County Meeting of Sullivan County Sunday Schools
Sullivan County Sunday schools hold a county convention at the Baptist church with public attendance tomorrow afternoon and evening. Mrs. Emma G. Lemen, a state worker, speaks in the afternoon, with A. D. Cutler welcoming and Dr. L. C. Bentley as evening main speaker. The program includes song services, music, roll calls, reports, and a new president takes charge.
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Sullivan County
Baptist Church
Emma G. Lemen
Arthur D. Cutler
L. C. Bentley
M. E
Vincennes
A. D. Cutler
H. W. D. Tooley
J. B. Miller
Sullivan High School
Sullivan County Launches Victory Loan Drive with Tank Demonstration
The Victory Loan campaign opened in Sullivan County on Sunday with a public square tank demonstration and a church service. Gilbert W. Gambill presided, Irving Eastman led songs from wartime cantonments, and speakers including John Harbaugh and Rev. John McD. Horne shared overseas and Red Cross experiences.
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Sullivan County
Linton
Christian Church
Gilbert W. Gambill
Irving M. Eastman
309Th
Robert Reed
Arthur McGuire
Joe Lacey
Harold Campbell
John S. Taylor
John Harbaugh
John McD
Horne
The
Red Cross
France
Two Homes Robbed on North Section and North Cross Streets
Thieves last week entered the homes of H. B. Taylor on North Section Street and William Riggs on North Cross Street. They took about two hundred dollars in cash and a gold watch from Taylor, and about five dollars in change from Riggs. Checks totaling around seventy five dollars were left untouched. Taylor kept the cash in his trousers pockets. Riggs’ trousers were taken from the bedroom and rifled, then left on the porch.
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H. BR. Taylor
North Section Street
William Riggs
North Cross Street
Taylor
Riggs
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Riggs
Eslingers Return From Springfield Visit
Mr and Mrs Sam Eslinger of Springfield Missouri visiting relatives here will return home this week.
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Sam Eslinger
Springfield, Mo
Sullivan businessmen plan cooperative club formation
Over twenty business and professional men met at the Davis Hotel in Sullivan to form a cooperative club modeled after a chamber of commerce or Rotary Club. W D Brown chaired. talks by Alonzo C Owens W T Mellett and J B Miller with a paper by Robert E Petrie. Daisy Williamson urged cooperation during home demonstration week May 5 to 10 and suggested labor saving displays in windows. A steering committee of four was named with Brown as chair to draft by laws and organize the next meeting. membership open to capable business and professional people regardless of line.
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Sullivan
Davis Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
W. D. Brown
Alonzo C. Owens
W. T. Mellett
J. B. Miller
Miller
Robert E. Petrie
Daisy Deans Williamson
Williamson
John F. Douthitt
John S. Taylor
John McD. Horne
G. G. Billman
Unusual Monday Wedding in Local Lawyer Office
Preston A. Reed and Olive Cowen wed in John C. Chaney's law office with an ante nuptial agreement to settle property. Sullivan's Mayor Henry H. Smith performed the ceremony, marking Mayor's first such service.
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John C. Chaney
Preston A. Reed
Curry Township
Olive Cowen
Farmersburg
William A. Cowen
Giles
Mrs. Reed
Anniversary of Hanging at Vincennes Recalled
Saturday marked the thirtieth anniversary of Sylvester Grubb's execution in Vincennes for the murder of a young woman at Princeton. The Vincennes Sun reprinted the execution story as Sheriff McDowell oversaw the event. Attendees from Sullivan included Sheriff W. H. Hawkins and Charles W. Welman, publisher of the Sullivan Times.
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Sylvester Grubb
Vincennes
Knox
Princeton
Vincennes Sun
McDowell
Sullivan
W. H. Hawkins
Sullivan County
Charles W. Welman
Sullivan Times
Jennings Plans Lumber Yard at New Lebanon
Walter V. Jennings of Farmersburg has bought property in New Lebanon from Springer Coulson and will establish a lumber yard there. Construction on sheds and buildings will start immediately.
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Jennings
New Lebanon
Walter V. Jennings
Farmersburg
Springer Coulson
Meisenhelder Receives Commission as First Lieutenant
Paul Meisenhelder son of Mr and Mrs James Meisenhelder hometown is overseas with Co B 505 Engineer Corps and has earned a commission as a first lieutenant. He is now at Brautmont.
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Meisenhelder
Paul Meisenhelder
James Meisenhelder
Co. B. 505 Engineer Corps
Brautmont
France
Scull Named Senior Chaplain After War Service
Chaplain J. T. Scull former pastor of Sullivan M. E. church has been commissioned Senior Chaplain the highest chaplaincy rank next to Adjutant General He recently presided as master of ceremonies at the dedication of the A E F Y M C A building at LeMans with former Governor J Frank Hanly delivering the dedicatory address The building stands on the site where Belgian refugees were held during the German invasion.
