Indiana politics and fair gains amid prosecutions and fortune
A long report covers Hon. Joan Lamb striking Thomas Foley with a silver-headed stick, debt concerns in Jennings County Bank, and broad critiques of trustees and school suppliers. It notes a Sullivan county fair success with officers and exhibitors praised, and cites Prohibition-era battles around Gen Neal Dow, William Blaine, and Dr Leonard, plus local notes on a typhoid death, a near suicide case, and a spectacle of charitable coal distribution by Prof John W Spencer and Willing Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan EK. Lamb
United States
Thomas Foley
Lamb
Foley
Indiana
Jennings County Bank
Vernon
Prohibition Party
Neal Dow
James G. Blaine
Portland
Blaine
Ohio
Dr. Leonard
Methodist Church
Cincinnati
John W. Spencer
Fair Ground
Sullivan
Society of
M. E. Church
Currysville Coal Company
Coal Company
M. S. Heavenridge
Death of Mr. T. R. Morgan in Pulaski Tennessee
Mr. T. R. Morgan died at his Pulaski Tennessee home last Friday after a long illness. He was born February 28 1852 in Middletown Vigo County Indiana and buried there Saturday. He worked in Middletown commerce and stock business before moving to Tennessee in 1874 to join the revenue service and later serve as Pulaski postmaster. His marriage to Belle Jamison occurred in 1879 and left two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Morgan
Pulaski
Tennessee
Middletown
Vigo County
Valentine and
Francis Morgan
United States Revenue Service
Garfield
Belle Jamison
Fire organization formed at Court House meeting
At a citizens meeting in the Court House on Monday evening a fire company was formed and officers elected. Capt J E Hamill was named chief. Steam engine unit selects F E Basler president C A Parks secretary Wm McCammon treasurer Ben E Briggs captain C E Crawley 1st lieutenant E P Hill 2d lieutenant. Hook and ladder group names R M Dear president Ela Stewart secretary John Glass captain Sed Troll 1st lieutenant David Chapman 2d lieutenant. Chief Hamill aims to have both units uniformed in two or three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
J. E. Hamill
F. E. Basler
C. A. Parks
Wm. McCammon
Ben E. Briggs
C.E. Crawley
E. P. Hill
Hook and Ladder Company
R. M. Dear
Ela Stewart
John Glass
Sed. Troll
David Chapman
Hamill
Local fair attendance praised and community notices
Attendees at the fair reported high satisfaction while townspeople share brief updates on residents and events. Mentions include Geo Sanders near Graysville, B W Menifee shipping poultry, Rev Cox at Freelandsville, Prof Cross organizing a singing class, and various Local happenings and sales notices in Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Sanders
Graysville
B. W. Menifee
Geo. Pirtle
Calvery
Rev. Cox
Freelandsville
Providence
Cross
Chicago
Our Place
Mike Ladson
Preacher Julian Opens M. E. Church in Juno
In harsh winter weather the veteran Rev. Julian established a Methodist church at Juno with regular Carlisle circuit preaching by Rev. Davis. The piece laments local apathy toward enterprise and urges residents to invest in vacant lots to attract business and provide a better market for produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian
Army of Christ
M. E
Carlisle
Davis
Juno
Thalia Reunites With Hidden Love After Family Vows
Thalia Rivers faces pressure from her guardian mother and society. Harry Holmes, thought distant, writes of a return from Ireland on Thalia’s twenty first birthday. The pair vow to marry if love endures and reunite at a garden fête as the story nears its hopeful moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thalia
Aly Harry
Ida
Harry Holmes
Harry
Ireland
Dean Nernew
Margaret
Stephen
Stephen Hartley
Henry Holmes
Thalia Rivers
Renie Andrews
England
Renie
Nurse
Graysville News From Last Week At the Fair
A crowd passed through Graysville daily during the fair last week. Miss Mary Cushman will attend State Normal School this year. Miss Teuce Ingersoll begins teaching in Indianapolis. Mr Charles Crapo and daughter of Fairbanks visited last Friday. Miss Nola Pogue leaves for Crawfordsville for a year at the college. S S Yager changed politics and received a Cleveland badge from Curg. Tuurman. Water on North and East streets was redirected into lots. Miss Fannie Canary, formerly a teacher here, married Mr Varrick of Lyons Kansas. Wish them a happy voyage in life. Jesse Pinkston moved to the farm. Nelson Burton moved to town last week. Nemo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graysville
Mary Cushman
State Normal
Teuce Ingersoll
Indianapolis
Chas. Crapo
Fairbanks
Nola Pogue
Crawfordsville
S. S. Yager
Tuurman
Cleveland
North Street
East Street
Fannie Canary
Varrick
Lyons
Kans
Jesse Pinkston
Nelson Burton
Jesse
Nelson
Nemo
Thalia and Ida Minturn at the berry field
Thalia deflects Ida Minturn as the two converse while Ida eyes flirtation with Mr Holmes. Thalia warns against scandal and resists Ida's scheme as Holmes walks by, distant and composed, observing the day’s tasks.
