Tent Meeting Draws Big Attendance in Sullivan County
Graysville notes heat relief with coats and wraps, harvest near end, and a large tent meeting drawing many locals. Dr. H C Morrison of Louisville Ky and Asbury University president will preach July 13 to 15, described as a rare treat for churchgoers. Local pastors attend while services paused for Farm Bureau gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cushman
Fred Yager
Canton
Ohio
Yager
McClanahan
Florida
Bluford Arnett
Sullivan County
Morrison
Asbury University
Wilmore
Nye's Chapel Social and Funeral Notices Highlight Local Visits
Joe Verh made a business trip to Farmersburg Monday. Families and neighbors gathered for a Sunday visit with John Van Sant Sr. A basket dinner at Nye's Chapel set for July 15 invites all. The community mourned the funeral of Paul Houpt Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Verh
Farmersburg
Irvin Stark
Enid
Ella Brodie
Near Sullivan
Charles Shaw
Emory
Obie Stine
Lewis Stine
Theodore van Sant
John van Sant Sr
Hazel Brown
Farmersbureg
Mary Cummins
Nye’s Chapel
Fred Morrison
Terre Haute
John Bridwell
George Goodman
Artie Cummins
Paul Houpt
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Family Moments
Mrs. Symaria Swift spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. Linnie Duvall. Mrs. David Baldridge and family gathered with parents at Terre Haute. Orion Van Sant, son of John Van Sant Jr., had surgery at Sullivan hospital Thursday. Lewis Stine made a business trip to Terre Haute Monday. Mrs. David Braner and her son Estel visited Miss Ona Philips Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Baldridge
Terre Haute
Symaria Swift
Linnie Duvall
Orion van Sant
John van Sant Jr
Sullivan Hospital
Lewis Stine
David Braner
Estel
Ona Philips
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Promises Quick Relief
Over forty years Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been used to treat catarrh. An ointment provides local relief and an internal tonic acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation. Sold by all druggists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Dixie Bee Line Opens in Local Neighborhood
Township news notes the new Dixie Bee Line road is open. Families from Lewis, Shelburn, Terre Haute, Sullivan, and nearby towns visited, dined, or hosted gatherings. A 31st birthday dinner featured multiple local residents, with several relatives and friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Jewell
Sylvia
Tressie Taylor
Mabel
Wilma Hood
Dorothy Harris
Floyd Taylor
Fred Helton
Jasonville
Barnett Jr
Chas. Woodsmall
Shelburn
Dora Taylor
Marie
Sam Piety
Illinois
Liberty
Jeff
Elmer Collins
Willie
Nan Bennett
Elza Benson
Harold Pittman
Chas. Wilson
Maxine
Terre Haute
Will Jewell
Barnett Jewell
Thomas Smith
Lewis
David Dawson
Will Dawson
Farmersburg
Lena Harrison
Franklin
Frank Humehoofer
Marion Harrison
Otto Jewell
Noble Wambaugh
John Wambaugh
Gladys
Near Lewis
Dudley Hayworth
Chester Woodard
Will Marts
Adolph Railsback
Sullivan
Will Hux
Alvin Hood
Arthur Banfield
Paris
Ill
Gus Clouse
Harold Clouse
Ray Clouse
Willie Clouse
Near
Pimento
Robert Balding
North Terre Haute
Sam Taylor
Elmer Taylor
Elza Harris
Paul Houpt
Ebenezer
Smyra Stewart
Hymera
Marie Ferguson
Geneva Barcus
Vern Marts
Lamp Still Burns for Walters Daughter in Baltimore
In Mount Vernon Place, the Walters homestead keeps a lamp lit night and day for Mrs. Warren T. Delano, daughter of William T. Walters. The tale says Walters opposed her marriage and later ordered the lamp to burn until she returned. The story grew into city lore and a superstition among locals and some Black residents alike. Mrs. Delano died in New York. Warren Delano, a railroad director, died in an accident in 1900s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William T. Walters
Mount Vernon Place
Poe
Kipling
Warren T. Delano
W. T. Walters
Walters Gallery
New York
Delano
Lennie Walters
Walters
