Social Roundup of Visits and Local Activities
Local residents frequent visits and gatherings across towns including Mrs Beile Clouse and Mrs Maudie Wilson with Mrs Will Albee. Allison Pittman and Madison Drake groups with Rebecca Beauchamp. Olen Russell business trip to Sullivan. Will Waisen in town from Graysville. Ethel Johnson in Porterville Ill with a seriously ill father. Helen Kersey shopping in Terre Haute. Oral D Johnson of St Louis visiting home folks. Lavina Forsythe and children visiting Mort Welsh. Fern Criss recovering from mumps. Vergie Burkholder and sister in town. Robert Frakes visiting Emma Myles. Willie Johnson visiting Pearly Johnson near Farmersburg. Lyna Pittman at chautauqua Carlisle. Lynn and Lela Thomas at Graysville minstrel show. Yank Holmes on furlough from Presidio San Francisco with ear drum injuries. Buy a Stamp drive totals $40 85 with more pledges. Josephine Trueblood in Shelburn. Sam and Floyd Taylor visit William Jewell and Hermina. Marie Marts visiting home. Alvin Hood Cleary Lloyd and Tom Lloyd visit Jerry Barcus family. Eli Boles at Lydia and Chester Woodard. Mabel Hood visiting grandmother Allen of Farmersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beile Clouse
Maudie Wilson
Will Albee
Allison Pittman
Madison Drake
Rebecca Beauchamp
Olen Russell
Sullivan
Will Waisen
Graysville
Ethel Johnson
Porterville
Ill
Johnson
Helen Kersey
Terre Haute
Oral D. Johnson
St. Louis
Riley Johnson
Lavina Forsythe
Mort Welsh
Fern Criss
Vergie Burkholder
Imp
Robert Frakes
Emma Myles
Presidio
San Francisco
Josephine Trueblood
Shelburn
Mesdames Sam
Floyd Taylor
William Jewell
Hermina
Marie Marts
Alvin Hood
Cleary Lloyd
Tom Lloyd
Jerry Barcus
Geneva
Eli Boles
Lydia Woodard
Chester Woodard
Mabel Hood
Grandmother Allen
Farmersburg
Big Crops Smile Riggs Clay Product Company Drain Tile Kingsley
Local notes report various residents visiting nearby towns on business and social visits. Several families attend a minstrel show in Graysville, with multiple households hosting guests across Sullivan Crawfordsville Big Springs and Maurice DeBaun areas. Some rain observed last week and community meetings held in Fairbanks.
Graysville News Log Shows Local Business and Social Entries
Graysville reports Chas Coffman conducted business last Monday while Forest Thern handled village matters on Monday and Tuesday. Heavy rains delay farming but crops look fine. Mrs Myrtle Conley and daughter returned to Seymour. Ye old time minstrels entertained a packed house. A new enterprise opened in town. A freight service between Graysville and Sullivan run by Robi Van Horn and Sim Yager, with modest charges. Harry Knox moved drilling tools to Bicknell farm for soon spudding. Wo mens Foreign Missionary Society held its bank offering, totaling 21 dollars. James Ransford visited on Monday. A Merom Bluffs picnic included Myrtle Conley, Monta Conley, Sim Yager, Helen Phillips, Blanche Claypool, Will Yager, Vesta Yager, and Paul Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Coffman
Forest Thern
Myrtle Conley
Seymour
Graysville
Sullivan
Robi. van Horn
Sim Yager
Harry Knox
Bicknell Farm
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
James Ransford
Merom Bluffs
Monta
Helen Phillips
Blanche Claypool
Will Yager
Vesta
Paul Phillips
Township social notices list local visitors and calls
Mrs Otto Jewell Blanche Downs Wilma and Wanda Hood Rose Marts were Tuesday guests of Miss Hermma Jewell. Mrs Richard Railsback of Sullivan and Mrs Calvin Ridgeway near Farmersburg plus Mrs Joe Birlingmier and daughter Helen visited Mr and Mrs Jerry Barcus. Mrs William Jewell and daughter Eva and Mrs Hamit Boone called on Hermma Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Sam Taylor called on Floyd Taylor Tuesday afternoon. Tressa and Naomi Bennett visited Marie Ferguson Wednesday. Pink Hood weekend guest of Alvin Hood, Blanche and Harold Downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Jewell
Blanche Downs
Wilma
Wanda Hood
Rose Marts
Hermma Jewell
Richard Railsback
Sullivan
Calvin Ridgeway
Blanche
Farmersburg
Joe Birlingmier
Helen
Chester Woodard
Jerry Barcus
William Jewell
Daugh Eva
Hamit Boone
William Jewlel
Hermma
Sam Taylor
Floyd Taylor
Tressa
Naomi Bennett
Marie Ferguson
Pink Hood
Alvin Hood
Miss Blanche
Harold Downs
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims 100 Dollar Reward
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a 100 dollar reward for incurable catarrh. It touts a 35 year reputation and claims the remedy works through the blood to heal mucous surfaces and expel poison, urging immediate use and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Hail
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Olite
Social notes from NEW L Banon and Sullivan area
Mrs Geo Heady of Sullivan spent Monday with her sister Mrs A A Brown. Mrs Herman Jones and children of Ohio visit her mother Mrs Sarah Wininger. Royal Neighbors met with Mrs Osborn. Numerous locals visited Sullivan and Terre Haute as lists of dozens of residents and relatives appear across a busy regional social update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Heady
Sullivan
A. A. Brown
Herman Jones
Ohio
Sarah Wininger
Osborn Irom
Harry Bolenbaugh
Henry Allen
Alice Austin
Charley Arnett
Corney Clerk
Dalbert Harris
Jennie Youngman
Chas. Arnett
Odon
Ind
Sam Sandusky
Edna
Esther Wininger
Sam Stewart
Terre Haute
J. S. McNaughton
Claude Lisman
Jake Prose
Ray Bland
Floyd Russell
Max Br
E. Barrett
Wilhma
Lizzie Evans
