A Letter From the Philippines by Dirrelle Lyons
An 1906 correspondence from Dirrelle Lyons of Jackson Township in Sully County describes the voyage to the Pacific coast, enlistment in the Phillipines, life at Camp Gregg Pang, and reflections on training and holidays far from home. He notes rifle training progress, marches, a monument visit, and a detailed Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Lyons
Clarence Farley
Jackson Township
Pacific Coast
Seattle
San Francisco
Phillipines
Lyons
Gregg Pang
P. I
Lottie
Representative Springer III Returns to Indianapolis
Representative Thomas B. Springer III came home Saturday from Indianapolis due to illness. He had a severe cold but was able to return to Indianapolis yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Springer
Indianapolis
Farmersburg Faces Ptomaine Poisoning Case and License Vote
In Farmersburg Mrs. John Hammack survived ptomaine poisoning after eating canned beans. Dr. Pearl Bennett treated her and she recovered fully. A local petition urged Representative Springer to back the $1000 saloon license bill. Marshal Charles Shepherd possesses a relic revolver using pin fire cartridges, a long-ago weapon, plus a double-barrel shotgun also firing pinfire rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
John Hammack
Pearl Bennett
Thomas B. Springer
Charles Shepherd
Joint Session Planned by Sullivan and Vigo County Boards
Sullivan and Vigo County boards of commissioners to meet in Terre Haute tomorrow to authorize the construction of a bridge over Prairie Creek on the county line. A joint resolution is required for building a bridge on a county line road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan and
Vigo
Prairie Creek
Boards of County Commissioners
Sullivan
Terre Haute
District Meeting of Knights of Pythias in Odon
The nineteenth district gathering will be held in Odon on Tuesday March 12 with representatives from thirty lodges. An afternoon public meeting will feature speeches by grand officers and prominent members. Evening ceremonies will confer Page and Knight ranks followed by a banquet and toasts by grand lodge officers.
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Odon
Knighhs of Pythias
Lawmakers consider Panama trip after adjournment
Washington February 11 A two or three weeks tour to Panama is being organized for a number of Congressmen after adjournment Chairman Shonts is planning a Government transport for the party Invitations have gone to Indiana members Representatives Chaney and Gilliams signed up Crumpacker and Holiday weigh invitations Chaney spoke in memory of Rockwood Hoar in the House yesterday.
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Washington
Panama
Congress
Shonts
Indiana
Chaney
Gilliams
Crumpacker
Miss Grace Crowder Visits Kin Amid Illness Back Home
Miss Grace Crowder arrives from Indianapolis to visit relatives as her mother Mrs. R. H. Crowder remains gravely ill there. Mrs. L. A. Stewart stays at Mrs. Crowder's bedside in Indianapolis during the illness.
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Grace Crowder
Indianapolis
R. H. Crowder
L. A. Stewart
Jewell Served as Post Master Under Cleveland
W R Jewell of Danville Illinois once served as Danville postmaster for twenty years and continued to act under Democratic appointees after Cleveland's presidency. The Jewell family has Civil War veterans and local church ties with W R Jewell also noted as a longtime Vermillion County Republican chairman.
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William R. Jewell
Scott
Jewell
W. R. Jewell
Danville
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Harrison
Vermillion County
High death rate reported in Sullivan County December
State Board of Health figures for December show Sullivan County with 42 deaths and an 18.7 per 1000 rate, the highest in the southern counties. The tally includes stillbirths, infant deaths, age group losses, and causes such as consumption, typhoid, diphtheria, pneumonia, meningitis, and violence. Elwood C. Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simmons, died in Jacksonville, Florida, from health-related complications after a prior run-in accident. his remains were brought home for burial.
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State Board of Health
Sullivan County
la Grange
Lake
Marion
Elwood C. Simmons
Thomas Simmons
Jacksonville
Florida
Perry and Hayden Return Home From Trinidad Health Visit
Mr and Mrs Perry Hayden had been in Trinidad Colorado for some time due to Mrs Hayden s health and returned home Tuesday.
Sunday Fight on Interurban Ends with Fines in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute on February 11 Pifer 21 and Deitz 18 from Palestine Illinois were fined five dollars plus costs for an assault on an electric car on the Terre Haute and Sullivan line. Burns of Brazil was detained but released after officers and witnesses cleared him of involvement.
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Terre Haute
Ar Pifer
Harry Deitz
Palestine
Terre Haute and Sullivan Line
Pifer
Deitz
Wiliam Burns
Brazil
Lloyd
Burns
Tray
Interurban line may pass through Jefferson Township
A proposed Vincennes Indianapolis and Evansville electric line may traverse Pleasantville and several townships. Public votes on subsidies are planned in Van Buren and nearby townships with two percent taxes. the line would connect Princeton Evansville and Bloomfield Linton Vincennes in a 189 mile route financed to link existing Union Traction assets.
