Shiloh Community Notes and Local Updates
Daniel Driver visits ill father Uncle Eck Driver in Sullivan this week. Bedwell schoolhouse closes a successful term. Local roads need gravel. Martin Pirtle and Roscoe Carruthers travel for business. Grover Land dies after illness. burial at Booker cemetery. Ed Shepherd sells hogs at Dugger. Mrs Mollie Bennett visits friends. Vance Bennett to build a new home near Shiloh. Ida Pirtle ill. John Dix visits Clinton with family. Ira Rogers relocates to Sullivan for lighthouse job. Bailey schoolhouse event postponed due to weather. Miss Maud Linkenhoker teaches spring term. Orion Rich to work on Jim Case farm. Engine 33 S L fails to cross Busseron. flood damages track. John Shipman loses lambs. saves rest. Wim Shipman hosts stock sale near Glendora. Wedding rumor circulates. F and F Henry Bean to move to Sullivan. John Bunch's move. Bean sales for Long Warren Co.
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Bedwell
Martin Pirtle
Linton
Logan Buck
Pleasantville
Roscoe Carruthers
Sullivan
Grover Land
Booker Cemetery
Ed Shepherd
Dugger
Ira Rogers
Keller Mine
Light House
Bailey School House
Maud Linkenholker
Orion Rich
Oklahoma
Jim Case
S. L
Busseron
John Shipman
Measles Sicken Staffordshire Neighbors Hear Wet Week
Local notes report severe measles in the neighborhood and rain that flooded roads. Mrs. Jane Foutz grows weaker while J. F. Patton hosts Luther Arnett party. Births, visits, and travel fill the week as Wabash rises and telephones are installed for J. F. Patton.
Palmer's Prairie School News and Local Notices
The No. 2 school closes Monday as Miss Nora Wright plans to attend Normal at Terre Haute. Spring term starts next Monday with Mr. Barbie as teacher. Weather remains unsettled with no farm work in sight. Uncle Willis Benefield, veteran of the Mexican war and Sullivan farmer, is buried at Palmer's Prairie last Friday. Elmer Martin and wife of near Shelburn bury their infant child here on Saturday. I visited our school at No. 2 last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Foutz
Luther Arnett
Graysville
J. F. Patton
Daisy Thomas
No. 2
Nora Wright
Terre Haute
Barbie
Willis Benefield
Sullivan
Palmer’s Prairie
Elmer Martin
Shelburn
Wabash River Surges as Bridges Need Repair in Big Springs
The Wabash River runs high and rising fast near Big Springs. Several local bridges require repair work. Families plan to attend Miss Fidelia Royse’s wedding in Terre Haute. Our Sunday school was reorganized with J. W. Watson as Supt and Annie Cushman as Asst Supt, Gracie Moore as chorister, and other officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Watson
Annie Cushman
Martha Durham
Ella Eno
Gracie Moore
Jesse Medsker
Nellie Gray
O. T. Collier
Graysville
Packet Line Between Terre Haute and Merom
Two regular packet boats will run on the Wabash river between Terre Haute and Merom Heights during the summer. The Fly, built by Ed Long who died Thursday, will be raised and repaired after sinking in ice last fall. Owners Fritz Myers and Charles Seidentop plan a weekly freight and produce run to the city, while the Indiana continues its weekly freight trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash River
Terre Haute
Merom Heights
Indiana
Ed Long
Fritz Myers
Charles Seidentop
Walnut Street Landing
Myers
Seidentop
Terre Haute Tribune
Dr Lisman Visits Honolulu Islands Delegation to GOP Convention
Dr W A Lisman of Carlisle travels with a party of 34 to the Hawaiin Islands visiting the great volcano near Honolulu. The Honolulu Advertiser and another paper carried ads for popular articles made in the United States. The papers urged Republicans in the territory to elect six delegates and six alternates to the National Republican convention in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
W. A. Lisman
Carlisle
Sam
Lisman
Thirtyfour
Chicago
Islands
New Suits and Matters Listed in Civil Docket
A list of civil actions including partitions, accounts, quiet title, damages and possession, probate related matters, drainage petitions, and real estate sales to pay debts. Notable parties include Sarah Stacker and William Ring, Buettner and Shelburn Machine Co. and Keystone Coal Co., Reliance Coal and Mining Co. and Tyre Harris, and the Marion Trust Company as receiver in a Vernon Insurance matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Stacker
William Ring
Buettner & Shelburn Machine Co
Keystone Coal Company
Reliance Coal & Mining Co
Tyre Harris
H. E. Bolinger
Richard Jones
The
Marion Trust Company
Vernon Insurance and Trust Co
Charles R. Fairfield
Janes E. Brittle
Alex J. Ross
Earl Patton
Lucretia Bryant
Isaac Patton
Edgar S. Crowder
Daniel BE. Praase
Alex Prose
Cee McNabb
Thompson
Gaskins
Manning E. Drake
Wedding Delayed by Flood Reaches Evansville
A Sullivan couple John W. Pingue and Ivy Martin wed after flood delays. They planned Terre Haute nuptials but were waterbound and returned to Evansville.
