Dynamite murder rocks mine town killing John Everhart
John Everhart 35 a miner at Peerless mine northeast of the city was killed when a dynamite device exploded under the front seat of his Ford. Elmer Hale 35 son of Hymera residents was arrested on murder charges. The blast burned the car and severely injured Everhart, who died at the county hospital. Hale claims innocence. prosecutors set a hearing for August 19.
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John Everhart
Peerless
Everhart
Elmer Hale
John Hale
Hymera
Hale
Norval K. Harris
Court of Justice
Watson
Ford
Navy
Clayborne Cemetery
Indianapolis
Aged Woman Injured in Auto Accident Near Farmersburg
Aunt Jane Pirtle a county figure living with her daughter Mrs. William Lund suffered a severe injury Saturday when hurled against the top of a car near Farmersburg. A gash across her forehead required fifteen stitches. Dr. J M Billman attended.
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Jane Pirtle
William Lund
James McKee
Farmersburg
Walters
J. M. Billman
Burton Hog Sale Promises Duroc Jerseys and Boars
A. N. L. Burton & Sons announce a hog sale to be held on their farm eight miles west of Sullivan and two miles south of Graysville next Monday. The event features thirty bred sons thirteen gifts and seven boars available to buyers.
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Burton
A. N. L. Burton & Sons
Sullivan
Graysville
Hendricks Visit Relatives in Loogootee and More
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Hendricks are visiting relatives at Loogootee. Harold Chaney from Walkerton Indiana spent a week here with his mother Mrs Minnie Chaney.
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O. H. Hendricks
Loogootee
Harold Chaney
Walkerton, Ind
Minnie Chaney
Obituary Rights Prominent Sullivan Pioneer Uriah Coulson
Uriah Coulson aged 85 longtime Sullivan figure former postmaster and Union publisher died Thursday morning at his daughter’s home Graysville street after a long illness. He served in Co I 17th Indiana and helped recruit troops. he owned the Sullivan Union at various times and was active in law farming and Republican politics. Burial was at Center Ridge cemetery after services at the McNabb home.
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Uriah Coulson
The
Sullivan Union
A. G. McNabb
Graysville Street
Coulson
McNabb
R. H. Toole
Bedford
J. A. Sumwalt
Odd Fellows Lodge
Springer Coulson
Allen Coulson
Maurice Nesbit
Ted McNabb
John
New Linton
Ohio
Ben Winders
Sullivan
Sewell Coulson
Mr. Coulson
Isaac M. Brown
Brown
James A. Hays
Cleveland
Joshua Ernest
Alexander Massie
Central
Margaret A. Keer
Mechanicsville
J. Kerr Coulson
Gill Township
Jane A. Carr Maxwell
Effie Nesbit
Elizabeth McNabb
Margaret C. Nesbit
W. R. Nesbit
Preaching at New Liberty Church Sunday
The New Liberty church invites the public to preaching on Sunday August 13 in the forenoon and afternoon. Dinner will be served on the lawn. All are welcome.
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New Liberty Church
County Commissioners Set Busy Meeting With Bridge and Road Contracts
The county board approved contracts for reinforced concrete bridges and gravel and improved highways across Jefferson, Curry, Fairbanks, Hamilton, Haddon, and Jackson townships. Appointments included Worth bridge superintendent William Irons and engineers for Berlingmier road changes.
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Board of County Commissioners
Worth
Cass Township
William Irons
John Engle
Hamilton Township
Carter Phegley
Hud Morris
Paris E. Drake
Fairbanks Township
J. S. Leach
J. P. Wilkey
Hiram Drake
Curry
Fairbanks
William V. Frye
Jefferson Township
Oscar Allen Et al
Curry Township
Charles Scott
Andrew Fore
Haddon Township
Fred Lambright
Isaac Hoggatt
Jackson Townships
Frank Wible
W. E. Wible
Arthur D. Cutler
Frank M. Anderson
Charles Lucas
M. E. Peden
Charles Pfrang
Shrine Band and Patrol Visit Sullivan for Park Concert
Zorah Temple Band and Patrol No 24 with Terre Haute Shrine members visited Sullivan Tuesday evening drawing hundreds. The band gave an excellent concert in the court house park followed by a parade around the square and an exhibition drill by the patrol.
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Shriners
Sullivan
Dugger Youth Arrested in Pett y Theft Ring
Noble Ives, 16, of Dugger, was arrested Tuesday evening and jailed here. He is among several youths charged with petty theft in the town.
