Township News Notes and Social Visits
Mrs Lydie Woodard spent Thursday with sister Mrs Charlie Lovelace at Shelburn. Many local residents visited relatives and neighbors including Moonlight runs to Terre Haute and Sullivan. Orville DeBaun returned from a seven day furlough at Washington Barracks while others shared visits and farm reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydie Woodard
Charlie Lovelace
Shelburn
Hamit Boone
Evansville
Wm. Jewell
Alva Marts
Wallace Reed
Jerry Barcus
Wm. Ferree
Sullivan
Chester Woodard
Tommie Lloyd’s
Mary Arnett
Mary McCarty
Hosie Weaver
Marjorie
Etta Hood
Terre Haute
Marie Marts
Luther Marts
Jane Wilson
Melvin Bennett
Sam Taylor
Elmer Taylor
Oral Harris
Malcolm
Opie McKinney
Barnett Jewell
Oral Owens
Hazel
Floyd Taylor
Dora Taylor
Marie
Wm. Bennett
Flossie
Blanche Downs
Orville DeBaun
Washington Barracks
Marvin DeBaun
Buchanan Watson
Prairie Creek
C. M. Welsh
Robie Starkey
Catarrhal Deafness Contraindicated by Local Treatments
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local ear applications and must be treated by a constitutional remedy. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine, offering $100 for cases not cured, with a contact address for F. J. Cheney & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Coe
Poledo
Holmeses Visit Shelburn for Father’s Visit
Mr and Mrs Rollie Holmes went to Shelburn Sunday to visit Mrs Holmes father Supt Porter moved into the Pounds property Monday Mr and Mrs Porter formerly lived in Terre Haute Mr and Mrs Will Albee Mrs Bert Myles and Mrs Clara Scott attended the funeral of Clyde Wells re Haute Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollie Holmes
Shelburn
Mrs. Holmes
Supt
Porter
Pounds
Terre Haute
Will Albee
Bert Myles
Clara. Scott
Clyde Wells
Re Haute
Quote on merit over politicians from Jefferson era
A historic remark extols the value of practical achievement over political meddling. It imagines a citizen improving land by growing two ears of corn or two blades of grass where one existed, arguing such work benefits mankind and the country more than politicians.
Strain School Closed Indefinitely Over Epidemic
County Supt. Park visited Strain school in Sullivan Indiana on Monday and ordered closure due to an epidemic. Ed Jewell Edgar Strain Ira Drake and Charles Trueblood filled their silos last week while Sylvester Jennings and son hulled clover for George. Fason and Rufus DeHart worked Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Strain
Ed Jewell
Edgar Strain
Ira Drake
Charles Trueblood
Sylvester Jennings
George
Fason
Rufus DeHart
James Osborn
Sullivan
Will Gaston
John Kelly
Holden
V. S
Farmersburg
Hattie Martin
Elsie Peacher
Carl
Will Lester
San Riggs
Terre Haute
Martin Harris
Fairbanks
Applies
Trimble
Welsh
Lex Trueblood
Elmer Trueblood
Kingsley
Local travels and war bond appeal amid community notes
Community members visit Sullivan and Terre Haute, with church services skipped due to closing orders. War bond promotion runs alongside local routines as fuel administration clashes unfold over Carlisle coal deliveries and a district order to sell coal at the mine mouth. Congressman Bland reports progress resolving jurisdiction and enforcement with the National Fuel Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland
Billman
Carlisle
Fuel Administration
Congressman Bland
District Fuel Administration
National
Charles Hall
Terre Haute
Bland Resolves Carlisle Coal Controversy With Federal Order
The National Fuel Administration in Washington upheld a district order on retailing coal at the Carlisle mine mouth, affirming district authority over county power. Rep Bland spearheaded the action after a petition signed by over four hundred Carlisle residents and advocacy in Washington. Spencer ministers endorse Oliver B. Dunn for Legislature citing integrity and opposition to saloon influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Bland
Chicago-Carlisle Coal Company
United States Fuel Administration
Washington
U. S. Fuel Administrations
Charles Hall
Terre Haute
Carlisle
National Administration
Joe Mirkle
Bland
National Fuel Administration
Spencer, Ind
Owen
Greene
Sullivan
Spencer
Oliver B. Dunn
George Griffin
Dunn
Spence
Be “Davidson
Larmore
Ape JT
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H.R. Taylor
Sullivan, Indiana
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SIG
Max Eisner
Carrie Walters
Abe Lester
Beech
Milton Drake
Robert Harmon
Ancil Badger
Cloyd Deann Gundan
G Buu
Wuauay
Payne
Zadoc Piety
Piety
Okie Starkey
Medith Hunt
Charley Russell
Howard Starkey
Scott Fuller
Roy Ransford
Clover
Dan Johnson
Robert, Frakes
Riggs Clay Product Company
Graysville
John H. McKee
Dave Daniel
Elmer Heck
Chas. Boles
Wm. M. Moore
Ruben Ransford
Riley Ransford
Verne Steel
Chhildren
Joe Gray
Hutsonville
Health Board
Lloyd Chapman
Fom
Minneapolis
Minn
S. S. Yager
Tipple
Halil
Oscar H. Bland
Coal Company
Grippe
Sullivan County
The
Sullivan County Liberty Loan, Organization
Fidelity Loan Company
Crowder
Fast Side Square
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