Dome Gas seeks higher rates and franchise changes in Sullivan
The Dome Gas Company asks the Public Service Commission to set a new gas rate after March 1 1921. It also seeks City Council franchise amendments affecting service lines, meters, and pricing for public buildings amid dwindling natural gas from a local field.
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Dome Gas Company
Fred. F. Bays
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
Sullivan
Sullivan City Council
Hamilton Gas & Oil Co
Ada Bradbury 55 Dies After Long Illness in Sullivan
Ada Bradbury wife of Joseph R. Bradbury died Saturday morning at the family home on South Trail Street after an extended illness with complications of diseases. Funeral Monday at the residence with Pastor S. J. Cross of the M E church officiating. Interment at Center Ridge Cemetery. Born in Iowa, she lived in Chrisman Illinois before moving to Sullivan years ago. Survived by husband and eight children, plus her mother and siblings.
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Ada Bradbury
Joseph R. Bradbury
South Trail Street
S. J. Cross
M. E. Church
Center Ridge Cemetery
Iowa
Bradbury
Chrisman
Ills
Charles R
Asa J
Ora W
Florence
Dana
Nellie Bradbury
Mrs. Bradbury
Hamilton Township Farmers Name Officers
The Hamilton Township Farmers' Association named officers for the ensuing year. President Walter Routt, Vice President Roy Wilson, Secretary and Treasurer Malcolm Campbell, Directors Claude Lisman M. Morrison William Wilkey Chauncey Osburn Cecil Dowing.
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Hamilton Township
Petit Jurors Drawn for February Term Court Sullivan Circuit
Jury commissioners Joe K Smock and Frank Conner selected the petit jurors for the February term of Sullivan Circuit Court. Volunteers report Tuesday March 1 with names including William Gaskins Curry township J Frank Sanders Hamilton Audie Horner Fairbanks Raymond McCammon Jefferson Albert Pitcher Cass Allen Zaager Cass Condit Gross Fairbanks William H Gray Turman Chas E Ladd Gill Augustus Creager Gill Willie E Harrison Jackson John B Ward Hamilton.
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Petit Jury
Sullivan Circluit Court
Joe K. Smock
Frank Conner
William Gaskins
Curry Township
J. Frank Sanders Hamilton
Audie Horner
Fairbanks
Raymond McCammon
Jefferson
Albert B. Pitcher
Cass
Allen Zaager
Condit P. Gross
William H. Gray
Turman
Chas. E. Ladd
Gill
Augustus Creager
Willie E. Harrison
Jackson
John B. Ward
Hamilton
Former Hymera Miner Heads District Miners
John Hessler of Terre Haute defeated Ed Stewart of Terre Haute to become president of United Mine Workers District No 11. Hessler, 34, born in Germany, previously mined at Hymera and in Scotland and Nova Scotia before settling in Indiana. He earned citizenship in Sullivan circuit court with a perfect score on the government fundamentals exam and has long been active in mining circles. Stewart led the district for six years.
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Hymera
John Hessler
Terre Haute
Ed Stewart
United Mine Workers
Hessler
Sullivan Circuit Court
Stewart
Promotion for Sullivan pastor to national church editor
Rev. A. M. McGuire former pastor of the Baptist church here and editor of the Baptist Observer in Indianapolis has been named to the editorial staff of The Baptist national publication. He will begin duties around March 1. He is father of Arthur McGuire manager of the Sullivan Times and Mrs. Walter F. Wood of Sullivan.
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A. M. McGuire
The
Baptist Church of
Baptist Observer
Indianapolis
the Baptist
Church
McGuire
Arthur McGuire
Sullivan Times
Walter F. Wood
Marriage licenses issued in Shelburn and surrounding areas
A list of marriage licenses shows pairs from Shelburn, Farmersburg, Carlisle, Merom, George T. Lewis, Paxton and Terre Haute. The entries include ages and occupations such as miner and farmer, with spouses from near Shelburn, Carlisle, Merom, Paxton and Terre Haute.
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Herman A. Howes
Shelburn
Helen L. Miller
Farmersburg
Lawrence V. Martin
Miner
Eula M. Moore
Samuel Phegley
Farmer
Carlisle
Hallie B. Poston
Merom
Walter C. Reid
Verda M. Brown
George T. Lewis
Flora M Poppino
Paxton
Booker Fuller
Jennie Martin
Terre Haute
Bessie Eslinger
Lillie V. Black
Harry R. Crane
Nancy I. Crawford
Ernie R. Johnson
Mary F. Starkey
Community Club Dinner Hosts E C Snarr Visitor
The Community Club met at the Christian church on Thursday for a regular dinner. E C Snarr of Cincinnati, former high school principal and now with the Vocational Board of Education, spoke on its nationwide workings. A committee urged a Sullivan agricultural street fair next fall.
