Corn Husking Nears Finish in Fairbanks Area
Local notes report farmers nearing completion of corn husking as weather cooperates. Community members attend dances, visits, and various gatherings. preparations for water works west of the station proceed with material deliveries. two farmers set corn records and look to beat prior totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. KR. 1
Fairbanks
Elmer Trueblood
Hymera
Claude Byers
Rufus DeHart
Carl Lester
C. E. Thomson
Warren Dickerson
Fred Wernz
Frank Wernz
Grant Whalen
Shelburn Socials and Visits Gather in Week
Scott City residents Newton Starkey and Ernest visit Shelburn on business. Daniel and Mollie Peak host Mrs. Pearl Dix and others. Terre Haute couples King and Klingman group dine with local families. Dugger and Doddsbridge visitors stop by. locals share dinners and greetings during Thanksgiving week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Starkey
Ernest
Shelburn
Daniel Peak
Mollie Peak
James Hiatt
Pearl Dix
Perry Adams
Elza King
Terre Haute
Geo. McCammon
Dave
Ben Skinner
Reliance
Frank Klingman
Sam Edgington
George Klingman
Fred Carter
Mable Klingman
Homer Hamilton
Lewis Chowning
Dugger
Fidella
Ed Meyers
Doddsbridge
Dale Clark
William Eldridge
Farnsworth social notes and local visits
The column lists visits and gatherings around Farnsworth. Emma Davis made a business trip to Linton. Mr. and Mrs. Oran Dudley and daughter Thelma visited river friends from Thursday to Sunday. Various families including the Moores Harlow Smiths and Nusbaums were noted visiting, dining with neighbors, or traveling to Sullivan or Indianapolis. Pete Harlow was seen riding Buck Harlow’s car for the first time since purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Harrison
Terre Haute
Charles Riggs
Sullivan
D. W. Whitlock
Carl Lester
Dode Cochran
Palestine
Ill
Alberta
Hutsonville
Ridgeway
Greenbury Riggs
Drake Church
Graysville
Edgar Strain
Ruth
Merom
Professor Collingwood
Fairbanks High School
Red Cross
Emma Davis
Linton
Oran Dudley
Thelma
Cal Moore
Bessie Harlow
Andy Alsman
Greenville
Jim Sevier
Melissa Smith
Commondore Smith
Susie Keenes
Mary Simmers
Maymera
Bert Smith
Walter Marlow
Ed Blythe
Edgar Smith
al Smith
Indianapolis
Pete Harlow
Buck Harlow
Sadie Marlow
Henry Thomas
Our
Bill Kenady
Enoch Walters
Charley Boone
Don Smith
Caledonia
Joe Smith
Jessie Nusbaum
Scott City
Jake Duffett
John Smallwood
Gilmour
Our City
Merom Station Man Takes Fireman Post at Danville
Hall Bogard accepts a position with C. H. and D. R. R. at Danville Illinois as fireman, joining Merom Station roster and starting duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom Station
Hall Bogard
C. H. and
Danville
Illinois
Reverend Hayworth to Lead Benson Chapel Services
Shelburn R. R. 3 reports that Rev. Hayworth will fill his regular appointment at Benson chapel Sunday and Sunday night. Local families, including the Clark and Lane households, visited near Middle Town and Doddsbridge audiences gathered Monday night. Ross Benson returns from Kansas to visit his parents George and Mrs. Benson as Will Wyman and Conroe joined relatives for a Sunday with Flora Hopewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburn R. R
Hayworth
Benson Chapel
John Clark
Middletown
Cyrus Lane
Doddsbridge
Ross Benson
Kansas
George Benson
Will Wyman
Conroe
Flora Hopewell
Charles Higinbotham
John Watson
Frank Benson
Jennie Hughes
Sullivan
Thanksgiving Visits and Births Highlight Local Notes
Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deneve and son George at Linton. Twins Paul and Pauline Gambill born November 26 to H. H. Gambill. Oyster supper attendance at Cass. Thanksgiving gatherings with Lorieux family in Atlas and Rhodes families in Greenville. School resumed after vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Deneve
George
Linton
Lulu Miller
Herald Headley
H. H. Gambill
Paul
Pauline
Cass
John Lorieux
Atlas
Frank Deneves
Everett Rhodes
Charles Marshall
Antioch
Jesse Rhodes
Greenville
James Wright
Grover Gambill
Elsa Gambill
Iva Miller
Ethel Steele
Albert Pitcher
Tillghman Norris
Why God Permits Evil The Divine Plan of the Ages sales pitch
A tract exposes why God allows sin and death after six thousand years. It cites scripture from the Divine Plan of the Ages, promises clear language, and lists translations in multiple languages. Cloth bound, 35 cents postpaid from the Bible and Tract Society, 17 Slicks Street, Brooklyn, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itis
Address Bible and Tract Society
Slicks Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Not Limited to Childhood in Atlanta Journal
A quoted line reflects on childhood joys and contrasts them with the hurt of following women while they shopped, illustrating social norms and gender dynamics discussed in the Atlanta Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Journal
Mutton in Revolt: Ram Foils Shipboard Meat Plan
The Hamburg ship Ramenfels and its captain faced a rambling mutiny as two ewes and two rams arrive for the mess. A rogue ram escapes, dives into the East River, and disrupts three rescue boats before being captured at Blackwell Island. Mr. Murray holds the ram as prisoner, declaring him his mutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ramenfels
Hamburg
Bombay
India
Tenth Street
Long Island City
Kichner
Robert Henty
Henry
Harry Murray
Blackwell's Island
Mr. Murray
Bristol woman outfits nude chickens in flannel experiment
Mrs Ellen Buck a Bristol Pa chicken fancier dressed a Plymouth Rock in a suit of flannel to warm it. The idea inspired sixty five other naked chickens to trail after her until she covered them all and clothed the flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Ellen Buck
Plymouth Rock
Sparrows Barred From Nutley High Cost Solution
Nutley New Jersey residents report a novel method to cope with rising costs as a net system traps over 600 sparrows daily. The captured birds are portioned among locals, who are reportedly consuming sparrow pie in large numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley
N. J
When He Stopped. Chicago.
