Sullivan Local Notes and Front Page Gossip
Sullivan continues to host visitors and departures with many town residents traveling to Indianapolis Terre Haute and Cincinnati this week. Nelson Wilkey buys poultry hides beans and groceries while promoting his cash market and new tile stock. A Miss Cox dies of pneumonia at seventeen and Riley’s Dramatic Company performs Dora with strong local attendance.
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Nelson Wilkey
Iowa
Sullivan Market
Riley
Sullivan
Real Estate Agents Offer Aina Life Inn Holdings for Sale
We list all the Real Estate of the Aina Life Inn Co in this county and certify purchase certificates. Bargain terms available. Call Riaas and Berry, Real Estate Agents, Sullivan, Tud.
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Aina Life Inn. Co
Riaas & Berry, Real Estate Agts
Sullivan, Tud
Doctor Brunker suit against railroad ends with $1400 verdict
Dr W A Brunker of Farmersburg won a case against the Terre Haute and Indianapolis railroad company for injuries. The jury retired Thursday evening and returned a sealed verdict opened Friday morning, finding for the plaintiff with damages of 1400 dollars.
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Terre Haute
W. A. Brunker
Farmersburg
T. H. & I. Railroad Company
Bargain Sale Ad Promises Low Prices for All Items
A sales notice proclaims everything offered at the lowest price and urges early purchasing to secure rare bargains. The author signs off with a courteous closing.
Sullivan Social Happenings Highlight Stage Stars and Local Pioneers
In Sullivan, notable visitors include Jas Ellis of Terre Haute praising Sullivan’s growth while Thos Mann tours with him. Riley Dramatic Troupe receives high praise for Fate and the troupe’s performances. W B Manning decorates estates and shares reminiscences. Miss Edna Burks earns praise for Ave Maria at St. John’s Cathedral. Joshua Beasley and Carrie Coffman wed in St. Louisville with Sullivan ties. community mourns Buff a pioneer buried with Masonic honors.
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Jas. Ellis
Terre Haute
Sullivan
Thos. J. Mann
W. B. Manning
Indianapolis Times
St. John’s Cathedral
Edna Burks
Joshua Beasley
Carrie Coffman
Wesley Coffman
St. Louisville
Licking County
Ohio
Mr. Beasley
West Washington Street
Florida
Buff
West
Sullivan Cemetery
Union: John Buff’s long life from South Carolina to Indiana
John Buff born December 12 1809 in South Carolina. Orphaned early he lived with the Goslin family in Clearmont County Ohio until 1837 then moved to Darke County. He farmed for twenty six years and accumulated three hundred acres, buying another three hundred. In 1862 he sold possessions and moved near Merom Indiana to provide education for his children. He died March 16 1886 at 5 15 am leaving a widow and seven children Harrison T Buff N G Buff Mary E Gettinger Benjamin F Buff George W Buff Libbie Cochran and Josie Ford.
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Union
John Buff
South Carolina
Goslin
Clearmont County
Ohio
Darke County
Merom
Buff
Harrison T. Buff
The
Christian Church
N. G. Buff
Terre Haute
Mary E. Gettinger
Benj. F. Buff
Illinoise
George W. Buff
Libbie Cochran
Tunnels
Josie Ford
Ford Te
John H. Oberly
Illinois
Charles Lyman
Connecticut
William L. Trenholm
Dorman B. Eston
Alfred P. Edgerton
Indiana
New England States
Stanton
Treasury Department
Civil Service Examiners
Arthur
Lyman
Civil Service Board
Gen
Grant
Civil Service Commission
Pennsylvania
Alexander Scheeffer
Schaefferstown
Lebanon County
Cincinnati
Oberlys
Wooster
Oberly
Memphis
Tenn
Cullom
Railroad Commission
Democratic State Committee
Cleveland
Trenholm
Commission
Civil Service
Civil Service Reform
Treasury
Bankers
Chicago
Lamar
Labor Bureau
Perry Barron
Death of Rev W E Davis in Evansville remembered in Sullivan obituary
Union records honor Reverend W E Davis who died last month in Evansville. A veteran of the 27th Indiana Regiment and Libby prison survivor, he served the Indiana Conference M E Church including a Sullivan pastorate and later edited the Long Pine Journal. His long ministry spanned Nebraska and Indiana, ending with a return to Sullivan where locals recall his patriotism and generosity.
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Union
W.E. Davis
Evansville
Indiana Conference
M. E. Church
Sullivan
Indiana
Libby
Nebraska
Exeter
North of Nebraska
Long Pine
Billy Davis
Annual Indiana division L A W cycling tour schedule
The third annual Indiana division L A W tour runs July 9 to 14 departing Windsor Hotel Rushville with daily legs to Lewisville New Castle Pendleton Noblesville Kokomo Russiaville Lafayette Crawfordsville Lebanon and Indianapolis ending optional with banquet. A 21 mile road race from New Castle to Pendleton offers 10 prize dollars and 5 medals. entry fee 1 dollar.
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Murray D. Crawley
Indiana
Windsor Hotel
Rushville
Ind
Lewisville
New Castle
Bundy House
Pendleton
Noblesville
Wainwright Hotel
Tipton
Commercial Hotel
Kokomo
Clinton House
Russiaville
Lafayette
Lahr
Crawfordsville
Robbins
Lebanon
Rose House
Indianapolis
Spanish mandolin craze in American salons
A long critique of the mandolin as a fashionable instrument replacing the banjo. It covers its Spanish origin eight strings in couples to produce a trill, price ranges from five to two hundred dollars, Italian maestros and their grandiose greetings, and the instrument's place in stylish parlors. It ends with a burlesque portrait of the mandolin’s social fate and a Lincoln anecdote about addressing a quarrel.
