Local notes and county people in Sullivan area
Fragments report social notices and local movements. Jackson of Hymera, Lisman of Kaddon, and McNabb of Merom Station visit Sullivan for business. Isaage House of Terre Haute Trust dies. Illinois Central tests dispatcher telephone. telegraph operators trained. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Indiana plan Indianapolis meeting. Mrs. Mary Jewel dies in Fairbanks township. Powell family returns from Colorado Springs. Deputy Postmaster Pfleed attends Indiana depotistmasters meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Micohuesuns
Civil Service Examination Board
Isaage CC. House
Terre Haute Trust Company
Terre Haute
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Veteran editor George W. Harper visits town
George W. Harper editor of the Robinson Argus spent last Friday in the city as guest of A. A. Holmes. Born in 1848 at Richmond Indiana he came to Palestine with two copper cents and rose to run the Argus. He remains active despite years of hard work and a recent accident. He may also soon become president of a new bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Harper
Robinson Argus
A. A. Holmes
Harper
Argus
Richmond
Indiana
Palestine
The
Shiloh Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Rain
John Booker and wife spent Sunday in our neighborhood. Martin Hale and wife drove to Sullivan Thursday. William Bennett and wife visited relatives Sunday. James Robertson and wife visited relatives. Martin Pirtle traveled to Linton Saturday. Frank Page visited friends Sunday. A pleasant rain occurred Monday. Jesse Hale works for James South. Thomas Robertson was in Dugger Saturday. A large crowd attended the meeting at Shiloh Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Booker
Martin Hale
Sullivan
William Bennett
James Robertson
Martin Pirtle
Linton
Frank Page
Jesse Hale
James South
Graysville News Briefs Reflect Wind Storm and Local Happenings
No damage was reported from last Thursday's wind storm in Graysville. Agnes Cushman, a pianist with the orchestra, was at home and visited Merom Friday evening. Whooping cough cases are rising while farmers remain tied up by wet weather. Fern Burton is ill with typhoid fever and not improving. A fine boy arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Kern Medsker last Friday. E Y Thomas visits Hymera with Mrs. Thomas. Flo Ransford went to Chicago last Sunday to stay indefinitely. Jasper Hough visited Merom last Tuesday. William Corder of Merom shears sheep for Newt Burton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Cushman
Merom
William Corder
Newt Burton
Fern Burton
Kern Medsker
E. Y. Thomas
Hymera
Flo Ransford
Chicago
Jasper Hough
Paul Dix
Moyria Johnson
Ora McGlone
Farmersburg
Concord
Alice Pugh
Maggie McClain
Lawrence McClanahan
Shelburn
Taylor Jewell
Little Flock
Hazel McDonald
Bernice Cato
Lola Drake
Farmers look for good crops as sheep farming declines
The report notes near full plowing for corn and a promising wheat and oats outlook. Sheep shearing paused awaiting warmer weather and some farmers may quit sheep farming if prices stay low. James Ransford shifts from mules to farming. Florence and Zelma Riggs visit Vigo and Terre Haute respectively. Construction at Mr Crisp’s house advances. Ingersoll and Harris are active. Whooping cough spreads and local bridge improvements advance. Commissions are said to be dead and road boss questions arise in Turman North Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ransford
Florence Riggs
Vigo County
Zelma Ransford
rela_tives
Terre Haute
Crisp
Ingersoll and
Harris
Dodd’s_ bridge
Turman
Card of Thanks to Friends and Neighbors
We thank friends and neighbors for their kindness during the sickness and death of our wife and mother. John Ross and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ross and Son
Train service schedule notices summary
No. 34 runs at 7:00 pm and 4:25 pm with No. 24 at 2:02 pm. No. 24 operates Sundays only. Nos. 21, 33 and 34 run daily. No. 94 is a mixed train running daily except Sunday.
