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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
8
All correspondence must reach this office by Monday evening to be considered for publication.
Carson Rose and Glen Swift spent weekend with Glen’s sister Miss Goldie Swift of Falmouth. Amelia Craig of East Connerville visits Mrs. Will McGlinchy. Clyde Campbell of Brookville visited relatives here last Sunday. Several attended Elisha Hughes surprise party Friday night. Lena Rose visits her parents J. A. Rose and family. Mrs. M. H. Trusler and daughter Leila shopped in Connerville. Jim Kellum and Edith Alma Mable Frank Lake attended church and dined with Cleo Grist. Nellie Blackburn visits her brother Perry in Hamilton. Ida Ludwig visits her parents Albert Ludwig and family. Amelia Craig visited Arn and Leila Trusler last Friday.
Jesse Foster attended the Prohibition convention in Indianapolis. Several local residents visited Connersville and Philomath. The community mourned the death of Mrs. E. I. Chance and held memorial services with Bro. Walls and local pastors. Burial followed at Columbia cemetery. Community figures include Verge Chance Mattie and families from Bentonville, Connersville, and Morristown.
Geree Davis Alqu ina and family were guests of Mero and Mrs Sam Fisher of Dunlapsville last Sunday. Epworth League services noted each Sunday evening. J C Chance of Connersville and Mr Chance and daughter from Philo meth visited J Chance and wife. Alice Jackson of Liberty visited home folks. Farmers reported planting corn. Phoebe Retherford and daughter Josephine visited Mrs Scott Dibois of Roseburge. Thartean Younr and family of East Connersville dined with Mrs Jane Jackson. Grant Stanley and family of Mt Pleasant visited Connersville relatives. Mac Wilson and family visited Lou Sacre and family Sunday. Children Day exercises planned at the MonK. Mrs Cottman of Brownsville and Mrs Joe Heider of Indianapolis guests of Wi Stage and family. Lon Retherford and family visited relatives in Connersville.
Several residents and visitors are noted in weekly social items. Theo Massey of Connersville visited Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Murray. Chas Edwards looked in on his ill brother in Kokomo. Beulah Smallwood stayed with her parents. Mrs. Mattie Turner visited Mrs. James Guerin. Gleda Link returned home to Glenwood after a week with Mrs. James May. Ruby Fisher called on Connersville friends. 8 J Murray and wife spent Sunday near Glenwood with Roland Murray. Mrs. Orlando Elliott and daughter Agnes spent time with Mrs. Agnes Perkins. Miss Walker returned to Lexington Kentucky after visiting Mrs. Quincy Gray. James Guerin and family visited Mrs. Turner and daughters. Mrs. Falkert and sons visited Laurel friends. Edna and Neva Turner and Leona and Elizabeth Guerin guesting with Misses Ida Ripberger and Effie Turner on the East Side.
Laurel area records visits and domestic activities with numerous residents from Brookville Everton Bentleys and Blooming Grove. Attendees include Misses Adah Bell Mina Perris Ruth Thamsun and Maryetta Klipple. weddings not cited. K P lodge decoration set for June ith with various families visiting relatives and attending services.
Everton Miss Rube Rigor of Comuersville visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Curry dermigu. A. J. Britt and Margaret with Bun Moore attend Mrs Frank Alexander near Nubtown. A crowd attends. Melvin Lake family visit Grandma Post. Memory Gable and family visit the Forts. Mrs Steve Newland continues to improve.
Miss Inez Fank entertained Miss Margaret Scott of Dublin this week. T. Taylor and wife attended church at Freland and visited Mr o and Mrs Henry Truster. Clyde Piper Earl Berninger and Clair Lake toured Brookville, while their wives visited Clyde Piper’s home south of Everton. Walter Scott and wife visited relatives in Connerville. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs urged to decorate next Sunday.
The article recalls the life of Belle Reed a devoted mother and educator at Falmouth who died aged seventy seven. Her funeral was conducted by Rev. M F Taylor and Rev Brown with family and community mourners in attendance. Her active roles included Sunday school work and membership in the Connersville Oldersburg Alumni and A D O U literary club.
Bunker Hill area reports finish planting corn and returnees roam among families. Roy Thatcher came home after a week with his brother Glen Chas Martin hosts George Webb Mollie Donelson and Ellen Waters improves. Numerous visits to Chas Martin and others. John Bush back on his farm after a house fire. Cederville visitors and school activities noted.
Mike Brown and family assisted Professor Alfred Halk and others at a brencetent exercises held Saturday night at Strias Twa.
Mrs Newton Miller hosts news of neighbors and visitors including Mrs James Freeman returning after a month with daughter Mrs John Smalley and Mrs Kate Cummins calling on Mars. Handsome social events at Peace Ville and Catmersville are noted with several kin and friends traveling to French Lick Springs for treatment.
Advertised letter list shows remaining names and post office items for the week. Names include Crossed Ga Geetha Juehksan Massey Milios KO MORFPRE EU and others, with note of debt and postage context.
A damaged fragment speaks of theft suspected due to illness and fear of punishment. It laments hope for mercy and asks for divine clemency while expressing faith in God’s goodness.
Farmers endure long wet spells to finish corn tasks while nights bring better light. May brings rare clear skies and resumed plowing and harrowing as fathers work by lanterns and families travel to the fields on Saturday nights.
Receiver reports the M Farlan hotel property sold after court proceedings. The sale details reference parcels and title transfers to satisfy creditor claims and court orders, with notes on proceedings and timelines.
Fragmentary OCR text references a person or group in a regional setting with disrupted names and events. The passage mentions a disappearance and a search effort but lacks coherent facts, dates, or affiliations to form a clear news item.
The hare road project advances as Engineer Stewart plans to file with the Board next Tuesday and bids will be opened. The waterway will be 55 feet wide to drain the north field, and Harry Lilie grants access to earth for the fill at no cost, with compensation for crop damage. Willows and obstructions may be cleared, and gravel may be taken from nearby ravelers for topping the fill.
The report notes start of traction work on a line described as related to Char Jee Tlembs's project and titled Wild Phower yard Phon ey Pee traction Tine Jude. The road work is set to begin between Indianapolis and New Castle with testing to follow.
A 100 dollar reward offer accompanies an advertisement claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh a constitutional disease. The sellers promise a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials, listing FL Cheney & Co as publishers and noting cautions about constipation.
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