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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1916
Page
8
A Rotterdam report describes German wartime policy replacing milk with fortified food for babies. Doctors and nurses regulate milk tickets, mothers are taught to cook apples and carrots, and spinach is given by spoon. One mother notes her baby learns to eat from a spoon and grows fat on the war diet.
A June 22 1916 Roosevelt letter to Progressive leaders endorses Charles E Hughes for president. The missive lauds Hughes integrity independence and efficiency and urges Progressives to support him over the current administration in the upcoming election.
A car carrying tourists en route to Indianapolis turned turtle on Everton Hill four miles south of town at noon today. One female occupant was pinned beneath the vehicle and had to be freed after several minutes. An ambulance from Connersville transported the woman to city hospital. Details and names were not learned as the party continued on its way.
Hawkins Playground hosts a monster Centennial celebration with an athletic program open to all ages. The morning features a 10 am baseball game, followed by afternoon contests including old fashioned games, a flag drill by fifty girls, and events such as sprints, relays, pole vault, shot put, wheelbarrow and sack races, and a greased pole and pig contest. Men aged 30 to 40 invited to participate.
Mrs Myrtle Hood of Rushville signs papers sending her second son Roy Hood to the United States Army for service in Mexico, after his earlier rejection for being too young. her eldest son Ralph Hood already joined.
The piece describes the Centennial preparations including a large arch on Central Avenue at Ninth Street and nightly rehearsals. It notes the Queen contest, letters from former residents, and many activities across three days, with Pageant Books offering compiled facts to guide readers to full knowledge of the event.
Senator Pittman of Nevada backs a government bred horse program after army officers report a shortage of suitable cavalry remounts due to European war imports. Only about 30 000 horses remain ready for immediate use while 1 500 000 American horses have been exported since the war began. He says ponies should be small hardy and intelligent as autos reduce heavy cavalry value.
Philip Quenzer a respected East Connersville youth died at Fountain Street home from Brights disease after a brief illness. He was born April 9 1894 near Falmouth and educated locally. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Louis Quenzer sister Nifiay and brothers Carl Donald Frederic.
A local Red Men group travels from Falmouth to Glenwood and Orange to drum up interest in the Centennial celebration. The order’s discipline and regalia suit the early pageant episodes portraying intense historic passages.
Reports say Chief Mountain of Anderson Captain Northcall and Sheriff Hendrickson visited Laurel and Connersville this forenoon with two men linked to recent auto thefts. Detective Coleman traveled from Indianapolis toward Laurel. Local arrests were not confirmed and the roundup may continue with additional suspects.
In a wartime food shortage Germany has seized all peanuts for government use. Butter and fat are scarce in Hamburg and Berlin. Olive oil was briefly stocked by some households but is now exhausted. Government experts aim to secure fats for civilians, with widespread scarcity noted in Rotterdam reports.
A multi‑county operation ends with six Laurel area men arrested in a long chase over stolen autos and parts. Sheriff Hendrickson and Prosecutor Clifton led searches. eight suspects were questioned, and six Ford cars recovered. Additional arrests anticipated as investigations expand.
Fifty five members marched through Moosedom paths at the Moose club rooms after a parade of over two hundred. Torches brightened Central Avenue during the event. A long banquet followed with almost five hundred attendees including visitors from Indianapolis Riehmaied Newcastle Danbridge City Brookville and Rushville.
Light Wines Petrograd reports that after one and a half years of prohibition Russia has effectively abolished the liquor trade. Sales dropped from nearly a billion rubles yearly to about 4 percent of that amount. Medical sales of spirits persist, with limited traffic in wines in some regions. Vodka has become as scarce as whisky in the strictest prohibition areas. Wines are available surreptitiously, mainly to the wealthy, under lax restraint in select districts.
Dr W A Winters of Newcastle faces arraignment in Cambridge City justice court next Wednesday on a charge of operating a motor car while intoxicated. Florence Draver of Richmond filed the complaint after a collision on the National road near East Germantown. No injuries occurred though both cars were wrecked and Winters allegedly became abusive. Winters is father to Catherine Winters, a Newcastle girl missing for about three years.
In Kokomo and Newcastle Indiana militia efforts advance amid mixed results and political dissent. Recruits for Fort Benjamin Harrison show attrition from medical exams and leadership changes. Socialists at Kokomo denounce military mobilization during a large Court House Square gathering led by Joseph Zimmerman.
Mrs Elizabeth Geyer of Laurel died last Saturday evening from long standing heart trouble. Widow of the late John F Geser a Laurel businessman, she came from a prominent pioneer family that once ran Laurel’s principal hotel. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at the Laurel home.
The Quencher family thanks neighbors and friends including Brother Crown singers and JL. O. M. for support during the death of their dear son and brother.
London reports Britain's military compulsion act enlists 600000 men and reserves ages 11 to 41 for the duration of the war. Police check exemption certificates. limited exemptions apply to clergy and unfit. Tribunals begin to hear last applications, while stations fill with farewells and crowds of women and children.
The push to pave the Roberts Purl west to the canal and south from Harrison township school to the city faces possible appeal to the county court. Viewers favored paving at an estimated cost around 19000, with remonstrants still able to appeal within ten days after the final order. The outcome rests with Harrison township taxpayers.
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