Progress on the Panama Canal June report shows ninety percent completion
The Canal Record notes 38,301 workers for the Commission and Panama Railroad Company with 3,961 on contract crews. Material valued at 1,173,893.38 tons shipped in 38 steamers. Net losses posted for hotels and subsistence totaling 853.80. Crimes, arrests, schooling, and death rates are detailed along with vessel entries and postal revenue.
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Canal Record
Canal Zone
Commission
Panama Railroad Company
Tivoli
Supreme Court
Ancon
Cristobal
Panama
Colon
Department of Sanitation
Houpt Family Hosts Farewell Night Before Move
Mrs. R. K. Houpt and Mr. Houpt entertained eighty friends and neighbors at their country home on Friday evening. They head to Sullivan where Mr. Houpt has bought property. Mrs. Sarah Springer Lillie gave readings before watermelon and lemonade refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Houpt
Mrs Ogle Morgan Hosts Tea for Miss Flossie Allen Visit
Mrs Ogle Morgan and her mother entertained at the country home Tuesday afternoon from two to five in honor of Miss Flossie Allen of Washington visiting the Allen families. The afternoon featured music games and readings followed by light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogle Morgan
Mother
Flossie Allen
Washington
Allen
Hunt Emerges as Potential Candidate in Second District Race
Charles D. Hunt, a Washington attorney and longtime local bar leader, is expected to run for Congress in the Second District subject to the Democratic convention. Padgett says he is not a candidate and supports Hunt while teasing a possible bid if urged by allies.
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Washington
Mherald
Charles D. Hunt
Fourteenth Judicial District
Sullivan
Greene
Bloomington
Hunt
Sullivan County
Charles T. Akin
Carlisle
Cullop
Alvin Padgett
Daviess County
Judge McNutt
Morgan County
Padgett
Mr. Hunt
Worthington
County approves half funding to extend paving to Center Ridge
County commissioners decide to cover one half of the $2,000 paving cost from West Washington street to Center Ridge cemetery. The rest, about $1,000, would come from public subscriptions and city council help. They plan to ask the council for $300 or $400, with fraternal societies urged to donate and rest raised by public subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Ridge
West Washington Street
Center Ridge Cemetery
House Burns in Cass Township Destroys Ben Vaughn Home
A southwest Cass township home of Ben Vaughn burned last Wednesday morning with little saved. Insurance will not cover the loss. Mrs. Vaughn entered the dresser drawer for valuables during the blaze, triggering a heart incident in her father James E. Morris, who later recovered after treatment at Joe Vaughn’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Vaughn
Cass Township
James Peterson Bound Over on Peace Bond Charge
James Peterson, arrested for threatening to kill his parents with a coal pick, was bound over to the circuit court on a surety of the peace charge under a $200 bond he could not meet. He was fined $16 for intoxication and will lie out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Peterson
Sullivan County Institute Program Costs Revealed
In the past school year Sullivan County housed 62 township institutes for teacher training with total payments to instructors of 2521 dollars and 34 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Transfers to Local Schools Appear Broad and Untracked
Hamilton township trustee Doug Martin paid 3582.25 for pupil transfers to Sullivan New Lebanon and Shelburn schools. Totals include 59 Sullivan High School transfers at four dollars monthly and 92 Sullivan grade transfers at two dollars monthly, plus smaller sums for New Lebanon and Shelburn.
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Doug Martin
Hamilton Township
Sullivan
New Lebanon
Shelburn
Sullivan High School
New Lebanon High School
Choir Plans Benefit Program at Methodist Church
A church choir plans a Thursday evening concert at the Methodist church to raise funds for a new motor for the church pipe organ. Prof Samuel Anderson of Terre Haute will assist, with vocal and instrumental solos, choruses, quartets and organ selections by Anderson and Miss Margaret Park. Miss Pearl McMorrow leads the program and rehearses the singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Samuel Anderson
Terre Haute
Phillips in Trouble Over Peace Charge and Arrest
Fred Phillips a 32 year old blacksmith of Graysville was arrested at his home at midnight Friday by Officer Rich and jailed. He faces three charges sworn by his wife including surety of the peace intoxication and carrying concealed weapons. Mrs. Phillips went to town around ten PM and the officer then arrested Phillips without trouble after a fast auto trip to Graysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Phillips
Graysville
Rich
Phillips
Leona Spilkey and Annie Black Financed Raid Release
After a raid on East Washington, Leona Spilkey and Annie Black were arrested and jailed. The trio paid twenty dollars to release Annie Black Friday afternoon and then paid Leora Spilkey’s fine to take her home.
