Thrace McNabb Visits Lewis and Local Notes
VWarmersburg report lists Thrace McNabb's trip to Lewis on Sunday. J Walls and wife return from Detroit. Claud Lloyd and Mrs Julia Reed attend Association at Clay City. John A Curry of Sullivan visits. Jas Yeley from Ohio arrives by wheel after 300 miles. Tom Gaskins falls from a barn roof injuring left arm and hip. Clebe Self, H A Taylor from Terre Haute, Floy Armstrong and Anna King listed among visitors. Soldiers' reunion held with cooler weather limiting attendance. large crowd Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrace McNabb
Lewis
Clebe Self
H. A. Taylor
Terre Haute
Floy Armstrong
Anna King
Jos. Branson
T. W. Kennedy
Detroit
Winter Weather Brings School Visit and Church News
Miss Gertie Finton stays with Mrs. Sarah Johnson and attends school at this place. Elder J. H. Oliphant filled his appointment at the Primitive Baptist church last weekend. Miss Laura Sharples and her mother visited Merom where Mrs. Sharples will remain visiting friends. Mrs. Emma J. Saulman sold land to John S. Kissner. Staffordshire visitors attended Rally Day here last Sunday. Rev. Peck is expected to preach at the M E church for the coming year. Singing at the M E church continues Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertie Finton
Sarah Johnson
J. H. Oliphant
Primitive Baptist Church
Laura Sharples
Merom
Sharples
Emma J. Saulman
John S. Kissner
Staffordshire
Peck
M.E
M. EK
Friday Night Reports and Local Happenings
Friday night notes show I. L. Thompson as class president and a rally day planned at Drake church for next Sunday. Dolph DeBaun traveled to Terre Haute on Saturday. Barton Beard plans to move east of Prairie Creek soon. There are 43 scholars in school with potential for more but missing new books. A recent good rain fell Sunday evening. Henry Ernest and Annie Criss of Terre Haute were in town Saturday night and Sunday. Ernest runs a livery business. Marion Downs received six dollars last week for a mashed thumb under an accident policy. George Truitt, Walter Criss, Chas Yrueblood and Theo McKinney went to Shy mers on Sunday. Thomas Fuson and Effie Graves wed in Sullivan on Saturday with many friends extending best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Thompson
Drake Church
Dolph DeBaun
Terre Haute
Barton Beard
Q. C. Brewer
Prairie Creek
Henry Ernest
Annie Criss
Ernest
Marion Downs
George Truitt
Walter Criss
Chas. Yrueblood
Theo. McKinney
Shymers
Thomas Fuson
Effie Graves
Sullivan
Wheat sowing dominates Big Springs notes
Dr. Durham and Mr. Pogue attended the state fair last week. Mrs. Gastman and daughter from Kentucky visit Mrs. Theron Collier. Ora Eno is on the sick list. Mrs. Manning and daughter Mary visited Terre Haute last week. T. C. Pogue went to Farmersburg Thursday. Lee Phillips visited Crawfordsville relatives and the state fair. YT. K. Cushman and family dined at C. E. Medsker's Sunday. Mr. Black's family attended Baptist services near Fairbanks Sunday. Rally day services were well attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Pogue
Gastman
Kentucky
Theron Collier
Ora Eno
Manning
Mary
Terre Haute
T. C. Pogue
Farmersburg
Lee Phillips
Crawfordsville
K. Cushman
C. E
Local notes from Narrows area and visitors
Wheat sowing underway in the vicinity. Mrs. Jane Lawson visiting aunt in Daviess county. Attendees at John Hancock’s anniversary dinner. Mrs. Sarah Wetherell of West York visiting relatives here. Dave Whitlock’s house nearing completion. John Wisener spent a few days in Indianapolis last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lawson
Daviess County
John Hancock’s
Sarah Wetherell
West York
Dave Whitlock
John Wisener
Indianapolis
Hymera Community Notes and Local Appointments
Miss Maud Mahan of Merom visited Miss Maggie Watson last week. Rev. John Ragle is returning to Hymera for another year’s work and residents approve the appointment. Mr and Mrs Chas Brewer visited Indianapolis and went to the state fair. Miss Myrtle Bennett James Hamilton and Mrs John Branson are ill with typhoid. Noah Ring and wife J M Barcus and wife and C J McAnally attended the Farmersburg reunion Thursday. Mrs Robert Alumbaugh is very ill with consumption. Bert Beasley will attend school in Terre Haute this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Mahan
Merom
Maggie Watson
John Ragle
Hymera
Chas. Brewer
Indianapolis
Myrtle Bennett
James Hamilton
John Branson
Noah Ring
J. M. Barcus
C.J. McAnally
Carlisle Schools Open With Strong Attendance
Carlisle reports Monday opening with good turnout as diphtheria cases have disappeared. Mrs Dave Pearce is down with illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Pearce
Local notes mix of visits trips and events
