Pleasantville Hosts Political Talk and Local Appointments
Messars John T. Beasley and W C Hultz speak Saturday afternoon October 2 1986 in Pleasantville. M D Maxson was in town Wednesday on official business and visited the Traces office. At the Democratic Central Committee meeting Geo W Usery of Cass township was named to fill the Commissioner vacancy after Wim Schaffer’s resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeu
M. D. Maxson
Traces
Democratic Central Committee
Geo. W. Usery
Cass Township
Wim. Schaffer
Governor Gray to Speak in Sullivan Rally Day
Governor Gray will speak in Sullivan on Thursday October 7. The message urges every Democrat to attend the grand rallying day of the campaign and praises Gray as an eloquent and logical speaker.
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Gray
Sullivan
Chicago
St. Louis
Knights Templar
Court House
Vote Choices Tied to National Figures in Local Election
The piece links Decatur Downing and John T. Beasley for Joint Representative to national figures Ben Harrison and the Greenbackers. It notes Harrison's 1878 stance against Greenbackers and opposition to silver bond payments, framing Beasley as favoring greenbacks and labor interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Downing
Ben Harrison
United States
Harrison
John T. Beasley
Terre Haute Gazerre
John FE. Lamb
Congress
Landlord Scully's Harsh Rents Spark Peasant Strife
A Blue Book profile portrays William Scully an Irish absentee landlord owning vast Illinois lands. He bought homestead warrants after the Mexican War, extracting high rents with rigid leases, amassing about 150000. The piece notes widespread tenancy and peasant misery, tying it to failed preemption and homestead laws.
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United States
William Scully
Ilinois
Scully
Vast coal vein found at eighty to ninety feet deep near Sabine
An Eagle Pass report notes a coal seam nearly seven feet thick at ninety feet depth on land bought by Southern Pacific from General Maranjo along the Sabine River. Other items include political, judicial, and electoral notes across multiple states with nominations and legal actions.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Southern Pacific Company
General Maranjo
Sabine River
Commodore Gerry
Newport
Biloxi
Mississippi
Odd Fellows
Chicago
Boston
Louisiana
Bossier Parish
Herbert C. Ayer
New York
Columbus
Ohio
Hoadly
Tilden
Andrew Haben
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Maryland
Lewis C. McComas
South Carolina
William Elliott
Beaufort
James Brooklin
Tennessee
James Phelan
Memphis Avalanche
Twenty-Fifth New Fork
Frank Triscock
Pennsylvania
Charles R. Buckalew
United States
C. Newton
J. Floyd King
I. and T. Railway to Sell Roundtrip Tickets
The I. T. and S. R. Co. offers roundtrip tickets from Sullivan to Switz City to Linton, Indiana, valid Oct 4 to Oct 8, with return on regular trains through Oct 9. G. P. A. W. B. Haulsrep announces.
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Sullivan
Switz City
Linton
Ind
W. B. Haulsrep
Merom town notes include visits and events and a thief
Claude Crowder in town and a busy week with mail changes. Mrs C Rt Fairfield visiting Merom while C E Watson lectured at the College. Seven fakirs camped under the hill and boys prep a brass band for the Merom Amateur Theater Company. A mill boiler leak closed the mill. Wells and Cooper injure on I and I station trip. A suspicious horse thief named Russell found with nearly 1600 dollars in a revolver and captured by Daugherty. Clay county authorities notified.
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Claude Crowder
Merom
Hamilton
A. M
Merom Ametur Theatrical Company
Terre Haute
Fairfield
Franklins
John Wood
Long Jim
Ed. Wells
C. W. Cooper
Cooper
Wells
Russell
Girdink
Clay County
Bill Daugherty
Sullivan
Daugherty
St. Louis Exposition round trip rail sale advertised
The EH. & TT. BR. R. offers low rate round trip tickets to St. Louis from Sept. 23 to Oct. 9 with three daily trains and connections at Terre Haute or Vincennes. Inquiries via I. E. Basler, ticket agent. Also listing Atua Life Ins. Co. real estate and purchase certificates for sale through Rias & Berry Sullivan Indiana Real Estate Agents.
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St. Louis Exposition
EH. & TT
BR. R
St. Louis
Terre Haute
Vincennes
I. E. Basler
G. J. Grammer
Atua Life Ins. Co
Riaas & Berry, Real Estate Agts
Sullivan, Ind
Gogebic iron range rapid boom sparks mining towns
The Gogebic iron range near Lake Superior rises as a major bonanza with 40 million dollars in stock, a temporary population over 10 000, and three towns within six miles. Discovery by Captain N C Moore sparked development. now 55 mines are active or planned and rail links expand toward Bessemer. Indiana State Fair Grounds chosen for livestock competitions opening September 27 signals a grand industrial exhibition.
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Fighteen
Gogeic
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Michigan
Bessemer
Milwaukee
Ashland
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway
N. C. Moore
Colby
Hurley
Ironwood
Indiana
Kentucky
Iowa
Canada
New York
President Cleveland and Family Comfort in Adirondack Cottage
The article describes President Grover Cleveland taking his wife and mother-in-law to a Swiss chalet style log cottage on Saranac Lake, aboard a Delaware and Hudson Directors’ car. It notes the White House preparations and a cracked homeward journey with details on the new skylight and missing gas pendants replaced before their return.
