Local Characters Stir Gossip in Small Town
Constable Si Plum adds catspaw rubber heels for secretive slips. Bill Blithers the blacksmith is named as ideal Hardshell prayer meeting leader for his ready information. Ed Bascrombe takes orders but never acts. Uncle Johnny Spruceby signs pension then enjoys a quiet day. Aunt Sally Hawkins hosts a six eggs daily dating ritual with Love Ann Long. Mrs Pick Bledsoe mocks her husband as idle reading patent medicine almanacs nightly.
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Si Plum
Bill Blithers
Ed Bascrombe
Johnny Spruceby
Sally Hawkins
Love Ann Long
Lickskillet Items in Bloomington Star Voter Notes
A fragment from the Bloomington Star mentions Pastor Rev. His Peruins receiving a call from dhcimsburg and local candidates Hawkin and Pry. Anecdotes include Susan Plum watching candidates, and Aunt Becky Hartsock voicing a voting critique amid local unrest and rumors of illness.
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Muscle Relief
Sif Sore Muscles Relieved Ointment claims to ease cramps after a cold or grippe. It penetrates quickly without rubbing and does not stain skin. Use for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago strains sprains and bruises. Get a bottle today at all druggists.
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Sloan
Local notices and obituaries from Vincennes and area
Community notes report visiting friends and college events at Purdi e University and nearby towns. Tragedy details Albert Southwood an English born miner killed by a switch engine near Vincennes. The piece lists survivors and funeral arrangements with local names and dates.
King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Discovery as a pleasant balsam remedy for coughs and colds. It claims antiseptic laxative properties and quick relief from grippe croup and irritated membranes, urging readers to buy at local druggists.
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King
Dr. King
Shot firers bill urged at public hearing in Indiana
Fifty miners from Vermillion Knox Vigo Sullivan and Greene counties attended a Senate mining committee hearing urging passage of a shot firers bill requiring a skilled shot firer in nearly every mine. Opposing coal operators argued against the measure as the panel prepared action. The same day the judiciary committee met to hear the Spaan bill limiting public utilities earnings to five percent on investment.
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Bell
Indianapolis
Vermillion
Knox
Vigo
Sullivan
Greene
Senate
Senate Committee On Judiciary 3
Spaan
Winter Colds in Children and Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey
Winter brings colds to children with symptoms of fever sore throat tight chest and croppy coughs. A dose of Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey loosens phlegm relieves congested lungs and stops the cough. Its antiseptic pine balsams heal and soothe. For croup whooping cough and chronic bronchial troubles try Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. At all druggists 25c.
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Dr. Bell
Alyse Stead Gierman Rites Held After Lingering Illness
Alyse Stead Gierman died Monday after a lingering illness due to heart leakage at age 64. She had lived with her son B. K. German in Shelburn for the last three months. Funeral services were held at her son’s home with Rev. Charles A. McCullough officiating. Interment followed at Terre Haute. Surviving are five daughters and two sons, along with sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was a devout Christian and a kind neighbor who bore her suffering patiently.
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Albert Southwood
Vincennes
Southwood
Indian Creek
Somersetshire
England
United States
Brazil
Ind
Janet Fyfe
Shelburn
Margaret Iohbined
Bicknell
Elizabeth Davis
Johnson City
Janet
Lena
Charles Ph
Edward
Abbert
Fred
Residhere
Thressiefers
Pooporal
Cratic
Lille Reoch
Alyse
Stead Gierman
Siotha Dari
Deve
Bet da
Werupis
Ates
Scelterville
B. KE
German
Charles A. McCullough
Terre Taute
William Biddle
Seeleyville
George Beeter
Patricksburg
Co. A. Smith
Fast Glenn
JT. YW. Gallagher
Fontanet
Afra
Charles MebLaughliin
Hares Sons
Penn
Vandalia Coal Company to reopen Baldridge Mine near Shelburn
A six man crew began work at the Baldridge Mine north of Shelburn to prepare a restart. After securing air circulation, officials will assess conditions and decide whether to reopen vein No 7 or sink a new shaft. The mine closed April 1 1916 and equipment was removed. reopening is hoped by early April.
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Vandalia Coal Company
Baldridge
Shelburn
Cne
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Quick Relief
The ad claims constipation dulls and drags you down with clogged intestines and poisoned blood. It touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle non griping laxative that works quickly, with a bedtime dose promising a brighter morning. A bottle is 25c at the druggist.
