Ancient Mounds In Sullivan County Reveal Forgotten Races
Sullivan county holds conical sepulcher mounds along the Wabash river in Turman and Fairbanks townships. Excavations uncover massive skeletons, strange pottery, and war implements suggesting a large ancient people worshiped as gods or used the mounds for fortification and burial.
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Sulivan County
Wabash River
Turman
Fairbanks
Domin
Onder
Hunt
MM. Drake
Merom
Wabash ‘S
Aztlan
F. W. Putnam
Sullivan County
Merom Society Notes and Local Events
The Merom column records social visits and upcoming performances including a music recital by Lara Hoskinson and Lorin McHenry and an elocution event in June. It notes Mr. Coyner’s Ohio trip, visits by Mrs. Wilson of Carlisle, and other residents traveling to Sullivan Paxton and New Lebanon. Walter Gettinger’s cow tragedy and Emra Wright’s new rural route post are listed among local happenings.
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Tamar Strain
Staffordshire
Lara Hoskinson
Lorin McHenry
Coyner
Ohio
Mrs. Wilson
Carlisle
Ollie
John Correll
Grover Layton
Paxton
Everett West
Sullivan
Ross Turman
Reid Wilson
Arthur Campbell
Palestine
Ill
Mrs. Dancy
Bud Hurst
Katsonville
Ilinois
Allie Watson
Big Springs
Merom
Prof. Hatten
Mr. Parsons
Miss Lloyd
Middletown
Stella Wilson
Esmeralda
Real Estate Transfers Record From Cass County
Compiled by W H Hill Jr Abstracter lists transfers including Jacob Fry to W W Fry 1 acre Cass County and Harriet B Steffy to Eva B Blevins lot 101 Carlisle. W A McClosky to Jane Clark lot 3 West 5th add Hymera. Mary L Brentlinger to Roland T Walker 100 acres Haddon. multiple entries for lots and tracts in Farmersburg, Hymera, Sullivan, Cass, and Hamilton with transfers to various individuals and entities totaling 71 transfers and a recorded value of $63 14.
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Mary L. Brentlinger
Roland T. Walker
A. Haddon
Harriett B. Steffy
Eva B. Blevins
Carlisle
Em. Hazelrigg
Same
Curry
A. T. Hazelrigg
John S. Hazelrigg
Pascal S. Hill
Jos
R. B. Hill
S. W. Cummins
Mary E. Martin
Jos. O'Neal
J. R. Riggs
Wm. Riges
Wm. M. Riley
J. R. Sharp
J. Lora E. Taylor
Samuel Taylor
Francis Woodsmiall
Geo. G. Wilkins
Sarah J. Weaver
E - Silver Chaney
Minnie B. Nash
Holloway
Sullivan
C. C. Heisen
Frank Eisner
C. Cos
Shelburn
Francis J. Webb
C. W. Welman
Murder Plot Tangles Family in Lee County Killing
A Lexington report details a Virginia area murder in which Amy Flincham May and her father Henry Flincham allegedly conspired with Joe and Fred Colburn to kill John May, her husband. The body was found in a ravine after suspects were examined, with May’s widow held for grand jury and trial looming.
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Lee County
Lexington
Cincinnati Enquirer
Robinson
Beattyville
Fohn
Amy Flincham
Daugh
Ter
Henry Flincham
May
Joe Colburn
Flinchams
Colburn
Flincham
Vrincham
Fred Colburn
Colburns
Finnesham
Asu
Eren
Itiseners
Tar
Song Tragedy Behind Vaudeville Encore Death
An audience at a New York vaudeville theater watched a young man shoot himself after a moving ballad performance. The shooting caused pandemonium among largely female attendees. police removed the body and the show resumed minutes later.
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Sceies
New York
Muuray
Tie
Volver
Hurgely
Justified Dietetic Habits by Modern Science
The Boston Cooking School Magazine argues several common eating habits have scientific backing. It explains butter with bread provides needed fat, milk in tea aids protein use, and vinegar or lemon with salads aids digestion by breaking down cellulose.
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Memorial Realis
Axiess
Boston Cooking School Magazine
A Nursery Device The Baby Walker Multitask Aid
A Baby Walker combines seating for the infant with toys and a pull along action. It offers safety through supportive harnesses and a lowered weight bearing frame while providing hours of play and motherly relief.