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Annie Black
Leora Spilkey
Spilkey
Leona Spilkey
East
Washington
Merom Barn Destroyed by Fire Last Week
Dr. G. R. Hammond's barn on the A. M. Ward place near Merom was destroyed by fire last week. The blaze enveloped the building, making salvage impossible except for a few hogs. Other structures were saved with effort. The barn housed a Percheron stallion owned by the Merom Breeding Association, hogs, corn, oats, straw, and a new buggy belonging to tenant Fred Johnson.
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Merom
G. R. Hammond
A. M. Ward Place
Merom Breeding Association
Fred Johnson
Sullivan County Bar Association Adopts Funeral Resolutions
The Sullivan County Bar Association met at the court house and appointed a committee W R Nesbit, Lee F Bays, and C D Hunt to draft funeral resolutions for Hon Samuel W Williams to be read at his Vincennes funeral Thursday afternoon. The committee attended the funeral. Williams was a member of the Knox County Bar Association.
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Sullivan County Bar Association
Court House
W. R R. Nesbit
Lee F. Bays
C. D. Hunt
Samuel W. Willians
Vincennes
S. W. Williams
Knox County Bar Association
Miss Josie Burton 66 1913 Obituary Graysville Pioneer Family
Josie Burton aged 66 died July 30 1913. Daughter of Hardin and Nancy Burton pioneers of Turman township. Member of the Methodist Episcopal church Graysville. Funeral conducted by Rev G O Wagoner on July 31. Buried in Mann cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Burton
Hardin and
Nancy Burton
Turman Township
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Graysville
G. O. Wagoner
Mann Cemetery
Kirkham Unites Couple in Terre Haute Parlor Wedding
Chester Mounts of Terre Haute and Mary Elma Harris of Sullivan wed Saturday in Justice Robert Kirkham s parlors.
Poor Water Supply Shuts Down Shelburn Mine
Shelburn August 12 The Steel Tipple mine is closed indefinitely due to a poor water supply. Engineers refused to work after finding foam in boiling water and a state chemist analysis showing only 14 percent purity. Local discontent grows as summer work dwindles and merchants suffer. Talks of forming a miners merchants company to sink a new shaft and stabilize coal jobs emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburn
Sullivan
Graysville Neighbors Talk Weather and Local Happenings
Locals note need for rain and oil fires from lightning last Thursday in Graysville. Dr Parker loses a cow to a lightning strike. Visitors from Low Pennington and Trinity Springs share reports. Claude Thompson and John Ingersoll head to North Dakota harvest. Tom Turman marries a Columbus teacher and sprains his ankle at Terre Haute.
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W. S. Moore
Texas
Parker
Levi Hunt
Oscar Hunt
Low Pennington
J. B. Thorn
Trinity Springs
Ira L. Hicks
Charley Bliss
Claude Thompson
John Ingersoll
North Dakota
Thomas Turman
Lady of
Columbus
Ind
Tom
Terre Haute
Community notices from Farnsworth and surroundings
Local residents report visits and calls among families in Farnsworth Pleasantville Caledonia Sullivan and Cass areas. Dinners and social calls occur between Wallace Whitlock Alsman McDaniel Snow Walters Deckard Smith Raines Butler Wright and Rankins families with a basket supper planned at Long's Chapel on Sunday August 17th.
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J. B. Wallace
Maggie Whitlock
Pleasantville
Andy Alsman
John McDaniel
Guy Snow
Sullivan
Stella Walters
Deckard
Melissa Smith
Caledonia
Grace Stevenson
Jennie Thurman
Farnsworth
Nancy McDaniel
Joe Smith
Midland
Joe Raines
George
Near Cass
Henry Butler
Lloyd Wright
Long’s Chapel
Joe Rankins
Earl Wright
Dave Smith
Weekly Weather Report for Farmersburg Aug 10
Miss Carrie Yeager reports a week of mainly part cloudy days in Farmersburg from Aug 4 to Aug 10 with high temperatures ranging 73 to 98 and lows 76 to 90. Rainfall measured .25 inches on the 7th and .28 inches on the 8th.