Lois Alsman Birthday Surprise at Country Home
Mr and Mrs Stewart Alsman hosted a surprise party for their daughter Lois on Saturday night February 10 at their country home to celebrate her sixteenth birthday. Guests included Pearl Newsome Madge Blevins Ava Haines Geneva McKinley Hazel Curtis Faye Loudermilk Lillian Gwendoline Davidson Flossie Alsop and Opal Alsman.
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Stewart Alsman
Lois
Miss Lois
Pearl Newsome
Madge Blevins
Ava
Versa Haines
Geneva McKinley
Hazel Curtis
Faye Loudermilk
Lillian
Gwendoline Davidson
Flossie Alsop
Opal Alsman
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders Promise Quick Relief for Children
Many children are sickey. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children break up colds in 24 hours relieve feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms. At all druggists 25c. Sample mailed free. Address Mother Gray Co Le Roy NY.
Erom School Faculty Resigns From City High
W. E. Hisey mathematics instructor at the city high school tendered his resignation to the school board last week. The resignation becomes effective tomorrow.
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Erom School
W. E. Hisey
City
Married at Terre Haute Witnessed by Gill Township Farmer
Franklin Kimberlain of Gill township and Mrs. Rebecca Neal of Terre Haute were married in Terre Haute. Kimberlain, a well known farmer, and Mrs Neal, aged 65, are residents of Gill township and this city respectively.
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Terre Haute
Franklin Kimberlain, Tz
Gill Township
Rebecca Neal
Married at Terre Haute by Justice Madegan
They were married at Terre Haute last Wednesday by Justice Madegan and will reside at New Lebanon.
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Terre Haute
Justice Madegan
New Lebanon
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot Base Powder Ad
Antiseptic powder for painful tender feet relieves sting and smarting. Over 160 900 packages used by German and Allied troops at the front. Sold everywhere for 25 cents.
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Allen
Capital stock hike at Builders Savings and Loan
The Builders Savings and Loan Association increases capital stock from 150000 to 200000. Washington Herald notes the significant change. Menton Transcript mocks a local man whose wife beat him in the mayoral race. David Lloyd George is praised as powerful, joking he could be called the Colonel Hoarse of England.
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The
Builders Savings and Loan Association of
Washington Herald
Oregon
Menton Transcript
David Lloyd George
Colonel Hoanse
England
The Sullivan Union and The Terre Haute Daily Star
The Sullivan Union and The Terre Haute Daily Star together offer a one year subscription for 2.50 dollars. This joint rate applies to readers in their service areas with automatic renewal options and access to newspaper content.
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Bloomington Star
Peruins
Dhcimsburg
Squire Hawkins
William Jennings
Far Pole
Amr
Otha Tomstant
Poe
Bigany
Becky Hartsock
Felows
Doe Mefideen
Crere
Sullivan County Loan and Trust Co
W. H. Eaton
Sherman Building
Bill Mar
Work Sullivan
Scare the Plunkett
County Sheriff’s Office
Chas. Deckard, Pres
W. R. Willis
Secy
Tate
Diorshey
Poddaro Pubis Afoudiy
Deheores Diteundines Fenond Maneie
Reeset Ff
Uli Vibe
Fuchipapolis
Paul Ulamkeit
Palestine
Purdie University
Geres
Shelburn News
Shelburn Enterprise
Harold McArthur
Willard Wiltse
Paul Hunt
Grover Robbins
Carl and Richard Brown
Horace Henby
Fred Dillingham
Johnnie Robbins
Mires
Masso Gepriuin Beach
Hisey
Captpal
Sullivan Union
Terre
Pinaud
Perfumerie
Dept. M
Pinaud Bldg
New York
Chee
Ars al At
South Court Street
U.S
Farmer
P&e Echency
Riggs Uigy
Imoney
Partners’ Insurance Company
Salathiel Boone Murray Bledsoe Elluery Hayden Elmer, Carrico
William Brodie
Salathiel Boone
Orl Pertle George Shepherd
David Graham
W. OR. Welles
Y.H. Hill, Jr. Farm Loan Co
Crowder
East Side Square
Sullivan, Ind
BES
Belin Farms
John GC. Chaney
Citizens Trust Building
Interurban
Growder Hide
East Side
Sy. Sullivan
Chicago
R. R
Bereaunter
Vandalia
Bedford
Monon
Seymour
Pennsylvania
Uoos
Louisville
Cincinnati
All Points
Westport
Gheenshire
Central Passenger Association
J. T. Averitt
Murphy
M.D
Dale's Jewelry
South Side Square
C.T. Howard
Indiana Veterinary College
Parka & Wible Barn
Sullivan, Indiana
Ah OW
Colaytown
First National Bank
Carlisle
Indiana
ASS Watch CO
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