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J. T. Scull
Sullivan M. E
J. Frank Hanly
Livestock Breeders Plan Annual Meeting and Banquet
The Sullivan County Pure Bred Livestock Breeders Association will hold its annual meeting and banquet at the Christian church on Saturday evening April 26 at eight o'clock. Women of the church will serve supper and about fifty breeders are expected. Officers will be elected and plans for an association fair and sale pavilion will be discussed. A competent speaker will address breeders on current livestock issues.
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Sullivan County Pure Bred Livestock Breeders’ Association
Christian Church
New Suits and Damages Filed in Superior Court
A list of new cases includes Levi Hall vs Ida Hall and Myrl Bastain vs Gus Bastain for divorce, several other divorce actions, infant Clara B. Butler petition to convey real estate, and damages claims against Mutual Truck Company and coal companies. Also notices of marriage licenses for multiple couples in Farmersburg, Graysville, Hillsboro, Merom, Shelburn, and Jackson Hill with ages and hometowns.
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Levi Hall
Ida Hall
Myrl Bastain
Gus Bastain
Charles E. Whitfield
Sarah Whitfield
Clara B. Butler
Mutual Truck Company
Saucerman
Globe
William Sills
Carola Coal Co
William L. Slinkard
Robert F. Branner
Effie McQuery
Oliver McQuery
Charles Cottrell
Chicago-Carlisle Coal Co
Walden Padgett
Vigo Coal Products Co
Preston A. Reed
Farmer
Olive R. Cowen
Farmersburg
Jess R. Pinkston
Graysville
Hattie I. Scott
Merom
Glenn Fox
Helen M. Heap
Jess Southerland
Miner Hillsboro
Massie MH. Rutherford
Shelburn
Albert R. Parsons
Susan Cyrnes
Jackson Hill
Top Price at Stock Sale in Vincennes Short Horn Sale
Durham Bros. and Hayes of Turman township topped the Vincennes Interstate District Short Horn Sale with Baron Banff 576541 selling for 1100 to J. F. Leenan of Princeton. Sullivan County firm also won highest heifer at 535 each for two heifers sold to M. J. Engle of Bridgeport. Attending Sullivan County men included H Benson Ross Campbell James Durham Edgar Strain W H Pounds Rufus DeHart and Thomas Mann.
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Durham Bros. and Hayes
Turman Township
Vincennes
Presbytery Protests Against Prof Herron at Vincennes Meeting
At the spring session of Vin cennes Presbytery held at First Presbyterian church Rev J B Miller of Vincennes was elected moderator Rev J S Hawk of Evansville was elected stated clerk A resolution by Hon John C Chaney Sullivan former congressman chairing the National Service commission committee protested Prof George D Herron’s appointment as American delegate to the Paris peace conference and denounced Bolshevism as an attack on government church and home.
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Vincennes
Curry Township Ladies Organize Home Makers Club
Curry township women met with County Demonstrator Miss Williamson at the Farmersburg Presbyterian church to organize the Sullivan County Home Makers Club division. Officers elected: Permanent Township Chairman Miss Zoe Barbie, President Miss Elsie Hill, Secretary Miss Elsie Hauger, Treasurer Miss Mary Odell.
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Curry Township
Williamson
Presbyterian Church
Farmersburg
Sullivan County Home Makers’ Club
Zoe Barbie
Elsie Hill
Elsie Hauger
Mary Odell
Miss Faye Conner Weds Dexter Brewer in Danville
Miss Faye Conner daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Conner of South Section street and Mr Dexter Brewer of Dugger Indiana were married April 12 at Danville Indiana. Miss Conner teaches in Clinton public schools. Brewer recently arrived in America from overseas. They will live near Jasonville after her school term ends.
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Faye Conner
Frank Conner
South Section Street
Dexter Brewer
Dugger
Ind
Danville
Til
Miss Conner
Clinton
Brewer
America
Jasonville
Bond Stolen From West Johnson Street Residence
A Liberty Bond worth one hundred dollars from the fourth issue was stolen Sunday evening from the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown on West Johnson Street. Thieves rifled a dresser and took the bond from a large envelope.
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W. E. Brown
West Johnson Street
Harris asked to aid in Victory Loan drive
R W Akin of the First Indiana District Federal Reserve District sent a telegram Monday night to Norval K Harris asking him to obtain a furlough to aid in the Victory Loan campaign. The note states Harris is not scheduled for early discharge and Newport News reported Harris, a former Terre Haute newspaper man, has been ordered to report for work in Vigo County for the drive.