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Dugger
Noble Ives
Twin Sisters of Fairbanks Celebrate 83rd Birthday
The elder twin sisters Mrs. Jane Lawson and Mrs. Sarah Chandler, daughters of pioneer Andrew Weir, reached their eighty third birthday Monday while living near Fairbanks. The twins, long part of the community, are active readers and church members at Kingsley Memorial, with families spread to Iowa and Nebraska.
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Andrew Weir
Fairbanks Township
Jane Lawson
Sarah Chandler
George Kersey
Fairbanks
Narrows
Iowa
James Weir
Gordon
Nebraska
Antelope Valley
Chandler
Kersey
Lawson
Kingsley Memorial Church
Charles E Warren Struck by Light Paralysis in Cincinnati
Charles E Warren of this city suffered a light stroke of paralysis in Cincinnati Saturday morning and is at Christ Hospital improving. He will return home tomorrow accompanied by his nephew John Hoke Beasley. Warren and his wife had been summering in Cape Porpoise, Maine. he was visiting Caloric Manufacturing when attack occurred.
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Charles E. Warren
Cincinnati
Christ Hospital
John Hoke Beasley
Terre Haute
Warren
John T. Beasley
Star Grocery Opens After Purchase of Carlisle Store
Charles Ginnick sold his grocery store and meat market on the south side of the square to E. H. and R. A. Duffer and W. C. Shepherd of Carlisle. The store will be known as the Star grocery and the new owners have operated in Carlisle for 13 years.
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Charles Ginnick
E. H
R. A. Duffer
W. C. Shepherd
Carlisle
The
Star Grocery
Mary Mann and mother in Sullivan Tuesday
Mary Mann and her mother were in Sullivan on Tuesday, seen at a local gathering. The outing appears casual with no further details provided in the report.
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Mary Mann
Mother
Sullivan
Farm Bureau Day at Merom Chautauqua Planned
The Sullivan County Farm Bureau announces Farm Bureau Day at Merom Chautauqua on August 22 with Hon. Sidney Anderson of Minnesota as speaker. Anderson chairs the Joint Commission of Agriculture and is a leading congressional authority on farming.
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Sidney Anderson
Minnesota
Joint Commission of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Anderson
Congress
Sullivan County
Washington
Republican Vice Chairman Named for County Organization
A county Republican meeting at the courthouse last Wednesday elected Miss Mabel Brewer of New Lebanon as second vice chairman to represent women in the new county organization. Speakers included Oscar E Bland, Miles Furnas of Indianapolis, and Ewing Emison of Vincennes, district chairman, with the event aimed at forming a county party structure.
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Court House
Mabel Brewer
New Lebanon
J. ‘W. Brewer
Oscar’ E. Bland
Miles Furnas
Indianapolis
Ewing Emison
Vincennes
Sullivan County Board Refuses Tax Rate Increase
The Sullivan County Board of Review voted unanimously to reject the State Tax Board’s demand to raise assessment valuations. The panel, meeting in reconvened session, refused any increases on real estate, personal property, or horses and mules, and sent a letter to the State Tax Board in Indianapolis. State Tax Commissioner Londsberry attended the meeting amid county taxpayer turnout.
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Sullivan County Board of Review
State Tax Board
State Board
H. V. Stark
J. Harvey Thompson
Cash Harrison
William Williamson
Frank M. Daniels
Stark
Sullivan County
Indiana
Indianapolis
Londsberry
Shelburn Men Re-Arrested In Automobile Case
Laurel Welch and Spooney Buckley of Shelburn were re-arrested on a charge of receiving stolen goods, after previously being freed on bond for robbing Fred Houpt at the Standard filling station. A Ford sedan tied to the robbery was identified by a Chicago detective as the vehicle stolen in Terre Haute on May 28, and Buckley and Welch say they bought it there.
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Laurel Welch
Spooney” Buckley
Shelburn
Fred Houpt
Standard
North Section Street
Chicago
Buckley
Welch
Terre Haute
Carlisle Sullivan County suits and family divisions
New suits filed include Town of Carlisle versus Board of Commissioners to quiet title. Also cases with William E. Ellis and others, partition of real estate, and a promissory note suit with receiver appointment. Divorce custody and support action listed between Della F. Dudley and Fred H. Dudley.
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Carlisle
Sullivan County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Wm. H. Hill, Jr
Paul L. Reid
William E. Ellis
Geo. T. Carrithers
Ed G. Carrithers
Sarah J. Cuppy
Emma Scott
Indianapolis Belting and Supply Co
Black Comet Coal Mining Co
Della F. Dudley
Fred H. Dudley
Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Couples in Indiana
The notice records four marriage license pairs: George Powell aged 22 and Mary Rosebud Mead aged 18 from Linton and Cam by Ind. Jasper Stoops 22 of Coalmont Ind with Jessie Mae Howe 18 of Hymera Ind. James Newton Plummer 19 and Helen Pauline Fullerton 16 from near Carlisle. Fletcher H Perkins 20 butter manufacturer Indianapolis Ind with Jennie Evellyn French 20 Edwardsport Ind.
