Will Hays and Stultz Laud Thad Peck in Indiana GOP Sketch
Indianapolis Sun writer George W. Stout offers a rapid profile of the Indiana Republican state central committee and commends Will Hays of Sullivan and Francis I. Stultz of Huntington as prominent, energetic figures. The piece notes Hays’s striking appearance and keen inside knowledge, while praising his willingness to pursue fair, inclusive party strategy.
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George W. Stout
Indianapolis Sun
Republican State Central Committee
Will Hays
Will H. Hays
Sullivan
Francis I. Stultz
Huntington
Thad Peck
Hays
Mr. Stultz
Julia Marlowe
Leader in Woman's Sufrage Movement in Sullivan County
Mrs. Leach leads Sullivan County Woman's Suffrage Association as it rapidly grows. J. V. Warrell, a Sullivan County lawyer, urges women to engage in politics for cleaner local, county, and state governments. Mrs. Leach, wife of George W. Leach, founded Sullivan's first business college and recently organized the association after a long illness.
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Vrarees
Craitmert
Juenen
Warrell
Sullivan County Bar Aid
Sullivan
Leach
Sullivan County Woman's Suffrage Association
George W. Leach
Mutual Telephone Franchise Granted by City Council
The city council grants a 25 year franchise to the Mutual Telephone Company formed by local merchants after Sullivan Telephone Company announced rate hikes on March 1. The agreement requires poles, free city services, night police reporting, four free telephones, alley repairs, and no tree damage, with acceptance in 30 days and construction in nine months.
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Mutual Telephone
Mutual Telephone Company
Sullivan Telephone Company
Sullivan
E. G. Carruthers
W. A. Thompson
W. G. Scott
James M. Sinclair
T. B. Shaffer
C. A. Beasley
J. K. Sm
Community visits noted by locals this weekend
William Bennett and wife spent Saturday visiting relatives in our community. Nora Neal spent Sunday visiting relatives in Oaktown. Martin Pirtle and family spent Saturday visiting relatives in our locality. Harmon Milburn and wife of Jagonville spent a few days this week visiting relatives. Brother Miller will preach at Shiloh next Sunday. Everyone is invited to hear him. Ben Enochs was in Dugger the last of the week. George Bennett drove over to Dugger Friday.
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William Bennett
Nora Neal
Oaktown
Martin Pirtle
Harmon Milburn
Jagonville
Miller
Shiloh
Ben Enochs
Dugger
George Bennett
Hunt Bypasses Livestock Investment This Time
The report notes Charles D. Hunt did not invest in livestock in this round. It also questions whether Col. Bob and Frrnte will recall the curtain raiser and participate.
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Charles D. Hunt
Col. Bob
Frrnte
Decker Fined $200 in Robinson Court for Liquor Violation
Urie Decker, a Sullivan Ind. resident, paid a $200 fine plus costs after pleading guilty in Robinson Court to selling liquor without a license. He earlier faced a warrant, bond, and a bid for a venue change, with U.S. Marshal Arch Spring awaiting transport to Danville on the same charge, and a 15 year old witness, Lloyd LaFoy, involved.
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Urie Decker
Sullivan
Ind
Esq. Lathrop
Robinson Constitution
Decker
Esq
Alfred Parker
Parker
Lathrop
Raenin
Arch Spring
U. S
Olney
Danville
Robbinson
Crawford County
Lloyd LaFoy
Banville
Marshal Spring
Graysville News Highlights Local Activities and Gossip
Graysville reports a busy period with a successful farmers institute and numerous social visits. Local happenings include high school class entertainment at Wm Moore's home, Miss Irma Pounds with Miss Gladys Pennington, and Rev Sidebottom's protracted meeting in Union. The Mary Pii ship overhaul hints at a crowded biennial cruise amid lingering discontent.
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Iowns
Guy Piling
Farmers’ Institute
Pifer and Shepherd
Haddon Township
John Shepherd
Wm. M. Moore
Irma Pounds
Gladys Pennington
J. BF. Sidebottom
Union
The
Missionary Society
C. H. Shields
Levi Strain
Fairbanks Township
Langdoe
Zilma Ransford
Lila
Clarence Evinger
Terre Haute
Kern Medsker
Mary Pii
Dugger Co Operative Mercantile Company Incorporated
The Dugger Co-Operative Mercantile Company was incorporated in Indianapolis on Friday. Capital stock is $5,000. The firm will operate a general store in Dugger. Directors are O. P. Hendrickson, Robert Barclay, Charles Hurst, J. P. Burger and Frank Woods.
