Farmersburg Business and Social Notes Echo Community Changes
Cassius and Ed Bennett did business in Terre Haute. Fid Young Jr plans a first class restaurant and grocery in Mrs. Kendall’s former building. Rev A M Couchman conducts revival services at Fletcher's Chapel. Various residents travel to Terre Haute and nearby towns for work, illness, or events. A series of legal notices and local promotions appear amid community announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Cassius
Ed Bennett
Terre Haute
Fid Young, Jr
Kendall
W. C. Faught
Robinson
Guthrie Wisener
Vincennes
John Wisener
A. M Couchman
Fletcher's Chapel
FE. P
James Stewart
Shelburn
James
Garnet Bradbury
Caledonia
Rev. Vanderburg
Oak Grove
Claude Halberstadt
Butler Morris
Meron
Sullivan
Morris
John Church
Ellen Robinson
Westervelt
Ill
Minnie Quackenberger
Indianapolis
Maggie Gentry
Charles Shepherd
Jasonville
Bloomfield
M. E. Prather
Murphy
Mapleton
Rose Billman
Edward Billman
Olive Riggs
Robert Hughes
Greancastle
Rallying cries from Beveridge and Hemenway rally Republicans
Enthusiastic speeches by Senators Beveridge and Hemenway at the party gathering extolled Republican progress and urged continuing policies. Beveridge called for stronger enforcement of laws and curbing abuses in finance and industry, while Hemenway backed Vice President Fairbanks and stressed bipartisan, merit based leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Beveridge
Republican Party
Cuba
Philippines
High Seas
Department of Commerce and Labor
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Uberty
Congress
Supreme Court
Marshall
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
James A. Hemenway
Fairbanks
McKinley
Hemenway
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt Era Economy Debate Signals Pro-Reform Stance
A congressional speech discusses relative returns on investments in manufacturing agriculture and railways, praises Roosevelt era reforms, and urges a measured approach to currency and policy. It endorses Charles W. Fairbanks as Republican nominee and lauds McKinley-era leadership and party discipline.
Fairbanks Favored in the South for 1908 Nomination
The San Antonio Republic notes the South likely backs Vice President Fairbanks as Roosevelt exits the race. With Foraker Cannon and Taft in play, Fairbanks appears best poised, holding Indiana and Kentucky support and a clean, cautious public image, as peers consider his potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Republic
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Foraker
Cannon
Taft
Republic
Indiana
Kentucky
Senator Foraker
Britain’s Awakening to Municipal Socialism Debates
An analysis cites rising debt and taxes in British municipal services, warns of fiscal danger from public ownership, and notes leaders like Keir Hardie predicting socialism via city utilities. It mentions Bradford and other councils facing costs, and Roswell, New Mexico voting against bonding for a city water plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Yorkshire Observer
Bradford
William T. Stead
Review of Reviews
Keir Hardie
Roswell
N. M
Local court notes October guilty verdicts and sentences
Adrain Howes was found guilty of criminal assault by a circuit court jury and sentenced to the penitentiary for 2 to 21 years. Albert Gilmour of Pleasantville completed a 180 day jail term for illegal liquor sales. Mrs Mollie Gilmour and Martha Whitlock of Pleasantville were jailed on an incendiarism charge and bonded for circuit court. John Memeret of Pleasantville was arrested on a similar charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse W. Mahley
John Rodman
Ben Wade
Byron Frakes
Skeine
Mississippi
Mahley
Ferree
Steve Leach
Edgar S. Crowder
Harve McLaughlin
Linton
Samuel Robbins
Marion Willis
Southern Hospital For the Insane
Evansville
Adrain Howes
Albert Gilmour
Pleasantville
Henderson
Mollie Gilmour
Martha Whitlock
Walters
John Memeret
Local News Briefs from the County and Surrounding Area
A busy update lists Bohannon surrender in Chattanooga on horse stealing charges. Arbuckle Dale is injured after a Southern Indiana train incident. O. J. Steffy faces a grand jury indictment for false enumeration. Deaths include Elijah Dilley and Mrs Phoebe Brunker and Miss Olive Riggs. A subsidy vote on the Terre Haute and Merom Traction line fails in Turman, Fairbanks and Gulf townships. County board members resignations and various arrests and crimes are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bohannon
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arbuckle Dale
O. J. Steffy
Haddon Township
Sullivan County Teachers’ Association
Elijah Dilley
Fairbanks Township
Phoebe Brunker
Farmersburg
Terre Haute
Merom
Turman
Fairbanks
Gulf Townships
C. M. Lowder
Dugger
County Board of Pension Examiners
Sullivan county coal miners threaten strike over cash wages
Coal miners in Sullivan County threaten to strike unless paid in cash rather than checks. The dispute followed wage payments and was resolved when mines continued cash payments, avoiding a stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Strain
Fairbanks
North Main Street
A. M. Couchman
Farmersburg
Curry Township
Jennie T. Weir
Hastings
Nebraska
Stewart I. Long
Baptist
Valparaiso
Ind
Charles Shepherd
Jim McKee
Thomas B. Springer
New Lebanon
Chinfoutir
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Robert van Horn
Mrs. Leander Wence
Will Bennett
William Barbre
Columbus
R. A. Plunkett
E. F. Walker
James R. Brown
Central Christian Church
Belle Kendall
Holder
Carlisle
Walter Payne
Rita Montgomery
Marshal Claude Lloyd
Sullivan and
Willfred
Pricy Heck
Lulu May Reed
Geo. W. Buff
Justis Heck
Buff & Stratton
Plaintiff
Silver Chaney
Noah Crawford
Os Minnie C. Wright
Lizzie Crawford
Lulu C. Dudley
Daisy Bixler
Nellie Crawford
Helen Crawford
Paul Crawford
Chaney & Chaney
Campbell & Douthitt’s
C. B. Cummins
Golden Riule
Thomas Durham
Graysville
Ogle Bwea Misa
Laura Ridgeway
Fairies Township
Durham
J. L. Durham
Township
John F. Mason
Malta
Montana
Frank Hiatt
A. H. Cox
Marion
Greer-Wilkinson Lumber Company
M. R. Jones
D. C. Wortman
Charles Hughes
John G. Barnett
Jackson Township
A. M. Getty
Arnold
Oklahoma
Asor
Roy Risinger
Charles Ruddell
This City
Fannie Beck
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Rev. Miller
Taylor Edwards
South
Stella Gunderson
New York
Galveston
New Orleans
Edwards
S. G. Buzard
Chicago Heights
John Thompson
E. E. Stanley
Alvin Padgett
Beveridge and Hemenway
United States
Senator Hemenway
William McKinley
Mr. Fairbanks
Lord Gern of
Kedleston
Oxiltvd University
Ireland
Lord Kilmaine
Britain's
Ingram
Woolwich
M. O
Rotherham Borough
Gummer
Municipal Tramways Association
G. W. Halford
Salford Corporation Tramways
London
Melvill Beachcroft
Water Board
Huddersfield
T. H. Moore
Huddersfield Corporation Tramways
Liverpool
Sherman Lewis
Palestine
George McClure
Thomas Richardson
Cass Township
Daniel Brewer
Otto Dix
Little Giant
David Jones
Atlas
Joe Mercer
Jones
Mercer
James M. Lang
Grang
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