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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1886
Page
3
The Times reports a flood of short notices from Vincennes and Fairbanks area residents. Frequent arrivals and departures, social calls, school openings, illnesses, and travels are recorded alongside ads for guns yarns boots and coal and plans for the city hall cornerstone ceremony on October 18 1886.
Indianapolis visitor reports Owen Davis improving in health. Christian Church holds services next Sunday with a sermon on The City of the Christian Dead. Barrett & Barrett offer title abstracts at 25 cents per page. Town Board bans frame buildings near the courthouse. Beasley honored with serenade at Shelburn. Millinery stock updated with fall fashions at John Davis & Co. Also ads for bargains in clothing and boots. Travel deal offers round trip to St. Louis for fall events via Indiana and Illinois Southern Railway.
Hazel nuts are ripe and residents travel to Paxton Terre Haute and St Louis for events. Died Oct 1, 1886 Mr J D Baldridge 48 lived in Sullivan County 16 years noted as a respected citizen with family sympathy from the community.
The Times heralds the Sells Brothers Big United States Circus and Great Eastern Menagerie arriving in Sullivan, Indiana on Wednesday October 20. The notice invites all readers to take a day for recreation and instruction, urging entire households to attend for a holiday from summer toil and a restoration of vigor for fall work.
Massies team injures Mrst Davis and damages wagon. Mrs Cooprider dies after illness. funeral held Saturday. Drugstore changes: Cluery closing Merom store, Wells leaves D M Blue shop to join Cooper in corn business. Wedding cake thanks from Will Pearce and Nameless. Mort Tyson visits Friday amid beer boat coincidence. Rose Dale and Crown Point resume navigation. large corn shipments. Bart Stoddard arrives with parents. buys Humphrey property. Merom population growth could make it state’s largest town. Will McKee returns from Kansas, marries Lena Trimble. they move to Kingman Kansas. Linconian session notes Myrtie Shidler recital and labor debate. Johns Hopkins infant Terrible absent. Nameless.
Hunky Dailey is on the railroad again. Mrs A R Angell was ill but better. Benj Lankford repaired his roof Monday. Mr Robt Nash went to Evansville to work on a pile-driver. Mr Henry Ayers is remodeling his house this week. Judge Coffey supervises the job. J T McKinney took the oath as school director on Monday. Misses Jane and Libbie Peyton of Parke County visited uncles John and Dr Peyton. John Nesbit’s new house almost completed and notable. Jack Frost stopped the sorghum factory and withered sweet potatoes. W W Bailey passed through town Sunday evening. Flora Howard, now in Thurston Ohio, visited sister Mrs Dr Dailey. Now is the time to agitate sidewalks or invent new locomotion for mud. The past informs the future. JUNO.
Jack Frost appeared last week and residents report small changes around town. Wm Allen moved into the Pink Stone property as E G Carruthers traveled to Terre Haute to stock up. Charley Johnson and wife of Waveland visited Dr Durham last Monday. Wm Arnett moved to the Turman farm recently vacated by R Ransford. George T Durham made a brief visit to town. An earthquake was felt early last week causing J B Durhams sentiments to be unsettled. Wesley Warner has been bulling clover for two weeks with good yields. locals ask why. Bill Ingersoll talks of Merom. Clerk T J Mann rusticated Sunday. Public schools of our village be-
Last Monday F C Boone led the school with hopes for success and visible effort. S S entertainment at Merom drew attendees from town with good reports. Ed Stone and Miss Lizzie Mason visited. Fred Thixtum and Henry Pounds from Fairbanks frequent town. S H Yager attended Miss Cooprider’s funeral in Merom. Miss Hattie Lester stays with Dr Durham. Isaac Boroughs has stopped visiting Fairbanks townships.
Circuit court will convene Monday next October 11 1986. Following we list the grand jurors R Willis E C Gaskins Jno W Gray H R Milam Ed McKinzie Jno Ridgeway.
The text lists intermittent payments and receipts such as 1,150 16 by bills, premiums paid by orders, large posters, and entry fees deducted. It includes totals like 31,149 66 with scattered notes on funds turned over to a treasurer, tickets redeemed, and free tickets.
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