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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1886
Page
3
Local notices detail neighbors moving and visiting, sales and sales prices, footwear bargains, August closeouts, farm needs, and traveling guests. Entries include Miss Allie Caffee tea, Miss Kate Hughes visiting, and Mrs. Peter Hill returning from Bloomington alongside shop sales at Parks Troll & Burks.
Union members and families vacationed at Clear Pond with no catch but ample laughter. Davis Engle & Davis advertise iron barn doors and track praised as unbreakable. E T H railroad tile prospects shown with premium offers for crops grown near lines. Buffalo Scale Co scales featured as U S Standard quality. County Commissioners settled matters with townships and awarded two 100 foot iron bridges at Hamilton and Watson mill sites. Poor Farm contract also signed.
Last Sabbath at the M. E. church the pastor led twelve probationers to full membership after answering church questions. At five o'clock baptism by immersion occurred at Mr Bauer's mill pond. Miss Jessie Riggs joined as a full member, bringing sixteen new members that day. About forty joined by letter or on probation during the year.
The death of J. M. Benefield prompted wide sympathy as his remains arrived from Louisiana at Sullivan depot and were taken to the Palmers Prairie home. Interment occurred Tuesday after a large funeral at Palmers Prairie Christian Church conducted by Elder E. G. Denny with scripture prayer and hymns.
The Vincennes District Conference of the M E church met in New Lebanon with M M Hobbs presiding. M S Heavenridge elected secretary. reports showed spiritual and financial gains, about two thousand added to the church. Five men licensed to preach and two recommended for traveling connection. Temperance and anti tobacco sentiment noted along with concern over current literature. The session was pleasant and New Lebanon shown generous hospitality.
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway advertises spring and resort destinations with curative waters. Sailor Springs Illinois Indian Springs Indiana French Lick and West Baden Springs Indiana are noted for treating skin and kidney diseases dyspepsia rheumatism and more. Round trip tickets at low rates are available through O and M offices.
Local items report residents in town and surrounding areas visiting Sullivan, with names like Harry West and John Curry. A Republican county convention at the Court House on July 31, 86 nominates a full slate for local and state offices and delegates. The piece also surveys Cincinnati hilltop resorts and notes the Chicago Anarchists trial at length.
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