Pioneer Bland Dies After Long, Active Life in Indiana
Richard Anderson Bland born January 6 1815 in Nelson Kentucky died August 8 1904 in Sullivan Indiana at about ninety. He helped build the New Lebanon Methodist church and the Sullivan church. A Republican, he spent years in farming and sawmill work and moved from New Lebanon to Sullivan after his second marriage. He left a large family including Nancy Hunt William Bland Thomas Bland and Mania Hanchett.
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Richard Anderson Bland
Nelson County
Kentucky
Sullivan
Indiana
Moses Bland
New Albany
Sullivan County
New Lebanon
Eusebia Mason
Nancy A. Hunt
William H. Bland
Thomas F. Bland
Mania Hanchett
Amelia Ann Allen
Manta
Mr. Bland
Methodist Episcopal Church
Anderson
Wabash
New Orleans
Graysville Street
Gill Township
Prominent Divorces and Partitions Noted in Casual Docket
A series of civil actions including marriages ending in divorce such as Daisy Jeffries versus Frank Jeffries and Nellie Ross versus John Ross, plus multiple partition suits and a personal injury complaint against E T H R R Co. Individuals named include Bettie B Lewis, Jessie M Lewis, Imogene Gerard, Eva Nesbit, Lillie Mason, William Mason, Belle Fisk and Myra Thompson with Jane Pittman.
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Daisy Jeffries
Frank Jeffries
Martha Osburn
Eva L. Nesbit
Imogene Gerard
Bettie B. Lewis
Jessie M. Lewis
Nellie Ross
John Ross
James Kinkade
Clyde C. King
Solomon Furry
Albert R. Black
Dessie Isbell
Jephthah Whitman Dies After Sudden Illness in Vigo Co
Jephthah Whitman formerly in the grocery business in this area and Dugger died last Thursday night at his Vigo county home, 13 miles north of Farmersburg. He fell ill after supper following a day of threshing. He was 58. Survived by a wife with no children, funeral in Sullivan after a Friday/Saturday service at Center Ridge cemetery conducted by Rev. Alex Engle. He was uncle to Thomas Whitman of Sullivan and brother in law to Robert Kirkham and Judge O. B. Harris. He belonged to the Christian church.
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Jephthah Whitman
Dugger
Vigo County
Farmersburg
Whitman
Thomas Whitman
Sullivan
Justice of the Peace
Robert Kirkham
O. B. Harris
Center Ridge Cemetery
Alex Engle
Christian Church
Wolfer Parks Wedding Silent Run to Denver
Atwell F. Wolfer and Lilian E. Parks of Castle Rock married August in Denver at Grace M. E. church parsonage. The couple avoided a public ceremony and returned to Castle Rock to settle in at 130 N. Weber Street, welcoming friends. The note to the bride’s sister Mona sparked a brief family upheaval before happy reunions.
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Denver
Col
Atwell F. Wolfer
Lillian E. Parks
Castle Rock
Grace M. E. Church
14Th Street
14Th Avenue
Reisner
Mona
N. Weber Street
Great Vigo County Fair to Open with Expanded Races Carnival
Terre Haute announces the Great Vigo County Fair Races Carnival and Exposition will be larger than last year with liberal premiums for horses livestock poultry agriculture and fruit. Free attractions and performances nightly plus electric light decor enhance the grounds. Pain's Last Days of Pompeii and Manhattan Beach Fireworks are booked at over 1500 daily. Tickets 25 cents for day and night. 10 cents after 5 pm. half fare on railroads. week-long passes available.
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Vigo County
Pain
Pompeii
Manhattan Beach
Terre Haute
World's Fair Housing Ad in St. Louis Offered
Advertises first class accommodation near the fair grounds near Murray Sandusky and sister. Mentions one block of cars and direct access to the grounds. Notes best residential part of the city and solicits correspondence from interested buyers or renters. Address 4257 Cook Ave St. Louis.
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Murray Sandusky
Fair Grounds
Cook Ave
St. Louis
New York Weekly Tribune Far.21 National Agricultural Cape
The entry advertises a farmers and their families edition of the New York Weekly Tribune Far.21, priced 2s for 25 cents a year for Union readers, promoting agricultural content and family focus.
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The
New York Weekly Tribune
Land Lottery Record: Yeager Draws Rosebud Claim
John E. Yeager of Prairie Creek township Vigo county is the 207th name drawn for land in the Rosebud Indian reservation. With 2,400 claims of 160 acres, selections begin at Bonesteel next Monday at a rate of 100 per day. Yeager, 33, married with one child, hopes to secure a claim and possibly townsite in the future. He rents a Middletown farm and has been offered $2,000 for his present acreage.
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John E. Yeager
Prairie Creek Township
Vigo County
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Bonesteel
S. C
Rosebud Reservation
Yeager
Mr. Yeager
Fairbanks Township
Sullivan County
Middletown
Bryan’s View of Nomination in 1904 Speech
William Jennings Bryan asserts he has nothing to retract from his attacks on a nomination process. He accuses the New York platform of vagueness to win Parker votes and claims the nomination was secured by crooked methods.
