Community Notes From Rocky Ford And City Court
subscription favors from John W Ramsen of Rocky Ford Colorado now in Fairbanks township reports dry dusty roads beets crop large part yet to be handled. Mrs Leannah Mosier ill at daughter Mrs J H Crowder’s home. Lou Buckingham of Mammoth Vein fined 16 for failing to send her nine year old to school Truant Officer Nick Davis says more prosecutions will follow. Durham Hiatt broke his ankle moving a sign at Scott Brothers store when a ladder lost support and fell. Walter Scott assisted but escaped injury as sun nearly struck the plate glass at Kel’s store.
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John W. Ramsen
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Fairbanks
Ramsen
Leannah Mosier
J. H. Crowder
Lou Buckingham
Mammoth Vein
Squire Kirkham
Nick Davis
Hiatt
Scott Brothers
Kelley's
Walter Scott
Farmersburg Christmas Notes and Local Visits
Farmersburg residents share Christmas plans as relatives visit. soldiers on furlough from Fort Morgan bring back rare coins from the Philippines. Local names include Moore, Barker, McClanahan, and Hoag, with Christmas trees for Seventh Day Adventists and church services by Rev. Leonard Barbie in Terre Haute.
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Farmersburg
BE. L. Moore
Charles Shepherd
Shepherd
Moore
United States Army
Phillippines
Ft. Morgan
Fred Bolinger
Here
Mr. Bolinger
L. C. Bowll
Pimento
Sullivan
George Heap
James Moore
Barker and
Boylli
John Tharlls
Bertha Asbury
Owen Kissner
Fairbanks
Seventh Day Adventists’ Church
Alice Buchanan
Emma Ambrecht
Cass
Groves
Higbee
Young
Lou Bricker
Don Cummings
Vermillion
Ed Morgan
Terre Haute
Leonard Barbie
Terre
Local Rail Speed Limits and Newspaper Feud in Town
The town sets interurban car speed at 100 mph through the town, railroads allowed 15 mph. A dispute erupts between Shelburn Enterprise and Farmersburg Bee editors over a car incident involving Dirrelle Chaney and Robert P. White. Mr Foote also to weigh in.
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Shelburn Enterprise
Farmersburg Bee
Dirrelle Chaney
Robert P. White
Farmersburg
Shelburn
Foote
Primary Affidavit Rule Stirring Sullivan County
The Sullivan Times reports a heated Democratic primary where voters must show an affidavit declaring support for Bryan. The tradition of party leaders guiding field entry and late returns continues as managers push gag resolutions demanding Bryan allegiance to vote.
Bryan Loyalty Rule Splits Sullivan County Democrats
Sullivan County Democrats pass a primary rule forcing support for Bryan to vote. Critics call it a political purge denying non supporters a voice in nominations. The article notes community members leaving for Cuba Florida and Texas and reports various local movements.
Town News From Sullivan Area Shoals and Meetings
Sullivan residents report visits and errands including Dr A J Nellans and W A Bailey in Sullivan and Terre Haute, Grace Harper and Lela Dudley in Sullivan, a Kingsley Chapel revival led by Rev W P Wallace, and local social activities. A religious health note warns against stimulants and narcotics, praising Dr Crowley for cures.
Butt-Cut Stanley Attends Initation in Farmersburg
In Farmersburg on December 24 Hon. Butt-Cut Stanley of Terre Haute attended the initiation of new marshal Claude Lloyd. A long history of comic assaults followed by a courtroom fine, as Stanley fought Lloyd six or seven times before being subdued and paying a $14 fine. In Shelburn, also on December 24, 12 year old Robert Shaw died and was buried at Little Flock.
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Farmersburg
Stanley
Chas. Shepherd
Shepherd Stanley
Shepherd
Lloyd
Terre Haute
Shelburn
Robert Shaw
John Shaw
Jackson Hill No
Little Flock
Interurban Trail to Sullivan Backed by Arizona Incorporation
The Indianapolis-Cairo Traction Company, formed under Arizona law with 10 million capital, aims to build an electric line from Indianapolis to Cairo via the Indiana Illinois coal field. Incorporators include W C Buell John T Figg and Charles McDermott, with A L Hassler of York Pa as president. The firm has absorbed El River Railroad and plans a bond underwrite from Paris financiers. survey reportedly completed from Indianapolis to Sullivan.
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Indianapolis-Cairo
Indianapolis
Cairo
Indiana and Illinois
Arizona
A. L. Hassler
York
Mr. Hassler
W. C. Buell
John T. Figg
Charles McDermott
el River Railroad Company
Indiana Coal Field
New York
Paris
France
Sullivan
Ind
Indianapolis News
Shelburn Joins Farmersburg in Regulating Trains
Shelburn forms a new ordinance with Farmersburg to regulate railroad trains and interurban cars within corporate limits. measure goes into effect December 24.
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Shelburn
Farmersburg
Shelburn News Snapshot and Christmas Week Docket
Bert Rossiter attended Sullivan for a update. A Friday Colisseum dance aids two ball players fined last summer for Sunday baseball, fines and costs total 101.50 dollars. Shelburn basketball hosts Graysville Friday night. Fairbanks township wagon ferries shoppers to Sullivan. Benjamin Bolinger critically ill after a stroke. Charles Bolinger visited Dana. Ed McKinley in Terre Haute. Joe LaFollettee of St. Clair mine was in Clinton.
