Sixteenth Birthday Party at Merom Bluff
Miss Maxine Allen celebrated her sixteenth birthday on June 7 at Merom Bluff with brick ice cream and mahogany chairs in the Chautauqua House dining room. Guests included Lois Eaton Helen Springer Ruth Springer and others. Miss Maude Thompson of Palestine Illinois attended. A Weather of a Week section from Farmersburg lists daily highs and lows for June 5 to 11 with rainfall totals for each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Allen
Merom Bluff
Lois Eaton
Helen Springer
Ruth Springer
Margaret Coulson
Irene Allen
Edna Wininger
Bessie Schlichter
Lucile Austin
Esther Wininger
Maude Thompson
Palestine
Illinois
Farmersburg
Glenn Yeager
Co-Operative Weather Observer
Burnett and Russell Families Welcome Newborns
Mr and Mrs Lee Burnett of Indianapolis visit relatives here. Mr and Mrs Claude Russell become parents to a daughter named Josephine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Burnett
Indianapolis
Claude Russell
Josephine
Night and morning shape a hero from hardship
A proverb-like reflection notes that a light supper, a good night’s sleep, and a fine morning can turn a man into a hero, whereas indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning might reveal him as a coward, attributed to Chesterfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield
Quick Bread and Tea Rolls From a Home Baking Guide
A vintage home baking excerpt outlines quick bread using potatoes and yeast, tea rolls with milk eggs cinnamon and butter, and popovers with flour milk eggs and salt. It provides step by step mixing rising and baking instructions for each item.
Quotations on Trust and Lasting Greatness
A composite quotation item presenting two famous lines: Dickens on examining sacredly and righting wrongs, and Napoleon on greatness needing to endure. The fragment captures classic thinkers stressing duty and lasting impact.
Practical Household Shortcuts from an 19th Century Guide
A collection of home care tips includes placing a pocket in a kitchen apron edge under side, cleaning brooms with hot soap, and hanging them after use. It advises a spring locked change drawer under cabinets to manage small debts, handling scorched milk, mending china with artist oil paint, airing bed springs, using peroxide on stains, and refreshing rolls or biscuits by warming in a paper bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Fate Plays Strange Prank With Sailor Eisenbraun
Lorain reports the drowned German sailor O Eisenbraun who crossed the Atlantic in a nineteen foot dory died in the Black River after a perilous voyage. He sailed from Boston April 11 1895 reached Gibraltar November 23 1895 and survived storms near a sleeping whale before losing his life at age forty eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Ludwig Eisenbraun
Black River
Eisenbraun
Atlantic Ocean
Eisenbraiun
Boston
Dory
Columbus II
Gibraltar
Feisenbraun
Great Lakes
Please Burglarize No More A Plea From a Victim
Leon Friedmann of Paterson New Jersey appeals to burglars after a jewelry store break in costing 2000 dollars. He posts notices in the afternoon papers urging the trade to move on, saying the losses are his own fault and asking criminals to quit. Davis Crowder Nuptials are detailed with ceremony at the Crowder home East Washington Street. Ernest D Davis and Helen Crowder wed with friends and family attending. The article notes the bride’s education and sorority memberships and the groom’s bank career and Indiana University ties, and mentions out of town guests and a brief honeymoon.
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Leon Friedmann
Groc
Herbert Davis
Mildred Reid
Amiss
Marion Bogue
Edith Queen
Nathersonwickham
Zav Beasles
Brics
Marane Allies
Els. Crowder
Sullivan Hish School
Indiana University
Sue
Deity
U.sinma
H.W. Davis
Sullivan High School
The
National Bank
South Main Street
Indiana
W. T. Douthitt
Terre Haute
Earl Douthitt
G. B. McFall
Denver, Colo
Annabel Hineman
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Kathryn Killroy
Bloomington
James Dolhonde
Mississippi
Jess Bolinger
Shelburn
Rebecca Nicoson
Indianapolis
Ben Stone
Paul Evans
Terre. Haute
Phonograph in Basement Delights Brazil Home
In Brazil Indiana H E Thompson operates a home phonograph system hidden in a basement duct. An electric switch starts ten records arranged around a circular table moved by a motor. A plaster horn directs sound into the air duct and a cork roller advances to the next record.
