Old House Torn Down Carlisle School Building Demolished
The Carlisle School built in 1857 in the public square is torn down after nearly fifty years to make way for a newer facility. The piece traces its construction from 1848 1848 receipts and lists workers bricklayer Jacob Starner carpenter John Rankles and John Seanting. It notes school attendance and registers from 1857 1858 and 1859 and recalls community pride in the structure and its role in local education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Jacob Starner
Sullivan County
Henry Heibecker
Freelandville
Frid Wagner
Starrer
Mervis Chavet
John Rankles
John Seanting
James E. Speake
John Martin
Sullivan Co
Ind
Reed
John Davis
James M. Parvin
Speake
Wm. Lewis
Harvey Forde
Elliott Halstead
Aaron Holder
Richard Parvin
Wm. Jenkins
Anthony Springer
John Warknes
John Henderson
Charles Riggs
Wm. Simpson
Lewis Bennifield
Marcellus Bennifield
Charles Mayfield
Richard Mayfield
Henry Ott
Ellis’ Ott
Os‘car Hall
Emery Ashley
Ranom Akin
John Owen
Quincy Ashley
Jacob Hasselbach
John Rosenbach
Richard Jones
Wm. Riggs
David Jones
Fleming Jones
Henry Hill
Charles Hill
Ichas. Davis
Wm. Parvin
Lucian Johnson
John R. Adams
Edward Adams
John Wolfe
Onzo Penzen
Eldridge Ellis
John Timmerman
John Curtner
Robert Ellis
Melvin Ellis
George Gannon
Eliza P. Stowell
H. N. Helms
W. S. Deardoff
Big Springs Social Notes and Local Tidbits
Newton Neese and wife of Chicago visit his parents and relatives in Big Springs. Several residents travel to Terre Haute and Palestine for visits. A Sunday school convention at Manns grove was postponed to Aug 22 due to rain. A seventeen month old, Nora Gray, was buried at Mann cemetery. An eagle was shot near Henri Mann’s residence. An infant illness warning promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Real estate ad reports 100 acres near Sullivan with a 5 room house and barn offered by Liston and Hazelrigg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Neese
Chicago
Anna McLain
New Lebanon
Kelly
Will Bunt
Sililivan
EL Mann
Laura Lanesion
Palestine
Mann’s Grove
Will Watson
Terr
Nora
Alex Gray
Mann Cemetery
Ollie Kennett
Henri Mann
Vigo County Fair and Exposition to Open Aug 31 1903
Terre Haute hosts the Vigo County Fair Carnival and Exposition from August 31 to September 6 with stock, agricultural and art displays plus high class races. New features, free open air exhibits, night illumination, and a wedding on the grounds are advertised. railroads offer half rates. Term opens Sept 15 1908 at Terre Haute and includes courses for teachers and standard collegiate work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Terre Haute Association
Indiana
Illinois
Pity Shifted After Arnica Salve Cure Claim
A Verbena Alabama resident F A Gul ledde recalls years of misfortune and a severe piles case lasting 24 hours with Buckeye s Arnica Salve claimed to cure burns and aches. Joe K Snock's drug store is named in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Gulledde
Verbena
Ala
Buckigh
Joe K. Snock
Quiet Title Complaint in Sullivan County Indiana
Non resident notice in Sullivan Circuit Court Indiana 1908 files a quiet title suit by Leah A McKinney against Andrew Hamilton and unknown heirs with Nash India McKinney and Mary Waggoner named as residents. The court calls for appearance by October 12 1903 at Sullivan Court House with Chaney & Chaney as attorneys.
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Gedt
Chaney & Chaney
Sullivan Gircuit
Andrew Hamilton
John M. Nash
India McKinney
Mary Waggoner
State of
Indiana
Sullivan
Sullivan County
Public Sale Near Shelburn by John McKenzie
The undersigned will sell at his residence one mile east of Shelburn beginning at 10 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday August 26. Sale items include three work horses fifteen head of cattle seventeen head of hogs one two horse wagon one survey one self binder one riding cultivator two breaking plows one mower one sulky rake farming implements corn in field hay in stock household and kitchen furniture Terms: credit of ten months for sums over five dollars with note and approved freehold security eight percent interest from date if not paid at maturity All sums five dollars and under cash No property removal until terms met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburn
John McKenzie
Largest line of Rockers at Sullivan store sale
A buyer notes the largest line of rockers ever brought to Sullivan featuring a nice oak rocker with leather seat priced at $2.50. H. H. H
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
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The
Carlisle News
Alice Miller
Morgan
Texas
Bosque County
Chamberlain
Big Springs
Anna Wilson
Bernice Harper
Mary Manning
Pearl Nolih
Decatur
Emma Beard
George Pitser
Ora Pitser
Warren Watson
Maude Huff
Sadie Duffer
Mrs. Durham
Graysville
Ed Turman
O. T. Collier
Charley Ramsen
Fairbanks
Palmers Prairie Church
Liston & Hazelrigg
U. C. College
Merom, Ind
Hymera
Gro. Higbee
McCammon Hotel
New York
Julius Hatry & CO
NEW North Side Shoe Store
Leah A. McKinney
Robert Taylor
Sullivan Circuit Court
Plaintiff
F. M. Douthitt
South Side Square
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