Miners Put Out of Work as Two Mines Close in Bankruptcy
In Shelburn and Carlisle Indiana two Chicago Carlisle Coal Mining Company mines shut down due to bankruptcy leaving more than 450 miners unpaid. Workers received checks that could not be cashed as the firm collapsed, ending Christmas-pay hopes and leaving families with little cheer.
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Shelburn
Ind
Sullivan
Chicago-Carlisle Coal Mining Company
Carlisle Coal Company
Carlisle
Reliance
District 11
United Mine Workers
Indiana
Mutual Truck Property To Be Offered Again
The Mutual Truck Company property in this city will be offered for sale again in late January or early February after a December sale. Sherman Osborne of Bloomfield bid 9 750 on Thursday. Charles Runyan of Terre Haute bid 10 percent higher on Saturday with bond via Terre Haute Trust Company. Walter F. Wood, special judge, accepted the bond and the sale will be readvertised. The appraised value is 124 466 21 while liabilities total 83 101 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Truck Company
National Bank
Sherman Osborne
Bloomfield
Charles L. Runyan
Terre Haute
Terre Haute Trust Company
Walter F. Wood
Hays Denies Quit Rumor Over Movie Job
Postmaster General Will H Hays has been resting at the Yonkers home of William B Thompson and plans to travel to White Sulphur Springs West Virginia soon. He is asked to deny reports he will resign to head a large motion picture producers and distributors combine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays
Will H. Hays
Yonkers
William B. Thompson
Washington
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Indianapolis
Death of Aged Oaktown Man at Granddaughter's Home
Thomas Hardy 89 of Oaktown died Sunday after a lingering illness. He lived with his granddaughter Mrs. Charles Snavely on West Street and was brought to Oaktown by his daughter Mrs. Juanita Bond. Funeral and burial were held in Oaktown yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaktown
Thomas Hardy
Charles Snavely
West Street
Juanita Bond
Court Takes Case From Jury In Old Law
Gibbart Oetmanis of Watseka Illinois, surviving partner of Oetmanis Brothers, sought to recover notes against Taylor Mason and Knox county farmers. Judge Bridwell instructed the jury to find for the defendants after trial began, noting the bank held judgment and that double jeopardy on the notes was not possible. The case traced endorsements to Citizens State Bank of Watseka and involved a pedigreed horse sale years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibhardt Oetmanis
Watseka
Ills
Oetmanis Brothers
Taylor Mason
Knox County
Bridwell
Decetmanis
Citizens State Bank of
Iroquois County
Oetmanis
Germany
Gibbart Oetmanis
Daviess County
Fairbanks Victors Edge Clay City In Thriller
The Fairbanks Victors defeated Clay City 29 to 18 on Tuesday night behind six baskets by Horner the midget forward. Fairbanks outplayed the fast Legion squad and handed Clay City its first loss in seven starts before 350 fans. Lyons Whiz Bangs visit Fairbanks next Wednesday January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks Victors
Clay City
Legion
Fairbanks
Horner
Lyons Whiz
Faorner Oeccccecce
St Passttsysain
Eae
Hanna
Johnson
Fuller
F . Daugherty
McGinn DeBaun
Hochstetler Pound
Kisner
Rhodes Drake ccc
Cece Gece Smith
DeBaun
Pound
Daugherty
Hochstetler
Rhodes
Russell
of State Normal
Secorer
Thomas
Intoxicated Man Rescued After Busseron Creek Drowning Drift
John Isbell of Jefferson township escaped drowning when his horse plunged into the deep backwater of Busseron creek on the Sulli van-Dugger road. Sheriff Douthitt and others rescued him after three hours in frigid water. He pleaded guilty to intoxication and paid a $12.50 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Isbell
Jefferson Township
Sunday
Busseron Creek
Isbell
Sullivan-Dugger Road
Douthitt
Clarence Wright
Murray
William Saucerman
Appointments by New Administration Named
