Community Notes From Big Springs Area
Big Springs residents hosted visitors from Sullivan Hutsonville and Wabash with several families dining together and attending services. Children’s Day events drew crowds at Tabor and Union churches while Rev. Bradley plans a tent revival starting Sunday evening. An improvised truck house served as transport and a home mission collection of 11 80 was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Burton
Ine Terre
Charley Bragdon
Warren Watson
Osie Haines
Sullivan
Mary Medsker
Ray Watson
Mabel Nowlin
Illinois University
J. T. Shores
Hutsonville
C. E
John Compton
Wabash
Ind
Nate Weir
Florida
Mr. Compton
Tabor
Union
Mr. Bradley
Graysville Notes Harvest Near and Local Death
A Graysville column notes harvest preparations with farmers repairing equipment and a wedding implied by a local man trading for chairs and rugs. It reports the death of Robert Vanhorn at St. Anthony's hospital Terre Haute and his funeral led by Rev. L. L. Johnson, with many mourners present and burial in Mann cemetery. Mrs. Joseph Grimes and her children from Valentine, Indiana, visited last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vanhorn
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Terre Haute
L. L. Johnson
Mann Cemetery
Joseph Grimes
Valentine, Ind
Hall's Catarrh Medicine marketed for catarrh relief
Over four decades Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a two part remedy. An ointment provides quick local relief while an internal tonic works through the blood to reduce mucous membrane inflammation. Sold by all druggists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Local Visitors And Family Visits Highlight Weekend
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Butler of Kentucky spent the weekend here visiting friends. Lena Hoseman, German Woods, and Sarah Thorne of Farmersburg visited family. A Children s Day program drew attendees to Union Chapel Sunday night. Bert Roberts and daughter Pansy Marie with Alta and Ruth Lester of Terre Haute visited Mrs May Barnes. James Ransford and Geneva Ransford with Ivan Skinner visited Kersy Ransford near Dugger last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Butler
Kentucky
Lena Hoseman
Sarah Thorne
Farmersburg
Ruth Brown
Union Chapel
Bert Roberts
Pansy Marie
Alta
Ruth Lester
Terre Haute
May Barnes
James Ransford
Geneva
Ivan Skinner
Kersy Ransford
Dugger
Pleasantville and Merom Community News Highlights
Local society notes tell of funeral for Robert Van Horn in Sullivan and many visits across Merom Pleasantville and nearby towns. Guests include Mrs. Jake Foutz Mrs. Vigus Mrs. Ward and families, plus arrivals from Sullivan Robinson and Indianapolis. Memorial fire damage at Merom cream station and other weekend activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brown
Will Strain
Robert van Horn
Graysville
Jake Foutz
Jess Harris
Sullivan
Benson Chapel Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Clarence Liston and daughter visited Mr and Mrs George Benson Sunday. C R Piety joined dinner with Frank Osburns. Jack Lutz attended his grandmother’s funeral Sunday. Claude Osburn spent Sunday with Geo W Osburn. Halford Clemins visited sister Mrs Emmett Thornberry last week. Mrs Jack Lutz and Pauline Osburn picked cherries at Hawkins in Merom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Liston
George Benson
C. R. Piety
Frank Osburn
Jack Lutz
Claude Osburn
Geo. W. Osburn
Halford Clemins
Emmett Thornberry
Pauline Osburn
Hawkins
Merom
Local folk travel to Sullivan and Terre Haute events
Kingsley Lem Willis stockbuyer of Sullivan visited Monday. Ralph Harrison and Will and Hubert Lester went to Sullivan on Tuesday. Mrs Edgar Strain and family motored to Sullivan on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Elmer Trueblood attended a Baptist convention in Terre Haute on Wednesday. Mrs Mary Dickerson and two Banks attended as listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Willis
Sullivan
Ralph Harrison
Will
Hubert Lester
Edgar Strain
Lawrence
Maxine
Elmer Trueblood
Terre Haute
Mary Dickerson
Children’s Day Program Delights Large Local Crowd
Attendees recount a well drilled Children’s Day program with a ladies chorus and orchestra that drew one of the largest crowds since the church dedication. The event showcased local talent and faith, with draped praise for the Sunday school’s role in shaping young citizens.
Traces of Alexander and the palm groves endure
The article recalls Alexander the Great marching to India centuries ago and notes the enduring value of the dates his soldiers carried. It highlights the Makran and Sind trade route where date palms mark the journey, and explains how discarded date stones led to future palm groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander the Great
India
Iraq
Iran
Makran
Sind
Prosperity Quote on Courtesy and Charity
A quotation attributed to Alexander Smith on prosperity as a force for improving human qualities. It compares prosperity to sunshine essential for ripening fruit, urging that polite conduct and generosity flourish with even moderate prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Smith
Thought for the Day on Vigilance Versus Suspicion
A concise reflection contrasts vigilance with suspicion, noting a wide gap between careful awareness and unfair mistrust. It urges measured thinking over constant doubt as a guiding mindset.
