Ten Thousand Attend Old Settlers Meeting at Farmersburg
The 20th annual Old Settlers gathering for Sullivan and Vigo counties drew about 10 000 people at Bennett's Grove Farmersburg on Thursday. Senator Kern delivered the principal address urging peace, with Congress man Cullop and others also speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Sullivan
Vigo
Bennett’s Grove
John A. Curry
Sullivan Times
Curry
Great Falls
Mont
Association
John W. Kern
W. A. Cullop
John C. Chaney
Lee F Bays
O. B
William T. Crawford
Old Settlers
Mr. Bays
Mary Jane Asbury
Asbury
Cal. A. P
A. K. Asbury
Kern
Cullop
Revival Street Parade Draws Dugger Vast Crowds
The Dugger churches led a Thursday 7pm parade guided by the Dugger band from Canvas Tabernacle to Main and Third streets. About 1500 spectators watched as banners waved. A tent meeting drew many to Christ and Baptisms for 1000 souls were performed at the Dugger pond east of town. Rev. Jack Cauldwell preached daily to large tent crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugger
Canvas Tabernacle
Baptist Church
Brick Street
Main Street
Christ
Dugger Pond
Jack Cauldwell
Dugger Tribune
Marriage Licenses Issued To Eight Couples From Indiana Towns
A list of marriage licenses shows Harry Reynolds 29 painter of Riverton to Nellie Dundon 42 of Riverton. Other couples include William L. Conner 26 Crystal Falls to Eunice E. Stutsman 26 Hymera. Fred Puckett 22 Coalmont to Gertrude Terry 21 Abbott. Everett I. Garrett 22 Marco to Mary C. Timmerman 19 Pleasantville. Edward Wright 24 near Dugger to Elsie Gambill 17 near Carlisle. Claude E. Jennings 24 Farmersburg to Nellie Lovelace 21 of Farmersburg. Charles F. Manuel 32 farmer to Charlotte M. Poppeno 20 near Paxton. John Sherman Norris 20 farmer to Ethel Hoopengarner 18 of Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Reynolds
Nellie Dundon
Riverton
William L. Conner
Crystal Falls
Mich
Eunice E. Stutsman
Hymera
Fred Puckett
Coalmont
Gertrude Terry
Abbott
Ind
Everett I. Garrett
Marco
Mary C. Timmerman
Pleasantville
Edward Wright
Dugger
Elsie Gambill
Carlisle
Claude E. Jennings
Farmersburg
Nellie Lovelace
Charles F. Manuel
Charlotte M. Poppeno
Paxton
John Sherman Norris
Ethel Hoopengarner
Terre Haute
Dailey Reworks County Road Boss List
County road superintendent Ed Dailey removes J. E. Hunt and Jas Akers from the official road repair family. Dan E. Prose becomes assistant road superintendent and George Browning takes Akers’s post. Two new entries enter the monthly road contest, signaling possible speed at the September commissioners meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailey
J. E. Hunt
Jas. Akers
Ed. Dailey
Dan E. Prose
George Browning
Akers
Three Thousand Attend Mann's Grove Sunday Picnic
About three thousand people attended the thirty third annual Sunday school picnic at Mann's Grove near Graysville Monday after Saturday postponement due to bad weather. James J. Durham presided as association president with sixteen Sunday schools represented and a large float of fifty members arriving. Funds were raised through musical numbers, vocal solos by Lois Wasson, and band performances by the Graysville band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann’s Grove
Graysville
James J. Durham
Association
Graysville Christian
Merom Christian
Union Chapel
Kingsley M. E
New Lebanon
M. E
Hutsonville
Drake Baptist
Merom
M.E
Lois Wasson
Decatur
Will Yeager
M. H. Loar
M. EB
Robinson, Ill
Hinkle C. Hays
County Association
C. B. Hershey
Union Christian College
John E. Moore
Ed Morris
Frank Badger
Charles Boles
Alex Raley
Rev
W. H. Thompson
Graysville M. E. Church
Moving Picture Crew Filming Around Merom Indiana
Movie representatives have been shooting scenes around Merom and Riverton for a new film based on the Wabash river landscape. Leading actor is joined by amateur players with Mrs. Trix Rose of Robinson as leading lady. A stunt involving a ferry wire over the river was performed by local fisherman Art McNabb after the actor balked. Filming includes Merom scenery and the first four days of the chautauqua with audiences likely to see themselves in the films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom
Wabash River
Trix Rose
Robinson
Riverton
Heavies
Wabash
Art McNabb
Merom Chautauqua Opens With Lectures and Talks
Merom Chautauqua opens tomorrow with Mrs Funk lecturing. James Morrison Totten the magician and his daughter Flora Totten appear on the Saturday program. Sunday features Senator Robert M Lafollette of Wisconsin. August 29 includes music by the Chautauqua band and a Suwanee River Quartette concert with moving pictures. Wabash Valley Editorial Association hosts a dinner August 16 at the Chautauqua House and a fish fry at Eagle Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funk
