News Notes From Sullivan and Nearby Towns
A string of short items records visits and travel of residents and visitors to Sullivan Indiana and nearby places. Mentions include Mrs Ed Thixtun in Fairbanks, Rufus McGibten in Vincennes, Chas Campbell’s new girl, and many trips to Terre Haute Indianapolis Merom Linton and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Bareo
Sullivan
Ind
Ed. Thixtun
Fairbanks
Rufus McGibten
Vincennes
Chas. Campbell
Harry Mahley
Effingham
Ills
Marriage Licenses Listed for Local Residents
Edward Barnett to Louisa Whitfield. Charles E. Wilkey to Birdie E. Thix tin. Alverto II Ring to Myra M. Abbott. Thos. G. Gambill to Ella M. Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Barnett
Louisa Whitfield
Charles E. Wilkey
Birdie E. Thixtin
Alverto II
Ring
Myra M. Abbott
Thos
G. Gambill
Ella M. Shepherd
Temperance Sunday Union Meeting Announcement
Temperance supporters are urged to attend services in the morning at several churches and a union meeting in the evening at the M E church. A speaker from Anti Saloon League headquarters Indianapolis will be present. A M McGuiry Chairman of Committee.
Death of an Old Pioneer Thomas J. Gordon
Thomas J. Gordon longtime county pioneer died Sunday morning at age 72 years and 7 months. Born October 30 1829 in Columbus? Ohio he married Mary J Longfellow in 1852 and leaves his wife six children A B Gordon J H Gordon Mark Gordon and three daughters. He was formerly a tanner and is mourned by wife and children who thank friends for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Gordon
Thomas Gordon
Colobocton County
Ohio
Mary J. Longfellow
Gordon
J. H. Gordon
Mark Gordon
Solon Brokaw
E. C. Benefield
Steve Dale
Guardian Sells Real Estate in Sullivan County Indiana
Notice states guardian of Ethel and Earl Magill will privately sell the undivided two thirds of parts of section 15 township 8 north range 8 west in Sullivan County Indiana under Sullivan Circuit Court Cause No 210490. Sale on July 2 1902 with terms three equal parts paid over cash six and twelve months secured by mortgage. Mire nna Magill guardian. June 25. Nesbit attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Magill
Earl Magill
Sullivan Circuit Court
Sullivan County
Indiana
Section 15
Township 8 North
Range
Mirenna Magill
Guardian
Smallpox case linked to lumber camp quarantine in county
A Potter from a Jim Riggs lumber camp contracted small pox and was quarantined at the poor farm after exposure to three others. He traveled toward Sullivan and Vincennes before being stopped. no townspeople were infected. The outbreak traced to Vincennes with negligent quarantines cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Jim Riggs
Sullivan
Vincennes
Ogle
Sam Ridgeway
Chas
Plixton
Sullivans
Thixtun
Shelburn
Inoculation in England Introduced by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
The article recounts Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introducing inoculation to England after observing Enstaftine in Belgrade in 1717. It notes initial official opposition, a five condemned persons experiment, support from Princess Caroline, a monument in 1752, Jenner's cowpox method in 1799, and Parliament rewards for Jenner but not Montagu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wortley Montagu
England
Belgrade
London
Lady Mary
Heven
Princess of Wales
Caroline
Lady Montagu
Edward Jenner
Thrift Fueled English Manager’s Sudden Candle Solution
An English theatrical manager, famed for thrift, faced a trap repair before a play. The head carpenter said more light was needed, but the manager refused extra gas and gave a halfpenny candle, suggesting cutting it in two to save costs. The exchange highlights frugal leadership and quick problem solving.
