Democratic primary heats Sullivan county for Hunt and Cullop
In Indiana the second district Democrats vote April 8 to choose their congressional nominee. Sullivan county backs Charles D. Hunt over William A. Cullop, while Cullop gains strength in other counties aided by a strong Vincennes campaign led by William H. Vollmer and Mrs. Cullop. Hunt claims broad district encouragement and predicts victory next Wednesday.
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Sullivan County
Charles DJ. Hunt
William Allen Cullop
Vincennes
Charles D. Hunt
Cullop
Gilbert Ga
Republican Party
Hunt
Bloomington
Oscar Cravens
Linton
Joe Turner
William H. Vollmer
Vollmer
Artie Cullop
Washington
Knox County
Cullop Faces Opposition Over Rotation in Office Debate
The district sees Democrats split over Cullop with critics arguing rotation in office is excessive and weak county ties threaten ticket strength in Knox. Cullop counters that opposition is driven by disgruntled editors and cites peers who sought multiple nominations. He pledges consistency and party loyalty as he vies for renomination.
Man Who Assaulted Farley Still Missing
Sheriff Kelley and officials search for Elliott Jackson who attacked Dan Farley with an ax at the Hamilton blocks. Farley, a coal miner, is in critical condition at a Terre Haute hospital. Jackson's wife and child remain at the blocks. she accuses Farley of harming their baby while intoxicated and expresses malice toward Farley.
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Kelley
Elliott Jackson
Dan Farley
Hamilton Blocks
Farley
Terre Haute
Jackson
Grimes
Survey Begins In Sullivan County For Interurban Line
The Linton Citizen reports a survey of the right of way for a proposed interurban to tap the coal belt will start this week in Sullivan County. The interurban office on South Main has a busy, business like feel as clerks index residents city and township for a population map. Data collection proceeds rapidly with city and township reports nearly finished and Wright and Cass townships set to begin next. Chief Engineer Schafer of Indianapolis and six surveyors planned to start field work soon, weather permitting after heavy rains delay the crew.
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Linton
South Main Street
Wright Township
Cass’ Township
Sullivan County
Schafer
Indianapolis
Mrs. Addison Roseberry Dies After Illness
Mrs. Addison Roseberry aged 60 died Saturday evening at her home five miles south of Merom after a three week pneumonia illness. Funeral was held at the residence Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Will Yager of Graysville. Interment followed in the Carlisle Odd Fellows cemetery. She is survived by her husband and five children.
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Addison Roseberry
Merom
Will Yager
Graysville
Odd Fellows
Carlisle
Roseberry
Merom College Accredited for Class A Year
Merom March 31. President D A Long of the Union Christian College reports receipt of word from Charles A Greathouse superintendent of public instruction that the local college has been accredited for Class A year.
Sullivan men bound over for federal court action
Ed Boone Isaac Crawford and John Lane were bound over to federal court in Indianapolis for five hundred dollars each after a Terre Haute preliminary hearing on charges of holding up a rural route mail wagon driven by A B Thurber. Witnesses A B Thurber and William Peacher attended.
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Ed Boone
Isaac Crawford
John Lane
A. B. Thurber
Orph M. Hall
U. S
Terre Haute
Mat Lane
Indianapolis
William Peacher
Cass Township
Shelburn Bartender Captures Burglary Suspect
Three Shelburn stores were robbed Saturday night. Elias Burris, 30, a section hand, was captured by bartender Abe Stevenson after Burris smashed a plate glass window at A Deutch store. Stevenson held Burris until the Shelburn marshal arrived. Burris is jailed on burglary charges. The entries included Bannister clothing store Deutch general store and Gaskins hardware. a boy’s clothing suit was stolen from Deutch.
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Shelburn
Elias Burris
Burris
Abe Stevenson
A. Deutch
Stevenson
Harry Bannister
Duncan Murder Trial Set for Bloomington Next Month
Edward Duncan a Hymera coal miner and former resident of the city has been moved from Bloomfield jail to Bloomington jail. The Greene to Monroe county venue places the murder case against him for killing his wife in Linton last October with ex husband of the victim Tillman Taylor as a wounded survivor.
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Edward Duncan
Hymera
Linton
Bloomfield
Bloomington
Greene County
Monroe County
Duncan
Tillman Taylor
Taylor
Meeting of Jackson Farming Association
The 4th meeting of the Better Farming Association of Jackson township will be held at the Ladd No. 7 school house two miles east of Hymera on Friday April 3 starting at 1 30 p m. An excellent program will be rendered with singing and recitations from schools 7 10 and 11. Seed corn testing and soil improvement topics will be presented by Luther Steele and County Agent A W Hayes, followed by round table discussions.