American Woman First and Last Fellow of Royal Geographical Society
Mrs. French Sheldon of New Orleans becomes the only American and the last female fellow admitted to the Royal Geographical Society. She now lectures on the Congo, praising natives and denouncing sensational atrocity reports as exaggerated. Sheldon, also a sculptor, musician, painter, and translator, defends a science based approach to exploration and trade in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Geographical Society of
French Sheiden
Congo
Pembroke Square
West
Lend
French Sheldon
Lfe
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Postoffice May 5 1909
List of unclaimed letters at Sullivan Indiana postoffice with two week deadline before Dead Letter Office. Ladies list includes Bliss Mrs P H Grim Mrs Joseph Keller Miss Bertha Lennard Mrs Lana Wright Mrs W H Was Mrs Jas Wagoner Mrs Iva Gets list includes Bell Edgar Cash Mac Grimes Wm L Irwin Joe or Lewis Banks Manus Erney McNaeh Ab McCammon A R Mitchell Wm Scearss Samuel L. Call and say advertised when inquiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan, Ind
Money to Loan on Real Estate by Union Christian Colleges
Union Christian Colleges offers funds for first mortgages on real estate. This brief notice states they have money to loan and invites inquiries from potential borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Christian Colleges
Ed Wooden relocates billiard hall to Brazil
Ed Wooden, who formerly ran a billiard hall here, has moved his business to Brazil and will relocate his family soon. Mrs. Gertrude Rosskam and Mrs. Hazel Sherred of Philadelphia visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. Andy McClanahan, with Sherred staying a few days and Rosskam two to three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Wooden
Brazil
Gertrude Rosskam
Hazel Sherred
Philadelphia
Andy McClanahan
Sherred
Mrs
Rosskam
Local Transfers Highlight Rural Real Estate Deals
A long list of land and lot transfers is reported with 34 transactions totaling $26,416.15. Names include James Cleveland, John Robbins, Oren Russell, Albert Klick, and Adelia Leach among buyers and sellers in Jefferson, Dugger, Farmersburg, Sullivan, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Yeager Et al
Albert Klick
Turman
John L. Rogers
Amos Daniels
Combs
Dugger
G. W. Jones
E. E. Dunbar
Jefferson
Marcellus Robbins
John F. Robbins
James
Cleveland
Alexander Hiatt
Ada Ringo
Cen. C. Co
Rose Foreman
Ed Hagerman
Farmersburg
Curt Hagerman
Same
Matilda Dickey
M. A. Haddon
Winfred Reid
Mer
Sullivan
J. T. Howard
Norris Wilson
John Wilson
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Reval
Courtely
Abe
Geohert Jackson
Union
South
Douker T.rashington
Senator Tillman
White House
Duck
Iferson Township
J. A. Lisman
Kaddon Township
Man
Sulliv
Earse McNabb
Charley and
Arthur Lucas
Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
the Oddfellows and Rebekahs
Order
Mary 8
S. Jewel
Z. T. Jewel
Fairbanks Township
Mehd
Center Ridge
William A. Powell
Grace
Colorado Sprives
Colo
Homie
Us Brown
Merunmi
Games County
Vincennes
MD Plheed
Y. Sengeee
du Peciien
Shiloh
Thomas Robertson
Helen Hamilton
Carter Block
Shelburn, Lad
Graysvile
Southern
R. R
Woxtan
Free State
Clarence McComb
Douglas Chappel
Hiram Drake
Lewis Farrand
Homer Pitman
Sherman Wester
Art Weaver
Walter Adamson
George McCombs
Big Spriegs
Ella and
Josie Eno
Ray Watson
Mervin Beard
Dr. Durham
James Yeager
Mary Menning
Nellie Gray
Ethel Monk
Sylvia Medsker
Graysville
Warren Watson
Medsker Brothers
Hutsonville
A. W. Anderson
Mary K. Fabian
Fred C. Hill
Arch R. Deiss
Wilson
Carlisle
Edward W. Boston
Daniel R. Blevins
Sarah Slader
Harrison Pittman
Jacob O. Park
Scott City
N. H. Nelson
Elijah Peterson
Jackson
Ivy M. Reed
Joseph H.harper
Fairview P
James M. Moore
Ed Young Jr
McLain
Dora F. Alumbaugh
Bertha Thomas
Hamilton
Martha L. Allen
P. T. Lloyd
Oak Lawn
W. H. Hill, Jr
Filmer Bedwell
S. T. Bedwell
Thomas J. Parks
Charles T. Bennett
Cass
David al. Bedwell
Carl Bedwell
Charlies
China
Krug’s Store
Parker
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