Carlisle Towns West Virginia? Early settlement and centennial plans
Carlisle is among the state’s oldest towns with a centennial celebration and chautauqua planned for June 26 to July 1. The piece traces Fort Haddon and Ledgerwood era, laying out Carlisle’s 1815 town map, early officers, first church, incorporation in 1856, and notable figures including James Ledgerwood and John W. Davis.
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Carlisle
Haddon Township
James Whipps
Virginia
Fort Haddon
John Haddon
Plymouth Rock
Sullivan County
Haddon
Col. Haddon
Vincennes
Fort Knox
Col
Franklin Williams
Joel Price
William Price
John Meonnell
John Ingle
James Black
Joel Collins
Edward Purcell
Thomas Anderson
Thomas Holder
William Henry Harrison
Fort Ledgerwood
Tecumseh
Tippecanoe
Harrison
Ledgerwood
Smith Greenfield
Ellis Greenfield
McFarland
Sproule
James Ledgerwood
Fisher
Sullivan
Merom
James M. Parvin
A. W. Springer
John 8. Davis
John F.-. Curry
Davis
John Martin
Smith Buckley
Chauncey Hall
Samuel Ledgerwood
Angles
N. E
Ss. W
N. W
S. E
Vicinnity
Handy Handley
Washington
Trenton
Hiram Lodge of Masons
John W. Davis
Pennsylvania
Franklin Pierce
Congress
China
Oregon Territory
Pine-Tar-Honey for Whooping Cough and Local News
Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey rumored to ease Whooping Cough by loosening mucus and soothing throat and lungs. The ad notes 25c at druggists. Also mentions Electric Bitters as a spring tonic and a letter from W R Jewell of Danville Illinois about his son Dr Benson M Jewell recovering from typhoid in Hammond Indiana.
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W. R. Jewell
Danville
Ill
Dr King’s New Life Pills advertised health relief
An ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for liver, stomach and blood benefits and urges readers to buy at 26 cents. It also reports Mr and Mrs Clarence Hill moving from Vincennes to Sullivan to live on East Jackson street and Mrs Hill visiting Lewisville, Ind.
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Dr. King
Clarence Hill
Vincennes
Sullivan
East Jackson Street
To Mothers in This Town Delicate Children Relief Powders
Mothers in this town are advised that Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children provide immediate relief for feverish and cross youngsters. The formula cleanses the stomach and aids the liver, and is recommended for complaining children and worm issues. At all druggists 26 cents. Sample free address A. B. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Gray
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Rural Route Businessmen Visit City For Union Renewal
Murray of rural route three Sullivan transacted business in the city Wednesday renewing for The Union. Hud Bland of rural route ten Sullivan was in the city on business and renewed for The Union.
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Murray
Blédsde
Sullivan
Union
Hud Bland
Suivan
Winners Forecast for 500 Mile Race Duo De Palma Carlson
Reported odds lean heavily toward Ralph De Palma in a Mercedes winner of the last French Grand Prix and Billy Carlson piloting one of Ray Harroun’s Maxwell cars. Industry chatter expects Harroun’s machines to perform well given their proven reliability.
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Ralph de Palma
Billy Carlson
Wiseacres
de Palma
Mercedes
Carlson
Ray Harroun
Harroun
Speedway
Joe Dawson
Eddie Pullen
Mercer
Pullen
Bob Burman
Harl Cooper
America
Indianapolis
Europe
Hoosier Racers Up For Indy 500 Showdown
Indiana favorites Howard Wilcox and Gil Anderson are slated to share the drive for the Indianapolis 500 in Stutz cars of European design. Wilcox has recently placed second in the Vanderbilt and Grand Prize events, while Anderson captured the 1913 Elgin.
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Indiana
Howard Wilcox
Gil Anderson
Hoosier State
Wilcox
Anderson
Subscriptions Renewed and Local visits in Sullivan County
Elmer Harrison renews The Union subscription via rural route Merom. James M. Weir and A V Carrithers renew through Pleasant Hope and Shelburn. Miss Dercie Kivett visits Carlisle with sister Carrie. Marion Willis improves from illness. Woman's Home Missionary Society meets with Carrie Kivett. G W Halberstadt visits with Frank Burnham. C B Patton pays subscription in Sullivan renewal.
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Elmer
Harrison
Merom
James M. Weir
Pleasant Hope
Union
A. V. Carrithers
Shelburn
Sullivan
Dercie Kivett
Carlisle
Carrie Kivett
Marion F. Willis
Woman's Home Missionary Society
G. W. Halberstadt
Farmersburg
Frank Burnham
C. B. Patton
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State
Dr. Palma
Phoenix
Children’s Hose
Julius Hatry Shoe Co
Andirls
The
Federal Reserve
U. S
Sullivan, Indiana
C. L. Davis
Hix W. Davis
Joe K. Smock
E. D. Davis
G. D. Scott Hix W., Davis
Ben. Davis
W. C. Jamison
Cc. J. Sherman
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