Miller for Governor Candidate Profile
Hugh Th. Miller Republican nominee aspirant and Indiana lieutenant governor profile. Born 1867 in Nineveh, Johnson County. Butler College graduate. former history teacher. businessman in Columbus since 1899. Served in the state legislature and as lieutenant governor. praised for fairness, farm and education focus, and broad legislative experience. Endorsed by county and district, campaigning across the state.
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Hugh Th. Miller
Indiana
Nineveh Township
Johnson County
Butler College
Indianapolis
Butler
France
Germany
Columbus
Ind
Bartholomew
Roosevelt
Mr. Miller
Nettie Irwin Sweeney
Republican Party
Senate
Miller
Personal notes and movements in local families
Billy Wilson, formerly fire boss at the Union mine, takes a similar post at Citizens' mine in this city. Mrs. Martha McKinney is ill in Fairbanks township. Names include McKinney, Akin, Mellott, Hammond, Crowder, Wood, Hays, Krug, Knotts, Parks, Reid, Sinclair, Bicknell, Ramsey, and associations such as the Sullivan lodge Knights of Pythias planning a smoker on the 19th with a quartet from Terre Haute.
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Billy Wilson
Union
Citizens
Martha McKinney
Fairbanks Township
John McKinney
Staffordshire
Ben Davis
Cliff McKinney
Lebanon
Ind
J. P. Stratton
New Smyrna
Fla
Henry Akin
Evansville
Joe T. Akin
J. B. Mellett
Mellott
Indiana
W. T. Mellott
Biloxi
Misissippi
William H. Crowder, Sr
Walter Wood
A. M. Mcvuire
Washington
Wood
Bloomfield
John T. Hays
Otto Krug
A. W. Sonne
Vincennes
Carl F. Knotts
Mona Parks
William Jamison
Terre Haute
Wes Beasley
Colorado
Ransom Akin
Paul Reid
James Sinclair
Florida
Messrs. Sinclair
Reed
Sullivan
Messrs
Reid
Sinclair
Cuba
Jesse Bicknell
Cairo
Illinois
Mary Ramsey
Rogers
Ark
W. W. Harbaugh
Sullivan Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Saloon owner found guilty in minor liquor sale case
Jack Stewart of the YValler Dog saloon at Atlas was fined 50 dollars and costs for selling liquor without a license and, after a hearing before Mayor Riley and a special judge, a jury verdict found him guilty of selling to a minor. The new fine totals about 25 dollars including costs, with possible appeals planned. Senator Bland represented Stewart and two appeals await circuit court review.
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Jack Stewart
Atlas
McIntosh
Riley
Senator Bland
Stewart
Linton Call
Road petition viewers report accepted in joint Sullivan Greene county meeting
At a joint meeting of Sullivan and Greene counties the viewers report on the William R. Dugger gravel road petition was accepted and the road ordered opened. The road runs through Stockton township in Greene county and Jefferson and Cass townships in the county with costs apportioned Jefferson one tenth and Cass four tenths.
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Sullivan
Greene Counties
William R. Dugger
Stockton Township
Greene County
Jefferson
Cass
Jerusalem Chapter No 81 R A M Work in Mark Master Degree
Members of Jerusalem Chapter No 81 Royal Arch Masons will perform Mark Master degree work at the meeting tomorrow night. Attendees include lodge officers and invited guests from affiliated bodies. The event marks an initiation level in the ancient craft with public interest in the fraternity.
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Jerusalem
Reminiscences in the Early Graysville Days and Local Cases
Recalls notable Turman township figures who served in Indiana's legislature including Silas Osborne Benjamin and Thomas Turman Zachariah Coghill and Seth Cushman. Describes Uncle Tom Turman and a cupola myth plus the first water mill near Collins bridge and other local property moves. Several court actions noted including foreclosures settlements and guardianship sales.
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Turman Township
Big Springs
Silas Osborne
Benjamin
Thomas Turman
Zacariah Coghill
Seth Cushman
Indiana
Indianapolis
Sullivan County
Tom
Thomas Collier
Turman
Collins Bridge
Telephone Companies Hold 1907 Sulllivan County Tax
County Assessor Frank Hiatt presents a table of holdings by miles for telephone, express, and other companies operating in Sul lli van county for 1907. The figures show telephone firms contribute a substantial revenue to the county tax fund annually.
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Telephone
Frank Hiatt
Express Companies
Sul
Livan
Death of Eli Padgett Divides a Small City
Eli Padgett died at his home after a week's pneumonia illness. He was 65, born in Jefferson township, longtime farmer, and a deacon of the Baptist church. Survived by his widow and son L. A. Padgett of Carlisle. Funeral and burial held at Indian Prairie.
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Eli Padgett
Mr. Padgett
Jefferson Township
Thes City
Baptist Church
L. A. Padgett
Carlisle
Indian Prairie
Effingham Social Guests Entertain Beasleys This Week
Mrs Frank Knowles and Mrs Wes Beasley of Effingham were hosted by Mr and Mrs Joshua Beasley this week for a social gathering.
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Frank Knowles
Wes Beasley
Effingham
Joshua Beasley
Death Comes Suddenly to Thomas J. Holt
Thomas J. Holt a well known farmer of Gill township died Friday after a short illness with diabetes. He was a Gill county candidate for assessor before the Democratic primary and is survived by a wife and five children. He belonged to the Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen. Funeral services were held at Rose Chapel Sunday afternoon with large attendance.
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Thomas J. Holt
Gill Township
Holt
The
Odd Fellows
Modern Woodmen
Rose Chapel
Fairbanks Reply Clarifies Basketball Scoring
In Fairbanks on February 10, a local reply contests Mr. Lawrence's letter about a basketball game. The writer explains a tie could not be awarded due to rules and notes the umpire/referee refusal to award points. The high school boys offer to replay the game at Prairie Creek if needed.
