Local Notes and Moves in Sullivan Area
Mr and Mrs Arthur Beckett moved into the Reberger property recently vacated by Ed Evans who and his family moved to Clinton. Mrs W D Cummins won a wool comfort at the Sullivan fair. F M Nead and S H Nicholson were in Sullivan Monday. Rev J A Ward and B F Julian attended the M E H conference at Jeffersonville. C C Bostick on sick list but better. Mrs O P Morris has typhoid fever. H A Cummins sick but able to work at mine 33. Dr Louis Hinkle of Martinsville visited his father N H Hinkle. Miss Blanche Jones of Chicago visiting her parents. Mrs Sam Campbell of Terre Haute in town Monday. Rev Chas Randall of Shelburn preached at M E church. Mr and Mrs J R Sharp entertained at supper. Miss Gladys Zink teaching near Pleasantville. W J Williams preached at M E church with Rev M O Robbins attending conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Morris
H. &. Cummins
Louis Hinkle
Martinsville
N. H. Hinkle
Blanche Jones
Chicago
Robert Jones
Sam Campbell
Terre Haute
Chas. Randall
Shelburn
M. E
J. R. Sharp
Sam Sharp
H. R. Ryan
Gladys Zink
Pleasantville
W. J. Williams
M. O. Robbins
Local visits and family notices in Wilfred area
Chauncy Thomas and family of Miners City visited Edgar Geller and family last week. Mrs. Ellen Shelburn of Shelburn visited her son Reed Shelburn and wife here. Roy McLennan considers moving his family to Terre Haute soon. Mrs. Mabel Bradbury called to Terre Haute Friday by illness of her mother Hattie Hull. John Nelson and wife of Shiloh visited N. H. Nelson and family Thursday. Mrs. Willa Cummins shopped in Sullivan Friday. Mrs. Hudford visited relatives in Sullivan last week. E. W. Radius of Goodman & Co. Chicago, spent days here with family. The infant daughter of Garnet Bradbury and wife died Friday morning. funeral at M. E. church in Shelburn with Mrs. Carter officiating. Interment at Little Flock cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred
Chauncy Thomas
Miners City
Edgar Geller
Ellen Shelburn
Shelburn
Reed Shelburn
Roy McLennan
Terre Haute
Mabel Bradbury
Hattie Hull
John Nelson
Shiloh
N. H
Infant Pauline May Bradbury Dies at 29 Days
Pauline May, infant daughter of Garnet and Mable Bradbury, born August 22, died September 20 at 29 days. The obituary states she rests in Heaven and quotes a Bible verse, noting sorrow yet faith in eternal life for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingdom of Heaven
Matthew
Pauline May
Garnet
Mable Bradbury
God
Pauline
Rain Delays Wheat Sowing Amid Rural Social Notes
Fairbanks R R 1 reports rain delaying ground prep for wheat. Many local residents travel for fairs, sales, and family visits with neighbors in Terre Haute Sullivan Shelburn Gosport and Abi ah Thomson areas. Notables include families of Whitlock Harrison Riggs Badger Morrison and Thomson.
Farmersburg Hosts Rufus DeHart Party Last Week
Noble Badger painted the barns of Charles Riggs last week. Mabel Thomson, daughter of Elmer Thomson, suffered a painful head wound after a fall against a post Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Rufus DeHart
Noble Badger
Charles Riggs
Mabel
Elmer Thomson
Local Families Share Visits and Events Across Town
Mrs. Carl Gobin and Ruth visit Mr. and Mrs. John Walters. Miss Eliza Madden of Terre Haute spends Sunday with her parents in town. The Vincennes fair draws attention. several residents attend events in Sullivan Carlsle Hindsboro and Carlisle. A funeral for Allen Neal is noted. church meeting at the Christian church continues through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Bess Walters
Hindsboro
The
Christian Church
Lillie Akers
Sullivan
John Akers
Mack Lemens
Carlsle
A. L. Creager
Albert Ladson
Birthday dinner brings neighbors together at Robbins home
The community gathers at Mr. and Mrs. John L. Robbins to celebrate Mrs. Robbins birthday with baskets of food. Neighbors note cool damp weather and the festivity ends with well wishes for more birthdays to come. Local visits include Mrs. Hannah B. Alsop to New Lebanon and Bert Bedwell reporting a sick child and a completed barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Joe Vaughn
John Alsop
Gertrude
James Vaughn
Ben Vaughn
Walter
Ernie Wolfe
Lizzie Alsop
Malcomb Goodman
Gertrude Alsop
U. B
D. M. Bedwell
Jim Burch
Lottie Turpn
Ollie Vaughn
Sarah Turpin
Fred Bedwell
Hiram Alsop
Frequent Sunday Visits Across Stringtown News
