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Local Chronology of the Old Year Highlights
A sweeping year end roundup recalls multiple homicides, burnings, and accidents in Sullivan County. Nick Carter was convicted of Joe B. Orrs murder and sentenced to life at the Michigan City penitentiary. Archies death by own hand in Terre Haute and the T line subsidy opposition figure among townships Fairbanks Gill and Turman. The Hamilton Oil and Gas Company is incorporated for 40000 dollars. Several obituaries note Minnie Willis, Elizabeth Riggs, Mahala Grant, and William C Faught. The Curry family reunion, a Danville wedding, and church assignments also appear amid fires, ambushes, and a wreck near Farnsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmis Carter
Hagemier
Fairbanks
Gill
Turman
Archie Kissner
Terre Haute
David M. Bedwell
Cass
Nick Carter
Joe B. Orr
Charles Hagemier
Squire Kirkham
Minnie Willis
Carlisle
Vincennes
Max Lisman
Michigan City
William C. Faught
Farmersburg
Claude Luzader
St. Clair
Jackson Township
Bloomer Pinkston
Gill Township
Meromah
Sol Wolfe
Colorado
Sullivan
Court House
H. O. McKinley
Elizabeth Riggs
Mahala Grant
Merom
Richard Chambers
Cass Township
Henry F. Hart
Henderson
Thompson
Harry Bohannon
Fairbanks Township
Chattanoga
Tennessee
Louis Parker
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Dugger
James Brock
Hymera