Public Spirited Citizen Builds Town Through Store
A tale follows a farm youth who rises in city work to become a major store head. He returns to his hometown with vision, funds a large brick building, and sparks rapid growth: farms, roads, elevator, railroad switch, paving, electric light, and water works as new life spreads.
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Weekly Mirror
Type
Great Merchant Finds Rest to Rebuild Town
A storied financier retires from city life after neurasthenia and buys his boyhood home. He transforms a decayed town into a thriving small city with factories, railroads, a high school and new churches. The moral urges readers to invest in local development.
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Pan-Handle & Skedunk
Construction boom in Abyssinia Reveals European style housing
In Adis Ababa a sawmill runs and Greek artisans quarry and hew stone. Machinery for house building is expected to rise once transport is streamlined. Governments are erecting European style stone houses, some three stories high in the capital.
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Abyssinia
Adis Ababa
World Submarine Cables and National Shares
The global submarine cable length is about 450000 kilometers. About 60 percent lies in Britain, ten percent in America, a little over nine percent in France, and around seven percent in Germany. Germany has driven progress toward an independent system in recent years.
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Amercan
Germany
Memorial Diplomatique
Dreams Go by Contraries Knight Mayor Dream
A Baltimore American quotation ponders what a Londoner most desires during the day. The suggested fantasy is to become a knight mayor, reflecting local political whimsy.
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Baltimore
Cryptic Exchange on Mother Carey's Roost Hatchlings
A puzzling dialogue questions if Mother Carey’s chickens emerge from ship hatches. The playful remark connects folklore with maritime superstition in a curious exchange.
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Mother Carey
County Expenditures and Land Transfers Appear in Ledger
A historical ledger lists payments to jail staff officials and service providers, including bailiffs, superintendents, and the Sullivan Lighting Co. It records salaries and expenses, repairs to bridge, jail, and courthouse, and multiple land transfers in Sullivan and surrounding counties with totals and individual buyer names and prices.
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Hardy
WeClanahan
Anderson
J. W. Curry Et al
Alex Ross
Jack Romaine
Calvin Harmon
G. W. Kersey
M. Welch
Riggs
New Union Lumber Co
Same
J. S. Stanley, Et al
Jason Ferguson
Otis Barnes
Huston Barnes
Everet Rhodes
John Exline
Jim Rusher
J. Fe. Collins
James Beard
James Dudley
J. M. Harvey
J. H. Ford
Tdan Ford
R. St. Clair
H. Zike
E. Woodard
Merwin Willis
Griggs
Ceorge Harlow
Wolf Berman
Poor Jackson
W. Asbury
Siame
J. B. Maple
Bert Smith
W. H. Eppert
Mahan
Shmi
H. Kendall
Lona Criss
Te Criss
J.ow. Neose
Lon Bicknell Same
Gray
C.H. Bicknell
A. J. Haddon
Doom Fiobert Conner
Lane
Matt Lane
Saint
A.W. Praddlen
Sane
G. We. Bledsoe
Aris Bette
Henry Asrey
Sime
A. Dudley
O. Lind
Miller
Pels
Cleo
Pintle
Nash
Sam
Broatlinner
N. Flett
Snime
Thrasher
J. Waehan
Farrel
Bennett
MEL
Peawell
K. Brewer
Corners Jiquest
Walter Sinner
Stelin
Saime
Thierry M. Beatty
Brewer
Mant Campbell
Dl Batey
John Brewer
EL Brewer
HS Estnarg
T Wim
A. Dittman
S.S. Boling
E. Base Ngeasd
Ed Batey
W. H. Will, Sr
Leonard Bailey
Beek
Care Grounds
N. LL
Hicks
Vernon Dbastain
S. Alumbaugh
Curry
E. Russell
Robert McElroy
Charles C. Mayfield
J. HH. Lovelace
W. TI. Davis
George Eaton
Eli Alumbatugh, Sr
Stansom Bailey
John T. Tisman
A. P. Gibbs
Caregrounds
Bert Lane
Greer Wilkinson Co
Spicer
Salary
Frank Hiatt
T. E. Ward
Sullivan Lighting Co
Treas
Hix W. Davis
Recorder
BR. F. Walker
R. L. Bailey
Co. Surveyor
E. E. Russell
Jas. M. Sinclair
Board of State Charities
Rachel Barnard
L. Bailey
Knotts & Parks
W. TL. Gissonm
Ben Sisson
Crugn Brown
W. H. Bridwell
Salary Co. Atty
Duffy
Poor Tuamilton
R. P. Douglas
Tl. H. Ward
S. Schmidt & Son
James Franklin
Real Estate Transfers Compiled by Ba ST. Abstracter
Real estate transfer notices compiled by W. H. Ba ST. Abstracter list parcels, grantors, and grantees in the district records. The item notes recorded conveyances, dates, and property locations reflecting changes in ownership.
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W. H. Ba
Debt notice at Edmonds office for payment
A fragmented notice requests all debtors to call at the office of W. B. Edmonds over Mueh rer's drug store to settle accounts. The message appears in a Bee issue with garbled text and unclear location details.
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No. 8
South Side
Dale's
W. B. Hdmonds
Muehrer
Oh Edwards
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Hiram S. Alsop
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John S. Thompson
Otis Thompson
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Alonzo E. Deckard
David A. Bedwell
Viola B. Smith
Wm. T. Pitcher
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Carlisle
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James H. Daniels
Frank M. Daniels
Merom
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Avis Hotel
Entist
Sobeafe
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J. A. Stewart
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C. F. Briggs
Office Briggs Building
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Dr. Shanklin
Coffman
H. Edwards
North Eighth Street
Ohio Street
Terre Haute
Indiana
Buff & Stratton
Attorneys-at-Law
J. W. Lindley
Attorney-at-Law
Dorothy Dodd
Julius Hatry Shoe CO
Isaac H. Kalley
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Sullivan State Banker
T. Douthitt
Douthitt & Haddon
Over National Bank
Sullivan, Indiana
John T. and
Will H. Hays
Attorneys At Law
Sullivan State Bank
Chaney & Chaney, Siva Guse
Wmn. H. Bridwell
Over Peoples State Bank
Northside Public Square
Insurance, Loans and Real Estate
Citizens’ Trust Co
Notary Public
Thornberry
C. E. Walston
Thornberry & Walston
Southside Square
Sullivan, Ind
Joseph M. Webb
Will
Undertakers
David Crawley
L. J. Pyles
McKinley & McBride
D. Crawley
Undertaker
Southern
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Chicago
Peoria
St Louis
Beehunter
Vandalia
Vincennes
Boersith Monon
Seymour
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Cincinnati
Westport
Big Four
Greensburg
Central Passenger Association
H. P. Radley
G. P
T. A
Grand Central Station
P. A. Barco
Briggs
A. G. McNabb
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Sullivan County Loan and Trust Co
Sullivan County
Stone Road
J.R. Riggs
Pres. Benj
Davia
J.-N. Snow
Sec.Treas
L. ‘Davis
Benah Dee W
Co. Jamison
P. R
Jenkins
J.R
Joe
A. White
Beasley & Brown
Gule
East Side Public Square
Owens
C. A. Price Price & Owens Attorneys-at-Law Notary
O. B. Harris
Citizens Trust Building
Walter F. Wood
Law
Glidden & Douthitt's Clothing Store
Real Estate and Insurance
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