Pleasantville Events and a Lightning Barn Fire
A barn owned by John Spencer three miles southwest of Pleasantville burned after a lightning strike on Sunday night. One horse died, and barn contents were destroyed. Mrs. John Spencer and Bess Watson are in Portland. Local residents report musical evenings, visits, and church activities as listed, with several residents traveling or returning from trips. The I O O F lodge plans a picnic August 17 near town, and Master Fritz Hunter visits his grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spencer
Town
Bess Watson
Portland
Ore
Pleasantville
Carlisle
Sam Malone
Lizzie Ross
Switz City
D. S. Hunter
France Ward
S. Y. McClung
Riverside
John Reel
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Fritz Hunter
Csss
Hunter
Rainfall Drums On As Community Notes Roll In
MT. CALVARY reports a much needed rain. Ed Dailey is on the sick list. Maude Campbell improves. Dave Graham builds an addition. John L. Robbins Carl Bedwell and others fished last week. Annie Chambers of Crawfordsville visited her mother Letitia Robbins. B Robbins and Ode Purcell in Terre Haute selling apples. Cal Lisman Clarence Spencer Hi Alsop and Ira Neal at Sullivan Townsley Willis Carlisle bought cattle. C F Spencer's mare is badly crippled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Dailey
Maude Campbell
Dave Graham
John L. Robbins
Carl Bedwell
Annie Chambers
Crawfordsville
Letitia Robbins
B. Robbins
Ode Purcell
Terre Haute
Cal Lisman
Clarence Spencer
Hi Alsop
Ira Neal
Sullivan
Townsley Willis
Carlisle
C. F. Spencer
Shiloh notes and social visits marked by harvest, rain
The entry records blackberry season ending, Hay harvest finished, and multiple visits across Sullivan and Dugger with locals like John Alsman Martin Pirtle Jesse Page William Bennett Abner Richards Emmett Anderson and Rev O Jay Fairfield from Ware Massachusetts attending a large Shiloh meeting hosted by Mrs R A S The text also mentions a fine rain Sunday night and several relatives gathering in Pleasantville and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Page
Dugger
William Bennett
Pleasantville
Abner Richards
John Perrigo
Emmett Anderson
Shiloh
Social notes from Tarwater and nearby towns
Miss Maude Yeager of Shelburn hosts at Shelburn guest Sarah McClure. Local youths attend a ball game in Hymera and plan a Niagara Falls trip August 10. Families socialize at dinners picnics and rides. several groups visit relatives and attend concerts and shows in Merom Shelburn Graysville Sullivan and Terre Haute.
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Mae Sparks
Grace McClure
Chas Wilson
Jack Brokaw
Hymera
Sadie
Ora Lovelace
State Normal
Terre Haute
Charles Sparks
Ora Starkey
Shelburn
Mt. Tabor
Mann’s Grove
Sarah
Grace
Pansy McClure
Maud Yeager
Merom Bluff
Essie Wilson
Maud Arnett
Etta Lovelace
Edward Cowan
Harden Sparks
Family
Niagara Falls
Ralph Hodges
Porter Loften
Orlando Thornberry
Chicago
Maude Yeager
Mae Wilson
Sarah Grace
Alma Abell
Charles Wilson
Breece
Ode McClure
Russell Abell
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Woods
Iescue A
Geo. Ward
England
Will Ferguson
Ona Miles
Indianapolis
Ella McClung
Clippinger
Furry
Geo, Shepherd
Ladies’ Aid Society
J. A. Booker
MT. Calvary
Cowles-Taylor Shoe
John Alsman
Martin Pirtle
O. Jay Fairfield
Ware
Mass
Mrs. R
City
Messrs
Newlin
Thomas
Luella Yeager
Lillian Frost
Frank Wilson
Esther Moore
Graysville
Elsie Denney
McClure Girls
Lou Knotts
Sal
Lie Stevenson
Nelle Hanchette
Pearl Green
Harry Mayfield
Sullivan Union
Citizens’ Trust
McKinley & McBride
Sullivan's
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