Graysville Notes A New Year and Local Moves
Graysville residents greet readers with a prosperous New Year. Rev McNaughton returns from Illinois. Candace and Lettie Pugh depart for Indianapolis to enter a business college. Graysville shifts from preaching to sleight of hand acts as a local village crafts class begins evening lessons. Clarence Timberlake travels to Kentucky after his sister’s death. Public schools reopen after a one week vacation amid continued cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNaughton
Mllnois
Candace
Lettie Pugh
Indianapolis
Graysville
Clarence Timberlake
Kentucky
Scott City Coal Mine and Local News Update
Scott City coal mine runs about three days a week with good wagon trade and fine coal quality. A new rural carrier, Elza Douglass, will take over the route replacing the departing carrier. Local news notes school resumes after vacation and a shooting match event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott City
Elza Douglass
Sack Carney
Hymera Boon
Merom Social Roundup and Local Arrivals
Merom notes show J M Plunkett of Trimble visiting between trains. Prof and Mrs Lawson returned from Murcie. Charles Napier went back to Terre Haute. Clara Apple traveled from Illinois. Bernice Harper left for Oberlin Ohio. Harold Goins visited his grandmother Mrs Elias Moore. Local families hosted guests and social events lined Linwood Hall. Distants include Miss Josie B eo and Marie Manning from Big Springs and others from Lafayette Akron and Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Plunkett
Trimble
Ill
Lawson
Murcie
Charles Napier
Terre Haute
Clara Apple
Ilinois
Bernice Harper
Ober In
Ohio
Harold Goins
Sulivan
Elias Moore
Aarley
Fred Wilson
Front
Community Notes and Local Weddings in Saratoga Area
J H Brenneman returns from Pennsylvania visit. Newton Illinois resident Anna Wilson and Vera VanCleave of Farmersburg visit Beatrice McHenry for New Year. Cleora McHenry and James Pogue wed at Prof K F McHenry’s home with Mendelssohn’s Wedding March. Mr Pogue new to area moves to a home near Saratoga. Rocky Mountain Tea advertisement features at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Brenneman
Pennsylvania
Anna Wilson
Newton
Ill
Vera VanCleave
Farmersburg
Beatrice McHenry
Rob Masser
Bloomington
Frank Daniels
Linton
Prof
D. B. Atkinson
Georgia
Bruce Hoskinson
Grandmother Fairfield
Sullivan
Koons
Hunts City
Cleora McHenry
James Pogue
K. F. McHenry
Mendelssohns
Beatrice
Local residents visit relatives and travel notes
Miss Percy Hines returns to Loomington after a visit with relatives. Edna Johnson goes back to Camden after visiting her parents D. B. Johnson and wife. Mrs. Dan Hines and granddaughter visit Oakland City sister. Curtis Pike family returns to Mansfeld Illinois. Additional residents travel or visit Sullivan Lawrenceville Los Angeles Luton and Chicago areas for short stays and winter plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Hines
Loomington
Edna Johnson
Camden
D. B. Johnson
Dan Hines
Hines
Oakland City
Curtis Pike
Mr. Pike
Eliza Pike
Mansfeld, Ill
George A. Ridgeway
Leland
C. B. Willis
Jake
Clyde
Fred
William A. Gray
Los Angeles
California
Will Seidel
Luton
T. A. Combs
Vannie Brown
Chicago
James Brown
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Colds and Coughs
A letter from Huntly, Oakland Ind, describes how consumptio threatened a wife until Dr King’s New Discovery cured her coughs and colds. The testimonial claims one dose kills germs and benefits health, with a free trial bottle offered by Smock druggist at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fou Huntly
Oakland
Ind
Protracted meeting, marriages, and local notes from Gilmour area
Protracted meeting held in Embury last Thursday night. J W Mowery and Lillie Walters quietly married last Sunday evening and will reside in Jasonville. Many local visits noted including Silas Beatty and wife at Hymera and Grace Burress winning a range stove at Julius Harrys. Eggs priced at 40 cents. Culmer Warrick’s new house completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Embury
Ira Bare
Mr. Wrork
William Shanks
Gilmour
J. W. Mowery
Lillie Walters
Jasonville
Allowances And Salaries For December District Officials
December allowances for commissioners and salaries for county officers listed with names including W L Hunt A G Curtis F E Walters and others. Items cover truancy work poor relief sheriff clerk treasurer and auditor, with multiple names and sums, reflecting county expenditures in December.
