Personal News and Local Happenings in Sullivan County
Mrs. C. R. Piety of Oblong I11 visited her parents near Graysville last week. Township assessors wind up as the assessment period ends Saturday. William Burnett of Mt. Tabor spoke in town noting a Bullivan county snow storm forty three years ago. Burnett’s daughter Lizzie, once a local teacher, improved after moving to Colorado Springs. Daniel Langdon of Sidney Ohio, a former Sullivan resident, returned home. Harry and Mrs. Thompson, recently in old Mexico, came back. Mrs. Thompson visits Terre Haute parents while Mr. Thompson visits local relatives.
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C. R. Piety
Graysville
William Burnett
Farner
Mt. Tabor
Union
Burnett
Bullivan County
Sullivan
M. E
Harry Thompson
Old Mexico
Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder ad catchphrase
An advertisement promoting Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder for painful swollen sweaty feet, bunions, and blistered toes. It claims to relieve stinging and irritation from new shoes and notes a 25 cent price, with widespread availability.
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Allen
A Bad Taste Perhaps Did You Notice Framely Crowd Changes
A reflective column muses on how crowds appear different on varying days and whether perception changes any assumed meaning. The author notes the oddity and questions if personal interpretation shifts with mood or context.
Sullivan City Enumeration Shows 1081 Children Gain
Enumeration of Sullivan city completed by Superintendent Park Charles EK shows 1081 school children, up from 1026 last year, a gain of 55. Township tallies report a net loss of 137 after comparing 1909 and 1910 figures, with total gain 34 and total loss 171. Notice also announces county infirmary bid call and board of review meeting.
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Park Charles EK
Crawley
Curry
C.eaa Hand
Fairbanks
Ga Sit
Haddon
Hamilton
Jackson
Jefferson
Turman
This Will Interest Mothers
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children claim to cure feverishness headaches and teething disorders while moving and regulating the bowels and destroying worms. They break up colds in 24 hours and are sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
Palestine Plans I O O F Fourth Celebration
Palestine to celebrate the Fourth with an I O O F event at Leaverton Park. All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are invited. Palestine lodge of Odd Fellows will dedicate its new hall during the observance.
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Palestine
Leaverton Park
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Palestine Lodge of Odd Fellows
A Great Artist Inspires on a Small Canvas
A reflection on how a master painter can create a striking image within a limited frame. The excerpt praises artistry, skill, and restraint, noting that size need not limit expression or impact.
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Charley Dudley Warner
Dedication Planned for Holiness Church in Sullivan
A Holiness church in north Sullivan prepares for dedication May 29 after years of possession and debt. Rev Geo Huff of Hope Indiana and the Meyers family of Shelbyville lead meetings with presiding elders W G Bogue and D C Shearer in attendance. Denominational lines are not known and all are welcome.
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Holiness Church
North Sullivan
Sullivan
Geo. Huff
Hope, Ind
Meyers
Shelbyville
Perry Davis' Painkiller in 25 35 and 50 cent bottles
Summer complaint and bowel trouble are eased with Perry Davis' Painkiller kept in the home. Available in 25c 35c and 50c bottles for household use.
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Perry Davis
Ade’s Banquet Speech Defends Associated Press Role
At a New York banquet of the Associated Press and the American Newspaper Publishers Association, George Ade praised the AP as a steady and behind the scenes institution. He recalled early journalism, criticized modern commercial pressures, and urged a return to publisher independence while stressing editor and reader relations.
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New York
Associated Press
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
George Ade
Ade
A. P
Father
Chicago
Victor F. Lawson
Auditorium Hotel
Corn Belt
Western College
Advertised letters in Sullivan Indiana 1910
List of unclaimed letters at the Sullivan Indiana postoffice May 11 1910 with two week deadline before sending to the Dead Letter Office. Names include Mrs Alfred T Cory Haley Susie Lehman and others plus the Sullivan Co Coal Company. One cent due on each letter.
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Sullivan, Ind
Cory
Alfred T. Haley
Susie
Lehman
Maggie
List
White paint urged for rural post boxes and posts
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General urges rural delivery patrons to paint boxes and posts white for weather protection and uniform identification as United States mail boxes. Names and box numbers should be painted in black block letters two inches high. Road officials should mark crossroads posts with the destination town and directional indicator.
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Department
United States
A. A. Holmes
P. M
Fairbanks School Building Progressing With Statues
Fairbanks Indiana reports a new school building under construction with plans to erect bronze statues upon completion. The piece commends the township trustees for progress while critiquing opposing views and dismissing hostile rumors.
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Fairbanks
Ind
Real estate catalog offers wide Sullivan county farms and trades
40 acres in Jefferson township near school and church with fair buildings and cultivation. Many tracts priced per acre from 60 to 235 acres in Gill and Sullivan townships with coal sold. Houses, barns, orchards within easy terms. 120 acres near Merom. 113 acres southwest of Sullivan with new barn. Merchandise in mining town offered for trade. 365 acres southwest of Sullivan for sale or trade. Multiple city and county properties listed with exchange options. Sullivan oil-boom note and investment urgency.
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Jefferson Township
Gill Township
Sullivan
Old House
Rock Road
Merom
Farmersburg
Newton County
Indiana
Daviess County
Missouri
Graysville
Ind
Sullivan County
Carlisle
Hymera
North Main Street
East Beech Street
East Washington Street
Highland Park
Impertinent exchange in implied Sunday school scene
A playful insult between a missionary and a child hints at tensions in a church setting. The line reveals social dynamics and humor within a community, with a remark about heaven and behavior suggesting ongoing moral conversations.
On the Road All Season Adtorine and Ditto Speak
The brief exchange notes two speakers on travel. one mentions being on the road all season while the other says they walked from San Francisco.
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Adtorine
San Francisco
Best Bruise Treatment Emphasizes Wet Cloth Application
Guidance for bruise care favors water based remedies with hot or cold applications. For large swellings it is advised to keep a wet cloth firmly on the affected area, secured by hand or bandage for a period.
The Editor Had to Laugh Card Caption
A reader note from the De your-Bedford Free Press recounts a humorous wall card in a physician’s office about the stork and duck legs, concluding with the line you can’t change nature, so why worry.
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Bedford
Free Press
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Auditor’s Office
Slonday
L. O. Turnbull
J. E. Driver
J. A. Mattix
Ben C. Crowder
Board OF Review
County Board of Review
Washington
Wilbur F. Storey
Edward W. Bok
Brown County
Beecher
J. T. Gantz
R. A. Howe
Edwin
Hoskinson
B. O. Hamilton
Thomas
Jarred Clyde
Ketcham
David
O'Dell
E. 8
Reisine
J. A. Ward
C. B. Sullivan
Coal Company
Oxfords
Julius Hatry Shoe DO
SALE
HOTEL
Davis Block
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