Vast National Cathedral Planned for Mount St. Albans
The Episcopal Church plans a National Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul on Mount St. Albans overlooking Washington with a projected cost over 2 million dollars. Architects Bodley and Vaughan prepared Gothic cross-shaped plans to symbolize Christian unity and address a future seat for the Washington bishop.
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Mount St. Albans
George F. Bodley
R. A
Henry Vaughan
Boston
Washington
St. Peter and St. Paul
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York Herald
United States
Church of England
City of Washington
L’enfant
Patent Office
Jesus Christ
Christendom
Pennsylvania Avenue
Massachusetts
Georgetown Avenues
Joseph Nourse
First Register of the Treasury
St. Albans
McKinley
James Nourse
J. Pierpont Morzan
Satterlee
Bodley
Church of the Ascension
Beesne
Squirrels in Central Park Houses and Cathedral Cloak
A Boston Transcript note imagines Central Park squirrels getting winter houses and predicts Boston Common squirrels may follow. It praises picturesque burrows and hints at civic imagination. The text then shifts to a fragmentary description of a cathedral cross shaped gown and a sanctuary chapel with notable dimensions.
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Central Park
New York
Boston Common
Boston Transcript
Beacon Street
Benross
New Year Timings Across Time Zones From Guam Observations
The Naval Observatory will broadcast four telegraphic time signals on New Year Eve to mark the instant of the new year in four U S time zones. Admiral Walker notes the sequence shows Guam begins at 9 30 a m December 31 in Washington and New York while Manila, Porto Rico, Chicago, St Louis, Denver, San Francisco, Sitka, Honolulu, and Samoa follow in later hours on January 1.
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Naval Observatory
Washington
United States
Pacific
Admiral Walker
New York
Guam
Manila
Porto Rico
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
San Francisco
Sitka
Honolulu
Samoa
Farmers create roadside mail wheel at Wahoka crossroad
Near Wahoka Missouri farmers build a roadside contraption for rural mail delivery. A post at the crossroads holds a buggy wheel with boards nailed across and mailboxes around the rim. The carrier stops, rotates the wheel to reach each box, saving time and effort.
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Wahoka
Kansas City Star
Recruit Training Loosens Moral Bounds in Mock Dialogue
A New York American and Journal correspondent reports on Russian soldiers taught to kill, not think. A running mock dialogue shows a commander grilling recruits who respond with forced calls to kill Japanese, cows, and even their own officer, until a reluctant answer about retiring honorably.
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Robert Crovier Long
St. Petersburg
New York American and Journal
Dragomiroff
A Cheerful Year Book for engagements and youth
A New Year novelty presents A Cheerful Year Book by F. M. Knowles with illustrations by C. F. Lester and prologued by Carolyn Wells. It is a humorous picture book with aphorisms for youth and mature readers and includes a handy diary.
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F. M. Knowles
C. F. Lester
Carolyn Wells
Etiquette of lollipops and school manners noted
A Seattle dispatch highlights Japanese children’s street behavior as a focus of education in Japan with minister Mir Makino urging prefectural governors to curb pupils eating sweets on the way to and from school.
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Seattle
Mir
Makino
Tokyo
Real Estate Transfers in Hymera Shelburn and Nearby Areas
Real estate transfers show numerous parcel changes across Hymera Shelburn and surrounding towns. Transactions include Payne to Stanton for Lot 14 Bayside Fifth Ad to Hymera at 1000 dollars and Hymera Lumber Co to Lee Giles for part Lot 188 at 800 dollars, among many others.
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B. C. Payne
Nellie E. Stanton
Hymera
Hymera Lumber Co
Lee Giles
S. H. Alison
Wm. Scott
Riggs
Shelburn
Albert G. Lloyd
Samuel Alison
John G. McKinney
Gerry V. Wilkins
Curry
W. V. R. Add
Ottis F. Musselman
Jno
W. Cox
Paxton
S. Paul Poynter
Christian Newcome Pt
Mapleton Add Sullivan
Curry Grange
A. C. Pittman
Frank Lane
C. E. Castle
Fairbanks
Chas. McClanahan
Adaline M. Robbins
Farmersburg
Jacob H. Tucker
Wm Brittain
Land Transfers and Property Sales in Early Records
A mid 19th century notice lists transactions: Frank J. Nicholas to N B Lamb for lot 29 Film Park, Sullivan. N B Lamb to Floyd Lamb, lot 29 Elm Park, Sullivan. Floyd Lamb to N B Lamb, lot 28 Elm Park, Sullivan. N B Lamb to Nina Lamb, lot 28 Elm Park, Sullivan. Abraham Barnes et al to David BE Everhart, 61 acres Fairbanks. Wm Osbourn to Chauncey Starkey, 12 acres Hamilton. Chauncey Starkey to Ann C, 12 acres in Hamilton. Several amounts are noted: 300, 300, 300, 1, 2000, 900, 900.
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Frank J. Nicholas
N. B. Lamb
Film Park
Sullivan
Floyd Lamb
Elm Park
Nina Lamb
Abraham Barnes Et al
David BE. Everhart
Fairbanks
J. Osbourn
Chauncey Starkey
Slump in Dirt Deals Hits 1906 Real Estate
Real estate transfers in the county fell sharply in 1906 with only 1 443 transactions and 1 564 246 in value versus 1 737 deals and 4 748 726 in 1905. January through December shows variable monthly totals, large coal land consolidations driving the prior year peak, and notable transfers including Ind. S. Coal Co. to Ill. Cen. R. R. Co. land in Cass.
