Sullivan County notices and personal visitors report
A long list of residents and guests visiting family in Sullivan area through midweek. Evans, son of Jacob Evans, visits from Texas. Claude MedNissick tied to civil matters. Mrs. Thomas Freeman recovering in Terre Haute hospital. W. Grim visits from Rapid City. Uncle Billy Moore travels from Graysville at 75. many locals attend social and church events and plan trips to Indianapolis and New Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose WeKigsik
Hymera
Claude MedNissick
Sila
Bert Iutz
C. Nooofoyee
Otiste
Speumua
Dorkedes
Cab
R.A. Nuapkets
Billy Moore
Graysville
Sullivan
Billy
W. A. Bailey
Piedmont
Kas
Lincolnsville
Grim
Rapid City
S. D
W.H. Grim
William Willis
North Main Street
Charles Anderson
Pimento
New Lebanon
Fred Hoffman
Evansville
Mary Morris
Sarah
Merom
McQuown and Terhune Wed in Quiet City Ceremony
George McQuown a P. L. Reid grocery clerk and Miss Anna Terhune were united in marriage at the bride’s mother Mrs Rachael Terhune 275 South Section Street. Rev J W Newman Baptist pastor officiated with few relatives present. The couple left for Indianapolis for a short visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McQuown—Terhune
George McQuown
P. L. Reid Grocery
Anna Terhune
Rachael Terhune
South Section
J. W. Newman
The
Baptist Church
Indianapolis
College Secretary Quits At Union Christian College
J M Plunklett resigns as secretary of Union Christian College in Merom. New trustees elected for the year include G W Carr OC, C C Overseas, Harry Green of Miami Ohio, and R W Pages from eastern Indiana conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom
J. M. Plunklett
Union Christian College
G. W. Carr
OC. C. Lowell
Southern Ohio
Harry Green
Miami
R. W. Pages
Local marriages granted to divorced individuals
David J. Kendrick and Myrtle May Fulghum received a marriage license after recent divorces, followed by licenses for Frank LaFolett and Doevie D. Cornell, Oliver Patrick Spear and Sarah V. Norris, ZAollie Al Specer and Asie M. Nicholls, Ernest Moore West and Opal M. Wilson, Ora A. Isbell and Daisy R. Neal, Edward Al Keeton and Wrag e Scott, and George TH. McQuown and Lee Anna Terhune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Kendrick
Myrtle May Fulghum
Ciy Ant
Frank LaFolett
Doevie D. Cornell
Oliver Patrick Spear
Sarah V. Norris
Zaollie al Specer
Asie M. Nichols
Ernest Mo West
Opal M Wil
Ora A. Isbell
Daisy R. Neal
Edward al Keeton
Wrag' E Scott
George TH. McQuown
Lee Anna Terhune
Superintendent pay hike planned by state meeting
At the state meeting of county superintendents in Indianapolis last week a committee was formed to seek higher pay from the legislature next winter. The current law pays superintendents $4.55 per day for their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pansy Lawton
Cass
James Lawson
Dave Stewart
Red, White and Blue Society
Chas. Mayfield
East Harris Street
John Watson
Mack Hunt
R. M. Dear
A. P. Asbury
W. T. Crawford
America
Katharine Kirkham
Ella Hunt
Columbia
Indianapolis
DROWNS IN MISSISSIPPI NEAR ST LOUIS ALBERT J MASON
Albert J. Mason son of James W. Mason of Oblong Illinois formerly of Gill township drowned at St Louis on June 4 when his skiff overturned. His body was recovered six days later near Crystal City Missouri and taken to Oblong for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Albert J. Mason
James W. Mason
Oblong
Ill
Gill Township
St. Louis
Crystal City
Salesman Ernest West Weds Opal Wilson in Christian Parsonage
Ernest M. West of Hopkinsville Kentucky and Miss Opal M. Wilson daughter of Mrs Mahlon Gustin of this city were married Friday evening at the Christian parsonage with Rev J M Vawter officiating. They plan to reside in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West—Wilson
Ernest M. West
Hopkinsville
Opal M. Wilson
Mahlon Gustin
Christian Parsonage
J. M. Vawter
Indianapolis
Lewis Crawford Dies After Short Illness
