District No 7 History Highlights Early Settlement and Schools
District No 7 sits on rolling land suited to farming with a strong history of early settlers around 1837 including Michael Zink and Charles Nicholson. It recounts the Hickory Flats timber, the 1854 Stinnet School House, subsequent frame and brick school buildings, and notable residents such as the Ladd and Majors families, Civil War veterans, and the K P Cemetery records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Zink
Charles Nicholson
John Nicholson
Daniel Stinnet
John Moore
John Tennis
Christian Neff
Will Abbott
Carl Mahan
John Plew
Gilbert Brothers
Harve Patton
Party Pullis
Josiah Worth
Joel Barcus
Samuel Nicholson
Nancy Ladd
Stinnet
James B. Mahan
Samuel G. Mahan
Arittair Stinnet
Harriet Stinnet
Jim Stinnet
Dan Stinnet
Asa Stinnet
Theodore Mahan
Jeremiah Mahan
Catherine Grant
Lizzie Grant
Anna _ Grant
Willie Grant
Charley Grant
Chauncey McDaniel
Elmira McDaniel
Silas Maples
William Tennis
Wesley Tennis
Oliver Tennis
Elizabeth Hughbanks
Mary Hughbanks
Matilda Hughbanks
Mary Bowman
Willie Bowman
John Bowman
Stinnets
Alled Gouckenous
K. of P
K. of P. Lodge of Hymera
Sam Nicholson
George Gouchenour
Bill H. Mahan
Ross Bickel
George Peyton
Ona Gheagon
Tom Gibson
Otto Mahan
Mayford Gage
Alvie Pruitt
Lula Turner
John Julian
Cliff Buell
Lottie Cummins
Orville Highsmith
Thomas Davidson
Cliff Buel
Bill Shepherd
Betty Nelson
Solomon Parsons
Sam Stanton
David Shepherd
Harry Rappler
F. M. Wierks
Mattie Kline
Gilbert Barber
Pearl Priest
Corn Stringfield
Cora Julian
Julian
Old Cemetery
Rosa Reberger
Luna Starks
William Rust
James Parson
John Smith
Louis Steele
Walter Gordon
William Eppert
Jack Humphreys
John Patterson
Ollie Shepherd
George Wilson
Dean Cummins
Harry Vanarshall
Sol Furry
Louise Kinsman
Lee Morris
Bill Hamilton
Chas. Allen
Judith Nelson
John William Carpenter
John Bemis
Mary Clark
Thelma Shipley
George Kemmur
Bill Ralston
Bill Moore
John McMillen
William McGrew
Chas. Cooper
William Shaw
Lucy Dix
Martha Keene
Tom Faulds
Marion Beckett
Charley Coker
Claude Vanarshall
Bush Simpson
Dunnville
Nancy Delaney Plew
David
Abraham
Jackson Township
George
Greene County
Carithers
Christopher
John Wesley
William
Pearson
James
Abrahan
Nancy Delaney
Bejieves
R. L. Ladd
Long agrees to six month extension on Merom Bank note
Daniel A. Long signs for an extension of six months on the Merom State Bank note of $9,120 secured by Clarke property. He assigns stock as collateral and waives redemption, with monthly payment terms and interest at six percent, plus conditions for collateral sale and deficiency payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Long
Merom State Bank
Robert T. Clarke
Jos. C. Long
Daniel A. Long
R. T. Clarke
Indiana
Polk County
Florida
D. A. Long
Will H .Hays
Meron State Bank
D. A. Lenz
Twenty-Eight
Twentysix
Recorder’s Office
Nis
H. Hays
Om State Bank
Om ‘State Bank
Will H. Hays
Constipation Cured Overnight With Po Do Lax
An ad claims Po Do Lax cures constipation overnight using Podophyllin May Apple without gripe. It asserts the medicine arouses the liver to increase bile, aiding digestion, reducing gas and nervous irritability, and urges readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist.
City Library Notes on Readable Magazine Titles
A list of suggested magazines from the public library includes American Boy American City A L A Booklist American American Review of Reviews Atlantic Monthly Book Review Digest Bookman Bulletin of the Pan American Union.
