Shelbyvern boy in charge of huge road contracts
Shelbyvern native Chesleigh Gray named engineer for the new bureau of contracts within the Indiana State Highway Commission. He will supervise state contract work including roads and bridges as the agency expands its construction program this year.
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Chesleigh Gray
Timportant
Construction Bureau
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Bureau of Contracts
Division of Construction
Shelburn
Grey
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Karl Elesenhardt
Bureau of
H. K. Bishop
Commission
Bureau of Bridges
Bureau of County Aid
William J. Titus
W. W. Southard
J. M. Kimznell
Lafayette
Bureau of Tests
Highway Commission
State House
Looking Backward to The Greenback Battle of 1878
Terre Haute Tribune recalls the 1878 three cornered race in Vigo county with greenbackers as the National Fiat party. It notes Democratic and Republican maneuvers to curb the cheap money push, key speeches by Voorhees and Nelson, and vote tallies for congress and circuit judge in the fourteenth district.
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Vigo County
Greenbackers
National Fiat Party
William J. Bryan
Cross of Gold” Bank
Old Guard
Bert Kelly
Indiana
Terre Haute
Senator Voorhees
Col
Thomas H. Nelson
Sullivan
Col. Nelson
Terre Hate
Court House
Nelson
Democratic Party
Congress
Vigo
Abraham Hostetter
Morton C. Hunter
Henry A. White
National
Chambers Y. Patterson
Fourteenth Circuit
Sydney B. Davis
John T. Gunn
Weather of a Week in Farmersburg Aug 25 Weather data summary
Miss Glenn Yeager reports for week ending August 24 a pattern of clear days with some partly cloudy periods. Highs reached 82 to 89 and lows 57 to 67. Rainfall totaled .16 in on the 18th, .21 in on the 20th, and .45 in on the 21st, with several days clear and sunny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Glenn Yeager
Co-Operative Weather Observer
H L Kind
Lucies Umbrella Leads To Unexpected Romance
Aunt Lucinda's training aside, Lucie bonds with a wounded WWI soldier after sharing shelter from rain. On a West Side car ride she meets Jack Homer, nurses him, and their brief courtship culminates in marriage with the umbrella as a token of fate.
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Lucinda
Aunt
Lucie
West Side
White
Homer
Lucile
Jack
Red Cross
Remarkable Tanlac testimonial from Indianapolis woman
Mrs Emma McNabney of 209 South Oriental Street Indianapolis attributes dramatic health gains to Tanlac after years of suffering. She reports weight gain of twenty pounds improved digestion no gas no stomach pains and relief from headaches insomnia and constipation. Tanlac sold by local druggists in Sullivan Shelburn Hymera Dagger and Merom. Real estate transfers listed in Sullivan County records follow.
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Emma MecNabney
South Oriental Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Taniac
Tanlac
Sullivan
Joe K. Smock & Son
Shelburn
O. B. Stark
Hymera
Wint Cummins
Dagger
Quality Drug Store
Merom
J. J. Parker
Adv
Land Transfers From Jefferson and Nearby Townships
Samuel Grimes transfers to Jas A Deckard for 79.4 acres and 20 acres to the southeast in Jefferson Township. Walter Leach sells to Albert C Bedwell and Lela May Bedwell a 50 acre tract. Albert Wright conveys 40 acres to Charles H Banks. Cecil Runyon sells to Black Diamond Coal Co for 1919 dollars a part of section 36. Martha Harvey sells to Ino Driver an 80 acre parcel. John E M Purcell sells to Benjamin Trimble a coal-excluded se of three lines in section 32. Tarman Township P Ransford sells to Otis Kelly 80 acres in w 1-2 se 2-8-11.
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Walter Leach
Albert C
Lela May Bedwell
Albert Wright
Chas. H. Banks
Jefferson Township
Cecil A. Runyon
Black Diamond Coal Co
Martha A. Harvey
Ino
Driver
John E. M. Purcell
Benj. H
Veteran Mason visits kin near New Lebanon
Robert B. Mason of Anderson and native of this county visits his sister Mrs. Rebecca Bruner near New Lebanon. At 82 he is enjoying fairly good health and is a Civil War veteran who once ran a local grocery business for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Mason
Anderson
Sullivan
Rebecca Bruner
New Lebanon
Mr. Mason
Printing of All Kinds Done with Neatness and Dispatch
A compact advertisement asserts swift reliable printing services for all kinds of jobs. It emphasizes neat workmanship and prompt completion, appealing to businesses and individuals seeking quality printing.
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Shelbyvern
Sullivan Mfg. Co
Sullivan, Ind
Mique O’brien
Terre Haute Tribune
Terre Haute Daily Star
The
Sullivan Union
Western Newspaper Union
Schroeder & Price
Sherman
Sullivan County
Cass Township
Wm. Norris
David
Forest Patton
Jonathan Baker
Wm. M
Elizabeth Norris
W. H. Hill
P. L. Reid
Albert C. Irvin
Wm. H. Fry
Hazel Alumbaugh
Jacob A. Gillham
John T. Allen
Dugger
Jesse A. Smith
Cecille Dukes
D. & N. Coal Co
Linton Tr. Co
Chas
Berns
van Co
Dugger St. BR
Lyonton
Mary J. Asrey
O. O. Pigg
Curry Township
Alaska
M. Carter
Mitchell
Haddon Township
Jacob Wilson
Mason Snyder
Hamilton Township
Maxwell
Brown Shoe Company
North Side Square
West Davis Hotel
Davis Bros
East Wash Street
Samuel Grimes
Jas. A. Deckard
Tarman Township
P. Ransford
Otis Kelly
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