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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
8
A poorly played game unfolds at Whitewater Park featuring Dusty Rhodes and the Gheister Navies. Lindsy’s Fine Twirling provides local entertainment amidst the sports action.
Connersville defeats the Chester Navy ball club 9 to 8 after a long battle at home. Dusty Rhodes pitched well for the visitors amid wildness, while Bill Lindsly earned the win for Connersville with late support from Becker and Feigert. The game featured two key double plays by Goar and strong fielding from Charley Thomas.
The advertised letter list for Connersville Indiana dated June 25 1906 items include Miss Lissie Anderson Austin Caldwell Mrs Mary Lockhart Chas Meek O P Myers Miss Mary My Jott Allie Pass Miss Reynolds Kirk Wood Miles K Moffett PF M
George Everson aged about sixty died in the county jail after a daylong drinking bout. He was found allegedly nervous and then collapsed near the Big Four track and at the jail he died about four o'clock. Doctor Hamilton had been treating him for a week for a gathering in the head. Coroner Hamilton pondered whether a postmortem was needed as the cause could be otherwise determined. A wife and daughter in Iowa were notified.
Omer Harrison aged sixteen dies at 8 20 Sunday morning at his mother Mrs Inlow Harrisons home on West Seventh Street after a yearlong illness from consumption. He slept in tents hoping for fresh air but succumbed to the disease. He belonged to the First M E Church and is survived by his mother three brothers Oakey Maurice Herbert and one sister Adah. Funeral from the residence Tuesday at 2 30 in the afternoon with Rev T H Willis officiating.
Miss Gleda Houghton of Burlington Iowa formerly lived in Connersville with her parents Prof W R Houghton and wife writes friends that she has become a professional reader of humorous and dramatic selections. She reports meeting with flattering success in her chosen vocation and maintains many friends in the city who enjoy her recitals.
W T Murray county assessor was injured when a rope broke a hammock swing and he fell striking his spine. He was unconscious for hours but improving with restoratives and should resume duties soon.
An advertisement touts Ear and Eustachian Tube inflammation as cause of deafness and promises one hundred dollars for a cure. It promotes Sonellen opal remedies and Catarrh Cure from ENKY 4 CO., Toledo, Ohio, and mentions pills for constipation.
The Joyce divorce case in Rusk County reports that McKee and Little Frost of this city had been retained by attorneys but the matter has been settled out of court.
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