13 Feb 1889
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1889
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment references medical topics and political names with erratic capitalization. It mentions Hamilton and Claypool, possible physician terms, and distant disease cases, but the text is largely unreadable and lacks a coherent event or clear dates.
The notice honors Charles Bodolussom with resolutions from the Leda community, praising his upright life and charity. It recalls a May 1873 marriage to Joshua Ivor, life in Milton and Connersville, and long church membership. The column also recounts a Philadelphia Times story about a traveler saved by an Irish song and a narrative about a Newfoundland dog named Fanny, gifted for duck hunting in 1840 Chicago.
Mrs Margaret Ann Taor, born September 28 1836 in Longwood Fayette County Indiana, dies at her brother’s home near Longwood on January 27 1890 from pleurisy pneumonia. Funeral at Lick Creek Cemetery Tuesday by Elderwright. She was one of twelve children, six living, with ties to the Atherton family lineage.
Chicago Journal reports Patti at age 47 grows quarrelsome amid a tense production. Patti resists rivals in the company while the cast contends with a mounting risk of an incomplete performance. Debutante Mile. Darelee and Mime. Marchesi’s pupil Mme Melba surface in the chorus of possible replacements.
Capt Davis of the five masted schooner Governor Ames built at Waldeboro Maine had a remarkable mother. She cared for eleven of her own children and adopted several others serving as neighborhood doctor. She saved many lives, once aiding two men pulled through deep snow to a sick bed, and attended every birth in the town for over forty years.
A reflective quip contrasts stubborn men with honest doubt about geometry. The remark notes some people cannot admit parallel lines may extend without meeting, while still being decent personalities.
The article notes two black pepper sources, Sumatra and Singapore, and explains that shell-on pepper yields better flavor. It advises buying whole pepper and grinding at home, as the shell contains most spices and white pepper comes from kernel alone.
A playful exchange shows Tommy and his mother discussing a typewriter in a domestic scene. Tommy asks about champagne in the device, claiming his father told Mr Goiti it costs ten dollars to fill the typewriter, prompting a plan to ask the father for confirmation.
The Duchess of Montrose, a 70 year old social figure, favors scarlet dress and an Ulster. She is popular with the lower orders for frequenting race courses. At Hyde Park she faced rough commentary but received cheers from the crowd. An old tale links her to James Buchanan and a possible American marriage, though details remain uncertain.
A Tennessee widow finds a buried $5 gold coin revealed by a rat under her doorstep. She believes heavenly intervention guided her to reclaim her late husband’s war savings and send the entire amount to a minister’s widow with six children.
Engineer Fosburg of Chateau gay road suffered a pocket explosion from chlorate depotash lozenges at Lyon Mountain. The blast tore his vest and trousers to the knee and burned a hand. He claims no matches were in his pocket and cannot explain the detonation. The incident warns against carrying such tablets in pockets.
M. Martel has explored a French subterranean river for over a mile and proposes a theory on canyon origins based on his investigations.
During the Sibley expedition against the Sioux in 1863 a bathing ban was enforced after soldiers polluted camp waters. Sergeant Childs halted Gen. St. Br y when he attempted to bathe, revealing the order allowed undressing but not bathing until water was deemed safe. Also noted is Jane Carvall owning a woolly horse in San Francisco and a bird-watching note from San Francisco and New York telegrams.
A reader notes a case of a woman who looks older than her husband due to functional derangement. The piece endorses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy to restore beauty and relieve distressing symptoms, with a satisfaction guarantee and money-back caveat.
An advertisement touts Cham berlain's cough remedy as safe for children and effective for colds and croup. It claims no injurious substances and notes sales by Ward Jemison with the date Dec 26.
W D Sult of Bippus Indiana testifies Electric Bitters relieve rheumatism with six bottles curing ten years of suffering. Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio calls it the best selling medicine in twenty years. Many testimonials claim the tonic cures liver kidney and blood diseases at fifty cents a bottle from A M Andrews drug store.
All in a quiver The arrows Keep your chicken house clean and airy and give your chickens occasional dose of Ganters Chicken Cholera Cure It will keep them in good health If it fails to cure your chickens your money will be refunded by Connersville Druggist
A letter from Winston North Carolina dated November 26 1888 describes a family history of hereditary cancer and credits Swift's Specific with curing the disease after various remedies failed. The writer claims the medicine expelled the poison from the body and restored health.
Endorsing letters claim remarkable recovery from "blood poison" with Swift's Specific 5.5.5 from Dr Schrodus' drug store. Testimonials describe cures for skin lesions and impurities, urging readers to request free hooks on blood and skin diseases from The Swift Specific Co.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.