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City Library Notes
The
Public Library
American City
A. L. A. Booklist
American
American Review of Reviews
Atlantic Monthly
Book Review Digest
Bookman
Bulletin of the Pan-American Union
Doctor’s King's New Discovery Cough Remedy Ad
An advertisement promotes Dr. King s New Discovery as an effective cough remedy. It claims quick relief for coughs colds and bronchial and lung ailments and urges readers to visit a druggist and start treatment immediately for relief and cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Local Grower Delivers Fine Strawberries to Sullivan
John R. Snyder of Haddon Township brought a large shipment of strawberries to Sullivan on Saturday. The berries are very large and described as excellent quality, rivaling the best raised elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Snyder
Haddon Township
Sullivan
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Relief for Neuralgia
An ad touts Sloan's Liniment as relief for neuralgia pains in the face head arm shoulder chest and back. It claims a few drops relieve discomfort quickly and brighten life, selling 3 ounces for 25 cents at druggists and noting it penetrates without rubbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Thirty Six for 25 Cents Dr King’s Pills
Dr King announces New Life Pills sold in corked glass bottles containing 86 sugar coated pills for 25c. One pill with water before bed is a dose and relieves constipation by morning. Easy to take and economical. get a bottle today at all druggists.
Bankers Convention in 1917 Set for Evansville
Indiana Bankers Association Group Eight met at Vincennes last week and will hold the 1917 convention in Evansville. Sullivan banks were represented by E. E. Davis, R. W. Akin, W. H. Crowder Jr, and James M. Lang. George R. Alsop was elected district chairman and C. W. Howard secretary, with R. W. Akin re-elected to the executive council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers Convention
Indiana Bankers Association
Vincennes
Sullivan Banks
Evansville
EE. D. Davis
The
National » ‘Bank
R. W. Akin
Peoples State Bank
Mothers Only Knew Powdered Relief For Children
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children relieve feverishness and headache. They ease teething disorders, move and regulate bowels, destroy worms. Break up colds in 24 hours. Used by mothers for 26 years. All druggists 25c. Sample free. Address A Olmstead DeRoy NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Olmstead, DeRoy, N. Y
Greencastle Teacher Visits Aunt During Vacation
Harry F. Hughes of Greencastle visited his aunt Migs Fannie-Hughes last week. He teaches in the Greencastle school system and is noted for his visit during vacation with the Lincoln Chau tauqua employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Hughes
Greencastle
Migs Fannie-Hughes
Lincoln Chautauqua
Commission Upholds Existing Coal Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission found the 87 cent per ton coal rate from Sullivan-Linton Indiana mines to Chicago not unduly discriminatory when compared with 77 cents from Clinton district mines in Indiana.
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Washington
Chicago
Sullivan-Linton Group
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clinton
Monon Coal Co Seeks Equal Coal Rates for Sullivan Linton Field
The Monon Coal Company, dealer in Sullivan Linton and Clinton field coal, now largely suspended, challenged rate disparities before the Interstate Commerce Commission. It asked that Sullivan-Linton shippers receive the same per ton rate to Chicago as Clinton field shippers, contending a ten cent advantage to Clinton harmed Sullivan-Linton competitiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Linton Field
Clinton Field
Monon Coal Company
Sullivan-Linton
Clinton Fields
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coal Company
Sullivan-Linton Field
Chicago
Clinton
Sullivan- Linton Group
Real Estate Transfers Record Listings and Amounts
A sequence of property transfers with buyers and sellers in Sullivan county Hymera Shelburn Avondale Dugger and adjoining townships. Transactions include parcels and lots in sections towns ranges with prices ranging from 40 to 6400 dollars. Notable names include A L Gullett James B Nichols Leona Lawson Laura Shultz and Preston B Stout among others.
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A. L. Gullett
J. E. Wacklin
Northwest Quarter
James B. Nichols
Leona B. Lawson
Gange
Leona M. Lawson
Laura Shultz
James R. Brown
Preston B. Stout
Hymera
James H
Sullivan County
Will
William V. Riggs
Oscar Geiger
Shelburn
Lowell H. Long
Bell Domer
J. R. Brown
Della F. Wells
Avondale
Frederick W. Cook
Evansville
Roy M. Hoggatt
John T. Easter
Harrison B. Pittman
Clara Pittman
Allen Gouchenour
Jas
Elmer EB. Beck
Ples Jones
Dugger
Edna M. Whalen
John C. Chaney
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
Antiseptic foot powder relieves pain from coins and bunions. Over 100000 packages used by German and Allied troops at the front. 25 cents. Free sample. Address Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmstead
le Roy
N. Y
Undelivered Mail Advised to Gilroy List June 18 1915
Undelivered mail in Shelburn Indiana dated June 18 1915 will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not delivered by June 27 1915. Names listed include Frank Ganepy Barney Oldfield Miss Josephine McCloud Mrs Sallie Miller. one cent advertising charge on each article. Refer to Ad vertised List and date when inquiring. F L Ferguson Postmaster.
