Work Begins on Terre Haute Me Interurban Line
Construction on the Terre Haute Me line progresses seven miles south of the city with two miles graded to Scott City. Contractor Roberts plans 100 workers this week, accepts script for wages, and considers gasoline powered, high speed cars costing about 25 000 dollars each to run at up to 60 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute-Merom
Prairieton
Scott City
Roberts
Omaha
W. R. McKeen, Jr
Primary local race notes mix with campaign chatter
The Union outlines candidates for prosecuting attorney sheriff and other posts in a sprawling view of the local primary. It notes Bays and May as rivals for prosecutor, Brown and Britton in township races, Wible backed by a machine for sheriff, and various trustee and assessor contests with personalities, past offices, and shifting alliances fueling speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wible
Frank
Sullivan Machine
James Ripper
William Bennett
Gill Township
Wible
Jim Scott
Fairbanks
Jim
John Whips
Haddon Township
William Powell
Hilla Lovelace
John Mattix
Hilla
John
William H. McGrew
Hamilton Township
Ed Ward
Ripper
Lucas Selected County Chairman Leads Republican Precinct Meet
In Sullivan County the Republican precinct committeemen elected William Jr. Lucas as chairman Clayton Price as vice chairman R P White as secretary and Noah Drennon as treasurer All officers are from Sullivan The gathering at Kirkham's hall drawn representatives from nearly all precincts and pledged strong cooperation before the November ballots The meeting included remarks by Lucas former chairman Will H Hays and W P Stratton about committee work and organization.
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Clayton Price
R. P. White
Noah Drennon
All of
Sul
Ficers
Lucas
W. P. Stratton
Will H. Hays
Mr. Hays
Officers seize liquor and chips in Farmersburg raid
In Farmersburg on Friday night Marshal Claude Lloyd and Deputy Slayton raided the Mead joint of George Berrien at Miner City finding beer poker chips and whiskey soaked wattles. Therrien will be bound over to the circuit court. John V. Barbie and James Bryan druggists were arrested Saturday for selling liquor to an intoxicated person and bound over to the circuit court with $200 bonds. The arrests followed action by the Law and Order League of Curry township which pledged to push new druggist liquor laws.
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Farmersburg
Claude Lloyd
Deputy Slayton
George Berrien
Miner City
Therrien
John V. Barbie
James Bryan
Marshal Lloyd
Law and Order League
Curry Township
Mrs Reuben Norton Dies After Stomach Trouble
Shelburn Jan 14 Mrs Reuben Norton 63 died Friday morning from stomach trouble. Funeral held Saturday conducted by Rev J H Sidebottom interment in Little Flock cemetery. Survived by husband and seven children.
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Shelburn
Reuben Norton
J. HE. Sidebottom
Little Flock
Norton
Prominent Politician Lou Emerson Visits City
Former resident Lou Emerson and Mt. Vernon banker and businessman visited his sister Mrs. Krug and family last week. Emerson is Republican chairman of Jefferson County Republican committee and noted as a physician by some accounts.
Missing Tangier man Albert Deal found at sister’s home
Albert Deal, reported missing from his Tangier residence, was located at his sister Mrs Ida Butchers home in Northern Indiana. He had lived and worked in Tangier with W Baldridge for twelve years and recently became unsettled, causing disordered books at the Tangier store. Baldridge plans to travel to Tangier to fix affairs.
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Farmersburg
Albert Deal
Tangier
Ida Butcher
Indiana
Deal
W. §. Baldridge
Baldridge
Obituary for Silvers of Hamilton County
Silvers a well known Hamilton County resident died at his home five miles west of the city last Wednesday evening from heart trouble. He was 70, born near New Lebanon, lifelong in the county except a stint in Missouri, and a Civil War veteran. He belonged to the Grayville Masonic lodge and is survived by his wife and two children Mrs. Levi Springer of the county and Frank Silvers of Nebraska.
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Hamilton
Silvers
New Lebanon
Missouri
Grayville
Masonic Lodge
Levi Springer
This County
Frank Silvers
Nebraska
Hampton visits brother after forty five years
George W. Hampton of Cass township returned home from a two weeks visit with his brother at Carryton Tennessee. He had not seen his brother since the opening of the war in 1860. Hampton enjoyed the trip and visited many battlefields where he served nearly fifty years ago.
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George W. Hampton
Cass Township
Carryton
Tennessee
Mr. Hampton
Merchants Association Members Attend Terre Haute Banquet
The city merchants travel to Terre Haute this afternoon for a retail merchants convention. They will be entertained with a banquet during the visit.
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Terre Haute
Indiana murder case unfolds in circuit court
The state accuses Joseph Quackenbush of murdering Will Allen at Gilmour after a poker game last September. Len Patrick, arrested with Quackenbush, awaits trial on the same charge in this jail-trial region. A separate verdict awarded Lorenz Nemith $1,000 for injuries from a foundry accident at Highland Tron and Steel in Terre Haute.
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State of
Indiana
Joseph Quackenbush
Will Allen
Gilmour
Quackenbush
Len Patrick
Lorenz Nemith
Terre Haute
Highland Tron and Steel Company
Nemith
William W. Johnson Dies in Kansas City Photo Businessman
William W. Johnson, long engaged in the city’s photograph trade, died Friday in Kansas City Missouri where he had lived for years. He was Luther Johnson’s brother and once lived in the west part of town in the home now occupied by G R Stivers. Johnson street bears his name. He belonged to the Odd Fellows. His remains returned here for burial with funeral at Luther Johnson’s residence and burial at Center Ridge. A miner named Marratta, about 50, was killed at Gilmour after a fall of slate near Ragsdale in Hymera.
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William W. Johnson
Kansas City
Mr. Johnson
Luther Johnson
G. R. Stivers
Johnson Street
Odd Fellows
Center Ridge
Padgett Plays Key Role in Indiana Second District Fight
Dispatch details a Democratic power struggle in Indiana's second district. Alvin Padgett, district chairman, shifts from pro Taggart to anti Taggart amid deals involving Hendren Slinkard and Jackson. The maneuvering disrupts state committee control and signals future battles for national committee seats.
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Taggart Forces
Padgett
Indianapolis
Alvin J. Padgett
Taggart
Hendren
Gilbert Hendren
William Slinkard
Alvin Padgett
Joe Reiley
Democratic State Committee
Jackson
M Hendren
Hen
Steel
Iendren
Pacgett
Reiley
Slinkkard
State Committee
Risk
National Committee
Wis
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Edward
Adam
Fred F. Bays
Peter B. May
Bays
John J. Parker
May
James R. Brown
William Britton
Hymera
Britton
Brown
Cyrus E. Davis
Greene County
Joe Rettich
Mr. Brown
Wirelss
Charles Brewer
Alva Haddon
Jacob Fleming
Alva
John M. Thomas
Dick Bailey
W. L. Sisson
Frank M. Nead
Jackson Township
Nick Davis
Nick
Dick Park
Jim Ripper
Watt Cooper
Charley Hunt
Kirkham’s Hall
This City
William Jr. Lucas
Livan
Tilghman Ogle
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Riverton Church
Riverton
O. B. Whittaker
Union Christian College
Beisiegel
Illinois
Austria-Hungary
England
France
Germany
Holland-Belgium
Treland
Russia
Scotland
Nny
Austria
Belgium
Italy
Wales
Sweden
Ue Eas
Ae Eean
Bob
Eghigates
Eee
Mrs. Reuben. Norton
Lou Emerson
Resi
Hamilton Silvers
Ragsdale
Double Cross
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