Sullivan Notes Weather and Community Visits
Weather turns bad as Rollie Smith visits Earl Alsop. Local families including the Alsops and Mr. French call on Joe Vaughn and family. U B Church attendees list Goldie Carr Lucy Pickett Esta Pickett Goldie Harris. Bedwell improves. Muddy roads hinder travel as farmers prep for planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan R. R
Rollie Smith
Earl Alsop
John Alsop
Gertrude
C. G. French
Joe Vaughn
U. B
Goldie Carr
Lucy Pickett
Esta Pickett
Goldie Harris
D. M. Bedwell
Bedwell
Jim Alsop
Sullivan
Hiram Alsop
Alsop
Vernor Chambers
Will Alsop
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
The antiseptic powder relieves tired aching swollen and sweating feet and eases walking. It soothes bunion sting and has over 30 000 testimonials. Sold everywhere for 25 cents with a free sample offer. Address Allen S Olmstead Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmstead
le Roy
N. Y
Funeral of William Carpenter Held at M E Church
William Carpenter, miner killed at mine 33, was buried from the M E church at 1 30 pm Friday. Rev. W J Williams conducted the service. Mine Workers Local No 412 helped with the funeral and the miners quartette sang. Community sympathy extended to the family. John Weatherman has joined the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian
Fairbanks
C. L. Griffiths
M. E
Charles Eldridge
Easter
Denver
Colo
Frank Snoddy
Jasonville
C. M. Latshaw
H. W. Julian
John Norris
Vincennes
Wesley Williams
Virgil Bare
Terre Haute
Claud Connors
Hymera Bank
Sullivan and Robinson
George Fuson
The
Baptist Church
J. M. Burton
Dyers and Pressers
Claypool Hotel
Indianapolis
John Weatherman
Hymera
Navy
Hall's Catarrh Cure oath and notarized promise
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the Toledo firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document dated December 6, 1886, notes sale by druggists at 75 cents and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & Coo
Ohio
Local Social Notes Mixed With Travel and Work
Mrs. Alice Boone visited Mrs Bere tha Boone on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Setzer expect to return home from Birmingham Alabama this week to visit Russell Setzer. John Hammond appears young for a grandfather. Mrs. Maud Clark of Nebraska is mother of a baby daughter. Carl Johnson visits his brother Ford. Mrs. Ida Hubble visits her husband in Paxton. Ed Wood works at the Paxton coal mine. Kenneth Hunt made a business.
Week in Worthington and College News
Virgil Apple plans to move to a farm near Palestine after a trip to Worthington Indiana. Prof Coleman of Pennsylvania spoke at morning chapel and lectured at night while visiting the college. He was hosted by the Lincolia society and preached Sunday morning. Mrs Bairnell and family visit Rue Bairnell. Rev Thomas Holmes, former college president, dies in New York. Maggie Colvin of Carlisle visits her mother, Mrs Rachel Daugherty. Rev Harbinson conducts meetings at the MBE church and the Harbinson child recovers from typhoid fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Ind
Virgil Apple
Palestine
Coleman
Pennsylvania
Lincolia Society
Bairnell
Southern Illinois
Rue Bairnell
Thomas Holmes
New York
Allen's Foot-Ease shoe aid advertised in 1831
An 1831 advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease to ease tight patent leather and new shoes. It claims many can wear a size smaller with the powder, notes 25 cents price, and offers a free sample with address in Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmstead
le Roy, N. Y. 1831
Funeral Services for Mrs. Martha Walters Held at Antioch
Residents of Stringtown attended the funeral of Mrs. Martha Walters at Antioch on Wednesday. Various local residents visited kin and attended church services, with multiple family visits noted including Ruth Walters to Luella Gambill and Everett Rhodes family at Charley Pigg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Martha Walters
Antioch
Ruth Walters
Luella Gambill
Everett Rhodes
Charley Pigg
Bert Miller
Linton
Will Wees
Dana
Wees
Mary Asrey
Lillie Marshall
Dugger
Lemuel Miller
Sylvan Dudley
Hints for Housekeepers Promote Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Compound on hand to head off a cold. It contains no opiates, soothes inflamed air passages, stops coughing, and may save a big doctor's bill. In the yellow package sold by Joe K. Smock & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Joe K. Smock & Son