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New York
Jim” Bennett
Europe
Newport
Mr. Patterson
Connecticut
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
The
Peter M ‘Arthur
Cleveland, O
Excursion Tickets to Florida From Evansville Area
The Evansville and Terre Haute R A offers round trip excursion tickets to Florida cities at record low rates. Prices include Sullivan to Pensacola 15 75 and return, with stops at Tallahassee Jacksonville Ocala Gainesville Leesburg Sanford Titusville Cedar Key Palatka St Augustine Orlando, now shown with various cents. Tickets valid to May 1, 1886. through cars from Evansville via Ph Basier, Sullivan.
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Florida
Evansville
Terre Haute R. A
Sullivan
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Ocala
Gainesville
Leesburg
Anesthe
Sanford
Titusville
Cedar Key
Palatka Saciety
St. Augustine
Orlando
Ph. E. Basier
Ind
G. J. Grammer
G. P.A
Cincinnati’s Wealthy Benefactors Honored in Special Portraits
Special correspondence from Cincinnati profiles two prominent citizens Dr Wise and David Sinton. It lauds Wise as a leading Jewish reform rabbi and Sinton as a self-made millionaire philanthropist who gave large sums to the newsboys home Bethel Young Men’s Christian Association and the art museum.
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St. Louis
Nicholas Smith
Grosvenor
Patience
Kentucky
Horace Greeley
Ida
Cleveland
Reid
the Tribune
Gabrielle Greeley
Col
Mary” Anderson
Louisville
Chicago
Mary
Abud
Col. Smith
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Abua
er—Smith
Dr. Griffin
Miss Anderson
St. Louey
United States
Deppo
Dr. Wise
David Sinton
Cincinnati
Wise
Wibe
North Ireland
Pittsburg
Linton
Sinking Springs
Hanging Rock
Newsboys
Bethel
United Enterprise
Young Men’s Christian Association
New Art Museum
Janet Elmer
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the Times
Fred Briggs
C. J. Sherman
Mr. W. B. Stark
Jennie Page
Mr. W. FE. Woods
Dr. Kiser
Fostoria
Vincennes
Frank Schaum
Fannie Springer
New Lebanon
Claiborne
J.H. Mercer
August Goodman
Lou Hill
Master Lou
John Willis
Carlisle
Glanders
T. J. Cushman
Frank Baker
John Coffman
A. N. Weir
Graysville
Mr. Wim. Long
Delta, Louisana
J. F. Hoke
J. M. Trout
Circuit Court
Messrs
J. H. Fleming and
Ethel Orendorff
Shaker Prairie
W. B. Hallsted
Spencer
Alma Holmes
Robinson, Ilis
Mr. A.A. Holmes
Chas. Hamill
Hustler Hallsted
G. E. Ireland
Bruceville
Mame Callahan
Robinson, Tils
Emma Callahan
Pollock & Bro
Chas. Hunt
Near
Greencastle
C. M. Henderson & Co’s
Jennie Griffin
A. M. Knotts
Geo. Miller
Martinsville, Ts
J. T. Beasley
J. S. Bays
Sedan
Loug Hill
Sanborn, Ind
Burton Bros
West Post Office
Mr. A. S. Dodds
C. M. Henderson & Co., of
Harry ‘Ross
Martinsville, Ills
Fred. Irwin
A. B. Williams
M. B.wilson
Kansas City
Southside
W. T. Crawford & Son
Nelson, Wilkey
Chinaman
Louis Koltinsky
Mt. Vernon
Barney Koltinskey
Lola’ Moore
T. K. Sher & Son
Messia
P. H. Blue
R. ‘Hinkle
St. ‘Louis
Riggs & Berry, Sullivan, Ind
Frate Liston
Sigon
Clara Swain
Lyons
Kansas
J.T. Beasley
Joshua
Carrie Cofmigni
James Sage
Joseph Cornell
Pleasantville
Times Office
Southern Indiana Teacher's Association
Heavenridge
Bucher
Jas
DeCamp
Ireland
C. L. Davis
Martha Davis
Martha
Anna Shaffer
McCammon Hotel
W. G. Young
Tom Whitman
Daily & Bros’. Drug Store
Paxton
Henry Ayers
South
W. H. Riley
Dramatic Company
W. T. Crawford
Columbia County
Mr. Crawford
Messrs. T. K. Sherman & Son
Barney Koltinsky
Traces
Timxes
Ella Cox
Bond Place
A. S. Dodds
Sullivan, Ind
A. Levy
Young
Riley Dramatic Company
H. and F. Decorative Art Society of the Americas
Times
M. B. Wilson
Palestine Enterprise
Jas. Gullett
A. D. Foreman
Blue
Nii
Elmer Johnson
John C. Johnson
G W. Ingersoll
W.kent Thames
Riley Dramatic
P.T. Barnum
Jenny Lind
Becker
Dani. McDonald
Plymouth
Democrat
Thomas
John Bud
Im Memoriam
Kee & Engle
Senate
O? Davis
Engle & Davis
Mandolin
Abe
Lincoln
Ilinois
Lamon
SOL
Nick Smith
MAR
C. M. Henderson & Cort
David’ Sinton
Washington
Wal. L. Trenholm
John F. Oberly
Peter MH
Richmond, Va
Niehaus
Richyonn
America
Lost Cause
Richmond
James River
Robert E. Lee
Gen. R. E. Lee
Charles A. Niehaus
Garfield
Munich
Lee
Gen. Lee
Virginia
Georgia
France
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Simon
Miehaus
Europa
Sanan Kine
Krug É& Emmerson
West Side
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