Mark Twain and the Pudd'nhead Wilson Tale of Driscoll Drama
A Boston Post piece outlines Mark Twain’s early era humor and the novel Puddnhead Wilson set in Dawson's Landing. It recounts Roxana the slave mother and twins Tom and Chambers with a dramatic twist of identity and murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dudley Warner
Tom Sawyer
Pudd’nhead Wilson
Mark Twain
Missouri
Mississippi
York Leicester Driscoll
Col
Cecil Burleigh Essex
Percy Northumberland Driscoll
Roxana
Driscoll
Tom
Percy Northumberland
Valet de Chambre
Chambers
Colonel Essex
David Wilson
David
Pudd’nhead
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Driscol
Percy Driscoll
Dawson’s Landing
St. Louis
Luigi
House of Driscoll
Puddy’nhead
Flo
Pudd’n Head
Roxy
Pundahead
Torv
Tie
The
Post Publishing Co
Boston Post
United Kingdom
Dominions
Boston
Mass
Harper & Bros
Real Estate Transfers in Sullivan County Featured
Real estate transfers list from Schroeder and Price detailing numerous parcels and amounts across townships Merom Haddon Shaft and Jackson. Transactions include buyers Fred Wheeler Glenn Pickett T V Robertson E M Deputy Adelia Buckley heirs Mamie Burks and others with prices ranging from $1 to $3500 and various lot dimensions and sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass
Fred Wheeler
Howard Shepherd
Glenn Pickett
Sims
O. Figg
T. V. Robertson
S. E. Murphy
Dugger
E. M
Florent
L. Lecocq
Ernest Kleusner
Katherine Pierce
D. & Neal
Notice to non residents in Sullivan County quiet title suit
In Sullivan Circuit Court May Term 1922 Charles S Abel et al v Thomas F Lee et al Complaint No 19540 To Quiet Title The defendants non residents are notified of the filing and pendency of the complaint seeking to quiet title to described real estate in Sullivan County Indiana The case calls for appearance and answer by Sept 4 1922 in Sullivan Court House before the judge. Schroeder Price attorneys for plaintiffs. 1st insertion June 21 1922-3t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
Charles S. Abel
Thomas F. Lee
Schroeder & Price
James Snow
Isaac Snow
Elizabeth Keene
Margaret A. Fairhead
Laura K. Snow
Pearl Gambill
State of
Section 27
Charles R. Railsback
Alex Dozier
Job Walls
Sullivan Circuit
Jane E. Bloom
Frank W. Bloom
James Gray
Frank Gray
Ethel
Joseph Gray
Thomas Gray
Ann C. Bloom
Mary Cushman
State of Indiana
Gray, Watson & Bloom
City of
Sullivan
Elizabeth Collins
28 Pounds a Foot Rule for Height and Weight
A guideline proposes that a person should weigh 28 pounds for every foot of height. The concept links body weight to stature, suggesting a simple rule of thumb for healthy proportions.
Sullivan County suit over real estate heirs and unknown spouses
Complaint filed June 19, 1922 in Sullivan Circuit Court by Elizabeth Collins et al against numerous defendants including Thomas Anderson and William Collins. The action concerns sections 23 24 and part of location 24 in Township 6 North Range 9 West, Lot 1 2 3 and 7 partitioned real estate of James O Collins. Defendant responses due September 4 1922. Seal Charles R Railsback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Anderson
Schroeder & Price
Sullivan Circuit Court
John Wilmore
Pleasant M. O’haver
Jane O’haver
Eugene Collins
Towit
Jane O'Haver
William Price
Anderson J. Minick
Mary I. Minick
Bailey Johnson
William Collins
Peter Lisman
Joseph W. Briggs
Elizabeth Ann Briggs
Francis A. Lisman
Henry K. Wilson
Samuel Johnson
Sally J
James K. Wilson
John Giles
James A. Minich
William P. Minich
Mary I. Minich
Elizabeth Ann Briges
Sally J. Wilson
Laura J. Wilson
Martha E. Minich
Margaret Minich
State of
Indiana
Sullivan County
James O. Collins
Carlisle and Freelandsville Road
Said Township
Iseal Charles R. Railsback
Appointment of executrix for Hammond estate in Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court appoints A G McNaby as executrix of the Gilbert H Hammond estate located in Sullivan County Indiana. The estate is to be administered and settled according to law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Circuit Court
Gilbert H. Hammond
Sullivan County
Indiana
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Wilson
John KenDrick Bangs
Olson
West Side Square
Merom
Winona Daniels
Maude C. Burke
Merem. Haddon
Sallie J. Jones
Wm. M. Alsop
Hamilton
Harry Ritchie
Sho-Me Oil Co
Roy Bennett
T. W. Simmons
J. S. Loudermilk
Wm. Clark
McClellan Robertson
Jackson
John C. Chaney
Chas. B
Hymera
Lucinda Stoops
Delitha
C. & Beasley
Gertrude W. Hammond
Executrix
A. G. McNaby
Jennie Thornhill
Jacob F. Hoke
Clothiers
H. C. Steel
Prop
Jess Pugh
Fidelity Loan CO
Liberty Loan
the Peoples State Bank
Shelburn
James W. McHugh
Walker McHugh
McHugh & Son
A. B. Gray CO. Sullivan’s Wholesale
Grocer
W.H. Hill, Jr. Farm Loan Co
Sullivan County Loan & Trust Co
North Side
E. A. Billman
I. J. Keys
Carlisle
Ind
H. 8. Leach
W. K. Frakes
L. A. Stewart
P. A. Barco
Grover Clayton Carlisle
BE. Lindley
H. L. Stratton
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