Elks Lodge Holds Annual Memorial Service
The Sullivan lodge of Elks held its annual memorial service at the Elks home. A large crowd attended as the M E Sunday School orchestra and vocalists Miss Bessie Wancock and Pearl McMorrow performed. Rev G W Titus offered the benediction. James Wade Emison of Vincennes lodge No 11 BPOE delivered the eulogy praising deceased members John Bays and Arthur A Wolmes.
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Sullivan Lodge
Stlks
Elks
M. E. Sunday School
Bessie Wancock
Pearl McMorrow
Ruth Crowder
G. W. Titus
The
Christian Church
James Wade Emison
Vincennes Lodge
Emison
Elks Lodge
John §. Bays
Arthur A. Wolmes
Lodge
Former resident returns to hide his home with sister
A former Sullivan county resident returns with his sister Mrs Kerens to charge a home on South Crowder street. T W Phillips of Whitewater Kansas aged 72, Civil War veteran, long a Kansas businessman, is the brother of Dr J J Phillips of Pleasantville.
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Sullivan County
Kerens
South Crowder Street
T. W. Phillips
Whitewater
Kas
Phillips
Kansas
Pleasantville
Hogs Sold by Young Farmer From Paxton
Henry A. Dodds near this city sold six hogs to Wim Bailey of Paxton. Weighing 1700 pounds total they averaged 283 1 3 pounds at eight months old from a litter of eleven, five kept for brooders. Bailey calls them the best hogs he ever bought at that age. They were Durroc Jersey variety.
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Henry A. Dodds
Wim. Bailey
Paxton
Moss Serves Big Banquet for Travelers in Winchester
Woodson Moss former Davis hotel manager in this city now heads the Brown Proetoria at Winchester Ky hosted an elaborate banquet for the United Commercial Travelers on Saturday evening November 29 Mrs Moss a former Sullivan girl and daughter of Mr and Mrs M H Farley assisted with vocal selections during the entertainment
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Moss
Woodson Moss
Davis
Brown Proetoria
Winchester
United Commercial
Sullivan
M. H. Farley
Prisoner Requests Extra Time to Fight Lawyer in Court
A jail escapees or criminal scene is described with a humor twist where a prisoner asks the judge to clear the room so he can thrash his lawyer, offering to accept an extra year or two in sentence. The remark is attributed to Tit-Bits and reflects a satire of courtroom bravado.
Eastern Star Officers Elected for Sullivan Chapter 188
Sullivan Chapter No. 188 of the Eastern Star named its 1914 officers Monday night with Mrs. R L Bailey as Worthy Matron and John C. Chaney as Worthy Patron. Other roles filled include Miss Capitola Basler secretary, Mrs. John C. Chaney treasurer, Mrs. N M Vrennan associate matron, Mrs. E F Walker conductress, Miss Nina Briédwell associate conductress.
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Eastern Star
Sullivan
R L. Bailey
John C. Chaney
N. M. Vrennan
Capitola Basler
E. F. Walker
Nina Briédwell
Christmas Seal Drive and Local News from Sullivan
The piece highlights Indiana Christmas Seal campaigns aiding the tuberculosis fight and notes uplifting public spirit. It also reports Louise Huffman, a sixteen-year-old Hymera girl, marrying LeRoy Grishman of Terre Haute after a jail release, and details Rev. Clive McGuire becoming an evangelist while serving as the youngest Baptist pastor in Indiana.
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Louise Huffman
Hymera
Terre Haute
Squire Shirkham
LeRoy Grishman
Clive McGuire
First Baptist Church
Union Baptist Association
Sullivan
Knox
Greene
Daviess
Martin Counties
Washington, Ind
McGuire
University of Chicago
Indiana
Patrolman Uses Club in Purcell Disturbance
Patrolman Arthur Murray was called to Mrs. Purcell's east city home Saturday around midnight to quell a disturbance by Carl Shepherd and Ed Boone. Shepherd beat on the door seeking a charivari, resisted arrest, and was struck with a mace. Boone accompanied him without trouble. Shepherd was jailed after wounds were dressed and charged with intoxication. Boone was released after arraignment.
