Linton Sullyns Dispute Over Superior Court Debate
Local editors clash over Sullivan county's proposed superior court. Sullivan residents deny demand for new court and oppose added taxes. Linton boosters push growth while criticism targets newspaper ethics and morality in town disputes. A state constitutional convention debate follows in broader reform context.
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Sullivan
Sullivan County
Sullivan Bar
Linton
Vinton
Vincennes and
People of
Supervision of Jails Bill Poised for Passage
Representative Woodfill introduces a bill to place county jail supervision under the state board of charities. The board may inspect jails and notify the circuit court if a jail is unfit, prompting an investigation. While investigated, prisoners are moved to a neighboring county jail.
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Woodfill
State Board of Charities
Circuit Court
Alvin Padgett's Democratic Nomination Hopes
The article outlines Alvin Padgett of Daviess County as likely to win the Democratic nomination for congress next year. It notes the nomination is less attractive to Democrats due to recent election figures, suggesting Padgett may secure the race with ease.
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Lkely
Padgett
Pavia
Greene County
Naviass Eapty
Miers Te Aineare
Thia Ia
Davis
Miers
Lke Padgett
Chaney
Washington Worald
Alvin Padgett
Alvvin Padgett
Daviess County
Bloomington Telephone Boosts Nat A Hill for 1908 Gubernatorial Nomination
Multiple Indiana towns report political moves and public service changes. Nat A Hill gains GOP guberna tor support through Bloomington News, while Knox county bar backs a Knox superior court. Bloomfield and Bloomington report saloon closures under the new blind tiger law. Willard D Barr’s body found in Wabash at Vincennes after mysterious disappearance.
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Bloomington Telephone
Nat A. Hill
Bloomfield News
Linton
Bloomfield
Walter Bradfute
Knox County
Blind Tigers
Bloomington
Carlisle
Hymera Herald
Greene County
Willard D. Barr
Lawrenceville
Vincennes
Wabash
Merom Meeting Promoters Aim for 250000 in Terre Haute
The Indianapolis News reports promoters plan to raise about a quarter of a million dollars for the movement tied to Merom. Initial efforts target local donors in Indiana with Rockefeller and other Eastern funds sought to back substantial gains. The approach emphasizes tangible good to be achieved over mere charity to an impoverished institution.
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Terre Haute
Indianapolis News
Bghe
Union Christian college under church control seeks campus expansion
The college, governed by Union Christian Church conferences across Indiana Illinois and Ohio, seeks to add a large girls dormitory and a boys dormitory. The campus spans twenty seven acres with seven more acres optioned near the Wabash river. External moves include relocating the Christian Biblical Institute to Merom or Defiance Ohio to join another union college. The current president is Gilbert R Hammond with a varied faculty and a steady enrollment around one hundred. Will raise funds led by Willis Wright, a former Terre Haute merchant now Irvington resident.
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Disciples of Christ
Indiana
Illinois
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Christian Biblical Institute
New York State
Merom
Defiance
Union Christian
Wabash River
Sullivan County
Crawford County
Ilinois
Sullivan
Gilbert R. Hammond
Jones
Elizabeth Hatten
Arthur M. Ward
George C. Enders
D. B
Katherine Laughead
William H. Martin
Luemma Hess
Florence Wright
O. Logan Plunkett
Sanna Sutton
Willis Wright
Terre Haute
Irvington
Six Years Ago Lesson Leads to Health Boosts
John Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana says he began taking Dr King's New Life Pills six years ago and finds them increasingly beneficial. The pills please everybody and are guaranteed at Joe K Smock's druggist for 25 cents.
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John Pleasant
Magnolia
Ind
Dr. King
Joe K. Smock
Fairbanks Mutual Telephone stockholders meet March 5 1907
Notice for the annual stock holders meeting of Fairbanks Mutual Telephone Company in Fairbanks Indiana at 2 p m Tuesday March 5 1907 for election of directors and business. W H Thomas president W S Lester secretary.
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Fairbanks Mutual Telephone Company
Fairbanks
Ind
W. H. Thomas
W. S. Lester
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