Saint David and the Patronage of Wales Churches
The text recounts Saint David as Wales patron, living around the sixth century amid Saxon pressure on Britons. It notes isolation from Rome, Augustine’s later differences, and claims David as Arthurs bishop who founded Glastonbury, linking him to churches in Wales Ireland and Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Wales
Cornwall
England
Christendom
Augustine
Rome
Arthu
Glastonbury
Ireland
Tonn
Scotland
The First Woman Joke From Sunday School
A little girl told her mother she learned how woman was made. The mother asked about wine, and the girl replied that God made man first then removed his backbone and brains to form a woman.
Crocodile Stomach Reveals Cause of Local Boy’s Disappearance
A crocodile shot in Tanganyika yielded a stomach full of curios including shells beads anklets and a long wire used to tie faggots. The wire trail led investigators to the fate of a native boy who gathered wood along the river bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gude
Tie
Webster on employment and national welfare
The quotation argues that employment aids health sobriety and moral order, linking steady work with general prosperity contentment and cheerfulness. It reflects a belief that productive labor and fair pay boost national well being and social coherence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
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Peer Phone
R. H. Richard Jess Tire & Ba’ Company
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TERY
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Conkey
Dess’s
Reva Gutherie
Robinson
D. O. Gettinger
Ben Ward
Hymera
Nora Ward
Oblong
Robert Howell
Indianapolis
Alta Fitts
U. C. College
John P. Maugrum
Christian College
South Caroline
Joe Lee
Frances Thompson
Emma Cooper
Ross Bolen
Harvey Cooper
M. E
the Bluff
Sadie Ridgeway
Vernie Nichols
M. A. Reynolds
Claude Bell
Jesse Houpt
Dan Houpt
Hutsonville, I
Josephine Milam
Helen Cochran
Rene Dudley
New Lebanon
Jacob Fleming
Imogene
Ford Johnson
Gault Pleasant
Cradle Roll Department
The
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Edythe Barcus
Carrie Giger
Ed McKinzie
Rodney Johnson
Will Watson
Enders
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F. H. Johnson
Eloise
Billy Ford
Charles Duncan
Daggstown
Jacob Linebarger
Robert Houpt
Orris Houpt
Deland
Ili
T. J. Hunt
Irene
Barrington
Ill
Anna Bailey
George Reynolds
Linton
Earl Coyner
Denna Swinger
Maude Burke
Dorothy Burke
Laura Coyner
Dorothy
Indiana State Normal
Laura
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George Peel
Shelburn
Bruce Lind
Paul Whitlock
Indiana University
Bloomington
Frances Kirchoff
Freelandsville
Merle Harbin
Edmond Stoelting
Opal Howard
Stoelting
Mr. Stoelting
Lake Michigan
Iloe Buck
Ernest Buck
Robert Lucas
Laurel Enochs
Floyd Andis
Blanche Daugherty
Ellis Page
Laverne Bedwell
Miss Daugherty
Billa Moory
C. Bough
A. F. Hindman
William Jackson
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Irwin Bicknell
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Orville Hall
Tennessee
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Alvin Hood
Will Bennett
Melvin
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Barnett, Jr
Will Jewell
Barnett Jewell
Will O’neal
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Floyd Taylor
Raymond Wyman
Gene
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Dudley Hayworth
Bruce Fox
James Woodard
Near Shelburn
Harold Pittman
Oscar Phillips
Hamet
Boone and Sons
Clyde
Darrel
David Dawson
Elmer Taylor
Robert Balding
North Terre Haute
Balding
Fred Helton
Jasonville
Wayne Helton
Lee Kearns
Jane Waynes
Geneva Barcus
John Russell
Anna Banfield
Garnet
Arthur Banfield
Kingsley
Luxor
Ecru
M. A. Rose
Rufus DeHart
John Wible
Charles Riggs
Clare Merrill
Ira Drake
Alvin Jewell
Ed Jewell
George Fuson
West Union
III
John Thomas
West York
Will Thomas
C. E. Thomson
Doris
Elfrieda de Hart
Edna Pounds
Star and Sullivan Union
Richard Lloyd Jones
Saint David
Dempsey
Great Falls Camp
Jack Dempsey
Great Falls
Mont
Tom Gibbons
St. Paul
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