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Arthur Murray
Boone
Murray
Shepherd
Drs. Billman & Neff
Purcell
Squire Kirkham
Davis and White Party Head South For Florida Winter
Mr and Mrs Charles L Davis and Mrs R M White plan a winter trip to Florida. They will stay at a winter home in New Smyrna Beach and visit Deland and other points during the season.
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Charles L. Davis
R. M. White
Florida
Mrs. Davis
New Smyrna
Mrs. White
Deland
New Suits and Divorces in Local Court Dockets
Civil actions filed include John C Wheeler and Robert Baldridge against the C E I Railroad for damages. Divorces granted or sought include Lauretta Bullock versus John Bullock and Charles C Baker versus Maude Baker. Partition of estate and wills noted among Robbins and Orme cases.
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John C. Wheeler
Co. & E. I. Railroad Co
Robert A. Baldridge
C. & E. I. Railroad Co
John Walters
Levi J. Bridges
John M. Bridges
Lauretta Bullock
John Bullock
Charles C. Baker
Maude Baker
Orval Grubaugh
Ella McGrew
Excelsior Coal Co
William H. Mansfield
William H. McGrew
Aden Robbins
Melora Robbins
Charles N. Robbins
Robert Orme
Nellie Orme
Magegle Hedley
Mark’ S Hedley
Merom Loses Opening Basketball Game in Terre Haute
The State Normal team defeated Union Christian College 57 to 12 in Terre Haute opening night. U C made three field goals while the normal team nailed 27 from the field in a dominant performance.
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MEROM
Terre Haute
State Normal
Union Christian College
U. C
Princeton editor visits hometown over weekend
Robert Carrithers city editor of the Democrat in Princeton spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs H G Carrithers, guests in town for the day.
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Robert Carrithers
Princeton
the Democrat
H. G. Carrithers
Marriage Licenses Issued For Several Couples
Henry Frakes of Fairbanks wed Etta Romine of Middletown. James W. Watson and Lena F. Seldomridge, both from Dugger, are married. Leroy Grisham of Terra Haute to Mary L. Huffman of Hymera. John W. Wilson of Shelburn wed Laura M. McPheter of Farmersburg. Charles H. Steans of Shelburn to Lillie O. Hopewell of Sullivan.
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Henry Frakes
Fairbanks
Etta Romine
Middletown
James W. Watson
Lena F. Seldomridge
Dugger
Leroy Grisham
Terra Haute
Mary L. Huffman
Hymera
John W. Wilson
Shelburn
Laura M. McPheter
Farmersburg
Charles H. Steans
Lillie O. Hopewell
Sullivan
Hymera liquor license renewal sought by town trustees
The Town of Hymera in Sullivan County Indiana seeks a one year renewal of their license to sell spiritous and intoxicating liquors in less than five gallon quantities with on premises consumption. The description covers the lower front room of a two story brick building on Main Street and notes the front room where liquor will be sold and consumed. The town board members listed include Joseph Atkinson and Frank McCrocklin with various clerks and officials approved for allowances.
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Plew
Hymera
Joseph Atkinson
Frank McCrocklin
Application for Liquor License in Jackson Township 1914
Marshall Shipman of Jackson Township Sullivan County Indiana seeks a one year license to sell and allow drinking on premises for a one story frame building described as 26 feet east and 53 feet south of the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of Section 11 Township 8 North Range 8 West. The notice calls for a January 1914 county commissioners session.
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Jackson Township
Sullivan County
Indiana
Jackson Townshp
Board of County Commissioners
Towit
Section Eleven
Township Eight
Marshall Shipman
Renewal liquor license application fragment in Hymera notice
Fragment of an application notice for renewal of a liquor license in Hymera Indiana. It lists town inhabitants and residents over 21 as applicants and notes residency requirements within the town and township and state. The readable portion specifies male white citizens who have resided in Indiana for over a year.
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Hymera
Jackson Township
Sullivan County
Indiana
State of
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