Interurban boosters rally for Indianapolis line push
A large delegation from Freelandville Pleas antville and Bicknell arrived in Linton to discuss the Indianapolis Linton and Vincennes traction project. They pledge rapid subscriptions and plan a October 22 meeting for regional representation and coordinated funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Freelandville
Pleasantville
Bicknell
Indianapolis
H. J. Schroeder
H. S. Pielmeier
A. M. Berry
William Buescher
S. H. Kixmiller
John Wolfe
Freelandville Bunch
Indiana Creek
Clay City
Jasonville
Vinecennes
Foley Kidney Pills Promised To Restore Women’s Health
Home keeping women need strength and vitality as kidney and bladder issues cause sickness. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised to invigorate and restore health, easing back pain nervousness aching joints and irregular bladder action. Sold by Joe K Smock & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Joe K. Smock & Son
Hud Hawkins Receives P. O. Post Division Appointment
Hud Hawkins of this city recently named chief clerk of a division of the postal service with headquarters at Carbondale Illinois will depart soon to assume duties. He has served fifteen years as a clerk in the service. Mrs Hawkins and their young son have gone to Indianapolis to spend the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hud Hawkins
P. O. Mail Service
Carbondale, Ills
Advertised Letters List for Sullivan Post Office
Unclaimed letters dated October 22 1918 remain at Sullivan Indiana Post Office and will go to the Dead Letter Office if not claimed within two weeks. Ladies list includes Mrs Lizzie Bates Mrs J A Bauch Mrs Gladys Brown Came Mary Crawford Mrs Charles Farns worth Leonard Mrs Nona Myers Mrs G W Perkins Miss Mattie. Gents list includes Mr R W Bahre Wm Canady Mr Jess Goodman Hon Pope Uuffman I V Knotls Mr Frank Martes M C McCrimble Mr Willie Moore Hon Wm W Riesen Mr Paul Steele Wn Turner Mr George Wood Mr W M. Inquire advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan, Ind
Bates
Lizzie Bauch
J. A. Brown
Gladys
Came
Mary. Crawford
Charles (Farnsworth
Women Club Members Attend State Federation Meet
The Womans Club of this city sends Mesdames John T. Hays W. C. Jamison C. H. Stratton W. H. Hays O. B. Harris and Miss Joy Davis to the state federation gathering in Indianapolis this week. Miss Maude McConnel city resident and president of the State Nurses Association also attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Club
State Federation
Indianapolis
John T. Hays
W. C. Jamison
C. H. Stratton
W. H. Hays
O. B. Harris
Western Town Faces Mysterious Morning Light Prank
Residents in the town’s west section report a stranger flashing a pocket flashlight through windows around 3 a.m. at intervals for months. Police and neighbors plan to confront the offender after several witnesses confirm the repeated, baffling stunt across several homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
Terre Haute Corn Show and Industrial Exposition
The Second Annual Corn Show and Industrial Exposition runs November 10 to 15 in Terre Haute with $1,000 in cash prizes for corn exhibits. Free band concerts daily, a world notable Terre Haute Regiment parade, a large floral parade, Wabash Valley editors hosted, and a fireworks display on the Wabash River. Highlights include Firemen’s Tournament, Manufacturers Industrial Parade, Horseshoe Pitchers Tournament, Marathon Race, State Health Exhibits, and a corn flag exhibit. One display demands 10,000 pumpkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Terre Haute Regiment
Central West
Wabash Valley
Wabash River
Oakland City oil operator eyeing new wells near Hoesman lease
Paul Post of Oakland City Indiana visited Monday to discuss pumping salt water from the Sim Edwards oil and gas wells. He plans a new drill near the Hoesman pond lease and hopes the original well bought from Julius Hoesman will yield about 25 barrels daily after rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Post
Oakland City
Ind
Mr. Post
Sim Edwards
Clarence Hoesman
Hoesman
Julius Hoesman
Merom Herald
Maxwell Motor Car catalog offers many used autos at low prices
In a high cost era buyers seek bargains and Maxwell Motor Car Company of Lawrenceville Illinois issues a catalog of used automobiles, some nearly new, at astonishingly low prices. A postal card request will obtain the catalog for reading if interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Motor Car Company
Lawrenceville, Ill
C H Stratton Conducts Business in New York This Week
C H Stratton conducted business in New York this week, engaging in commercial dealings and meetings with local partners. The report notes activities tied to financial or trade interests and confirms ongoing professional engagements within the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Stratton
New York
Bargain Index Catalog Listing Low Home Goods
Saturday special sales from INDEX BARGA feature ladies hose mittens and wool socks at low prices plus blankets coats and caps. The ad promotes bulk blanket buying across four stores to offer deep discounts on blankets and linoleum rug carpeting heated stoves and piping fittings with several one to two cent items and a focus on wool and fleeced products along with home comforts and accessories.
