Local Notes and Notices From Sullivan Area
Local brief highlights include John Mattix returning from New Smyrna Fla Scott Bros offering affordable couches and folding beds Claude Taylor building a six room cottage on Cross street and a request for board and room at the Union office Also A B Hazelrigg lists farms for sale near Carlisle and Sullivan with general merchandise from Scott Bros and shoe displays at J A McClanahan & Son.
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John Mattix
New Smyrna
Fla
Scott Bros
Claude Taylor
Cross Street
Carlisle
Ind
A. B. Hazelrigg
Sullivan
Epperson
Indiana
Board of Health
Civil Docket from Sulli van circuit court adjourns to March term
January term adjourned to reconvene March 14. Various cases include damages verdicts for defendants, quiet title and deed corrections, sales of real estate, guardianship petitions, and a divorce decree. Notable actions include sales orders, appraisers named, and a $300 verdict for malicious prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Circuit
Frank Hilderbrand
John Parker
Walter Cooper
George McNabb
George Stanley
Winfred Reed
Merom Mutual Telephone Company
Hershel Bennett
Zemii Bennett
Mary M. Bennett
Sarah E. Allen
Hannah A. Allen
George W. Ungerer
George Boone
James S. Cleveland
Arthur L. Blue
James Burch
William Cox
Lee F. Bays
Eli B. Griffith
Christopher Shake
George R. Dutton
William S. Watson
Bertha M. Mohler
James Hathaway
John H. Johnson
Martha Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Squire Benefield
Fairbanks Coal Company
Vigo County
George Fausel
Haddon Township
Frank H. Hilderbrand
Della I. Hilderbrand
Della I. St. Clair
Fred E. Drake
Etta E. Drake
Howard Drake
Garland Drake
Hix W
William
Jenkins
George L. Jenkins
Fourth of July Address Planned at Hymera by Mitchell
Mitchell the U M W A president promised to visit Hymera to deliver the Fourth of July address under the Monument Association. The event honors Nathan Hinkle a Revolutionary soldier buried in Bethel cemetery. Laurence Lowdermilk aided planning during a Indianapolis convention with Sullivan county delegates in attendance.
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Hymera
Monument Association
Join Mitchell
Union
Nathan Hinkle
Bethel Cemetery
Mitchell
Laurence Lowdermilk
Indianapolis
Sullivan County
Lowdermilk
Occa
Walpole on Balloons and Future Seaports in Satirical Forecast
The piece cites Horace Walpole’s ironic forecast that seaports would become dockyards for aerial vessels. It imagines a future with balloon ships like Dae dalus and Bird of Paradise, and a crash and fire narrative, ending with air battles using wind weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Walpole
Salisbury Plain
Newmarket Heath
All Downs
Downs
Daedalus
Wingate
China
Mount Ararat
Sheldon
Extreme temperatures and climates around the world
The text lists extreme weather facts with Verkhoyansk as the coldest inhabited place showing January readings to 90 degrees below zero and rare highs of 86 above. the Sahara interior as the hottest at 122 degrees. Greytown Nicaragua as the wettest with 260 inches annually. and Port Nolloth South Africa as one of the driest places with under an inch yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verkhoyansk
Arctic Circle
Siberia
Sahara Desert
Africa
Greytown
Nicaragua
Port Nolloth
South Africa
Dying Woman Demands Apple Sass for Funeral
Native of a Maine island recalls a grandmother famed for ambition who, with an hour to live, asked for green apples. She pared two panfuls and died, declaring the funeral guests would have enough apple sass for once in their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Lippincott’s
End of Relation Warns of Dismissal
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune passage records a warning that a woman will dismiss the speaker if another man interferes. The dialogue notes that their relationship is finished, and the warned party questions the consequence. The exchange ends with a claim of being a “dead one” as the end result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Self Described Black Sheep Declares Ancestry Banter
A Baltimore American feature quotes a self confessed black sheep who jokes his family is famous for fun and descends faster than the rest, touting rapid lineage decline as a humorous boast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Sheep
Baltimore
Family tensions flare as Johnny urged home in Chicago Tribune
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, a heated exchange unfolds with Johnny’s sister demanding his return and criticizing his mother figures. The dialogue centers on family conflict and emotional strain during a tense moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Chicago Tribune
Relief for Croup and Cough by Shaffer Balm
An old advertisement notes Shaffer & Co offering relief for croup cough and sore throat with a balmed preparation titled relief. The brief notice highlights medical support products and a price line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Shaffer & Co
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Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
A. B. Stansil
Florence Parks
Colorado Springs
Col
Crowley
A. D. Scotts
Florida
South
Scotts
S. H. Kalley
Martha Davis
The
Davis
W. H. Hawkins
Terre Haute
Prudential Insurance Company
Fairbanks Township
A. E. Hazelrigg
J. A. McClanahan & Son
Ralston
Ollie Riggs
Vincennes
Frank Thuis
Lousa Borders
L. R. Hadley
Dugger
S. E. Sevier
Cass Township
Mae Wilson
Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati
St.Marys
Dorothy Crowder
Robinson, Ills
Big Four
C. H. Stratton
Widmer Deremues
New Jersey
Alta Bolenbaugh
Watson Plummer Shoe Company
Chicago
Gill Township
J. H. Lenard
Cage Eaton
Bell Street
Mr. Eaton
Ed. Curtis
Roy Coyner
Merom
Mr. Coyner
Bessie Hoskins
Will Casad
Andy Sinclair
Mr. Carnes
Methodist Church
Sullivan High School
Casad
Guy Stock Company
Civil Docket
Anna Wilson
Jas. H. Scott
John Ridgeway
Jas Kelly
Sion
Walpole
Balloona
Scott Bros Hardware and Furniture
Mr. Fox
West Side
E. E. Muehler
North Side Square
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