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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
1
County hospital proposition eyed after men's club report
A Sullivan Men's Club committee led by Will Hays and doctors Billman Crowder submitted a report last Friday, showing petitions with about 1 500 names and plans to seek a county hospital vote this fall. Prof S Holton will name a committee to present to county commissioners as ministers prepare public talks countywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Club of
Sullivan
Will H. Hays
Jas. M. Billman
Joe R. Crowder
S Holton
G. F. Botts
J. W. Neyman
T. W. Kennedy
Wie
Passing of Old Pinkston Farm Near Providence Church
The W. O. Pinkston farm in Turman township was sold by Court Commissioner I. H. Kalley to Isaac Harmon for 67.50 per acre. The 100 plus acre property adjoins Providence church and includes a family burying ground linked to Osborn Pinkston’s life. Harmon plans to make it his future home, while residing on the George Falk farm this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pinkston
Osborn
Isaac Kaufman
Pinkston
Isaac
John L. Kaufman
Gill Township
Providence Church
John
East Jackson Street
Willis Benefield
Harmon
George Falk
Ike
David Harmon
Kansas
Tur- Inan
Lee Kelly
Murder case against Van Hook delayed due to missing witness
The John Van Hook murder case over James Martin at the Reliance mine has been continued because key state witnesses are absent. Robert Elrod, who reportedly witnessed the shooting, cannot be located, leaving the circuit court session postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Hook
James Martin
Reliance Mine
Robert Elrod
Sullivan County Boy Instructor of Note
An editorial lauds Alvin C. Payne, superintendent of Mooresville public schools since 1907, for modernizing facilities, expanding library holdings, boosting attendance and staffing, improving student performance, and securing equipment for science and domestic science, while praising his leadership and dedication amid possible departure to larger cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin C. Payne
Jefferson Township
Mooresville
Sind
Tribune
A. C. Payne
Payne
Prof. Payne
Merom Chautauqua Acts Announced for August
Merom announces a varied Merom Chautauqua lineup for August including lectures from Dr. Fletcher and Gov. E W Hock along with humorist Bill Bone and judges, London performer Mrs Sowden, and Bishop Hughes plus musical acts, reading and magic acts and a domestic science segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom
Dr. Fletcher
Gov
E. W. Hock
Bill Bone
DeWitt Miller
J. Frank Hanly
Frank P. Sadler
Chicago
Phillips Sowden
London
England
Amhurst Ott
Monroe Markley
Edwin Hughes
Glenn
North Carolina
Whitney Bros
Fisher Shipp Musical Co
Fish University Jubilee Singers
Merom Chautauqua
Reading
Whitney
Fairbanks Couple Married at County Clerk’s Office
Otto DeBaun a well known farmer of Fairbanks township and Mary E Fuson daughter of the late Rev William Fuson were married Saturday afternoon at the county clerk's office by Rev J M Vawter. They will reside in Fairbanks township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Otto DeBaun
Fairbanks Township
Mary E. Fuson
William Fuson
J. M Vawter
Complete list of county graduates announced
County Superintendent Park completed grading of manuseums of Lie Various students for graduation from common schools. The list includes Cass Jean Creager Guy Shertler John Barnes Essie Withers and many others. Commencement time not fixed yet. township principals and county officials prepare arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Claude Howard
Sectiison
WiluSe
Sulie Wao
Cass—Jean Creager
Guy Shertler
John Barnes
Essie Withers
Isaac Snow
Curry
Fonzo Martin
Harold Martin
Elden Jayior
Audry Bush
Bloyd Risinger
Aurel Dix
Edgar Bolinger
Joseph O'Neal
Jemnick V. Froment
Margaret Hughes
Joseph Hopewell
Wesley Owen
Clint Goble
Ralph Reed
Desford Johnson
Sylvia Thomson
Ernie Johnson
Ethel Jennings
Fairbanks
Bessie Albee
Bonnie M. Drake
Claude Dilley
Raleigh Kersey
Elsie M. Drake
Bonnie M. Hamilton
Emerson Thomson
Oral Riggs
Florence Thomson
Ruby Nichols
Loren R. Thomas
Raymond Collins
William M. Fuson
Lyle E. Gaston
Luther Whitlock
Roy E. Ransford
Gill
Lillian Lindy
Fred Dillingham
Floyd W. Hartling
Grover C. Gambill
Frank Kaufman
Paul M. Phillips
Herman McCowen
John H. Parsley
Kate Dudley
Ula Hunt
Frank Roseberry
Wilbur Andrews
Gladys Norris
Edwin M. Arnett
Ray Melvin
Haddon
Gertrude Brodie
Paul Kern
Cecil Goad
Willie Ayers
Elva B
Rex Robbins
Ted Smith
Jackson
Ruby Neal
Nellie Hoffman
Floyd Jewell
Hazel Patton
Russell Patton
Hazel Foster
Darrel Stark
Ralph Barnhart
Levin
Tribble
Ethel Beskeen
Jewell Loudermilk
Bazil Marshall
Pierre Taylor
Averil Hughes
Cecil Richardson
Garland Eaton
Earl Burton
Blanche Akers
Cecil Smith
Elsie Fair
Jesse M. Boston
Hawkins Crowder
Walter Mahan
Jefferson
Marvin Bishop
Everet Jones
Tony Smith
Joe Alsman
Lillie Cleveland
Carl R. Henderson
Dot Jackson
Lawrence H. Taylor
Everett H. Enochs