Jesse Burge and family along with Mr and Mrs Orville Livingston visited Albert Gambill's on Sunday. John Skinner and son Manford visited Lex Skinner's in Hymera. Everett Rhodes and family visited Carl Alumbaugh's. Mrs Kas Brewer and Lola Miller dined at Wiley Miller's. Ida Earl and children plan to move to California. Cary Lambert moved to Little Giant. Mitchell to vacant house near Spencer. Mrs Gambill Louise Gambill and Ioa Miller shopped in Sullivan. Jester of Joplin Missouri visited local relatives. Mesdames Elias Brewer and Wiley Miller called on Mrs Frank Deneve Sunday. Clyde Asrey and son visited Mrs Martha Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Jesse Burge
Orville Iivingston
Albert Gambill’s
John Skinner
Manford
Lex Skinner
Hymera
Everett Rhodes
Carl Alumbaugh’s
Wiley Miller’s
Kas Brewer
Lola
Sullivan
Bert
Gertie Miller
Ida Earl
Wiley Miller
Frank Deneve
Clyde Asrey and Son
Martha Walters
Socialnews notes from Vincennes area district
Merom residents Mrs. Perry Smith and Miss Laura Smith visited relatives in Linton. Mr Cramer did business in Sullivan last Thursday. The Setzers attended the Vincennes fair. Roy Colvin visited Terre Haute relatives. Mrs Ann Napier was stricken with paralysis Friday morning. Virgil Apple and wife visiting the former's parents near Palestine. Dick Thompson and Cap Reid visited last Sunday. Lulu McKee of Fontanet visited her parents, Mr and Mrs Jerry Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Dick Thompson
Cap Reid
Lulu McKee
Fontanet
Jerry Wilson
Social visits and business trip noted in local column
Miss Daisy Foote visited Jesse Berry last Sunday. Mr Gruber made a business trip to Dugger last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Foote
Jesse Berry
Mr. Gruber
Dugger
Local Social Roster Notes and Minor Accidents
Newton Neese of Chicago spent last week with his parents here. James Freeman and wife of Palestine visited Mrs Manning in Florence on Sunday. Riggs and Opal tone visited George Haines' Thursday. James Durham made a business trip to Chicago last week. The Turman children dined with their father at the old home Sunday. Joe Bilgew’s horse was badly hurt Thursday when a buggy shaft injured its side. Dr Shake attended and the horse improved. Dayne Leon, ten months old son of Emerson and Minnie Watson, won five dollars in gold at the Saturday fair for prettiest baby. Ruth Duffer and Tesla Haines were Sunday evening guests of Reva Burnett. Vincent Yeager and wife of Middletown visited Warren Watson Friday. Laura and Bell Durham visited grandmother Mrs Manning Sunday night. Jesse Medsker and mother were in Emerson Watson’s, where 100 bushels Grimes Golden apples were sold Tuesday in Hutsonville and Sullivan. over 100 bushels had been sold prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Neese
Chicago
James Freeman
Palestine
Dayne Leon
Emerson
Minnie Watson
Ruth Duffer
Tesla Haines
Reva Burnett
Vincent Yeager
Middletown
Warren Watson
Laura
Bell Durham
Manning
Jesse Medsker
Sullivan
Emerson Watson
Hutsonville and
What We Never Forget Arnica Salve Sold for 25 Cents
The ad touts Buckien's Arnica Salve as a cure for burns scalds sores and skin troubles from early home life. It claims forty years of cures proving merit and praises its use for piles corns and cold sores. Available for 25 cents at Joe K Smock & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckien
Joe K. Smock & Son
Pleasantville News Drowns In Local Deaths And Daily Life
Mrs. Low Lester of Freelandsville dies of tuberculosis at home. funeral Sunday. Mrs. Isaac Knowles dies near town after a long illness. funeral Monday. Knowles daughter Fionia wrongly rumored insane. she is stated to be the affected one. John Benefield and wife welcome a son. Various local updates: school closures from diphtheria end, new piano for Miss Lettie Daugherty, and residents visiting kin in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
C. Bough
James Padgett
Lettie Daugherty
Hallet & Davis
Frank Howard
Mary Howard
Sullivan
D. R. Newkirk
Clarence Hale
Kneut Reel
Dr King's New Discovery Promise To End Coughs
Coughs and lung diseases drive many from homes. Dr King's New Discovery offers home treatment with quick relief for throat and lung troubles. Cures include coughs colds grip croup whooping cough and sore lungs. Available 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Joe K Smock and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Joe K. Smock & Son
For Sale Pears at Orchard or Delivery
Henry A. Dodds advertises pears for sale at 50 cents per bushel at the orchard or 75 cents delivered. R. R. No. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Dodds
Farnsworth Falls to Sullivan in Local Ball Game
In Sullivan County a Sunday game saw Farnsworth lose to Sullivan Speed Boys 6 to 1. The column also notes numerous visits, school starting with John Starkes as teacher, and various social calls among residents including the Cochran and Moore families and others visiting Caledonia Sullivan Cass and Linton areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farnsworth
