Constitutional convention halted by Indiana Supreme Court ruling
Sullivan County clerk David Giles reports the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled the 1917 act to call a January 1918 constitutional convention unconstitutional. The decision, written by Chief Justice Richard K. Erwin, states the legislature lacks inherent power to summon a convention without a people directed directive, ending plans for Indiana's constitutional convention next year. The case now raises questions of possible appeals to the United States Supreme Court.
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David Giles
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Indiana
Eli Stansbury
Dave Giles
Sullivan County Constitutional Convention Registration Board
Supreme Court of the State
Giles
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Supreme Court
Richard K. Erwin
Harvey, Spencer and
Myers
Larry
United States Supreme Court
Abram Simmons
Bluffton
Charles Martindale
Supreme Courts
Indiana Court
Martindale
Supreme Court of the United States
Circle of Chautauqua Boosters Tour Starts Carlisle
Fourteen automobiles carrying Chautauqua boosters left Carlisle at 12 30 p m Tuesday to publicize the Lincoln Chautauqua set for Carlisle from Friday July 27 to Wednesday August 1. They visited Oaktown Free landville Pleasantville Paxton Sullivan New Lebanon and Merom then returned about 7 30 p m. Rev W R Cady explained the event and sales of season tickets were urged after a short electric bell concert at each stop.
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Carlisle
Oaktown
Freelandville
Pleasantville
Paxton
Sullivan
New Lebanon
Merom
W. R. Cady
Surprise 64th Birthday Dinner for Mr Ed W Akin
At 6 30 Tuesday evening the Akin residence hosted a surprise birthday dinner for Ed W Akin on his 64th birthday planned by Mrs Akin and daughter Lou McConnell. John W Cooper took Mr Akin to Sullivan, returning around 6 15 with guests already assembled for the three course feast and gifts.
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Ed W. Akin
Mr. Akin
Jacob Hoke
John T. Hays
Joe T. Akin
George Price
French Long
Sullivan
J. W. Cooper
Jim McConnell
Till Ogle
J. N. Roberts W. J. Curtner
T.S. Risinger
J. 5. Akin
Ellis Greenfield
George Funk
Rev. W. R. Cady
Louis J. Kixmiller
Albert S. Wiggs
Ozro Latshaw
Chicken Trouble in Court
The state of Emma Essex sued Pauline Cox over chickens belonging to the defendant. A local court heard the case Saturday before a jury and found the defendant not guilty of provoke.
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Extel
Emma Essex
Pauline Cox
Wheat Turns Out Well In Sullivan County Harvest
First wheat threshed near Carlisle by J. T. Akin shows a yield well above normal with No. 2 average quality. The 50 acres yielded 35 bushels per acre, part of a 103 acre crop sold to Akin-Erskine Milling Co. of Evansville at 2.00 dollars per bushel on track in Carlisle Indiana.
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Sullivan County
J. T. Akin
Carlisle
Akin
Wolfe Visit to Oaktown and Fort Wayne Relative
Mr and Mrs Roy Wolfe traveled to Oaktown on Monday to visit relatives Murray Coleman from Ft Wayne arrived Saturday to see his mother Mrs W F Bennett
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Mrs. Roy Wolfe
Oaktown
Murray Coleman
Ft. Wayne
W. F. Bennett
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