The Wedding Dress Mystery and a Marriage Proposal
Martin Wade, financially set for a vacation after ten years of thrift, visits Mrs. Wilton and her daughter Madge. At a dress auction he finds a silk wedding dress, its torn seam reveals Madge’s beauty, and Martin declares his love. He asks Madge to marry him, trusting her happiness to him.
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Martin Wade
Martin
Fife
Mrs. Wilton
Madge
Martite Tied
Wade
Abs. Wilton
Dnl
Wilton
Three big damage suits are dismissed
The circuit court dismissed three major damage suits by Albert and Nettie Pinkston against farmer Levi Springer, with all cases settled. Other local actions include divorces granted to Minnie Stark and Hobart Gaston, plus multiple civil judgments and dismissals involving Vigo Coal, Interstate Mining, Fairbanks Coal, and related parties.
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Levi Springer
Pinkston’s
Albert Pinkston
Nettie Pinkston
Gill Township
Mr. Springer
Pinkston
Springer
Missouri
Minnie F. Stark
Virgil Stark
Gilbert W. Gambill
Camil Dethier
Vigo Coal Products Co
Josephine Pentecost
William G. Pentecost
Cora DG. Holmes
Charles H. Holmes
Cora &. Bedwell
Levi Shepherd
Interstate Mining Company
Hobart Gaston
Beatrice Gaston
Cora Fisher
Clyde Fisher
Meredith Daugherty
Fairbanks Coal Company
Mabel Breech
William F. Breech
Vigo Mining Company
Ira LeMay
Farmersburg Pickpocket Sentenced to Prison
Thomas Moore arrested at Farmersburg last August on a pocket picking charge against Vigo County farmer John Zimmerman pleaded guilty Saturday before Judge W H Bridwell. He was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to the penal farm for six months plus costs, totaling nearly three years of confinement.
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Thomas Moore
Farmersburg
John Zimmerman
Vigo County
W. H. Bridwell
Moore
Political pot begins to simmer in county race talk
The piece outlines potential Democratic candidates for county offices. Baun seeks judgeship after four years as circuit court clerk. O B Harris is mentioned. Dave Giles may not seek re election as county clerk. Roy Drennan eyes renomination as county recorder. Ed Snow and Frank M Daniels look to renomination as treasurer and auditor. William Williamson aims for county assessor. Newt Botts to run for coroner. Martin Luther Pigg currently prosecuting attorney. Alaska Carter considers auditor bid. local outlook remains unsettled with many Democrats ready to serve.
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Ed Snow
Frank M. Daniels
William Williamson
Turman Township
Bill
Newt Botts
J. H. Neff
Martin Luther Pigg
Blackstone
Alaska Carter
Shelburn
Pittman Estate Admin Claim and Divorce Quiet Title Actions
Catalog of court filings including Theodore V. Pittman as administrator in a claim against the Harrison B. Pittman estate, Laura Barnett and Rollie Barnett divorce action, multiple quiet title suits by Mary A. Henderson and others, and various damages foreclosure and on account cases involving Jackson Hill Coal and other parties.
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Theodore
Charles Brummett
S. P. Kelly
Perry M. Calhoon
Robert K. VanHorn
Mary A. Henderson
Mollie G. Smith
Guy Smith
Sale Postponed on Alex Rogers Farm Near Merom
Public sale by Wm. Halley & Son at the Alex Rogers farm 2 12 miles southeast of Merom on March 6 1918 has been postponed.
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Wm. Halley & Son
Alex Rogers
Merom
Hold-up men plan escape thwarted in county jail search
Three Sullivan prisoners Ray Combes Toney Frank Sager and John Wolfenberg found guilty of forgery and highway robbery were thwarted in an escape plot last Wednesday night. Deputies aiding Sheriff Hale searched the county jail before transfer to Jeffersonville and found nearly a half gallon of dry tobacco in their pockets. Prisoners had planned to use it during the transfer from C E I to the Southern for indeterminate terms.
