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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
2
A candidate seeks the office of press or related post in Cabige City. The note indicates a party support and mentions a ward contest with the Fourth Ward and water district concerns.
The piece recalls a questionable life extension notion in Chic ay ago. It notes a Connell meeting selecting M. J. Dale to fill an unexpired term, plus local city pride and a murder case in Cincinnati. It also mentions Democratic tensions, a Chicago professor disputing biblical accuracy, a preacher's strong remark, and Goebel trial coverage seeking reliable evidence.
The passage notes George L Gray’s political influence in Fayette and Franklin County with strong control of conventions. It questions whether he can translate such control to winning voters in the Democratic nomination race for judge in the district, while contrasting Republican experience.
Democratic friends gather at the opera house tonight to select delegates for conventions. Candidates include George L. Gray Judge Swift and L. H. Stanford, with strong efforts from their supporters to secure delegates. The temperament is billed as a hot issue and tense.
The Andre Theatre convention surprised insiders as Gray led with 364 votes while Stanford and another candidate trailed under 100. Analysts credit shifting support and last minute campaigning, leaving party operatives puzzled by the surprising tally.
A Sunday complimentary editorial in the Indianapolis Journal highlights John P. Brown of Indiana as an authority on arboriculture. It notes his role as secretary of the International Society of Arboriculture and his influence in securing Indiana's forestry law passage.
Advertises Syrup of Figa from the California Big Syrup Co as a permanent solution to habitual constipation, urging buyers to choose it over temporary laxatives that allegedly injure the system. Mentions poutine as a product line.
A public sale involves property tied to the local school fund and a district collection. Details reference dates, an address at Grand Avenue, and notes about an individual named Moffett contributing an interest in the lesson.
George L. Gray Democratic candidate for Judge of the 387th Judicial circuit secures a solid Fayette county delegation. At the convention in this city on Friday, all delegate candidates were elected and meetings in townships followed with Gray achieving complete victory. Township lists include Posey Charles Crawford Orange Lee Hunt Columbia John Hires Jennings Court Layson Jackson Samuel Rowe Waterloo John Sheldon Harrison David Wise Fairview Oliver Nush.
The notice states polling places for Republican voters in the townships of Oesage Columbia Jackson Jennings Waterloo Harrison Posey and Fair view. Connersville voters east of the White Water river vote at East Connersville and city voters south of Fifth street at City Hall. Voters west of the river north of Fifth Street south of Fifteenth street vote at Seventh Street hose house and Maplewood hose house.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a free trial cure for rheumatism and catarrh, claiming it purifies blood, relieves pain, and eliminates symptoms. It names Dr. Gillam of Atlanta and local retailer McKennan & Son, plus a Rush county Farmers Institute event with speakers on livestock and agriculture.
Local readers report nerve strength and improved digestion after using Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills. Testimony from S E Perin credits the pills with steadier nerves and relief from indigestion after purchasing at McKennan Drug Store. Pills sold 50 cents a box with the doctor’s portrait and signature on each package.
J. B. Jones and daughters Cora Alta and Lillian, Ernest Jones and wife, and Mrs. Ben Frant with daughters Stella and Mattie, all of Waterloo, are guests of Mrs. Harvey White.
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