farmer Lewis Crawford of two miles east of the city died yesterday at age 59. Burial set for this afternoon at Benson Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Crawford
Benson Chapel
Hezekiah Chambers Dead in Cass Township
Hezekiah Chambers a Cass township farmer died Friday night after a short illness. The mineral was held Sunday afternoon Rev O Neal conducted the services. Interment was in the Deckard cemetery. Chambers was 74 and a brother of the late Noah Chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hezekiah Chambers
Cass Township
O’neal
Deckard
Chambers
Noah Chambers
Card of Thanks for Sarah A Curtis
The Curtis family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness shown during the death of mother and grandmother Sarah A Curtis. G Ed Curtis and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Curtis
Curtis
Social and Family Visits In New Lebanon Area
New Lebanon and Sullivan residents share a busy weekend with visits and meals. Lilia Ruddell from Sullivan visited relatives, J. G. Brokaw and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Jane Brokaw, and Marguerite McNaughton visited J. S. McNaughton and Eva Blann with Elizabeth Phillips. Mrs. Blanche Springer departs for Chicago this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lebanon
Lilia Ruddell
Sullivan
J. G. Brokaw
Jane Brokaw
Marguerite McNaughton
J. S. McNaughton
Mabel Hopewell
B. A. Allan
Viola Allen
Maxine
Inez
J. K. Coulson
Jennie Dodds
Florence and Mary Dodds
Eva Blann
Elizabeth Phillips
Blanche Springer
This Place
Chicago
Worley Named Chief Engineer for North Madison Hospital
North 8 resident and first ward councilman Worley has been appointed chief engineer for the new hospital for the insane at North Madison. He previously served as chief engineer at the southern hospital for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North 8
Worley
Hospital For the
North Madison
Southern Hospital
Roosevelt African and European tours review set
A long review of Theodore Roosevelt's travels praises his visits from Rome to Cairo, noting meetings with rulers and emphasis on liberty, peace, and democratic ideals. It details his African expedition, the base at Nairobi, key participants, and the modest total of seventy six large animals killed, with broader hunting by the Smithsonian party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlonalists
Rome
Austria
Emperor
Kossuth
France
Christiania
Denmark
Hamlet
Germany
Holland
England
Roosevelt
Egypt
The
Nile
Mombasa
Christania
Cairo
Londo
New York
Hambure
Gibraltar
Messina
Persen
Italy
Africa
Menbasa
Nadre’s
America
Kermit
R. J. Cuninghame
Edgar A Mearns
J. Alden Lering
Edmund Heller
Smithsonian Institution
Nairobi
Potomac
Port Florence
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Uganda
Gondokoro
Khartum
Alexandria
Colonel Roosevelt
Colone Roosevelt
Roosevelt the Front Page Man Across Two Continents
The essay praises Colonel Roosevelt as a world traveling figure who defies fame's limits. It notes his Africa journey to escape publicity and his constant media presence. It compares his global reach from jungles to pyramids and asserts no equal to him will appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Seven Seas
Roosevelt
Africa
South Pole
Zululand
China
Hoboken
Pyramids
Napoleon
Release from Pen Brings Two Larceny Convicts Home
County Clerk DeBaun reports release certificates from the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville for John Boles and Millard Clouse. Boles burglarized Henry Wilson’s general merchandise store at Mildred in 1906 and arrived April 21 that year. Clouse pled guilty to horse theft from a Fairbanks township farmer arriving March 19, 1907. Their release dates are June 5 and June 15 respectively, with both men previously on parole and meeting all requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeBaun
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
John Boles
Millard Clouse
Boles
Henry Wilson
Mildred
Clouse
Fairbanks Township
Union Christian college graduation honors announced