Mayor elect Walter Walters announced the new city lineup including James H. Willis as Chief of Police and Jasper N. Ridge as patrolman. Charles H. Bedwell appears reappointed as city attorney, with Ziba Howe as street commissioner and Jesse Bicknell named fire chief. Roy Bennett and Guy Wible are listed as fire truck driver positions. City engineer and health officer appointments to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Walters
James H. Willis
Willis
Old Town
Calvert
Jasper N. Ridge
Charles H. Bedwell
Ziba Howe
Jesse Bicknell
Roy Bennett
Guy Wible
Former Sullivan native Joseph L. Stewart dies in New York
Joseph L. Stewart, 74, former Sullivan merchant and shoe dealer, died suddenly in New York City from a stroke. Survived by two children Grace Flash of New York and Ed Stewart of Chattanooga, brothers Dr. L A Stewart and Ralph Stewart, and Florence Barnes of Long Beach. He was born in Sullivan, left in 1893 for Chattanooga, later moved to New York and worked with Electrical Testing Laboratories. Burial took place in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Stewart
Lafayette Stewart
Sullivan
New York City
Stewart
L. A. Stewart
Grace Flash
New York
Flash
Ed Stewart
Chatanooga
Tenn
Ralph Stewart
Florence Barnes
Long Beach
Cal
Mattie Burks
William H. Burks
Prison Sentences Handed Down by Judge Bridwell
Zollie Spencer William Butler and Robert Annacker were sentenced to prison last week and transported to the Michigan City state prison Saturday by Deputy Sheriffs Collins and Douthitt. The report also lists numerous local visits and holiday greetings among residents and families across Terre Haute and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zollie Spencer
William Butler
Robert Annacker
W. H. Bridwell
Michigan City
Collins and
Douthitt
Lou Whitman
Terre Haute
O. B. Harris
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples Across Counties
George Ferguson and Edith L. Maynard, both of Shelburn, are among several couples obtaining marriage licenses. Others include Charles A. Thomas and Rose Wilson of Terre Haute, Harry Criss and Bonnie M. Salesman of Hymera, Harry W. Sparks and Bessie L. Bedwell of Lewis, James L. Bolenbaugh and Hallie R. Creage of Merom, William R. Pickett and Oakie M. Flatch of Paxton, Clinton K. Goodman and Anna E. Gibbs of Pleasantville, Fred Jordan and Essie G. Withers near Dugger, and Alfred R. Waggoner and Blanch Clark of Farmersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ferguson
Miner
Edith L. Maynard
Shelburn
Charles A. Thomas
Rose Wilson
Terre Haute
Harry Criss
Bonnie M. Salesman
Hymera
Harry W. Sparks
Lewis
Bessie L. Bedwell
Coalmont
James L. Bolenbaugh
New Lebanon
Hallie
Mowrer Coppage Wedding Unites Olivia Coppage and Ernest Mowrer
Miss Flo Coppage daughter of Mr and Mrs William Coppage Turman township and Ernest Wowrer son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Wowrer Olney Ills wed at the Methodist parsonage in Xenia Ills Rev J C Foutz officiating Miss Coppage longtime nurse at Weber Sanitarium Olney Mr Mowrer employed by International Shoe Company Olney They will reside in Olney and visit Mrs Coppage in Turman township soon after the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowrer-Coppage
Flo Coppage
William Coppage
Turman Township
Ernest Wowrer
Clifford Wowrer
Olney
Ills
Xenia
J. C. Foutz
Miss Coppage
Weber Sanitarium
Mowrer
International Shoe Company
Former Sullivan Boy Appointed Federal Assistant Attorney
Alexander G Cavins of Indiana a former Sullivan boy and son of Flora Cavins has been named assistant attorney in the federal attorney’s office at Indianapolis He will begin January 7 as Homer Elliott of Martinsville succeeds Fred Van Nuys as Indiana federal attorney Cavins served in special war work overseas and has worked as an assistant in the Indiana attorney general’s office for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Alexander G. Cavins
Indianapolis
Flora Cavins
Cavins
Homer Elliott
Martinsville
Fred van Nuys
Indiana
Oaktown Couple Die After Sandborn Train Crash
