Delayed Correspondents from Graysville Report Spring Hints
Local notes from Graysville recount school closures for special exercises this week and a closing town scene with new fences paint smell and loafers at horseshoes. Mentions Virgil Penny visiting last Saturday and Rev Daugherty aligning M E church finances toward debt clearance amid spring moods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Penny
Fred Phillips
Rev. McNaughton
Brooklyn
Main
County Sept
Grosjean
Ford
Albert Elliott
Homer Trueblood
Indianapolis
Pearl Ring
Fairbanks
Daugherty
M. E
Local Notes From Staffordshire and Nearby
Staffordshire items report Emmet Harrison on the sick list and John Patton planning a new house. A new telephone line is planned, and discussions on gravel road needs continue. A Gray's Ridge tale describes a divorce and a bid to swap a nursing infant for an elder child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Harrison
John Patton
Staffordshire
Wm. Osborne
West York
Guy Cushman
Graysville
Ransford
John O’haver
Wm Lowery
Illinois
Mattie Monk
Hutsonville
Ora
Lizzie Patton
Henry Canada
Fred Wernz
Fairbanks
Wm. Lester
Henry Drake
Beech Grove
Gracie Wernz
James Osborne
Martin Calhoun
Willie Moore
John McKinney
Gray’s Ridge
Oaktown
Local notices list readers and town events
New Union Readers and several Sullivan residents seek railroad rate and schedule information via D B Steeg Terre Haute Indiana. The Town Board appoints North Worley as town policeman replacing Jim Willis as promised. officials expect order and good town standing to improve under Worley. A dynamite blast damages the Oaktown brick school, with investigation ongoing and efforts to catch the perpetrator. Brazil justice of the peace George E Law is noted for marrying 606 couples since 1899 and advertising in area papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Willis
North Worley
Worley
Oaktown
George E. Law
Brazil
Indiana
Law
World's Fair Route Season 1903 Travel Deals
Tickets on sale daily through April 30 for routes to California Arizona Texas Oregon Washington Montana Idaho Utah. Includes round trips to St. Louis and various convention events with dates in April May June. Final return limits extend into July with multiple cities and organizations listed. Consult B and O S W agents for full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Arizona
Texas
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
Utah
St. Louis
Good
Saengerbund
San Francisco
Cal
National Association Master Plumbers
Los Angeles
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Boston
Mass
National Educational Association
Denver
Col
International Convention United Society Christian Endeavor
Baltimore
Merom Notes and Local Social Checks
Aldrich travels to Stanley University to lecture. Murdock mourns as grandmother passes. Massey visits Sullivan. Question raised about no church in Sullivan. Napier brothers visit Terre Haute kin. YWCA bazaar and handkerchief necktie sale planned at Prof. Atkinson home with supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres
Aldrich
Stanley University
Dale Murdock
Sullivan
Rob Massey
Charley
Ben Napier
Terre Haute
Young Women’s Christian Association
Death of Aunt Sarah A. Payne Ends Local Life
Aunt Sarah A. Payne, aged nearly eighty, died last Wednesday after weeks of poor health. Two sons, six daughters and twenty grandchildren survive. The funeral was held Thursday at the M. E. church conducted by Rev. Bundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Nicholson
Henry Keene
Sullivan
Sopha Ragle
Indianapolis
John Furry
Leavenworth
James
Kemp Asbury
Farmersburg
J. L. Simms
Dugger
Sarah A. Payne
M. E. Church
Bundy
Prairie Creek News Note on Ill Health and Retirement
James Yeager suffers a complication of diseases and Sean Evans plans to retire from teaching at term end to work in business with his father. The past three weeks' cold weather has kept physicians busy, and the proverb It is an ill wind that blows nobody good reflects local mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Yeager
Sean Evans
Farm for Sale Near Sullivan in 60 Acres