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Christian Church
E. C. Snarr
Cincinnati
Vocational Board of Education
Sullivan
Hoover dinner raises 676 for European relief in church basement
A Christian church basement hosted a Hoover dinner Friday night to aid European relief. Proceeds totaled 676 dollars with 325 additional dollars from other contributions. The Dorcas class prepared baked rice brown bread and cocoa while Red Cross uniformed young ladies served. A. H. Branfelt of Terre Haute delivered the address.
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Christian Church
Dorcas
Red Cross
A. H. Branfelt
Terre Haute
County Sheep Breeders Plan Friday Meeting
County sheep breeders will meet Friday afternoon at County Agent Benson's office. Prominent breeders are expected to attend for a profitable session. William Lund of Jefferson township speaks on Sheep Feeding Demonstrations and What I Learned From Them. W. W. Watson of Turman township covers Cost of Production of the Farm Flock. Claude Harper of Purdue University discusses Wool Pool and Production of Sheep on Indiana Farms.
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Benson
William Lund
Jefferson Township
W. W. Watson
Turman Township
Claude Harper
Purdue University
Indiana
Delinquent Tax Sale Cleared Most Properties
Fifty parcels advertised for delinquent tax sale were offered at the county courthouse. Ed P. Snow and Arlie Douthitt oversaw the sale. forty nine parcels sold. The Indiana Coal Company taxes totaling nine thousand dollars were paid by Hays and Hays before sale.
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Court House
Ed P. Snow
Arlie Douthitt
Indiana Coal Company
Hays & Hays
Auto Thief Foiled Near Hummel Garage
On Saturday around 10 pm a would be thief tried to enter Myron Hummel’s Ford speedster on South Section Street. Mrs. Wayne Frakes visiting the home saw a man dash across shadows, he dropped to his knees and crawled toward the garage. Hummel fired four shots, the intruder fled up the alley. This was not the first attempt at this garage.
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Myron Hummel
South Section
Wayne Frakes
Hummel
Public Sale Planned by John McNaughton at New Lebanon
John McNaughton will hold a public sale at his New Lebanon place on March 16 offering eighteen head of purebred sows and mares, farm machinery, and other articles. Watch for announcement.
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John
McNaughton
New Lebanon
Legislature Shows Restraint On State Expenditures In Indiana
Indiana Republicans in both chambers push to curb spending and taxes during the current session. A proposed twenty cent levy on school funding was rolled back to seven cents, with a five cent cap for state schools and a fractional levy for Purdue’s agricultural department. The general appropriation bill awaits Governor McCray’s signature as a budget system may be adopted. House and Senate aim to finish tax amendments and the budget within days amid broad party harmony.
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Indianapolis
Ind
House
Senate
Agricultural Department of
Purdue University
McCray
Boy seeks five thousand in suit over alleged injuries
Oscar Everett Stewart a 14 year old filed in Sullivan circuit court a suit against Charles Pirtle and Amanda Pirtle seeking five thousand dollars for injuries he says he suffered while employed in the hayfield on August 26 1920. He alleges a sickle bar cut his left arm causing permanent damage and a $100 medical bill noting he is naturally left handed and the injury affects him more severely.
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Oscar Everett Stewart
Sullivan
Charles Pirtle
Amanda Pirtle
Stewart
Pleasantville Citizen Dies After Nine Day Illness
Winfield Creager of Jefferson township died Friday at his Pleasantville home after a nine day bout with sleeping sickness. He leaving a wife and two children. A farmer, he had worked in Pleasantville and served on the Jefferson township advisory board. Funeral services were held Sunday at Hickory church with Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges in charge.
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Pleasantville
Winfield Creager
Jefferson Township
Assessors to Hold Meeting With State Official
The township assessors of the county will meet here Thursday with William Williamson county assessor. A representative of the State Board of Fax Commissioners will attend.
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William Williamson
State Board of Fax Commissioners
Court Actions List Quiet Title to Foreclosure and Divorces
Case notices show Hettie Wyman versus Stephen Carrithers for quiet title and several divorces including Lyman Hilderbrand versus Goldie Hilderbrand and Ruth B Ballard versus Harold Ballard. Other filings include labor claims by Glendora Coal Co against Donald Dudley and promissory note actions by The Sullivan State Bank against Ira Nesbit and mortgage foreclosure on Zare. Attachments and custody issues appear in John W Dennis v George Love et al and Malinda Miller v Patrick Miller.
