Political factions clash in Sullivan primary race
Dense county scene in Sullivan as two Democratic factions contend for nominations in sheriff treasurer and commissioner races. Allies name candidates including Nead, McDonnall, Lane, Wible, Kinman, Pigg, Campbell, Medsker, Scott, Miller, Curry, and Campbell amid confrontational campaigning and alleged backroom deals.
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Sullivan County
Star Gazers
James Brown
Milky Way
Venus
Mars
Chain Gang
F. More Nead
Orville Kelley Hale
Sly Pigg Kinman
Corpus Juri
Dave Marshall Curry
Martin Brown Pigg
George Free Gravel MecDonnall
Ross Billman Campbell
Uncle John Scott
Jesse Mattix Medsker
Jake Miller
Ed Dailey
George McDonnall
Nead
Democratic
Sullivan
Frank Wible
Wible
Fairbanks
Turman
Gill
McDonnall
Hamilton
Frank Nead
Zimri Payne
Curry
Cale Shepherd
Haddon
Shepherd
Hale
Bosstick
Jackson
Matt Lane
Lane
Gill Township
Ginger Ridge
Rose Chapel
Hamilton Township
Oscar Rich
Rich
Farmersburg
Curry Township
Guy Kinman
Kinman
Pigg
Neck of the Woods
John W. Lindley
Greene
Lindley
Shelburn
Js¢oh
Miller
John Scott
Jacob K
Jake
Scott
John
Frank Wilson
J. P. Wilkey
Uncle John
Eureka
Turman — Township
Jesse
Turman Township
Bcards
Jesse Medsker
Medsker
Ross Campbell
Dave Curry
A. G. Cox
Haddon Township
Bedwell
Clyde Burkholder
Clerk
Clyde
Col
Bob Taylor
George Billman
Campbell
Billman
Ross
Congressional candidate to visit tomorrow in Linton
Oscar E. Bland of Linton, a Republican primary hopeful for Congress, will be here tomorrow to meet voters and seek support. He will be accompanied by several local leaders and some boosters will visit Carlisle in the afternoon.
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Oscar E. Bland
Linton
Party of
Boosters
Sullivan and
Carlisle
Congress
Corn King of Indiana to speak at Graysville meet
Leonard B. Clore the Corn King of Indiana and Democratic gubernatorial candidate will address the Turman Township Better Farming Club at Graysville high school Friday night. He will discuss corn improvement as a new orchestra, a ladies' quartet and the club band provide music. everyone is invited.
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Graysville
Leonard B. Clore
Corn King of
Indiana
Turman Township
Better Farming Club
Graysville High School
Clare
Insane Man Returned to Indianapolis Home
Morton Hallett, the disturbed man captured in Fairbanks township last week, was brought back to his Indianapolis home Thursday with his brother and an Indianapolis physician. Sheriff Kelley notified the family and the brother said Hallett had been missing for several days, with fears he drowned in White River and the river had been dynamited to recover him.
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Morton Hallett
Fairbanks Township
Indianapolis
Kelley
Hallett
White River
Inmate Count in Sullivan County Insane Hospitals
A state report tallies 65 inmates in the Sullivan county insane hospitals. The figure reflects the total population under care within the county facilities.
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Sullivan County
Max Billman Visits Parents at Indiana University
Max Billman attends Indiana University and is visiting his parents Dr. and Mrs. James M. Billman.
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Max Billman
Indiana University
James M. Billman
Call for Meeting of Sullivan County Republican Committee
Sullivan county Republican precinct committeemen elected March 7 1916 will meet March 11 1916 at Sullivan Republican headquarters at 1 p m to select a county chairman vice chairman treasurer and secretary for the two year term DIRRELLE CHANEY County Chairman WALTER F WOOD Secretary
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Sixty-Ninth
General Assembly
Indiana
Republican Party
Republican State Central Committee
Republican
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Republican County Central Committee
Dirrelle Chaney
Walter F. Wood
Mass Meeting in Riverton Plans for Mary Pri cruise
On the Wabash February 22 a Riverton opera house meeting adopted plans to enlarge and improve the Mary Pri, the old side wheeler set for Salt River cruising next month. The session named officers later and discussed ship upgrades, navigation law study, and crew assignments amid quips and local political satire.
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Wabash
Opera House
Riverton
Mary Pri
Salt River
Farewell Address at Merom Meeting Ends With Logbook Transfer
The gathering honored Hank Poston with a farewell address amid a levee love feast. The meeting urged Congressman Cullop to secure funds for an Experiment Station to test garden seeds. Cullop visited Merom Station and spoke with Homer Curtis about a future Washington position in 1917.