Mr and Mrs Lon Ashley about 65 years old of Oaktown were killed when their car was struck by an Indianapolis bound Vandalia train near Sandborn Knox county Indiana The couple had spent Christmas with daughters and were en route to a hotel when the crash occurred Mrs Ashley died shortly after and the coroner will investigate The Ashleys survived by three daughters including Mrs Harry Pierson and Mrs C Williamson and Mrs Elza Clark of Vincennes respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaktown
Ind
Lon Ashley
Sandborn
Knox County
Ashley
Harry Pierson
C. Williamson
Henry Nierste
Elza Clark
Vincennes
Sixty Baskets Distributed By City Charity Group
Sixty baskets of food and clothing were distributed at Christmas by the Associated Charities of the city under the direction of Mrs. Lee F Bays president. Mrs Bays has been a tireless worker for several years, with many donations from churches and organizations received by the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities
Lee F. Bays
Good producer found in Turman Township near Graysville
Harry Knox of Hooten Lumber Company drilled a good producing oil well on Tom Carruthers farm south of Graysville. The well was shot and bridged yesterday and cleaned out. It is the first producer discovered in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turman Township
Harry Knox
Hooten Lumber Company
Terre Haute
Tom Carruthers
Graysville
William Butler Pleads Guilty in Larceny Case
William Butler pleaded guilty before Judge W. H. Bridwell to larceny and was sentenced to the state prison for one to eight years. He received a $10 fine and three years disfranchisement for stealing 65 cents from Audie Raines at the Baker mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Butler
W. H. Bridwell
Audie Raines
Baker Mine
Plunketts Visit Family Then Plan Long Beach Trip
Mr and Mrs Rollin A Plunkett spent Tuesday and Wednesday with the former s parents in Palestine Illinois They will leave Tuesday January 3 for Long Beach California traveling via New Orleans and the Southern Pacific Miss Myra Basler who has been visiting her mother Mrs Alice Basler left Saturday for Kansas City where she will attend a lyceum convention She will then tour the southern states professionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCrory
William
Lewisburg
Ind
M. R. Gustin
Opal Anderson
H. L. Wilson
Indianapolis
Rex Joseph
Ernest Lloyd
Chicago
W. H. Bland
Lloyd
Prairie Creek
Cora Sease
Bedford
H. W. Bennett
Harve Gordon
Danville
Ills
Belle Brokaw
Harold Exline
Bush
Ils
Marshall Exline
James Dalhonde
Skene
E. S. Crowder
Sarah Reed
Illinois University
Champaign
Ed P. Reed
Robert Phillips
Kenton
Ohio
O. B. Harris
Joe R. Crowder
Neville Crowder
Claud Crowder
Josephine Crowder
Terre Haute
Don Rose
Louis
Thompson
Russell Thompson
Will A. Thompson
Ralph
Gertrude
Mary Thompson
Gertrude Hopkins
Rensselaer
Walter N. Thompson
Edson Murray
Lawrenceville
Ill
Ed P. Lacey
Lyle Whitsett
Washington, D. C
Grace Shaffer
T. B. Shaffer
Mary Powell
Theodore Powell
Edythe Strawn
Wilmer Strawn
Frances Sinclair
James M. Sinclair
Winona Barco
Birmingham
Ala
W. E. Barco
H.W. D. Tooley
Lyceum
T. Ed Ward
Rollin A. Plunkett
Palestine
Long Beach
Cal
New Orleans
Myra Basler
Alice Basler
Kansas City
Weather of a Week in Farmersburg
Miss Glenn Yeager reports the county cooperative weather observer data for December 19 to 25. Days were mostly cloudy with varying highs from 53 to 30 and lows from 22 to 21 degrees. rainfall recorded totals 0.03 inches on the 22nd, 0.84 inches on the 28th, and 1.12 inches on the 24th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Glenn Yeager
Sullivan Court Affirms Brewer Estate Case
The Indiana Appellate Court doubles down affirming Judge Bridwell’s ruling in the S M Baker versus Orlando C Brewer estate dispute. Baker sought a $4 400 commission on a sale contract involving 440 acres in Fairbanks township, tied to Illinois land conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellate Court of
