Local notes mix illness visits and social events around town
Mrs. Will Jenkins is very ill. Bert Cox of Indianapolis spent Friday here. Many residents report health improvements and visits from relatives. The piece highlights a concert at the M E church, marriages, a store visit, and a lively description of a department store event with social anecdotes and local characters.
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Will Jenkins
Bert Cox
Indianapolis
James Lang
Grand Lodge
Ulysses Hoggatt
Eagle
Elmer Sharp
Evansville
M. E. Church
Ephriam Beasley
Terre Haute
Brookbank
Ida
Worthington
Electric Bitters touted as cure for malaria and fevers
Early advertisement claims Electric Bitters cure malaria fever ague typhoid and related illnesses. Testimonial from W A Null of Webb Indiana notes children suffered months with chills and fever before two bottles cured them. Product sold for 50 cents by Joe K Smock.
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Stanley
Livingstone
W.A. Null
Webb
Inl
Joe K. Smock
Carlisle Exchange Growth Vision for Town Subscribers
Carlisle operates a telephone exchange serving 55 subscribers including farms several miles away. The report suggests Sullivan and nearby areas could boost numbers, projecting 300 subscribers if farm residences connected. Akin family is among seven instrument subscribers.
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Carlisle
Sullivan and Vicinity
Akin’s
Six Frightful Failures Ended in Recovery Through Discovery
Six doctors warned William H. Mullen of Lockland Ohio he faced a fatal lung disease. He tried Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption and after five bottles was cured. The remedy claims to cure throat chest and lung diseases including coughs colds influenza pneumonia bronchitis asthma hay fever croup and whooping cough. 50c and 1.00 trial bottles free at Smock s drug store.
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Wm. H. Mullen
Lockland
Dr. King
Smock
Greater Columbia Se cigar advertised by Columbia Cigar Co
Smokers are urged to patronize home trade for the Greater Columbia Se cigar made in Sullivan by the Columbia Cigar Co. F R Sampson is manager. The cigars are strictly hand made with guaranteed long Havana filler and Sumatra wrapper.
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Greater Columbia
Sullivan
Columbia Cigar Co
F. R. Sampson
Mgr
Lexington editor cites arnica salve as cure for piles
Editor W. W. Barry of Lexington Tennessee describes a severe bout of piles during Mammoth Cave exploration and credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with a miraculous cure. The notice promotes a 25 cent sample at Smock's Farmers' Institute to be held Friday and Saturday at the courthouse with others invited.
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W. W. Barry
Lexington, Tenn
Mammoth Cave
Farmers’ Institute
Court House
Alsre
Excursion Rates for State Meetings and Conventions
Rail and ticket postings list round trip fares for several destinations in Indiana including Richmond LaFayette and Terre Haute for state events such as Y P S C E Pickets and State Grange Meeting and I P A Jubilee. Tickets sold late November through December with return windows extended to early December and December 15 for specific trains. Fares vary from one third fare to full round trip and are valid within 150 miles for Central Passenger Association routes.
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Richmond
Ind
Y.P
C. E
LaFayette
State Grange
W. C. Latta
Central Passenger Association
Terre Haute
Sullivan
F. P. Jeffries
G. P
T. A. H. R. Griswold
PAL
Evansville
W. W. Castro
New Crown Sewing Machine Offered By Reed's Drug and Piano House
Reed's Drug and Piano House sells the New Crown Sewing Machine at 22.50 with a perpetual guarantee and a 30 day trial. Families including Gravemier of Long & Warren and W Ed Shepherd report 15 years of durable service in Sullivan.
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Sullivan
White Bronze versus Stone in Cemetery Work Endorsement
An advertisement argues White Bronze surpasses stone for cemetery work, noting porosity, fissures, cracking, moisture absorption, moss growth, legibility of inscriptions, color retention, and single grade versus multiple stone grades. It claims scientists endorse White Bronze as everlasting and warns buyers to investigate before purchasing. A. J. Rich, agent, Shelburn.
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MND
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Geo. W. Buff
W. Paul Stratton
Buff & Stratton
Attorneys-At-Law
A‘l Legal Business
P.O
Liston & Hawking, Agents Fire, Life and Accident Insurance
Davis Block
Sullivan, Ind
David Crawley
W. H. Hill Jr
General Insurance
Sullivan State Bank
H. Stratton
West Side Square
E. R. Riggs
New Davis Block
Little Bessie Dooley
D. H. Baldwin & Co
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J. B. Vaughn
John Creager
Merom
Presbyterian Church
Rev
McGuire
Harry Ross
Eli Boles
Shelburn Vicity
E. R. Bryant
Allen Waddell
Gill Township
Oscar
Flora Short
Springfield
Ill
James A. Medaris
John Willington
Pleasantville
Francis Smith
Near
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Allen Early
Maggie Cole
Ozro Badger
The
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Burton
Orpheus
M. I
John Crawford
Roanoke
Mr. Crawford
Captain
Noah Crawford
Chaney Brothers
Paris Gazette
Nora Burnette
Edward Levings
Abbie Miles
French Willis
Rose Hoke
Oaktown
Blackwood Sisters
Pittsburg
Alfred Brokaw
Sam
Solon
U. S
Bob Knotts
Mr. Knotts
Piymad
Ed. Burton
Austin
Nicholas
Hosea Wawkins
Carlisle Exchange
GUS
GUS. Goodman
Weekly Journal Free
Journal
Sullivan County
A. A. Holmes
Sullivan Union
Atlantes
Frank Grane
Reed
A. J. Rich
Shelburn
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