Big Springs News Roundup From Wheat Harvest to Local Injuries
Big Springs reports wheat harvest nearing completion. Dr. Parker attended Mrs. Cleo Gray Sunday night. The Hunt family and Stewart spent the weekend at Warren Watson's. Durham siblings visited George and wife in Terre Haute. A. G. Cushman ordered a Chevrolet. Carlos Watson, ten, injured when a horse bolted at an airplane, arm broken, teeth loosened, jaw fractured. X rays used and arm set at Sullivan. Farm Bureau entertainment hosted by Big Springs and Graysville residents. News tips invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Cleo Gray
J. H. Hunt
Stewart
Warren Watson
Mary Mann
Maurene
Marjorie
Mary Agnes Durham
George Adams
Terre Haute
A. G. Cushman
Carlos
Will Watson
Bland
Scott
Sullivan
Grave Vigil Keeps Watch Over Osborne in Spencer
In Spencer Oklahoma six negro friends sit with Allen A Osborne’s coffin all night in a two room shack after he shot himself following the shooting of his mother in law Lula Bradley and his wife Edie Osborne. Lula Bradley died earlier and Edie Osborne was taken to Oklahoma City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Okla
Allen A. Osborne
Osborne
Lula Bradley
Edie Osborne
Lulu Bradley
Oklahoma City
Mail Box Holds Woman's Hand in Norristown Incident
A woman trapped her hand in a mail box opening while depositing a parcel in front of a telegraph company office in Norristown Pennsylvania. The ring on her finger tightened and she was held captive for several minutes until a telegraph operator released her. Her hand swelled and she nearly collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
County Commissioners Approve Road Projects and Appointments
In regular session the board appointed W Z Payne as superintendent of the W T Dix gravel road project in Hamilton Turman and Fairbanks townships. Clem Arnett named justice of the peace and W W Raley constable in Gill township. Homer Bicknell to supervise the Vail bridge in Turman. The Crawford gravel road contract in Hamilton Cass townships was awarded to Lovelace and Dailey for 12900 dollars, with Fred Lambright's lower bid rejected to allow completion this year. Lansberry Riggs et al petition for a new Fairbanks highway deemed sufficient. remonstrances by Joe Pittman Ben Adams and Ida Dicley deemed sufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Z. Payne
W. T. Dix
Hamilton
Turman
Fairbanks
Clem Arnett
Gill
W. W. Raley
Homer Bicknell
Vail
Thomas A. Crawford
Cass
Lovelace and Dailey
Fred Lambright
Circuit Court Notes Include Jury Board Changes and Divorces
The report lists Theodore S. Barnes resigning from the jury commissioners board with Judge Walter F. Wood appointing Joe K. Smock to succeed him. Other items include partitions and quiet title actions, a $138.35 judgment against Elmer Hiatt, divorces for Gladys M. Wilkey and Grace Kerzan, a $2300 damages verdict for Harry Dallmode vs C I Ry Co, and a $311.95 note judgment for The Sullivan State Bank against Thomas A. Combs and John P. Allen plus related matters on Ma hala Roseberry estate and Replevin for New Home Furniture Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Theodore S. Barnes
Board of Jury Commissioners
Walter F. Wood
Joe K. Smock
Mr. Smock
Huston Bates
Ella Curtis
Ada Bates
William A. Stedman
Elmer Hiatt
Gladys M. Wilkey
Edgar A. Wilkey
Tony Kerran
Grace Kerzan
Harry Dallmode
Vigo County
New Home Furniture Company
Ray McIintire
Verna McIntire
Replevin
Sullivan State Bank
Thomas A. Combs
John P. Allen
John Roseberry
Mahala Roseberry
Legal and civil actions and judgments in Vincennes area
A long list of civil suits and outcomes is recorded. Cases include alienna Orendorff versus estate of Ma for $235.92 and a divorce between Eunice Simmons and Harry Simmons. Plaintiff winners include Aveleigh A Bunting in a $6000 damages verdict and Mary E Harlow recovering $471.85 plus $30 attorney fees. Other notes dismissals, trials moved to Knox county, and a $3,000 attorney fee in a drainage case.
