Aged Negro Deaths After Poisoning at Home Farm
Spencer Spriggs the aged Negro, thought to be over 100, died Saturday after five days of poisoning from a dinner dish. His two nephews Sam and Howard Whitfield suffered severe illness but returned to work. The trio lived on the Haddon farm southeast of town. Spriggs buried Sunday in the colored cemetery with Rev. Chas. Hopkins officiating.
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Spencer Spriggs
Haddon Farm
Sam
Howard Whitfield
Whitfields
Haddon
Spriggs
Sullivan County
Rev
Chas. Hopkins
Princeton
Two Eclipses in June Reported by Calendar
The calendar notes two eclipses in June. A moon eclipse occurred yesterday as Earth's shadow hid the moon. On June 17 a total solar eclipse will begin around 6 a.m. and plunge the sky into darkness. The new moon also on the 17th will appear as a bright ring beside the sun most of the day.
Dog Case Quashed in Ferguson Killing Dog Trial
The State v John T Ferguson case, over the Carlisle town marshal who killed a dog tied to Mrs W N Burton for which no town license was paid, was appealed to the Sullivan circuit court where the affidavit was quashed and the case ended.
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John T. Ferguson
Carlisle
W. N. Burton
Ferguson
Squire Cowle
Squire Goodwins Court
Sullivan
Arthur D. Cutler
Sullivan Circuit Court
Cutler
Save the Quails Prepare Feeding Ground for Bob White
Z. T. Sweeney urges farmers to create a sheltered feeding ground on unused land to restore Bob White quail populations in Indiana. Proposes quarter acre plots planted with sugar cane or broom corn to provide cover and seeds, with vigilant enforcement against intruders to protect the habitat on preserves and private farms.
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Bob White
Bob
Indiana
Z. T. Sweeney
Sold Dry Cleaning Business in Carlisle to Mrs Minnie Roland
Mrs Minnie Roland purchases the dry cleaning and pressing business from Mrs W N Burton in Carlisle. Roland has learned the trade and is prepared to operate the shop.
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Minnie Roland
Carlisle
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Ridgway & Ogle
George Delker
Henderson
Sproatt & Walker
W. L. Rogers
State Fish and Game
Sweeney
Peoples State Bank
Carlisle,indiana
J. F. Alumibaugh & CO
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