Merom June 16 The annual graduation exercises were held in the college chapel. Degrees of A B were awarded to M Harvey Reed Towando Kansas and Luther Morgan Merom. The Master’s degree went to R A Plunkett Sullivan who graduated in 1897 with the A B degree. The graduates in the music department were Mrs Juanita Morgan Merom Winifred Pearson Merom Bonnie Douglass Cynthiana Indiana and Eva Ep Person Haubstadt Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom
Union Christian College
M. Harvey Reed
Towando
Kas
Luther Morgan
R. A. Plunkett
Sullivan
Plunkett
Board of
Spear and Norris wed in Jackson Township nuptials
Oliver P. Spear a farmer from Jackson township married Miss Sarah H Norris of Hymera by Justice Kirkham in his parlor Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver P. Spear
Jackson Township
Sarah HE. Norris
Hymera
Justice Kirkham
Pleasantville General Store Destroyed by Fire
A large general store near the Bedwell school house owned by James Townsley burned early Sunday. A nearby barber shop also was burned in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasantville
Bedwell School House
James Townsley
New Suits and Divorces Filed in County Court
Charles Bredweg sues Sol Wyman on a note. William Lumsden sues Peabody Albert Coal Co for personal injury. Ciennie H. Smith seeks divorce from James T. Smith. Mary E Hobdey seeks divorce from Richard Hobdey. Ora Purcell, by Thomas Purcell, sues Shirley Hill C Co for personal injuries. James M. Billman, administrator of Sylvester Anderson estate, sues Consolidated Indiana Coal Co for damages from personal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Bredweg
Sol Wyman
William Lumsden
Peabody— Albert Coal Co
Ciennie H. Smith
James T. Smith
Mary E. Hobdey
Richard Hobdey
Ora Purcell
Thomas Purcell
Shirley Hill C. Co
James M. Billman
Sylvester Anderson
Consolidated Indiana Coal Co
City Halls Bid Round Fails to Seal Deal
At a special meeting the city council opened bids for the new city hall and fire department headquarters but did not award the contract. Three bids hovered near 7450 dollars. H A Griffith offered 7454.95 Frank J Nicholas 7465 Paige Brothers 7463. Nicholas promised completion by September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Griffith
Frank J. Nicholas
Paige Brothers
Weather of a Week from Farmersburg
Maurice Yeager, cooperative observer, reports for the week ending the 19th: several clear days with high temperatures from 83 to 94 and lows from 50 to 67, with partly cloudy days on the 15th 16th 17th 18th and 19th. Rainfall measured .07 inches on the 19th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Maurice Yeager
Co-Operative
Temple Degree Tonight by Sullivan Commandery No 64
Sullivan Commandery No 64 E T will perform the Temple degree tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Commandery
E. T
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Ete
Orienteets
Evans
Jacob Evans
Yurmain
Texas
aCe le
Vible
Neale Aiad
Helly
Joe Uty
Wible
Glidden & Troutanos Teething
Tor
Olorade
Nelson Iickneli
Esato
Walter Thomas
Little Dawugher Georgia
Greencasil
Vale Vondaday
Whomcins
Aqua
Charles Campbell
Sarah Wivit
Worthington
Lawrence
Detroit
Thomas Freeman
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Terre Haute
D. McGuire
Seattle
Wash
George Haskett
Julings Hoesman
R. S. Stratton & Co
E. M
Edith Lang
Indianuapolis
Asbury
Crawford
W. H. Burks
Hix W. Davis
John A. Mattix
Euchre
Burks
West Washington Street
MR. Roosevelt
Jamies A. Lugurton
Ty Ammerical Press Association
Cor Weenie
Royal
Fiona Pr
Syipe
Sabai Institutie
Howe
Boogbarte
American Press Association
Rooseve
Cambridge
MR. Roosevil
Norway
Colon
Sweden
Stockholm
Ambassador Hill
Dr. Schmidt
Berlin
Minister Beaupre
Hague
Hetare
Nicholas
Russia
Alfonso
Spain
Europe
John Bull
Iisk
Fannie M. Hughes
W. Washinton Street
Poors West Sate Bank
W. H. Hill, JR
Insurance, Abstracts
Nan Griffiths
Indiana
Spear—Norris
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