Popular Young Lady Drowned in Wabash River
Miss Ruby Cain an 18 year old Sullivan resident drowned while bathing with friends on a sandbar near Merom. Her body found Sunday morning by Stanley Brown and Virgil Apple on the sandbar’s south edge after a long search. The tragedy drew a large crowd. divers and dynamite used to recover the body. She was a Sullivan High School graduate and a violinist, survived by her parents three sisters and two brothers. Interment was at Center Ridge cemetery.
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Ruby Cain
John Cain
Wabash River
Merom
Stanley Brown
Virgil Apple
Brown
Apple
Indiana
Miss Cain
Appie
E. A. “Illman
Kelley
Hale
Padgett
J .Siman
Chautauqua
Gertrude Cain
Charles H. Bedwell
Cora Lester
Lester McGrew
Guy Wible
Miss Lester
Wible
McGrew
Ben West
Dugger
Roy Carrico
Sullivan
Bert Waters
U. C. College
Sullivan High School
The
Daily Times
Christian Church Orchestra
Young Peoples
Christian Sunday School
Frank Curtis
Dora Hiatt
Ruth Leach
Nina Watts
Robinson, Ill
Vera Nelson
Linton
Beulah Dudley
This Sty
Center Ridge Cemetery
Don Marfield
St. Petersburg
Fla
Claud Cain
Bishme
Arizona
Geo. Cain
Chicago
Oil wells in county pause as European War cuts oil demand
Oil production in the county slows as oil price drop due to the European War halts development. The Ohio company drilled a 45 barrel well on the Josephine Dix lease. it claims to have shot nearly 300 wells and 100 locations, with many leases canceled. Bruce Cloud faces a suit with Blackford Construction over $500 advanced for leases. Jamison pool well Jamison No 1% by Hamilton Oil and Gas started at 100 barrels, noted as one of the best in its pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Josephine Dix
The
William Strain
Blackford Construction Co
J. Hosea Anderson
Bruce Cloud
Jamison Pool
Hamilton Oil and Gas Company
The Free Trade Issue and Economic Strain Mentioned
The piece critiques free trade and foreign competition, arguing worker hardship and low wages abroad threaten American labor. It cites Moody sentiment from Wellsboro Agitator and notes a downturn in post theater, baseball, and resort business due to unemployment and high living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsboro
Bar Association Passes Resolutions on John E. Lamb
The Vigo Bar Association met at the court house Monday afternoon to adopt resolutions on the death of John E. Lamb of Terre Haute. A committee including J. W. Lindley C. D. Hunt and John T. Hays drafted the resolutions, with Judge George W. Buff Jee Bays M. L. Pigg and W. P. Stratton joining in attendance at Terre Haute yesterday.
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BAR
Bar Association
Court House
John E. Lamb
Terre Haute
J. W. Lindley
C. D. Hunt
John T. Hays
George W. Buff
Jee Bays
M. L. Pigg
W. P. Stratton
Vigo Bar Association
Smith man released after 104 days for revolver theft
Adolphus Solomon, convicted in the circuit court of stealing a revolver owned by Virgil Burks, a rural route carrier from Sullivan, was released from jail Thursday after serving 104 days. He had been sentenced to fifty days in jail at the May term, with costs exceeding fifty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphus Solomon
Virgil Burks
Sullivan
Former resident Mrs M T Kendall dies in Troy Ohio
Message reports the death of Mrs. M. T. Kendall at her home in Troy Ohio. She formerly lived here and was the daughter of Bate Ogle. A husband and two children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Kendall
Troy
Ohio
Bate Ogle
Marriage License Granted in Terre Haute Couple
A marriage license was issued at Terre Haute Saturday to Bennie O. Smith 49 farmer and Ida C. Burch 44 of the county.