Jess Hughes
W. A. Hughes
Clint Woodard
Mike Workman
Elmer Rooksberry
G. E. Liston
Terre Haute
George Liston
Porter Dix
Elza Benson
Willard Clark
Concord
Zibe Shields
W. H. Chapman
Winnebago
Neb
Fairbanks News Notes and Local Visits
The river continues to rise covering much of the bottom land. John Whitlock of Indianapolis visits relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Guy Dickerson hosted a reception for many friends. Dr C E Thomson travels to Oklahoma and the West. Mesdames Wernz Byers Dickerson Thomson Lester and DeHart hosted Mrs Edgar Strain. A E Harrison and family visited John Harrison. Ira L and Hosea Drake attended Hiram Drake sale. H A Van Vleck made a business trip. Mrs Sarah Bostick spent time in Sullivan. Dr Julian from Fairbanks passed through. Mrs John Kelly of Merom visited Roy Kelly. Col A E Harrison auctioned at Berlien sale. W H Thomas bought a fine span of mules at Drake sale. Rufus DeHart family visited Mrs Rose. Claude Byers went to Shkelburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks R. R
John Whitlock
Indianapolis
Guy Dickerson
C. E. Thomson
Oklahoma
Fred Wernz
Kate Byers
Elmer Thomson
Carl Lester
Rufus DeHart
Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf Remedy Ad
Advertising copy touts Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf as a cure for back pains urinary bladder kidney troubles dizziness and fatigue. Promoted as a tonic laxative with a small 60 cent price and free sample offer from the Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
N. Y
Big Springs Social Roundup Hits Merom and Sullivan
Thomas Pogue visited Merom Saturday. Jesse Medsker and family were at G. W. Nowlin’s Sunday. Ray Watson and Ocie Haines called on George Haines in Sullivan. O. T. Collier bought a new feed grinder and went to Merom Station. Florence Graystone spent part of the week with Will Watson. O. T. Collier and wife with E. C. Eno and sister Ella visited Sullivan Friday. Mrs. Allie Watson and Lou Bicknell visited Merom Saturday afternoon. Charley Walters and wife from near Fairbanks visited John Green and wife Saturday night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pogue
Merom
Jesse Medsker
G. W
Man's Allotment of Blood
A historical note states that the average man possessed twenty pounds of blood as a bodily allotment, illustrating early medical theories about blood as a tangible commodity.
Benson Chapel Community Notes Large and Small Events
Local briefs record visits and family updates in Mullinsville Kansas and nearby towns. Contained are social calls, church attendance, illnesses, births, marriages, and daily chores with several travel and shopping mentions. A public health ad and a baby’s birth highlight a busy community week.
Graysville News Highlights Local Visitors and Levee Concerns
Graysville reports Prof. Pleasant and family visiting Merom, Roy Ransford’s baby improving, and Jas Turman tidying his property. Levee anxiety grows with several leaks found, and Gladys Pennington warned to stay away from Island schoolhouse until danger passes. Spire at Methodist church removed, harboring many sparrows. services crowd both sessions as meetings continue. Local basketball fans went to Fairbanks last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graysville
Pleasant
Merom
Roy Ransford
Jas. Turman
Gladys Pennington
Island
Terre Haute
Floyd Yeager
Lafayette
Clyde Thomas
Methodist Church
Fairbanks
Escaped After Fifteen Years From Kidney Trouble
W. P. Broyles reports a fifteen year battle with kidney and bladder issues ended by Foley Kidney Pills. He credits them with curing a severe backache and painful bladder irregularities and urges others to refuse substitutes. Sold by Joe K. Smock & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Broyles
Foley
Joe K. Smock & Son
Woodsmall trial notes and local visits in Scott City
Citizens recall the Woodsmall trial last week. Miss Maude Douglas visited her sister Mrs. Charles Woodsmall. Miss Gail Hamilton visited friends in Bicknell over Sunday. Lloyd Howard in Sullivan. Ward Jewell is out again after illness. Mr. and Mrs. James McDonald visited Sullivan Tuesday. Mrs. Lee Moore and son Tom visited Fairbanks Saturday. Mrs. Fred Hamilton shopped in Terre Haute Friday.