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William Allen
C. D. Hunt
Congressman Cullop
Jimson
William Woodrow Bryan
Hank
Cullop
Merom Station
Homer Curtis
Washington
Drowns Durrett Ex-Offender Linked to Wabash River Death
Ike Durrett about fifty, a veteran in illegal liquor sales in Sullivan and Crawford counties Illinois, is found dead in the Wabash River south of the Narrows after disappearing February first. His body, tightly frozen in ice chunks, was recovered in a likely drowning incident near York and Graysville, with his wife identifying the body. Durrett had served multiple jail terms, and investigators note his persistence in liquor crimes and possible past robbery suspicions at Farmersburg.
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Ike Durrett
Sullivan County
Crawford County
Illinois
Durrett
Wabasha River
Narrows
York
Ill
Wabash
Sullivan
Bridwell
Farmersburg
Robinson
Graysville
Yager Undertaking Establishment
Robinson Delivers Stirring Indiana Senate Campaign Address
Hon. Arthur R. Robinson, Republican candidate for U S senator from Indiana, spoke to a sizable Sullivan crowd after touring Farmersburg and Shelburn. Accompanied by Col. A P Asbury, Robinson outlined his moral view on national prohibition and said he would support a national prohibition measure if elected.
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Europe
Mr. Robinson
Robinson
Woodrow Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
McKinley
Fairbanks
Arthur R. Robinson
U. S
Court House
Farmersburg
Shelburn
Sullivan
Col
A. P. Asbury
Col. Asbury
State Senate
Indianapolis
National Congress
Well Known Sullivan Resident Found Dead in Bed
Thomas H. Mason aged 46 was found dead Saturday morning in his bed at his South Court street home. Coroner J. H. Neff ruled cerebral hemorrhage likely caused by a sudden death. Mason planned to move back to his East Chapel area farm with his family soon. He leaves a wife five children and a mother two sisters and a brother.
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Thomas H. Mason
South Court Street
Mason
J. H. Neff
Sullivan
East Chapel
Mr. Mason
Samuel
Sarah Mason
Methodist Church
New Lebanon
Ben Borden
Cecil
Hazel
Mary Mason
Ernest Mason
Frank Mason
Near Hast Chapel
Ollie Mason
Ida Snyder
Near Paxton
Harry S New to Visit Tomorrow in Second District
Capt Harry S New of Indianapolis Republican candidate for the United States Senate will be in the second district for a brief visit. He plans to meet as many Republican voters as possible and will stop only a short time at principal towns.
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Harry S. New
Indianapolis
New
Cantaloupe Growers Meet to Form Association
A meeting of cantaloupe growers from Sullivan Knox and Gibson counties will be held in Vincennes this afternoon to form an agricultural association.
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Sullivan, Knox
Gibson Counties
Vincennes
Royal Arch Degree Work Tonight at Jerusalem Chapter
Jerusalem Chapter No. 81 R A M will perform Royal Arch degree work tonight. Members and visitors invited to attend the ceremony at the Masonic hall.
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Jerusalem
Otto Krug Sells Dry Goods Firm After 30 Years
Otto Krug, long established in the dry goods trade, has sold his business after three decades of service. The transition ends a 30 year era for the Ottonville store, with local patrons noting the firm’s reach in the community.
Dayton man buys Sullivan store from veteran merchant
W C Forster of Dayton Ohio buys Otto Krug's Sullivan dry goods business after a Friday closing. Krug who ran the store for over thirty years will retire to farm work while Forster plans an up to date operation with his assistants rearranging stock in the west side location.
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W. C. Forster
Dayton, C
Otto Krug
Sullivan
Public Square
Dayton
Ohio
Mr. Krug
Olney
Illinois
Louis Emerson
Emerson
Krug
Medford
Forster, Heyman & Company
Forster
Terre Haute
Strange cattle disease prompts quarantine on two farms
Cattle herds on the Davis and Lovelace farms northwest of town are affected by a disease called Haoviipl vitus. State Veterinarian Amos F. Nelson ordered a strict quarantine after visiting the herds, with barns disinfected and affected animals removed. No deaths have occurred and authorities aim to control the spread without heavy losses.
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Co. L. Davis
D. H. Lovelace
Amos F. Nelson
Indianapolis
Russell Davis
Davis Place
Golden Webb
C. T. Howard
Baptist Revival Closes After Two Weeks of Services
The Baptist church revival led by Rev. Stewart I. Long ended Sunday night. Twelve new members united, bringing total accessions to 68. A reception for the new members will be held at the church Thursday evening.
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The
Baptist Church
Stewart I. Long
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Tom Hunt Cullop Houck
Chris Widener
Old Gill
Hank Poston
Pete
Charley Hunt
Bill Cullop
Grundy Clark
Tom Joseph
Charley Bedwell
Nick Davis
Capit
F. Reid
Merom
Jim Butler
Cass Township
Frank Hiatt
William A. Cullop
Wellman Lackey
Dugger
William
Col. Taylor
John Mattix
Ed. Dailey
Wabash River
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