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Jackson Farming Association
Better Farming Association
Jackson Township
Hymera
Luther Steele
A. W. Hayes
Death of Mrs. J. A. Ransford
Mrs. J. A. Ransford, a former Sullivan county woman, died Friday in Wesleyan Hospital Chicago after pneumonia contracted en route from Terre Haute to Muskegon. Her body reached Terre Haute Saturday and was laid at her sister Mrs. George McKee’s home. She leaves two husbands and two sons, Herbert and Morris, with Herbert a Rose Polytechnic senior and Morris a Garfield High School senior. She was the sister of Mrs. Lem Patton and daughter of Mrs. M. L. Harris of Graysville.
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J. A. Ransford
Sullivan County
Terre Haute
Muskegon
Michigan
Wesleyan Hospital
Chicago
George McKee
Ransford
Herbert
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Morris
Garfield High School
Jerusalem Chapter No 81 R A M to Hold Work Tomorrow
Jerusalem Chapter No 81 Royal Arch Masons schedules work in past and most excellent degrees for tomorrow night. Members are set to perform the rites as part of a planned ceremony.
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Jerusalem
Peter B May Emerges in Terre Haute Roberts Trial
Peter B. May a former Sullivan attorney and preacher now Terre Haute assistant city attorney drew attention during Mayor Roberts trial. He and three others were sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined 100 dollars for contempt of court linked to an attempted raid on Prosecutor Hamill’s office. the sentence was suspended after apologies. May was excluded from the courtroom as counsel for Roberts for the remainder of the trial.
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Peter B. May
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Roberts
Attorney May
Fortune
Hamill
May
Prominent Oil Operator Captain Grace Dies at 69
Captain Peter B. Grace, a leading oil operator in Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania, died in Robinson Illinois after a brief pneumonia illness. A Civil War veteran, he earned a captaincy at Gettysburg. He helped develop Illinois oil fields and oversaw Cherry Grove Well No. 646 with 4800 barrels daily capacity. Remains sent to Arlington National Cemetery for interment.
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Peter B. Grace
Indiana
Illinois
Robinson
Grace
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Cherry Grove
North Clarendon
Washington
Arlington National Military Cemetery
Lawsuit Over Brightlight Property at Palestine Landing
John Kimberlain sues W. A. White in Gill township, Palestine County, claiming a U S patent and seeking ejectment to regain Brightlight on the Wabash river. Kimberlain asks $700 damages for alleged unlawful occupation.
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Brightlight
Wabash
Palestine Landing
Gill Township
John Kimberlain
U. S
U. S. Land Commission
Circuit Court
W. A. White
Kimberlain
White
Death of Perry Harris Graysville stock buyer farmer
Perry Harris 69 a native of the county and longtime Turman township resident died at his home two miles south of Graysville after a three month illness. Funeral from the residence conducted by Rev Will Yager with burial in Mann Cemetery. He leaves children Charles Harris Mrs Commadore Frakes and Arthur Harris all of near Graysville.
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Perry Harris
Graysville
Will Yager
Mann Cemetery
Harris
Turman Township
Irvin Scott
Reuben Ransford
Charles Harris
Commodore Frakes
Arthur Harris
Teachers Win Licenses in March Exam at Local High School
The March teachers examination at the high school produced many passes. Among 130 February applicants for license, 53 achieved passing grades. Superintendent Park will speak at the Symmes township commencement in Edgar county Illinois on May 28.
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Park
Symmes Township
Edgar County
Illinois
Purdue Club Workers Start County Club Work
Professor J D Harper of Purdue University and County Agent A W Hayes will spend Thursday and Friday in the county helping organize Boys Corn Clubs and Girls Gardening and Canning Clubs. They will visit larger schools and outline the club program for pupils.
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Purdue Club
J. D. Harper
Purdue University
A. W. Hayes
Countywide club enrollment urged for county teachers
Teachers urge near universal township participation in two clubs aligning with Better Farming associations. Haddon township reports about 60 youths enrolled while some townships have yet to act, risking poor contest results. County teachers and officers share responsibility to enroll eligible pupils.
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Haddon Township
Irene Boswell St Quentin Named Piano Head at Muncie Normal
Miss Irene Boswell St Quentin, formerly of this city and now in Indianapolis, is appointed head of the piano department at the Normal Institute in Muncie, which hosts 1,500 students.
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Irene Boswell St. Quentin
Indianapolis
Normal Institute
Muncie
Fairbanks Commencement Honors Indiana State Normal President
The annual commencement exercises of Fairbanks township schools will be held at the Fairbanks school building on Friday evening. Address to be delivered by W. W. Parsons president of the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute.
