Local Social Notes From Palestine and Nearby
Miss Wesley Wright of Palestine spent Sunday with her daughters attending school in town. Mrs. Hir and Bernice visited in Illinois last week. Perry Bicknellis and Roy Duffer of Terre Haute plaster Sparks new house. M E church being papered and cleaned this week. About twenty young people enjoyed Friday at Mrs. Harper’s home. Wilbur Coyner plans to build on the old mill jet. Mrs. Duffer went to the Station to help care for Mrs. Houck who has been parented for weeks. Miss Maude Annapolis of Illinois visited after college. Lulu Reed improving after illness. Mrs. Jones on sick list. New M E minister to occupy pulpit Sunday evening. Dr. Hammond to preach in college chapel Sunday morning with stereopticon views of the Holy Land postponed due to services. Mrs. Shoemaker to move into her recently purchased home. Misses Louise and Mildred Hoskinson called at the ladies hall. Misses Marie Manning and Bernice Harper visited Palestine friends. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman decided to face the music as serenaders stay for brass band music. Raley of Rose Chapel and John Raley of Merom Station visited Mrs. Cilkey Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Wright
Palestine
Hir
Bernice
Illinois
Perry Bicknellis
Roy _Duffer
Terre Haute
M. E
Hammond
College
Holy Land
Special Excursion From Terre Haute To Evansville
Sunday Oct 8 1905 special excursion from Terre Haute to Evansville with limited sale tickets. Train departs Terre Haute 7 00 am Sullivan 7 45 am Vincennes 8 35 am Princeton 9 20 am arrives Evansville 10 00 am. Return train leaves Evansville 7 30 pm. Agents T E Hoover and D H Hillman. Breeding stock for sale at four dollars fifty cents per head, two and three years old, Fairbanks Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Evansville
Sullivan
Vincennes
Princeton
T. E. Hoover
D. H. Hillman
Co. W. Scott
P Fairbanks
Ind
Marriage Licenses and Local Notices in Sullivan
A list of marriage licenses including Owen P Conklin and Edith Benefield and multiple others. Local events note Sullivan orchestra invitations for a benefit dance at Leach hall directed by W E Burton. Various land transfers and property sales recorded, with names such as Frate C Liston and Lucretia Truman among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Orchestra
W. E. Burton
Leach Hall
Left for Texas on Prospecting Trip
A party departed yesterday morning from Sullivan for Quanah Texas to prospect, led by Bailey Hawkins and Frate C. Liston, Sullivan immigration agents of the Frisco system. The group includes Thomas Hook Richard Taylor Emory J Jennings W B Taylor James Weisner Albert Irwin Philip Shute and Albert, Mrs. Joel Rusher, Mrs. James Botts, Mrs. John R Allen, Mrs. John Fisher, Oscar Engle and others headed to Anthony Kansas and other stops in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quanah
Texas
Thomas Hook
Pimento
Ichard Taylor
Emory J. Jennings
Farmersburg
W. B. Taylor
Dugger
James Weisner
Merom
Albert Irwin
Philip Shute
Albert
Joel Rusher
James Botts
Sullivan
Bailey Hawkins
Frate C. Liston
Frisco
Liquor Licenses Granted and Pension News
County commissioners granted liquor licenses to Roy Kauffman Sullivan and Thomas Denney Shelburn. A remonstrance blocked Wade H Benefield Shelburn license pending today. John H Nesvit Hamilton township denied for publication lapse. Isaac Shoffner’s pension rises to 24 dollars monthly after a review prompted by Congressman Chaney’s intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kauffman
Sullivan
Thomas Denney
Shelburn
Wade H. Benefield
John H. Nesvit
Hamilton Township
Isaac Shoffner
Sullivan Board
Washington
Bureau
Congressman Chaney
Board of Review
Sullivan Medical Board
Doctor Knapp to Visit Vincennes Friday at McCammon House
Dr. George Knapp of Vincennes will speak at the McCammon House Friday. The note adds a tease of events for the town viewed for next Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Knapp
Vincennes
McCammon
Graysville Notes on Local Moves and Deaths
Tom Woods moved to Jasper Huff farm. James Mayfield died suddenly in a Van Vieck farm field, coroner citing heart failure after heavy drinking. Remains buried at Union cemetery. Mrs. Arthur Clark died and was buried at Poplar cemetery after suffering from consumption. Mrs. Nancy Turman improving after Greencastle trip. Miss Frost hosted by Luella Yager. Newton Burton Corwin Phillips and Bert Hawkee moved. Preachers moving signals end of local movement. Rain delays road work but wheat growth is good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woods
Jasper Huff
James Mayfield
Van
Nancy Turman
Greencastle
Miss. Frost
Luella Yager
Newton Burton
Corwin Phillips
Bert Hawkee
Property transfers in Farmersburg area parcels listed
N. R. Shaffer transfers to Homer Jenkins two lots in Hays add. Chas McClanahan conveys lot 37 in E C add to Mattie Cotten. John Daniels conveys 4 acres in Cass 800 to Henry C Cummins. Joe Chrisman transfers a lot in 21livan to Robert Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos
W. Glenn
Hosea H. Hill
Shelburne
Inez
Hawkins
Sam’l M. Roseberry
W. W. Add Sullivan
Nellie Shepherd
James Norman
Cass
John W. Dicus
Henry C. Jewell
Fairbanks
W.H. Crowder
W. L. Houpt
Merom
Neds
EA Sc
J. F. Alumbaugh
J. T. Akin
Wint Grane Co
M. Cross
Hymera
Vincent Walker
Jesse Wizes
Carlisle
N. R. Shaffer
Homer Jenkins
Hays
Farmersburg
Chas. McClanahan
Mattie Cotten
E. C. Add
John Daniels
Henry C. Cummins
Joe Chrisman
Robert Morgan
Lot
Livan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Owen Patrick Conklin
Edith Trene Benefield
William G. Richardson
Minnie E. Burris
Thomas R. Crowder
Chicago
Mrs
R. H. Crowder
Ira H. Larr
Martin Badders
Jackson Township
Badders
Pccans
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Philadelphia
New York
Lucretia C. Truman
Mary G. Uffelman
North Main Street
J. R. Riggs
Lola A. Bolinger
O. L
W.P
Ind. So. Coal Co
Lucy Maskill
Elizabeth A. Cross
Levi Morris
Evansville Brewing Ass’n
Barnhart
Wint Cummins
Evans
Ferree
John W. Click
Albert Click
Turman
Pieay Ahi Ts Ek
Anna Click
Haddon
David B. npeVoe
D. H. Lovelace
Hobivan
Martha E. Berry
G. R. Hammond
W. Bonny
So. Coal Co
Nunes
Harriet M. Page
Willige Hollingsworth
Charles E. Willis
James L. Willis
Same
J.B. Biga
Clara
P. Baker
Shelt
Jos. P. Stratton
I. Add
Minerva Lloyd
Wm. Scott
Curry
James H. Fry
Anderson Sheen
W. Welman
Julius Hatry
Graysville
W.H. Hill, Jr
Sullivan Lodge of Elks
P.a.barco
Briggs
Sullivan, Ind
Dorothy Dodd
Indiana
Sullivan's Clothier
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