Damages Awarded In Carlisle Suit After Night Jury Deliberation
The petit jury spent seventeen hours in an all night session before awarding Tressie Hopper $25 against Wm. E. Chaney in circuit court. Hopper claimed eviction threats and officer involvement harmed her health. she sought $1,000. Attorneys were A. G. McNabb for the plaintiff and A. D. Cutler with Hunt & Gambill for the defense.
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Petit Jury
Tressie Hopper
Wm. E. Chaney
Carlisle
Chaney
A. G. McNabb
A. D. Cutler
Hunt & Gambill
Sullivan Times
Weather Bureau Weather Flags For Rural Delivery Plan
Representative McHenry of Pennsylvania introduces a bill to extend daily weather forecasts to rural deliveries. Post offices would telegraph forecast each morning, and rural mail wagons would display flags indicating the next 24 hours weather. The proposal awaits committee action in agriculture.
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Weather Bureau
McHenry
Pennsylvania
Committee On Agriculture
Mrs Joe Penman and Sons Visit Sullivan on Tuesday
Mrs Joe Penman and her sons spent Tuesday in Sullivan, likely for family or local business matters, with no further details provided.
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Joe Penman
Sullivan
Mrs Watson Returns Home After Visit
Mrs Mary L. Watson goes back to Vincennes Tuesday after visiting her daughter Miss Nellie Watson in town.
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Mary L. Watson
Vincennes
Nellie Watson
Douthitt Visit Highlights Relatives in Jefferson Area
J Ed Douthitt of Sullivan who had visited relatives in Jefferson township is visiting his son Carl Douthitt in the city.
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J. Ed Douthitt
Sullivan
Jefferson Township
Carl Douthitt
Terre Haute men visit mother in local town
Roy Duffer and William Bloomenstein of Terre Haute spent Sunday with Duffer’s mother Mrs Gracie Duffer and her son Earnest.
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Roy Duffer
William Bloomenstein
Terre Haute
Gracie Duffer
Earnest
Mrs Dyke and Pearl Return Home From Visit
Mrs. Kate Dyke and daughter Pearl return to Chataw NL from a visit with George Mayfield and wife and Wm Phillippe and family, Tuesday.
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Kate Dyke
Miss Pearl
Chataw
George Mayfield
Wm. Phillippe
Postmaster Lyman Heavenridge Guests From Spencer
Postmaster Lyman Heavenridge and family with Miss Nina Chambers of Spencer visited Mr and Mrs Ellis Greenfield. Lyman returned home Saturday while his wife and children and Miss Chambers stayed for a longer visit.
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Lyman D. Heavenridge
Nina Chambers
Spencer
Ellis Greenfield
Lyman
Tramp Cook Leslie Davis Killed by Rail Train
Leslie Davis a tramp cook sleeping on the track south of Carlisle was struck by E T H train No 98 Friday evening and killed. The coroner ruled accidental death due to the man’s own negligence. Relatives not located, body to be buried at Shelburn.
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Leslie Davis
Tramp Cook
Carlisle
Haddon Crossing
Town
Robinson
Paris
Til
Estabrook
Oaktown
Poe
Curtis Douglass
Jim McConnel
Shelburn
Claude Padgett
Padgett
Casebeer
Douglass
Changes in E. and T. H. schedules and engines route
Passengers notice new officials requesting tickets as trains bypass Terre Haute and run directly to Danville. Heavy engines stay with trains to Danville with same crews, improving speed. Freight moves Danville to Evansville with same caboose. Rumors say car lettering may shift to Frisco after Frisco gains control of E. and T. H. and C. and E. I. Local lines into Chicago could shift from L. and N. to Frisco via Mt. Carmel Evansville branch.
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Terre Haute
Danville
Evansville
Frisco
Chicago
Big Four
Mt. Carmel
Tragedy near Pimento as young man killed by train
Harley Graham age 24 of two miles west of Pimento was struck and killed by an E. T. H. inter urban train on a Sunday morning while on a platform awaiting a car. He stepped backward into the path of the oncoming train and died instantly. Coroner Leavitt ruled the death accidental.
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Harley Graham
Pimento
Graham
Leavitt
Notice of Estate Dues and Business Continuation
All who know themselves to be indebted to the late Stephen Hackney will please settle with the undersigned at once. The shoe repairing shop will continue the same as heretofore. Mrs. Nancy Hackney.
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Haddon Township
J. F. Sproatt Harness Shop
Carlisle
Ind
Stephen Hackney
Nancy Hackney
Resolutions on Death of Stephen Hackney at Carlisle Lodge
Carlisle Lodge No 50 I O O F expresses condolence on the June 15 death of Stephen Hackney. The resolutions note his wife Sister Hackney and describe his influence, calling for sympathy, publication in The Carlisle News, and record keeping. Signed by Cons D Nalley J F Sproatt P F Hoopper.
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Carlisle Lodge No. 50
I.O.O.F
Stephen Hackney
Hackney
God
Carlisle
D. Nalley
J. F. Sproatt
P. F. Hoopper
Reverend Angel heads to Ottawa and Pocasset for summer
Rev. W. O. Angel departed Thursday for Ottawa Kansas to visit relatives for a few weeks and will proceed to Pocasset Oklahoma to spend the summer with a brother.
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W. O. Angel
Ottawa
Kansas
Pocasset
Okla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Deeble & Shepherd
Dr. Pirtle
Carlisle, Ind
Alsop’s
W T. Alsop
Prop
Cutler
Sullivan County
Crowder Block
Public Square
Indiana
J. Wesley Smith
First National Bank
Office of Trustee
J. Frank Sproatt
Trustes
E. W. Rogers
Ren
I. O. O. F. Resolutions
Best H. & E
Atalee Ee
Michigan
Golden Eagle
John G. Frazee
Peoples State Bank
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