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R. W. Akin
First
Indiana District
Highth Federal Reserve District
Norval K. Harris
O. B. Harris
Harris
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Norval Harris
of McNutt
Wallace, Sanders & Harris
Newport News
Victory Loan
Europe
Sullivan County Boys Return From Overseas
Mr. and Mrs. O B Harris announce their son Norval K Harris aboard the S S DeKalb bound for Newport News and likely to be mustered out at Camp Sherman Ohio. Jack Lutz lands in Charleston from overseas and expects discharge within two weeks at Camp Sherman. Perry Walls and Andy Bennett of the 105th Ammunition Train return home after ten months overseas. Ed Hart, southwest of the city, also returns after service in the A E F with multiple battles and no injuries.
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O. B. Harris
Norval K. Harris
S. S. DeKalb
Newport News
Camp Sherman
Ohio
C. M. Lutz
Jack Lutz
Charleston
S. C
O. Perry Walls
Andy Bennett
Argonne Forest
Camp Taylor
Walls
Harry Leach
Ed Hart
Bankers to Entertain at Group Eight Meeting in Kinton
Greene County Bankers Association arranges an open air gathering in Haseman grove on June 8 for the Group Eight Bankers Association convention. About 300 bank representatives are expected from counties south of Greene including Vanderburg. A program of entertainment is being prepared.
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Greene County Bankers’ Association
Kinton
Group Eight
Bankers’ Association
Hight
Greene
Ohio River
Vanderburg
Haseman Grove
Sullivan girls win preliminary oratorical contest
Miss Viola Long and Miss Anna Eaton won the preliminary oratorical contest at the auditorium Monday evening. They will represent the Sullivan schools at the Bloomington contest on May 3, where five area high schools compete.
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Viola Long
S. I. Long
Anna Eaton
Wesley Eaton
Sullivan
Bloomington
Hinkle C Hays Named to Board of Peoples State Bank
Board of directors at a special memorial meeting named Hinkle C Hays to succeed his late father John T Hays on the bank's board. John T Hays helped organize and incorporate the institution in 1906.
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The
Peoples State Bank
Hinkle C. Hays
John T. Hays
Death of Mr. McCullough in Lavonia Ind mourned
Rev. and Mrs. W E Gray received word of the death of Mrs. Gray's father Mr. McCullough at Lavonia Ind They left at once to attend the funeral He had been visiting the Grays here the prior week and had suffered ill health for years
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W. E. Gray
Mrs. Gray
Mr. McCullough
Lavonia
Ind
Seitz Buys Building On Public Square
Theodore Seitz purchased the building on the south side of the public square, home to the Seitz jewelry store, from Pat McEneny for six thousand dollars.
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Seitz
Theodore Seitz
Pat McEneny
Sullivan lodge attends Grand Chapter O. E. S. session
Mrs Ed Reed Mrs H C Steel Mrs Jane Jones Miss Clara Pittman and J R Brown attend the Grand Chapter O E S session in Indianapolis this week as representatives of Sullivan lodge.
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Ed Reed
H. C. Steel
Jane Jones
Clara Pittman
J. R. Brown
Grand Chapter
Indianapolis
Sullivan Lodge
Hoosier Bargain store changes hands to Will Thompson and Son
Mrs. Fanny Crawford sells her interest in the Hoosier Bargain dry goods store to her nephew Russell Thompson. Will A. Thompson remains founder with his son as new partner. Russell Thompson, University of Illinois graduate and Coast Artillery veteran, will oversee advertising and sales as the firm becomes Will A. Thompson and Son.
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Fanny Crawford
Russell Thompson
Fannie Crawford
Hoosier
Will A. Thompson
Notion
Engle & McKee
Hoosier Crop Conditions Very Promising in Indiana
United States Department of Agriculture reports April field observations show Indiana winter wheat in excellent condition with some flood damage but recoverable. Spring wheat acreage to rise sharply, oats seeded with smut treatment, corn planting near complete, clover and pastures excellent, fruit trees blooming, potato crop normal, and farm labor is in short supply though urban labor remains abundant.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Indiana
Willfred Mine Equipment Sold at Receiver's Sale
The Willfred mine equipment was sold Friday at receiver's sale for eight thousand dollars. Bid by Ransom W. Akin of this city for Taylor Field and William P. Anderson of Cincinnati. John F. Lynch of Terre Haute acted as receiver.
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Ransom W. Akin
Taylor Field
William P. Anderson
Cincinnati
Ohio
John F. Lynch
Terre Haute
Women Lead Sullivan Victory Loan Subscriptions
The Sullivan Victory Loan drive will be led by the women's organization with banks receiving subscriptions. Volunteers operate at E. A. Billman's office as headquarters from 10 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.
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Sullivan
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County Meeting OF Sunday Schools
Emma G. Lemon
A A. D. Cutler
Bentley
Versailles
Eack Tern
Sillion
Scull
LeMans
Sullivan County Association
Durham Brothers
Turman Tp
Presbytery
Herron
Synodical Missionary
Curry 'Township
Sullivan County Boys
Newport News Va
DeKalb
Department of Agriculture
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