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Brazil
Ind
H. E. Thompson
Man Clings to Freight Engine After Buggy Collision
In Cedartown Georgia at Greenway six miles west Riley Thompson's buggy was struck by a freight train moving about twenty mph. The train halted and crew searched the wreckage then found Thompson hanging by his clothes on the engine front unharmed aside from the scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedartown
Greenway
Here
Riley Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Quiet Wedding in Archives Center Attended by Egyptian mummy
Laura Collins and Isaac Thompson of Comfort Boone County wed in the West Virginia State Department of Archives and History. Rev A J Larabee officiated in a quiet ceremony aided by thousands of antiques as backdrop. The couple chose the setting on ministerial suggestion for a calm wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Laura Collins
Isaac Thompson
Comfort
Boone County
State Department of Archives and History
A. J. Larabee
Church of God
Winfield
Thief Take House From Deer Park Tenant in Wisconsin
Herman Larson of Deer Park rented a Polk county farm near Frederic and built a house there last summer. He went to Frederic to prepare the place but found the house had been carried away by thieves, leaving his family awaiting relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park
Wis
Herman Larson
Frederic
Polk County
Body Guard of Jefferson Davis at Chicago Convention
John C. Chaney met Isaiah T. Montgomery an alternate delegate from Mound Bayou Mississippi. Montgomery was a slave of Jefferson Davis and served as his body guard at the Republican National Convention in Chicago last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davis
John C. Chaney
Chicago
Isaiah T. Montgomery
Mound Bayou
Miss
Mr. Montgomery
Death of Mrs. Sue McCammon in Sullivan
Mrs. Sue McCammon, longtime Sullivan resident, died Friday night at her South Court home after a lengthy illness. She had lived in Sullivan for many years. Funeral services were held Sunday at her residence, conducted by Rev. R. H. Toole of the M. E. Church. Surviving are five sons: George, John and Albert of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Robert and Charles of Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue McCammon
South Court Street
Sullivan
R. H. Toole
M. E. Church
George
John
Albert McCammon
Cape Girardeau
Robert
Charles McCammon
Rough on Rats ad promises outdoor rodent control
An outdoor rodent killer advertises economy size at 25 cents or 15 cents in drug and country stores. It claims unbeatable extermination for rats mice and bugs and offers a free comic picture from R. S. Wells of Jersey City New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Gov’t
Drug & Country
R. &. S. Wells
Jersey City
N. J
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Indiana Post Office 1916
List of letters remaining unclaimed in Sullivan Indiana Post Office as of June 14 1916 including gentlemen Barnum Chester Houser Charles Saffer W B Slaughter and Dr. If not claimed within two weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office Advertised notice from W E Aydelotte P M Scroll marked advertised and date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan, Ind
Advertised Mail Notice from Shelburn Indiana
Undelivered mail listed for Shelburn Indiana dated June 11 1916 will go to the Dead Letter Office if not delivered by June 25 1916. It lists ladies Fisk Mrs Millard Rogers Mrs Ida A Dean and Mr Charles S. One cent advertising charge per article. Inquiries should mention Advertised Juist and the date. J W Payne Postmaster.
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Shelburn
Ind
Fisk
Millard Rogers
Ida A
Dean
Charles S
J. W. Payne
P. M
Kinman Marries Lorina Hoge in Heavener New Mexico
Guy M. Kinman a prominent local attorney of Chaney Kinman wed Lorina Hoge of Heavener New Mexico in a ceremony held last Wednesday in Heavener. Details of the couple's plans were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy M. Kinman
Chaney & Kinman
Heavener
New Mexico
Lorina Hoge
Kinman Visit Highlights Southern Trip and New Sullivan Move
Mrs Kinman and companions visited New Orleans and southern points before arriving in Sullivan on Monday The Kinmans met at Indiana University and plan to reside on North Section Street New suits listed include Kinikin vs Gambill and Illinois National Supply Co et al Dave Denney vs Clara Denney seeks divorce and other civil actions involve Andrew Campbell vs William Adams and Mrs William Adams petitions for adoption of Redley Denney A petition by Samuel D Denney and Mary Denney for the adoption of Redley Denney also names Patrick Hoban vs Stewart K Smith receiver of Consolidated Indiana Coal Damages
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HoHer
Dave Denney
Clara Denney
Andrew Campbell
William Adams
Samuel D. Denney
Mary Denney
Redley Sewell Denney
Patrick Hoban
Stewart K. Smith
Consolidated Indiana Coal Co
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Palm Beach
Oxfords
Maxwell-Cowles
Indiana Ice Dealers’ Association
Merchants Tof & Coal CO
Draper Coal & Ice CO
Sidener
QO. Pugh, Inez Allen and
J. K. Coulson
Dickens
Napoleon
Fate
Strange
Sailor
Botros
Phonograph
Thompson
West Virginia
Florida
H. C. Steel
Prop
Goodrich
Goodyear
Firestone
Piqua Tire & Rubber CO
Piqua, Ohio
DR. Lindley
Henry W. Kinikin
Wiley Gambill
the Illinois National Supply Co
John Burns
James Crawford
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