Local notices highlight social visits and business sales
W. P. Stratton visited Paris Illinois and C C Shinn of Mattoon Illinois spent Sunday in Sullivan. The Union urges readers to view a full page of bargain offers at the Big Busy Store O M Patton and Company. Woods Clothier undergoes room overhauls with new equipment and plans to add customer amenities. Social clubs held card evenings with prizes awarded to Mrs H K Ross Miss Bertha Briggs and Mrs Joe S Reed Mrs J P Stratton. Mrs French Maxwell of Baton Rouge Louisiana visits Edward Maxwell. Miss Dot Patton and Miss Maggie Landis visit. Several residents plan visits to relatives in Massachusetts and Louisiana. A runaway accident injures Richard Hoskins but no bones broken.
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W. P. Stratton
Paris
Robert Calvert
Banner Club
Joe S. Reed
J. P. Stratton
French Maxwell
Baton Rogue
Edward Maxwell
James B. Patton
Dot
Massachusetts
John S. Bays
West Washington Street
Richard Hoskins
Sullivan
Mr. Hoskins
Twenty Third Annual Sunday School Convention Set Near Graysville
The twenty third annual convention of the county Sunday schools will be held at Manns Grove near Graysville on Thursday August 17. A special program has been arranged and the meeting promises to be one of the largest in the association. Rev Mac H Lickliter will deliver the principal address, a noted speaker.
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Mann’s Grove
Graysville
Mac H. Lickliter
August Weather Trends in Indiana Over Thirty-Four Years
State weather chief Blythe releases Indiana's August data from 34 years showing average temperature 74 degrees, warmest 79 in 1900, coldest 70 in 1879, with records of 101 and 46 on specific dates. Average rainfall 2.18 inches, peak month 6.70 inches in 1886, least 0.42 in 1897, and typical skies with 12 clear, 13 partly cloudy, 6 cloudy days. Winds mainly southwest at 75 mph hourly. NW gusts reached 42 mph on August 12, 1900.
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Blythe
State Weather Bureau
Indiana
Sullivan
Soldiers Reunion Plans for Sullivan County
The Sullivan County Soldiers Association schedules a general reunion in Sullivan Indiana on August 22 and 28 1905 at Crowder grove near the I C depot. Speakers from the state will headline daily with vocal martial and band music plus a picnic dinner each day and a camp fire on the 22nd. Stand privileges apply to W D Cummins and J O Maxwell with G W Burr as Adjutant and J W Canary president. notices to Farmersbury Carlisle Hymera Linton and Robinson papers.
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Sullivan County Soldiers Association
Sullivan
Ind
Sullivan County
Crowder Grove
I. C
W. D. Cummins
J. O. Maxwell
G. W. Burr
J. W. Canary
Farmersbury
Carlisle
Hymera Linton and Robinson
Woman Hears Dobbins Believed Killed by Vandalia Train
Mrs. William H. Dobbins of Terre Haute believes the unidentified man found six miles east of the city after a Vandalia train crash is her husband. The clothing matches but the face is crushed beyond recognition.
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William H. Dobbins
Terre Haute
New Barber Shop in Trust Block Opens This Week
Will F. Usrey announces a new barber shop in the Citizens' Trust Company building. He has partnered with his brother M. W. Usrey, active in the mercantile trade for eight years. The facility promises a handsome tensorial parlor in the block.
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Will F. Usrey
M. W. Usrey
Citizens’ Trust Company
Usrey Opens Modern Furniture Shop With New Parlor
Mr Usrey will conduct a three chair shop and employ first class workmen. The new furniture and equipment is modern in every respect and the parlor will be open for business Saturday. Usrey is an aggressive young man with a handsome shop and location likely to yield a lucrative business.
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Ing
Usrey
Letter Credits Dr Larr With Rheumatism Relief
A note from Rebecca Beauchamp of Fairbanks Ind dated August 8 reports marked improvement in rheumatism under Dr Ira H Larr. She praises progress after a month of treatment including home care and Sullivan work, noting she can comb her hair for the first time since last November.
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Sullivan, Ind
Ira H. Larr
Rebecca Beauchamp
Fairbanks
Ind
Real Estate Transfers A B C and More
A long list of property transfers across multiple Indiana towns names Riggen Wardell Crowder Ward and many others. Transfers include 80 acres to Melvina Wardell and numerous lot and land parcels in Merom Sullivan Hymera Dugger and Shelburn among others. Several parcels tied to Turman Crowder Adams Carrithers and King are noted with varying acreages and lot numbers.
Marriage Licenses and Lodge Land Transfer Notices
Marriage licenses issued for John Rush French and Mary Ev aline Maloy. Also listed are pairings Ww. Taylor and Clara May Edward B. Watson and Maggie Baa. Trustees of Graysville Lodge F. A. M. transfer land in Turman to Geo. C. Adams.