Sullivan
Farnsworth and
Sullivan Speed Boys
Sulli
The Men Who Succeed Need Health From Electric Bitters
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as essential for strong leadership and business success. It cites Chas B Allen of Sylvania Georgia claiming four bottles cured rheumatism liver stomach and kidney issues. The pitch urges trial at 50 cents at Joe K.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. B. Allen
Sylvania
Joe, K, Smock & Son
Benson Chapel Prohibition Address Noted
Malcomb Campbell delivered an interesting prohibition address at Benson Chapel Sunday night. Community notices include Chauncy Trueblood and family with William Knowles, Anna Richart working for Mrs. Dave Dudley, the birth of Dorothy Destine to Wilbur and Mrs. Murdock on September 19, and various local visits among residents of Fairbanks and the Wabash river area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Chapel
Malcomb Campbell
Chauncy Trueblood
William Knowles
Anna Richart
Dave Dudley
Wilbur Murdock
Dorothy Destine
Charles Wernz
G. W. Osburn
Carl Mattocks
Myrtle Wernz
Fairbanks
Hall's Catarrh Cure Sold By Druggists In 76 Cents
Treatise claims internal remedy cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Describes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a non quack prescription from a top physician and lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as makers. Encourages testimonials and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mhall
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Notary Public Abolished for Pension Vouchers
Notices will inform veterans that after the first day of next January it will not be necessary for them to have their pension vouchers executed. The change ends the need for notarial service for these vouchers.
Pension agency abolition alters pension checks distribution
Congress abolished pension agencies including the Indianapolis office. Vouchers will no longer require a notary and checks for August were delayed while leaders settled the plan. Starting next year checks will come directly from Washington, easing the burden on elder pensioners.
Local Man Credits Foley Kidney Pills For Cure
T L Parks of Murrayville Georgia in his 70s says a 50c bottle of Foley Kidney Pills cured his kidney and bladder trouble. He reports relief from back ache and bladder irregularities and asserts the pills contain no habit forming drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Parks
Murrayville
I N Cashner Heads to St Petersburg on Prospecting Trip
I N Cashner journeys to St Petersburg Florida for a prospecting trip as reported in local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. N. Cashner
St. Petersburg, Fla
Dix and daughter visit relatives in county
J. E. Dix and his daughter Augusta of Clinton Missouri are visiting relatives in the county. Dix moved from Sullivan to Missouri twenty five years ago and is the father of Mrs. David J. Harris and Mrs. John Trueblood of the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Dix
Augusta
Clinton, Mo
Dix
Sullivan
Missouri
David J. Harris
John Trueblood
Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for quick relief from digestion and liver issues. It emphasizes ease and safety and notes a price of 25 cents at Joe K. Smock & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Joe K. Smock & Son
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Gosport
C. F. Whitlock
John Harrison
Ira L. Drake
J. T. Osborn
Elmer Trueblood
Chas. Morris
Kate Byers
Maude Thomson
Leona Lester
Abi‘ah Thomson’s
Collingwood
Percy Lester
Loren Thomas
Helen Norris
Robert Johnson
George Fuson
W. H. Thomas
Ben Monroe
Cal Harmon
Albert Scotter
Charles Badger
Dennie Bolinger
Big Springs
George Baker
Worthington
T. B. O’haver
Alsman
Colorado
John Hinkle
Flo
Ed Bennett
Ray Booker
Jake Adams
Ray Harbin
Bloomington
I. U
Van
Bill Cochran
Caledonia
Cave Moore
John Starkes
Mary Boone
Ethel Smith
John Bullock
Glendora
Will Pedgree
Shep Thomas
Alva Alsman
Bill Kenady
Irvin Gallager
Mrs. Brown
Edna Moore
Tom Maratta
Bessie Harlow
Hazel Sappington
Dan Walters
Susie
Edith
Enoch Walters
John Banks
Herbert Pigg
Bessie
Near
Cass
Ernie McCammon
Notary Public
Congress
Hloosier Bargain Store
Germany
Julius Hatry Shoe Co
Washington City
United States
Washington
House
Senate
Florida
Paxton
Shiloh Church
Pirtle & Lund
Pirtle G. C
Riggs
Ezra
Barco
Ind
Henry Cooper
Watt Cooper of
Merom
City
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