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New York
Judge Parker
William Jennings Bryan
the Commoner
Bryan Critiques Platform Over Economic Policy and Trust Stance
William Jennings Bryan fends off misrepresentation and warns that a Democratic win means little if Wall Street controls the party. He slams Parker allies for a weak labor plank and says Parker’s nomination undermines the anti trust position. Public statement from July 13 1904.
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Wall Street
Judge Parker
William Jennings Bryan
The
Preacher to Highlight Union Service at Local Church
Next Sunday evening August 21st union services bring Presbyterians and Baptists together at the Baptist church where Rev. J. E. Fry will preach. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Presbyterians and Baptists
The
Baptist Church
J. E. Fry
Excursion rates announced for Labor Day trips
The E and T H railroad lists Labor Day excursion fares to many destinations. Rates vary from one fare plus 25 cents round trip to one fare for short runs, with sale dates from August through September 1904. Examples include Anderson and Rome City Indiana, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and Lake Superior resort trips, with return limits ranging from a few days to several weeks. W W Casto, agent, Sullivan Indiana, notes full information available.
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FE. & T. H. Railroad
Anderson
Ind
Indiana
Goth
Rome City
Universalist
Interstate Assembly
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cali
Knights Templar
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. 0. C. F
Jamestown
N. Y
Union Veteran Legion
Traverse City
Oakwood Park
Woman's Missionary Society
W. W. Casto
Agt
Sullivan
Weerrara
Notice of Appointment for A G McNabb as Attorney in Fact
A notice announces the appointment of A G McNabb as attorney in fact under a power of attorney. The document designates McNabb to act on behalf of the principal in legal and financial matters with authority defined by the instrument.
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A. G. McNabb
Attorney In Fact
Bananas Wholesale and Retail See Pop-Corn John
Advertisement notes wholesale and retail bananas for ice cream suppers and other occasions and mentions Pop-Corn John as a reference for money and services.
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John” Mney
Real estate opportunities offered by A E Hazelrigg
This is the time of year to protect your property against the Lightning and Wind. Rates cheap. Good residence property in north part of town. Two lots. Fine farm of 120 acres in Fairbanks too. Good improvements. 70 acres west of Sullivan 4 miles. Good land and improvements. I will help you sell or buy property. See or write me for particulars.
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Fairbanks
Sullivan
For Rent Davis Hotel Block Sullivan Ind
Office in Davis Hotel Block Sullivan Indiana For Rent one dollar a month. Pas ture one mile southwest of Court House. A B Wheel. 49 tf Buy screen wire doors cans dishes hosiery at the Index Cheap Store because you can buy cheaper. 51 tf Books and stationery Stratton Co. 52 tf Sheet music and books Stratton's Music House 48tf
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Court House
A. B. Wheel
Stratton Co
Stratton’s Music House
Application For License In Hamilton Township Indiana
Notice to Sullivan County Indiana citizens that William Decker will apply to the county commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons and allow consumption on site for one year at a two story brick building on Railroad Street Sulivan town premises described as 20 by 50 feet in Dixon addition lot eight on the northwest corner.
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Hamilton Township
Sullivan County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Dixon’s
Sulivan
William Decker
Hamilton
Sullivan
Sullivan Courty
Bermnnine
Abe Washington Street
License Granted for Drink on Ground Floor of Davis Hotel
A license is granted to sell spirituous liquor in a room on the ground floor southeast corner of the new Davis Hotel in Sullivan Indiana. The room fronts Court street with a glass front and one door. It sits on parts of lots 38 and 27 in Sullivan town, Hamilton township Sullivan County.
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Hamilton Township
Sullivan County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
New Davis Hotel
Court Street
Sullivan
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Wolfer Parks
Bryan
Culver
Munxinsuckee Assembly
Martha Wood
William Wood
Elizabeth Mitchell
Robert Mitchell
Alonzo Mitchell
John Mitchell
Artley J. Park
Jacob S. Park
Chester Walls
Ann Hawkins
Clay Hawkins
Cynthia Smith
Betty Smith
William Allison
John N. Gambill
Minora Gam_ pill
Elbert Stout
Nancy Stout
Frank Stice
Sam Sites
John Clark
Drucila Clark
William Mitchell
Sarah E. Strain
Leroy Strain
James W. Park
Dana Sites
Charles Stice
Samira Crawford and
Henry Smock
Sullivan Circuit Court
Tilghman Ogle
Nancy McKee
A. E. Hazelrigg
Notary Public General Insurance
Davis Hotel Block
Brahma
D.r.newkirk
Pleasantville, Ind
P. O
Col. Dear
Ghase & Sanborns
Boston
Mason’s
W. H. Hill, JR
Gts
Vandalia
Terre’ Haute
Gg, Varrington, Gen
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