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Fairbanks
Lawrence
Union
Rings Found After Mysterious Return to Miss Paris
Miss Annie Paris of Manchester New Hampshire reported two rings missing to police. Two days later she discovered both rings wrapped in paper on the floor of her woodshed, leaving the circumstances of their return unsolved.
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Annie Paris
Manchester
N. H
Optician’s alcohol spray cleans eyeglasses effectively
A reader endorses using alcohol from a small atomizer followed by soft tissue paper to clean and brighten eyeglasses, praising this method as the best cleaner. The note suggests this technique would reduce repeated disagreements over cleaning.
Life expectancy gaps between women and men rise
Statistics from England show women live about three years longer than men. Over the past five decades the average man’s life span increased from just under 40 to slightly over 44 years, while women rose from just under 42 to just under 46.
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England
Sleeping sickness in Africa prompts export idea
A speculative quip suggests selling pajamas and night caps to combat African sleeping sickness. The remark appears as a translated caption from Transatlantic Tales sourced from Meggendorfer Blatter, reflecting vintage satirical humor about trade and health.
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Merchant
Africa
Reader Yearns Privacy as Page Turns Midstory
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press laments the annoyance of reading beside someone who flips the page too soon, snatching the ending and spoiling the flow of the story.
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Detroit Free Press
Puy de Dome Yields Carbolic Acid Supplies
The extinct French volcano Puy de Dôme yields large supplies of carbolic acid. This surprising geological source is noted for its abundant deposits reclaiming industrial precursors from volcanic rock.
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Puy-de-Dome
France
Unclaimed Advertised Letters in Sullivan Post Office
List of remaining letters dated February 12 1908 in Sullivan Indiana including ladies and gents lists plus foreign names. Items unclaimed after two weeks will go to the Dead Letter Office. Also note Charles Lillie family returns to Sullivan county from Texas to reside.
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Sullivan, Ind
Charles Lillie
Texas
Sullivan County
Sheriff's Sale on Decree for Sullivan County Real Estate
Marion F. Walters sheriff announces a public auction of real estate in Sullivan County Indiana to satisfy a decree for $164.22 plus interest and costs. The sale covers rents and profits for up to seven years from a described parcel in Sullivan town and may offer the fee simple if needed.
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Sullivan Circuit Court
Irencis W. Burkholder
Walker W. Jennings
George W. MicCreery
Rosa M
John R. Aven
Walker V. Jennings
Daisy M. Crocker
William Scott
Citizens Trust Company
Sullivan
Indiana
Stud County
David E. Everhart
John W. Sharp
Julia Sharp
County of
State of
Sullivan County
Sach County
Merom
Joseph W. Wolfe
Marion F. Walters
Messenier G. Smith
William G. Borders
Dixon
Sheriff's Sale in Decree Forecloses Vendors Lien
Public auction to settle a decree in the Gracie Duffer case against multiple Huff and Gettinger defendants. The sale, in Sullivan County Indiana, covers rents and profits from Merom lots 39 and 40 for up to seven years, or substitute real estate if needed, with costs and no relief from valuation laws. Dated February 10 1903 first insertion February 12 1908.
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Sullivan Circuit Court
Gracie Duffer
Robert M. Huff
Rosa A. Gettinger
John Gettinger
Elmer D. Huff
Stella E. Gettinger
Walter Gettinger
Arbaces Huff
Carl E. Huff
Gertie Dudley
Dudley
Russell C. Huiff
Marion EF. Walters
Sullivan County
Marion F. Walters
Real Estate Auction sale in Sullivan Indiana estate notice
The administrator of the Benjamin B. Mason estate will sell at public auction at the north door of the Sullivan courthouse in Indiana at one o clock p m. Described lands include the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter section 21 township 7 range 9 containing 40 acres the north half of the northwest quarter the southeast quarter of section 21 containing 20 acres and a partial northwest quarter tract described by metes and bounds. Lands may be sold in parcels or as a whole with payments of one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months with notes bearing six percent interest secured by mortgage and personal security. J H RALLEY Administrator.
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Sullivan
Indiana
Township 7
Range 9
J. H. Ralley
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lIam
Nathan Thomas
Sam Yours
John M. Thomas
Atlas Booze
Mark
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Ben Turman
Dr. Durham
Zachariah Coghill
C. B. Eno
Hix W
Isaac H. Kalley
Benjamin B. Mason
Margaret Nesmith
O. B. Harris
Guardian Ad Litem
Thomas B. Springer, Jr
James J. Boone
Laura J. Houldson
Maggie Humphreys
Mollie Humphreys
Elizbeth Radican
Albert A. McIntosh
Vandalia Coal Company
Edgar S. Crowder
James J. Pierson
Ola May Davis
W. P. Stratton
Guardian
Andy Alsman
Robert L. Robbins
Pullman Sleep, Car Co
Ostal Tel. and Cable Co
Western Union Tel
Total Tele Co
Am. Tele. and
Tele. Co
Cen
Union Tele. Co
Aenee
Carlisle Co Operative
Fairbanks Mutual
Hymera Tele
Co Ste Edacres
Scene Merom Telephone Co
New Home Tel. Co
Prairie Creek Tele
Sullivan Tele. Co
Tel. Cos
Express Cos
Express
Wells Fargo
Treneis Burkholder
George W. McCreery
Rosa M. Allen
John &. Allen
Jaisy M. Crocker
Section
Township 9
Fairbanks Mutual Telephone Company
Levi Drake
WM. Lester
Sec
John W. Sharp and
Russell C. Huff
Norh
Saleon
Morgan G. Pigg
I Notes
Morgages
Forest Lee Harned
Florence Lora Harned
Forest Lee Harnd
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