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Shelburn
Ind
Ganepy
Frank
Oldfield
Barney
McCloud
Josephine Miller
Sallie
F. L. Ferguson
P. M
Damages Awarded in Miner Injury Suit
Mrs. Barbara Edington won $2000 in Knox county circuit court Vincennes for loss of her son Homer Edington services after an accident at Vandalia Coal Mine No 10 near Cass in 1910. Homer, a mule driver, was injured between two cars due to faulty bumpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Edington
Vandalia Coal ‘Company
Knox County
Vincennes
Homer
Cass
Edington
Shoe Shop Moves to Carissa in Bank Building
Robert H. Snyder relocates his electrical shoe shop from Hymera to Carissa, moving into the First National Bank building on Monday. The change places the business in a prominent downtown location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Snyder
Hymera
Carissa
First National Bank
County Agent A. W. Hayes Supported by Farmers
Farmers across the county urge retention of A. W. Hayes as county agent after the board of education declined to re employ him. T. A. Coleman of Purdue University spoke to farmers, and the Sullivan Chamber of Commerce endorsed county agent work and asked the board to keep Hayes or appoint a replacement. Hayes, formerly with Purdue and educated at Illinois and Wisconsin, remains a key agricultural leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
A. W. Hayes
T. A. Coleman
Purdue University
Sullivan Chamber of Commerce
Wits County
Hayes
Sullivan
Agricultural Department
University of
LICKSKILLET ITEMS from Bloomington Star
In a humorous local column Ep ic Keef the barber jokes about business and life in town. Citizens joke about running for office and quirky incidents at stores, churches, and with neighbors including Bill Blithers, Zeke and Zeb Hawkins, Deacon Hansford, and Ed Bascombe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Bascombe
Bryan
Johnny Spraceby
Billy Bryan
Perkins
Deacon Hansford
Mary Ann Bledsoe
Doc McFadden
Deacon Hartsock
Zeke Hawkins
Germany
Zeb Hawkins
Checker
Bill
Martinsville
Eph Keef
Vo Ser and Vollmer Comment on Cullop Renomination
The Indianapolis News notes W H Vo ser in the city opposing Cullop renomin ation without naming a preferred candidate. It adds Vollmer, Cullop's former campaign manager, supports Cullop historically but says the office should pass to others.
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Indianapolis
W. H. Vo ®Ser
Culiop
Cullop
Vollmer
Congressman Cullop
Ormer
Hardware stock moved as Scott Hardware buys Paine in Clinton
The Scott Hardware Company of this city has purchased the hardware stock of the Paine Hardware Company in Clinton and will move the stock here. The Paine firm retires from the hardware business in Clinton.
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Clinton
Scott Hardware Company
Paine Hardware Company
Paine
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Clay County
Minois
149Th Regiment of
Indiana Volunteers
Nancy M. Smith
Majors
Emmeline Inman
Rebecca
Thomas
Mahala Shepherd Tipton
Dessie May Bough
Mary Tennis Worth
Mary Tennis
Columbiana County
Ohio
John
Nancy Rose Tennis
Tuscarawas County
Worth
85Th
Indiana Regiment
Lexington
Joseph Gordon
Anna
John B. Nicholson
Joel M. Barcus
Jeremiah
Anna Manwarring Barcus
Mr. Barcus
31St Regiment of
Rose
John May
Jasonville
John Barcus
George Barcus
Philippine Islands
Lily Burress
Diana Worth
Elizabeth Romig Worth
Cass Township
Diana
Mr. Tennis
John J
Mary Elizabeth
Jacob Henry
John Harrison
Martha Ann Mattox
Coalmont
Ida Jane Brewer
Northwestern
Canada
Alfred Alonzo
Roscoe Scott
Ladd School
Ran
Iam Aie
We Or
Joshua
Dr x
Zydiaj
Graves
A. Gembs
United 4Th Yarn Coal Co
Joseph
Sysa
Caols Wrehp
Ser
Samuel Micholsan
Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Bloomington Star
Epic Keef
Gireet
Bill Blithers
iSullivan
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