Merom and Sullivan Social News Highlights
Laura Coyner hosted a Friday evening gathering for Miss Bessie Delaney and friends including Hortense Hunt and Goldie Smith. Community updates mention book contest cancellations due to weather, new residents, evangelistic meetings, cantata plans, and local visits across Merom and nearby towns.
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Bilcs
Laura Coyner
Bessie Delaney
Hortense Hunt
Hazel Horsman
Minnie Delaney
Goldie Smith
Daphne Hoesman
Laura @esner
Elna Thorntin
Dorothy Burke
Roth Hallett
Mary Coymer
Pessie Delaney
Nora Coyver
Messers
Admiral Hoesman
Ray Sparks
Paul Corner
Earl Hoesman
Gregory Parker
Robert Thornton
Don Eslinger
Basil Mason
Milie
Mothers Only Knew: Mother Gray’s Powders Promote Health
Promotes relief for feverishness and teething issues with children head ache and upset stomach. Claims to regulate bowels destroy worms and break up colds in four hours. Advertises in druggists and a free sample, issued by Mother Gray Co. LeRoy New York.
Local Notes and Visits Across Town
Mrs Rose improved after a sudden illness Monday. Ralph Harrison attended a fat stock show in Chicago last week. Edgar Strain traveled to Terre Haute on Wednesday. Loren Thomas returned on a ten day furlough from Norfolk Naval Station. A J Harrison and Emery Drake ran the Barnes public sale at Dodds Bridge Tuesday. Clay Jewell and John Milligan of Erich South Dakota visited Jewell Monday. Mr and Mrs Salmon of Rosedale visited Will and Mrs Thomas late in the week. Lynn Thomas, a Purdue student, returned home Sunday. Rev A M Couchman of Evangeline was in the neighborhood.
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Salmon
Rosedale
Will Thomas
Lynn Thomas
Purdue
A. M. Couchman
Evgnsville
Rankin
Joel Barnes
Burrell Wisener
Frank Ransford
Merom Station
James C. Shields
John Hardin
Old Boreas
Dr. Yager
Lenvy
Sullivan
Chas. N. Davis
A. RR
Medsker Bros
B. C. Eno
Moore's Hill college meeting and naval leave reunions
Writley notes Moore's Hill college interest while Elmer Trueblood and others attend a Prairie Creek gathering. Severe cold cancels services at Kingsley and the Drake church on Sunday. Percy Lester from Great Lakes returns on shore leave to see Loren Thomas and Earl Gaston, lifelong school friends who enlisted together last August. The group credits the Y M C A for making their camp feel more like home during service and training.
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Writley
Moore’s Hill College
Elmer Trueblood
Prairie Creek
Kingsley
Drake Church
Percy Lester
Naval Station
Great Lakes
Lome
Loren Thomas
Navy
Lester
Thomas
Norfolk
Earl Gaston
Gaston
Newport
Allen's Foot-Case Promises Comfort for New Shoes
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Case antiseptic powder as ideal for breaking in new shoes. It claims to ease pinching feet and provide rest to tired swollen skin, with the powder sprinkling into the foot-bath. Sold everywhere.
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Allen
Catarrh Cure Claim Attracts $100 Reward
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh in all stages. The ad claims constitutional treatment via blood surfaces and offers $100 no cure case. Proponents invite testimonials and list Toledo based F J Cheney & Co. as suppliers priced 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Graysville Notes Snow and Local News
Graysville reports frigid weather with snow and ice as Old Boreas drives a new survey question. Dr Yager is found dead at home. his death awaits clarification. Residents note sparse mail delivery, and farm activity continues with silo work by Medsker Bros and a wagon incident near the chute. locals visit, shop, and discuss town life.