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May
Weather and teachers convene in Graysville
In Graysville hearty weather gossip notes the forecast and the teachers meeting at an institute with no clear outcome. The piece blends meteorology talk with a note on education gathering in town.
Community Church Notes and School Activities Report
Last Saturday Maude Arnett was listed as sick. Friday was parents day at the school with many pupils out in the afternoon to view work. Rev Michael assisted Rev Hogan at Merom and Rev Frank Moore led services at the Presbyterian church on communion day. The Methodist Sunday school was organized by the board with officers for the year: Superintendent O P Badger, assistant W A Burton, secretary Ralph Pennington, assistant Nellie Arnett, treasurer E Y Thomas, librarians Bruce Badger and Frank Ransford, organist Luella Yeager, assistant Bertha Cushman, and chorister Mrs Kern Medsker. Thomas Turman is ill. Mr and Mrs A V Minich of Sullivan visited last Sunday.
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St. Lawrence
Aildhelm
Sherborne
Bradford-on-Avon
Jerusalem
Solomon
Hilda
Whitby Abbey
England
Edwin
Washington Cathedral
Charles Strickland
Glastonbury
Joseph
Arimathea
Philip
Britain
Yniswitrin
Stanley Austin
Glastonbury Abbey
St. Peter and St. Paul
America
Washington
Christ
Peter
Jordan
Maude Arnett
Michael
Hogan
Merom
Frank Moore
Presbyterian Church
Methodist
Sunday School Board
O. P. Badger
W. A. Burton
Ralph Pennington
Nellie Arnett
E. Y. Thomas
Bruce Badger
Frank Ransford
Luella Yeager
Bertha Cushman
Kern Medsker
Thomas Turman
A. V. Minich
Sullivan
Cement workers convention photo features seven foot Charles
Charles Mandkedick & Sons of Sullivan Indiana engaged by their general manager and a towering seven foot worker named Charles. The note from Rock Products promises the most handsome man of his height will headline the convention.
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Charles Mandkedick
Annual Report of Sullivan County Receipts and Expenditures
Annual report to the Sullivan County Indiana Board of Commissioners for the year ending December 31 1906 itemizes township poor tax salaries expenses and disbursements across county offices including sheriff court house auditor treasurer and health services with noted board authorizations warrants outstanding and issues during the year and year end balances. It records specific authorized amounts and per diem allocations as well as multiple line items for bridges roads and pauper burials.
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Sullivan County
Indiana
SLU Vesid
Beiveu -Cduue
Concaledhesty
Daligue de Geudy
Board of Commissioners
Board of Turnpike Directors
Sullivan Circuit
Honorable
Board of Commissioners of
Salary County
Board O of Health
Salary
Expense County Assessor’s
Expense Commissioners
Expense County Surveyor’s
Circuit Court
Expense Board of Health
Board of Review
Board of County Charities
Ttea le
Court House
Tee
County Infirmary
Asea Board of Children
Guardians
Intenance Infirmary
Ee Benevolent and Penal Institutions Insurance
D. P
Educational Institution Fund
Eree
Nate Paee
Marsh Creek
W. Davis
Oy Coulson
H. B. Wyman
Hawkins
H. Eland
J. M. Thomas
B. F. Workman
J. E. Driver
W.A. Shields
Rey
Ira Snider
W. Z. Payne
R. M. Hackett
Peer
Rene Nytt
Geo. W. Raley Ae
Louis Stein
Eben Creas
G. W. Snider
W. A. Gaskins Ry
W. H. McGrew
John Anderson
Renee
J. G. Barnett
Wm. Frakes
G. T. Wilson
Renee Peu
Pnatine Ryssett Éylege
Sullivan County Treasurer Report 1906 Funds Status
The treasurer presents to the Sullivan County Commissioners a true and correct annual accounting of all funds on hand at year end December 31 1906 detailing balances remaining in each fund and the closing cash positions of the county government.
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Board of County Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
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Maren
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W. H. Hill, Jr
Henry J. Beckman
J. A. Whalen
Haddon
Jas. I
S. L. Woodward
Harriet E. Dickinson
G R. Dutton
Cass
G. R. Dutton
Harriet Dickinson
Caroline Curtis Et al
Elmer T. Curtis
Frank Chowning
Laura Hamilton
Scott City
John M. Hood
Lou van Buskirk
W. A. C. Cos
Joseph R. Whalen
John W. Hallett
Gill
Chas Carlin
Chas. S. Moss
Emmett P_Brentlinger
Rush
L. Lamb
U. & Cemetery
the Board OF Commissioners
John W. Willis
Carlisle
Ind. S. Coal Co
Ill. Cen. R. R. Co
Graysville
Annual Report
Auditor’s Annual Report
Sullivan Circuit Court
Clerk’s Fees
Auditor’s Fees
Recorder’s Fees
Sheriff's Fees
Island Levy
E. E
Russell
Ind
Abel Otal Vlanley
Lang Redemption
Mareneanaees
Gaskins
Gill Township
Bland
Wee Gill Township
Payne
Thomas
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