Dr Keys makes a business trip to Vincennes. James K Wilson attended Chicamauga dedication. Ed W Akin returns from Lake Maxinkuckee. Hubert Lipsly of Indianapolis guest of Miss Carrie Land. A new cable pole and box added to the local telephone system. Carlisle Wood men help organize a lodge at New Lebanon. Several locals attend the State Fair in Indianapolis. Bert Crawford and Dulu Barnard visit Sullivan friends. Capt Wilbur Van Fossen ill near Scottsville. Frank Culbertson and Ralph Scudder visit Edwardsport. Etta Reed arrives from Scottsburg to teach. Pawnee Bill show draws local crowds. Mrs Angeline Miller visits daughter in Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Keys
Vincennes
James K. Wilson
Chicamauga
Tenn
Ed. W. Akin
Lake Maxinkuckee
Hubert J. Lipsly
Indianapolis
Carrie Land
John H. Klinger
Wash Re
Carlisle
New Lebanon
Claude Ellis
Jim McConnell
J. W. Lisman
J. N. Roberts
Harry Alumbaugh
Roy Whipps
W. KE. Cowle
Bert Crawford
Dulu Barnard
Sullivan
Wilbur van Fossen
Scottsville
Frank Culbertson
Ralph Scudder
Edwardsport
Lyman Heavenridge
Etta Reed
Scottsburg
Angeline Miller
David Erbleding
Local School Opens and Community Notes
School began on Monday with John L. Pleasant Miss Wagner and Miss Trueblood as teachers. Several residents travel for education and visits including Homer Creacher to Muncie Ind and H Otho Stone to Bloomington Ind. Wallace Boone dies after a long illness and a reception for new students was held at the college last Friday evening. Ernest Boroughs and family plan to join his father in Virginia. James M. Stoddard leaves for medical school in Indianapolis this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Pleasant
Miss Wagner
Miss Trueblood
Homer Creacher
Muncie
Ind
J. Ward Miles
Jennie R. Emerson
Phebe Johnson
M. E
H. Otho Stone
Bloomington
Wallace Boone
Ernest Boroughs
Virginia
L. Boroughs
J. Brian Maple
James M. Stoddard
Indianapolis
Local notes on residents and going-ons in town
Miss Frances Ward is sick with typhoid fever. Mrs Henry Richter is convalescent. Joe Beck and family and Joe Lester and wife moved to Terre Haute. Dr T S Padget moved back from Terre Haute and will practice. A girl was born September 19 to Mr and Mrs Strawther Rooksberg. D R Newkirk and wife visited Sullivan to see Mrs Benson Mayfield hurt in a runaway. Mrs Salena Fleming, back from Colorado, Miss Carrie Edmunds and Elia McClung shopped in Sullivan. Miss Tressa Bough went to Indianapolis for millinery stock. Miss Pearl and Lawrence and Melvin Ellis returned to Green Castle for school. Robert Ellis and T N McClung returned from a southern trip. Miss Ella McClung went to Indianapolis for music school. Miss Fay Howard, sick for weeks, died Monday and was interred in Indian Prairie cemetery. Fay born December 16, 1886, aged 12 years, 9 months, 9 days. She joined M E church two years ago and was a good child. She lived with friends after her father remarried. Last Thursday night she comforted her father at her bedside, saying he could not have found a better mother for her. She has gone home to dwell with Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Ward
Henry Richter
Joe Beck
Joe Lester
Terre Haute
T. S. Padget
Strawther Rooksberg
D. R. Newkirk
Sullivan
Benson Mayfield
Salena Fleming
Colorado
Carrie Edmunds
Elia McClung
Tressa Bough
Indianapolis
Ella McClung
Fay Howard
Fay
M. E. Church
Jesus
Palmer's Prairie Social Notes and Illnesses
Palmer's Prairie residents enjoy cool weather and attend a Sullivan show. Mrs Geo Case and Mrs Jas Case visit Mrs Job Case. Irvin Rich heads to Vincennes for an extended stay. Miss Jennie Liston ill with typhoid. Local youngsters visit Star City coal mine for an evening excursion. Billie Eldridge and Miss Ora Hill from Debcarbo pass through. Miss Ethel Hendricks visits Maude and Bertha Rich. John Engle and wife from Sullivan travel through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Geo. Case
Jas. Case
Job. Case
Irvin Rich
Vincennes
Jennie Liston
Star City
Billie Eldridge
Ora Hill
Debcarbo
Weekly Crop Bulletin Reports Mixed Local Conditions
Cool weather and local rains aided wheat sowing in central and northern areas with some early fields up. Rye and cabbage suffer, potatoes and apples show regional variation, tobacco fair, corn in shock with uneven late planting, pasturage brown, stock water hauled, and wells and cisterns dry in many farms.
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Aca
GUR
Vwarmersburg
Big Springs
Narrows
T. B. Shaffer & CO
Pleasantville
Palmer’s Prairie
Standard Oil CO
Isaac H. Kaelly
McCammon
H. H. Ward
South Side Square
Mullane Block
Sullivan, Ind
S. C.chaney
A. G. McNabb
Southside
J. H. Drake
Crowder
East Side Square
J. J. Thompson & Son
Arthur D. Cutler
Indiana
L. K. Stock
M. D
5. D. Weir
Washington Streets
C. H. Edwards
Public Square
John T. Hays
Sullivan, Indiana
Farmers’ Bank
Simpson
Hoosier Bargain Store
Billman’s
le de Ae
Lie
Billman
Mattix
Yee
J. A. McClanahan
F. E. Walters
No. Il
South Side
State of
County of
Sullivan Circuit Court
Cora Smock
Richard Canada
I. H. Kalley
Richard Canady
Leonard Shoemaker
Margaret Shoemaker
Sullivan Circuit
A. D
W. Ep. Shepherd
R. E. Wolfe
California
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union
Chicago
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Utah
Nevada
Geo
H. Heafford
Robert C. Jones
Carew
Cincinnati
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