Constipation and Piles Ad Warning From 1900s Ad
An old reader notice blurts out a sensational health claim claiming constipation and piles are linked and deadly. An advertisement pitches Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tax promising a cure with a price of 35 cents and vague product names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Doe Kaniock
McNabb Opens Law Practice in Crowder Building
A. G. McNabb states business entrusted to him will receive prompt and careful attention. He will practice in all the state courts and other courts as may require. Office located in Crowder Building on East Side Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Services
Crowder Building
East Side Square
Sullivan’ State Bank
Beasley and Brown Abstracters of Title in Sullivan County
Beasley and Brown, abstract and title specialists in Sullivan County, offer careful examination and perfection of titles and estate settlements. Their office is in the Coffman Block, East Side Public Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Olive
Coffman
Fast Side Public Square
Vincennes Doctor to Visit Davis House Friday
Dr Knapp the Vincennes specialist will be at the Davis House Friday January 13. The advertisement touts a system renovator that restores and regulates kidneys liver and stomach and offers money back if Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea fails. Tea or tablets cost 35 cents. Joe K Siock Sullivan county now well represented at New Smyrna Florida with many Sullivan residents listed among visitors and travelers including Dr R H Crowder Miss Grace Crowder Dr L A Stewart and family and others preparing to depart for Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childrens’ Home
State Charities
Tilghman Ogle
Leonard Bailey
E. E. Russell
W. Munich
F. Briggs
R. L. Bailey
T. S. Bedwell
Poor
Cass
Ed P. Snow
Jas. Neff
Fairbanks
J. L. Phillips
Jeff’s
W. T. Howard
Jefferson
Cc. Bough
Co. B. Kadman
Jackson
W. D. Asbury
D. Grawley
Hamilton
Springer C. & C
Ham- Thom
H. E. Dutton
E. D. Thixtun
E. E. Menhler
Cowles Taylor Co
M.S. Shepter
Quy Jno
S. Rogers
Hamil- Toda
Ale el Eiake
Billman & Knotts
Ham- Tlgcht
Coe
Jno
H. Hill
John Miller
Peter Howe
John Stanley
J. H. Anderson
Curry
W.S. Baldridge
H. R. Stark
W. E. Mills & Co
Nellens & Douglass
CUTTY
A. H. Cochran
Sullivan Democrat
S. Welch
Sam Sandusky
Poor Gill
W. B. Burford
Clerk
Calvert & Co
Turman
Gon
P. L. Reid
A. G. Cox
Haddon
Rush McCammon
Had- Scott Bros
Sullivan
G. A. Ridgeway
C. H
W. H. Eaton & Co
C. R. Walters
Poor, Curry
Wm. Monroe
Town of
Jno. G
Lock Road
A. Drake
C. F. Whitlock
Joe KK. Smock
E. L. Thixton
Alf Russell
TORK
Cowles Taylor Shoe Co
Walker Jennings
C. F. Whitmaintainance
Calvert & Leonard
Main
John Wence
Long Warren & Co
D. Crawley
Charley Welch
C. F. Whit
W. P
John S. Dudley Pris
Crim
W. P. Maxwell Et al
Cor- Richard Park
One’s
Wmn
B. Burford
Bate Dudley
McKinley & McBride
Lock Smock, B
OnmGe
Lise Este Alba Tessa
E. D. Thixton
John S. Dudley
O. M. Patton
S. Dudley
Win. Smith
Ben
Richard Park
HY. E. Sutton
Claude Asbury
Bringer & Co
Mary Pryor
John T. Lisman
Rep
Henry Goodman
Knapp
Vincennes
Davis House
Hollister
Joe K. Siock
Sullivan County
New Smyrna
Fla
R. H. Crowder
Grace Crowder
L. Davis
Joe S. Reed
Fern
L. A. Stewart
J. P. Stratton
C. H. Stratton
Jacob Hoke
Jennie Thornhill
Emma Cowen
H. Stratton
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Melvin Hamilton
Hymera
H. J. Hamilton
Hazel Clouse
Gus Leuse
MEROM
Miss Lyons
Vc. A. Atkinson
Jol Appe
Sullivan Saturn
Rocky Mountain Tea
Joe K. Smock
Carlisle
A. C. Bowen
Freelandville
George W. Pirtle
Hrlande Bond
J. Floyd Curtner
Anna K. Shreve
Lawrenceville
Bob Gambill
Edna and
Mayme
Mike Bare
Fannie Wasmer
Grandpa Bonham
Silas Beatty
New Years
Miss Hathway
Oscar Gambill
Owen County
Bob
Munroe Beatty
Grace Burress
Julius Harry’s
Culmer Warrick
W. L. Hunt
Asst
A. G. Curtis
F. E. Walters
Whiteman Institute
Ferson
C. M. Weith
Janes A. Payne
Gieorge W. Mathes
Sulvan
Sullivan Circuit
Said
Sullivan C. C
Turman Township
J. J. Durham
T. Collier
A. G. McNabb
Beasley & Brown
Hoyt
Bothner
Bass Auditoriu
Santa
Rian
Smock’s Drug Store
Isaac H. Kalley
ttorney-at-Law
W. Welman
Victor A. Welman
Welman
Attorneys-at-Law
South Side
Sullaeral Bank
Amiam la Terre Haute
Sherburn
Paxton
Ly Vincennes
Eaeh Baiete
Eee
Sailiens
Shelburn
Armersburg
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Col
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
OMRE
INTER
W. W. Casto
D. H. Hillman
Evansville
Douthitt
F. M. Douthitt
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