Brief Dispatches from Wednesday Newswire
General dve ties up factories in Weropolis and the Plant system absorbed by Atlantic Coast Line. A boy’s mother found with throat cut on a Tit-county roadside. Bircen Y Gorman likely to be pope’s apostolic delegate to the Philippines. Colombian troops retake Chorrera from insurgents. International Printing Pressmen in session at Baltimore. Gen. Lord Kitchen er reports Boer surrender in the Transvaal. New York retailers raise soft coal 40 cents a ton. Europe’s persistent deep cold unsettles agriculture. Bishop Walters urges self defense at Illinois negro mass meeting. Edwin H. Conzer’s Pekin departure makes US minister senior among diplomats there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weropolis
Atlantic Coast Line
Tit - County
Bircen Y Gorman
Philippines
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America
Laitimore
Pekin
China
Edwin H. Conzer
United States
West Virginia Officers Fire Negro Murder Suspect
A Virginia official reports officers discharged a black man accused of murder amid a lynch mob. In other news a mob attempt to lynch a man accused of assaulting a child in Vincennes was checked by police. Creede Colorado faced a $200000 fire causing two deaths and leaving sixty families homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
White House
Mitchell
Indianapolis
Navy Department
Samuel C. Lemy
Migocite
Navy
Weekly US business failures and mixed national news
Weekly reports show business failures in the United States at 77, down from 165 last week. The Italian Chamber of Commerce seeks to settle a silk strike in Paterson, New Jersey. A 12 year old girl’s body was found in New York Bay with injuries noted. Anthony S. Sherman, Newport Merchants Bank cashier, shot himself. bank closed. Yale defeated Harvard 7 to 2 in their baseball series. Captain William Crosier named chief of ordnance with brigadier general rank. The Pope dissents from Taft on friar land minor points. Black flag mourning planned by United Irish League for coronation day. Senate approves Crosier appointment. Northern Pacific passenger trains collision in Minnesota leaves several dead and ten injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Pope
Gov. Taft
United Irish League
Ireland
Senate
William Crosier
New York
Yale
Harvard
Paterson
N. J
New York Italian Chamber of Commerce
Anthony S. Sherman
Merchants’ Bank of
Newport
American agriculture leads Ireland. Bragg goes to Havana
Various items note agricultural implements gaining prominence in Ireland as Gen. Edward Bragg departs for Havana to assume consul general duties. Other brief notes mention Wyeth winning the American Derby in Chicago, Cornell sweeping events in an intercollegiate regatta, and multiple disasters and political moves across the U S and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Edward
Bragg
Havana
Wyeth
Joan A. Drake
Chicago
Cornell
Poughkeepsie
Portland
Oga
Hurlingham
Roosevelt
Lexington
Manila
Southern Pacific Railway
Fresno
Cal
Barnum & Bailey’s Circus
New York
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J. S. Murphy
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Jas. Tate
Thos. Springer, Jr
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Joseph Bryant
Mary Crawford
John Setzer
Merom
Ruby Mayfield
Linton
Russell McKee
James Hull
Richmond
B. C. Sherman
Ira Thurman
Cynthiana
Will Riggs
Taylor Roberte
Worthington
Allie Harbinson
May Watson
Harry Bear
Max Holmes
D.N. Henry
Nancy Cain
Ed. Davie
Princeton
Fred Hoke
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Ed. Joyce
Squire Joyce
Carl Hinkle
Chas. F. Briggs
Matt Hughes
Evelyn Viskniskki
Carmi, Ills
R. UV. Visknickki
Minnie Lyons
Claud Crowder
Paul Higbee
Nell Stewart
Herman Smock
Jesse Crowder
Robert Hutchinson
Evansville
Ray Heiney
Zoe Coffman
Denver
Colo
Relativns
Saalee
Elmer McKee
Index Nation
Robert Campbell
Eugene Crawley
Ford Basler
Rebecca’s
Rathbone Lodge
H. T. Nichole
Miasea Essie Williams
Lorena Crawford
W. A. Curtis
Christian Church At
Palestine, Ills
W. A. Bailey
Hudson Beard
Fairbury
Neb
A. B. Fisher
Logansport
Miami County
Cass County
Howard Campbell
Dug Smith
Wilkey Herbert
Renis Burkholder
Hawston Township
Harve Thompson
Mrs. Wm. Dant
Oliver Dudley
E. P. Westfall
Id. P. Reed
Geo. Ingle
John Phillips
Ford County
al. Oldham
Rebecca Eaton
Winchester
Hygenic Co
John H. Jackson
Jefferson Township
Geo. Martin
Sullivan, Ind
Carl Cowles
Paris
Rev. Foot
Episcopi Mission
Churea
LT. B. Shaffer
West Washington Street
Geo. Raley
Louise Harrington
Quinlan
Tex
W. H. Hawking
Citv
Wilbur Pb. Severson
Lafayette
Bert Blackburn
Qovlith
Jeff Blackburn
Jeff Putg
W.H. Hawkins
City
Mr. Hawkins
Milton Sibley
Mr. Sibley
Vandalia
Irene Pearce
Pewit Valley
Earl Clare
S. A. White
Pearce
White
Florida
Levi Price
D. W. Larr
Rob Roy
Jacob Meeker
Mrs. Meeker
Oberlin
Meeker
the Bayou
Paul Reid
Charley Batey
Joe Caowder
Chas. E. Draper
Temperance
W. R. Nesbit
Charles W. Needham
Washington
The
Columbian University
B. L. Whitman
Latonia
J. H. Jennings
Kangley
Ill
J. H. Miller
Peru
Burrogate Fitzgerald
William M. Rice
Waceburg
House Committee On Labor
J. D. McCann
Monticello
National Electro Medical Association
Milwaukee
Toronto
Lord Kitchener
Gen. French
H. W. McDermott
Owen County
E. G. Rathbone
Pots
Lafollette
Tenn
American Railway Master Mechanic Association
Saratoga N. Y
Juan Micsba
Las Arnees
N. M
Senate Philippine Committee
Admiral Dewey
Porto Rico
Goo Drors
Miers ER Otn An
Fac Simile Signature of
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York City
Crowder Milling Co
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