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Staircase
Hercules
For Sale Top Buggy Auction Ad
For sale top buggy offered for 35 dollars. Inquiries directed to Sullivan State Bank. Listing appears in the 44-11-p column.
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Sullivan State Bank
A Simple Floor Treatment from an Old Plank Show
A guide describes cleaning a floor, drying it, and applying coal oil with a cloth. It advises mixing two quarts of boiled oil with beeswax, heating until melted, and brushing onto warm oil for a glossy grain without heavy maintenance.
Planked Shad Recipe Described for Plank Cooking
The method instructs to plank shad on a heated thick hardwood board. Split the fish down the back and place the skin against the board. Butter, salt, and pepper are rubbed on, then the fish is cooked for thirty minutes in a hot oven. Serve at table with parsley and lemon slices.
Fragmentary clipping notes perilous era and figures
The unreadable fragment references perilous times with unclear numbers and persons. It mentions districts or regions and a large figure in politics or statistics, but lacks coherent detail to confirm names or events.
Novel hatpin designs feature scroll work and stones
The article highlights hatpins with open scroll work as a design, topped by one or two stones, showcasing decorative elements and craftsmanship.
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F. W. Day
M. E
Mrs. Randolph
Prof
Mrs. Atkinson
Nelson van Cleave
Farmersburg
Bessie Harris
Sindianapolis
Young Woman’s Christian Association
The
Ben Hur’s
N. Ethel Springer
Emra Wright
Marcus Root
George Hunt
Gene Boone
Frank Jackson
Clinton
W.H. Hill, Jr
Jacob Fry
W. W. Fry
Cass
A.J. Bentlinger
W. A. McClosky
Jane Clark
Wm. E. Tucker
Leacey E. Ron
Haddon
Peter Eee
P. Tucker
Mary J. Tucker
J. R. Rigg
Pearl Pierce
O. L
Wint Cummins
Susan Beckett
W. A. C. Cos
Ladd Hymera
Hymera Mbe
D.E. Shipley
Hamilton
R. A. Baldridge
Jacob Freed
Ella
Jenkins
Aee G. Roberts
Hill
Mallie Stuck
Charles McClanahan
Joe E. McCroskey
E. G. Farmersburg
Louisa J. Ring
Laura J. Batson
Jackson
James E. McCroskey
Lee Giles
E. G
aiGot Maud Dear
W.h.crowder
Ben and
Sam Hummell
Harrison Hawkins
Welman
Mary EB. Waggoner
F.c.liston
Land Cass
Pektra
Fred W. Jones Jr
Walter P. Hill
Land Curry
Reese Wee Esane
Tanes
John K. Pirtle
Loetta Lund
John W. Nead
Nathan Phenis
Mary E. Binz
Charles Nicholson
Ed W. Thompson
W. McHugh
McMilliot Shelburn Ow
Dawson G. Banks
Rosa D. Moore
Frank Allen
Leroy F. Fanson
Shayne
N. H. Hinkle
Jno
L. Williams
Louisa Gregg Et. al
Mary J. Tipton
Huston Bates
James H. Pateland
Abel Pete Obe
Samp Weatherman
Elijah Breck
Lot Ie
Hymera
Ee Eee
Elijah Brock
Thomas W. Bedwell
May Stratton
Jacob Bulman
Barns
Fred W. Jones
Cutys
J.K. Dering
J. H.C. M. & Transfer Co
Hannah H. French
Wm. A. White
Riverton
Levi Gambill
New Linton Coal Co
ACTES
P.graham
Jland
Teressa
Mullane
Louisa M. Lighter
S Ad. Sullivan
King Hamilton
George Geaines
Ed W. Akin
Ira O. Snider
Richard Meak
Tye Ronan
Lon Bolinger
JO. L. DeLashmutt
Ira W. Gray
Arley A
Burton
Felix G. Faught
N. B. Davis
Sad
Henry Hodges
Elmer Wence
R. P. Beckett
Geo. F. Sulton
Ad. Hymera
W.H. Bennett
M.C. Beinbridge
Samuel Douglas
Alto
M. Ue
Bainbridg
Virgil Bennett
M. C. Bainbridge
Song
Danbury Cross
Robert Hunter
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