The Automobile Wins Over Mary Rossiter at Supper
John Rossiter battles with his wife Mary over buying a car. After a day of dusty roads and failed repairs, a dealer plans a family ride that convinces Mary and John to purchase the automobile on terms. Their children feel the excitement as Tibbie hums the idea of a new machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rossiter
Tibbie
John
Mary
Rossiter
Jerry
Stevens
Fuller
Clemmens
Clemens
Budd
Mrs. Rossiter
LICKSKILLET ITEMS From Bloomington Star
In Bloomington Star column Lickskillet items note local oddities and anecdotes. Mention of three Campbellites, a near-deal ruined by a wife, and a city election moving to next year. Local residents seen at Martinsville and Indianapolis events with humor about family and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington Star
Bill Blithers
Martinsville
Jim Bledsoe
Indianapolis
Ed Spivins
Gas traction plowing outfit wowed Sullivan County
A leading local farmer, William Jones, added a gas traction plow to his 1800 acre operation. The Avery Co. 20 hp engine plowed five 8 inch deep plows, drawing crowds from arrival to work. Observers cite gas tractor superiority for farming, signaling broader adoption soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery Co
Peoria
William Jones
Sullivan County
Transfer Church Disbands Polish Protestant Society
The Polish Protestant society formed here a couple of years ago has disbanded. The church property in Hessen addition is turned over to Rt. Rev. Chatard, bishop of the Indianapolis diocese. The building will be lengthened 20 feet to increase seating and prepared for regular services by Father Sprigler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polish Protestant Society
Hessen Addition
Chatard
Indianapolis
Father Sprigler
Shelburn Enterprise
Remains of Mrs. E. J. Harvey Brought to Merom for Burial
The former Merom woman died last week at her daughter’s home in Oberlin Ohio. Her remains were brought to Merom Thursday for burial. She lived in Merom about 25 years ago and was the widow of Dr. Harvey. She ran a boarding house for many years for young ladies attending the local college before the dormitory was built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom
E. J. Harvey
George P. Gray
Oberlin
Ohio
Civil War Dispatches Reach 1863 Virginia and Tennessee
Reports detail Union and Confederate movements across Virginia and Tennessee. Highlights include Port Hudson attacks, Vallandigham’s arrest, Banks and Johnson operations, Cincinnati sinking, Fort Hudson clashes, and raids into Alabama, Kentucky, and Missouri with prisoners, cattle, and large loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Corcoran
Norfolk and Petersburg
Virginia
Cumberland River
Fishing Creek
Germantown
Miss
McCrellis
Senatobia
Tallahatchie River
Murfreesboro
King Lincoln
Canton
Ohio
Burnside
Fort Warren
Lincoln
Attorney firms listed in Henderson business notices
Walter F. Wood and Obas D. Hunt are noted as attorneys at law with offices above Asrey's Store. Gilbert W. Gambill of Hunt & Gambill also maintains an office over National Bank at the corner of Washington and Main streets, promising careful and prompt attention to all business entrusted to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Wilder
Murfreesboro
Tenn
McMinnville
Breckinridge
F. M. Cornyn
Corinth
Miss
Alabama
United States
America
Mr. Roebuck
Joseph E. Brown
Georgia
Joseph K. Johnson
Jackson
George W. Buff
W. P. Stratton
Citizens Trust Building
N. Side
Isaac H. Kalley
Sullivan State Bank
John C. Chaney
Citizens Trust
A. G. McNabb
Citizens Trust Co
Walter F. Wood
Asrey's Store
Obas
D. Hunt
Gilbert W
Lee F. Bays
North Side Square
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Vs. Motor
Roy West
Sears-Roebuck
Squire Hansford
Arminta Jones
Tomcat
Doc McFadden
Si Plum
Barnum
Johnny Spruceby
Memorial Day Committee
Hymera
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
Methodist Church
B. F. Julian
Miners
Jack Harmon
Ruth Cummins
Georgia Stewart
Faye Beckett
Mary Ring
Ruth Dutton
Elsie Dutton
Mabel Atkinson
W. J. Williams
John A. Ward
John Duckworth
Lafe Brock
Port Hudson
Banks
Callioux
Crowder
Cincinnati
Vicksburg
Bache
Porter
Highth
Illinois Cavalry
Clendenin
Army of the Potomac
Rappahannock
Potomac
Fredericksburg
North
Massachusetts
Boston
Walford
National
Kentucky
Somerset
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Banshee
Wilmington
N.C
Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry
Doniphan
Vermont
Thoroughfare Gap
Stuart
Farleigh
Reed
Lake Providence
Mississippi
Kansas Volunteers
Louisiana Colored
Moon Lake
Alexandria
Kettle Run
Warrenton Junction
Maryland
Lee
Harper’s Ferry
New York Volunteers
Albany
Carthage
Twenty-sixth
Newark
N. J
Vallandigham
Tappahannock
Rappahannock River
Lincoln County
Missouri
Place County
Alert
Navy Yard
Monticello
Cornyn
Roddy
Florence
L. A. Stewart
Art Dentistry
West Washington &T
C. F. Briggs
Walter N. Thompson
J. W. Lindley
Hays & Hays
W. L. Laurent
Shelburn
Ind
A. Price
Hunt's Drug Store
West Side
Jas. R. Brown J
Schroeder, Brown & Schroeder
T. Howard
Indiana Veterinary College
Parks & Knotts Livery Barn
Sullivan
J. F. Scherb Insurance Real Estate and
Hunt & Gambill Sullivan
George Knapp
Vincennes Davis House
M. A. Haddon Real Estate
Watson’s
H. T
Alston
Raleigh
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