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Dugger
Dugger Co- Operative Mercantile Company
Indianapolis
O. P. Hendrickson
Robert Barclay
Charles Hurst
J. P. Burger
Frank Woods
Death of Mrs Roy Drake Shocks Idaho Family
Manning Drake reports the death of his daughter in law Mrs Roy Drake at American Falls Idaho. The loss comes as a shock after a letter to the family earlier suggested no serious illness.
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Roy Drake
Manning Drake
American Falls
Idaho
Railroad to test telephone link between Indianapolis and Effingham
The Indianapolis Southern railroad will install a complete telephone system between Indianapolis and Effingham as an experimental aid to train operations. Telegraph service will still be used alongside the new system.
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Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Indianapolis
Effingham
Death of Mrs Ed Robbins After Week Long Illness
Mrs Ed Robbins wife of a well known east of the city farmer died after a week with pneumonia. Daughter of Charles Dailey who lives near Paxton she was 38. Survived by husband and three children two boys and one girl.
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ED. Robbins
Sewer on Barnard Street to be Taken Up
The Barnard street sewer from Washington to Thompson is deemed unsanitary. The city council investigates and indications suggest it will be taken up and relaid due to unsealed joints and insufficient fall to drain water.
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Barnard Street
Washington
Thompson
Sullivan's First Attorney Reflects on Career and Life
Olney Illinois February 14 1910 an elderly U S commissioner recalls early Sullivan growth. He thanks the Publishers Sullivan Union for birthday wishes and recalls meeting local figures like the Wilsons sheriff Reed and Squire McDonald. He notes decades of federal service bootlegging cases and readiness for death.
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Olney
Ill
Sullivan Union
Sullivan
Wilsons
Henry and
Harvey
Main Street
U. S
Robinson
Gill Township Wins Pennant in Carnival Contest
Riverton reports Gill township claimed the pennant in the Mocchers contest during a big carnival. The Sassafras route management plans an extra hog train for the next primary to aid old Gill. It will be appreciated.
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Gill Township
Riverton
Mocchers
Sassafras
Tilburn Case Comes Up in Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield Feb 14 The February term of Greene circuit court convened with Judge Henderson calling the docket The lead case is Rev Edward O Tilburn charged with embezzlement He formerly preached at the Christian church in Linton and vanished last September taking about 200 from a church building fund Miss Mary Smith the church organist fled with Tilburn
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Tilburn
Bloomfield
Greene Circuit Court
Charles BE. Henderson
Edward O. Tilburn
Christian Church
Linton
Mary Smith
Carlisle Miner Held on Wife Desertion Charge
Elmer Herbert of Carlisle is jailed on a wife desertion charge. He married Sallie Hilderbrand on July 9, 1909, after a criminal action filed by her. Herbert could not post bond.
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Carlisle
Elmer Herbert
Sallie Hilderbrand
Herbert
Mrs. Otto's Mother Dies in Watseka
News reached here Monday night that Mrs. Anna Moore mother of Mrs. Manford Otto of this city died in Watseka Illinois. Mrs Otto left for Watseka to attend the funeral yesterday.
Damaged Gatun Dam Threatens Panama Canal Water
The Gatun Dam on the Chagres river in the Canal Zone suffered a 200 foot washout of embankment after a 69 foot flood surge over 50 hours last month. Workers labored day and night for a week to prevent further damage, highlighting the river as Panama Canal’s critical water source and risk.
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Gatun
Chagres River
Canal Zone
New Collection Box and Typewriter Arrive at Post Office
Postmaster Holmes reports an additional collection box placed at the northwest corner of the public square to aid patrons with heavy mailings. A new typewriter recently furnished the office has arrived.
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Holmes
Feminine Waist Line Reported Returning at National Show
Washington February 10 Hope returns for two thousand women who viewed new style corsets at the national clothes show in Arlington hotel The exhibitors declare that the right corsets will shape hips and busts back into fashion Dr Lovett of Harvard Medical School supports the corset use arguing it helps posture and form The era of straight up and down figures is said to be ending with hips and busts returning this spring.
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Washington
Arlington Hotel
Dr. Lovett
Harvard Medical School
Ring master Hawkins Bailve Barnu in poor health
A note by Timothy Harmless reports the ring master for Hawkins Bailve and Barnu is laid up with rheumatism gout and indisposition after numerous street trips, describing a heavy toll on his endurance and health.
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Timothy Harmless
Hawkins
Bailve
Barnu
Social News and Local Gossip from Gill Township
Local notes report political chatter in Gill township with remarks on the dimmocrat party and travelers like James R. Riggs. social items include a lavish luncheon bridge hosted by Mrs. Herbert Steele and Mrs. Orion B. Haring honoring Mrs. O. M. Patton, with guests listed and festive decorations.
