Armistice Joy Echoes Across French Towns On Victory Night
Private N. K. Harris recalls November 11 1918 celebration as German surrender ends hard fighting. Flags light streets Yankee and French crowds sing feast across villages while mourning for fallen soldiers weighs on the mood. Harris notes rest area near lines and hopes for home as postwar duties begin and a memorial service honors the dead.
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Tellieg
France
Hell
Heaven
Hoboken
Pershing
Florence
Paddy Flynn
Castor Oil
Pa Hatten
Foch
Jaig
Argonne
Sedan
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Fome
35Th M. P. G
M. P's
Winky
Polly Woo
Wain Cross Roads
Dough Boys
M. P. Ava
Sullivan County
Jim Borders
Carl Brodie
Busseron
Property transfers list in Hymera and surrounding townships
A series of land and coal property transfers and deeds are recorded for Hymera, Jefferson and Turman townships. Transactions include Wm G Robbins to Kisabell and Jno Morgan for 300 dollars, Hamill and Hickey to Louis Killiam for 350, Daniel A Fisher to Edna Morris for 400, Nettie Reedy to Steel Kattman Co for 775, Rebecca E Saucerman to Hamilton Coal Co for 1000, and Wm L Alsman to P C C and St L A R Co for 200, plus a large tract transfer to U C College and related parcels in Turman Township. The notes reference coal rights and multiple fractional sections and acres.
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Hamilton Township
James R. Catlin
Emma E. Catlin
J. H. Anderson
Margaret E. Anderson
Wm. E. Johnson
Combs and Lash
Chas. C. Heisen
7Th Vein Coal O
Wm. G. Robbins
Kisabell
Jno. Morgan
Barnhart
Hamill & Hickey Et al
Louis Killiam
Jefferson Township
Rebecca E. Saucerman
Hamilton Coal Co
Wm. L. Alsman
Emma Shepherd Born in Clay County Indiana February 14 1847
Emma Shepherd born February 14 1847 in Clay County Indiana. She moved with her parents to Sullivan County at an early age and married David M on October 29 1863.
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Emma. Shepherd
Clay County
Indiana
Sullivan County
David M
Bedwell Family Remembrance and Holiday Happenings
The obituary recalls Bedwell matriarch five surviving children Carl Bert Flora Ollie and Fred, with descendants and relatives. Old neighbors gossip about community personalities including Uncle Ike Hawkins, Postmaster Bascombe, Jim Slivers, Cap Hutchins, Cy Hawkins, and Deacon Hansford. Festivities include a Christmas program at Hard shell church with Peruina Fish, Constable Plum and Bill Blithers leading a colorful rural scene.
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Bedwell
Carl
Bert
Flora
Linton
Ollie
New Lebanon
Fred
Plainville
M. B.church
Ike Hawkins
Crossroads
Ike
Jim Slivers
Ed Bascombe
Jim
Bill Blithers
Bedett
Bill
Hardshell
Peruina Fish
Si Plum
Santa Claus
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure and Reward
A newspaper notice advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming to cure catarrh through the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invites readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio, with druggists selling the remedy at one dollar.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo, Ohio
Tic
Aviator Lands in Cornfield Sparks Farmer Ire
An aviator in trouble touched down in a cornfield attracting a furious farmer who demands why scarecrows were left standing, hinting at danger or damage from the incident.
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Barris
M. P
Cominy
Paris
Salvation Army
K. C
Red Cross
M.P
Washington
Saé-M. P’s
Pvt
N. K. Harris
35Th Military Police Co. A. E. F
Ransfers
Sciroeder & Price
Sheeman Building
Cass Township
Chas. Hale
Essie G. Withers
Edgar Pope
Dessie Peak Pirtle
Dugger State Bank
Byron Lumblad
Curry Township
James H. Pierce
Stella May Dubois
Noah Lenne
Geo. C. Williams
Samuel R. McClain
Daniel M
Etta D. Mathies
Wm. J. McGarvey
Devie Gunn
Ernest Granthan
Jno
Mary A. Wade
Chas
Heisen
Hays
7Th Vein Coal Co
Seventh Vein Coal Co
August H. Skoglund
Farmersburg
Nick Gariano
Baldridge
Heap
Shelburn
Wallace B. Reed
Lawrence E
Sylvia Taft
Glenn Istex Coal
Hanigan Chestnut
Daniel W. White
Fairbanks
Hiram Drake Et al
Hstel
Morris Unger
Geo. W. Unger
George W. Unger
E Road
A. Marlisle
Armazinde Russell
Mary A. Jones
Smith
Edgar S. Griggs
Marcie Kimmiell
AL ‘Chas
L. Davis
Jackson
Mary
Mahan
Gus Mahan
Boy Scout
Camp Fire Girls
Auto Boys
buCc
China
Rockers
Sullivan's Gift Store
THE
North Side Square
Maxwell-Brown Shoe Co
Sullivan
Ind
Hymera
Turman Township
Warner
Alexander
U. C. College
Cor
Emma Bedwell
Bloomington Star
Hansford
Dick Bledsoe
Cap Hutchins
Gosport
Ann Long
Cy Hawkins
Beau Brummel
Deacon Hansford
Doc McFadden
Bixler
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