Marriage Licenses List Listing Couples
Marriage licenses issued for Lee Gritton and Addie Stroud William Rose and Bessie Hays Dee W. Boone and Sarah J. Goodman A L Tidrick and Dosia Payne Edwin Colvin and Julia Clark Earl J. Blocksom and Gertie Boyd Harry F. Walters and Sarah E. Leach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Gritton
Addie Stroud
William Rose
Bessie Hays
Dee W. Boone
Sarah J. Goodman
A. L. Tidrick
Dosia Payne
Edwin Colvin
Julia Clark
Earl J. Blocksom
Gertie Boyd
Harry F. Walters
Sarah E. Leach
Cass Township Delegates Appointments to State Convention
John L. Griffiths was named delegate to the Republican State Convention with Dr. C. M. Lowder as alternate, representing Cass Township in the party’s leadership lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Griffiths
C. M. Lowder
Social roundup of local entertaining events
Miss Edna Calvert hosted a small dinner Tuesday with several friends. Mr James Knotts plans a party tomorrow night. Miss Flossie Willis entertained many friends Monday with card playing and dancing and a two course luncheon. The Friday Afternoon Club meeting with Mrs Katharine Kirkham was postponed a week due to heavy rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Willis
Katherine Kirkham
Card of Thanks and Local Events in Sullivan
Card of Thanks Expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for support during illness and death of a wife and mother. Burr will read Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch at the Court House on Friday April 1 at 8 pm to aid Sullivan High School with 252 admission. Also notes bakery opening on East Washington Street by J B Davidson and Son offering bread cakes pies and more as a strictly union shop. Dr Crowley advertises ear and eye care with cures after others failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Arnett
A. L. Creager
Grace Pierce Burr
Wiggs
Court House
Sullivan High School
East Washington Street
J.B. Davidson & Son
Indiana
John C. Chaney
William McCloud
Sullivan
D. Crawley
Quaker Concert Go. to Fill Week at Bass Auditorium
Due to washout the Quaker Concert Go. will fill a week at Sullivan Mrs. Burr presents reading of Mrs. Wiggs from the Cabbage Patch and the entertaining reading. See the donkey clown and other talking and singing figures with the Quaker Medicine Co at Bass Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Burr
Wiggs
Quaker Medicine Co
Bass Auditorium
Easter Services at M. E. Church
Special services next Sabbath mark Easter season. Morning and evening worship follow the season, with a Sunday School program at 2:30. Parents and friends are invited. J. H. Carnes, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Carnes
Quarterly church meeting and Easter services announced
The Baptist Church calls a quarterly business meeting for Friday April 1 1904 at 7 30 p m electing two trustees and handling other business. Special Easter services are set for next Sunday with music by the choir. The morning sermon themes are Resurrection Power and The Crowning of Christ. The Lord's Supper will be observed at the morning service.
Quaker Concert Co Opens Week at Bass Auditorium
The Quaker Concert Co opened a seven night engagement at the Bass Auditorium with good singing dancing and music. Ticket sales touted strong audience response and high spirits as the run began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Quaker Concert Co
Victory Service Planned for Church Milestone
The church aims to complete its ten year struggle and reach self support with a victory service likely on the first Sunday in May. Further notice will follow. U. M. McGuire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perty
U. M. McGuire
Easter Service at Presbyterian Church Program
Program lists organ solo from Handel's Messiah and hymns with solos by Mrs. Ratcliff and Mrs. Hays. Choir anthem and prayers accompany offerings by Two Angels and pastors. Note mentions Christ is Risen and a statement We Shall Have New Bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yenisheen
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County News
Shiloh
Daniel Driver
Eck Driver
Mollie Bennett
Vance Bennett
Ida Pirtle
Ed Alsman
John Dix
Shirley Hill
Clinton
Wim. Shipman
Glendora
Henry Bean
John Bunch
John
Long, Warren & Co
Staffordshire
Gyp
Graysville Club
New Lebanon
Lem Patton
Roy Kelley
Mae McKinney
Cal Foutz
Guy Cushman
Jim Yeager
Joley Harris
Quaker Church
Cyrus Patton
Mt. Tabor
George Adams
Abe Lester
Palmer's Prairie
Big Springs
J. B. Durham
Mary Manning
Thomas Durham
Fidelia Royse
Merom
T. B. Shaffer & Co
West Side
Dr. Lisman
Hawaiin Islands
Indianapolis News
Evansville
John W. Pingue
Ivy Martin
Cass Township
Edna Calvert
Mr. James Knotts
MENS
Oxfords
Golden Gate
Julius Harry & CO
NEW Shoe Store
M. E. Church
Mrs. Sheridan
Boatright’s
Easter Service Presbyterian Church
Town of
Turman Township
Board of Directors
Coutier
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