Madge Howard
Carrie Behem
Hazel Behem
Ruth Alsman
Hazel McCammon
Pearl Miller
Earl V. Rowe
Earl Frederick
Floyd A. Townsley
Bertha Wininger
John Driver
Ona Shepherd
Ray D. Beck
Everett Richards
Rex Lowe
Alexander Segeski Found Not Guilty in Flicker Case
After a short deliberation in circuit court on Monday, a jury acquitted Alexander Segeski of passing bad flickers. Evidence suggested Dan Asiby, an English miner who has disappeared, was responsible for the counterfeit currency among foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Segeski
Dan Asiby
Bundle Shower Honoring Mrs Dodds Near New Lebanon
Mrs Mabel Hopewell and Miss Myrtle Phillips hosted a bundle shower Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5 at Miss Phillips home one and a half miles northwest of New Lebanon. Guests enjoyed a two course luncheon with sandwiches nut salad olives coffee cake and peaches. Music and conundrums provided entertainment as several gifts were exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Hopewell
Myrtle Phillips
New Lebanon
Henry Dodds
First Snow of Summer Delivers Brief Freeze in Sullivan
A light skiff of snow fell Sunday night and Monday, sparking concerns for gardens and vegetation. Temperatures rose Monday night, preventing a damaging freeze, with rain through the night. Fruit and vegetation are believed undamaged. residents recall an 1881 two inch snow in Sullivan with no harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Bradbury and Snyder Wed at Christian Parsonage
Charles R. Bradbury of this city and Miss Lola Snyder of Paxton married Saturday evening at the Christian parsonage by Rev. J. M. Vawter. They will set up housekeeping on West Beech Street. he is a clerk at Ford Bros grocery, son of Joseph Bradbury, and she is daughter of George W. Snyder, a farmer of Haddon township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Bradbury
Lola Snyder
Paxton
Christian Parsonage
J. M. Vawter
W. Beech Street
Joseph Bradbury
Ford Bros
George W. Snyder
Haddon Township
Colorado home seekers secure 320 acre claims in Kiowa county
W. E. Cox and Edgar Eaton, who joined Sullivan county citizens, left Saturday for Kiowa county Colorado where they have secured 320 acre claims. Others from Sullivan county also secured similar claims including Jeff Blackburn Earl Boles James Bunch John Easter John Metcalf Howard Ward Robert Ringer and Frate Nesbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Cox
Edgar Eaton
Sullivan County
Kiowa County
Colo
Jeff Blackburn
Earl Boles
James Bunch
John Easter
John Metcalf
Howard Ward
Robert Ringer
Frate Nesbit
Judge Appoints Board Members for 1910
Judge Henderson names Frank Spencer of Jefferson township and Wm. H. Jones Jr. of Gill township to the county board of review for 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Frank Spencer
Jefferson Township
Wm. H. Jones, Jr
Gill Township
County Board of Review
City School Board Names Teachers for Coming Year
The city school board selected the staff for next year led by Superintendent J W Holton and High School Principal BR Snarr. New assignments include Park G Lantz heading history and Nellie Grant Morris leading German, with reappointments at the central building and Elm Park staff. Building upgrades are planned with concrete basement at the high school and new heating system at the central school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Holton
BR. Cc. Snarr
Guy G. Specker
Elizabeth Hull
Jones
Minnie Wink
Park G. Lantz
Indiana University
Mygrants
Los Angeles
Nellie Grant Morris
Farmland
Ind
Jeannette Keator
Ralph C. Stone
Galion, O
Supervior
Grace Stover
Pocatello
Idaho
Ss. M. Gambill
Murray Conner
Lula Waggoner
Nora Wright
Essie Wilson
Ora Lovelace
Mayme Hinkle
Nelle Hanchett
Dave Giles
Iva McKinley
Gertrude Freeman
Judith Lacey
Minnie Lyons
Lou Williamson
Elm Park
A. E. Steele
Maude Lester
Sarah McClure
Flo Ransford
Central
Former Merom Man Dies at Robinson in 1900s
George W. Titus, a Merom native who died at Robinson on April 6, led a life across multiple towns. He once built pumps and sold lightning rods. His first wife died in 1876, and in 1878 he married Nan Purner of Robinson. He moved there for the rest of his life. His daughter married W. E. Smith, formerly of Merom, now in Nevada Missouri. Another daughter, J. H. Price, became an editor in Haskell Oklahoma after serving as agent and telegraph operator for the predecssor of the I. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Ivou
Criss
Nip
Roy Pound
Pete
Lynn Johnson
Winnie
Wilson
Drake
Ebony
Cecil Johnson
Cease
Shelburn
Farmersburg Indpendents
Farmersburg Independents
First Baptist Church of Terre Haute
Farmersburg H.H
Marathon A. C
T. H
Central C. C
Merom
Robinson
George W. Titus
Nan Purner
W. E. Smith
Nevada, Mo
J. H. Price
Haskell
Okla
I. C
Death in Crawford County: John Bradbury of West York
John Bradbury, born in 1822 in North Carolina, died in West York last week. An early Hutsonville Township resident, he was among the area’s sturdy pioneers who settled there to escape slavery. He was father to P. G. Bradbury, the Robinson attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford County
