Likely Saloon License Bid in Jefferson Township
The saloon question in Jefferson township Sullivan county may be revived as Bedwell plans to apply for a license at the October county commissioners term to operate near Little Grant. The last general remonstrance dated 1404 expired two years ago, with prior individual remonstrances against Samuel Bedwell and Samuel Aluminum declared ineffective by the Sullivan county commissioners.
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Jefferson Township
Sullivan County
Bedwell
Little Grant
Samuel Bedwell
Samuel Alumnbaugh
Tinton
Prohi County Ticket Chosen At Open Convention
Prohibition party county convention met in the circuit court room last Saturday. Temperance resolutions dominated the gathering as the ticket was selected with no contests. Representatives A M Couchman Farmersburg Auditor J W Smith Carlisle Sheriff John S Maxwell Sullivan Treasurer James A Stewert New Lebanon Surveyor Oscar C White Merom Coroner Dr Oren Stoddard Merom Commissioners Wimash Farmersburg and James W Enochs Pleasantville chaired by Rev A P Asbury Farmersburg with White as secretary.
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Prohibition Party
A. M. Couchman
Farmersburg
J. W.smith
Carlisle
John S. Maxwell
Sullivan
Wim
Ash
James W. Enochs
Pleasantville
A. P. Asbury
Oscar C. White
Horse Breaks Neck After Runaway in Willis Bros Livery
Sunday night a horse belonging to Willis Bros livery, in care of Arthur Lemen, bolted while tied outside a residence. No one was in the buggy as the horse pulled away, ran some distance, and fell breaking its neck. The animal was shot early Monday.
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Willis Bros
Arthur Lemen
Lemen
Birthday gathering honors Mrs. Mary A. Douthitt
Mrs. Mary A. Douthitt aged resident of Jefferson township celebrated her 36th birthday with a family gathering at her home. Ten children and sixteen grandchildren attended a noon dinner and the celebration lasting through the day.
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Mary A. Douthitt
Jefferson Township
Social visits span several Indiana towns on Friday
Miss Carrie Unger visited relatives in Terre Haute while Miss Fannie Brown went to Farmersburg to see her sister Mrs Laurel Kennett. Mrs. Usa Wilson was in Oak Town visiting friends. Mrs. J. S. Mavity spent Friday in Sullivan.
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Carrie Unger
Terre Haute
Fannie Brown
Farmersburg
Laurel Kennett
USA Wilson
Oaktow
J. S. Mavity
Sullivan
Postal Laws Curb Printing Prize Drawings in Newspapers
The passage warns against printing prize winners lists or announcing lotteries in newspapers under postal laws. It cites Section 99 prohibiting advertising or listing prizes of chance events and notes penalties including fines up to $500 or one year in prison or both for mailing such material.
Record of Droughts Across American History
The Jacksonville Courier notes a long drought record dating back to Pilgrim times, listing summers with 21 to 123 rainless days. It highlights the 1762 drought as the longest on record in America, with no rain from May to September and widespread hay and grain shortages prompting imports.
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America
England
Jacksonville
Arnett v Setties Trial Moves to Kirkham Court
Leven Arnett sued Mayranda Setties in Squire Cowle’s court for 68 dollars for fertilizer and melon baskets sold. A venue change sent the case to Squire Kirkham in Sullivan where Arnett recovered judgment after a court trial. Arthur Cutler defended for Arnett with C D Hunt of Sullivan for the defendant.
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Leven Arnett
Mayranda
Foi. Arthur
Cutler
Arnett
C. D. Hunt
Sullivan
Sullivan Times Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Ed W Akin Sr and Mrs Jim McConnell spent Friday in Terre Haute. PP R Hackney working in Robinson Ill spent Sunday with his parents The Hackneys. Mrs Laura Lawrence of Massachusetts visiting her brother Dan Angel and family left Friday for Englewood Ill. Miss Phena Dean in Sullivan Miss Nora Marquett went to Terre Haute Monday for osteopath treatment. Miss Edna Johnson spent Saturday in Terre Haute. Linoleums up to four yards wide at Risinger Ellis Willard Ephlin a farmer of Haddon township was in town Thursday on business.
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Ed W. Akin,Sr
Jim McConnell
Terre Haute
R. Hackney
Robinson,ll
Mrs
Steven Hackney
Laura Lawrence
Massachusetts
Dan Angel
Englewood
Ill
Nora Marquett
Risinger & Ellis
Willard Ephlin
Haddon Township
Sullivan Times
Mrs Frank Cunningham Visits Sister in Illinois
Mrs. Frank Cunningham of Sullivan visited her sister Mrs Dan Clark on Friday and Saturday with family and friends.
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Frank Cunningham
Sullivan
Dan Clark
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Dean r@Sese
H. H. Throop
Ullman & Co
Chicago
Ridgway & Ogle
Arthur D. Cutler
South Corner Public Square
Indiana
D. F. Shake
Willis
the Peoples State Bank
Ind
Jenkins
GEM Cafe
Uu.e. Johnson
Prop
Louis J. Kixmiller
Prohi County Ticket
James A. Stewert
New Lebanon
Meroin
Oren Stoddard
Meroim
Postal Laws
Carlisle Mercantile CO
Carlisle Mill and Elevator
H A Brown
Flanager
Akin’s
Phena Dean
Edna Johnson
Pacific Coast
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San Diego
Cal
Guaymas
Mexico City
Mexico
Portland
Oregon
Tacoma
Seattle
Spoane, Wash
Vancouver
Victoria
B C
Pacific Coast Territory
Ben Stone
Sullivan, Ind
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