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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
1
Ira Walker of Terre Haute visited relatives. Best guaranteed regular one dollar Kansas hard wheat flour for ninety cents at Alumbaughs. Owan W Collins visited friends in Sullivan Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Roy Wolfe and Fred Wolfe visited relatives in town.
Anna Banks pressed charges of assault and battery against husband John Banks in the Justice of the Peace Court of William E. Cowle. Banks admitted guilt, was fined $10 plus costs totaling $15.55, and jailed for about fifteen days when unable to pay. Sheriff Kelley transported him to the Sullivan county jail.
D. W. Angel resigns as clerk and treasurer of Carlisle. The resignation was delivered to George A. Ridgway, president of the board of trustees, and takes effect at the board’s next meeting on Thursday night. Angel, re-elected in November 1915, leaves to take a job in Vermilion Illinois. The successor will be appointed at the upcoming meeting.
An electrical storm around 10 pm Monday night struck eight cattle of Townsley Willis east of town, killing five others in the same herd. The remaining five animals survived the strike.
The partnership of David E. Stewart and Lester Brattain in Stewart & Brattain was dissolved at the start of the week by mutual agreement. Stewart assumes full ownership and Brattain returns to his Sullivan home.
The Terre Haute Star is the only paper in this section reaching homes the same date as publication. The Star and The News both cost $2.75.
In the 1915 distribution by U S insurance companies Carlisle earned 16590. Of this amount the heirs of the late Charles T Akin secured 10000.
The long dispute between James Hallett and William H. Jones over Turtle Creek drainage concluded in Sullivan circuit court with a settlement. Hallett sold 120 acres at 75 per acre and G. W. Funk sold 160 acres at 80 per acre, totaling 21 800 dollars to resolve the case. Jones now owns over 1500 acres of prime farm land with an advanced drainage system.
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard travel through Carlisle at 1 30 p m on Saturday heading to Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis after orders from Adjutant General Bridges. Companies from Vincennes Princeton Evansville Tell City and Mount Vernon ride the train. They are expected to be ordered to the Mexico U S border within days.
A Thursday night school yard concert drew a large Carlisle crowd with praise for the boys music. Hopes rise for weekly summer concerts in Carlisle. John B. Lynch visited Sullivan Tuesday. D W Helms and daughter Helen plus Miss Hannah Wolfe of Freelandville visited Sullivan Sunday with Mr and Mrs Arthur Snavely.
Miss Luella Lockhart spent Saturday in Terre Haute visiting friends and attending community events. The excerpt notes her appearance in public life and social engagements in the city.
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