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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
6
Friday’s daily notices report changes at Lester's Busy Store including new conduct rules prohibiting profane language and forbidding checks cashed by saloonkeepers with dismissal as penalty. It notes staff travel, moves and visits across Seymour and Montpelier, with several residents making social calls and transfers.
East German Bert Masters transacted business in the city and Mrs. W. H. Masters from Brookville visited yesterday. Divorces filed include Sadie Beckwell against Charles Beckwell for cruel treatment and neglect. The Moverton M. E. church services were postponed to March th, Harrisburg literary society held a well attended program and debate. Local visits included Miss Bertha Frazee from Milton and Miss Gertie Stant from Andersonville visiting relatives.
A guest Herman Boerneman of Elkhart Indiana visits Fred Hurst. A fine son was born this morning to Mr and Mrs Edgar Sehell of near Lyons Station.
Busy store attends to marriage license for Charles A Jachksan and Maude Brain fiel. Local residents travel to Columbia and Marion Indiana. Mrs. I T Bower returns from Detroit in improving health. Reports of Mrs Angeline Lenton causing disturbance on Eastern avenue surface again. police not involved yet. Garden scene includes births, visits, and scattered social calls among neighbors and relatives.
Charles E. Butcher deputy factory inspector attended duties in Evansville when told his step mother Mrs W H Butcher died at Cheshire Ohio. He left for Ohio with his wife to attend the funeral. The Butcher family resided in the city about ten years and the deceased was kindly remembered by friends. He was a cabinet maker at the Indiana factory.
In Indianapolis a new group, possibly the Indiana Allied Trades Association, is expected within ten days to mobilize ten thousand members from labor groups tied to liquor manufacture and sale. The body aims to oppose Prohibition and defend brewing interests, citing clergy support and plans for temperance advocacy, while promoting a temperate saloon.
TEMES NEWS CO. warns subscribers delinquent for one year or more that no copies will be sent after April 1 1908 and a general stoppage will occur unless payment is received by April 11 1908.
Following a request by Rev. M. C. Pearson the pastors of Friends Churches in Carmel and Westfield Indiana led church members to donate provisions for Indianapolis unemployed. The Charity Organization Society received a large shipment shipped in a freight car on the Indiana Union Traction Company's line with free service.
TEMES NEWS CO warns arrears holders that no issues will be sent after April 1, 1908. Subscriptions overdue a year or more will require payment by that date to avoid stopping the paper.
Miss Isabelle Darred arrives in Indianapolis after a four week visit with sister Mrs Will Shaw. Will Shaw plans to move his tailoring shop into a booth at Metiwain's generic river store.
Dispatch from Pittsburg reports Louisiana plans to furnish farm homes seed and ten year credit to sixteen unemployed Pittsburgers and forty eligible families. State immigration officials say land will be allocated in Monroe and neighboring parishes to enable families to farm using state methods and support.
News notes a smallpox outbreak in Fountaintown Shelby County Vir Boren township with twenty two residents reported ill and several cases in Morristown area. Dr Phares and local health officials order quarantines and house inspections as fears of wider spread grow.
The pure food law is hailed as a landmark federal liquor reform aimed at adulterated beverages. It targets retail guarders and saloons where fake whiskey ran for cheaper substitutes, now requiring accurate labeling to reflect true composition.
A fierce Democratic factional fight unfolds in Shelbyville as rival camps led by Navin and Fogarty clash over control of Marion county and state direction. Allegations of corrupt practices surface amid plans to preserve voting evidence, while Shelbyville secures the convention site for April 9 and related gatherings.
The Richmond Palladian reports the rural comedy Our New Minister will be presented Saturday evening after showing in Richmond and New Castle. Joseph Convers leads as the village troubadour with support from Martha Poster and others. probate details of Martha Poster’s will are noted with beneficiaries and witnesses listed.
The article reports a confusing theft case in Cambridge involving a Dr. Wilk and a suspect named Wills. A sack with money is mentioned, with police recovering Betz while Wills faces possible return of funds. Arrests follow as officers track a suspect to Stodonia.
A reader testimonial praises Parisian Sage hair restorer for restoring hair shine and addressing itching and scalp flakiness. The note mentions prior failures with other products and asserts lasting results, claiming the product delivers real improvements within weeks.
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