Ed Weir
Walker’s Chapel
Thelma Prose
Rose Chapel
Geo. Irvin
Claude
Lisman
Baby
Red Cross Shop Delivers Strong June Record of Garments
The Red Cross Work Shop reports eleven June shipments the largest monthly total since opening. July aims to meet the large garment quota by August and the knitted quota by September, with substantial donations from Paxton Benson School House Mrs. John T. Hays and others. Multiple classes on surgical dressings run evenings, and two shipments list dozens of gauze pads, bandages and jackets alongside hundreds of towels robes socks and garments for refugees and hospitals across Hymera New Lebanon and Paxton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Paxton
Benson School House
John T. Hays
Dory Eaton
Father Sprigler
Bryce Ridgeway
Will A. Thompson
Josephine Crowder
Baughman
Mary Willis
Ruth Allen
McEneney
Martha Mason
Terre Haute
C. L. Davis
D. M. Routt
J. P. Stratton
Jeff Abel
Bob Taylor
McArthur
Golden Chambers
Hoke Carruthers
W. H. Crowder, Jr
Morrison
P. A. Bareo
South Main St
Josephine Alen
Miss Way
Hymera
New Lebanon
Benson School
Fairbanks
Hazel Andrews Heads to Indianapolis for Nursing Studies
Hazel Andrews left Saturday night for Indianapolis to pursue nursing studies. Geo Irvin and wife and Thelma Prose spent Sunday with Arthur Irvin and family near Sullivan. Mrs Isaac Bryan and children from northeast Sullivan visited her mother Mrs Mary Holt Saturday night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Andrews
Indianapolis
Geo. Irvin
Thelma Prose
Arthur Irvin
Near
Sullivan
Isaac Bryan
Northeast of
Mary Holt
Advertising Letters in Sullivan Indiana July 3 1918
Advertised letters remaining unclaimed in Sullivan Indiana Post Office as of July 3 1918 will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not called for within two weeks. Ladies list includes Mrs Gladys Burch. Gents list includes Frank Ayres Wm Harrison A B Polk Robt B Shelton Garrett N Sheets J W Watson. When calling for letters say advertised and give date. Wm Eaydelotte postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan, Ind
Burch
Gladys Gents
Ayres
Frank Brodrick
Wm. Harrison
A. B. Polk
Robt. B
Shelton
W. H. Sheets
Garrett N. Watson
J. W
WM. Eaydelotte
P. M
Powell Joins Service As Navy Trainer
Prof. Horace M. Powell, science teacher at Sullivan High School, has joined the aviation department of the navy and reported to Great Lakes Naval Training Station for duty.
Break in police dialogue taunts brutal driver
A Boston Transcript excerpt shows a break in a police transcript where a speaker taunts a brutal driver saying the horse cannot speak yet asserts the speaker can. The exchange highlights tension and a defiant stance by the speaker amid accusatory dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baatam
Boston Transcript
Newspaper Subscription Offer From Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union
The Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union join in a joint one year subscription at 83.00. This combined offer covers both papers for twelve months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union
Indiana imposes strict sugar rationing July through September
Dr. Harry E. Barnard announces sugar control under the U S Food Administration. Indiana dealers and manufacturers must file detailed usage and obtain certificates for July to September 1917 with defined quotas for candy makers, commercial canners, hotels, bakers, and retailers. Household limits are set and hoarding penalties apply, while reasons for shortages note shipping, production, and submarine losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Federal Food Administrator
J. E. Larger
Harry E. Barnard
D. Bakers
Food Administration
Barnard
West Indian
Louisiana
France
Italy
United States
Bland Receives Flood of Telegrams and Letters
Congressman Oscar E. Bland reports a flood of telegrams and letters from home as he prepared to sail for France. Citizens express pride and support for soldiers, asking Bland to tell loved ones messages of love, hope, and backing. He notes many correspondents include soldiers and families across the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar E. Bland
France
Bland
John
Clarence
Oscar H. Bland
New Suits and Guardianship Actions in Hymera Court
Doris Medicke sues Earl Medecke for divorce while a separate divorce action concerns Howard and Lucy Howard. The First National Bank of Shelburn sues Samaria F Swift et al on note. Farmers and Mechanics Mutual B and L Association sues Frank Bledsoe et al on mortgage. Petition to sell real estate in guardianship of Max Clark Woodard, minor heir. Town of Hymera sues Roy L Smith for violation of town ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Medicke
Earl Medecke
Howard
Lucy Howard
First National Bank of Shelburn
Samaria F
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Riggs Clay Product Company
Sullivan, Indiana
Kingsley
Rufus DeHart
Edgar Strain
Warren Dickerson
Will Gaston
Noble Badger
Carl Lester
Elsie Peacher
John McKinney
Amos Tarr
Turmans Creek
Maurice DeBaun
Jessie Harrison
Ralph
Emmet
Big Springs
O. M. Deal
Fred Graham
Harold Campbell
C. E. Thomson
Elah
Mabel
Crawfordsville
Luke
LuRa
Fred Wernz
Rudolph
Ernestine
Eugene
Lorenz
Maxine
Lucile
Hubert
Margaret
Elmer Thomson
R. G. DeHart
A. E. Lester
Voorhees Thomson
Matilda Drake
George Fuson
Graysyville
Township
BANON
RED Cross Shop
Oxfords
West Side
Fixer
Onc
DR. Lindley
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