NEWS NOTES AND LOCAL GOSSIP IN SULLIVAN AREA
Short notes from Sullivan Indiana and vicinity include sickness updates for Mrs John Shanks and Mrs David Crawley, social visits by Miss Sallie Springer and Mr William Aydelotte, and nearby travel by Mr and Mrs Finley Pugh. Local ads promote H H H bargains, 10 percent cash discounts, and various wagons buggies and heaters. Henry Butler, Niggertown mine superintendent, was stabbed in a dispute with miner Fred Brooks but is expected to recover. Brooks from Dagger has a Kentucky background and carries a large knife.
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IT. B. Springer
Geo. Ingle
Evansville
Little Flock Baptist Church
A. M. McGuire
Sullivan
Henry A. Butler
Niggertown
Fred Brooks
Brooks
Butler
Henry
W.N. Thompson
Mr Butler
Dagger
Kentucky
Henry Butler
Vtters
Krause's Cold Cure Capsule Promoted As Safe Remedy
An advertisement touts Krause's Cold Cure in capsule form as easy to take and non affecting to head or hearing unlike quinine. It encourages trying today with a price of 25 cents and notes sale by E. BE. Mue hier.
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Krause
E. BE. Muehier
Venerable Citizen Uncle Sam DeBaun Celebrates 200th Birthday
Uncle Sam DeBaun, born in Mercer county, celebrated his 200th birthday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. IX Sherman. One of nine children, he moved to Sullivan county in 1831, married in 1839, and raised a family in Farmersburg and Vigo county before returning. He has children Mrs. W. H. Bennett, Mrs. Wm. Gaskins, Mrs. J. K. McClain, W. S. DeBaun, and Mrs. T. X. Sherman. He is a Christian church member known for temperance and integrity.
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Sam DeBaun
T. IX. Sherman
Mercer County
Sullivan County
Fairbanks Township
Vigo County
W. H. Bennett
Wm. Gaskins
J. K. McClain
Farmersburg
Family Dinner Celebrates Geo Ruddell's 67th Birthday
Geo W Ruddell marked his 67th birthday with a family dinner last Friday. Attendees included his children and Peter Hopewell of New Lebanon. Ruddell, a well known Sullivan resident, is brother to Mrs Hopewell and father of the Ruddell brothers who run a clothing house on the West Side.
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Geo. W. Ruddell
Peter Hopewell
New Lebanon
Mr. Ruddell
Ruddell Brothers
County Council Special Session on Deficiencies and Appropriations
The county council held a special session to consider funding to cover deficiencies. The Grand Army sought an appropriation for a Lafayette Soldiers Home cottage, pending. The court house received 1690 for hot water heating. 1000 was allotted to pay 101 claims. 11000 to reduce the county debt balance.
Town Board hires W H McCloud to dig water well
The town last Thursday hired W H McCloud to dig a water works well at 7 dollars per foot. Lumber and nails provided by the town. A 12 foot gravel vein 40 feet down is expected to yield abundant water. McCloud started Monday and is now about 12 feet deep. Work is projected to take 25 days. The hole is to be S feet in diameter.
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W. H. McCloud
Welcome at Church Reception Fosters Mutual Goodwill
Rev Francis Thursday night reception at the church featured music and impromptu speeches. Acceptable donations to the parsonage larder during the day created mutual good feeling between pastor and congregation.
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The
Christian Church Congregation
Francis
Ben Eaton in Street Fight Clarified by Informed Comment
The Ben Eaton involved in a recent South Side Saloon brawl that shattered a window is not Cage's Ben known as "big" Ben. Cage's Ben reportedly never fights or drinks, clarifying the confusion about identities.
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Ben Eaton
South Side
Ben
Will Dixon S song On the Banks of the Peaceful Tennessee
Will Dixon releases On the Banks of the Peaceful Tennessee published by Vaughn Bros and dedicated to Harry Crawford. The ballad showcases Dixon's melodic style and echoes Southern folk themes celebrated by local audiences.
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Will Dixon
Tennessee
Vaughn Bros
Harry Crawford
Notice To Farmers Offers New York Tribune Farmer
Farmers and others can receive the New York Tribune Farmer by paying 30 cents more than the UNION price until further notice. The publication is praised as the best farm paper known.
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New York Tribune Farmer
State Court Actions Report From Serious Assault to Divorces
The record lists multiple trials and verdicts including assault with intent guilty in State versus Duffet, bigamy and unauthorised marriages in Snyder, and drunks in Sturgeon. Divorces granted in Mabel Lacey and Mary Duncan cases with name changes and alimony. Real estate sale ordered in Adams case, judgments totaling hundreds of dollars, and a slander suit involving John Dudley and Butler Gaskins.
