Merchants Beat Barbers and Doctors In Local Baseball Clash
In Farmersburg the merchants defeated the allied doctors and barbers 17 to 6 after six innings in a friendly league battle. The game featured a home run by Donnie Bolinger, erratic umpiring by Len Duchen, and lively base running including frequent stealing by Dr. Bennett and a squeeze play by the merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Doctors
Barbers
Merchants
Pearl Bennett
Elmer Cady
Dr. Oliphant
Bert Wood
John Hammack
William Patton
Cal. Harris
Clarence Cummins
A. Young
Horace McNabb
Donnie Bolinger
James Bryant
Ed Heck
Arthur Hopewell
Elza Jennings
Jonah Hopewell
Murray Aiason
W. Phillips
J. H. Mavity
Len Duchen
J. Johns
W. Denney
Memphis
Mr. Mavity
Mavity
Duchen
Bennett
Jim Bryant
Terre Haute Visitors and Residents Report Sunday Presence
A local notes list shows multiple residents and visitors from Terre Haute and nearby towns spending Sunday in the area. Names include Joe Hill Robert Cummins Anna Weaver Charley Carson Kendall Shoemaker and others visiting relatives, attending events, or traveling between Terre Haute Shelburn Sullivan Monticello and Sullivan area locations. The interurban’s John Jeter received a promotion and transfer to Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hill
Terre Haute
Robert Cummins
Anna Weaver
Charley Carson
Will Kendall
Katherine Shoemaker
Jim Roberts
Rosedale
Clara Crawford
Alma
Lena Curry
Sullivan
Tom Walls
Pearl White
Shelburn
Orie Jennings
Taylor
Ida Butcher
Monticello
Ind
Ida Deaf
Addie Freed
Fanny Draper
Mayme Irwin
Mid Summer Clearance Sale at Fannie Hughes Millinery
A notice invites shoppers to the mid summer clearance sale of millinery goods at Fannie Hughes'. The event highlights discounted hats and accessories in a period retail setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Hughes
Personal notes from Hymera crowd mix crops and travels
J H Gillman of Hymera reports poor crop prospects in Jackson township due to a backward spring. Oats damaged by rust, wheat looks promising if rains ease. Sullivan group plans a business trip to Oklahoma and Indian Territory next week. Wheat harvest not started. bottom lands to be cut soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Gillman
Hymera
Union
J. W. Lindley
M. A. Haddon
Sullivan
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Frank Kimberlain
Gill Township
Fannie Hughes
M. F. Walters
Poseyville
Ind
Cliff McKinney
Lebanon
Ben Davis
McKinney
Elsie Denney
State Normal
Terre Haute
Francis
Florence
Ironton
Ohio
Christian Endeavor of the Christian Church
Hud Hawkins
Evansville
Lewis
Mr. Hawkins
G. R. Hawkins
Gray Family Weekend Visits Amid Anniversary Plans
Frank Gray visited his parents at the end of the week as Emerson Watson dined with George Bicknell and Mrs. Mary Medsker suffers rheumatism. Will Moore and family joined James Moore for Sunday. Manngrove convention officers met in Graysville to arrange the silver anniversary on August 15 with a special program. Ross of Terre Haute and Smith of Indianapolis, member of the board of charities, were mentioned in local gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gray
Emerson Watson
George Bicknell
Mary Medsker
Will Moore
Graysville
James Moore
Joe Gray
Eliza Duffer
Merom Station
Mr. Smith
Indianapolis
Board of Charities
McGregor Injured at Reliance Mine
Shelburn report of Tom McGregor suffering a bad finger burn while wrapping a dynamo at the Reliance mine during Monday work shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburn
Reliance
Tom McGregor
Sullivan County Normal Opens June 10th
The Sullivan county normal will open June 10 with sessions through July 19. J W Holton and E B C Snarr listed as instructors in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County Normal
J. W. Holton
E B. C. Snarr
New Suits and Legal Actions in Unified Docket
Multiple civil actions listed include divorces alimony partitions guardianship sales and claims. Parties named include Flora E Wence Ira S Wence Hershell V Stark Minnie C Galler Minnie Shepherd Joseph C Brewer Anson Wilson estate Jennifer Monroe Walter Monroe and others. A court proceeding notes trial by court and a commissioner Everett J Sanders bond 3600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora E. Wence
Ira S. Wence and Hershell
Stark
Henry D. Hopper
Minnie C. Gallager
James D. Hopper
Charles J. Shepherd
Minnie Shepherd
Joseph C. Brewer
James A. Payne
Mary E. Wilson
Anson Wilson
Albert A. Hines
de Bonis
Willis French
Anson
Wilson
Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company
Elzenia Hawtin
Nancy J. Neal
James Shepherd
Geo. Shepherd
William Shepherd
Maggie Layman
Everett J. Sanders
Jennette Monroe
Walter A. Monroe
Curry Mayfield
Joe Moss
Thos. Brown
Shirley Hill Coal Co
Fairbanks Gossip and Real Estate Transfers Across Town
The Fairbanks column notes visits by local residents to Terre Haute and Harmersburg, mentions commencements and a closing saloon causing unrest, and lists extensive real estate transfers in Fairbanks Shelburn and surrounding areas. It recalls the 1816 cold summer with detailed month by month weather, frost and ice, and the Rochester American summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle States
Rochester American
Sullivan Water Question Sparked by Indianapolis Pump Co
The town board discussed securing a water supply from driven wells in Busseron bottom near the pumping station. A prior deferral hinged on higher property assessments this year to bolster credit for a possible contract. If wells fail to yield water, the town’s expense would be minimal, and officials consider this the best solution yet offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Pump Company
Indianapolis Company
Sullivan
Busseron Bottom
Indianapolis
Remembering the Year Without a Summer 1816
A historical note recalls the infamous cold year 1816, promising monthly summaries from Pierce on the Weather. It begins with January’s mild warmth easing fires, and notes December’s prior extreme cold before February’s relatively mild spell.
