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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1886
Page
3
Local notices and sales promotions fill August ads
A flood of small town notices lists shop sales at Parks Troll & Burks and dress goods recalls while multiple residents travel visit and recover from illness. A train accident near town injures horses. licenses issued include Norris Monce Figg Humes Collins McCormick Pugh Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Norris
Martha M. Monce
James Figg
Mary E. Humes
BR. L. D. Collins
Lois A. McCormick
Wm. Pugh
Eliza Allen
Sentinel in town as new management gains support
Troll and W Bent Wilson of Indianapolis visited to promote the Sentinel under new management. News notes include improved paper, local business ads, a women’s baseball game, abstracts of title service, tin shingles, a new passenger train trip, coal land plans, and a family obituary of Andrew Turner with background on Dan Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.bent Wilson
Indianapolis
Sentinel
M. B. Wilson
Local Health Notes and Social News From Gladice
Dr. Z. H. Foote is very sick with fever. Shell Reed was on the sick list last week. W. S. Seamahorn of Centerville visited Saturday. J. D. Baldridge remains very ill with unlikely recovery. Claud Boyle visited relatives in Pimento. Mrs. Parish returns from Kentucky. Jennie Barnett travels to Washington Indiana for a family visit. A widower from Pimento reportedly to wed a Farmersburg belle soon. Dr. R. H. VanCleve grows in local social regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. H. Foote
Shell Reed
W. S. Seamahorn
Centerville
J. D. Baldridge
Claud Boyle
Pimento
Parish
Kentucky
Jennie Barnett
Washington
Ind
Local notes from the week end gathering and family news
Jno Tipton welcomed a third son. M S Patton bought cattle. Mrs Minerva Gilman remains in poor health. Rev Johnson gave his farewell sermon last Sunday. A Thursday night storm damaged hay stacks and apples. Dr Tharlls boy crushed fingers at a cider press. The last quarterly meeting for the year set for August 30 and 31. Mrs Coley and children visited Mrs O s sister. Rev Johnson was visited by Mrs Forsythe from Gilman. Mrs Henderson of Mt Carmel and Mr Louis A Johnson of Chicago visited. Chas Welty, fresh from Oberlin telegraphy, visits his sisters and plans to locate in the West. Baptista picnic held near the church with music. Rev Miller of Sullivan gave the principal address. Mrs Maratta lost a horse to glanders and it was shot amid fear of widespread illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno
Tipton
M. Patton
Minerva Gilman
Rev. Johnson
Tharll
Sturday
Joseph Coley
Bloomfield
O's
Dr. Plew
Forsythe
Gilman
Ill
Henderson
Mt. Carmel
Louis A. Johnson
Chicago
J’s
Chas. M. Welty
Oberlin
Ohio
G. F. Plew
Minnie Welty
Dr.Brunker
Lockport
Weat
the Baptista
Rev. Miller
Sullivan
M. J. Maratta
Henson Plew
Sullivan journal items mix spats and rabble in riot scene
A Sullivan report details a Saturday night riot with 16 personal altercations, a kidnapping in Merom cave, knifing of Ed Wells, and choked Ott Colvin. Town officers failed to arrest anyone. Justice Wood's court sits crowded as heavy fines follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Blue
John Foster
Wells
Russell Minter
Jim Wright
Merom Cave
Ed. Wells
Ott Colvin
Justice Wood
Rundleton Notes and Courtroom Happenings Mixed with Local Events
Birdelle Mudge returns from Michigan. Mrs. Sidney Leonardy of Saratoga visits Mrs. Harvey. Mrs. Mahan dies of consumption and is buried. Kane faces rape trial acquittal. other party bound for circuit court. Bond set at $50 on assault with intent to rape. Chandler trial disruption leads to hole in platform. plan to cripple Tom Wolfe revealed. G. A. R. celebration sees light attendance. notable speeches and music praised. A Merom war meeting forms a Mexican expedition with officers appointed and headquarters in Blue Creager Cave. Nameless to report as war correspondent. Letter from Mexico urges no invasion. The double chained free for all ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdelle Mudge
Michigan
Sidney Leonardy
Saratoga
N. Y
Harvey
Mahan
Young Kane
Girdinksville
Merom
Kane
Circuit Court