Kidney Pills Claim Kidney Health Restoration
W. R. Fox of Noblesville Indiana reports kidney trouble improved after using Foley Kidney Pills saying they did more good than other remedies and helped others in his family. For sale by Joe K Smock at 195 W Washington St Noblesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Fox
Washington St
Noblesville
Ind
Joe K. Smock
Jefferson Township Seeks Funds for More Rock Roads
Muddy conditions slow progress as residents project funds to build one or two rock roads over the next decade. Mine incidents report Ernest Gilmore’s hand crushed at Little Giant and John Isbell breaking a leg at Shirley Hill. Ora Isbell relocates to Mrs Mounts farm. Isaac Yates returns from the Sunny South to work at Little Giant. Shoptows mill aids local business by grinding feed. a four horse team delivers grain from near Carlisle for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Giant
Jefferson Township
Ernest Gilmore
Little Giant
John Isbell
Shirley Hill
Ora Isbell
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Advertises Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children claiming relief from feverishness teething disorders and stomach issues with bowel regulation and worm treatment. States 22 years of use by mothers and available at all druggists for 25 cents with sample free via A S Olmstead Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
A. S. Olmstead
le Roy
N. Y
Revelation and the necessity of divine disclosure to man
The text argues that revelation does not oppress reason but perfects it by introducing essential truths beyond human discovery. It critiques rationalist denial of revelation, cites Plato and ancient philosophy, and asserts divine light is necessary for knowledge of God, immortality, and moral law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aime Martin
Mrs Eliza J Nash 1836 1913 Widow Known for Charity
Mrs Eliza J Summers Nash Curry Nash aged 76 died at her Paxton home January 20 1913. She cared for orphaned grandchildren and supported both Presbyterian Carlisle and Paxton Christian churches. She left relatives in Indiana Illinois and California and was laid to rest January 22 1913 near Pax ton with large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza J. Nash
Summers
Sullivan County
Indiana
Paxton
John Curry
James L .Nash
Curry
William
Henry
Mr. Nash
Anna
Anna Walters
Robert
John
Marvel
John M
California
C. W. Summers
Fairfield
Illinois
Presbyterian Church
Carlisle
Nash
Christian Church
Weather of a Week in Farmersburg Jan 28
Week ending Jan 26 reports from Miss Carrie Yeager shows daily temperatures from 13 to 59 degrees with mainly cloudy to part cloudy skies. Rainfall totals 1.12 inches on Jan 20 and .93 on Jan 23. W. H. Woods travels to Coronado Florida for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Carrie Yeager
Co-Operative Weather Obserer
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Post Office January 29 1913
List of letters remaining unclaimed in Sullivan Indiana Post Office as of January 29 1913 noting two week deadline before transfer to Dead Letter Office. Ladies list includes Mrs Margaret Allemany Mrs Bessie Booker Carter Blanche Foreman Lenna Henderson S C Land Clara Nusbaum Jessie Steele Hester. Gents list includes Harry Alamang Bert Angel Josef Colombano Will Doody W H Green Wesley Jewell Matt Linehan Jake Maxwell Don Quillen Schreiber Edward Smith J A Walters. Callers must say advertised, one cent due per letter. DIRRELLE CHANEY P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan, Ind
Allemany
Margaret Booker
Bessie Carter
Blanche Foreman
Lenna Henderson
S. C. Land
Clara
Nusbaum
Jessie Steele
Hester
Local Marriage Licenses Registered in Indiana Cities
Marriage licenses issued for Jesse E Brummer and Ethel L Thomas of Caledonia Ancil Hall and Ophelia EB Wallace of Farmersburg Ira BE Partlow and Sarah A Reddy of Sullivan William H Moore and Viola Frakes of Shelburn Frank Quillen of Bloomfield and Minnie Fry of Pleasantville Miss Jean Crowder from Indianapolis visiting Miss Lois Stewart has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse E. Brummer
Ethel L. Thomas
Caledonia
Ancil Hall
Ophelia EB. Wallace
Farmersburg
Ira BE. Partlow
Sarah A. Reddy
Sullivan
William H. Moore
Jean Crowder
Indianapolis
Lois Stewart
Safer Streets Debate Quoted Exchange Cited
The Causeur reports a bakers remark predicting no horses on streets within five years and Wayburn replying that they would be safer on sidewalks. The dialogue reflects a urban safety stance and the sidewalk proposal as a solution.
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Big Springs
William Jackson
Dave Patt
Rolly Summers
Wes Bedwell
William Bedwell
Oliver Morgan
Lora Wolfe
Oden, Ills
Calvin Wolfe
Oden
Ray Booker
Bloomington
J. A. Bedwell
Jesse Bedwell
Laus Near
Alford Montgomery
Hoosier Bargain Store
Ralston
Maxwell-Cowles Shoe CO
Houn’ Dawg
W. H. Woods
Coronado
Florida
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