Indiana
W. H. Bridwell
Sullivan Circuit Court
S. M. Baker
Hutsonville
Ills
Orlando C. Brewer
Fairbanks Township
Nicholas
Enlo
Bridwell
Illinois
Brewer
Baker
New Suits Listed in Sullivan County Court Dockets
A batch of civil cases appears in the docket including Richard Myers versus John H Stewart for damages Peoples State Bank of Sullivan Ind versus Samira F Swift on note Virgil O Scanling versus John R Brackin et al on note James Whipps versus Flora A Had don guardian petition in estate matter estate of Jas Springer trustee Kittie Springer petition to sell real estate administrator Arthur E DeBaun versus Edgar Joseph et al to sell real estate to pay debts receiver for Dix Lumber Co versus Black Comet Coal Mining Co et al material man on iron Tda Tuell versus Percy Wolfe and Will B Wolfe on note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Myers
John H. Stewart
Peoples State Bank of Sullivan
Ind
Samira F. Swift
Virgil O. Scanling
John R. Brackin
James Whipps
Flora A. Haddon
Guardian
Jas
Springer
Kittie Springer
Arthur E. DeBaun
James R. Joseph
Edgar Joseph
Charles L. Runyan
Dix Lumber Co
Black Comet Coal Mining Co
W. P. Whitsett Coal & Coke Co
R. B. Whitsett Coal & Mining Co
Enterprise Coal & Mining Co
Tda Tuell
Percy Wolfe
Will B. Wolfe
Circuit Court Notes Admits Bays and Lowdermilk to Sullivan Bar
Circuit court actions include Lee F Bays motion admitting Max millian Crowder to the Sullivan county bar John W Lindley motions for Al Lowdermilk also of Sullivan. Appraisers Ben C Crowder James M Billman file reports and commissioners reappointed for the year Mary Jones divorces Frank L Jones. Charles Bulos divorces Vera Bulos. Judgments: Sullivan State Bank against Matthew Lane 2301.16 and others. The court opens Monday after holidays and various estate real estate sales are ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee F. Bays
Maxmillian Crowder
Sullivan County
John W. Lindley
al Lowdermilk
Sullivan
Robert Conner
Florence Riges
Alma KE. Harris
W. R. Frakes
Ben Mattix
Isaac H. Kalley
Mary Jones
Frank L. Jones
Charles Bulos
Vera Bulos
Sullivan State Bank
Matthew Lane
Circuit Court
James F. Springer
Kittie Springer
Petitin
Ben C. Crowder
James M. Billman
Lane
Frank Conner
Joe K. Stcck
Ward J. Whitfield
Mary J. Whitfield
Clarence Jones
Clarence Whitfield
M. Nunerberg
Sor
BR. Mmit Nash
Ocle Tena Pirtle
William R. Pirtle
Billa B. Fairfield
Chrissie
Roy Coyner
Huston Barnes
Paulina Barnes
Paul Story
Entitler
William Knochs
James K. French
Dona M. French
True Fenton
Minnie Fenton
William McClellan
Sterret McClellan
Nancy E. Freeman
M. A. Haddon
O. L. Springer
New Prosecutor Named to Succeed Taylor in County
Norvalk Harris will take over as prosecuting attorney next Monday succeeding John S. Taylor. Harris has been managing a Kalamazoo newspaper and is expected to return home Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norvalk
Harris
John S. Taylor
Kalamazoo, Mich
Road super appointment draws many hopefuls in county
Next Monday the board of county commissioners will name a road superintendent for two years as Frank Springer becomes the first Republican on the board. Numerous candidates, including Felix Jones and Ed Berry, seek the post, with Charley Brentlinger, Sol Summers, George Browning, Kris Widener, John Wambaugh, and others among hopefuls. A county attorney and courthouse janitor will also be named at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
William B. Burford
Indianapolis
Springer
J. W. Lindley
John Scott
Liig
Felix Jones
Kris Widener
George Browning
John Wambaugh
Ed Dailey
Haddon Township
Charley
Brentlinger
Sol Summers
Old Haddon
Ed Berry
Frank Cunningham
Frank
Court House
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Gill Township
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Gibhart Oetmanis
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Frank Springer
Board of County Commissioners
William H. Posten
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