Sunday school officers elected by Methodist church
Tramps and beggars are increasing. The Sunday school board elected officers for the coming year: superintendent Frank Bruner. assistant Mrs. Ida Weir. secretary Mildred Shields. assistant Herold Weir. treasurer Walter Weir. chorister Mrs. Bessie Bruner. assistant Mrs. Frances Burton. librarians Agnes Pearl Weir, Leonore Gruner, Hiwen Phillips. Teachers will be elected January first. A crowd at the auditorium last Saturday evening expected the Jordan entertainers, who started from Sullivan but hit a snow drift and had to return.
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The
Methodist Church
Frank Bruner
Ida Weir
Mildred Shields
Herold Weir
Walter Weir
Bessie Bruner
Frances Burton
Agnes Pearl Weir
Leonore Gruner
Hiwen Phillips
Awd
Jordan
Sullivan
Local social notes from New Lebanon and Sullivan region
Residents and visitors frequent Sullivan daily with social calls and visits. Notables include J S McNaughton family Bernine Brown T E Hopewell Minnie Conekey John Goodman and wife A A Brown family and others visiting relatives in Sullivan Terre Haute Vincennes and Merom Station. A ball game at Paxton is noted and Camp Taylor trainee Ernest Stanley visited home.
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McNaughton
Bernine Brown
Sullivan
T. EB. Hopewell
Minnie Conekey
Sullvan
John Goodman
Lintom
Sam Sandusky
A. A. Brown
W. T. Prose
Bernice Brown
Terre Haute
Will Ruddell
Rirs
G. W. Heady
Wis
Wm Corder
Merom Station
Osborn Irvin
Ernest Stanley
Camp Tuxlor
Lee Corder
John Stanley
Vincennes
James Dudley
Paxton
Kari Dudley
Terrelisute
Dix Family Visit to Mellott Residents
Mr and Mrs L A Dix and children of Mellott Indiana are visiting Mel and Mrs W O Tarbaugh.
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L. A. Dix
Mellott, Ind
Mel
Mrs. W. OW. Tarbaugh
Public Auction of Personal Property in Sullivan Indiana
Martha Osburn will offer at public sale at the late residence of the deceased 2 miles west of Shelburn on Tuesday January 1 1917 the personal property including stoves piano washing machine ringer tubs tools top buggy stock and various household items. Cash for $5 or less. over $5 credit 5 months with interest if unpaid from sale. Purchasers must provide bankable notes. SH. KALLEY attorney. First insertion Dec 12 1917.
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W SzeiCk
Catete
Martha Osburn
Sullivan Connie
Indiana
Shelburn
Cherry Based Desserts and Sambal Chutney Recipe Tips
A collection of old style dessert and relish ideas focusing on cherries. Includes Cherry Pie and Roly Poly methods, Cherry Sponge, Cherry Cake with preserved cherries, and a Malay Sambal Chutney using quinces and chili. Methods emphasize baking, boiling, and simple garnishes.
Save Pennies by Choosing a Good Printer
Some users of printing save pennies by getting inferior work and lose dollars through lack of advertising value in the work they get. Printers as a rule charge reasonable prices, for none of them get rich though most work hard. Moral: give your printing to a good printer and save money.
Unclaimed Letters in Sullivan Ind Postoffice List
A fragment lists remaining unclaimed letters for Sullivan Indiana Postoffice with recipients such as Boyse Deten ffaster Thelen Gaulbey Acre Laura Thomas Mrs Marie ato Charley Long and others. Letters become dead after two weeks and will go to the Dead Letter Office if not claimed.
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Sullivan, Ind
Park
Wit
Peed
Paes
Dst
Boyse
Miso Deten Ffaster
Thelen Gaulbey
Acre
Laura Thomas
Mrs
Marie
Representative chosen for Kenosha auto school trip
Gilbert Gambill and Garin Taylor figures appear in a fragmented report about selecting a county official and a local auto expert to attend a government automobile school in Kenosha Wisconsin, highlighting their roles and prior experience.
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Gilbert Gambill
Flaher
Gasrbin
Garin Taylor
Kenosha
Wis
Reakg
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Furniture Department
Kaltex
Sullivan's Gift Store
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Jack Crawford
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Riggs Clay Product Company
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Maxwell-Cowles Shoe Co
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