Revival meetings at Merom college draw crowds
Great interest surrounds Rev. R. C. Helfenstein of Urbana leading revival series at the Merom college aided by his wife and baby. Many confess faith and join the church as meetings likely close Thursday night.
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Hershey
St. Clair
New Lebanon
Penrod Place
Thos. Sparks
Shore Place
Emma Cooper
Mattie McKenzie
Sullivan
J. B. Newland
West Terre Haute
H. H. Shideler
Ray Heilman
Indianapolis
Merom_ tennis club
Whiting Cooper
Marova
Ilinois
Helen
Oscar Anderson
Birth of a Nation seen by locals at Terre Haute
Clyde and Ward Schaffer and Harriet McArthur attended the film Birth of a Nation in Terre Haute on Wednesday. Bertha Wininger visited Sullivan on Thursday with others reporting travel and local visits abound as residents moved and socialized during the week.
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Clyde
Ward Schaffer
Harriet McArthur
Terre Haute
Bertha Wininger
Sullivan
H. V. Lisman
Mabel Hopewell
Lizzie Evans
Earl Berry
Merom
Wm. Hanley
East Chapel
Mr. Berry
J. K. Coulson
Ernest Schlichter
Dugger
Myra Basler
Alba Parkhurst
Minnie Duncan
Pearl Newsome
Maggie Stewart
Grace Wardner
Monnie Russell
Glen Hardy
W. A. Steadman
Osburn Irvin
Bertha
Nellie Wininger
Hazel Cummins
Donald Lemnon
Ralph Brown
Willie McClain
Frank Keating
Wilbur Andrews
Indianapolis
Bethany Social Notes Include Family Visits and Funeral
Mrs Ollie Bond and her young daughter visited her mother Mrs Bishop in Bethany. George Gollyear and daughter Edith visited Roy Trimble in Carlisle. Tressa McCammons spent Sunday with Bets Shake. Several Bethany people attended the funeral of Mrs Margret Cooks ey in Indiana Prairie. Maude French spent Sunday night with Walter Whitlock. Tuesday visitors to J E Hilderband included Joe Trimble W L Shake Betsy Trimble Ida Trimble and Martha Plummer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Trimble
W. L. Shake
Betsy
Ida Trimble
Martha Plummer
South Giant Woman Dies After Stroke at 72
Aunt Margaret Cooksey, 72, widow of W. H. Cooksey, suffered a stroke while preparing supper at her daughter's home last Tuesday evening and died Wednesday at 6 AM.
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Margaret Cooksey
W. H. Cooksey
Turman township club meeting and village notes
The Turman township Better Farming Club will meet at Graysville High School on Thursday March 16 at 7 30 pm with speaker Schwab Purdue swine specialist and Van Cleave to present a violin humorous reading. The Big Springs Ladies Quartet and club band will provide music. Local obituaries list Fairbanks Hessie O Johnson Joseph Auttas Maurice Saladain Goldie Brunner William H Smith Grace Houser Russell Reynolds Harriet York Arvil Kellams Velma Monk Ross Hudson Pearl Arnett and other area residents.
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Burn
Turman Township Better Farming Club
Graysville H. S
Schwab
Purdue
van Cleave
Carl Cushman
Big Springs Ladies Quartet
Rainy Day Notes Brought Heavy Downpour to Fairbanks
Local column lists a string of social visits and events across Fairbanks and nearby towns. Free Martin traveled to Marshall Illinois midweek. Several residents hosted guests and attended lectures, meetings, and dinners, including Purdue lecturer Schwab in Fairbanks and a swine management talk.
Indiana Notice of Divorces and Land Sale Petition
Carlisle School Town and Haddon School Town in Sullivan County Indiana face actions including notes and mortgages, and multiple divorces. Parties include Oren Russell Emery Russell Otis Russell Jesse Hugghins Johnson Huggins Lou McCammon Charley McCammon Hugh Bruner Zella Bruner and estate of Thomas H Mason. Petition to sell lands listed.
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Carlisle
Haddon Township
Sullivan County
Indiana
Haddon
Oren L. Russell
Emery Russell
Otis Russell
Jesse M. Huggins
Wm. H. Huggins
Johnson B. Huggins
Lou McCammon
Charley McCammon
Hugh Bruner
Zella Bruner
William F. Knotts
Thomas H. Mason
Ida M. Mason
Vera V. Borden
Local Notables List From Indiana Obits or Notices
Benjamin F. Bolinger 25 farmer and Beaulah I. Grigsby 21 both of Shelburn Ira A. Majors 27 railroader Terre Haute and Nellie F. Plunkett 20 Sullivan William H. Johnson 23 farmer
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Benjamin F. Bolinger
Farmer
Beaulah I. Grigsby
Shelburn
Ira A. Majors
Terre Haute
Nellie F. Plunkett
Sullivan
William H. Johnson
Local social notes from Graysville and surrounding areas
Mrs Wilbur Moore nee Borham and children of Panama Mo visited her parents W D Gorham and wife this past week J F Deal of Odon Ind and E Deal of Abbott Col visited the Methodist parsonage they are father and grandfather of the minister Miss Zylpha Jackson visited near Sullivan and Merom Miss Helen Watkins stayed with grandfather John Pinkston A N L Burton attended an Indianapolis swine sale John and Chas McKee delivered corn near Dodd s bridge John Barden moving near Shelburn James Osburn arrived with a mounted deer head from a fall hunting trip Ross Turman did taxidermist work on the mount
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Wilbur Moore
Borham
Panama
W. D. Gorham
J. F. Deal
Odon
Ind
E. Deal
Abbott
Col
Methodist Parsonage
Zylpha Jackson
Sullivan
Merom
Helen Watkins
John Pinkston
A. N. L. Burton
Indianapolis
John
Chas. McKee
Dodd’s Bridge
John Barden
Shelburn
Jas. Osburn
Ross Turman
Mr. Os
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Indiana Post Office 1916
List of unclaimed letters dated March 15 1916 in Sullivan Indiana including Ladies Johnson Mrs Payne Miss Mattie Miss Bertha Miss Rossie Gentlemen Asbury Albert Alsman Wm Boone Chas McDervin Bert Harris T G House Marlow Joseph Marshall Mr Joseph Moore Mr Harry Ransford W R Stevens W F Steele I E B Taylor Wm Wilson Mr Dick Golaski Taczenty Foreign. Callers must say advertised. letters will go to Dead Letter Office after two weeks.
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Sullivan, Ind
Paxton Miner Held on Sodomy Charge in Bond Case
Tom Harlow, a Paxton coal miner, is jailed in default of a $1,000 bond on a sodomy charge. The case reflects criminal action pursued by local authorities and may involve preliminary court proceedings.
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Tom Harlow
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Arvil John Kellams
Velma A. Monk
Ross Hudson
Pearl B. Arnett
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Guy M. Kinman
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