Farm for sale due to new Washington position. Sixty acres of choice land with fair buildings, ideal home. Located 44 miles southwest of Sullivan. Immediate possession. Address Sullivan or see I. H. Kalley. Minimum price seventy dollars per acre. A. A. Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sullivan
I. H. Kalley
A. A. Holmes
Names Listed for Unclaimed Letters by W R Nesbit P M
The notice lists numerous individuals such as Giles J Hays Mrs Minnie Hall Jack Hartstein M Hill Aames Ivy Mrs Elien Jones Dick Jones Ortens Mitchell Gen Marlow Elme McDaniels W i eorg Jessie Houck Mrs Jane R Minnie Harper Mrs Mary Halpk Mrs Mary Hawkins Albert Jennings Pat ree McCouilon Miss Mason Mrs Ma Owens Walter Pittman B Jones Willie Lemmons Bob Marley Mrs Laura Martin J W McCammon Richard Myrtle Mattox Clay Norris John Powell Mrs Julia Parker Mrs Jennie Preston Isble Shultz Mrs Smith B O mr N ice Pearson Miss Parish Barnhart Patton Miss Martie Perryman Miss Maude Reynolds Mrs Nora Spears Miss Fern Schand Mrs Sophia Sute Tim Spear Miss Annie Scott Edward Smish Mrs Nelle Tennelle A a Shepherd Tilima Thompson Billy Turner Ernest Wright Mrs Ras Weaver Chalme Willis T F Walters Mrs P Walters James Weir D D Thiry Miss Emma Taylor Thomas Walls Mrs Florence Wilson Dr J White James Willis Varade Walters Sarah Zaring E K for above letters please say W R NESBIT P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Taylor Thomas
Walls
Florence
Wilson
J. White
James
Cnecie
Willis Varade
Walters Sarah
Zaring
E. K
Appointment of Administrator for Thomas P. Anderson
State records Sullivan County appoints W P Stratton as Administrator of the estate of Thomas P Anderson deceased Sullivan County Indiana estate deemed solvent Buff and Stratton attorneys notice ends with 3t period
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State.of
Indiana
Sullivan County
State OF
Thomas P. Anderson
W. P. Stratton
Buff & Stratton
State OF Indiana
Sullivan Cotney
John W. Mason
I. H. Kalley
Bloomingdale Academy Oratorical Contest Honors Arthur Osborne
Arthur Osborne won first prize in the Bloomingdale Academy annual oratorical contest held last Wednesday evening. He is a student at the academy and the son of Allen Osborne of the county. His speech addressed the Monroe Doctrine. Mr and Mrs I D Risher of Carlisle returned from Clarksville Pa where they were summoned due to Mrs Rishers mother’s serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingdale Academy
Arthur Osborne
Academy
Allen Osborne
Young Osborne
I. D. Risher
Carlisle
Clarksville, Pa
Final Settlement of Decedent’s Estate Sought by Sullivan Court
This notice in Sullivan Circuit Court shows cause why the final settlement of accounts for the decedent's estate should not be approved. Heirs must appear to prove heirship and claim distributive shares. Witness ROBERT TAYLOR Clerk March 17 1903. I H Kalley Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Wolfenberger
Sullivan
Indiana
Sullivan Circuit Court
Robert Taylor
Buff & Stratton Attorneys
Leven Nash
Lavina Nash
Livina Nash
William Hopewell
William Pound
Abraham Lane
Abraham Line
iKirker Glass
Lezatees
Kirker Glass
Maron
Sullivan Circuit
Ile
Wm. Hopewell
Wm Pound
State of
Sullivan County
Aretha Burton
Sullivan Indiana
Buff & Stratton
Seth
I. H. Kalley
Force Ready-To-Serve Wheat and Barley Food Ad
An advertisement touts Force as a ready-to-serve wheat and barley food that adds no burden yet sustains nourishes and invigorates the body through proper digestion and nutrition.
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Viseniskki
New Union Readers
Ella M. McGrew
Park Osborne
T. M. Strain
Isaac Shoffner
W. J. Settles
Merrit Abram
Roy Creager
Vandalia Line
D. B. Steeg
Ind
MEROM
Hymera
Prairie Creek
Arthur Gus
Brown
J. R
Commons
da’ Clark
Rosy
Chillson
W. E Edmiston
R. Fay
Nett Fisher
John, Gilman
J. H
Blue Sophia
Clouse
T. T. Church
Ed. Dilley Neal
Fogle
Catherine, Fitzmaurice
M. P
Eorg
Jessie
Houck
Jane
Minnie
Harper
Mary
Hawkins Albert
Jennings Pat
Myrtle
Mattox
Clay
Norris John
Powell
Julia
Parker
Jennie
Preston Isble
W.R. Nesbit, P.M
Merom, Ind
Joshua Beasley
Herschel W. Stark
W. W. Bailey
Dory Eaton
Orlando C. Brewer
Columbus Bough
John Walters
Sullivan County Council
County Council
Makigg
J. M. Lang
Sulivan County
Christina H. Daugherty
Thomas A. Daugherty
Kalley
John S. Johns
Plaintiff
Sarah Boatman
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