Sullivan area news reflects growth and tragedy in 1916
The report chronicles diverse events in Sullivan and nearby towns including bankruptcies, school diplomas, new chamber leadership, notable injuries from farm and mining accidents, public works, dry laws, legal actions, fires, and a Dixie Bee Line convention. It notes deaths, political shifts, hospital plans, and transportation developments shaping the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexaner Deutach
Shelburn
Sullivan High School
Sullivan Chamber of Commerce
Gilbert W. Gambill
Benson Mayfield
Richard Park
State Teachers’ Examining Board
Ralston
Joe C. Long
Merom State Bank
Hays
County Board of Education
A. W. Hayes
Fred Hawkins
Evansville
Sullivan County
Ethel Wilffek
Crowder Hospital
Beeson Hunt
Charles D. Hunt
West Point
G. T. Carrithers
Will H. Hays
Anchor Life Insurance Company
Dixie Bee Line
Mary Scott
Jackson Township
Seth Devore
Illinois Central
Riverton
Haddon Township
Citizens Trust
West Washington Street
Fannie Hughes
Es. Petty
St. Louis
W. E. Bunger
Spencer
Frank Ferguson
Union Building & Loan Association of
Hymera
Elizabeth Hunt
John Hunt
Sullivan
Davis Hotel
Citizens Trust Company of
Tishimingo Tie & Stone Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward
J. King
Depieter
Fedders
John Bowen
Mary F. Houpt
R. F. Houpt
Sarah Ann Johnson
Lee F. Bays
Danville
Coit-Albert Company
John H. Wright
Sullivan Mill & Elevator Co
B. F. McCoy
Wright
Clinton
Smith & Ladson
William Penny
Sylvester Marts
Curry Township
Rebecca Shepherd
B. F. Shepherd
Pleasantville
Consolidated Coal Company
H. E. Dutton
Hix W. Davis
Walter Kenady
Farnsworth
Cass
Joe Tribbey
Ethel Pigg
Asbury & Walters
J. B. Mellott
W. T. Mellott
Mellott
Ind
J. Woolley Coal Company
Mildred
Farmers Educational
Co-operative Union
Bays
Frank McCracklin
Joe Atkinson
Humera
Robert Southwood
Fennie Briggs
South Pasadena
Cal
George T. Briggs
Susan Hiatt
Sadie Lovelace
Harry Carter
Detroit
Win S&s. Bicknell
Greene Counties
Jefferson Township
Farmersburg
Cullop
Indianapolis
Sullivan County Teachers Association
J. Carter Troop
New York Board of Education
Henry K. Marlow
O. L. Springer
Sullivan Woolen Mills
Leannah Moser
Melvin Ritchie
Princeton
Joseph Wyman
Palmer’s Prairie
Fletcher Fitzpatrick
Norton
Merom
O. D. Stoddard
Union
Turman Township Sunday School Association
Mann’s Grove
Graysville
William Carl Asrey
Frank McCrocklin
Lou McCrocklin
John McCrocklin
W. OD. Wright
Walter Stover
Lou McCracklin
John W. Lindley
Jane Case
S. M. Gapen
Frankfort
Henry Overholser
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
George F. Botts
Paul Poynter
Seymour Democrat
Clayton Price
Stella Stansil
Vincent H. Lodde
Lafayette
E. C. McCarty
Milton Houston
Terre Haute
Robinson
Wabash River
Sullivan County Sunday School Association
Carnegie
Carlisle
Dustin O. Hawkins
Hamilton Township
Edward J. King
Dugger State Bank
Bridwell
Lieut
United States Military Academy
el Paso
Texas
16Th Infantry
Virginia Pinkston
Dan Pinkston
Jack Johns
John C. Dudley
Kerriville
Gill Township
Cr. S. Brunger
Louisville
W. C
Jamison
Charles Hale
Walker V. Jennings
C. H. Stratton
Will Hays
Merom Chautauqua Association
Louis Foy
John J. Parker
State Board of Pharmacy
Joseph Hubble
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ben S. Harris
Lewis
Lafe Pigg
James F. Beck
Charleston
Ill
Cyrus Pierce
Fairbanks Township
Eliza Cook Murphy
A. M. Murphy
Edward H. Rice
O. O. Stoddard
J. C. Acey
Robinson Schools
Riverton Ferry
W. E. Gray
John C. Chaney
Presbytery of
Indiana
Mattie Moore
Bicknell
Thomas J. Houck
Dugger
A. M. L. Burton & Son
John S. Ward
John A. Ward
Central Avenue M. E
Grand Jury
William D. Wright
William D. Stover
Louis McCrocklin
Rebecca Richard Jr
Jack Williams
William Thomas Dix
Charles N. Dailey
Paxton
Dave Giles
Charles R. Railsback
Presbyterian Church
EH. Hendrick
A. Carter
Christian Church
E. A. Daugherty
Henry Davey
Haute
Lattas C
Smith Wars
Ote
Henry Lattas Creek
Claude Osburn
Odd Fellows
Myrtle Lee Akers
Dr. Akers
This City
San Anton
Areronuts
Heck
Tam
Dippy Dukee
Freund-Wagener Rtoon Service Corp
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