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Hettie Wyman
Stephen Carrithers
Donald Dudley
Glendora Coal Co
The
Sullivan State Bank
Ira A. Nesbit
Lyman Hilderbrand
Goldie Hilderbrand
John W. Dennis
George Love
John P. Allen
Malinda Miller
Patrick Miller
William V. Riggs
Lina R. Nash
William R. Nash
Chicago capitalists plan oil field development in Turman Twp
Forty or more Chicago investors led by I W Crabtree will start a Turman township oil field on a ninety acre lease. The first well will be drilled on the Duffer land, with targets on the Raley and other parcels, then deeper tests if needed. Crabtree states strong capital and expects a county wide development with visits by Chicago partners in the spring.
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Chicago
I. W. Crabtree
Turman Township
Harry Knox
Graysville
Homer Arnett
Duffer Brothers
Carlisle
Charles Stewart
Duffer
Raley
Crabtree
Triplet Calves Born in Fairbanks Township
A Fairbanks Township farmer Clinton Johnson reports a Shorthorn cow gave birth to triplet calves in Fairbanks Indiana on February fifteenth. The calves are healthy and thriving marking possibly the first triplet litter in the township.
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Fairbanks Township
Fairbanks
Ind
Clinton Johnson
Mutuals Defeat D A Specials In Fast Robinson Showdown
The Sullivan Mutuals edged the D A M Specials of Robinson 19 to 17 in a high speed game last Wednesday. Self shined by limiting Domingues to one goal while Wiltse, Goodman, Daugherty and Eberhardt contributed multiple field goals. Referee Wiltse and umpire Shipman also officiated.
Sullivan Loses to Oaktown in Rough Friday Night Game
Oaktown edged Sullivan 12 to 8 in a hard fought high school hoops contest. Sullivan struggled on a poor floor with a low ceiling as substitutions and scattered scoring by Ward Bond and others shaped the rough outing.
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Sullivan
Oaktown
Schulze von EE
Bond
Shepherd
Wilkey
Ward
Schulze
H. Stanbaugh
Sullivan Defeats Linton In Rivalry Clash At Linton
Sullivan beat Linton 18 to 10 in a Saturday night game. Bedwell led with three field goals and four goals, while Ward Wilkey and Stanbaugh contributions supported the win. Clinton hosts Sullivan next Friday as the Wabash Valley champs visit.
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Sullivan
Linton
Bedwell
Blackburn Ward Burres
Wilkey
Eeess
Olate Antad
Pope G. Stanbaugh
Leo
Taylor H. Stanbaugh
Usrey
Ward
Abrams
Soles
G. Stanbaugh
Taylor
H. Stanbaugh
Burres
Clinton
Wabash Valley
Sinclair trades farm for 70-acre tract near Baker coal mine
James M. Sinclair exchanges his 93.5 acre farm four miles north of the city for a 70 acre parcel near the new Baker coal mine northeast of town. Riley Cunningham plans to build a new dwelling on the acquired land and will move in after completion.
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James M. Sinclair
Riley Cunningham
New Baker
Mr. Cunningham
Former Resident Sidney Turner Dies in Kansas
Sidney Turner, a former resident, dies in Kansas at age 84. He passed away at Madison after a long life marked by community ties and family. A memorial service is planned locally.
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Kansas
Sidney Turner
Madison
Turner Family Memoir of 19th Century Soldier's Move to Kansas
Sidney Turner born 1837 in Missouri died 1921 in Madison Kansas. He enlisted in the 156th Indiana Volunteer Infantry after a long westward trek from Carson City California to Sullivan Indiana with his family. The Turners later settled in Greenwood and Hamilton areas before moving to Madison Kansas where Cecelia Turner lived.
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Sidney Turner
Turman Township
Kansas
Madison
Kas
Mr. Turner
Graysville
Frank Houpt
Sarah F. Smith
Enos Smith
Union Christian College
Merom
Andy McClanahan
Reuben Ransford
Mr. McClanahan
Turner
Craven McClanahan
Mr. Ransford
Amos Turner
Ransford
Sidney Taner
Herald
Eureka
The
Union
Caldwell County
Missouri
William and
Alphia Turner
Illinois
New Canton
Quincy
Barry
Pike County
Cora
Oscar S. Turner
Wilber E. Turner
el Dorado
Thomas Corwin Turner
Colorado Springs
Colo
Oscar
Wilbur
Atchison, Kansas
Atchison
Terre Haute
Ind
Carson City
California
Sullivan
Indiana
Greenwood County
Hamilton
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Bill Jones
Mars
Hamilton Farmers
Harding
Lincoln
Warren G Harding
Washington
Hge
Abraham Lincoln
Taft
Watson S Clark
Capitol
Edward B McLean
Washington Citizen
Duncan
Finance Committee
Fifield
House Committee On Ways and Means
Company of Chicago Capitalists
Sullivan County
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