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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
4
Candidate Onion B Waris announces run for the Democratic judicial convention path for the 14th circuit seat covering Greene and Sullivan counties subject to party decision.
Four weeks from next Wednesday marks the Fourth of July 1906, Carlisle residents urged to prepare by cleaning premises, clearing rubbish, and decorating with bunting and flags for a likely large celebratory crowd. Citizens urged pride and patriotic spirit to showcase the town.
Fifteen graduates received diplomas at Carlisle High School exercises in the Methodist church. Admission was charged for the first time, reserved seats selling out weeks ahead. Rev H W Edwards opened, Dr W A Quayle spoke on Abraham Lincoln, stressing equal opportunity and self-improvement. Bertram Sanders awarded diplomas as the crowd applauded. postlude by Linton orchestra.
Sullivan Times reports Mr Harvenman and family traveling to Carlisle due to the serious illness of Mrs M J Mitchell, then returning home to Cass. Oaktown Record notes Mrs May Beers erected a monument for her husband L I Beers in the southeast section of Oaktown cemetery.
Sullivan couple Congressman John C. Chaney and Mrs Chaney announce the engagement of their daughter Zoe Ethel Chaney to Sullivan lawyer Lee Fenton Bays. Zoe is a St Marys College graduate who studied in Washington and Bays attended DePauw University and belongs to Phi Gamma Delta. The couple, popular in Sullivan society, plans a wedding in late June.
Blue grass pasture spanning 53 acres available for rent. Contact Green 501 for details. BN Nasy listed as reference.
In Sullivan county Indiana the 1904 contest shifts to the county level with Republicans aiming to carry the solidly Democratic area. Campaigns center on law and order as Gov. Hanley is slated to speak at the June 8 rally while indictments loom over some Democratic nominees. Joe Akin and Arthur Cutler, both from Carlisle, again consider bets on the outcome.
William Ferguson, hoisting engineer at the Carlisle coal mine, purchased lot 9 in Smiths addition to Carlisle from FB Hutchison for $300 and will begin erecting a one story frame cottage within a few days.
A Percheron stallion will stand atSalathiel Boone's barn, 24 miles east of Carlisle for the remainder of 1906. A ten dollar insurance fee applies to a living colt. Breeders bringing diseased mares are responsible for damages. The owner cites best care but disclaims liability for accidents.
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