Fourth marks a lively campus day at Alerom
Merom reports a vibrant campus day with speeches and music entertaining visitors. Lois Atkinson attended in Russallon, with several local residents visiting or hosting guests including Prof. Atkinson and various families. A newlywed couple tied the knot, and social visits continued through the week.
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Alerom
Lois Atkinson
Russallon
Steleius Manifold
Sullivan
Nettie Rockenfield
Clarice
Rlpert Atkinson
Salmonia
Vounty
Phoebe
Uraysville
Mar
Prof. Atkinson
Local Notes and Obituaries from Sugar Creek Area
Charley McCollough is on the sick list. Mrs. George Schofield died Saturday of consumption and was buried at Dugger. The Glen Dora mine sinking nears completion as the second coal vein is reached. Interment for the deceased occurred at Fairhams. Interment for Uncle Hiram Frakes followed his heart trouble and paralysis after two weeks of illness. Several residents attended Merom’s 4th celebration and others visited in Sullivan and Hymera. Children’s day exercises were held in Marlow. J. W. Mitchell kept his Good Hope appointment. Mrs. Etta Hood visited before passing through town.
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Ed. Coon
Dugger
Glendora
Hiram Frakes
Fairhams
Local notes from Shelburn and nearby towns
Potter visits Indianapolis area as Froment tours Jarra Tanta this week. Marah Carrithers on sick list. Gray back in Elwood. Headley and Avs pair engaged in Paris Haute on the 4th. Mayme Buckley tied to a celebration song list. Reed Nesbit visiting relatives nearby. D of P to host ice cream supper at Red Men’s on the 13th. Sullivan Ve telegraph line crew boosts new party line. near storm caused electric shock. Sullivan and Terre Haute lines connect at Coalmont. Sullivan beats Shelburn 10 to 1 in a baseball clash. weathering games.
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Gs Wus
Indiana
Mvia Froment
Jarra Tanta
Irs
Marah Carrithers
Gray
Elwood
Ind
R. Sud
Mark Headiey
Parre Haute
Crue Cro Bwin
Brazil
Neshit
Mayme Buckley
Iey
Cuppy
Baptist Church
Reed Nesbit
Ige Ara
Ainic
Ataw Council D. of P
Red Men’s Ad
Sullivan ‘Velephons Co
Slade
Sullivan Telephone Company
Citizen’s Telephone Company of
Terre Haute
Coalmont
Sullivan and Shelburn
Sullivan
Shelburn
Local Notes From Paxton and Surrounding Towns
Lawrence Nash spent last week in Sherburn. A girl was born July 3 to Mr and Mrs Levi Engle. Miss Lelia Fiddler visited Oaktown with her aunt. Mabel Klingman and Jean Nash spent Friday in Oaktown. W A Klingman completed Will Nashe s large stock barn last week. Warn Eaton and Miss Flossie Balling spent July 4 in Evansville. Church services planned at Church of Christ Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Frank Manife and Mrs W A Klingman visited Sullivan one day last week. Mr and Mrs Flannigan of Lavfatte visited Mrs Shofstall last week. Uncle Jerry McCammon s wife died Monday. arrangements in McCammon cemetery Tuesday. Epworth League hosts ice cream social Friday night July. all invited.
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Levi Engle
Lelia Fiddler
Oaktown
Mabel Klingman
Jean Nash
W. A. Klingman
Will Nashe
Warn Eaton
Flossie Balling
Evansville
Church of Christ
Frank Manife
Sullivan
Flannigan
Lavfatte
Shofstall
Jerry McCammon
McCammon
Epworth League
Graysville notes on births people visits and weather
Dr Yager spoke at Sullivan last Saturday. Miss Fannie Houpt visits. A girl born July 7 to Mr and Mrs Kerne Medsker. High water damages corn in Wabash bottom. North rains flood river. Wheat harvest underway. Bicyclist safety urged as Will Ingersoll and Floyd Burton push a biking school. One rider injured in a fall but not life threatening.
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Wabash
Will Ingersoll
Floyd Burton
Ile
Secion
Cains
W. P. Stratton
Hymera News Roundup and Storm Tragedy
Local notes from Hymera detail visits by John and Mae Brewer Minnie Hughes and relatives at Mary Barnhart and Cory Miss Iana Stark and others visiting relatives around the county. A July storm struck James Easter’s house killing Mrs Easter and injuring a child. Albert Baskeen’s home was also struck. The 4th of July celebration succeeded with a Dugger Hymera second team win 8 to 4 and Hymera defeating Vandalia Terre Haute 6 to 2.
