Mrs Lucia Wolfe Dies After Short Illness in Indiana
Mrs Lucia Wolfe wife of Thos J Wolfe died Sunday morning at the family home on South Main street after a four day illness. Born September 9 1837 in Monroe County she was nearly 70. Funeral at the Christian church at 4 pm conducted by Elder William J Gorrell and Elder Mermott Miller with burial at Center Ridge. Mrs Wolfe related to Kate Chase Sprague daughter of Salmon P Chase and former Chief Justice of the United States. Other local notes include Haddon township graduation address by J G Chaney and Farmersburg commencement June 10 at Central Christian church, cement sidewalks on Fifth street, and Route No 4 to be shortened to 18 miles.
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Lucia Wolfe
Thos. J. Wolfe
South Main Street
Wolfe
Monroe County
Thomas J. Wolfe
Christian Church
The
William J. Gorrell
Canton
Ohio
Mermott Miller
Center Ridge
Kate Chase Sprague
Salmon P. Chase
the Treasury
Lincoln
United States Supreme Court
Smith
Ttn
J. H. Mavity
Haddon Township
Providence Church
Paxton
Farmersburg
Central Christian Church
John G Chaney
Sullivan
Fifth Street
Post Office Department
Etta Terry
Terre Haute
Mollie Kendall
Joe Shewmaker
Fred Hammack
Robert Allen
Mr. Allen
John H. Allen
Press Pounds
Pimento
Lydia Moore
James Crawford
Adley Carruthers
Hosea Stewart
Nettie Bennett
Emma Marlow
Montgomery
Dr. Bennett
Eva
Tom Baster
Nye’s
Lee Lanter
Prairieton
Steve Brown
Near Nye
Thirsa Wood
William Pierce
Sam DeBaun
Sam Athey
Oblong
Ill
Terre Haute Residents Visit and Local Real Estate Transfers
Local society notes show many Terre Haute residents visiting relatives in the area with numerous Sunday gatherings. The column lists numerous home visits, church events, and social engagements alongside a long section detailing real estate transfers in Curryville, Hamilton, and nearby areas involving Terre Haute Transit and Land Co. and multiple buyers and parcels.
Weather of a Week May Twenty First to Twenty Seventh
May weather report by Maurice Yeager covers 21 to 27 with daily temperatures and rainfall. Observations show varied conditions from partly cloudy to clear and cloudy spells.
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Maurice Yeager
Local Bits Tell of Moves and Matches in Caledonia
Saturday notices say Thomas Chambers and family moved to the country about one and a half miles away. James Shanks and children visited their parents. Many locals are leaving Caledonia while Roscoe White and family return from Fountainette. A ballad titled Where the Silvery Choirea Wends its Way impressed listeners. Jack Wright plans to make pick handles in retirement. Cubs game prompts apple putter paddles for Roscoe. Wrestling fanfare looms as Dave Thompson and Amp Wright face off for a purse and Dukes. Field Christy rumored to challenge the winner. The piecemeal bread diet over five weeks inspires a humorous verse about flour shortages and austere mornings.
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Thomas.Chambers
James Shanks
Gilmour
Caledonia
Roscoe White
Grandma White
Fountainette
Loose
John Collins
Jack Wright
Jack
Cubs
Mildred
Christy
Local Churchgoers Share Sunday Visits In Cool Weather
West area residents including Joe Rusher and wife, John Shipman and wife, Elmer Hill and wife, and Floyd Rusher joined churchgoers at Palmer's Prairie this Sunday. Nearby helpers and neighbors called on friends, while improvements continue at the old school house used for church purposes. A store ad promotes Dr Shoop Health Coffee Imitation as a coffee substitute, sold by T B Shaffer.
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Joe Rusher
John Shipman
Palmer’s Prairie
Elmer Hill
Floyd Rusher
Charles Tipton
Harry Boles
Ada Ford
George Ferree
Herschel Hawkins
Josie Hawkins
John Hawkins
Mary Price
Herschel Hawking
Dr. Shoop
T. B. Shaffer
Pax ton Notes Married Pair and Local Events
Mrs Ed Pirtle and Mrs Arman Snyder visited Mrs Sam Bland in Oaktown last week. The wedding of Rollin Willis and Pearl Combes occurred with Rev Ryan officiating and a three course luncheon. A Terreh Haute funeral brought Ollie Conard to Pax ton. The M B Sunday school plans June 8 ice cream supper for church funds. Preventics cold remedy promotes at Shaffer store with Terre Haute cream and no quinine.
