Combine Buys Another Mine and Fatal Accident at Bogle
The Dering Coal Company of Chicago purchased the Wilfred mine near Currysville and holds options on two more Indiana mines in Clinton district and Shelburn area. Night boss L. E. Webb at the Bogle coal mine was killed instantly when he fell 175 feet into a shaft afterlikely misidentifying the entry. Webb, 52, widower, had recently worked at Wilfred where miners enjoy comparatively good homes.
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Indiana
Dering Coal Company
Chicago
Dering Company
Wiilfred
Currysville
Willfred Coal Company
Paul Wright
Noah Crawford
Hocking Coal Company
Clinton
Shelburn
Hainois
Willfred
Dering
Wilfred
L. E. Webb
Bogle
Webb
Dering Coal To Supply Bituminous Coal To U S Steel
The Dering Coal Company of Chicago has contracted to furnish bituminous coal to United States Steel plants in Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin. Mills require about 6000 tons daily. The financing is complete with bonds over subscribed by several hundred thousand dollars. The firm holds over 5 million dollars in common stock and up to 5 million in bonds, of which 4 million has been issued. Principal stockholder includes Judge E H Gary of New York City.
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Dering Coal Company
Chicago
Indiana
United States Steel Corporation
Illinois
Wisconsin
West
E. H. Gary
New York City
Louis Ludlow
Washington
Star League
Benjamin Harrison
Jon C. Chaney
Congress
Mary A Coulson
Indianapolis
Sewell Coulson
Coulson
Sullivan
Ind
Porter, Harrison & Fishback
Carnegie Library
Booker T. Washington
Jack A. Riis
Brooks
Graham Taylor
American Journal of Sociology
Lloyd
New Zealand
John Mitchell
Wright
United States
Wyckoff
Pennsylvania
Pacific Coast
Owen Wister
Emy Lou
James Madden Martin
Johnson
Universal Encyclopedia
Herrick
Dixon
Kelly
Little Citizens
George Dutton
Alexander Stephens
Pollard
Smallpox Rumor Denied by County Health Official
The Carlisle News misreported cases of smallpox in Sullivan county especially at Shelburn. Dr E D Thixton secretary of the county board of health says there is no epidemic and urges vaccination as the preventive measure. Businessmen in Shelburn support a strict quarantine to help prevent spread.
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Carlisle News
Sullivan County
Shelburs
E. D. Thixton
County Board of Health
Board of Health
Commercial Club Sets Tonight Meeting in Sullivan
A Sullivan town meeting of the Commercial Club is planned for 7:30 tonight at the courthouse. A committee led by E G Carruthers and others prepared a constitution and by laws to be presented for adoption.
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Club
Commercial Club
Court House
Sullivan
E.g.carruthers
Charles W. Welman
William T. Douthitt
James M. Lang
A. D. Scott
Thief Foiled In Nighttime Drug Store Burglary
A would be burglar broke into T B Shaffer's drug store about 11 pm on a Wednesday but escaped after being spotted by August Arnold and Woodson Moss. The thief entered by removing a rear window pane but failed to take cash. Moss and Arnold expect to identify the suspect and anticipate arrest soon.
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T. B. Shaffer
Woodson Moss
August Arnold
Shaffer
Mr. Arnold
Arnold
Mr Arnold
Mr. Moss
Mr. Shaffer
Moss
Western Indiana Traction Company plans Vincennes to Terre Haute line
The Knox county recorder records a mortgage by Western Indiana Traction Company to the Trust Company of America and Joseph L. Bayard Sr. to secure 2000 gold bonds. The note details extensive property rights from real estate to rolling stock and stations as the firm builds a 74 mile main line through Knox Sullivan and Vigo counties.
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Recorder’s Office
Knox County
Indiana
Western Indiana Traction Company
Trust Company of America
City of
Knox, Sullivan
Vigo
Traction Company
Samuel W. Williams
Edgar H. DeWolfe
William H. Leupp
Joseph L. Bayard, Sr
Charles W. Bierhaus
Vincennes
Terre Haute
Bruceville
Bicknell
Freelandville
Oaktown
Carlisle
Paxton
Shelburn
Farmersburg
Youngstown
Pimento
Williams
Prisoner Edward Trombley Reunites With Poodle During Transfer
Edward Trombley, sentenced to Indiana State prison for the December murder of Sherman Ingram at The Narrows, was moved yesterday from Sullivan County by Sheriff Adam Miller. In Terre Haute he visited his wife at Union Station, where she arrived with her poodle. Trombley wept openly over the dog, a poignant moment noted by the paper.
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Terre Haute
Edward Trombley
Indiana
Sullivan County
Sherman Ingram
Narrows
Adam Miller
Union Station
Trombley
Lou Trombley
Cold February Records Document Century-Old Snow and Frost
The Union notes February weather extremes, highlighting a 20 degree below zero day and past records from 1897, 1885, and 1875. It cites 1864 as a benchmark cold period and recalls a warm 1854 February with 75 degree highs and a long, deep snow history through 1867.
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Joshua Harnest
Union
Will Organize a Poultry Association
A meeting will be held in the county clerk office in this city next Saturday to organize a poultry association. Ten backers include R. T. Megibbon C. W. Welman Mervin Engle Charles Beasley Tilghman Ogle and Roy Cowles aiming to form a permanent group and stage a poultry show in Sullivan in January 1906.
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R. T. Megibbon
C. W. Welman
Mervin Engle
Charles Beasley
Tilghman Ogle
Roy Cowles
Sullivan
Traction Franchise Granted for Sullivan Line
The Terre Haute and Southern Railway Company received a Sullivan franchise to lay electric traction tracks from Sullivan to Terre Haute then to Linton and Jasonville through coal fields. Investors include William H. Crowder J. R. Riggs and C. H. Edwards. Work must start by Sept. 1 1905 and be completed by Sept. 1 1907.
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Terre Haute and Southern Railway Company
Sullivan
William H. Crowder
J. R. Riggs
C. H. Edwards
Terre Haute
Linton
Jasonville
Water prospect proposed by Sullivan doctor to town board
Dr. Edgar R. Riggs heads a Sullivan group that offered a four month water test on town land to determine supply potential. If viable, the town may pay 7000, or hire Riggs with bonds, and begin a 25 year contract with annual and per capita payments, contingent on meeting pumping and quality goals. The board took no action and awaits Commercial Club input.
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Edgar R. Riggs
Sullivan
Riggs
Commercial Club
Dr. Riggs
Started With Little Prospects
Miss Pearl Benefield writes from Debcarbo to the Terre Haute Star reporter’s contest about Uncle John and Aunt Ellen Shelburn. They married in 1871 and now own 110 acres with two sons. one a storekeeper, the other a machine shop owner. They began with little money and a Chester white pig and milch cow.
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John
Sale of Delinquent Property Postponed to Monday
The delinquent property tax sale was held Monday at the court house. Treasury official Munich announced the sale from the south door, but icy weather moved bidding to the treasurer’s office. Bidding progressed quickly and the large list sold in about an hour. J. R. Brown and Victor Welman offered the lowest bids.
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Court House
Munich
J. R. Brown
Victor Welman
Paca
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Bogle Mine
TRUST
IL. E. Webb
Indiana Hocking
The
Chaney
Library
Vincennes Company
Harrison
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