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the Times
PunnisvEen
J. C. Bartlett
Med Wilson’s Bank
North American Review
N.Y
New York
Wm. Waldorf Astor
J. B. Lustis
Louisiana
Wm. R. Grace
Theodore Roosevelt
Horatio Seymour
E. P. Whipple
Chas. T. Congdon
Dorman
Eaton
Gen. Grant
Milliken’s Bend
Vicksburg
Col
Fred. Grant
Sullivan County
Joshua Beasley
John Rogers
J. W. Cunningham
The
Mron
TIMES
J. W. Spencer
Davis, Engle & Davis
Troll & Burks
Crowder
Wm. Clendenin
Clendenin
Leonard
Brother Leonard
J. R. Burnett
Curry
Orange County
Emma A. Branson
John M. Branson
Farmersburg
Smock
Knox County
Martin D. Anderson
Fire Organization
Paxton
Pittsburg
Squire Frakes
Vanarsdall
Terre Haute
Maggie McGrew
Sullivan High School
Wm. Sills
Elza McCammon
8. Beckett
Bloomfield
Coal City
Minnie Welty
Jas. W. Manwarring
Chattanooga
John Tipton
Emma Branson
John Branson
Little Flock Church
Shelburn
W.M. Tichenor
Centerville
Pic Nic
Johnson
Heavenridge
Strabor
Alma Life Ins. Co
Ricas & Berry
Real Estate Agts
Town Board
Geo. W. French & Son
East Washington Street
Sullivan Fire Company
North Main Street
Chas. Campbell
Joyce & Julian
H. B. Bushell
T. C. Simmons
Henry Nichols
Jas
Ridge
Arate Mietee
Ruddell
Mike Maloney
Crawford
J. W. Bodger
J.C. Bartlett
Murray Briggs &Son
B.E. Briggs
Carben & Co
A. Hopewell
J.T. Beasley
Florida
Vincennes
Jacksonville
F. J. Vogel
W. B. Hallsted
Trav
R Ag’t O. M. Ry
Ind
McClanahan & Brokaw
Cass Township
Abbey
Thos
F. Abbey
Armstrong Street
Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Weir & Reed's
Walls & Engle
Walls & Engle, Paxton, Ind
Sullivan, Indiana
W. T. Cummins
Etta L. Applegate
Jesse Anderson
Minerva Anderson
John W. Lisman
Lizzie Springer
Geo. T. Carruthers
Minnie B. Lusk
John S. Morse
Sarah J. Herring
O’haver
Stacy, Adams & Co
Congress
Mose Wilkey
Ida Minturn
Mr. Holmes
East
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
David Crawford
Noah Crawford
Board of Trustees
Jefferson Abell
W. B. Stark
State of Indiana
County of
Diana M. O'Neal
Jerome H. O'Neal
Hays & Hays
Jerome H. O’neal
Sullivan Circuit Court
A. D
Thomas J. Mann
Queerers Sale
Wesley Conner
John W. Williams
Section Twenty-Nine
Lemuel H. Willis
P.mceneney
Shop and Salercom
Southside
Sullivan, Ind
Sprace EU
New
Qwociniw
Foundry
Behe
F Foundry EE
Sol Goodman
Jueweler
Commercial Row
Lilciana
Knox Go
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
W. W. Berry
Gerard Reiter
Sullivan Woolen Mills
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