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Vincennes
Indianapolis
Evansville
Pleasantville
Jefferson Township
Stockton Township
Linton
Bloomington
Vincennes & Evansville
Monroe County
City
Peter Schlott
J. G. Humphreys
A.D. Butte
Will Yakey
Bloomfield
van Buren Township
Washington
Bean Blossom
Richland
Perry
Clear Creek
Greene
Knox
Martinsville
Union Traction Company
Hugh McGowan
Princeton
Union ‘Traction Company
Bedford
Washington Township
Stinesville
Ellettsville
Walnut Street
Smithville
New Road
Sullivan County Farmers Institute Schedule
The Sullivan County Farmers Institute plans three February meetings. Shelburn hosts Feb 14–15 with J. B. Burris of Cloverdale speaking. Pleasantville hosts Feb 16 with local speakers. Carlisle hosts Feb 20–21 with speakers J. M. Candy Logansport H. A. Huston Chicago J. H. Mavity Farmersburg W. A. Cochel Lafayette Prof. Reising and Superintendent Richard Parkind on different nights.
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Sullivan County Farmers Institute
Shelburn
J. B. Burris
Cloverdale
Pleasantville
Carlisle
J. M. Candy
Logansport
H. A. Huston
Chicago
J. H. Mavity
Farmersburg
Richard Parkind
Prof
Reising
W. A. Cochel
Lafayette
Lincoln’s birthday program and local business moves
Sheriff Walters traveled to Michigan City with Elijah Howlett of Curry township who was sentenced to the penitentiary last week by Judge Henderson. Sullivan high school observed Lincoln’s birthday with exercises, Will Hays delivering an eloquent address. Alex Hiatt, long-time livery operator on North Main, has leased the Hoke warehouse on South Main to open a barn there.
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Sheriff Walters
Michigan City
Elijah Howlett
Curry Township
Henderson
Sullivan High School
Lincoln
Will H. Hays
Alex Hiatt
Drake Barn
North Main Street
South Main Street
Springer Votes For Blind Tiger Bill Advances To Engrossment
The state senate passed the blind tiger bill to engrossment in the house on Saturday by a 55 to 37 vote. Captain T B Springer, representative from this county, voted aye, a move expected to be welcomed locally for reducing liquor joints. Ed Stitt and family and Mr and Mrs Virgil Booker moved here from Linton.
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State Senate
House
T. B. Springer
Ed Stitt
Virgil Booker
Linton
Former Merom Student Returns to Japan as Missionary
Mrs. Kitamura, a former Union Christian College Me rom student and Defiance College graduate, sails on February 5 for Tokyo to begin missionary work in her homeland. In Olympia she spoke of Japanese school life and culture, praising America and President Roosevelt, and noting Japan’s pride in their traditions and war songs.
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Kitamura
Union Christian College
Merom
Japan
Olympia
Washington
Garfield School
D. O. Dean
America
Mrs. Kitamura
Roosevelt
Cuba
America.” Mrs. Kitamura
Defiance College
Ohio
Moody Institute
Chicago
Tokio
James Lewis Shot in Mildred Mine Fight
Shelburn Feb 12 The birth affray at the Mildred mine south east of here Sunday night left James Lewis bartender at the Muskrat saloon with a bullet wound in the right leg. The bullet severed an artery and he nearly died before Dr. Douglass could reach him. The shooter named Dugger is alleged but witnesses are quiet. Will Dunn a 16 year old trapper at Mildred mine was run over by a coal car causing multiple injuries and was taken to the Terre Haute hospital.
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Shelburn
Mildred Mine
Here
James Lewis
Mildred
Dunn
Terre Haute
Birthdays Highlight Lincoln and Higdon in Shelburn
Shelburn notes yesterday marked the birth days of Abraham Lincoln and William W. Higdon with Uncle Billy Higdon boasting he could “lick any man” his age in Shelburn. Mrs. Robert Collins and her son Donald of Cass returned home after visiting relatives in the city.
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Shelburn
Billy Higdon
Abraham Lincoln
William W. Higdon
Robert Collins
Donald
Cass
Linton
Pioneer merchant Thomas Burton dies after long illness
Thomas Burton a leading county resident and pioneer merchant died at his Sullivan home Tuesday after about six months of illness. Born near Graysville, he operated stores in Graysville and Sullivan, later forming a hardware firm and then running general merchandise with his sons Edward and William. He later retired after a fire destroyed their store and opera house. Burton was a Methodist preacher, Mason, auctioneer for decades, and leaves a wife six children and a brother. funeral Thursday at two o’clock at his residence under Masons auspices.
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Thomas Burton
Graysville
Turman Township
Sullivan
James Brewer
S. R. Engle
P. H. Blue
Burton
Edward
W. E. Burton
Sullivan County Loan and Trust Company
Golden Rule
Methodist Church
Sullivan Lodge of Masons
William E
Charles
Charles Batey
Pearl Burton
John Burton
Rockville
Edward Hoke
Greene County
Error in Trustee Report for Hamilton Township
A typographical mistake in Hamilton township trustee's annual report in the Union and Democrat mislabels items under receipts. Only the first 21 items belonged there. remaining items should be listed as expenditures. Receipts include Township fund 3834.66, special school fund 3736.22, road fund 19.22, additional road fund 48.04. Expenditures begin with Benjamin Hummel posting notices 31.50 and continue to the summary.
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Hamilton Township
Union and Democrat
A. V. Munich
Benjamin Hummel
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Dirrelle Lyons
Dirrelle O. Lyons
W. H. Lyons
Dorcas Wilson
Thomas Tyons
Dagupan
John A. Logan
23Rd Volunteer Infantry
United States
Dirrelled
Springer III
District Meeting OF
Knights OF Pythias
Gleveland
Illinois
Union
Scott Jewell
James Jewell
California
Jefferson
Sullivan County Farmers
Institute
Springer
Boy
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