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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
8
A garbled, partially legible column cites Indiana political sentiment and polling. It references Water Wellman, a gubernatorial or state race, and notes an estimated Democratic edge with claims about party splits and public opinion.
Report describes Democrats aiding the Watson cause with a street gathering in Knots Down Town. Crowds with tin pans blocked a depot area as Mr. Watson arrived by train amid shouted protests and testimonies from onlookers and surrounding youths.
Fayette Circuit Court administrator announces sale of the estate of John V Corfford at the estate of Corfford’s property. Court clerk WM E Sparks attests the notice dated October 8 1908 with sale terms to be set by the administrator following probate decisions.
The horse Moscow Lad was bumped by Halterman during a crowded event. Estimations place the crowd size around 1500 spectators.
A crowd of about 1500 witnessed New Castle beat Connersville 2 1 in Cambridge City. Kenworthy drew a walk and scored on a wild throw in the second inning, while Maxwell Halterman and others contributed errors and timely hits. Becker, Datbas and Kenworthy provided key singles in the fourth to push New Castle ahead. Umpire Kessler called a fair game as observers watched plans for an amphitheatre and park improvements advance through a committee of five executives.
George C. Hicks Jr of Connersville Ind and Elizabeth Dall of Philadelphia married in Milwaukee with Judge Hatsey unable to issue a license in time. Deputy clerk Richard Schmidt helped secure a license and the couple, aged 42 and 32, wed as Hicks’s new $7,000 Westland home loomed.
Paina of women head paina or any paina stopped in 20 minutes with Dr Shoop s Pink Pain Tablets. See fall formula on 25c box. Sold by Lewis Ashworth.
Fragmentary OCR text referencing oath testing and suppression, with scattered names and phrases. The readable parts mention an oath, suppression, various entities, and garbled names, lacking coherent events or clear subjects.
Notice to taxpayers about a payment period with specific dates and a Saturday in October for in person payments. Details reference a local office offering a convenient option for taxpayers to pay taxes on the designated Saturday.
A 19th century advertisement touts Health Coffee as the cleverest imitation of real coffee. Dr. Shoop supposedly used parched grains malt and nuts to brew a flavorful drink in about one minute. Uses phrases like sample free and Lewis Ashworth as a promoter or contact.
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