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Alienna Orendorff
Mahala Roseberry
Eunice Simmons
Harry Simmons
William A. Wilson
Otto Kelly
Lucy Kelly
Turman & Riggs
Russell Pitcher
Aveleigh A. Bunting
P. C. C. & St. L. Ry. Company
Knox County
University of Vincennes
Vincennes
Oscar L. DeLashmutt
Hortense Kauffman
Tom Kauffman
William A. Hunt
Aud Price
Mary E. Harlow
J. Emmett Johnson
Joseph Hadley
Vigo County
Johnson
Terre Haute
Hadley
North 9Th Street
David W. Whitlock
Edward Jewell
J. Kerr Coulson
John S. Warnd
James R. Riggs
Ed P. Snow
Morning and Spring of Life, Thoreau Remark
Quoted meditation on health measured by sympathy with nature. It warns that lack of response to awakening nature, an early walk, or the first song of spring indicates the morning and spring of life are past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoreau
Local Fourth of July Celebrations Count
Sullivan observed no public Fourth of July formal celebration though many businesses closed The Country Club hosted a picnic and a night fireworks display on the grounds south of the city Merom held a Modern Woodmen sponsored celebration with an address by Hon Jesse Eschbach Carlisle saw a joint American Legion and Golf Club picnic The Springer Gouckenous Club spent the Fourth at the Narrows
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Country Club
Merom
Jesse Eschbach
State Board of Accounts
American Legion
Golf Club
Carlisle
Springer-Gouckenous Club
Narrows
Former resident recalls family ties to county pioneers
Marion Burge of Kerney Nebraska and his sister Mrs George Heimer of Lincoln Nebraska came back here for their sister Mary Gaskins death wife of David Gaskins near Farmersburg. Their father the late Robertson Burge was an early county pioneer living three miles north of the city. The siblings were Antilope Valley colony members that left Sullivan in 1884 for Nebraska. They planned an auto trip to their old home later this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Burge
Kerney
Nebraska
George Heimer
Lincoln
Mary Gaskins
David Gaskins
Farmersburg
Robertson Burge
Mr. Burge
Oldest College Magazine The Eagle Founded at St John’s Cambridge
St John’s College Cambridge claims the oldest college magazine in the world the Eagle founded in 1853. Early contributors include Samuel Butler while notable students included Titus Oates Roger Ascham Ben Jonson and Wordsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s College
Cambridge
England
The
Eagle
Samuel Butler
Erewhon
Titus Oates
Roger Ascham
Ben Jonson
Wordsworth
St John’s
First American Pharmacopoeia Emerges in 1778
The text notes no pharmacist in America before the Revolution and records William Brown issuing the first American pharmacopoeia in 1778 at Lancaster Pennsylvania. The 82 page work served the Washington army hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Wiliam Brown
Lancaster
Washington
Polishing Silver by Boiling with Baking Soda
Polish silver in daily use by placing pieces in a shallow pan, cover with cold water, add two or three tablespoons of baking soda, and boil for five minutes. Drain, cool, then rub the white deposit with a soft towel.
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Pep
Prest-O-Lite
R. H. Richard
Peerless
Graysville
Jas. M. Moore
William
Brazil
Farm Bureau
South Main St
I. C
J. A. Hash
Dougherty & Walters
Township
Big Springs
Bier
Thompsons
Commissioners Court
Board of County Commissioners
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