Fairbanks Families Visit, Reunions, and Local Events
Fairbanks residents return from Michigan trip. Multiple visitors attend Marshall Union baseball game in Marshall. Dr. Gilbert Thomson of Terre Haute visits parents. James Pound improves after visits with local families. Addison Drake family tenting at Merom Chautauqua. Sankey family reunion at Drake church with large dinner. Telephony dues collection continues with last day next Saturday. Masons and O. E. S. host fish fry at Masonic Hall. Hazel Drake marks 14th birthday with friends and refreshments. Various local visits and outings noted among Te rre Haute and Decatur connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Welsh
Michigan
Ellis Holmes
Earl Pound
Noah Scott
Marshall Union
Marshall
Gilbert Thomson
Terre Haute
Abijah Thomson
James Pound
Allison Pittman
Billy Drake
Andrew Pringle
Oklahoma
Jesse Lowe
Decatur
Ill
Edith Ransford
Verna Hunt
Paul Drake
Verlie Chambers
Prairieton
Vernour Johnson
Atwell Pittman
James Eisner
Herbert McDonald
Scott Horner
Orval Downing
Rex Drake
Clyde Scott
Marie Pound
Floyd DeHart
Virgil Chowning
Claudia Drake
Forrest Tirake
Elsie Peacher
Ola Wisner
Fern Jeuart
Ernestine Drake
Ben Pogue
Mer
Estel Drake
Local Families Attend Social Visits and Fire News
Kingsley Hosea Drake and family take a southbound auto trip to Kentucky and Tennessee. A large residence owned by Charles Whitlock across the river at the Narrows was destroyed by fire last week. Various neighbors report sickrooms, hospital stays, and visits with friends from Sullivan Sullivan and Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosea Drake
Kentucky
Tennessee
Charles Whitlock
Narrows
Ray Trueblood
Oliphant
Farmersburg
Terre Haute
Hattie Martin
Sullivan
Martha
John McKinney
Amy Dickerson
Noble Badger
H. A. van Vieck’s
Lela Thomas
Charles Riggs
Ruth
Carl Lester
Warren Dickerson
J. W., Ramsen
Ira Drake
Freeta Pinkston
Graysville
Ed Jewell
C. F. Whitlock
W. A. Burton
Fred Wernz
Merom
Elmer Harrison
Big Springs
Carl Lester’s
Mary Dickerson
Fairbanks
Theodore McKinney
Shelburn
Elmer Trueblood
Burt Welch
Lex Truebload
Local notes and social updates from Indiana area
The column reports on crop products from Riggs Clay and drainage tile matters, local misprints invite windshield promotions, and several residents announce moves including Ben Barden, John Kennett, Newt Haines, and Don Corder. It notes Chautauqua visitors, and visits by O P Badger, Mrs. Harry Knox, Rev L L Johnson, Prof Will Turman, Dr Walter Turman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las
Poidis
Hdsar Ransford
Pinuba
Calif
Fie
Qoud Jrst
Ben Barden
James Durham
John Kennett
Mann Place
Newt Haines
Dr. Durham
Don Corder
O. P. Badger
Terre Haute
Dix Lumber Co
Harry Knox
Reelsville
T. K. Cushman
Kansas City
L. L. Johnson
Will Turman
Walter Turman
Marshall
Ill
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Restored Health
Catarrh is described as a local disease affected by constitution. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a tonic and blood purifier that cleanses the blood and builds up the system to restore normal conditions. Circulars free from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Yern of Dozy s Eyes Revealed in Odd Dog Tale
A quirky tale describes a gentleman with a dog whose eyes differed greatly in size. At meals the dog behaved oddly, feasting from one side then circling to the other and pretending to be another animal, amusing guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dozy
Grentleman
Hle
Woodchuck Hard to Capture in Traps
The American Forestry Magazine notes woodchucks often escape steel traps by slipping away into snow and burrows. Some animals pull the trap toward a burrow and seal themselves in, making removal tasks difficult as the woodchuck clings on.
