Local Correspondents Report Visits and Illnesses
Ella Quillen returns from Washington while Winnie Humphreys visits Eva Humphreys in Sullivan. Verna Lowder and Ida Sims travel between Sullivan and Newberry. Mrs. Elza Dickey and Shomer Meredith shop in Sullivan. The grip claims several victims including Salra Dugger and Mrs. R. 8. Quillen. Allie Headly visits Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Quillen
Washington
Winnie Humphreys
Linton
Eva. Humphreys
Verna Lowder
Sullivan
Ida Sims
Newberry
Ethel
Anna Abram
Mesdames
Elza Dickey
Shomer Meredith
The
Grip
Salra Dugger
Quillen
Allie Headly
Local notes on farming and school events across towns
A varied Indiana fragment records personal moves, farm business, and social events. McCord and Drake travel, Reynolds leases a horse, and the coal firm reports six thousand sixty dollars paid up stock. The Nationals beat U C College 18 to 8 at Merom. Drakes ship eight car loads of sheep after buying at St Louis stockyards. Debates at the school address crime versus wealth, Mundell prevailing. Will Weir visits Carlisle. Ford visits Sullivan relatives. Rev Shaw to preach at Christian church. high school literary club showcases debates songs and speeches. The little boy of J L Watson is sick with scarlet fever. Zig Yeager and wife visit Sullivan. Mrs Wolfe Trinkle of Seattle visits. Curt Trueblood ill with consumption. Prairie Creek Canning Co reports 1902 season finances and profits. tomatoes canned 11,000 bushels. price 21c per bushel. labor 3,200. cans 2,850. expenses 10,020. tomatoes sold 13,400. profit 1,380.43. Farmersburg notes: Asbury and Zink visit. Dorsey meetings begin. Crossen in Terre Haute. Frank Jennings improves after dropsy. W E Johns plans move to Shelburn. Belldridge visits Shelburn. Alice Forbes visits husband in hospital. Bertha Sharp visits. smallpox cases steady. vaccination widespread. Protracted M E meeting continues with Peck aiding Johnson. additions to the church. Sam Malone to Terre Haute. three new telephones coming to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. McCord
Ira Drake
Sullivan
A. O. Reynolds
Arch Eisner
W. C. Criss
Coal Company
Nationals
U.C. College
Merom
Fairbanks
Drakes
St. Louis
Chas. Mundell
Clint Philips
Mundell
Will Weir
Carlisle
A. H. Ford
Rev. Shaw
Christian Church
J. L. Watson
Zig Yeager
J. W. Adams
Nellie Pinkstone
Clarence
L. Wolfe Trinkle
Seattle
Wash
Curt Trueblood
Prairie Creek Canning Co
Pleasant Weele and Local News Items
Henry Clark recovers from a hunting incident with a gunshot wound to the hand and arm. Mrs. Douglas Bennett of near Bloomfield visits her mother Mrs. Katherine Shepherd. Township institute was held last Saturday. Rev. L. R. Edmonds of Freelandville visited friends here last week. A writer for the Democrat using Pleasantville as a byline is challenged to study the Bible before quoting it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clark
Douglas Bennett
Bloomfield
Katherine Shepherd
Township Institute
L. R. Edmonds
Freelandsville
Democrat
Pleasantville
Carlisle Area News Briefs Highlight Local Illnesses and Visits
Mrs. Sarah W. Cloud of Brookly n Mass visited relatives and planned to return this week. Dr Henry Jameson of Indianapolis consulted in the Mrs Rush Davdson case. Mrs Paulina Alumbaugh moved to her son J F Alumbaughs home after a partial stroke. Mrs Rush Davidson died Monday afternoon at her home. Blo Carter was ill last week and missed several days of CPU. Sen Te Charles Schu and wife had a daughter Friday Jan 16. Harry Speake of Indianapolis and W Welman of Sullivan were in town Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah W. Cloud
Brooklyn
Mass
Henry Jameson
Medical College At
Indianapolis
Pirtle
Rush Davidson
Paulina Alumbaugh
J. F. Alumbaugh
Northess
Blo Carter
Bose
Sen
Charles Schu
Harry Speake
Cory
Community Notes From Shelburn and Nearby Areas
Mary King of Frankfort visits Shelburn while cousins, miners, and local officials travel to Indianapolis for the U M W of A convention. Social events include a Red Men hall masquerade Feb 14 and a “Farmer’s Daughter” performance. Smallpox rumors echo in nearby towns as lodge officers are installed and a death in Springfield is reported.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sullivan County
Sas
Mattix
Turman
Riggs
Prairie Creek
Farmersburg
Carl Asbury
Herbert Zink
Hymera
Rev. Dorsey
Ebeneezer
James Crossen
Terre Haute
Frank Jennings
W. E. Johns
Shelburn
O. W. Oliphant
W. L. Baldridge
Alice Forbes
Mr. Forbes
Bertha Sharp
Thixtun
J. ©. Burton
Mr. Burton
Illinois
M. E. Church
Brother Peck
Bicknell
Brother Johnson
Sam Malone
Cc. W. Welman of
Mary King
Frankfort
Ind
Dick Smith
Freda Brewer
Rubie Bonham
Mary Bonham
W. B. Bonham
Banister & Patten
J. T. Stark
James Taylor
Miners’ Organization
Maud Buskirk
Red Men’s Hall
James Norton
Bertha Weldon
Read Norton
Sarah Ellen Rebecca Lodge
Farimmersburg
Shelburn Council
Junior Order and Freedom Council
D. of A
Ed. Snider
Marion Wallace
Will Gaskins
Ass’t
Will Wallace
Fred Welch
Lon Bolinger
Archie Lane
Everett Blair
Inside
Sentinel
Ocea Lovelace
Geo. Lovelace, Jr
Daughters of America
Order
James Carter
Springfield
Carter
Curry Township
Willia Curry
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