John §. Bradbury
West York
North Carolina
Hutsonville Township
Hutsonville
P. G. Bradbury
Robinson
Democrats Back Marshall Plan And Lamb For Senate
The Democrats of Hamilton Township endorsed Governor Marshall's plan naming the candidate for United States senator and also endorsed Hon. John E. Lamb for the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Marshall
Hamilton Township
Marsall
United States
John E. Lamb
Doctor Harry Howard Jailed for Fraud Plea
Dr. Harry Howard of Linton pleaded guilty in circuit court to defrauding a miner by promising to cure his crippled son. Judge Henderson fined him ten dollars and sentenced him to ten days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Howard
Linton
Henderson
Pleasantville Holds Second Township Examination
Prof. John Reising of Pleasantville schools, an IU senior, conducted the second township examination on Saturday. The first exam four weeks ago saw 27 of 29 pass. two wrote on Saturday. Reising returned to Bloomington Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasantville
John Reising
I. U
Reising
Bloomington
Burkhart versus Badders settles in circuit court
The case of Dr. M. C. Burkhart of Jasonville against Samuel Badders of Jackson township for a physician fee of 1340 dollars was compromised in the circuit court for 300 dollars with the defendant to pay costs, the amount of which is considerable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Burkhart
Jasonville
Samuel Badders
Jackson Township
Drummond Named Second Alternate for West Point Exam
Rexford Drummond, local Western Union Telegraph operator, has been recommended as a second alternate to take the examination for appointment to West Point next January.
Pioneer Citizen Anderson Blevins Dies After Illness
Anderson Blevins, a noted pioneer citizen, died Friday after a brief illness. The passing marks a loss to the local community, where he was active in civic affairs and local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Blevins
Forty Years an Odd Fellow Dies in Pleasantville Visit
Ander son M. Blevins of Sullivan died suddenly Friday night during a visit in Pleasantville. Born August 18 1837 in Sullivan county he spent most of his life in Jefferson township. He leaves two daughters seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Interment was at Indian Prairie cemetery after a Sandborn lodge funeral service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasantville
Jennie Spencer
Mary Brewer
Blevins
The
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Sandborn Lodge of Odd Fellows
Indian Prairie Cemetery
J. B. Bair
Sandborn
Hamilton Democrats Elect Delegates to Conventions
In a Saturday afternoon convention Hamilton township Democrats chose delegates to the congressional and state conventions. For the congressional delegation the electees were Dr T W Kennedy Charles Bedwell Frank Wible Andy Sinclair and Jake Fleming. For the state convention the delegates were W H Bridwell John Mattix Richard Park W H Crowder Jr and Lee F Bays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Township
T. W. Kennedy
Charles Bedwell
Frank Wible
Andy Sinclair
Jake Fleming
W. H. Bridwell
John Mattix
Richard Park
W. H. Crowder, Jr
Lee F. Bays
Mason Schlichter wedding at New Lebanon home
Elizabeth Anis Schlichter and Denis He ber Mason married April 7 at 8 30 p m at the bride’s home three miles south of New Lebanon. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Wm Mason. Attendees included family members and Rev Crawford of Meromais. Best wishes were extended to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Anis Schlichter
Denis Heber Mason
New Lebanon
Val G. Schlichter
Wm. Mason
Near
Jury Disagrees in Steele vs Jenkins Case Discharged
The circuit court jury could not decide Oliver Steele vs Lee Jenkins after overnight deliberations. Nine favored acquittal and three favored conviction leading to discharge by Judge C K Henderson. Plaintiffs sued for 195 dollars over a farm sale. Attorneys were Arthur D Cutter Hunt Gambill for plaintiff and Bays Bays for defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Steele
Lee Jenkins
Chas. EK. Henderson
Teele
Jenkins
Squire Wheeler
Carlisle
Arthur D. Cutler
Hunt & Gambill
Bays & Bays
Death of Coral Metcalf at age sixteen
Coral Metcalf, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Sidney Metcalf, died Monday night from long standing rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral Metcalf
Sidney Metcalf
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Magic
the. Houston
Parlow
Sullivan Elks
Sullivan Judge of Elks
John Ersinger
Julius Harry
Merom Yown
Mary St. Clair
Ralph Mahan
Hal White
E. M. Reester
James Orr
Ruth Houpt
Mayine Leaniers
Uass
Ruirbanks
Hadden
Town
Kum Milton
Wetm
Gurman Lal
Alexander Segeskhi
Bradbury-Snyder
Colorado
Home Seekers
E. O. Snarr
Mason-Schlichter
Cora Metcalf
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