Monon Railroad Expected to Reach Pleasantville Amid Coal Boom
The Monon Railroad has expanded coal land holdings in Jefferson township and appears poised to extend a line through Pleasantville this summer. Prominent investors and executives visited, noting lease of the Illinois Central track from Switz City to Linton and a spur to the Little Giant Coal Mine near Pleasantville. Local citizens cheer the prospect of rail connection and economic growth across the agricultural region.
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Monon Railroad Company
Jefferson Township
Monon
Pleasantville
Carlisle News
McDoel
The
L. J. Dickerson
Chicago
Little Giant Coal Co
J. Smith Alley
Terre Haute
Walter S. Bogle
Linton
Illinois Central Railroad
Switzity
Victoria
Vincennes
Brodie School Closes After Warm Farewell
Thursday March 19 marked the final day of the Brodie schoolhouse term. Miss Margaret Shields earned praise as a first year teacher. patrons hosted a plentiful dinner and an evergreen adorned program featuring dialogues and speeches, with guests from town including Ed J. Raley of Merom returning from Phoenix for his health.
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Brodie School
Margaret Shields
Mesdames Brodie
McKinley
J. Raley
Merom
Phoenix
Arizona
Mr. Raley
Lauce
Watterson Attacks Cleveland and Bryan in Democratic Split Debate
The editorial voice criticizes Mr. Cleveland as an obstacle to 1904 unity and urges him to step aside, arguing both Cleveland and Bryan are career politicians. Uncle Robertson Burge, a long-time local subscriber, notes his party switch from Democrat to Republican and plans a northern visit after selling his Sullivan farm.
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Henry Watterson
Mr. Cleveland
West
South
Cleveland
Courier- Journal
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Robertson Burge
Burge
The
Stars and Stripes
Abraham Lincoln
Sullivan
Johnathon Scott
Nebraska
Kansas
Sullivan county coal boom lifts values amid new mines
Judge John C. Chaney discusses the coal famine boosting demand for bituminous coal, noting 15 to 20 new Sullivan county mines and tripled land values. The United States Steel Corporation buys 1200 acres to fuel rolling mills, while local farmers regret selling, and Chaney hints at a possible future congressional race. Mrs. T H Hidden and Sam White, with W H Langsdale, visit Ohio oil fields at Lima for investment.
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Sullivan County
John C. Chaney
Sullivan
Chaney
United States Steel Corporation
Corporation
T. H. Hidden
Sam White
Cleveland
Newton Rock
Ohio
Lima
Hidden
Mr. Daggett
Daggett & Co
Indianapolis
Obituary: Nancy J Marts 1837 1903
Nancy J Marts born January 11 1837 in Graysville Indiana joined Little Flock Baptist Church as a youth later transferring to First Baptist Sullivan. She married William T Murdock in 1854 and had three children Lydia Ellen Clinton Van Buren Mary Alice. Lydia died 1888. she is survived by her husband, two other children, a daughter by Samuel Conner, and her brother John Marts. Died March 16 1903 aged 66 years two months five days. buried Little Flock Cemetery March 18 after services by Rev. W A Fuson.
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Nancy Jane Marts
Graysville
Indiana
Little Flock
Samuel Conner
John Marts
Chapman
Kansas
Little Flock Cemetery
W. A. Fuson
Hutsonville
Ill
Dave Hollenbeck
Sullivan County
California
New
Eldora
Sullivan
Hollenbeck
Caroline Mason
Australia
The
Democrat
Dave Holenbeck
William
Golden Gate State
Farm for Sale Near Sullivan at Four Percent South-West
Advertises 60 acres of land with buildings for sale due to relocation to Washington. Location four percent miles southwest of Sullivan with immediate possession offered. Asking price is no less than 70 dollars per acre, contact A. A. Holmes or I. H. Kalley in Sullivan.
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Washington
Sullivan
I. H. Kalley
A. A. Holmes
Sullivan Normal to Convene June Twenty Second
Sullivan County Normal will convene June 22 and continue for six weeks. The usual line of work will be given. Instructors F. M. Price and I. H. Larr.
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Sullivan County Normal
Fifty Years a Wanderer Returns to Sullivan County
Dave Hollenbeck, longtime Sullivan county native, came back after fifty years spent in California and Australia. Now 71, he aims to claim a Gill township land tract once tied to Hank Poston and Thomas Springer, amid a prior quiet title dispute. He arrived with his daughter and grandchildren after a westward odyssey begun in 1849.
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Dave Hollenbeck
Vancouver
Sullivan
Springer and
Poston
Hollenbeck
Haddon Tp Happenings and Local Notes
In Carlisle one small pox case prompts strict quarantine. Bert Booker is mildly ill, quarantine lifted at Chase Ridgeway home after recoveries of Lewis Hume and George Leneve. An insanity affidavit targets Myrtle N Mitchell. doctors unnamed, outcome pending. W Wolfe returns from western trip. Charles W Cooper and son P F Cooper open general store. Masonic Hall upgrades. old Carlisle resident John W Davis noted in lodge records. Holiness church meetings led by Elder A D Buck. Charles T Akin buys his late mother Sarah R Akin’s home.
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Carlisle
Bert Booker
Chase Ridgeway House
Lewis Hume
George Leneve
Squire Cowles
Marion G. Mitchell
Myrtle N. Mitchell
Lawrence County
J. R. Whalen
J. E. McConnell
G. W. Pirtle
Masonic Lodge
John W. Davis
Davis
Holiness Christian Church
A. D. Buck
Noblesville
Charles T. Akin
Sarah R. Akin
Perry Lisman Injured in Porch Fall at 86
Perry Lisman 86, aided by crutches and living with his son J. W. Lisman on the town’s edge, slipped on a porch crutch last Saturday night and fell headfirst striking a rain barrel. Two arteries were cut and his chest bruised. he is recovering with no expected permanent injury. Also Indiana wheat acreage seen at two million twenty hundred thousand acres with a 40 million bushel crop probable.
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Perry Lisman
J. W. Lisman
Mr. Lisman
Lisman
Carlisle News
Indiana
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Pleasantville Railroad
Brodie
MR. Watterson
Cleveland and Bryan
Democratic Party
Crowley
Judge Chaney
Congress
Judge Miers
Bloomington
Sullivan Normal
F. M. Price, I. H. Larr
Burleron
Mas
Alva Brooks
Brooks
J. W. Griffith
Texas
Ward
John Dudley
J. J. Orr
L. A. Stewart
Edgar Moore
Curry Township
Haddon
W. Wolfe
Far West
Lincoln, Neb
Wm. J. Bryan
Charles W. Cooper
P. F. Cooper
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