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George Sxaufman
Ritzville
Wash
Knighty
George
Kaufman Boys
Indiana
Henry
Perry
Sullivan
Dr. Moore
P. R. Jenkins
Naomi Harris
Henry Wilson
Will Hays
Lee Bays
R. P. Crawford
Ben Stone
S. H. Kalley
William Lindley
W. C. Jamison
French Long
Milton Shepler
John Wright
P. A. Barco
Joe Crowder
S. Paul Poynter
Will Burks
B.S. Crowder
Anna Sheridan
George Higbee
O. M. Patton
Martha Hays
Vincennes
Lee Says
Lillie Goodman
Romantic Office Boy Sparks Stage Romance
A humorous tale follows Tommy Burns a sentimental office boy who adores theater and romance. He coins a message on a bouquet for Olive Bates and stirs a real life drama when a secret admirer Thomas Wardley reconciles with his leading lady, boosting Burns’s status.
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Tommy Burns
Riviera
Grantham Stock Company
Whistler
Burns
Olive Bates
Bertha
Helene
Maud Mumford
Bates
Tommy
Mr. Burns
Love
The
Thomas Burns
Tom
Thomas Wardley
Salt as a Medicine in Tropical Health Practices
A 40 year tropics resident shares a simple health routine using salt in every drink to reduce medical needs. He recommends morning salt water and salt in tea coffee and cocoa, claiming long-term wellness with minimal treatment and no doctor visits in decades. Quote attributed to F N Burn from Chambers Journal.
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Tropics
F. N. Burn
Chamber’s Journal
The Beginning of a Past in Washington Star_excerpt
A Washington Star snippet mocks a candidate with a spotless past and questions about his entry into New York politics. Senator Sorghum voices doubt while a contrasting voice challenges universal agreement.
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Senator Sorghum
New York
Washington Star
Notice of Appointment of Maggie McClain Estate Executors
The undersigned executors Hardy McClanahan and Edgar McClanahan, appointed by the Sullivan Circuit Court, have qualified as executors of Maggie McClain's estate in Sullivan County Indiana. The estate is presumed solvent. Buff & Stratton Attorneys. First insertion February 16, 1910-31.
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Sullivan Circcuit Court
Maggie McClain
Sullivan County
Indiana
Hardy McClanahan
Edgar McClanahan
Buff & Stratton
Notice to non residents in Sullivan County partition case
In Sullivan Circuit Court Sullivan County Indiana March Term 1910 William L Loudermilk and others versus William Oscar Loudermilk and others Petition for Partition of Real Estate dated February 15 1910 plaintiffs by Silver Chaney filed complaint and affidavit that defendants are non residents of Indiana requiring appearance and answer by April 11 1910 at Sullivan Court House Clerk Arthur E DeBaun issued notice with Silver Chaney attorney for plaintiffs first insertion February 16 1910 3t
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Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit
William L. Loudermilk
William Oscar Loudermilk
Silver Chaney
Sullivan Circuit Court
Joseph Loudermilk
Josephine Loudermilk
Minnie Loudermilk
Harvey Loudermilk
Eva Loudermilk
Lora Belle Loudermilk
Laura Loudermilk
Zora Loudermilk
State of
Arthur E. Debaun
Sullivan
John B. Booker
John C. Chaney
Petition to Sell Real Estate to Pay Debts in Sullivan County
Sullivan County Indiana case involves Mary A. Land and others in Estate of John B. Booker decd. Complaint No 13866 filed Feb 12 by John C. Chaney for sale of real estate to satisfy debts. Defendants Jefferson Bishop Robert Bishop Mary Bishop Lola Bishop William Rooksberry must answer by April 11 1910 or default.
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Mary A. Land
John C. Chaney
Sullivan Circuit
Jefferson Bishop
Robert Bishop
Mary Bishop
Lola Bishop
William Rooksberry
State of
Indiana
Sullivan County
State of Indiana
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Robinson Court
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Chagres
Panama Canal
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Knell
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James R. Riggs
New Orleans
Ohio
Jim
Gill
Dock
J. Proctor Knotls
Duncan's Ridge
Sullivan Lodge
No. 263
Hearts United
Julius Hatry
Shoe Co
G. W. Osburn
Fairbanks
R. D
Shelburr
Basta An
C.H. Stratton Loan CO
Dr. Crowder Ridg
East Side Square
Sullivan, Indiana
Lindley
Dentist
Davis House
J. H. McArthur
Presbyterian Church
Canada
J. P. Sossman
Cornelius
X. C
Notte
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