The Hunting Season Opens Under State Game Laws
Open season for waterfowl runs September 1 to April 15. Quail season November 10 to January 1 limits to 15 birds per day. Rabbits November 10 to the following October with October closure. Squirrels July 1 to October 1. Woodcock July 1 to January 1. Snipe and plover any time. doves year round. No hunting of wild birds from sunset to sunrise. Sunday hunting banned. October 1 to November 10 closed to all game except waterfowl.
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General Assembly
County option law fails to curb drinking in dry counties
The Greencastle Herald notes reports from Bloomington Worthington and Clay City where drunkenness persists despite dry counties. It cites drug stores open in Martinsville and argues local option only wipes out saloons, leaving enforcement as the county’s responsibility.
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Bloomington
Greencastle
Worthington
Clay City
Martinsville
Greencastle Herald
Washington Herald
Pearl Worth A Thousand Dollars Arrives In Oaktown
A reliable source reports that the season’s finest pearl was brought to Oaktown last Saturday by E. E. Brown, weighing twenty two grains with superb lustre. Mussler experts value it well over a thousand dollars and it is now owned by Frank H. Johnson, a longtime watermelon seller with a growing pearl collection.
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Oaktown
E. E. Brown
Frank H. Johnson
Johnson
Deeble Makes Business Trip to Oaktown Saturday
Wm. F. Deeble traveled to Oaktown on a business trip Saturday.
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Wm. F. Deeble
Oaktown
Melon Crop Tops Growers' Returns in Sullivan County
Shipments show watermelons and cantaloupes valued at about $31,000 from Carlisle area. About 200 carloads of watermelons moved at an average $65 per car, plus 43 cantaloupe cars and 18,000 baskets sold locally, despite weather reducing yield. Growers plan larger plantings next year.
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Carlisle
Reward Offered for Information on School Property Vandalism
A $25.00 reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of anyone defacing mutilating or destroying school houses or property in Haddon Township. If information is furnished perpetrators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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Haddon Township
Allen joins Navy amid parental consent dispute
Ralph Allen of this place attempted to enlist without his parents' consent by persuading Officer Golden of Terre Haute. He finally secured his parents' signatures and enlisted in the service Friday, though he is under age.
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Ralph Allen
Golden
Terre Haute
Allen
Miss Mayme Roberts Resigns Stenographer Post
Miss Mayme Roberts, longtime efficient stenographer for the law firm Hunt and Gam bill of Sullivan, resigns her position and will move with her parents to Canton South Dakota this week.
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Mayme Roberts
Hunt & Gambill
Sullivan
M. G. Roberts
Canton
South Dakota
Brower Couple Acquitted on Trespass Charge in Justice Court
In Squire Cowle's court Wiley Montgomery pressed three Brower charges including profanity provoke and drawing a corn knife. Mrs Brower was acquitted of trespassing on land leased by Montgomery. Brower was cleared of profanity while the other two counts were continued to Sept 30 at 10 a m on Wood motion. Bellevue Coal Co suit by Risinger Ellis ended with default judgment of 24 75.
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Walter F. Wood
Paul Stratton
Sullivan
Bellevue Coal Company
Risinger & Ellis
Squire Cowles
Pit Boss and Miner Plead Guilty to Intoxication
Wm. Schery pit boss at Carlisle Coal and Clay Co mine was arrested by Marshal Willis on intoxication charges and pled guilty before Justice Wheeler. He paid a total of 8.25 dollars including fines and costs. Pleasant Jones, noted coal miner, also pled guilty to intoxication and was fined 5 dollars total.
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Wm. Schery
Carlisle Coal & Clay Co
Marshal Willis
Justice Wheeler
Pleasant Jones
Wheeler
Iowa Farmer Considers Trade for Multiple Harness Bundles
A farmer visits a harness dealer in Iowa to buy a $45 harness and recalls paying with 300 bushels of corn for an $85 deal years ago. The dealer offers a swap: 3800 bushels of corn for the $45 harness plus a full set of additional gear including a double buggy harness, a single harness, a plush robe, saddles, riding gear, and grooming tools.
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Iowa
Local Residents Visit Sullivan and Indianapolis Friends
Isaac Douthitt of east of town was in Sullivan Saturday on business. Mrs. R D Henderson and her sister Miss Celia Wood of east of town were in Sullivan Monday and Tuesday visiting their nephew, Prosecuting Attorney Walter F Wood. Misses Mary Lanham and Eleanor Alumbaugh returned home Sunday from Indianapolis where they had been visiting Mrs. Bessie Grady and family.
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Isaac Douthitt
East of Town
Sullivan
R.D. Henderson
Celia Wood
Walter F. Wood
Mary Lanham
Eleanor Alumbaugh
Indianapolis
Bessie Grady
Attorneys at Law Office Ad In Sullivan Indiana
Hunt and Gambill attorneys advertise their office over The National Bank at the northeast corner of Public Square in Sullivan Indiana seeking clients and business.
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National Bank
Public Square
Sullivan
Indiana
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Arbuckle Coffee
Freelandville
John G. Frazee
Star Grocery
Star Grocery Co
W. L. Rogers
Sullivan County
Navy
Justice Court
Robert M. Brower
Squire Cowle
Wiley Montgomery
The
Bank OF Carlisle
S. D
Meat Market
Beau Brummel
Reans
Syewarg Cveta
Strauss Brothers’ National Tailoring Service of
Chicago
Deeble Bros
Dr. Pirtle
Charles D. Hunt
Gilbert W. Gambill
Attorneys-at-Law
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