Ascension Seminary in Farmersburg Grows and Moves
The article recounts Capt. Crawford’s impact on local education from 1860 onward, including founding Ascension Seminary in 1862 and reopening it as a normal college in 1865. It details relocations to West Jackson street, sale to Farmersburg trustees, Brunker’s Opera House use, and ongoing building expansions completed by 1896 under trustees Cummins Gaskins Forbes Lloyd Heap Burton.
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Alex
Ascension Seminary
W. T. Crawford
Farmersburg
Capt. Crawford
Columbiana County
Ohio
John M Walters
Walters
Murray Briggs
Sullivan School
West Jackson Street
William A. Brunker
Brunker’s
Charles A. Lloyd
George Heap
J. F. Burton
Death of Ethel May Phegley Near Carlisle
Ethel May Phegley eight year old girl died last Friday at her home six miles southeast of Carlisle Isle after sudden chills and convulsions. Funeral services were held Sunday at the house by Rev. W D Wood and burial followed in Shepherd Cemetery. The daughter of James Phegley and his wife.
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Ethel May Phegley
James Phegley
Carlisle
W. D. Wood
Methodist Church
Shepherd Cemetery
Carlisle News
Finding Money and Health Through Dr King’s Discovery
Local man W C Barber of Sandy Level Virginia credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with curing his chest trouble caused by smoke and coal dust after other remedies failed. Joe K Smock’s drug store offers 50 cent and 1 09 dollar bottles with a trial bottle free.
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W.C. Barber
Sandy Level
Joe K. Smock’s
Card of Thanks for Illness and Death of Mother
Andrew H. Weir and family express thanks to neighbors and friends for support during mother and wife's illness and passing.
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Andrew H. Weir
Trinity Springs Name Springs Resort Tops County Visit
Correspondence from Trinity Springs notes three close springs with sulphur iron and magnesia qualities. Visitors flock from early morning to noon to bathe drink and view rock inscriptions. Several local hotels host campers who gather at the springs daily in a popular regional retreat.
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Union Trinity Springs
Trinity Springs
Shelburn
Dolans, Lundy and
Henson
Trinity Springs details and summer resort scene
A North Indiana travel note describes Trinity Springs as a health getaway with mineral water, lodging and camping options. Visitors from Sullivan, Loogootee, Shoals and others enjoy box ball, lawn tennis, croquet, cards, dancing and baseball. The piece highlights roads from Indian Station, the grounds run by Lloyd Kennedy, and local hospitality amid rainy weather and local scenery.
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Trinity Springs
J.C. Dolans
P.M
Dolans
Henson
Trinity
J. G. H. Rapier
Fred Steel
Bro
Sullivan County
Loogootee
Shoals
Bicknell
Bedford
Linton and
Sullivan
Lloyd Kennedy
Martin County
Bears’ Hill
Jobe
McBride
Indian Station
S. I
Flatboat voyage to New Orleans and surviving cholera
In 1848 seven Eugene area men launched a flour laden flatboat from Eugene landing and sailed via the Vermillion Wabash Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans. cholera struck as Asia tic outbreak raged. Lloyd Edmonds died while F M Bishop and Hugh Johnson survived after following a root whiskey cure. Both were veterans. Bishop celebrated his 79th birthday recently.
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Wabash River
New Orleans
Newport
Ind
Hoosier
Eugene
Eugene Landing
Edmonds & Ramey
Big Vermillion
Wabash
Ohio
Mississippi
Lloyd Edmonds
F. M. Bishop
Hugh Johnson
Eugene Township
Marshal Bishop
New Suits Filed Against Several Defendants
Terre Haute Oil and Coal Company sues Arthur R. Ladson on account. Martin E. Badders sues Abraham McClellan et al to quiet title and satisfy mortgage. Wiley Gambill sues William Bledsoe et al to quiet title. Sullivan County Loan Trust Company sues Reliance Coal and Mining Co on notes. George L. Wilkins sues Reliance Coal and Mining Co on note. Indiana Southern Coal Company sues John Houck et al ORDA on note and to quiet title. Albert Clark sues Ollie Clark for divorce.
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Terre Haute Oil and Coal Company
Arthur R. Ladson
Martin E. Badders
Abraham McClellan
Wiley Gambill
William Bledsoe
Sullivan County Loan Trust Company
Reliance Coal and Mining Co
George L. Wilkins
Indiana Southern Coal Company
John Houck
ORDA
Albert Clark
Ollie Clark
Obituary of Sarelda Lockhart Pioneer Church Member
Sarelda Lockhart born December 26 1885 in Pleasant Grove lineage of Theo polis Padget and Philip Hinkle. She joined Pleasant Grove church young, married Moses Spencer who died in the Civil War, later wed John H Lockhart. seven children born, four living. Died July 31 1905 with funeral by Rev Furry at Pleasantville cemetery.
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Sarelda Lockhart
Theopolis
Jane Padget
Philip Hinkle
M. E. Church
Pleasant Grove
Phillip
Zelatus Clifford
Elias Gaskins
Moses Spencer
John H. Lockhart
Furry
Pleasantville
Cat cremation tale in rural ride and odd remark
A narrator recalls transporting a cat named Cat with Maud and Rex Buggy toward a burning site near Oaktown. Locals help move the cat to fire where witnesses describe the cat’s fur burning away and a remark about never seeing No 9 West Side again. A man asks about a SPECIAL HEATING STOVE and mentions a fire held for 10 days until Tom got away.
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Mantha
John
Maud
Paxton
Carlisle
Oaktown
West Side Agin
Samantha
Tom
Bargain Hunter Tours Big Display Room and Furniture Dept
A shopper explored the buggy display room and furniture department late in the day. He expressed interest in buggies, carts, surreys, wagons, pipes, seeds, fencing, poultry wire, and hardware before viewing bedroom suites and other furnishings. He noted a White Lily washing machine for his wife and planned to return.
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John
The Special Rab Bit With Three Lives
A humorous metaphor compares a resident to a rabbit driven from a tree and describes his three lives as if they were installments of selling various goods. The tone blends whimsy with a social observation on resilience and repetition.
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Progrogye
J. W. Martin
The
Union
Ayer
Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Indian Creek
T. W. Bailey
Royal Garment Company of Indianapolis
Clint Bicknell
America
Royal Garment Company
Indianapolis
Felheim Skirt Company
Cincinnati
Alexander Black Skirt Company
Toledo
Worth Skirt Company
Biofield
Hirsch & Kline
Chicago
Springer & Carrithers
Sullivan, Indiana
Leading Hardware & Furniture House
West Side
Sulliva
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