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George Powell
Linton
Mary Rosebud Mead
Camby
Ind
Jasper Stoops
Coalmont
Jessie Mae Howe
Hymera
James Newton Plummer
Helen Pauline Fullerton
Carlisle
Fletcher H. Perkins
Indianapolis
Jennie Evellyn French
Edwardsport
Post Office Car Exhibit at Indiana State Fair
The Indiana polis state fair will feature a new railway post office car with a full clerk crew. The public will see inside the postal service and learn how railway clerks handle rapid mail transport between towns and cities, previously restricted to on duty staff.
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Indianapolis
Metropolis
Aged Woman Isabell Brower Struck By Stroke
An elderly resident of the city, Mrs Isabell Brower of West Sylvan Dell street, was found unconscious in her bed Monday morning from a stroke of paralysis. Neighbors forced entry and found her in a serious condition due to age.
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Isabell
Brower
Fireman Killed in Busseron Bridge Train Fall
Claude McDaniels 25 of Farnsworth, fireman on a southbound C and E I freight, fell from the tender at Busseron bridge and was crushed by girders. His body was found in the creek. funeral held at Center Ridge cemetery with railroad Brotherhood pallbearers.
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Claude MccDaNieLs
Farnsworth
Busseron Bridge
Charles McDaniels
Farmersburg
McDaniels
Harry Rea
Rea
Sullivan
C. J. McGraw
Evansville
Paxton
MecDaniels
Railsback
Mattie MecDaniels
F. Neal
Railroad Brotherhood of
Center Ridge Cemetery
Bridge Club Meets in Graysville on Thursday
The Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club gathered with Miss Mabel Nowlin in Graysville. Post game refreshments included cake and fruit salad. High score prize went to Miss Edna Pound. Attending were Misses Ernestine Wernz Pauline Medsker Edna Halcyon Betty Pound Cleo Riggs Mary Mann and Mesdames Flo Collier Fern Nowlin and Helen Ridgeway. Guests included Miss Pearl Nowlin of Decatur Illinois.
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Graysville
Mabel Nowlin
Edna Pound
Ernestine Wernz
Pauline Medsker
Edna, Halcyon
Betty Pound
Cleo Riggs
Mary Mann
Mesdames Flo Collier
Fern Nowlin
Helen Ridgeway
Pearl Nowlin
Decatur
Ills
Little Miss Dilley Costs Dad Forty-Two Dollars
Harrolyn Dilley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Dilley of this city, drew ticket 530 from a hat on Saturday morning and determined who should be refunded the price of a battery bought at the Dilley service station. Cliff Wilson of this city won the refund.
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Miss Dilley
Miss Harrolyn Dilley
Harry Dilley
Dilley
Cliff Wilson
Aged couple lose home to fire in destitute state
Fire swept the Stanfield residence destroying the home and all belongings. Mr. Thomas Stanfield is 95 and Mrs. Stanfield 91, leaving the elderly couple in destitute circumstances.
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Thomas Stanfield
Stanfield
New Turman Township Levee Project Planned
A contract has been let for the construction of a new levee on the Thomas farm in Turman township. Contractors Unger Pierson and Bledsoe will build a 3500 yard embankment with a base of 60 feet and height of 15 feet after the Turman Township Levee Association adopted final plans.
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Turman Township
Unger, Pierson and Bledsoe
Board of Control of
The
Turman Township Levee Association
Assault charges for Leslie Ingram in Jackson township
Leslie Ingram of Jackson township was fined five dollars and costs by Justice Scherb for assault and battery on his father-in-law John Wambaugh. The case stemmed from a Friday dispute near the Ingram farm over grading work, during which Ingram allegedly jerked Wambaugh from a grader and beat him.
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Leslie Ingram
Jackson Township
John Wambaugh
Mrs. Torrence Visits Relatives Near New Lebanon
Akron Ohio resident Mrs. Harry O. Torrence formerly Miss Julia Springer is visiting relatives near New Lebanon.
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Harry O. Torrence
Akron
Ohio
New Lebanon
Julia Springer
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Union
Johns
Chas. E. Warren
Merom
Chautauqua
Board OF Review
Sullivan County Board
Welch and Buckley
Claude McDaniels
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