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State
Mark Duffet
Elmer Dunbar
Wm. R.snyder
Samuel Mahan
Justice of the Peace
Esworth van Fossen
Mark Duffett
Supreme Court
Huif
Duffet
William R. Snyder
Shelburn
Paxton
Vincennes
Edlwards
Hia
Frank
Wolford
Robert Harder
John Dudley
Butler Gaskies
Minnie Miller
Charles Chastain
Plairtu
Mary L. Brooks
Henry Miller
Minnie O. Willis
Peter Hauck
Mary M. Wolvin
Emerson G. Colvin
Sarah Colvin
Michigan Buggy Co
Hugh V
Caton
Cora
Duncan
Geo. L. Duncan
Nora M. Johnson
Eldridge
Johnson
Nora McLean
Chaney
Aquilla Lranuham
James H
Lydia Draper
John Dudley Ve. Butler Gaskins
Gaskins
Dudley
Terre Haute
Probate notices list appointees in Jefferson township cases
Probate records show Elmer Jackson of Jefferson township qualified as administrator of the estate of Dennis Montgomery, deceased, in the city last week. S. C. Chaney obtained letters of guardianship January 9 as guardian of Lafayette French's minor children, deceased. No other probate since last report.
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Elmer Jackson
Jefferson Township
Dennis Montgomery
S. C. Chaney
Lafayette French
Marriage Licenses Issued For Three Couples
Harvey Milam and Gertrude Keen. Elmer W Braner and Eliza Watson. Herbert Gates and Emma Shivers procured her own license this morning.
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Harvey Milam
Gertrude Keen
Elmer W. Braner
Eliza Watson
Herbert Gates
Emma Shivers
Miss Shivers
New Indiana Marriage Return Law Enforced
The Logansport Pharos reports a law effective January 1 requiring ministers and justices of the peace to file marriage license returns within seven days. The old 90 day period has been replaced to curb secret marriages and surprise announcements. A penalty applies for late returns.
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Logansport Phares
Cottage Fund Drive Aims To Build Soldier Home Cottage
A county committee backed by the G A R asks the county council for an appropriation of ten cents per taxpayer to erect a cottage at the Soldiers Home in Lafayette Indiana. The request cites existing cottages in 33 counties and argues the $1 009 cost is minor compared to the relief and care for 600 inmates.
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Daughters of Veterans
G. A. Rev
Lafayette
Ind
Sullivan County
Business Change at Stanail News Stand
Guy Briggs buys the book and news department and will take possession next Saturday evening. He is the son of the late Geo Briggs and is expected to run a successful venture. Mrs Stanail retains the picture department, closing out this week.
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Guy Briggs
Land transfers recorded in Fairbank and surrounding areas
Beasley & Brown abstracters list transfers including Clayborn W. Cross to Marion Waiters in Cass County and Nathan Thomas to Anna Sheridan in Hamilton County. Other entries show land deals in Fairbank, Dugger, Sullivan, Haddon, Turman, Turmac, and Curry with amounts ranging from 300 to 25,000 dollars.
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Beasley & Brown
Archa Eisner
C. BE. Harrison
Fairbank
Clayborn W. Cross
Marion Waiters
Cass
Nathan Thomas
Anna Sheridan
Hamilton
Lizzie J
Yeats
Geo
W. Deckard
Edgar W. Akin
C. T. Akin Et al
Haddon
Scott McCord
M. Ladson
Bernard Amstot
Chas, Riggs
Gill
Wilson Thompson
C. O. Gaskina
Geo. Hayden
A. J. Pringle
Turman
Turmac
Eli Woodward
Ida South
Mardi Gras excursion rates to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola
The E and T H R Railway offers round trip excursion fares to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola for Mardi Gras, Feb 4–11. Tickets on sale Feb 3–9 and for early trains Feb 10, return by Feb 15 or extend to Feb 28 if deposited by Feb 15. Terre Haute Lincoln League event offers one fare round trip Feb 11–12, with return by Feb 13. Full details from the undersigned.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Fla
Terre, Haute
Ind
Lincoln League of Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Barco
John Shanks
T. K. Sherman
Hartley Bennett
H.H.H
F. N. French
Amanda Dooley
T. M. Ridgeway
Burton Bros
J. I. Hotco
Mary
H. E. Hart
Carl
H. Schmidt & Co
Davis Hotel
Laurence Thompson
Holmes
Willis
Carlisle
Sam Woodsmall
Curry Township
Liston & Hazelrigg
Hazelrigg
M. E. Roberts
Womans’ Home Missionary Society
M. E. Church
G. W. Buff
M. E
the County Council
Jamies Powers
Harder & Hafer Coal Mining Co
Rk. H. Crowder & Son
Wake Giles
Guardian
Maggie Foreman
Henry Vigus
Maggvie Foreman
Barbara Vigna
John R. Allen
Albert Lane
Sullivan Circuit Court
Dennis F. Montomery
Elmere
A Someon
Borr & Stratton
F. P. Jeffries
Fife
Chase & Sanborn
R. M. Dear
Phone
F. M. Douthitt
South Side Square, Sullivan, Ind
Mutual Life of
New York
T. F. Willis
Samuel W. Woodsmall
Dennis F. Montgomery
Pleasantville
Elmer E. Jackson
Buff & Stratton
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