Boy 14 Boots Chicago Fans Tale of a Ball Game
A Terre Haute Star piece recalls Norval Harris, 14, of Sullivan Indiana, who rode a train to Chicago to see the Cubs versus White Sox. He bunked on engines, hid in trains, and returned home after a perilous, ticketless trek that tested his courage and family trust.
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Cubs
White Sox
Sullivan Lad
Terre Haute
Norval D. Harris
O. B. Harris
Norval K. Harris
Sullivan
Chicago
Nerv Harris
Harris
Billy Graham
Boy Returns Home After Grim Test of Courage
A morning paper carried no headline about a lost boy. A man reflects on his risky act, saying it was worth it but he will not repeat it. Billy is welcomed home and vows to pursue perfection in his classwork.
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Pittsburg
Union Station
Billy
Prominent Farmer of Haddon Dead
Frederick J. Wheaton of Haddon township died Sunday at his home three miles east of Paxton after years of illness from consumption. He owned 147 acres, was married to Mamie Blackman, and leaves a wife, two children aged 10 and 11, plus a mother, a brother, and two sisters. Funeral services were held Monday at his residence. Interment in Providence cemetery.
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Frederick J. Wheaton
Haddon Township
Paxton
P. B. May
Sullivan
Providence
Thos. J. Wheaton
Thomas J
Eliza
Lottie Wheaton
Carlisle News
Chaney Defines Graft In Moral Politics Speech
Rep John C Chaney of Indiana argued graft is a milder term than steal in a Unity club address. He praised earning value for value and urged teaching boys to pursue honest effort over sneaking and stealing.
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Washington
Unity Club
John C. Chaney
Indiana
Chaney
War of Words Ends in Blows at Local Thirst Parlor
Harry Watts and George Shipman argued over words Tuesday afternoon. George jabbed an ice pick under Watts right eye, Watts struck back with a beer bottle hitting Shipman on the nose. Both left as is. potential court action noted.
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Harry Watts
George Shipman
George
Watts
Shipman
William A. Markland
Dugger Journal
Golden Wedding for Charles and Mrs Trimble
Mr and Mrs Charles Trimble near Carlisle celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with a home dinner on December 18. He is 85 and she 84, sharing health and family turnout including all their children and grandchildren.
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Charles Trimble
Carlisle
Trimble
Mr. Trimble
Hymera Arrest Prompts International Money Order Office
A fragment notes Hymera progress on an international matter and an advance on January 2 involving a money order office. The garbled text references a person named Hymera and an unspecified weed, unclear in detail.
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Hymera
Fice
Supreme Court Rules on Five Gallons Liquor Sales
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that selling intoxicating liquors to consumers in quantities over five gallons without a county license is not a crime under the Nichols law and the criminal code. Herman Bock was prosecuted for selling a five gallon keg to a man. The decision clarifies license requirements favoring retail but allows wholesale exemptions, noting sales by unlicensed dealers in large quantities remain restricted if consumed on premises or delivered in part. The case affirmed that the affidavit against Bock was valid.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Herman Bock
Gibson County
U. cc Ui
T. A. Grizzle
Sta
Charles W. Lisman
Bock
Carlisle to endure winter darkness with no electric lights
Carlisle residents face another winter without street lighting as December 21 reports show no investment in electrified illumination. Pedestrians must rely on lanterns after sunset, returning to earlier times and dimming the town's nighttime activity.
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Carlisle
Reverend Willis Publishes Book Of Verses In Vincennes
Rev Theodore K Willis son of Rev T H Willis former Methodist pastor in Vincennes has written a collection of poems. The booklet is dedicated to his father and mother and is bound and marketed locally. Willis is well known in the city from his father's pastorate and is brother to Will W Willis of the Second National Bank.
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T. K. Willis
M. E
New Lebanon
Vincennes
Vincennes Sun
Theodore K. Willis
T. H. Willis
Willis
Will W. Willis
The
Second National Bank
Lodge Funds Stolen From Farmersburg Home
A burglary at Centerville home of Dad King and wife netted about 185 dollars in cash. Bills scattered on the floor under a relocated carpet to avoid bulk, with 145 dollars belonging to the local U M W of A lodge in Superior. No trace of the money found.
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Dad King
Centerville
Mr. King
Superior
Farmersburg Bee
Mrs Dan Miles Dies in Kentucky Home
Mrs Dan Miles died December 12 at her home in Nicholasville Kentucky. She was the wife of Daniel Miles once a county resident who moved to Kentucky about twenty five years ago. Mr Miles was active in local politics and served one term in the legislature from the county and was elected to Congress on the Republican ticket from his district two years ago.
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Dan Miles
Nicholasville
Kentucky
Daniel Miles
Miles
Move to Elect County Superintendents by Direct Vote
A bill will be introduced in the county session of the state legislature to elect county superintendents by direct vote. Present terms expire in June, and the bill may extend terms if a special election is held. The bill proposes five dollars per day compensation for superintendents and adds auditor employments to inspect county books periodically.
Bankruptcy case ends for Dan V. Howard
Creditors in the Dan V. Howard bankruptcy case are set to receive the final dividend of about 13 percent on their claims. A prior 10 cent on the dollar dividend was already paid. Howard, once owner of a Carlisle general store, went bankrupt last May and now lives in Indianapolis where he works as a conductor for a railroad company. Carlisle News.