James Morrison Totten
Flora E. Totten
Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
Lafollette
Chautauqua Band
Suwanee River Quartette
Wabash Valley Editorial Association
Chautauqua Management
Chautauqua House
Chautauqua
Eagle Island
Merom
Sibley Takes Over Princeton Toggery Establishment
M. L. Sibley of Sullivan has purchased the Toggery, Manitorium and tailoring shop in West Broadway from George F. Agniel and is now in charge. Sibley brings fifteen years of general tailoring and manitorium experience from Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis and promises the best service to patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
Princeton
M. L. Sibley
Sullivan
George F. Agniel
West Broadway
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Princeton Clarion News
Bedwell Denies Pursuit of Governor or Congress Nomination
Sullivan attorney Charles H. Bedwell, once speaker of the Indiana House, told the Washington Herald at the Hyatt he is not seeking political office. He said he is out of politics temporarily and focusing on business, despite reports of aiming for governor or congressional nomination. Bedwell was in Washington to attend to Barr township oil interests and works with Sullivan capitalists in the oil field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Charles H. Bedwell
Sullivan
Hyatt Hotel
Washington Herald
Bedwell
Indiana
House of Representatives
Daviess County
Mr. Bedwell
Washington
Barr Township
William Usrey 69 Dies After Paralysis Stroke
William Carl Usrey, 69, of Sullivan, former Cass township resident, died Monday night from paralysis after a stroke last Saturday. Funeral at Christian church led by Rev. Albert Nichols. burial Center Ridge. Born January 1, 1846 in Cass township, he taught school nationwide for 26 terms and later farmed. Survived by wife and children Martin W. Sullivan, Will Texas, Mrs. Winona Story, Mrs. Harper Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carl Asrey
Sullivan
Cass Township
Asrey
Christian Church
Albert Nichols
Center Ridge
Mr. Usrey
Cass
David Usrey
Mary Warren
Massachusetts
Joseph Warren
Bunker Hill
William Carl Usrey
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Sullivan County
Sullivan Christian Church
Martin W
City
Will
Texas
Winona Story
Harper Davis
Patriarchal Odd Fellows Plan County Meeting
The Encampment lodges of the county plan a county meeting at the Odd Fellows hall on Saturday October 2. A. B. Thurber coordinates with Grand Patriarch Feller and Grand Scribe Needy from Indianapolis expected to attend. Degrees from Patriarchal Royal Purple and Golden Rule will be conferred by visiting lodges. twelve subordinate lodges and nine Encampment lodges participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellowship
Odd Fellows Hall
A. B. Thurber
Order
Feller
Scribe Needy
Indianapolis
Odd Fellows
Farmersburg
Shelburn
Sullivan
Carlisle
Graysville
New Lebanon
Dugger and
Hymera
Mattix Eaton and Kirkham Travel to Trinity Springs
John A. Mattix C. M. Eaton and Clem Kirkham have gone to Trinity Springs for unspecified purposes in this brief notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John. A. Mattix, C. M. Eaton and
Clem Kirkham
Trinity Springs
Government forecast shows big increase for Indiana crops
The August crop report from the U S bureau of crop estimates projects Indiana corn at 195 million bushels and apples at 8.6 million. Wheat 46.7 million. oats 61.5 million. all tame day 2.71 million tons. peaches 704 thousand. National totals rise accordingly with 2.92 billion corn and 966 million wheat forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Indiana
United States
U. S
Mrs Daisy Maxwell Died in Fort Collins Colorado
Mrs Daisy Maxwell wife of Roy Maxwell a former Maxwell Cowles Shoe Company member died Sunday evening at her Fort Collins Colorado home after four years of consumption. She leaves husband two children and her Robbins family relatives. Burial arrangements await arrival of the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Maxwell
Roy Maxwell
Maxwell-Cowles Shoe Company
Fort Collins
Colorado
Maxwell
John L. Robbins
Robbins
John
Perry Maxwell
Frank Corbin
Ed Blume
Charles Banks
Rebecca Robbins
Claud
John Robbins
Edith W. Boston and Thomas H. Mahan Wed at Lewis Home