Charlie Barrett
Chandler
Scott Mapled
Tom Wolfe
Will C. Pearce
Messrs. Woods
Crawford
Cushman
Thompson
Anna Whitely
Gettysburg
Big Springs
John Woods
Turman
Mexico
Times
Calt
Rio Grande
Capiian
M. Juarez
Schiffer Resigns From Sullivan County Commissioner Post
Carlisle Indiana August Lt Iss. Messrs David Crawley Jacob Billman and Win Arnett receive resignation as Commissioner of Sullivan County 3a District Schaffer’s term ends November 1887 Auditor and two remaining Commissioners must fill vacancy until next election Nash expected to be elected in November 1887 and asked to fill the remaining term
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Sullivan Co
Ind
ISS
David Crawley
Jacob Billman
Win. Arnett
Sullivan County
3A District
WM. Schaffer
Schaffer
Nash
Hamilton Township
Sullivan
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Washington Street
Washington
Ames C. Ridge
Niagara Falls Excursion From Evansville Schedule
Special Niagara Falls excursion leaves Evansville August 24 at 8 am via E T H R R with stops at Vincennes and Sullivan and arrives Niagara Falls next day about 10 am. Sullivan round trip is $6 50 with chair car option $2.00. Tickets go on sale August 16 and may include sleeping car rates later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Evansville
G. J. Grammer
Ind
Ross Raymond the continent spanning swindler in jail
The Rogues Gallery portrait profiles Ross Raymond a famed swindler jailed in New York for passing bogus checks. His career began in San Francisco 1872 then eastward across the United States Europe and the Pacific with alias after alias and a string of cons from Virginia City to Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Raymond
New York
Byrnes
Rogues’ Gallery
Raymond
San Francisco
Atlantic Seaboard
Europe
Virginia City
Denver Tribune
Ogden
Omaha
Chicago
Times and Enquirer
Cincinnati
Robinson
Baltimore American
Philadelphia
New York Herald
Garfield
Lizzie Linderman
California
Boston
London
Egypt
Australia
Sandwich Islands
East Indies
Calcutta
Paris
Raymond Bey
War with Mexico map and El Paso scenes highlight border tensions
The piece surveys the Rio Grande border, El Paso street scenes, and Mexican politics amid rising war talk. It notes American troop movements from the City of Mexico, calls for vigilance, and cites Mexico’s credit limits and potential costs of a U.S.-style invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Naval academy appoints Commander William J. Sampson superintendent
Commander William J. Sampson becomes the new superintendent of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland. A strict disciplinarian, he vows to crush hazing, a longstanding problem that has harmed many cadets. Sampson, a New York native aged 46, entered the academy in 1857 and graduated top of his class in 1861, serving in the Potomac flotilla, the gulf squadron, and the monitor fleet at Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Sampson
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Sampson
New York
Naval Academy
Charleston
S. C
Mrs Cleveland Poses In White House Photos For Waists and Graces
The article notes Twenty two photographs of Mrs Cleveland taken in the White House conservatory by Bell of Washington. It describes her beauty height weight 146 pounds and fashion including a cream colored flannel tennis suit with a black velvet plastron. The photographer praises her ease and natural posing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Onida
Wanda
Jenny June
Sama
Cleveland
Langtry
Grover
Bell
Washington
Mahomet
White House
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Currysville Coal Co
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Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of
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Jackson Street
O. B. Harris
Hays
State of Indiana
County of
Edward S. Crick
Mary C. Crick
Sullivan Circuit Court
A. D
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Qheriff's Sale
Wm. H. Crowder
John L. Phillips
Real Fe
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Sherif Sullivan County
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Ben S. Wolfe
W. C. Hultz
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