Local notices and visits fill The Times page
Sullivan Indiana July 4 1885 residents send word to office to add local matters. notes on visits, travels, sickness, sales, farms, schools and entertainment plus court and police items and business notices.
Worthington Normal School Aims for Thorough Teacher Prep
Worthington Normal School and Business Institute plans thorough teacher training with a strong normal department led by Prof. Moffett and a focus on exam-day readiness. Local visits include Dan’l Driscoll from Bedford and reports on arson and burglary defense. The piece notes business instruction, local commerce, and community notices from Sullivan to Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. A. Morgan
Worthington Normal
West
Worthington Normal School and Business Institute
Prof. Moffett
A. D. Moffett
Indiana University
Moffett
Indiana
Christian Danielson
Danielson
KE. A. Morgan
Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute
Ralesman
Edwards County Fair Introduces Two New Premiums
The Edwards county agricultural society adds a 3.00 premium for the quickest horse hitch and drive, and a 2.60 premium for another event. Since last report, marriage licenses issued to pairs including George Smith with Artimish Holbert and others such as Jackson Springer with Samira Boles and Henry Pittman with Leberia Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards County, DL
George Smith
Artimish Holbert
Jackson S. Springer
Samira F. Boles
Ambros B. Corbin
Mary Lucas
Henry Pittman
Leberia A.anderson
James I. Osborn
Jennie Malone
Henry W. Cochran
Sarah J. Relana
Theophilus J. Fox
Lizzie McCain
C. N. Snider
Nancy J. Plew
J. B.H. Johnson
Celesta L. Nidey
Excelsior Safety Burner Agency Aimed Across County
Mr. C. L. Rose of Farmersburg holds county agency for the Excelsior Safety Burner and seeks to establish sales outlets in every town. The gas light is described as a genuine article, smoke-free with high top clearance, cheaper and safer than a lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Rose
Farmersburg
Indiana
Townsman Details Perpetual Motion Patent Offer
Our townsman James A Handley has perfected plans for a perpetual motion device but cannot build it due to ill health. He offers a big share of patent rights to anyone who will construct the model or finance its completion. He seeks interested parties to discuss the invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Handley
Worthington Normal School opens July 6 with lectures
An advertisement notes the Worthington Normal School and Business Institute opens July 6 led by Prof A D Moffett and instructors. It mentions lectures for teachers by Indiana educators, a new naval connection, and special summer terms with a catalog offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington Normal School
Business Insitute
Worthington Normal School and Business Institute
A. D.moffett
A. B
Indiana
Worthington Normal and Business Institute
Wheat Harvest Nears Peak in Montgomery County
Princeton Democrat reports high wheat quality and abundant heads this season. Dr James Young of Carlisle attended Princeton after a Pneumonia confinement. Absalom Redman of Princeton gifted exceptionally prolific heads from a field three miles southeast of Owensville, with heads containing four to ten grains per mesh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
W. H. Griffin
James Young
Carlisle
Absalom Redman
Owensville
Montgomery Township
Town Board approves engine house and cistern plans
A special session convened Monday night adopted plans for an engine house and Council room by M. K. Coulson and ordered a public letting notice for July 13, 1885. Cistern depth changed to 12 feet. Able and Dear named to buy materials for one cistern, planned for the southeast public square with about 500 barrels capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Coulson
Messrs
Able and
Dear
Tax democratic editors meet at Lake Maxinkuckee
Indiana editors of the tax democracy will hold a semi annual meeting at Lake Maxinkuckee on July ninth and tenth this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Democratic Editors
Indiana
Lake Maxinkuckee
Sullivan county land transfers and town tale of mischief
A list of land conveyances from Sullivan and surrounding areas shows multiple 40 to 7534 acre transfers with warranty and quit claim deeds to various buyers including L. H. Willis, J. L. Nash, and O. P. Paxton. In town, Jesse Anderson frightens residents with a loud shout about a mad gorilla, prompting threats of punishment. A letter from Gordon Nebraska describes railroad construction, regional growth, and crops prospects, signed by W. C. WilSHITE. An advertisement touts a Hallett & Davis piano with praise from L H Southard and a celebratory note from Franz Liszt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Gordon, Neb
Fred Bricas
United States
Shadron
Black Hills
Merom
Sullivan
Republican
Democrat
W. C. Wilshite
Sullivan County Normal Opens July 13 in Sullivan Indiana
The Sullivan County Normal begins July 13 at the Sullivan school building for five weeks, followed by a two week county institute. Courses cover orthography reading penmanship geography grammar arithmetic physiology U S history and teaching methods. Tuition is five dollars. For details contact W B Creager or Richard Park Sullivan Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Co
Normal Institute
Carlisle
Indiana
Teacher's County Institute
W.H. Carn
Ind
Sullivan County Normal
Sullivan School
County Institute
U. S
Creager
Richard Park
Sullivan
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M. B. Wilson
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Davis
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Etta Crawford
Josier
You
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WM. G. Young
John
Fair Association
Jackson
W. R. Richardson
Mary E. Richardson
S.C. Davidson
Moranda Douthit
Sacres
Geo. B. Snelling
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R.cole
Curry
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Robt
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Fairbanks
Benj. Drake
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John Arnett
KR. H. Crowder
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Franz Liszt
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OTICE
Sullivan L. Circuit Court
James J. Boone
Bloomfield Rail Road Company
Said
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