Can You Hear the Bullet Whistle Before It Drills Your Hide
Debating society talk in Commercy Missouri as Senator Delemater discusses if a sound can warn a fighter of a bullet. Red Stewart of Texas claims he heard a bullet whistle and dodged. others scoff and demand there be proof before the base 91 report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercy
Bob
Buck
Lafaysette
M. P
Red Delemater
Jack
Peoria
Tie
Senator Delemater
Red Stewart
Texas
Michigan Red
Local Horse Buyer John C Brown Dies After Ill Health
John C. Brown 60 native of the county and longtime horse buyer died suddenly at his North Main street home from heart trouble after months of illness. Funeral at his residence Thursday conducted by Rev. John McD Horne with burial at Center Ridge cemetery. Survived by wife and three sons incl Eva Brown of Terre Haute. member of Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Brown
North Main Street
Mr. Brown
John McD. Horne
Christian Church
Center Ridge Cemetery
Brown
James Brown
Sullivan
Science Versus Bullet Heard Myth In Wartime Debate
In a wartime dialogue, characters argue that a bullet travels faster than sound and doubt the claim of hearing a shot before the report. The discussion moves to the difference between artillery and machine guns, with soldiers recalling dug-out safety and crowd reactions at mess. A kitchen-porch ban grows chaotic as a stranger enters the gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altho
Texas
Stuart
Neuvilly
Varennes
Delemater
Dan
Fritz
Bird
Mutual Truck Company awards $24,000 factory bid
The Mutual Truck Company of this city closed a contract for a daylight factory building on an eleven acre tract near the Illinois Central railroad. M L Hoffman Construction Company of Evansville won the bid slightly under $24,000, not including plumbing and additional work, with total cost near $30,000. Shrouds McCormick Company of Terre Haute are engineers. Burial notes mention a Vigo county church cemetery and a long-time local preacher Rev Jesse Wilson who died recently. survivors include several children and siblings.
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Mutual Truck Company
Saucerman-Glebe
Illinois Central Railroad
John CC. Chaney
M. L. Hoffman Construction Company
Evansville
Shrouds McCormick Company of
Terre Haute
Soldier Claude Eslinger Six Years in Army
Sargeant Claude Eslinger of Co. D 4th Infantry has served six years in the regular army and has not been home since enlistment. He writes from Germany after the Chateau Thierry battle and mentions being gassed there but now says he is well. He expects at least six more months abroad and asks about farm life, crops, and family news in Gill township.
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T. A. Eslinger
Gill Township
Sargeant Claude Eslinger
Co. D
4Th Infantry
Chateau Thierry
O. K
Germany
Essie Metheny
Beatrice Thompson
Claude Eslinger
Guardianship and adoption notices and divorce cases
Guardianship of Butch H Springer and others. guardian Ida E H Springer petitions to sell real estate. Mary Penman sues Joseph Penman for divorce custody and support. David Harden sues Sherkie Coal Co for damages. Hazel Williams sues Thomas A Williams for divorce alimony and custody. Marian Morgan and Anna Morgan seek adoption of Fay M Woodard. Glovie Thomason sues Tecumseh Coal and Mining Co for damages. George C Pinkston sues Lucy Pinkston for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butch H. Springer
John R. Hume
Virginia N. Hume
Joseph Springer Hume
Ida E H. Springer
Guardian
Mary Penman
Joseph Penman
David Harden
Sherkie Coal Co
Hazel ‘I. Williams
Thomas A. Williams
Marian. Morgan
Anna Morgan
Fay M. Woodard
Glovie B. Thomason
Tecumseh Coal.and Mining Co
George C. Pinkston
Lucy Pinkston
Mrs. Burkholder Granted Divorce in Circuit Court
Judge Bridwell granted Virgin Burkholder a divorce from Clyde J. Burkholder in the circuit court. Her former name Virgin Drake was restored. The divorce was granted on her cross complaint.
Council moves to improve Center Ridge cemetery grounds
The city council passed a first reading resolution to empower borrowing four thousand dollars for cemetery improvements and to landscape a ten acre addition to Center Ridge cemetery. Total project cost is about six thousand dollars and the measure must be approved at three separate council meetings before final passage.
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Center Ridge Cemetery
Sullivan Boy Lost in Argonne Action
A letter from C. M. Chamberlain 1st Lt. 47th Inf. to Mr. and Mrs. Levi Leach of this city states their son Harry Leach was killed at the Argonne Forest on October 7. The patrol faced death crossing open ground and was cut down by German machine guns near barb wire entanglements. six soldiers survived, three wounded. Leach fell near his leader and is buried in the forest.
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Levi Leach
C. M. Chamberlain
Inf
Harry Leach
Argonne Forest
the Leutenant
Young Leach
Raymond Smith Returns Home From Overseas Service
Mayor and Mrs. Henry Smith announced their son Corporal Raymond Smith arrived safely in New York from overseas duty. He is stationed at Camp Mills New York and will be discharged at Camp Taylor Kentucky or Camp Sherman Ohio after prior service in France with the 148th Infantry 37th Division.
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Henry Smith
Raymond Smith
New York
Camp Mills
N. Y
Camp Taylor
Camp _ Sherman
Ohio
France
148Th Inf. 37Th Div
Death of Charles Corder in Madison Indiana
Charles Corder died at the Madison Indiana hospital Monday after a prior life in Gill township farming and years in the Terre Haute music business. William Corder received a telegram and the remains were sent home for burial with a funeral at Riley Moon's residence Thursday.
