Local social notes from Superior and nearby towns
Mrs Lovell Calvert and sons visited Linton on Wednesday. S A Creager went to Lotus Creek on Thursday. James Cooper did business in Switz City Thursday and Friday. Mrs James Stanley and Grace of Greene County visited relatives here last week. Thomas Goodman ill. James Moore sick. Thomas Goodman served on business in Superior Thursday. Wm Exline improving farm by ditching. Marshall Bedwell in Sullivan Saturday. L V Creager and family visited relatives here Sunday. Lon Houck visited friends here Sunday. Tom Creager and Grace of Keen Texas visiting relatives here. Wilson McClellan in Sullivan on business Monday. C H Brewer building a new barn. Tom Hiatt and family of Lotus Creek visited here Sunday. Aaron Combs and family visiting Bedford this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cooper
Switz City
James Stanley
Grace
Greene County
Thomas Goodman
Superior
Wm. Exline
Marshall Bedwell
Sullivan
L. V. Creager
Lon Houck
Tom Creager
Keen
Texas
Wilson McClellan
C. H. Brewer
Tom Hiatt
Lotus Creek
Aaron Combs
Bedford
Fairbanks News Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
Owen Kissner attends the fair while Walter Paddock becomes miller at the place. Elva Riggs travels to St Louis for the fair. Prairie Creek youths visit town. neighbors visit relatives. Will Ransford and family host Jim Ransford. A new band meets in the old mill. several attend a Scott City ball game. E H Dilley sells property at public sale before California move. Pearl Rusk and Thomas Hayhearst wed earlier in the week. C D Pounds sells wagons. Dilley to start Monday. Purdue bound C D Johnson. Daugherty preaches. more weddings likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott City
E. H. Dilley
California
Pearl Rusk
Vida
Terre Haute
Thomas Hayhearst
Joe DeBaun
Benson Chapel Rural Social and Market Notes
Benson Chapel notes describe a sequence of local activities including visits by the Taylor family and friends to Sullivan and the county seat, a prayer meeting, a gravel road election attendance, hog trucking and selling, hay baling delays due to rain, and Sunday church attendance. Several residents, including Joley Harris and Lizzie Harris, are noted as sick. A sale offers two thousand bushels of corn at a fixed price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hiatts
Joley Harris
Jess Hughes
Benson Chapel
William Taylor
Jess Dix
Murray Shields
Ray
George Liston
This Place
George Benson
Terre Haute
James Hiatt
Doctor
TAR WATER and local family updates headline
Mrs Will's Plow is reported better. Ode McClure and Arthur Osburn left Monday for Purdue University. Miss Clara Wilson of Tennessee visits the Lovelace family. Misses Essie Wilson Sadie Ora Etta Lovelace Sarah Grace McClure Myrtle Murdock and Breece McClure attend the county institute. Aurel Goodwin will attend Rush Medical College this year. Alma Abel visits relatives at New Albany. Mae and Essie Wilson Erline Sinclair and Grace McClure attend the Terre Haute fair. Mrs Dave Dudley of Sullivan visits her father William Murdock. Perry Hayden and wife spend Sunday at Shelburn with Mr and Mrs Reed Douglass. The Misses Blackburn of Orange County visit the Blackburn family and stay with Henry Whitman. Mr and Mrs Wm Gray of Union Chapel spend Sunday with Miles and Mrs McMahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ode McClure
Arthur Osburn
Purdue University
Clara Wilson
Tennessee
D. H. Lovelace
Essie Wilson
Sadie
Ora
Etta Lovelace
Sarah
Grace McClure
Myrtle Murdock
Breece McClure
County Institute
Aurel Goodwin
Rush Medical College
Alma Abel
New Albany
Mae
Erline Sinclair
Terre Haute
Dave Dudley
Sullivan
William Murdock
Perry Hayden
Shelburn
Reed Douglass
Misses Blackburn
Orange County
Jefferson Blackburn
Henry Whitman
Shiloh Community Notes From Weekend Gatherings
Albert Walters and Susie Buck wed last Sunday. A band concert drew attendees in Linton. A large crowd gathered for Shiloh meeting Sunday night. Several people attended a show in Sullivan Friday. John Driver was in Sullivan Friday. Elmer Wyatt and wife of Linton visited relatives Saturday. James Humphrey of Linton passed through Monday. Columbus Richards and wife near Linton visited relatives Sunday. Four young people attended a later day celebration in Linton Monday. Wr Miller and wife were in Sullivan Friday. Jesse Pare and wife drove to Dugger Friday. Mr Bedwell and wife went to Dugger Saturday. Cordia Smeadly traveled to Dugger Saturday. Lydia Sage visited Rosa Smeadley Saturday. Homer Eslinger and wife spent Sunday visiting relatives near Shiloh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert, Walters
Susie Buck
Martin Pirtle
Linton
Shiloh
Sullivan
John Driver
Elmer Wyatt
James
Humphrey
Columbus Richards
Near Linton
Wr Miller
Jesse Pare
Dugger
Mr. Bedwell
Cordia Smeadly
Lydia Sage
Rosa Smeadley
Homer Eslinger
Shilohames Scuilieas