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Dan V. Howard
Dan
Mooresville
Carlisle
Indianapolis
Carlisle News
Brain research topic sparks Sullivan Vigo medical meeting
A meeting of the Sullivan and Vigo county Medical Society was held at Dr. T. W. Kenney's office. Dr. Spaulding of Terre Haute presented Does the brain think. Dr. Spees was elected president with Hauch secetary and Spaulding treasurer. Next gathering planned for Terre Haute on the third Tuesday in January.
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Sullivan
Vigo County
Drs. Douglass
Bailey O Shelburn
Faught
Farmersrg
Stock, Hauch, Howe, Spee and Spaulding
Terre Haute
Ed Kennedy
Billman
Sylvan
State Teachers Association Meeting Attendance Noted
Supt J W Holton Prof E C Snarr high school principal Miss Lizzie Hull English instructor and county superintendent Richard Ark will attend the State Teachers Association meeting in Indianapolis tomorrow through Saturday.
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J. W. Holton
E. C. Snarr
Lizzie Hull
Nty
Richard A Rk
State Teachers’ Association
Aladiapolis
Shelburn Woman Phoebe Whitney Dies in Knoxville
Mrs Phoebe Whitney aged 79 of Shelburn died in Knoxville Tennessee after a three month illness while visiting her daughter Alice Derrick. She was twice married. seven children survive from her first husband Hodges. Body shipped home for funeral Friday at the Baptist church conducted by Rev Fuson with interment at Little Rock cemetery.
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Shelburn
Phoebe Whitney
Knoxville
Tenn
Alice Derrick
Hodges
John A. Whitney
Frank Hodges
Linton
John Hodges
Emory Hodges
Chicago
J. P. “Ner
She'burn
Mol
Iowa
Alice Dery
Bech
Alabama
Fternoon
Baptist Church
K. Fuson
Marshall, Ind
Little Rock Cemetery
Greene County to Seek Investigation Funds
Newly elected Greene County commissioners plan to ask the county council for an appropriation to conduct a complete investigation of county affairs. A majority of residents favor the inquiry, and the new board intends to push for funding to begin work early next month.
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Greene County
Board of County Commissioners
Gas Explosion Burns Cloverleaf Mine Workers
Henry Butler pit boss and a second unidentified man suffered severe burns from a gas blast Wednesday morning last week. The men entered a recently unused room to inspect it when a flash ignited a sheet of flame. They were rescued with help and treated with linseed oil and cotton before returning home. They will miss only a few days of work.
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Henry Butler
Cloverleaf
Dugger Journal
Verdigiris Land Improvement Co elects directors in Terre Haute
Stockholders meet in Terre Haute electing J M Lindsay Ward Hawkins Perry Botts A V Munich M A Haddon Robert Taylor Frate C Liston as directors. J W Liney named president M A Hadder secretary Robert Taylor treasurer The company holds 68 acres in the oil field of the Indian Territory. By laws require Terre Haute meetings but 80 percent stock is in Sullivan, suggesting a change.
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Verdigris Land Ard Improvement Company
Terre Haute
J. M. Lindsay
Ward Hawkins
Perry Botts
A. V. Munich
M. A. Haddon
Robert Taylor
Frate C. Liston
J. W. Liney
M. A. Hadder
Scretary
Ccmpany
Oil Fiel
Trustees Meet Lawmakers at Evansville
Fred Bays of this city, trustee of the Southern Asylum for the Insane at Evansville, attended a Friday trustees meeting where a $170,000 appropriation need was presented to a state legislature committee. Capt. Thomas B. Springer, the county’s new representative, also attended.
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Fred Bays
Southern Asylum For the Insane
Evansville
Thomas B. Springer
Carlisle Pair Wed in Long Beach Ceremony
Miss Jessie Pearce of Carlisle and Dr Henry Schaffer of Long Beach Gal were married at Long Beach yesterday and will reside there.
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Jessie Pearce
Carlisle
Henry Schaffer
Long Beach
State rail commission may prosecute Southern Indiana railroad
Indianapolis December reports the state railroad commission may begin a prosecution against the Southern Indiana railroad under a statute on unjust discrimination. Investigations in southern Indiana focus on alleged favoritism toward the Southern Indiana Mining company linked to Walsh. If charges prove true, a suit will be filed immediately.
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Indianapolis
State Railroad Commission
Southern Indiana Railroad Inpany
Tha
Railroad Commission
Southern
Indiana
L. E. Murt
Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana Railroad
Southern Indiana Mining Company
John R. Walsh
Morton
Walsh Railroad
Miller
Big Four
Terre Haute
Charles V. McAdams
Commission Today
Southern Idiana
McAdams
Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Mine Injury Fatal at Shelburn Mine
Roscoe Lane eighteen, a driver at one Shelburn mine, died at Union Hospital Terre Haute December sixteenth from injuries at work. He was crushed between a passing train of five cars weighing fifteen hundred pounds and a timber support after stepping aside in an entry. One leg was severely mashed. doctors feared for his life.
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Roscoe Lane
Shelburn
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Lane
Refused Marriage License by County Clerk
The Bloomfield News reports that the Sullivan County clerk refused a marriage license Monday for Nathan Cox and Lulu Turner both residents of Sullivan County. Dugger residents Cox and Turner were denied due to current residency.
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Bloomfield News
Yakey
Nathan Cox
Lulu Turner
Dugger
Sullivan County
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