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Ray Combes
Toney
Frank Sager
John Wolfenberg
Bridwell
Hale
Southern Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Holt Park
Chris Wardner
Ed Dailey
Sheriff Hale
Princeton
Fire ruins tipple at abandoned Hymera mine
The tipple of mine No. 32 near Hymera owned by Consolidated Indiana Coal Co. was destroyed by a late night fire. The abandoned mine设备, including scales and cages, were wrecked. The firm planned to dismantle and move the tipple to another site. German sympathizers are suspected.
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Consolidated Indiana Coal Company
Hymera
Oil man Frank Williams moves to Crawford property
Frank Williams, a well known oil man from Robinson Illinois, has rented the Crawford property on West Washington Street and will move here to reside. Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Scott, formerly of Sullivan, have relocated from Lewiston Montana to Billings Montana. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Thomas of this city left for Rochester Minnesota where Mrs. Thomas will undergo a goitre operation in the Mayo Hospital.
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Frank Williams
Ribonson
Crawford
West Washington Street
Walter G. Scott
Sullivan
Lewiston
Mont
Billings
Montana
Elmer Thomas
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayor Hospital
Goitre
Kidney Trouble Advised to See Chiropractor
An advertisement urges people with kidney trouble to consult a chiropractor for analysis. It claims chiropractic adjustments will address the cause of the illness and is signed by H. L. Ramses, D. C.
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H. L. Ramses
D. C
For Sale Or Exchange Duroc Bred Male Hogs Three Years Old
One pair Duroc bred male hogs from Top Col. strain, three years old. Contact J. W. Walters, R. R. 1 Paxton, Carlisle phone.
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J. W. Walters
R. R
Paxton
Carlisle
For Sale 390 Egg Incubator and Red Cockerels
For sale two items including a 390 egg incubator used one season and a set of S. and Coulson red cockerels from S. Coulson.
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Cypers
S. C. R. I. Red Cockerels
S. & Coulson
For Sale Seed Wheat and Baled Hay
For sale seed wheat and baled hay offered by G. J. Spencer of Paxton.
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G. J. Spencer
Paxton Phone
Local harness business expands with new hardware on north square
The north side of the square near Kirkham's old stand now hosts expanded harness business with added hardware. Customers urged to see the Jim Dandy MATTIX and POSTER for collars.
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Square
Kirkham
Jim Dandy Mattix & Poster
Newspaper Bundle Offer for Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union
The Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union advertise a combined one year subscription available for three dollars total. Readers may purchase a joint year of both papers under this promotional rate.
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THE
Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union
Red White and Blue Society Meeting At Mrs Stratton's
Mrs Joseph Stratton hosted the Red White and Blue Society at her South Court street home. Eighteen members and three visitors attended with readings by Mrs Worley Mrs Spencer Mrs Alvy and others and poems by several members.
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Joseph P. Stratton
Bryce Ridgeway
W. Dudley
Jethro Bass
W. Griff
Red
White and Blue Society
South Court Street
Bettie Hardesty
Willis
Florida
Missouri
Worley
Spencer
Death of Mrs Josie Mahan in Merom
Mrs. Josie Mahan 55 widow of Samuel Mahan died Monday at her Merom home from lung trouble. Daughter of Gene Hunt, early Merom resident, she lived in Jackson township before moving to Merom. Survived by daughter Mrs Will Watson and four sons Walter Clarence Jessie and Ralph Mahan of the county.
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Josie Mahan
Samuel Mahan
Merom
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Western Newspaper Union
Velma Kellums
John A. Kelums
Kloster
Amber
Clarks
N. T
West Side Square
Indiana
Springer-Gouckenour CO
DeLong’s
Valenuennes
Phr Hank
West Side Squat
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Great Britain
H. C. Booth Coal CO
Sherman Building
Lindley
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