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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1885
Page
3
DSrees Goods showcases the largest department line in Sullivan County with Cashmere Trichets Henryetta Cloths Canvas Cloths Fancy Flannels and Novelties. Prices cut 20 percent for rapid movement. Black silks offered 10 days only with multiple price reductions from 1.00 to 1.65.
Our department reports a large trade and praise for the very low prices. Lady's Newmarket black diagonal Astrakhan cuff and collar at 5.50, value 8.00. Madessa cloth extra length at 8.00, value 13.50. Full line of Silk Newmarkets and plush sacques offered from 3.50 to 65.00, with fittings and style at low prices.
Local notices describe new stock at Glidden’s including clocks jewelry gold pens and watches plus cheap boots and shoes. A Blue Front opening and post office lobby sales highlight merchandise and holiday gifts.
Mr and Mrs J W Hinkle travel to Worthington this Friday for a short visit with their daughter Mrs Geo W Langworthy seeking a few days of family time in the city.
Local notice highlights Mose Wilkey offering deep discounts on boots and shoes at the frame shop near the post office, claiming savings of 50 to 75 percent. The item repeats with other small ads and community updates about church activities, real estate listings, and local visits.
J P Diehl announces a new boot and shoe shop in the first room west of the Town Hall on Washington street. He promises first class work and short notice service and seeks the town’s patronage.
Drainage tile of the best quality is available at hard-pan prices. Estimates are given and contracts taken for laying tile with Walls & Engle's tile-laying machine. Inquiries may be directed to Walls & Engle at Paxton Indiana or Davis Engle and Davis at Sullivan Indiana.
Prof Cain of Carlisle will give a discourse appropriate to the occasion at the reopening of the Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning. The Sunday school holds a general warming at 2 30 o'clock in the afternoon and Rev Mereer will preach in the evening.
A job lot of 22 inch waterproof grained boots saddle seamed and handmade is for sale at Mose Wilkey's sample boot and shoe store. The ad urges customers to call and buy before stock runs out.
Marriage licenses have been issued to John Bell and Sarah A. Carr, Wm. M. Bastain and Sarah E. Hubbs, Theo. E. Nesmith and Malinda E. Sinclair, Cyrus M. Bick and Eliza E. Neal, Wm. T. Grigory and Julia A. Ussery, Stephen R. Brown and Anna A. Wambaugh, Fred Drake and Sadie Starkey, James A. Lafollette and Sarah C. Osborn, Jackson Spencer and Lida Vester, Zane Lawrence and Harriett Vernon, Oliver Williams and Rosa Lankford, Joseph Pugh and Clara Dudley, A. C. Wells and Martha A. Booker, Sylvester Bedwell and Cora B. Steele, Benonie Figg and Anna L. Robertson, John W. Skinner and Mary E. Kelly.
In Carlisle and nearby towns residents share visits and events. Mr Geo Higgins of Carlisle was in town Monday. Mrs R G Eaton visits Sullivan relatives this week. The dancing season opened with a ball at H J Hamilton’s residence last Thursday night. The piece notes local residents and social happenings including calling on Miss Beffie and visits by Miss Katie Eaton and Mr W J Ladson.
Miss Lydia North travels to Terre Haute. A boy was born to H. Nicholson and wife. Jackson County teachers convene for an institute at No. 8. Schoolboys chase spelling bee glory while locals follow harvest humor from bee tree cutters. Uriah and Noah Neal visit from Vandalia. S. M. Patten travels ten miles daily for school. Jack McAnally, son-in-law of Geo Gouckenour, plans to move from Clay City. Gouckenour and wife attend Baptist Sunday school in Clay City.
A local column raises questions about crime progress compared with Vigo, mentions Mrs. Thos. McAnally from Curry's Prairie under care for ankle bone enlargement, notes Carey McAnally not drinking water for two months yet healthy, remarks on Thanksgiving pass, and jokes about a door opening guide-post resembling Harry Garcon.
Notes from the high school recount steady progress in the Cresar class and overall interest in studies despite some delays. Entertainment was postponed due to boys, the girls contributed, a literary society meeting occurred, and Christmas entertainment was moved to the Friday before Christmas. Stella Benefield called, Miss Miller faced a family bereavement, and a spelling school trip saw Harry Liston miss a word.
Mrs James Lisman shows health improvement while Miss Carrie Clark and Misses Emma and Lizzie Ruddell visit from Sullivan. Town discusses a prospective telegraph office and schoolgirls in boys hats. Travelling salesmen, merchants prosper, fawns found, Thanksgiving supper dull, Revy J S Cooper preaches, oyster supper at T B Springer and a social at John Eatons. Wide awake Society limits visitors to parents and officials. Parents urged to visit schools. students await encouragement. Mr Joe Johnson conveys singing to the boys but remains unclear.
A Thanksgiving reunion on November 26 at the Latshaw homestead in Shaker Prairie drew 114 guests led by Barnet Latshaw and Alexander Latshaw returning from Vernon county Wisconsin. Tables thirty four and twelve feet long were set for the feast with guests arriving by rail and cart. The event honored a protracted visit by Alexander Latshaw and wife, marking a rare gathering of Latshaw kin with extended families from nearby towns and states including Indiana.
A small ad from the World's Dispensary Medical Association at 668 Main Street, Buffalo New York, offers a remedy for male weakness and loss of power and advertises a book available for 10 cents in stamps.
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