Sullivan to Install Quadruple Light System in City
Sullivan will install a new lighting system of 263 units by Wabash Valley Electric Company over 60 days, quadrupling present units and adding 400 CP and 250 CP posts. The project doubles as a civil improvement reducing robberies and boosting fire protection with lights at street intersections and alleys.
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Sullivan
Wabash Valley Electric Company
C. P
West Washington Street
Is &x
Will Hays Visited Home Folks Before Motion Picture Move
Will Hays post master general visited Sullivan for several days from Washington. Two Fox film service operators filmed locals and Hays life for a Sullivan hometown record. He will retire March 4 and begin movie work soon. He will head a new motion picture association and maintain Hays & Hays law firm membership.
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Will H. Hays
Washington
Fox Film Service
Hays
Mr. Hays
New York
Sullivan
Movies
Hays & Hays
John T. Hays
Stockbrokers secure Mutual Truck assets at sale
The Mutual Truck Company of this city is sold at 1 pm by trustee E D Maple for 13025 to A C Bollander of Illinois who represents stockholders planning to take over the plant. Previous bids reached 9750 with a ten percent advance forcing a second sale.
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Mutual Truck Company
E. D. Maple
National Bank
A. C. Bollander
Illnois
Ans
Chas
Bunyan
Perchasmiene Vo
Sele Teday
Charles Tunyin
Soooe Hrrte
Crear Hee Moe
Lumbar Comenun
Throw
Srowder
Sty. Bollander
Old Steesholders
Watter B. Wood
Past Exalted Rulers Night at Ellis Lodge
The Ellis lodge holds Past Exalted Rulers night on Monday February 6 with past officers filling chairs and conferring the degree on a class of candidates.
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Ellis
Circuit Court Adjourns Saturday as February Term Opens
The current term of the circuit court will adjourn Saturday. The February term is scheduled to open on Monday February 20th.
Circuit Court Notes N Especifies Rulings and Judgments
A Friday session in the circuit court saw a verdict for defendants in Nesbit vs McKinley ejectment. Numerous cases settled or dismissed include partition actions, real estate possession disputes, and several money judgments such as Double Fabric Tire Co versus Bledsoe for 27649 and Ohio Garment Co versus Fansford for 70.55.
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Circuit Court
William R. Nesbit
Anna
Lucian McKinley
Bridwell
Lucinda Mattix
Rex Po
Jas. P. Wilkey
Chas. L. Wible
Barton W. Beard
Jay Wyman
Alva Wyman
Homer
Thompson
Double Fabric Tire Company
Esrnest E. Bledsoe
Ohio Garment Company
Cam Fansford
Ida Tuell
Percy Wolfe
Will B. Wolfe
J. D. Hunt Mfg. Co
R. Semmet Nash
Martin W. Story
Leonard
S. Louis French
Tarlton C. Woodward
H. D. Hinkle
George M. Mayfield
Adva Julian
William Jo
Julian
Lemuel Frakes
Priie PE
Fall of Rock Kills Local Miner at Black Comet Mine
W. H. Taylor, a city miner, was killed Saturday at noon when a rock fall trapped him in his working room at the Black Comet mine. He was found alive by fellow miners but died while being brought to the surface.
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Taylor
Black Comet
Bequest to Sullivan County Hospital From Brewer Estate
With the death Sunday of Ray Brewer, son of Orlando C. Brewer, the estate can settle. A $20,000 bequest to Sullivan County Hospital will be paid after real estate sales. The will first directs $2,000 to the Board of Home Missions and other gifts. two-thirds of residue goes to Ella Harrison and one-third to Johnson heirs.
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Sullivan County Hospital
Orlando C. Brewer
Ray Brewer
Fairbanks Township
Mr. Brewer
Brewer
Board of Home Missions
The
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Masonic
Franklin
Pogue
Fairbanks
Ella Harrison
Cash Harrison
Johnson
Louisa Brewer
Side Lights on Pirtle Case Hue and Cost for Trial
The Terre Haute Spectator reviews the Vigo circuit court trial of Dr. Pirtle for assault with intent to kill. A hung jury left jurors split over guilt, with tempers flaring and one man pressing for murder. Costs ran high with fees to top attorneys, court expenses, and witnesses. Carlisle residents funded Johnson’s defense, while total costs neared 10,000 for the cross-state trial.
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Spectator
Terre Haute
Pirtle
Vigo
Carlisle
Ind
Vernor Johnson
Dr. Pirtle
Melvin Watson
Prairie Creek Township
Harry Grossman
Mr. Watson
Jeffries
Lncal
Arthur Cutler
Sullivan
Persecutor Church
Eph Inman
Indianapolis
Cutler
Henry N. Spaan
W. T. Douthitt
Beasley
Douthitt
Crawford & Beasley
Martin Pigg
William Lindley
Mr. Cutler
Johnson
Vigo County
Sullivan County
Justice of the Peace Court
Pirtle Case Set for Re Trial March 6
Judge Jeffries in the Vigo circuit court at Terre Haute set the case of Dr. George W. Pirtle of Carlisle charged with assault with intent for re trial beginning on March 6.
