Pleasantville News Briefs and Local Happenings
Drs Kimberlain and Jamison of Indianapolis visit to hunt with Ralph Shepherd. Funeral of Dr Lee Shaffer in Indian Prairie. Mrs Nan Corbin in poorer health. John Browns baby shows slight improvement. Serenaders performed Saturday night. Charley Sage nears completion of his new house and plans to move next week. Wagonner and Railey Collins in the area with a corn husker. S J Bedwell and Jim Wellington report two rich coal veins found while drilling and plan to continue deeper.
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Charley Sage
Trains Information Requests Directed to Terre Haute Agent
Notices urge that inquiries about rates times and schedules be sent to D. B. Steen traveling passenger agent Terre Haute Indiana for prompt attention through direct lines connecting services and excur sions.
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D. B. Steen
Terre Haute
Ind
Minor Local Notes Include Crops and Visits
Snyder school house reports corn husking at about 50 bushels per acre as revival meetings draw large crowds. Lacey of Sullivan engages in optioning land in Fairbanks township while Dahlen plans to finish corner optioning and begin drilling at once. Community updates include sickness, visitors from Terre Haute, mail route activity, and reflections on the recent election results.
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Lacey
Sullivan
Fairbanks
The
Indianapolis News
Train Schedule Note With No Sunday Service
Listing shows Nos 1 and 2 operate daily except Sunday. Where times are not provided trains do not stop.
Notice of Final Settlement in Sullivan Court
Notice to heirs and creditors of John Devil deceased to appear in Sullivan Circuit Court Indiana on November 7 1902 to show cause why final settlement of accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk Robert Taylor seals the court. Executor John T Hays.
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John Devil
Sullivan Circuit Court
Sullivan
Indiana
Sfal
RoBert Taylor
John T. Hays
Notice to Bridge Contractors Sullivan County Indiana 1902 Bid
The Sullivan County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by 11 am on Friday November 7 1902 for the construction of an over foot wrought iron or steel bridge per plans and specifications in the Auditor's office at Sullivan Indiana. Bids require a bond signed by two resident freeholders or a surety company with resident or non resident safeguards. The board may reject all bids.
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Board of Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
Sullivan
Remarkable Vase Sighting Sparks West Virginia Inquiry
An elderly resident of Elizabeth West Virginia, W Roberts, reportedly recovered from cancer after using Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The strange tale prompts wider interest as locals investigate the cures and the products’ claimed powers for biliousness liver troubles and kidney issues. Joe K Smock, the era’s apothecary, offers 500 units guaranteed satisfaction.
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Elizabeth
W.va
W. Roberts
Jony
Univ 500
Joe K. Smock
Notice to Creditors of Fred Wall Estate in Sullivan Court
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Fred Wall deceased to appear in Sullivan Circuit Court Sullivan Indiana November 7 1902 to show cause why final settlement should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares affixed October 4 1992 Clerk Robert Taylor Administrator Charles E Wall Buff Stratton attorney
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Fred Wall
Sullivan Circuit Court
Sullivan
Indiana
New Life Pill Promises Relief for Ailments
An advertisement touts a pill claimed to cure indigestion fever constipation and other ailments. It features a jab about youth not respecting elders and cites a Dr King's New Life Pill product with a 25 cent price at a drug store.
Notice to Non-Residents in Sullivan Circuit Court Case
The notice lists William D. Griswold and Gabriel Manuel as defendants with unknown heirs and kin, all nonresidents of Indiana, and warns they must appear in the Sullivan Circuit Court by January 1 1908 to answer the complaint. The document is signed by Clerk Robert Taylor and attorneys Nesbit & McNabb on October 25 1903.
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Wm D. Griswold
William D. Griswold
Griswold
Unknoown
William DD. Griswold
Griswod
Gabriel Manuel
Manuel
Nesbit and
McNabb
Indiana
Sullivan
Robert Taylor
Nesbit & McNabb, Attys
Excursion and Winter Tourist Rates by E and T H R R
Railway bulletin lists Thanksgiving one and one third fare round trips for Central Passenger Association territory within 150 miles, various city sales and return limits in 1902, plus winter south tourist rates and colonist one way fares. Details cover Indiana Illinois Kentucky New Orleans and multiple conventions with specific sale dates and return deadlines.
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Central Passenger Association
Chicago
Il S
Tribune Bldg
Cor
Dearborn
Madison Sts
Winslow
Ind
Convention of Missionary Society
Church of Christ of Indiana
Indiana
Shiloh
Paducah
Danville
Tenn
H. R. Re
New Orleans
National Hardware Association of the United States
American Hardware Manufacturers Association
Homeseekers
B and O Way Schedule Details From Vincennes to St Louis
Corrected November 17 1901 schedule notes morning departures from Vincennes at 8 08 am with arrivals in St Louis by 11 55 am. Day trains offer Parlor Observation and Dining Cars while night trains include Pullman Drawing Room keepers. For rates and sleeping car info contact agents or W P Townsend Vincennes or O P McCarty Cincinnati.
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Vincennes
St. Louis
W. P. Townsend
Ind
O. P. McCarty
Cincinnati
Grand Entertainment at Bass Auditorium Nov 14
A Grand Entertainment will be held at the Bass Auditorium Thursday evening Nov 14 under the Junior C E of the Christian Church. The program includes musical selections pantomimes and tableaux. General admission 26 cents reserved seats 10 cents extra. A thoroughly artistic entertainment.
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Bass Auditorium
C. E. of the Christian Church
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