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Vincennes
Ollie Conard
Terre Haute
Louis Mason
M. EB
Paxton
Local notes from Sullivan area report visits and movings
Reno resident William Hinkle Massey passes through Sullivan en route to Merom for commencement and visits with friends and relatives. Others include Fraternal Order of Eagles members M. A. Haddon and wife returning from South Bend, and various movements among local residents, hospital updates, and a marriage license for Calvin Fenner and Myrtle French.
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William Hinkle Massey
Reno
Nev
Sullivan
Merom
L. S. Byers
Richmond Byers
G. R. Hammond
A M. Ward
David Stewart
Pipher
Perry D. Green
Vincennes
Greene
Charles Gilmour
Union
Glendora
Indiana Southern Mines
Vigo
Epsey Bridwell
Bedford
Nina Bridwell
Fay Eaton
Robinson, Ill
Mesha Eaton
Joshua Ernest
Indianapolis
George Lyons
Chrisman
Ill
Lyons
Thomas Lyons
James M. Billman
West
Thomas J. Wolfe
Ransom W. Akin
Hay Market
Virginia
John A. Mattix
J. P. Stratton
Battle Creek
Mich
W. W. Harbaugh
Zelma
W. T. Mellott
Melott
Ind
Sullivan Telephone Company
Marion Shade
James E. Speake
Carlisle
Plainfield
Will Akin
Pittsburg
W. J. Curtner
Harold E. Speake
Los Angeles
California
Ogle
Calvin P. Fenner
Cincinnati
Myrtle French
Merom Station
Fenner
Miss French
Ed P. French
Indian Nurse to Visit Shelburn Representing Portland Medicine Co
The great Indian Nurse will tour Shelburn starting June 1 for eight weeks in Bolinger Johnson block to treat consumption and chronic illnesses free of charge. Memorial Day on the 30th will be led by the nurse and Shelburn Concert Band. Sullivan, Union and the Tetre Haute Daily Star.
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Shelburn
Portland, Oregon
Hitch rack dispute sparks Sullivan county injunction
In Sullivan county readers discuss removal of hitch racks around the Court House. Letters from Carlisle and others urge keeping the racks or changing the square’s appearance. Farmers warn removal would raise hitching costs and affect trade.
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Palestine
Sullivan
Sullivan County
Court House
Jasper County
Moore
Graysville
S. P Godfrey
Curry Township
Carlisle
Ind
Editors
W. J. Settles
Turman township convention program at Graysville church
The Turman township Sunday schools set June 2 at the Graysville Methodist church with programs led by Rev. Mount Tabor and Rev. Hogan Graysville. Includes multiple school recitations, songs, addresses, and a concluding benediction. officers listed.
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The
Sunday Schools
Turman Township
Methodist Church
Graysville
Ceeeesesaacres
McMichael Oerenee
Dodds Bridge Sonz
Cee
Ceese Ee Cereeer
Mary Phillips Savi
Saale Ag Bere
Nellie Moore
Oec
Hogan
Anna Munden
Sullivan sparks win over West Terre Haute Trolley League
Sullivan pitched well and made key plays as Sul livan helped the team defeat West Terre Haute 9 to 6 at West Terre Haute Sunday. Burson stole home in the eighth inning and double plays by Barton Hudson and Skelton highlighted the game despite poor weather and limited attendance.
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Sullivan
West Terre
Howe
Shanks
Burson
Jacobs
Skelton
Nichols E. Stewart
Stewart
Skidwell
Compton
Kirkham
Casey Beats Shelburn 11 Inning Classic 1 0
Casey Tigers edged Shelburn 1 to 0 in 11 innings at Shelburn Indiana. Huston made a sensational running catch for the visitors as both clubs totaled four hits. Edmonds worked six strikeouts with two walks while Stephenson fanned six for Casey. Attendance about 1 000.