Sugar Creek Family Notes and Local Visits
Charles Grunker of Edwards Indiana visited his brother Theodore Sun Joe Wambaugh and a Coalmont family. Steve Leach plans a Fair visit this week. A H Ford attended the County Institute at Terre Haute. Mrs Sam Chastain returned to Canton Mississippi. John Ford plans a new barn. Mrs Hawkins improving. Dave Bedwell visited his brother Steve Bedwell. Metta and Laura Hawkins visited W A Taylor near Pleasantville. Palmer's Prairie church held its annual basket meeting. Friends revival meetings at Marlow school house closed Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grunker
Edwards, Ind
Theodore
A. H. Ford
Terre Haute
Sam Chastain
Canton
Miss
John Ford
John’. Hawkins
Dave Bedwell
Near
Paxton
Steve Bedwell
Metta
Laura Hawkins
W. A. Taylor
Pleasantville
Keene Family and Friends Visit In LocalSocial Roundup
Local notes report gatherings at Antioch church with Mr and Mrs Jim Sevier visiting the Keene family. Nearby residents Maryland Myrtle Alumbaugh and Bertha Wilkes call on Grace and Ida Keene, and Henry Keene buys a new rubber tire buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Sevier
Mrs. Thos. Keene
Antioch
Maryland
Myrtle Alumbaugh
Bertha Wilkes
Dugger
Grace
Ida Keene
Henry Keene
Mollie Brewer’s
Hickory
Bryan's View of Platform Examined in 1904 Letter
In a July 1904 Communer piece William Jennings Bryan argues Democratic victory gains little without reform and criticizes Parker allies for a weak labor plank and anti trust stance, claiming Parker's nominating shifts nullify the plank.
Bryan’s View of Nomination and Deception
In a July 13 1934 Commoner column William Jennings Bryan denounces the nomination as plain deliberate deception. He accuses supporters of Parker of using vague platform language to win votes from opponents. He says the nomination was secured by crooked indefensible methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judge Parker
William Jennings Bryan
the Commoner
Fine Missouri Farms In Boles Henry and St Clair Counties
Farm listing notes properties in Boles Henry and St Clair counties for sale. Instructions direct interested buyers to write Wm Willis Appleton City Mo at the listed address. 6-4t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boles, Henry
St. Clair Counties
Wm. Willis
Appleton City
Notice of Blue Ribbon onager giveaway
A notice states anyone bringing or notifying a prospective customer for a range heating stove or grate will gain a chance on the Blue Ribbon onager to be given away on October 1 1904. Mat
Excursion Rates and Schedules for E T H Tours by Rail
Advertises excursion rates from San Francisco and Los Angeles with round trips priced at 85 cents to 74 cents, and special tourist rates to Michigan resorts. Notes sale dates including June to December 1904, return limits, and contact details in Jamestown New York and Baltimore Maryland for full information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Prancios
Sind
Lovertton Greau Lanive
Jamestown
N.Y
Union Veteran Legion Vickers
Michigan
Chicago
Sulivan
Petosky
Bay View
Charievaix Siz
Travers
Homeseeker
Baltimore
National Convention Order of Eagles
Vandalia Line Request for Information Prompt Attention
The notice asks interested parties to write to D. B. Steg Traveling Passenger Agent in Terre Haute Indiana for information on rates times and connections including excursions. It promises prompt attention to inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Vandalia Line
Pecrenane
Stegg
Terre Haute
D. B. Steg
Travellin
Agen
Ind
Corn and Rye Seed for Sale in New Lebanon Area
For sale corn and seed rye delivered or bring wagon to A Rogers crib three miles southwest New Lebanon post office three acres of rose area. Rubber tired buggy on display in window to be given away. Price two hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Rogers
New
Lebanon
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Mart Goodman
James Moore
Fairbanks
Owen Kissner
Walter Paddock
Elva Riggs
St. Louis
Steve Lane
Jessie Stevens
Ilinois
Prairie Creek
Mistan Heed
Will Ransford
Jim Ransford
Family
C. D. Johnson
Herman Drake
McCrosky
C. D. Pounds
Rev. Daugherty
M. E
Terre Taute
Ethel Johnson
Homer Thomson
Mamie
Lizzie Harris
Andrew
Josie Osborn
Little Flock
Urham
Ves
Sugar Creek
Joe Wambaugh
Coalmont
H. H. Hawkins
Sunday
Steve Leach
Palmer’s Prairie Church
Friends
Marlow School
Cass
Jeff Moore
W. M. Pigg
Luther Keene
Carl Gambill
A. J. Conley
Frank Hawkins
Bert Hutchison
Zelphia Limudes
Cher Uae
Bryan
Wall Street
The
Davis Hotel
Sullivan Times
Stratton Loan Ce
Hamilton
Board of County Commissioners
Sullivan County
Sullvan
Inua
John H. Nesbit
Fine Missouri Farms
Immons Auction Co
J. H. Conklin, Pres
Wm. Fitzsimmons
South Sullivan
Public Square &Co
W. W.casto
Sullivan, Ind
D. H. Hillman
Gen
Evansville
Chase & Sanborns
Boston
Phone
W. H. Hill, JR
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