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Jeffries
Vigo
Terre Haute
George W. Pirtle
Carlisle
Death of Lawrence R Brewer in Evansville hospital
Lawrence Ray Brewer aged 35 son of Mrs Louisa Brewer of Fairbanks township died early Sunday at Woodmere Hospital Evansville where he had lived eleven years He was a son of the late Orlance C Brewer The funeral was held at his mother’s home in Fairbanks township and burial took place at Pogue cemetery.
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Lawrence Ray Brewer
Louisa Brewer
Fairbanks Township
Woodmere Hospital
Evansville
Orlance C. Brewer
Fnairbanks Township
Pogue
Yeggs Try To Blow Vault In Dugger Bank Raid
The State Bank of Dugger Indiana was wrecked by yeggmen at 2 AM as they attempted to blast the vault. The inner door jammed, no money was taken, burglars fled, and a large set of safe blowing tools was found. Police have no clues. one man boarded a westbound freight and others fled by car.
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Dugger
Ind
State Bank of
Casey Barrett
Linton
Death of Clarence E Mason at 40 after throat illness
Clarence E Mason died Saturday morning at his sister Mrs Frank Smiths home on North Broad Street after an extended throat illness. He leaves a mother Mrs Elizabeth Mason two daughters Dorothy and Pessie Mason two sisters Mrs Franksmith and Mrs Emma Engle and three brothers Larabee Silas Mason of this city and Thomas Mason of Terre Haute.
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Clarence E. Mason
Frank Smith
North Broad Street
Elizabeth Mason
Dorothy
Pessie Mason
Franksmith
Emma Engle
Larabee
Silas Mason
City
Thomas Mason
Terre Haute
Real winter weather hits Sullivan with near freezing cold
Sullivan endures its first real zero weather of the season with temperatures dipping to one degree above zero this morning. Forecasters expect a slight warm up later today as temperatures rise.
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Sullivan
Court Docket List of Divorces Damages and Leases
A long docket of suits including divorces and alimony actions such as Violet Leona Ingle versus William R. Earle and Anna Myers versus T I IL & EL Co. Damages. Others include estates and receivership actions involving Snapp and Jackson, and real estate possession cases by Farmers and Mechanics Mutual and Paramount Publicity Corp. against named defendants.
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G. D. Scott
Jesse Hughes
Violet Leona Ingle
R. Earle
T$voree
Anna Myers
T. I. IL
EL Te. ‘Co
Anna Armacast
E. Tr. Co
Hortense Kaufman
Tom Kaufmen
Iim
P. Snapp
Adm
MD. R. Snapp
Locating Former Sullivan People in California
A Sullivan area letter writer recounts a Southern California visit visiting relatives in Colton and Long Beach. He notes Colton scenes near Riverside, Santa Ana Canyon drive, and the Linden Avenue home of 1109 Linden in Long Beach, with local people such as Rev. O J Fairfield and Tack Hammond. He also reports on real estate prices and local developments.
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Bob
Colton
Charlie Fairfield
Southern
California
Old Baldy
Mt. Gorgon
San Bernardino
Redlands
Riverside
Fairfield
Ford
Long Beach
Paul Ridgeway
Jim Greenlee
Gambills
Santa Ana Canyon
Santa Ana
O. J. Fairfield
Linden
Will Hays
Mr. Hays
Will
Mentleman
William C. Johnson
Vincennes
Sullivan
Arthur DeBaun
Charlie Blunt
Tack Hammond
Tack
Audie Mason
Maurice Thompson
Perry Botts
Jess Mahan
Merom
R. A. Plunkett
Terre Haute Star and the Union Ad Rate Notice
A row of pricing shows a one year subscription for the Terre Haute Star and the Union at three dollars and fifty cents. The listing highlights combined daily newspapers and a bargain rate for long-term readers.
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Terre Haute
UNION
Richard Chambers Dies After Stroke Near Linton
Richard Chambers of Sullivan county near Linton died at his country home due to a paralysis stroke. He leaves a wife, two sons, four daughters, and is the father of evangelist Stanford Chambers of New Orleans. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Berea church, with Rev. Charles Neal officiating, burial in Sullivan county.
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Richard Chambers
Sullivan County
Linton
Stanford Chambers
New Orleans
Berea Church
Charles Neal
Dugger
Sheriff’s Deputy Returns With Suspect in Illinois Larceny Case
Edgar Collins deputy sheriff traveled to Marshall Illinois to bring back Tom Sanders wanted for larceny in a honey theft from Charles B. Saunders at Merom. Robert Annacker, also charged, has been convicted and is serving time in the state reformatory.
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Illinois
Edgar Collins
Marshall
Ill
Tom Sanders
Charles B. Saunders
Merom
Robert Annacker
State Reformatory
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Wabash Valley Electric CO
Ole
L. A. Brewer
Yeggs
Dugger Bank
Linden Ave
Long Beach, Calif
Charles R. Railsback
MA Cape Des
Sabhinw
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