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Terre Haute
Bennie O. Smith
Ida C. Burch
Mildred Store Robbed Amid Monday Night Burglary
The Mildred general store run by the Wyman Brothers was entered by robbers on Monday night. They made off with about 150 dollars worth of merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Wyman Brothers
Sullivan Mill And Elevator Completes $6000 Modernization
The Sullivan Mill and Elevator Co. has completed improvements costing more than six thousand dollars. The mill is now the largest and most modern in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Mill & Elevator Co
Annual Meeting Program of Union Baptist Association
The Union Baptist Association meets in Edwardsport Indiana on September 2 and 3 with morning sermons devotional periods and extensive reports. Key speakers include Rev Clive McGuire Rev J D Hudson Hon W C Johnson Rev O B Larber and Rev George B Weeks with committee reports from Isom Beasley C W Chadwick and J H Critchfield and closing adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Baptist Association
Edwardsport
Ind
Clive McGuire
J. D. Hudson
J. F. Douthitt
W. CC. Johnson
O. B. Larber
Evangelistic
Minister’s Aid
S. A. Hayworth
Baptist Observer
T. C. Smith
George B. Weeks
E. A. Hanley
D. D
Franklin College of Indiana
J. E. Kiger
Baptist Brotherhood
Ezra Mattingly
Isom Beasley
C. W. Chadwick
Publication Society
J. H. Critchfield
Crawford Industrial Home
Hamlet Allen
Cc. W. Chadwick
Women’s Home Missions
Victoria Lucas
Bicknell
Women’s Foreign Missions
J. C. Allen
A. M. McGuire
Seldon L. Roberts
Goldberg Family Returns After Death of Grandmother
Mr. and Mrs. A. Goldberg and daughter Ethel returned from New York where they were summoned due to the death of Mrs. Goldberg’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. A. Goldberg
Ethel
New York
Mrs. Goldberg
Miss Fern Thompson Returns Home From Chicago Visit
Miss Fern Thompson, who had been visiting Miss Ethel Dudley in Chicago, has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Thompson
Ethel Dudley
Chicago
Terre Haute Attorney John E. Lamb Dies at 62
John E. Lamb, a well known Terre Haute attorney, died at his home after a period of poor health and a recent fall. He served as prosecuting attorney in 1878 and was elected to Congress in 1882 as a Democrat. Lamb, 62, was born in Terre Haute and leaves a wife and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Lamb
Terre Haute
Lamb
Vigo
Sullivan
Congress
Sullivan County
James E. Johnson
Rockville
Daniel W. Voorhees
Lamb, Beasley, Douthitt & Crawford
Messers Douthitt and Beasley
Daniel W.voorhees
Johnson
Daniels Lamb
Mr. Lamb
Weather of a Week in Farmersburg Summary
Miss Carrie Yeager reports for the county the week ending August 23 had mostly clear days with some partly cloudy periods. Temperatures ranged from highs near 95 to lows around 61. Rainfall totaled .41 inches across August 19 and 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Carrie Yeager
Chaney Returns From Roanoke With Sister
John C. Chaney has returned from Roanoke Indiana. Mr and Mrs Jacob Simon returned home with him Mrs Simon is Mr Chaney s sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Chaney
Roanoke
Ind
Jacob Simon
Mrs. Simon
Mr. Chaney
Coincidence Tied to Sullivan Soldier at Fort Meade
Herschel Mason, Sullivan boy in the quartermaster corps at Fort Meade, writes to Dr. C T Howard about finding the name W H Lucas Co H 7th U S Cav painted inside a cavalry barn. Captain Lucas recalls printing the words in 1879 when his company built a 150 by 40 foot barn for 100 horses under Gen Sheridan as Custer Avengers.
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C. T. Howard
Herschel Mason
Sullivan
Sam
Fort Meade
South Dakota
Mason
Quartermaster’s Corps
W. H. Lucas
Co. H
U. S. Cav
W. H
Cap” Lucas
West
Howard
Captain Lucas
Philip Sheridan
Dakota Territory
Custer
Captain Lucas Remembers Civil War Style Service and Silent Battles
CAPT. W. H. LUCAS recalls his west service from 1876 to 1881 with six campaigns and Gen. Miles at Bear Prong mountain. He notes writing his name inside a doorway and says newspapers then rarely covered frontier actions, unlike today’s publicized drills and campaigns.
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W. H. Lucas
Lucas
West
Nelson A. Miles
Joseph
Nes Perces
Bear Prong Mountain
Sullivan
Harold C. Bays
Captain Lucas
Indianapolis
National Guard
Dakotas
St. Paul
Lawsuit Seeks 5000 Damages in Coal Mine Injury
Andrew C. Singleton sues Consolidated Indiana Coal company in circuit court for 5000 damages alleging back and hip injuries from a fall in a mine at Glendora caused by a mule named Reuben in Jackson Hill mine No. 4. Hugh Lowrey sues Jackson Hill Coal & Coke company for 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew C. Singleton
Consolidated Indiana Coal Company
Glendora
Reuben
Jackson Hill
Hugh Lowrey
Jackson Hill Coal & Coke Company
Excellent Ticket Selected At Sullivan County Republican Convention
The Sullivan County Republicans met at the court house in this city and nominated a full ticket led by Hinckle C. Hays for Prosecuting Attorney and John E. M. Purcell for Clerk Circuit Court. Ele Stansbury of Williamsport delivered the afternoon address criticizing Democratic tariff policy and state expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Hinkle C. Hays
Sullivan
Oliver Steele
John Ersinger
Marion F. Aiken
Dugger
L. D. Link
Jackson Township
John Exline
Cass Township
Dirrelle Chaney
John C. Chaney
Joe Schroeder
Ele Stansbury
Williamsport
Indiana
Homer Cook
Stansbury
Will H. Hays
Union
Richard Shepler
Hilla Needhammer
Robert F Knotts
L. D. Sink
James &. Townsley
Johnoxline
Carl N. Shaver
Shell Bolinger
Curry Township
Sheriff attachs drilling rig in Hoover suit
In a circuit court attachment action, Continental Supply Co seeks 258.70 from Claude E. Hoover, a drilling contractor. Sheriff Kelley attached Hoover’s drilling rig at Jamison field west of the city as Hoover planned its move to Illinois. Additional claims include Charles Turner 61, Park & Wible 34, and Gaskins & Sons 32.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude E. Hoover
Continental Supply Company
Sheriff Kelley
Hoover
Jamison Field
Illinois
Charles R. Turner
Park & Wible
Gaskins & Sons
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Wabash
Free Trade Party
United States
Annual Meeting OF
Union Baptist Assn
W. Chadwick
Vincennes
Washington, Ind
Sullivan Boy
FT. Meade
Republicans
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