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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1884
Page
3
Local notices invite visitors to send word and promote loans and groceries. Indianapolis era style ads feature Wilkey Allen Jamison Marlow displays, sales at No 8 Southside, Imperial Plow, tax deadlines, and fresh meats. Several residents travel, shop, or visit, with updates on substitutions and store events in Sullivan.
Mrs. C. A. Nash aged about sixty one from Kentucky died Thursday evening after a long illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at two o'clock. A Christian church member she was highly esteemed by all who knew her.
A local items page reports the Imperial plow offer from Davis Engle & Davis and urges readers to inspect before buying. Hog policy debates loom as Town Board debates hogs at large. Marriage licenses issued include Headley Bensinger King and Goodman couples. Auditor Crawley travels for county costs from Vigo and Pike. A Terre Haute drowning case, engravings from L. Stewart & Son, and insurance notice from Weir & Reed are noted. A John Evans theft report, a notice authorizing Harvey Reed, a Long Hoke wedding, Eugene J. Hall’s Humorous Recitations, and the Robinson post office upgrade are listed.
Farmers from across Crawford county voiced discouraging views on growing wheat at a recent court session. A Vincennes gentleman bought about 5,000 bushels along the Wabash railroad this week. The 20th volume of the Constitution closes with acknowledgments and a pledge to maintain its standard as a democratic paper serving Crawford county.
Len Eaton and Thos Conner were bound for Oaktown when Eaton fell from a moving freight train. He required amputation above the elbow and was returned home in a prostrated state. Also listed are farm for sale near Farmersburg, insurance agency notice by L Stewart's Sons, and political speculation about 1886 Congressional races involving Charles T. Akin and Thomas J. Mana. Harve, a.
Mr. Harvey Gill proprietor of a large dry goods and nations stock near the Masonic Hall retires and will auction the entire stock on April 12 with Mr. Nelson Wilkey as auctioneer. The sale is without reserve and aimed to close the stock that day.
Miss Anna Edmonds ends term at district No. 13 in Jefferson township with a large dinner and 200 visitors. A 60 foot table overflowed with dishes as the 47-22 enrollment and 90 percent term average were celebrated, featuring a valedictory by Estella Alsman and a petition asking Edmonds to return next winter.
Pleasantville reports a long standing feud ending Saturday with Sylvester Meeks killed and Hud Goodman shot in a Wood and Howard store altercation. Goodman survived after coroner's inquest ruled self defense and Meeks was buried at Mt. Maria.
Nearly complete list of Antelope Valley Nebraska start for the O M R and C W T R routes on Wednesday. Names include Rev J A Scamahorn and wife from Sullivan County, with many others from Sullivan and Cincinnati, Gosport, Owen County plus Fairbanks. Train car placards read This car from Sullivan For Antelope Valley.
A report from Panton notes sugar making winding down and a large local delegation visiting Sullivan. Teachers and preachers, including Elder J S Howard, Mr Isiker Arnett, and Miss Mollie Love, are active with schooling and worship. Local trades like Ladson and Ladson tile work and a potential flouring mill site in Pax ton are discussed as prospects.
On Monday Charley Akin and John Sproatt visit town while townsfolk discuss weather rain hail and changes in agriculture. Colonists depart for Antelope Valley, praising progress in industry farming and craft. The piece contrasts old plows with modern designs and celebrates transformation across sectors.
School reports show strong philosophy and drawing classes led by Prof McHenry and Mrs McHenry. Debates, elocution with Miss Baker, and social questions energize student life. Local editor W W Core from Kingman, Kansas, notes wheat crops, land demand, emigration, and markets with prices and farm activity.
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