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Farmersburg
Carrie Yeager
Co-Operative Weather Observer
Generally Find Company The Man Who Can Make Others Laugh
A quip notes that a person who can make others laugh is rarely left to go alone indicating social skill as companionship value.
Painter Sustains Serious Injury In Fall
Marion Shade a city painter was injured Friday morning while hanging paper at the home of County Clerk Charles Railsback on South Court street. The ladder toppled as he worked on the ceiling causing three broken ribs and internal injuries. He is reported improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Shade
Charles R. Railsback
South Court Street
COUNTY OIL NOTES BOOM CONTINUES IN COUNTY LEASING
The county oil boom continues with no new wells drilled since the last issue. The Hiram Drake farm well in Fairbanks township was not drilled due to a heavy water vein and will be drilled deeper. Kennedy's No. 2 on Abe Boyer farm is under way about 400 feet east of No. 1, with a prospective well on Heien farm. Leases pour in south and southeast of the city as Recorder John M. Moore catalogs roughly 125 leases, aiming to complete transfers in about two weeks amid rapid leasing activity north of town.
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Union
Hiram Drake
Fairbanks Township
Kennedy
Abe Boyer
No. 1
Heien
Boyer
John M. Moore
Here
Moore
Local Farmers Lease Lands to Kennedy Oil Company
Shelburne Aug 11 Laurent and Thompson real estate men lease 300 acre tract called John Mattix James Powers Mart McConnell and James McDonald farms to Kennedy Oil Company. Farmers receive one sixth of oil and 100 dollars per gas well. Pittsburg Oil Company leases 2500 acres southeast of Shelburne.
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Shelburn
Laurent & Thompson
John Mattix
James Powers
Mart McConnell
James McDonald
Here
Kennedy Oil Company
Pittsburg Oil Company
Republican Post Office Clerks Get Theirs In Sullivan
The county post offices see a shuffle as Omer Hammond, a Republican clerk at Sullivan, is slated for replacement by Democrat Aud Mason who recently joined as substitute clerk. Dick Haddon, a Democrat filling in as substitute, is expected to replace a Republican in the local office.
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Omer Hammond
Sullivan Postoffice
Sullivan
W. A. Cullop
W. E. Aydelotte
Hammond
Aud Mason
Dick Haddon
City Council Holds Regular Session and Appoints Street Commissioner
The city council met in regular session with few actions beyond approving claims. It authorized building a concrete walk on Main street if adjacent property owners do not start work promptly. Mayor Hoover named Frank White street commissioner to replace the deceased Horace Burnham. White previously served as a section foreman on the E. and T. H. railroad.
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Main Street
Hoover
Frank White
Horace Burnham
White
Fern Brown Undergoes Appendicitis Operation at Local Hospital
The 16-year-old Miss Fern Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Brown of near Graysville underwent a successful appendicitis operation at R H Crowder hospital yesterday morning.
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Fern Brown
Harry Brown
Graysville
R H. Crowder Hospital
Rev. G. W. Titus Stricken With Typhoid Fever
Rev. George W. Titus, pastor of the Christian church, is very ill with typhoid fever, prompting concern among parishioners and local congregants.
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G. W. Titus
George W. Titus
The
Christian Church
Notice of Final Settlement in Rosa H. Shryer Estate
John T. Hays administrator of Rosa H. Shryer’s estate in Sullivan County Indiana has filed a final account with the Sullivan Circuit Court. The court will hear the report on Friday September 5 1913 the fifth judicial day of the September term. Creditors heirs and legatees are notified to appear and show cause why the report should not be approved. First insertion Aug 13 1913.
