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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1910
Page
2
Residents near Winslow report seeing a blood red sunspot fragment into globules believed to be a giant meteor. A Sims couple, Stockinger family, Hollons, and Craytons corroborate sightings of a red ball breaking into smaller balls as dusk approached. The crowd fears portents of war.
The Rev. W. O. Angel of Carlile was hurt Monday morning when he was thrown onto the pavement while alighting from a streetcar. He reports steady improvement though the injury was painful.
Philip Mattern, sentenced to the Reformatory at Jeffersonville, has received a full pardon from the state pardon board. Convicted June 30, 1908 after a long trial, he was released on parole months ago and gained support from friends. Mattern's home is Wabash Indiana. prior to conviction he served as night clerk at the Union Depot Hotel. The prosecuting witness Miss Wilson reportedly favored carrying the case to extremes. This pardon is noted as a correction in the eyes of his supporters in Carlisle and Vincennes communities.
A list of civil actions including multiple divorce complaints such as Andrew J. Fisher versus Lottie Fisher and Isaac H. Kalley versus Richard M. Bennett and Rosa Bennett. Other actions include personal injury, note and mortgage, and estate matters involving real estate sales and custody issues.
A large steel Blymer bell weighing 1400 pounds was installed in the Christ ian Church tower by David Willis and church volunteers. The bell measures 48 inches in diameter and 150 inches in circumference and can reportedly be heard for up to ten miles under favorable conditions. The bell cost 210 and was placed after a thirty day trial with no accidents.
Rev. L. V. Barbre will be in Farmersburg Monday and Tuesday visiting his parents.
Alvin McClure a longtime Knox County lawyer and former Vincennes resident died at his Oaktown home Sunday from complications of diseases. Funeral held Tuesday at 10 at the Oaktown Methodist church. Born August 26 1869 in Carroll County he moved to Knox County as a boy and later practiced law in Vincennes after teaching in Knox schools. He served as county attorney for one term and was highly regarded in the Knox County Bar Association.
Memorial Day was observed in Carlisle and nearby communities with stores closing from 10 am to 4 pm. People visited cemeteries to lay flowers and honor the dead while Bethlehem M E Church held services. Sunday saw nine members of George W Botrame! Post G A R attend a sermon by Rev L V Barbre at the opera house.
Albert Wiggs and Grace Durlin married Wednesday night at eight at the bride’s parents home near Springfield Indiana. Only the parents attended the ceremony performed by Rev Sholtz of Springfield Baptist church. The groom is a bookkeeper at R W Akins Sons store in Carlisle. They will reside with Albert’s parents Mr and Mrs Hiram Wiggs for now.
Citizens fail to approve plans for a Carlisle Fourth of July celebration and decide to drop the effort this year. Authorities say the event may be revived next year with different arrangements if support grows.
The Christian Sunday School presents a program at 7 30 p m with songs recitations solos duets and a flag drill. Rev L Y Barbie offers prayer and gives the benediction followed by a talk and offering.
The Gooseville Deestrick Skule and Skollars Yung Foaks Convension, staged Thursday night by the Loyal Sons and Queen Esther classes of the Christian Sunday School, drew a full audience. Twenty seven skollars performed in a comical show with Mrs. Stella Carson Jones of Indianapolis directing rehearsals and giving readings. Door receipts totaled 80 dollars and 40 cents.
The Sullivan County Medical Society held its June meeting at Orr hall in Carlisle. Drs. G. W. Pirtle and Paul Higbee presented on Summer Diseases of Children, followed by a general discussion. Attendees included physicians from Sullivan Pax ton Shelburn Fairbanks Farmersburg Terre Haute and Carlisle.
Claude A. Ellis formerly of this place has moved his family to Ft. Smith Arkansas after several months there. His sons Orl and Stanley left Carlisle for Ft. Smith last Sunday. His daughter Mrs Wesley Williams and her husband from Hymera also moved to Ft. Smith for their future home. Mr Hills recently married Terre Haute woman Miss Cora Bell and is now in the stove manufacturing business there.
The Mothers Club of the Christian Church will meet next Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Carl Gobin west of town.
Mrs E H Holder of Farm stayed several days due to the serious illness of her niece Miss Laura Mickle. Solomon Deeble and wife returned home Sunday from Los Angeles where they had been visiting their daughter Mrs W T Pratt and family.
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