Local News Notes From Sullivan and Surrounding Towns
A bustle of visits and moving in Sullivan: frequent mentions of locals visiting relatives, moving to town, and traveling to Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Carlisle, and Bloomfield. Reports include births, illnesses, church services, insurance ads, a piano for sale, and plans for new wall paper styles.
Imperial plow with patent rungs and braces
The Imperial plow features patent rungs and braces made of malleable iron for strength. It uses inch holes in the handles to bolt together replacing wooden rungs. The new design costs more but offers a major improvement, sold by Davis, Engle & Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis, Engle & Davis
Fire on Main and Washington Ends in Losses and Hazards
The frame buildings at Main and Washington burned Thursday night with little spread. losses estimated at 35 to 40 dollars, no insurance. Notices call for road hole repairs at Buck Creek bridge and a large mud hole near Porter Burks' farm. Also includes endorsement of the steel plow and obituary for Aaron Daily born 1819, with memorial note by James Earoy.
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Main
Washington Streets
T. C. Lovell
Stafford
Buck Creek Bridge
Porter Burks’ Farm
Pupils Scoring 90 Or Above For April 3 1885
School list records high marks by year and pupil names with scores from the month ending April 3 1885. Entries cover first through eleventh year with numerous students achieving 90 or higher.
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Eddie Coffman
Harvey Crowder
Pearl Burton
Erl Berry
Jimmie Burks
Bob White
Elmer Curtis
Harvey Johnson
Tommy Gott
Claude Mayfield
Lada Haggerty
Katie Bolger
Nora Hull
Daniel Goins
Adisa Luzader
Elia Russell
Luther Stewart
Ela Palten
Bertie Neal
Mabel Weir
Willie Boles
Walter Curtis
Pearl Ireland
Walter Miles
Dirrelle Chaney
Ernest Cowles
Harry Dudley
Isaac Bell
Wille Neal
Fred Draper
Minnie Bradbury
Lulu Wagner
Gertie Draper
May Reed
Katie Burks
Mattie Williams
Bertha Crawford
Sara Wilson
Daisy Wilson
May Cope
May Hammond
Russell Boles
Harry Wagner
Willie Johnson
Rosa Sanders
Rand Taylor
Lemmie Anderson
Claude Taylor
Eddie Coons
Titird
James Briggs
Webbie Martin
Cassie Buff
Helen Mason
Chloie Abell
Edgar Riggs
Carrie Thurman
Lela Ruddell
Clarence Palmer
Jennie Russell
Millie Williams
Willis Curtis
Abbie Burnham
Alice Burton
Dora Jeter
Lena Hubbard
Joe Crowder
Laura Harper
Emma Curtis
Amanda Bell
Lillie Meadows
Cora Brown
Cora Bass
Minnie Miohinsky
May Wallis
Joie Mayfield
Florence McBride
Ottie Vail
Ben Falconberry
Anna Bolger
Emma Fallowfield
Joie Ensminger
Louisa Curtis
Stella Black
Susan Jewett Birthday Dinner Celebrated In Dugger
Relatives and friends gathered Saturday April 11 to honor Mrs. Susan Jewett of Dugger with a sixty third birthday dinner. The event featured fourteen cakes and many gifts, with guests noting her good health and happiness. The Imperial Steel farm implement ad touts durability, unique mechanism, and hardened diamondlike edge, promoted by Davis Engle and Davis as sole agents.
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Susan Jewett
Dugger
Sullivan County
Imperial Steel
Imperial
Sullivan Town Meeting to Nominate Local Officials
A meeting at the Court House is set for Saturday evening April 18 1885 at seven o clock to nominate candidates for Marshal Clerk and Treasurer and for Councilmen in the 8th and 5th wards of Sullivan. Voting occurs on the first Monday in May 1885. P RB Jexkxixs as chairman JAMurs Burks as secretary.
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Court House
Marshal
Sullivan
P. RB
Jexkxixs
Jamurs Burks
Century Magazine shifts issue dates to monthly first
The Century Magazine will publish on the first day of each month starting with May. The April edition of 225 000 copies was delayed to March 25 due to large size, and the May edition of 250 000 copies will go to press May 1, inaugurating a new schedule with volume thirtieth.
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Century Magazine
Crawley & McKinley Furniture Offerings in Sullivan Sale
The long established Crawley and McKinley furniture firm in Sullivan advertises a grand stock sale at Nos. 5 and 6 Southside. Items include parlor suits bed lounges dressing cases folding beds writing desks library cases rockers baby carriages mirrors wardrobes dining tables chairs and picture frames among others. The notice invites locals to visit the store to inspect the expansive selection.
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Crawley & McKinley
Sullivan
Southside
Commencement Exercises Planned for May First at Local School
Mr. Foutch runs a small school with success noted. Commencement exercises are scheduled for Friday evening, May 1. Mr. McKinney completed a new store-room displaying goods and improving town prospects. A recent storm damaged property. Boon and Wall houses lost roofs, and Watson’s house burned recently. Rogers burned brush near his property causing sparks to spread.