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John T. Hays
Rosa H. Shryer
Sullivan County
Indiana
Sullivan Circuit Court
New Suits Filed in County Court List
Illinois Central Railroad Co. vs Kate Thompson and William Thompson for ejectment. Bert L Hughbanks vs Pearl Hughbanks for divorce and custody. William R Falconberry vs Anna Falconberry and Benjamin Falconberry to set aside deed and quiet title. Edward Newport vs Willis Shouse and Maude L Shouse on note and mortgage foreclosure. Nancy Stuck vs Thomas Stuck and Barney Stuck for support and maintenance. Wm Holliday and Mary Holliday vs Ed Kelley Sheriff Sullivan County and Otho L Springer. Homer O Wolfe vs Riley Sanders on note.
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Illinois Central Railroad Co
Kate Thompson
William P. Thompson
Bert L. Hughbanks
Pearl Hughbanks
William R. Falconberry
Anna B. Falconberry
Benjamin Falconberry
Edward Newport
Willis Shouse
Maude L. Shouse
Nancy Stuck
Thomas L. Stuck
Barney Stuck
Wm. Holliday
Mary Holliday
Ed Kelley
Sullivan County
Otho L. Springer
Mamdamus
Homer O. Wolfe
Riley Sanders
Marriage Licenses Granted in Hymera and Nearby Areas
Everett Harmon and Anna Lackey of Hymera receive a marriage license. Wm Rankins and Esther J. Ae ard are licensed. Chester Mounts of Terre Haute and Mary E. Harris of Sullivan are issued a license. Ray Heap and Cleo Harris, both of Farmersburg, obtain a license.
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Everett Harmon
Anna Lackey
Hymera
Wm. L. Rankins
Esther J. Aeard
Shelburn
Chester Mounts
Terre Haute
Mary E. Harris
Sullivan
Ray Heap
Cleo Harris
Farmersburg
Family Trouble Ends in Dismissal for Wash Deckard
Wash Deckard, arrested last Tuesday at his home by Officer Rich on charges of surety of the peace assault and battery wife desertion and failure to provide, saw the case dismissed in Squire Calvert's court Monday morning. Mrs Deckard returned from her mother's where she had been staying since August 1 and the couple have resumed housekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wash Deckard
Officer Rich
Squire Calvert
Carlisle youths freed after thirteen day sentence
William Fritzlan and Harry Eslinger were Carlisle youths sentenced to thirteen days for assault and battery on Jack Smith. They were released from jail on Monday after completing the term.
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Carlisle
William Fritzlan
Harry Eslinger
Jack Smith
Death of Mrs. L. R. Edmonds in Terre Haute
Mrs Harriet Edmonds wife of Rev L R Edmonds longtime Jefferson township resident died Sunday at her Terre Haute home at 72. She leaves her husband one son Will B Edmonds an attorney and six daughters including Mrs H G McClung Mrs W F Shepherd Mrs Anna Daley Mrs J W Enochs Mrs E M Corbin and Mrs Charles H Edwards. Funeral was held at the residence and burial followed at Highland Lawn cemetery in Terre Haute.
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L. R. Edmonds
Harriet Edmonds
Jefferson Township
Terre Haute
Will B. Edmonds
H. G. McClung
W. F. Shepherd
Anna Dale
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Post Office August 13 1913
List of unclaimed letters at Sullivan Indiana Post Office with two week deadline before Dead Letter Office. Ladies include Mrs John C Bean Miss Dorothy Ewing Miss Esther Osten Mrs C M Rankin. Gents include Mr and Mrs A T Beasley J M Cary Bert Evans Mr Alex Overton Mr Jesse Smith plus Mr Shepherd Thomas. Call advertised and pay one cent per letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan, Ind
John C. Bean
Dorothy Ewing
Esther Osten
C. M. Rankin
A. T. Beasley
J. M. Cary Bert Evans
Alex Overton
Jesse Smith
Shepherd Thomas
W. E. Aydelottr
P. M
Public Library Closure Notice
The Public Library will be closed from August 18 to September 1. Librarian M. Alice Burns signs the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Alice Burns
Appropriate Decoration in Politics
A quip compares politician attire to mourning and wedding customs. Senator Sorghum notes the high hat and frock coat suit both solemn and celebratory occasions, reflecting how elections feel like funerals or weddings to politicians.
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Sorghum
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Panama Canal
Leona
Painter
FOLEY
Hays & Hays, Attorneys
Culli¢an
Davis Hotel
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