Edith W. Boston and Thomas H. Mahan of Lewis were married at the bride’s parents home. Attendants were Dorothy Mahan and Paul Boston. Rev. W. M. Givens read the ring ceremony. The couple plans a Trinity Springs honeymoon and will reside in Lewis after August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw University
Indiana State Normal School
Divorce and note foreclosure actions listed in Bloomfield notices
The docket includes Edna J. Johnson versus George Johnson for divorce and several divorce actions among Johnsons and Eldridges. Also Citizens Trust Co. and others sue for notes and damages. Foreclosure and possession sought by The Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Building Association against William A. Taylor and Eliza A. Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna J. Johnson
George Johnson
Citizens Trust Co
Harry C. Smith
Charles E. Barnett
Milton A. Haddon
Woodford E. Woods
F. S. Weihman
W. DeLos Latshaw
John G. Frazee
Serena Pirile
Daniel W.pirtle
Tillie F. Eldridge
Samuel W. Eldridge
Robert F. Smith
Marguerite A. Smith
Anna Kirkham
John Kirkham
Ethel May Anders
Charley Adams
Florence L. Adams
The
Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Building, Loan and Savings Association of
Bloomfield
Ind
William A. Taylor
Eliza A. Taylor
Pittman Starkey Tie the Knot in Terre Haute License
A marriage license was issued in Terre Haute on Saturday to Lawrence Pittman a 24 year old school teacher from Fairbanks and Bessie Starkey 22 of Prairie Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Lawrence Pittman
Fairbanks
Bessie Starkey
Prairie Creek
Weissenbachs Visit Mrs Miles in Columbus
Mr and Mrs Henry Weissenbach and family of Columbus Ohio are visiting Mrs Mary Miles and other relatives. They arrived by automobile for the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Weissenbach
Columbus, O
Personal notices from Sullivan and surrounding areas
Sullivan reported numerous visits and travels. Harper Burnett of Riverton transacted business in Sullivan Monday. Several residents including Mr. and Mrs. Tyson Lafayette and Misses Doerste Anderson visited local friends. Taft lecture attendees from Sullivan and nearby towns numbered about ten thousand. Community members returned from travels in Texas, Oklahoma, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, and St. Petersburg. Local repairs on East Washington Street near Smith & Ladson were completed and new bake ovens installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Burnett
Riverton
Sullivan
John H. Tyson
Lafayette
Marion F. Willis
Evelyn. Jackson
Bertha Doerste
C. N. Vance
Anderson
Fred Campbell
St. Louis
Theodore Barnes
Bicknell
T. H. Bryant
Talladaga
Ala
James E. Russell
Gertrude Cain
St. Petersburg
Fla
John A. Cain
George R. Cain
Chicago
Cain
Noah Drennon
Hazelton
Drennon
Aileen Ruddell
Evansville
Harlan Ruddell
E. C. McCarty
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Indianapolis
Will Usrey
Martin Usrey
Texas
W. C. Usrey
Rockville
Taft
Charles F. Batey
Pearl Burton
Joe T. Akin
Ransom W. Akin
George R. Dutton
Will H. Hays
John C. Chaney
Orlando ‘Thornberry
East Washington Street
C. J. Sherman
Smith & Ladson
Messrs
Dave Scott
Oscar E. Bland
Linton
Wm.j. Taft
Dorothy Destine Murdock
Oklahoma
T. P. McBride
South Section
Lex Cayins
Eliz. Murphy
Cavins
Flora Cavins
Murphy
Bunker Eaton
Clem Kirkham
John A. Mattix
Trinity
Wayne Reed
Fred F. Bays
T. A. Lyons
George M. Lyons
Stansville
Ind
Ward Griffith
Oaktown
John S. Bays
Harold C. Bays
Culver
A. C. Owens
Effie Douthitt
Colorado
Charles Wilson
Charleston
Henry Wilson
R. C. Shoffner
Greensburg
Isaac Shoffner
W. H. McGrew
T. E. Hoover
G Batey & Walters
South Side
Scott Deming
Joshua Beasley
Robert VanHorn
Terre Haute
Fairbanks Township
Warren Watson
Turman Township
Braxton Walters
Weather of a Week in Farmersburg Aug 15 Report
Miss Carrie Yeager reports a weekly weather summary for Farmersburg for August 9 to 15. Daytime highs ranged from 71 to 82 with night lows 55 to 68, conditions mostly cloudy to clear, and rainfall amounts totaling 0.17 inches on the 10th 0.164 on the 11th and 1.62 inches on the 14th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Carrie Yeager
Co-Operative Weather Observer
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OLD Settlers Meeting
Sen. Kern
Brass
Moving Picture
Arthur McNabb
Merom Chautauqua
William Ocarel Asrey
ODD Fellows Plan County Meeting
Boston-Mahan
Chautauqua Association
Herman Siien
I. N. Botts
Park & Wible
Davis Hotel
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