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Foutch
Menifee
John McKinney
Mr. Watson
Mr. Rogers
Carlisle area real estate transfers listed in public record
The Carlisle and surrounding area records show numerous land transfers and deeds. Transactions include James Ransford to Elizabeth Wernz for 7 acres, Eletha Burton transfers, and multiple warranty deeds to various buyers with prices ranging from 10 to 4,262 dollars. The list notes guardianships and administrator deeds among the entries.
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James Ransford
Elizabeth Wernz
Agnes Kelley
Francis Kelley
J8 Shuman
Jon Frakes
Paxton Community Organizes Sunday School After Barn Fire
Neighbors aided a barn fire that burned to the ground. fear of spreading flames eased as the house was saved. Easter Sunday the Paxton area gathered at the school-house to form a Sunday school with officers elected: M S Foutch superintendent Wmn Engle assistant superintendent Fanny Peyton secretary Chas Eaton treasurer Bertie Briggs Harry Peyton librarians Louis McCammon chorister. The school split into six classes with teachers chosen for each.
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Paxton
M.S. Foutch
Wmn. Engle
Fanny Peyton
Chas. Eaton
Bertie Briggs
Harry Peyton
Louis McCammon
Juno
Carlisle and Surroundings Social and Business Notes
Mr. Geo Hughes of Terre Haute visits Carlisle. Miss Mattie Hays of Sullivan spends weekend in Carlisle. Miss Cora Davis returns to finish the term. Mrs. Stephen Brunger of Sullivan visits Carlisle. Rev. H. P. Linn attends Vincennes Presbytery in Princeton. A coal company forms and plans a shaft half a mile southwest of Carlisle. Rev. J. M. Watson travels to St. Louis to meet granddaughter Edith Wright of West Point Iowa and bring her home for the summer. Mrs. Hart’s daughter is burned to death while clothes catch fire in a field. The old M E church building in the county, built in 1814, is bought by Ed. W. Akin and removed. a new residence rises in its place. Mr. A Malone will move to Sullivan in July to enter dry goods business. departure a loss to Carlisle.
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Geo. Hughes
Terre Haute
Carlisle
Mattie Hays
Sullivan
Cora Davis
Stephen Brunger
P. Linn
Vincennes Presbytery
Princeton
J. M. Watson
St. Louis
Edith Wright
West Point
Iowa
Wm. Hart
M. KE
Ed. W. Akin
A. ©. Malone
Malone
Local Notes From Cass County Pleasant Gardening And Tragic Loss
Cass county notices report peas to be planted early next week and cabbage sowing guidance. A good cow loss, a mine injury, a baby girl birth, and four local deaths are recorded alongside school closure and tax observations.
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Benj. Vaughn
Sylvester Gambill
Island City
Lyonton
Clem Wilkes
Miss Bell Case
Wa. Cochran
Lyontyn
Charley
Vannah Sims
Harvey Sims
Denney
Elihu Stanley
Lizzie Darrow
G. W. Nash
Thomas Goodman
Real Estate Transfers Listing Several Warrants and Acquisitions
Auditor transfers Ellen Powell Jackson to W E Crawley for 16 acres. Jas H Jones to Mary A Crawford for 40 acres. Francis Brower to Sarah A Brower for 5 acres. Mary A Brower to A Brower for 12 acres. Herbert Wheatley to Sam Vern for acres. CE Barrett to W L Tincher for 40 acres. W F Curry to AJ Curry for 203 acres. Wm Curry to Barnett Jewell for 14 acres. Liner to N L Siner for 40 acres. Monetary amounts listed include 441, 530, 80, 480, 1000, 450, 1900, and 50.
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Neal
Chas Eaton
Pilmer
LH Willis
Esterbrook
Abram Trout
J L Berry
Este
S E Johnson, Et al
CE Barrett
Artemas Daugherty
Emaline
Vance
Sarah E Vance
J W Esterbrook
Margaret A Hines
JM Wilson
Wilson
Ellen Powell
W E Crawley
Jas H Jones
Mary A Crawford
Francis Brower
Sarah A Brower
Mary A Brower
A Brower
Herbert Wheatley
Sam
Severn
W L Tincher
F Curry
AJ Curry
Sullivan Town Election Notice Indiana 1885
Notice is given of an election in Sullivan Indiana on May 4 1885 to elect one Trustee for the Third Ward one Trustee for the Fifth Ward one Marshal and one Clerk and Treasurer The polling place is the Recorder's Office in the northeast corner of the Court House Witnessed by Thomas B Eaton Clerk of Town of Sullivan April 11 183) with official seal.
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Sullivan
Sullivan County
Indiana
Court House
Thomas B. Eaton
Eaton and
Harris Streets
Eaton Street
Johnson Street
Donaldson Street
Harris Street
Main Street
State Street
Wil Burks
Tinos. B. Eaton
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