Sigmund Yongvist danced at a hall until police ordered a halt. He refused to stop and was shot by officers. He stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sigmund Yongvist Beas
Yongvist
Daring Rescue by WorIan in an Auto
A runaway horse attached to a milk wagon with a six year old girl aboard roared through Somerville New Jersey traffic. Mrs Rogers daughter of William Bradley of New York chased the horse in an automobile aided by Policeman Edward Ramsey. John Logan a farmer cast a horse blanket over the animal, slowing it enough for the rescue. The child was saved when Ramsey caught her as she jumped from the wagon. The horse was captured after colliding with a fence. The wagon belonged to milkman S P Nevius. The piece also includes an ordinance in Sullivan Indiana requiring trimming of shade trees with penalties for violators.
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Somerville
N. J
Main Street
S. P. Nevius
Nevius
Common Council
City of
Sullivan
Indiana
Farmer Washburne rescued after being robbed on bridge
Frank Washburne, a farmer from near Clinton, was beaten and robbed of $50 and a gold watch on Harrison Street Bridge. Thrown into a pit, he lay in water more than half an hour until bridge workers lowered into the hole and pulled him out. He kept $45 in his shoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Washburne
Clinton
Harrison Street
Washburne
Notice of Insolvency in Ridgeway Estate Sullivan Court
In Sullivan County Indiana the estate of John A Ridgeway deceased is declared insolvent by the Sullivan Circuit Court November term 1912 John W Cooper administrator shall settle and creditors must file claims for allowance The judge found the estate insolvent on December 2 1912 Witness the Clerk Charles R Railsback Clerk first insertion December 4 1912 2¢
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
John A. Ridgeway
John W. Cooper
Sullivan
Indiana
Charles R. Railsback
Sullivan Union
J. S. Schroeder
City of
Living versus riches: work to live or seek wealth
The quote contrasts earning a living through effort with pursuing riches by other means, noting that honest work secures livelihood whereas wealth requires a different path. It reflects a life lesson about values, labor, and ambition.
Notice of Petition to Sell Real Estate in Sullivan Co
State of Indiana Sullivan County Sullivan Circuit Court November Citizens Trust Company Admi with the will annexed of the estate of John H Wilson deceased vs Dorcas A Wilson et al No 15253 Notice to Dorcas A Wilson First Presbyterian Church of Sullivan Indiana Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church US of America Board of Foreign Missions etc. You are notified that the administrator has filed a petition for sale of real estate to make assets for the widow’s maintenance and that the hearing is set January 6 1913 at the Sullivan Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
Citizens Trust Company
Admi
John H. Wilson
Dorcas A. Wilson
First Presbyterian Church of
Sullivan
Indiana
Board of Home Missions
The
Presbyterian Church of the United
Dorcas A. Branstetler
Unknown
Sophia Cagis Coock
Elizabeth Whitman
John D. Wilson
Harvey W. Patton
Elizabeth Johnson
Frank Cochran
Louise Crabb
Elizabeth Lisman
Margaret Smith
Ella King
Louisa Marshall
Claude Cochran
William Cochran
James Cochran
Lida McMillin
Grace Cochran
Susan Cochran
Circuit Court
Charles R. Railsback
George W. Ellis
Buff & Stratton
Sullivan Circuit
Campbell
Henry Campbell
Devisees
James Campbell
Hager
Jacob H. Hager
William D. Griswold
Christopher N. Snider
Daugherty
William Daugherty
McClary
John McClary
State of
Sulliva County
Ordinance Establishes Alarms at Sullivan Rail Crossings
Ordinance No 49 requires railroads crossing East Jackson South Main East Washington South Court Gray Depot South St Clair to install and maintain alarms at all crossings within Sullivan. Violations incur fines from 5 to 100 dollars with each day of noncompliance counted as a separate offense. effective April 1 1913. Public notice dates November 26 1912 and December 4 1912.
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City of
Sullivan
Indiana
East Jackson Street
South Main Street
East Washington Street
South Court Street
Gray Street
Depot Street
South St. Clair Street
As She Saw the Notes
A parent quotes a child at age four who studies music notes and mishears them as a line of "tittle boys on a wire fence" with some "hats on" amid the contemplation. The remark reflects a playful misreading of musical notation.
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Milton Pinkston
Essie McNabb
Ode Shears
Opal Corder
James B. Kaufman
Turtle Creek
Arthur Kaufman
the Prairie
David Thompson
Wilson Elevator
Frank McKinley
J. M. Nell
Farnsworth
Stringtown
Captain Eichner
New York Pier
Igland
Murray
Worian
T. ED. Hoover
Mace
H. I. Alston
Raleidh
N.C
Sti
Felste
Sullivan, Coun
Clara J. Allen
Ieta
DR. Linpley
Dentist
Davis Mouse
Interurban
George W. Burris
Charles E. Shake
Walter F. Wood
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