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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
3
The Evening News reports a string of social updates from Glenwood, Alpine, and surrounding towns. Messages note illnesses, family visits, and gatherings including a hay wagon trip to a chicken supper, with others traveling to Fairfield Laurel and Indianapolis for visits.
Severe thunderstorms bring high winds and heavy rain across the county. Reports note downed branches and minor structural damage but no major losses. Farmers welcome the rainfall as corn growth continues with expected warmer, humid weather ahead.
Washington June 17 Attorney General Wickersham says the National Packing Company plans voluntary dissolution by August 1. The government will hold in abeyance a civil Sherman Act suit, unless dissolution fails and a suit is filed. The company, worth about 15 million dollars, is owned by Armour Swift and Morris interests.
The Lake Erie and Western railroad will operate Sunday excursions this season starting June 23 from Indianapolis to Rochester and Michigan City Indiana. A second trip is planned for Sunday June 30 as announced from the road's Indianapolis general offices.
In Pittsburgh on June 17 the Federated Marketing Clubs initiate a ten day meat boycott. Thousands of women refuse to buy beef unless compelled by their husbands, with many meat shops in residential districts closing for the abstinence period. The movement follows a failed truce offering cheap meat for cooking demonstrations.
The weekly list for the Connersville Indiana post office ending June 17 1912 shows names awaiting mail including Mr and Mrs R S Brown Miss Mary Bunz John W Clark Walter A Clark Harry Fisher Mrs Gladys Hatton Mrs A C Hull Hugo Kalthoff Knapp and Greenfield L D Lockart Mr and Mrs 4 T Marshall E Emery Marshall Midland Motor Car Co Mr and Mrs G Miller Miss Pearl Nicholson Ida Palmer Miss Hattie Pears Ruths Circle Kings Daughters Mrs Elizabeth Snider Mrs Everett Williams and Samuel Dehaven P M.
A rural mail carrier testifies that Miles Anti-Pain Pills relieve neuralgia after trying many medicines. He claims the pills are the only remedy that works and invites others to inquire about his experience. The testimonial cites Woodville Ohio and urges others who suffer to try the product.
Traders warn a 20 percent rise in men s shoe prices and 15 percent in women s shoes will hit next fall and winter. Dealers report higher demand for heavier styles and a leather shortage due to automobile and furniture production driving wholesale shoe costs.
Experts at Chicago on June 17 estimate Taft will enter the Republican convention with a 20 vote majority after deductions. Roosevelt supporters claim Taft cannot command the convention while Borah for Roosevelt argues the opposite. Analysts note about ten votes separate the rival camps as both sides press to win wavering delegates.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bullard hosted a Sunday dinner for the couple's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bullard, at their home.
The president vetoed the army appropriation bill returning it with a message opposing rushed legislation. He cited plans for army reorganization by the war college and general staff and said he could not surrender constitutional responsibility. Observers expect a veto of the commerce court abolition bill as well.
Wall Street betting rooms quoted odds on the 1920 Republican and Democratic nominations. Taft and Roosevelt faced 1 to 5 against renomination with 3 to 1 on either Taft or Roosevelt. Bets logged include 1000 to 900 against Taft, 700 to 1000 for Roosevelt, and 100 to 500 against neither. Bryan held a 4 to 1 chance against nomination.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio. Endorsers state they have known Cheney for 15 years and find him honorable in business and financially able to meet obligations.
Deputy prosecutor cried William H Taft to a line of prisoners. Ora Newcomer from near Sheridan admitted the alias. Police Judge Collins fined Newcomer one dollar and costs after he confessed he came to town for a new hat and drank too much.
Former Representative James I Watson addressed a Taft rally at the Congress Hotel while Roosevelt spoke in another hall. Henry W. Taft presided, the packed audience included fashionable women, and insults flew as Watson sparred over Roosevelt’s character and leadership.
J B Smith of 909 Fayette Street Connersville Indiana endorses Dean's Kidney Pills. He says he publicly recommended them in June 1909 and has used them off and on since, with consistent relief from kidney complaints.
City Council last night approved a curfew ordinance and ordered the city attorney to draft it. A petition for a water line on Summit Avenue was referred to Water Works. An ordinance prohibiting excessive sprinkling and oiling paved streets was read and unanimously passed after amendment. Wadsworth and Tingley presided over reports on hydrants, street washes, and highway bids. Adjourned until June 25.
Everett Sanders, seventeen months old, son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Sanders of north Grand avenue, is critically ill with spinal meningitis. Medical attention and care have been intensified as doctors fear a fatal outcome.
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