Graysville Notes From Emmett Nowlin To Coal Bins And Oil Fields
Graysville community follows Emmett Nowlin at the Illinois state fair in Springfield. Wheat sowing ends with large acreage. Oil parties are in vogue and Sundays show many in oil fields. Ed Arnett and family visit Bluford Arnett and relatives. The 58th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Thomas celebrated at home with kin. Rev G O Wagner of Sullivan preached and an altar call occurred. The Union subscription urged as long evenings arrive and gravel road work may pause due to bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graysville
Emmett Nowlin
Springfield
F. M. Brown
Ed Arnett
Bluford Arnett
Hallow’en
G. O. Wagner
Sullivan
S. H. Silvers
Nancy Turman
E. Y. Thomas
Virgil Penny
Bro. Thompson
Christ
New Suits and Legal Actions Listed in Court Dockets
A docket lists new suits including divorce and custody actions for Effie Douthitt and Carl Douthitt, quiet title actions by Cuthbert Sherman against Henry Wilson, foreclosure in a William Notts case, personal injury suits involving Monon and Peabody coal companies, and a partition sale seeking real estate division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie
Douthitt
Carl Douthitt
George W. Hale
Rose Lynch
Pheba W. Lynch
Cuthbert J. Sherman
Henry K. Wilson
Peabody -Alwart Coal Co
Garred T. Harris
William F. Nnotts
James Wellington
Thomas M. Yates
Peabody Alwart Coal Co
Thomas Purcell
Monon Coal Co
Gilbert W. Gambill
Helen Ann Payton
Anna Wilson
William G. Saunders
Charles Saunders
Guardian
County board seeks custody of Starks children after mother’s death
The County Board of Guardians files in circuit court alleging Ransom Starks is a habitual drunkard and neglects his two children Louise Starks age 9 and Alberta Starks age 12. The petition follows the death of the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Childrens Guardians
Ransom Starks
Louise Starks
Alberta Starks
Circuit Court
Farmers Institute Workers State Convention Report
Big Springs reporter C Eno returned from Lafayette where he attended the state convention of farmers institute workers and praised the program. Several residents traveled or visited relatives, attended events, or hosted visitors including Ray Watson, Ferne and Pauline Medsker, Edna and Lizzie Pounds, Corwin Phillips and family, and others over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs
C. Eno
Lafayette
Farmers Institute
Ray Watson
Bement
Ferne
Pauline Medsker
Edna
Lizzie Pounds
Sullivan
Corwin Phillips
Nees
Warren Watson
Dr. Stewart
Dr. Durham
Mrs. Mahan
Ralph
Will Watson
A. G. Cushman
Familly
Eno
James Royse
Jesse Medsker
James Durham
Mary Manning
T. J. Mann
Will Burke
Rockenfield
Local visitors attend services at new school building
Mrs. Mary Galloway and family with David Titus of Old Forge Pa visit W. J. Williams. Ed Davis of Clinton spends Sunday with the Williams family. Rev. Sparks and wife of Columbus Ohio stay for the winter with their daughter Mrs. J. R. Sharp. David Titus sang a solo at Sunday services and it was something great.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hymera
Mary Galloway
David Titus
Old Forge
W. J. Williams
Ed Davis
Clinton
Sparks
Columbus
Ohio
J. R. Sharp
Douglas Chapel Services and Local Visits Report
Bro. Oda Drake occupied the pulpit at Douglas Chapel Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Douglas visited John Douglas. Willis Farrand plans to move into a new house this week. Herman Harris and family from Farmersburg visited Willis Farrand last week. Curt Hopewell and family and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Clark had dinner at Sallie O Neal's on Sunday.