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Shelburn
Bert Rossiter
Sullivan
Colisseum
Samuel K. Baird
Shelburn Enterprise
Marshall, Til
Elmer Smith
Elizabethtown
Ind
William Efritt
Chicago
Graysville
Fairbanks Township
Fairbanks
Charles Bolinger
Dana
Benjamin Bolinger
Ed McKinley
Terre Haute
Joe LaFollettee
St. Clair
Clinton
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Indiana Post Office 1907
List of unclaimed letters dated December 25 1907 for Ladies and Gents including Mrs Laura Anders Miss Ida Cox Miss Florence Davis Miss Mary Eaton Mrs Stella Lane Florence Magwell Miss Bertha Osborn Miss Grace Quiggle Mrs Chloe Russell Mrs Hattie and John Alambaugh Wake Conner Elijah George Goodman Will T Ruff Ed Kaufman Dan Charles Phister Robert S Person Auditor Thomas Riggs Hugh Ransford J H Sekinger J J Duglas Smith Douglas Turnbull J S Whisman Wm White F M. Callers must say advertised. two weeks remain before Dead Letter Office. Arthur A Houmgs P M.
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Anders
Laura
Bird
Edith
Bunch
Isabell
Backer
Myrtle
Cox
Ida
Davis
Florence
Eaton
Mary
Lane
Stella
Magwell
McConnell
Bertha
Osborn
Rosilla
Quiggle
Grace
Quackenbush
Chloe
Russell
Hattie
Alambaugh
John
Conner
Wake
Delaney
Elijah
Franklin
George
Goodman
James
Ruff
Will T. Hoffman
Kaufman
Dan
Phister
Charles
Person
Robert S
Riggs
Thomas
Rodgers
Hugh
Ransford
E. H. Sekinger
J. J
Smith
Duglas
Turnbull
J. S. Whisman
Wm. White
F. M
Arthur A. Houmgs
P. M
Annual Bar Banquet in Sullivan County Attended by 50
The Sullivan County Bar Association held its annual banquet at the Davis House on Monday evening with about 50 guests. Judge John T. Beasley of Terre Haute delivered the principal address. The event was noted as one of the largest and most successful in the association’s history.
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Sullivan County Bar Association
Davis House
Monady
John T. Beasley
Terre Haute
No Lasting Trace Darling Silk and Powder Exchange
A young lover speaks of an impression as he lifts the enameled face of his beloved from his shoulder. She replies that the effect will fade, brushing his coat collar with her fingers and downplaying the moment as mere face powder.
Union of Prohibition Groups Against High License Plan
The anti liquor league and Indiana prohibitionists unite to fight the $1,000 saloon license bill. Senator Ezra Mattingly plans to reintroduce the measure, while leaders fear the merged effort could strengthen breaching the high license push. The groups aim to curb saloons and oppose the high license era.
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Anti-Liquor League
Prohibitionists
Indiana
Ezra Mattingly
Washington
Prohibition Party
Mattingly
Anti-Saloon League
Indianapolis Star
Executor appointed for James C. McKee will in Indiana
I H Kalley is named executor of the will of James C McKee late of Sullivan county Indiana deceased. The estate is believed to be solvent.
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James C. McKee
Sullivan County
Indiana
I. H. Kalley
Executor appointed for Justis Heck estate in Sullivan County
George W. Buff named by Sullivan Circuit Court Clerk as executor of the last will and testament of Justis Heck, late of Sullivan County Indiana. He has qualified and reports the estate is solvent. Buff and Stratton are attorneys for the estate.
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Sullivan Circuit Court
Justis Heck
Sullivan County
Indiana
George W. Buff
Buff & Stratton. Attys
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Texas
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Cuba
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Robinson
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Charley Smith
West Union Sr
Turman Township
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Billy Champlain
W. M. Johnson
Jack Frost
Arkansas
Emery Ladd
Nevada
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Emery
Osborn Pinkston
Merom
Wallace
Riverton
George Jackson
Clarence Roseberry
Brown’s Ridge
Will H. Piety
State Life Insurance Co
Willie Pogue
John Simpson
Dakota
Brown Ridge
Clell Morrison
Paxton
Billy Dunbar
Carlisle
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T. B. Shaffer
Dill Hayworth
Arley Hunt
A. J. Nellans
C. B. Brewer
Charles E. Brewer
W. A. Bailey
Grace Harper
Fairbanks R. R
W. P. Wallace
Kingsley Chapel
Lela Dudley
Fred Wernz
James McKee
Drake Church
Ora Patton
Edgar Strain
J. B. McKinney
Staffordshire
Jacob Foutz
Audrey Rose
Alvin Bicknell
Crowley
Sullivan, Ind
Joshua Beasley
John G. Barnett
Homer Bicknell
Dora Eaton
John Walters
Columbus Bough
J. Frank Alumbaugh
Auditor’s Office
BE. BE. Russell
Temarkana
Southwest
Walter James Kent
Kentucky
Bluegrass
Ana Ata
Central Union Telephone Company
Hamilton Oil and Gas Co
J. W. Hunt
Jno
W.E. Johnson
W.R. Frakes
Globe Plumbing & Supply Co
Chas. Overstreet
M. E. Drake
B. Hantman
E. E. Wooden
Sullivan Transfer Co
H. C. Moore
Harve Marlow
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