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William Corder
Near
Merom
Charles Corder
Madison
Indiana
Riley Moon
Corder
Gill Township
Terre Haute
Palace Grocery Changes Hands in Hutsonville Area
J A Hash, formerly a Hutsonville merchant, purchased the Palace Grocery from Mrs Mabel Daugherty on the square. The stock invoice was dated Friday and Hash assumed control Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutsonville, Ill
Palace Grocery
Mabel Daugherty
Marriage Licenses for James Goodwin and Gertrude Norris
James Goodwin 31 a miner from Jackson Hill wed Gertrude Norris 26 of Sullivan in a formal marriage license pairing.
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James Goodwin
Miner
Jackson Hill
Gertrude Norris
Sullivan
Over 300 Sullivan Men Are Discharged From Service
Approximate figure shows about 300 men across Sullivan county severed ties with military service and returned to civilian life. Records in County Recorder Roy Drennan's office confirm this, as discharge documents flood the office and clerks process more each day. The Red Cross has provided letters for filling in discharge data to claim a $60 bonus from Washington.
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Sullivan County
Uncle Sam
Roy Drennan
Army
Navy
Marines
Recorder
Kittie Ridge
Recorders Office
Drennan
American Red Cross
Washington
Pioneer County Resident Mrs Pogue Dies in Turman Township
Mrs. Sarah Pogue aged 84, a longtime Turman Township resident and Shelby County native, died Saturday after an extended illness at her home. She was buried Monday at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis. Four children survive Frank Pogue Xenia Illinois Jesse Pogue Oregon Mrs Charles L Jackson New York and Mrs John Milligan Oelrichs North Dakota. Her late husband Thomas Pogue, a pioneer of the county, died February 12 and was buried at Crown Hill. He was a grandson of George Pogue, first settler on Pogue's Run in Indianapolis. She had attended the Christian church at Big Springs since 1867.
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Sarah Pogue
This County
Turman Township
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Pogue
Shelby County
Christian Church
Big Springs
Thomas Pogue
Crown Hill
George Pogue
Frank Pogue
Xenia
Ill
Jesse Pogue
Oregon
Charlesl. Jackson
New York
John Milligan
Oelrichs
N. D
Hatten Memorial Construction Starts at Merom College
Work begins on the Hatten Memorial building for Union Christian College at Merom. Brick structure directed by W. W. Thornton will be modern and rushed to completion serving as gymnasium college chapel and music department space. It honors Miss Elizabeth Hatten a longtime Merom faculty member whose gifts funded the project.
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Hatten
Union Christian College
Merom
W. W. Thornton
Elizabeth Hatten
Local Exemption Board Quits Business in Sullivan County
The Sullivan County Exemption Board has passed out of existence with all records and papers shipped to Indianapolis. The chief clerk Mrs. H. C. Steele closed the affairs, and James J. Durham prepared a complete history of the board.
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Sullivan County
Indianapolis
H. C. Steele
James J. Durham
Graysville Soldier Returns From Argonne Front
Clyde Daniels 21 son of Mr and Mrs Dave Daniels of near Graysville arrived home unexpectedly after enlisting in April 1917 with Lonnie Jewell and George Phillips who both saw action in the Argonne Forest Jewell losing a leg and Phillips sustaining a gunshot wound in the arm while serving with Daniels in the Argonne campaign.
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Clyde Daniels
Dave Daniels
Graysville
Argonne’ Forest
Lonnie Jewell
Wm. Jewell
Turman Township
George Phillips
Argonne Forest
Sullivan Firm Plans Fast Build For Truck Factory
The company outlines a 200 by 100 foot building with one third glass, to be completed in about 30 working days and May. It will assemble trucks here using contracted parts and install machinery later. An advertising push costing about forty thousand dollars targets nationwide reach. The plan includes offering 50 thousand in common stock and 50 thousand in preferred stock to raise 100 thousand outside the county, with 296 local investors already onboard. The Chicago Motor Show display generated hundreds of inquiries from across the country, signaling major benefit for Sullivan and the county.
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Sullivan
Riverton Bridge Draw Regulations Issued by War Dept
The War Department announced regulations governing opening of the Riverton Ind drawbridge of the Illinois Central across the Wabash River and at Grayville Ill. The Louisville US Engineer Office directs operations. The owner must post the rules and ensure 24 hour notice to Pales tine and keep telephonic contact ready.
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Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Wabash River
Riverton
Ind
Grayville
Ill
War Department
United States Engineer Office
Louisville
Palestine
Piety Lands in New York After Overseas Service
Chauncey R. Piety of Fairbanks township reports word from his son Martin L. Piety of a safe arrival in New York from overseas. Martin served with Co. A, 28th Infantry, and saw combat during his service.
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Piety
New York
Chauncey R. Piety
Fairbanks Township
Martin L. Piety
Co. A
28Th Inf
France
Mrs Walter F Wood and Daughter Visit Indianapolis
Mrs Walter F Wood and her daughter Agnes are visiting relatives in Indianapolis for an extended stay.
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Walter F. Wood
Agnes
Indianapolis
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Delemater’s
Wim. M. Scholl
U. S
Lafayette
K. P
the Knights’ of
Pythias
Woodmen Lodges
City
Cynthia Wilson
Riley
Vigo County
Jesse Wilson
Church of Christ
John A. Wilson
This City
Henry T. Wilson
Colorado
George
Stephen Wilson
California
Millie Trimmer
John
Felix Roli
Isreel Lake
Csi
Anette Patton
Sullivan Boy
Sargeant
Mrs. Burkholder
Bowie
County Recorder
Riverton Bridge
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