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John Rush French
Mary Evaline Maloy
Clas
Ww. Taylor
Clara May
Edward B. Watson
Magg
Graysville Lodge
Geo. C. Adams
Turman
Rural Route Improvements Highlight Sullivan Congressman
Washington report notes Congressman John C. Chaney of Sullivan Indiana has spent much of the week in the capital focusing on rural route improvements for his district in Southern Indiana. He emphasizes helping constituents and restoring former allies to good standing while working in federal departments.
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the Tribune Gazett
Washington
John C. Chaney
Sullivan
Ind
Indiana
New Suits At Law Filed In County Court
Simmons Hardware Company sues James G. Brokaw on account. Frank G. Felt sues George T. Carrithers on account and contract. Hazel L Stitt sues Ed L Stitt for divorce and alimony. John W Grizzle sues Doctor J Terhune David Terhune et al for foreclosure of laborer's lien.
Hay harvest nears end as local visits are noted
Scott City news notes visitors from Farmersburg and Corinth with weekends seen at Lorenzo Clark and Jas. Ransford. Mrs. Clay Jewell seen in town. Luther Marts and Perry Hayden visit. Protracted meeting starts Monday at Douglas chapel.
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Mrs. Sawyer
Lorenzo Clark
Mrs. Clay Jewell
Perry Hayden
Corinth
Luther Marts
Jas. Ransford
Douglass Chapel
Big Springs Social Notes Highlight Visits And Upcoming Revivals
Jesse and Bertha Haynes visit Illinois relatives this week while Frank Turman sells his farm to Will Gray and plans to return south. Charles Eno and family spent Sunday with C. E. Medsker and Rev. Hershey will preach next Sunday. Myrtle Street and Cora Street visit Terre Haute relatives. Jesie and Ella Eno visit Mrs Cushman. Remember Mann's grave convention August 17 with Rev. Lickliter of Pennsylvania to speak afternoon. Claude Hughes returns from Terre Haute Sanitarium.
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Frank Turman
Will Gray
Charles Eno
C. E. Medsker’s
Jesse Medsker
Illinois
Jesie
Ella Eno
Cushman
Rev
Hershey
Big Springs
Myrtle
Cora Street
Terre Haute
Mann’s Grave
Rev. Lickliter
Pennsylvania
Pleased People On Dr Lind Leys New Painless Method
Mr M S Knight of Glendora reports satisfaction after three teeth were removed using Dr Lind Leys New Painless Method.
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M.S. Knight
Glendora
Sullivan’s restaurant man loses teeth face Dr Lindley
G R Stivers a well known Sullivan restaurant man had some teeth extracted by Dr Lindley. Ask him about it.
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Sullivan
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John, C. Chaney
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W. C. Asrey
Albert E. Hazelrigg
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Jennie Morton
Linton
D. C. Hugh
R. F. Hugh
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W. T. Douthitt
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James Summers
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J. S. Holcomb
W. H. Quillen
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Dugger
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Albert Benefield
Rush P. Crawford
W. H. Lucas
Harold Baya
Culver
Lake Maxinkuckee
WM. Hi. Dobbins
Will F.usrey
W. H. Hill, Jr
A. J. Riggen
Melvina Wardell
Jackson
W. H. Crowder
Morris Ward
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Southern Indiana Ry. Co
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A. B. Creger
Merc
A.R. Maleup
Joah al. Webster
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Thos. W. Gienn
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Don
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Nev
Joe R. Crowder
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Chas. F. Stitzel
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Francis V. Burton
Carrie E. Adams
Bennie Klansmeier
A. H. Manuel
S. B
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W. Burnett
Geo. T. Carrithers
Cae Bennet
R. F. Turman
Cornelia
Gray
W. A. Gray
Daniel Neal
Hanibal Felton
D. & N. Coal Co
Thos. N Scott
P. H. King
F. C
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E. J. King
Will H. Hays
John T. Hays
Laura K. Snow
Jas. H. Mason
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Theo
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Ora L. Hartfelter
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Irvin Burton
Claude Hughes
Ment
Union Christian
Merom, Indiana
IF Union College
Pres
G. J. Jones, OR
A. M. Ward
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Meerom, Indiana
Gowles-Taylor CO
S.E. Lindley
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G. W. Thompson
J. D. Shoop
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W. C. Pearce
James G. Whiting
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M. C
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Reno B. Welbourn
Jack Crawford
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Miss Verde
Estelle Musgrave
Foster
Barnard Family Orchestra
Eos Quartette
Rev. Lichter
Riverton
Hutsonville
Switz City
GO. Bicknell
J. L. Pleasant
J. J. Parker
W.H. Hill, JR
Merom Chautauqua Association
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Merom Bluff
Jack Crawl
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G. W. Thompson Ord
Foster’s
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Big Four
Illinois Central
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Ira Glidden
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O. M. Patton
Don F. Basler
Mullane & Co
Schmidt & Co
Reed & Batey
W. E. Woods
Stratton & Son
Roy Cowles
Hoosier Bargain Store
Ed W. Kelley
W. W. Dale
Jonas Acker & Co
Cowles-Taylor Shoe Co
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T. J. Hunt
J.J. Parker
Chichester Ennyrol
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