Rumor Curreny Posed by a Columist Question
A Boston Transcript quips on how fossils lend currency to rumors by drawing on their imaginings. The line questions the source of currency for gossip and the role of imagination in spreading such tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Local families relocate and plan moves across Illinois and Indiana
A wave of moving plans and family events spans Bensonville to Sullivan, Terre Haute, and Indianapolis. Notables include Dr. I W Riggins and family visiting Pleasantville, Mr. Harvey Thompson moving to Sullivan, Roy Simmons purchasing property, and Miss Helen Mahley preparing for Wellsley College. Multiple residents relocate, retire, or expand homes, with gatherings marking anniversaries and a large family dinner at the city park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W .Riggins
Bensonville
Ills
Chicago
Columbus Hough
Pleasantville
Riggins
Paxton
Robert Vanhorn
Henry D. Keene
Sullivan
California
Oildale
Standard Oil Company
Coalinga
Cal
Hinkle Homestead
South Section Street
Carl R. Hinkle
Helen Mahley
Terre Haute
South Seventh Street
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ella Howard
Hinkley
Hays
Estes Park
Colo
William Smith
Smith
Mr. Smith
T. P. McBride
Coffeyville
Kans
Floyd McBride
McBride
Will Barnes
Helena
Cary Barnes
Mary
Helena Barnes
Charles Hartfelter
B. B. Lundblad
Indianapolis
Lundblad
Central Indiana Coal Company
Cass Township
Merchants Bank Building
Mary Powell
Edith Strawn
Verd Vertica railway and early skyscraper notes
The fragment discusses the early Vertica railway and notions of its ticket being one penny. It compares European ceramics and elevators with U S skyscrapers and notes that building heights are less frequent in Europe. It mentions Albert diag and passenger fee and the United States as the birthplace of the skyscraper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vyertica
Albert Diag
Europe
United States
Armerca
Reading the Moving Pictures Through an Immigrant Eye
An old Swede from a northern lumber camp visited a city and watched moving pictures for the first time. He described the show as a place where pictures are squirted on the wall, reflecting his humorous outsider view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Sankey Family Reunion At Drake Church Grove
A Sankey family reunion near Fairbanks attracted over 100 relatives to the Drake church grove on Saturday August 20. A fifty foot noon feast, watermelon by later surprise, and Mary Pringle, daughter of Joseph Sankey of Oklahoma, was honored on her first visit in twenty one years. Graves of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sankey were repaired before the crowd dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sankey
Drake Church
Fairbanks
Mary Pringle
Joseph Sankey
Oklahoma
Walking Bible to Speak at Benson Chapel and Mayden's Grove
The Walking Bible, known for public faith ministry, will be at Benson Chapel Sunday morning August 28 and appear at Mayden's Grove at 2 30 P M on the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Chapel
Mayden’s Grove
Former Resident Mary Jane Breedlove Ring Dies
Mrs Mary Jane Breedlove Ring 72 a former county resident died Saturday at her Webb City Missouri home She was the widow of Joseph Ring and a native of this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Breedlove Ring
County
Webb City
Joseph Ring
Filling Station Planned at Murphy Corner by Standard Oil
The Standard Oil Company will start constructing a modern filling station on the old Murphy corner on the east side of the public square. The pressed brick building will be built for Harry Bannister of Shelburn, who holds the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Murphy Corner
Public Square
Harry Bannister
Shelburn
Non-Residence Notice in Sullivan County Quiet Title Suits
Sullivan Circuit Court enters non resident notices for two separate quiet title actions. One targets multiple defendants and unknown heirs over real estate described in Section 15 and Section 10 in Township 7 North Range 9 West totaling 308 acres. The other suit seeks to quiet title to the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter and adjoining parcels in Section 35. Defendants and unknown heirs, spouses, and successors are non residents. trials set for October 17, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
Frank Musson
John Haddon
Albert Wheatley
Goldie Wheatley
Emma J. Wheatley
Durham Milam
Robert M. Milam
William L. Milam
John Frazer
James Snider
William Arnett
Samuel Reed
William Zike
Anna Wheatley
Sarah Milam
Ferdinand Basler
William McElroy
Rebecca McElroy
James MacKilroy
Edith McElroy
John Ingle
Chloe Ingle
Henry Milam
Margaret Milam
Ambrose Milam
John Milam
Martha Milam
William Milam
Durham South
India
Snider
Mary Arnett
William Melroy
James McIlroy
Ambrose Milan
Y Durham South
Jemma J. Wheatley
Rebecca McElroyv
Edith Melshroy
India Snider
Mary Ar
Favansville and
Terre Haute
Abraham McClellan
Schroeder & Price
Werk
Sullivan Circuit
John Clippinger
John McNary
Davidson Hunter
John S. Davis
John &. Davis
George Ma
Davidson
Eliza Ann S. Davidson
Michael Ford
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Property Description and Court Notice for Sullivan County Indiana
Notice in a land dispute case states land described as township 7 north range 9 west totaling about 4.70 acres and calls for all claims against the world to appear and answer at the Sullivan County Court House on October 17, 1921. Witness the Clerk dated August 24, 1924 with Schroeder and Price as attorneys for the plaintiff. Ist insertion Aug. 24, 1921-8t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Circuit Court
Chas. R. Railsback
James R. Brown
Sullivan County
Indiana
Sial
Chas. R, Ratusbackh
Sullivan Circeuit Court Schroeder & Price
Sullivan County Seeks Coal Bids for Jail Courthouse Complex
Notice to bidders from Sullivan County Indiana inviting sealed bids for lump and mine run coal for one year for the jail courthouse and county infirmary. Bids due by 12 noon Monday September 5th 1921. Board reserves right to reject all bids. Attest: Auditor Frank M Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
W. H. Poston
John Scott
Percy Wolfe
Frank M. Daniels
Appointment of Administratrix for Jonn T. Boone Estate
Ellen Boon? has been appointed administratrix of the estate of Jonn T. Boone, a Sullivan County Indiana resident, the estate is deemed solvent. Bars Bays, Attorneys note the 1st insertion date August 17 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magny
Jonn T. Boone
Sullivan County
Indiana
Ellen Boon
Appointment of Executrix in Henry Tinton Estate
Katherine Fiton is appointed executrix of the estate of Henry Tinton of Sullivan County Indiana, deceased. The estate is stated to be solvent. Arthur E. DeBaun, Attorney, note dated August 17, 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Tinton
Sullivan County
Indiana
Katherine Fiton
Bexecutriz
Arthur E. DeBaun
St Insertion
Iceland Poppies Produce Long Summer Blooms
The article describes Iceland poppies as compact plants under a foot tall with yellow white or deep orange blossoms on slender stems. Dead blossoms are removed to extend flowering which lasts through summer into fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Steven Abi
Trent
Meaning of Dream of King
Dream of a king on a throne warns of vanity and deceit. Seeing a king alone without attendants shows lack of charity from superiors. For a prisoner it signals a swift pardon. Speaking to a king promises honor and wealth.
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Kingsley
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Sankey Family
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H. C. Steel
Prop
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