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John and
Mae Brewer
Indianapolis
Minnie Hughes
Mary Barnhart
Iana Stark
Jolden Vanarshall
Jesse Curry
Bedford
Clay Cummins
Midland
Porter
Champaign
Liill
Belle Harding
Anna Clark
Cory
Hyruera
James Easter
Dugger
Hymera
Vandalia
Terre Haute
Pleasantville Notes Include Purchases and Visits
John Spence bought a new rubber tire buggy. Rev. Johnson and wife visited Wesley Smith's last Saturday. Sherman Sumner from Bloomfield passed through town. Miss Hallie Harbinson at home Sunday to visit her mother. Ernest Hammack of Dugger called at T. W. McClung's en route to Sandborn. Elmer Douthitt and family from Danville Hrs visited J A Booker. Charley Sage improved his house with a new veranda. The Woolard child bitten by a weasel is improving. Emery Powell and Dr Ralph Shepherd visited friends in Freelandville. Miss Frank Marsh of Marco visited Ells McClung and Dr Jackson. Uncle Ira Dunham, former resident of this place, died last Wednesday aged 84 and was buried at Moriah Creek. A storm caused lightning to strike a wheat stack at Tom Spencer's, burning it and sparing the rest of the stack yard.
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John Spence
Rev. Johnson
Wesley Smith
Sherman Sumner
Bloomfield
Hallie Harbinson
Ernest Hammack
Dugger
T. W. McClung
Sandborn
Charley Sage
Bill Woolard
Emery Powell
Ralph Shepherd
Freelandsville
Frank Marsh
Marco
Ells McClungg
Dr. Jackson
Ira Dunham
Bickfield
Moriah Creek
Tom Spencer
KILLED IN A WELL NEAR Hutsonville
B O McCain a Hutsonville area man age about 20 lost his life while drilling a home well. After a dynamite blast he covered the shaft to protect his children and later descended to dig out debris. Gases from the blast suffocated him and efforts to rescue him failed. He had twice served as township collector.
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McCain
Job Work Call at the Union Office
A notice requests all job work inquiries to contact the UNION office for arrangements. The item directs workers to seek guidance at the union headquarters for tasks, eligibility, and scheduling.
Curious Korean New Year Stone Battle Heard About
The New Year custom in Seoul features large crowds forming rival stone throwing armies on the road to the Han River. Combatants fight with stones, knives, and clubs, trampling and wounding some before spectators at the city’s edge, then disperse as bells toll. Police keep order. the ritual is government sanctioned and observed yearly.
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Korea
Seoul
Han River
Beli
Krorea
New York Tribune
Aphorisms and Quotes of Wit and Wisdom
A selection of maxims and literary sayings from Bacon Hawthorne Shakespeare Plautus Ruskin Pranklin Metecalf Goldsmith Hamilton Longfellow highlighting virtue pride ignorance and the human condition with cautionary and reflective tones. The collection contrasts generosity modesty resilience and insight across authors and eras.
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Bacon
Hawthorne
Florence Nightingale Real Name Revealed
The family name of Florence Nightingale W is Shore not Nightingale. Her father, a wealthy Sheffield banker named Shore, changed his surname after inheriting his mother's fortune. Two daughters were born Parthenosse and Florence. Parthenosse born in Athens, Florence named after Florence.
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Florence Nightingale
Nightingale
Shore
Sheffield
Derby
York
Nigttingale
Burt
Parthenosse
Athens
Florence
One Cent Coin Prompted Courtroom Quip
The exchange occurred in Judge Barnard's courtroom in Poughkeepsie when a lawyer, mocking the judge, picked up a one cent coin and claimed it belonged to the court. The judge replied that if the coin were not so small the court might not have seen it.
Stockson Bonds Seen at Upholsterer and Stock Exchange
Mrs Gaussip jokes about Mr Stockson Bonds visiting an upholsterer and buying a secondhand seat at the stock exchange, implying plans to marry and furnish a home. The exchange seat comment adds a humorous twist to the couple’s plans.
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Gaussip
How They Grow First Year and Tenth Year Trout Tale
A compact reminiscence from a New York weekly recounting a child’s tale of progressively larger trout. The first year fish is a foot and a half with a fishhook in its stomach, the tenth year a over yard long trout with an anchor embedded.
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New York Weekly
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