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Folsom
Saranac Lake
Washington
John the Baptist
Adirondacks
Grover
W. R. Dutton
Philadelphia
Thither
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company
Cleveland
White House
Henry Buschmann Heads National Kriegerfest in Cincinnati
Henry Buschmann, president of the Landwehr Verein in Cincinnati, was elected president of the National Kriegerfest, an association of Germans who fought in Europe. The piece notes his Franco Prussian War service, education at Göttingen, and emigration to America after military service.
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Cincinnati
Europe
Prussia
Koenigratz
Gravelotte
Sedan
America
Landwehr Verein
Henry Buschmann
Hoe
University of Goettingen
German Empire
Landwehr
Germany
Road opening petitions and viewer appointments at commissioners court
Proceedings show favorable reports to open roads in Turman Jackson Tarman Curry Hamilton Jefferson and Edna Collins Wheeler and Bean appointed viewers for Jefferson road petitions Jewell remonstrance for damages on Fairbanks road and Weir remonstrance on Turman and Gill road before next session.
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Commissioners’ Court
Turman
G. F. Plew
Jackson
Jas. Kelly
Tarman
Geo. T. Marta
Curry
Hamilton
Abraham Booker
Jefferson
Jas. Wells
Edna. Collins
John Wheeler
Salathiel Bean
Z. T. Jewell
Fairbanks
Ward Jewell
Andrew Carter
William K. Reed
Chas. Lovelace
A.H. Weir
County Court Notes on Roads and Appointments
Viewers appointed for road changes in Haddon Turman and Cass. Dismissals include Cass stock ton Greene county road petitions. New justice of the peace John W. Mills in Dugger. Additional levy petition for railroad funding dismissed, $15 000 claimed. Coal contract awarded to Wilson Bros 7.44 per hundred. Liquor licenses granted to several applicants including Hutchison Southard Riggs Griffin Ridge Bailey Dra per and Leach and John Harper.
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John Benefield
Jonathan Scott
Wm. Pitzer
A. W. Minick
Haddon
Elza Campbell
W. K. Dugger
Cass
W. H. Sexton
J.J. Moss
W. H. Combs
W. H. Crowder
Stockton
Greene County
A. W. Springer
Gill
A. M. Weir
Dora Eaton
Wm. Foote
John W. Mills
Dugger
R. B. McKissick
P. H. Blue
A. J. Dodd
Hamilton
Circouit Court
Wilson Bros
Jerry Hutchison
Buell City
Jas.h.southard
Andrew J. Southard
Turman
Stephen M. Riggs
Almon C. Griffin
Carlisle
Jas. C. Ridge
Ransom Bailey
Saml.h. Draper
Geo. W. Leach
Sullivan
John Harper
Jackson
Unclaimed Letters at Local Post Office 1886 List
The following names are unclaimed at the local post office and will be sent to the Dead-letter office if not retrieved within thirty days. Please provide the date of advertising when calling: Pet Creager May Chambers Mary C Chambers John Algus Will Plough James Pratt Mary Plew Geo W Payson John Ray Jennie Shurgeon J W die J Ernest P M Sullivan Ind Sept 20 1886.
Local notes from 1886 regarding health, visits, and a surprise birthday
Wheat sowing has commenced as residents share health updates and town movements. A farewell sermon, business partnerships, and travel to Dugger are noted. A large 64th birthday celebration for Mrs. Elizabeth Gibbs from September 11 1886 records ninety five attendees and a long list of generous gifts.
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Geo. Baker
Brewer
Milt Gott
N.J. McCammon
Spencer
L. ©. McDowell
Greene County
Dora Corbin
Will DeVol
Dugger
Pierson
The
Baptist Church
Chas. Milne
Indianapolis
W.P. O’ Haver
Fleming
Elizabeth Gibbs
Robt. Gibbs
Sarah Moody
Guss
Wm. Moody
Richard Gibbs
Rhoda Kennett
Jacob Kennett
Mortimer Gibbs
Lucy Gibbs
Mollie
Gibbs
Nannie
Moody
Douglas Brewer
Gracié Moody
Davy Moody
Jos. Rooksberry
Mary Reoxberry
Belle Howard
Stantov
Jos. Gibbs
John Besch3
Naomy Howard
Elizabeth Shake
Dubham
Margaret Cleveland
Phian Anderson
Mollie Howard
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Jerry Buckley
Patrick Daly
Peter Daly
William Barrett
John Maher
William Hines
Chicago Street
Hl. 5
Carpenter & Co
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Fourth Avenue
Fourth Avenues
Ward
Walker Vrooman
Kansas
Central Police Station
Central Station
Nugent
Vrooman
General News
D. J. Calligan
Peoria
Illinois
Newport Regatta
Henry Villard
German Imperial Bank
Scranton
J. B. Glass
Sterling
Amos Townsend
Twenty-first
Canadian Pacific Road
San Francisco
Samuel J. Tilden
Statesman
New York City
Pittsburg
Heartd
Central Labor Union of
Henry George
William Bean
Shawneetown
Chetek
Upsold
Lowell Bleachery
Massachusetts
Vanderbilts
Theennsylvania Lines
Theublic Printing Office
S. P. Rounds
Otto Leissring
Black
Dayton
Leavenworth
Grand Rapids
Daniel Christian
Huntington County
John ©. Larwill
Londonville
Dakota
Martin Irons
Missouri Pacific Road
Hoxie
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
John H. White
T’. A. Ross
New Jersey
A. Shepard
Julius Baum & Co
Professor Wiggins
Canadian Meteorological Bureau
California
Macon
Mobile
New Orleans
Thomas L. Cleary
Platteville
Father Cleary
Kenosha
Mr. la Follette
Pero
Ashtabula
Lake Shore Railway
President Cleveland
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