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Fairbanks
Fairbanks Township
W. W. Parsons
Indiana State Normal School
Terre Haute
Cyrus Blackburn Killed by Passenger Train at Bedford
Cyrus Blackburn aged 54 native of the county and cousin of Jefferson Blackburn was struck and killed by a passenger train on the South eastern at Bedford last Tuesday. He was near his team when the accident occurred and crossed the tracks while escorting the team. The right side was crushed in the impact. Jefferson Blackburn attended the funeral.
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Cyrus Blackburn
Jefferson Blackburn
Southeastern
Bedford
Blackburn
J. E. Pitts
Chosen Orator for Anti Saloon League Speeches
Hinkle C. Hays of this city is named as one of ten attorneys to deliver temperance speeches statewide under the Anti Saloon League. His first remarks will be at Graysville on April 5. Hays has trained in temperance oratory and represented Wabash College in earlier state contests.
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Hinkle C. Hays
Anti Saloon League
Hays
Graysville
Wabash College
The
Indiana
Public sales delayed and horse mule sale planned
The sale of Dan Vaughn at his farm four miles south of New Lebanon is postponed from March 27 to next Saturday at 10 a.m. He offers a good line of stock. The Sullivan Horse and Mule Co will hold its third sale of 150 head of horses and mules in this city next Saturday starting at 10 o'clock.
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Dan Vaughn
New Lebanon
Sullivan Horse and Mule Co
Rogers Brother in Seattle Stricken by Illness
Mrs. Richard Park learns from Seattle that her brother John S. Rogers is in critical condition due to asthma and heart enlargement.
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Rogers
Richard Park
Seattle
Washington
John S. Rogers
Gen eva Curtis Born With Large Family Ties
A daughter was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Curtis. The girl named Geneva has a long line of grandparents and great grandparents including Mrs. Louisa J. Hammond as great grandmother and William Rodman as great grandfather.
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Ray Curtis
Geneva
Louisa J. Hammond
William Rodman
W. T. Morgan
Carlisle
James R. Curtis
John Rodman
Ada, Curtis
Means Renewed Activity on Sullivan County Oil Field
The Sullivan county oil region shows renewed drilling with No 1 Gambill farm extending the Jamison pool south and tests planned on the William Bland farm. Raley No 6 extends the Pinkston pool west, with an estimated 75-barrel producer by the Ohio firm. Several new locations and tests are noted on Bryce Ridgeway, Boyer, and Love lace lands as crews push west and south.
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Gambill Farm
Jamison Pool
Raley No. 6
Pinkston Pool
Sullivan County
Frank Gambill
William Bland
Don Cochran
Brazil
John C. Chaney
Carson Hamill
Malcolm Steele
Terre Haute
Bays Brothers
Akin
Bryce Ridgeway
Pinkston
Bates
Judge Buff Pool
Boyer Pool
Bays & Riggs
Ohio
Hilla Lovelace
Gill Township Better Farming Meet Promotes Boys and Girls Club
Merom March 31 The Better Farming Association of Gill township plans a meeting at the College building April 1 at 7 30 p m to launch county boys and girls club work. A W Hayes County Agent will discuss club links between home school and farm and its recreation and profit potential. Professor Lamb will share remarks for club members.
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Gill Township
Better Farming Association
Merom
Department of
A. W. Hayes
Sullivan County
Lamb
Turman Farmers Meet in Graysville April 9 Program
Turman township Better Farming Association will hold a meeting in Graysville on April 9 at 7 30 p m. J W Watson director has prepared an instrumental music program and youth recitations. Rev Mr Thompson discusses The Country Church and the Farm with thoughts on rural life links to church success and farmer well being. County Agent A W Hayes speaks on Spring Problems of the Farmer.
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Turman
Graysville
Turman Township
Better Farming Association
J. W. Watson
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
A. W. Hayes
Jasonville I. O. O. F to Dedicate Temple
The Odd Fellows temple in Jasonville will be dedicated Saturday with ceremonies starting at 2 30 p m Speakers include Wm Nauer Grand Master Stephen O Sharp Grand Patriarch and Mrs Ida Van Dor in President of the Rebekah Assembly of the state The subordinate lodge and encampment degrees will be taught in the evening.
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Jasonville
Elks Install Officers for Sullivan Lodge No 911
Newly elected officers of Sullivan lodge No 911 BPOE will be installed next Monday night.
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ELKS
Sullivan Lodge No. 911
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William Allen
Congress
Knox
Adair
Moss
Dixon
Hamilton
Interurban
Merom College
Hymera Miner
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