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Casey
Shelburn
Ind
Huston
Terre Haute Beats Clinton 5 4 In Ninth Inning
Terre Haute edged Clinton 5 to 4 on May 26 in Terre Haute. Bachman homered with a two-bagger to seal the win in the ninth after a tight pitchers' duel. Bachman and Schmidt connected for Terre Haute while Hickman and Harrison worked Clinton's battery in a low scoring contest.
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Terre Haute
Cinton
Clinton
Bachman
Bachman and Schmidt
Hickman and Harrison
Two Big Games Set For Decoration Day Clash
Clin ton is hailed as the top Trolley League team but local rivals promise a bold defense. The 3 30 start marks a watershed in the holiday contest. Saturday the Star Bloomer girls baseball team meets Sullivan, with a parade and a band leading before the 2 30 call.
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Clinton
Star Bloomer Girls
Sullivan
Star Girls
Decoration Day Games and Showdowns Next Sunday
Local athletic card lists Clinton at Sullivan Shelburn at Terre Haute W Terre Haute at Casey with Sullivan Casey matchups and Shelburn at Terre Haute on the slate. An adjacent note discusses alcohol and narcotics as a disease and praises Dr Crowley for treatment.
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Clinton
Sullivan
Casey
Shelburn
Terre Haute
W. Terre Haute
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P. Chase
Robert Stewart
Canonsburg
William Collins
Elsa Lash
A. M. Couchman
Fletcher’s Chapel
Thomas J. Wallis
Gon Charley
Zion and Hebardsville
Anderson
Terre Haute L. & T. Co
Currysville
Chas
B. Bolinger
Wilmore D. Cain
Chas. W. Welman
Terre Haute T. & L. Co
Hamilton
Chas H. Edwards
Clyde C. King
Henry L. Peyton
Jackson
Preston Johnson Et. al
Jas
R. Stone
Cass
Preston V. Johnson
D. A. Cochran
David E. Stewart
Thompsons
Shoop
Racine
Wis
Preventics
Ae, Sullivan
Union and the
Tetre Haute
Star
Norning
Stivers
Marshal Willis
Constable Watson
Thomas Ingle
Robinson
Illinois
Turman S. S.convention
Mount Tabor
Elizabeth Burnett
Pres
Marion Shields
Creight Patton
Pec
Jesse Ransford Treas
Ira M. Abrams
William A. Lambright
Ernest H. Sahn
Noland B. Stadley
George G. Patterson
Earnest G. Patterson
Shelburn Telephone Company
Ellen R. Howard
Sarah J. Shake
Guardian
Esta Dulaney
Charles Dulaney
Charles Leich & Co
John A. Barbie
Mattie Barbie
the Menz Lumber Company
Hix W. Davis
Sarah C. Rich
Homer G. Rich
George W. Phillipps
Sullivan County Loan Association
Samuel E. Bryan
Mary Mitchell
John Mitchell
Herman Hulman
Anton Hulman
Herman Hulman Jr
Joseph Goodman
S. H. Couch Company
Citizens’ State Bank of Farmersburg
Charles Herz
Hattie Bledsoe
Pennsylvania and
Indiana Coal Company
Oscar B
Cochran
Deering Coal. Company
Sullivan Union
Terre Haute Daily Star
Jacob Foraker
Mary Hay
John McDaniel
Rosa A. Mahan
Rollie Willis
Pearl Combes
David Campbell
Alice V. Moore
Myrtle M. French
Wade H. Ford
Fannie Underhill
Herbert Criss
Pearl Si. Wialey
Alpha E. Forbes
Inn All
Pleasantville
Carlisle Co
Pleasantville Co
W. L. Long
Pleasantville Telephone Co
Morca
Sanborn
Freelandville
Dugger
Switz City
Fritchland
Bruceville
Hymera
Lewis
Central Union
Marco
Sullivan Co
Carlisle Telephone Co
John Whipps
William Trimble
Trimble
Whipps
Carlisle Co’s
Pleasantville Exchange
Carlisle Exchange
Carlisle News
Hay Ali
Crowley
Ry Crowley
Trolley League
Pet
Clinton Crey
Casey See
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