Bernhardt Brings Sullivan to Attention in 1890s Visit
Story recalls Sarah Bernhardt touring Sullivan Indiana when a freight wreck stranded her troupe. With no theater, the Masonic Hall housed a makeshift Fedora performance attended by locals and visiting townspeople who packed in and called it a moment of local glory.
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Sullivan County
Sarah Bernhardt
Sullivan
Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia
Madame Sarah Bernhardt
L’aiglon
Sarah
Indiana
Sullivan Way
Madame Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Louisville
Indianapolis
Divine Bernhardt
Masonic Hall
Great Bernhardt
February storm chronology and expected severity
The forecast outlines multiple storm periods in February from the 2nd to the 28th with central dates on the 4th 3rd 6th 10th 11th 14th to 18th and 27th. It cautions about warm spells with rain and thunder followed by high winds and possible blizzards, then colder spells with high barometer and northwest winds. Heavy tropical storms are anticipated toward the 18th to 20th chiefly in the south, as wintry conditions persist into late February and the period ends with falling barometer and mixed rain snow in western and northwestern regions.
Supreme Court reverses amendments on judges and bar admissions
The court held the amendments failed to adopt as fewer than half of electors voting for governor voted for them. The decision, in The petition of George N. Denny for admission to practice law, establishes there were 315,710 For and 178,960 Against on amendment 1 and 240,031 For and 144,072 Against on amendment 2.
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Supreme Court
Baker
Dowling
Monks
Hadley
Jordan
George N. Denny
Law Suits Continued in Sullivan Circuit Court
The Jacob Eslinger vs John Eslinger and Catherine Eslinger case, to trial Saturday, was continued due to the longer than expected Engle vs Simmons damage suit. Meng vs Ferguson, for $286.25 on musk melons from 1900, also postponed because of the Engle case.
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Jacob Eslinger
John Eslinger
Catherine Eslinger
Sullivan
W. S. Engle
Simmons Et al
John A. Meng
John and
Will Ferguson
Ridgway Versus Pearce Case In Sullivan Circuit Court
The lawsuit of Anna E. Ridgway against Charles Pearce Chas Munich and James Wortman over possession of 0.26 acres of Ridgway’s farm in Haddon Township was tried in Sullivan circuit court on a Wednesday afternoon January 30. The record indicates the case proceeded into trial.
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Anna E. Ridgway
Charles Pearce
Chas. Munich
James.Wortman
Haddon
Sullivan Circuit Court
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W. W. Dale
Carlisle
Rom
Reed’s Drug and Piano House
Sullivan, Indiana
and Encyclopedia
Ican Tulein
Poeto Rico
China
Soca
Kellys
Ray
the People’s Bank
J. T. Akin
W. Akin
Cashier
Risinger & Ellis
Grizzle & Howard
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