mr Jeffrey is a well known teacher at Fairview High School. Mrs Jeffrey is praised as a pretty accomplished young lady with many friends.
A promotional note claims pimples and eruptions stem from impurities in the blood and that Sar saparilla cleanses the system. It asserts the remedy wards off danger and ensures health, urging immediate use.
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