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America
Europe
Shopping cures melancholy with new hats and lingerie
A London World remark praises shopping as relief for melancholia and urges women to buy hats, dresses, and lingerie. The piece warns that denying shopping can lead to disastrous outcomes.
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London
Unnamed youth sought for missing four brass headed tacks
A New Orleans office notes a young man sat on a box then sprang up with a loud cry and fled. He is asked to return four brass headed tacks that stood on the box, with no questions asked. The notice appears in The Sullivan Union and the Terre Haute Daily Star at a one year rate of $2.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sullivan Union
The
Terre Haute Daily Star
P. O. Clerks Get Raise At Sullivan Post Office
Under a new salary adjustment two Sullivan post office clerks receive raises starting July 1. Margaret Coulson money order clerk gains from 600 to 800 dollars annually and L B Hays mailing clerk increases from 600 to 800 per year.
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P. O
Margaret Coulson
L. B. Hays
Severe Storm Damages Shelburn Telephone Systems
A June 21 electrical storm in Shelburn Indiana crippled both telephone systems and the Western Union Telegraph Company with melted battery wires and shifted instruments. The Bailey home near Kettle Creek was struck but no injuries occurred. Heavy rainfall delayed farming for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburn
Ind
Western Union Telegraph Company
D. J. Bailey
Kettle Creek Tippie
Farm loan rates and dealer listings for Deering tools
See Riggs and Wolfe for Deering twine and oil Deering Sweep and Sulkey Rakes. 47tf Silver Chaney offers farm loans from two thousand dollars at four and one third percent. Smaller loans up to six percent. 17-tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riggs & Wolfe
Deering
Silver Chaney
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Merchants and Barbers
Sim Woodley
George Anderson
Arthur Boles
Big Springs
McGregor
David R. Francis
Nika
Christian Church
Ben Hur
Ftery City
Buzzards
W. H. Grim
Fairbanks
Vester Johnson
Audie Carruthers
Zena Johnson
Ray Scott
Pearl Johnson
John Pogue
Alpha DeHart
Orville Harner
Levi J. Drake
Vergie Thompson
Arthur Drake
Effie Chowning
Harmersburg
John Johnson
Will Lester
Elihompson
O. C Brewer
John Pittman
Homer Pittman
York
William Drake
Scott City
Homer Dilley
Ira Wilfour
C. W. Johnson
Paris Drake
Corwin Russell
Charles Johnson
Conditt Gross
Joe Kissner
William Ransford
Eaphriam Johnson
O. C. Brewer
Delbert Norris
Otho Pound
Ira Drake
Madison Drake
Herman Drake
Jefferson Johnson
Allie Reynolds
Prairie Creek
Cecil Welsh
Clinton Johnson
Emery Pogue
Elmer Harrison
Oscar Kennett
Levi Drake
Hosea Drake
Ira Fuller
Cecil Johnson
Donald Johnson
Lynn Johnson
Misses Pear
Russell
Flossie McKinney
Knightly
the Hunt Church
Bassa Stark
David E. McClung
Ira Birt
Wm. J. Lawson
Freeman
Martin
Chas W. Lovelace
John H. Wrork
Highland
Elmer Trueblood
Jay S. Leach
J. W. Basset
Ira O. Sinclair
Chas
Chas, Arnett
New Lebanon
Chas Arnett
George M. Webb
Lillian A. Austin
Jas. A. Weir
John J. Lawson
Margaret J. Lawson
Wm.i. Lawson
Ann B. Wilkey
Mary Lloyd
Hymera State Bank
John M. Gilbreath
Wm. H. Robertson
Hamilton
R. H. Crowder
Wm. Laurent
Wm. Scott
Pierces
Joseph Shepherd
Merlie K. Shepherd
Carlisle
E. G. Carrithers
Wm. H. Poundland
John A. Claggett
Joshiah Stanley
Thos‘d. Wowen
Cass
Irvin Gallagher
Ed P. Snowland
Kentucky
Vermont
Maine
Massachusetts
England
New England
Sullivan Lodge of Masons
Eastern Star
Leota
Mary Jones
H. F. Mart
Lee F. Bays
Miss Powell
Charlies D. Hunt
Sullivan’s Water Supply
Fannie M. Hughes
State Bank
George W. Leach
West
Washington Street
Public Square
W. Timmons
Aries
Sullivan Post
Noah Crawford
West End Ofullivan
Ilver Chaney
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