Cass women visit city Thursday
Mrs. James Shepherd and Mrs. Edward Bledsoe of Cass visited the city on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shepherd
Edward Bledsoe
Cass
City
Merom Social Notes and Visits Detail Town People
Mr and Mrs John Setzer shopped in Sullivan last Thursday. Dukes of Illinois visited Hubble couple. A pound party occurred at the 41 S church parsonage last Saturday. Helena Ward and Tillie Reynolds were in Sullivan for a day. Mrs Wilbur Coyner of Come Mo moves to Merom to occupy Elliott house. Fairfield visiting sister in Odon Ind. Buff visiting Porterville Ill. Dice Miles from Sullivan visited her sister Rachel Daugherty and relatives. Judge Buff spent Sunday with his daughter Dr Miles. Shaw preached at the college Sunday morning and Lough in the evening. Polk held services at Holiness Hall in the morning. Kenneth Hunt resigned from Will Daugherty to work in a Jasonville drug store. Ford and Earl Johnson were in Terre Haute last Saturday. Emery Setzer visited Carlisle Sunday. Penrod and Vigus of New Lebanon attended institute. Oris Houpt visited parents near Oaktown last week. Stoddard returned from visit with sons James and Orren at Anderson Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom
John Setzer
Sullivan
Dukes
Illinois
Hubble
Frank Buff
Porterville
Dice Miles of
Rachel Daugherty
Judge Buff
Miles
Shaw
Lough
Rev
Polk
Holiness Hall
Kenneth Hunt
Will da
Shiloh Meeting Draws Very Good Crowd
William Miller and his wife attended the Shiloh meeting along with a large crowd. Albert Bennett and Lola Mitchell visited relatives. Mrs Etta Bennett went to Dugger. Martin Pirtle and George Bennett family moved to Paxton. Bro Denney preached a grand sermon at Shiloh. A pleasant rain followed Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
William Miller
Dugger
Albert Bennett
Wissia Pirtle
Marco
Lola Mitchell
Etta Bennett
Martin Pirtle
George Bennett
Paxton
Denney
Turman township resident in city visit
S. D. Ridgeway of Turman township was in the city Saturday. Mrs. A. E. Stratton of Nashville Tennessee is visiting Mrs. C. B. Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Ridgeway
Turman Township
A. E. Stratton
Nashville, Tenn
C. B.booth
Notice of Petition in Sullivan Circuit Court
In Sullivan County Indiana the Sullivan Circuit Court will hear the petition of Jefferson Blackburn against George Humble on November 24 1913. The filing requests administration of Humble estate to provide for the minor child and notices absentee status, with hearing at the Sullivan Courthouse. Clerk Charles R Railsback oversees the case with attorney A G McNabb listed. First insertion Oct 8 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Sullivan
Jefferson Blackburn
George Humble
Sullivan Circuit Court
Sullivan County
Paris
Charles R. Railsback
Social Bridge Tea Hosted by Mrs Maxwell Guests Included Out of Town
A Thursday afternoon bridge party at Mrs. Maxwell's home entertained about 70 guests. Prizes went to Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Glidden, and Mrs. Chaney. The rooms featured cut flowers and a two course luncheon was served. Out of town attendees included Mrs. Bru baker of Robinson and Mrs. Hazelrigg and Mrs. Douthitt of Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Maxwell
J. M. Billman
H. W. Davis
Bridge
Maxwell
Charles Warren
Ira Glidden
Dirrelle Chaney
C. C. Brubaker
Robinson
A. E. Hazelrigg
W. T. Douthitt
Terre Haute
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Charles C. Hoke
Geo. Hoke
Morris Chapel
Charlie
Mexico
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United States
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