Col Asbury Dies Sudden in Idaho at 73
Col Alexander Perry Asbury of Farmersburg Indiana died Sunday night after heart trouble at his daughter Eva Gritton’s home in Eagle Idaho He 73 and earlier served as state commander of the G A R and was a lifelong Methodist lay leader Survived by ten children and his widow His burial is planned at Kletcher Chapel cemetery near Farmersburg.
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Alexander Perry Asbury
Farmersburg
Indiana
Eva Gritton
Eagle
Idaho
C. FE. Coachman
Evansville
Kletcher Chapel
Col. Asbury
Sullivan County
Hymera
Jackson Hill
Geo. W. Asbury
Sarah Jane Hughbanks Asbury
Methodist Church
Jackson Township
Asbury
Landman Asbury
Ashbury Seminary
DePauw University
Greencastle
Sarah Jane Asbury
George W. Asbury
A. P. Asbury
Farmersbore
Kurt Sex
Ca. Fa. S3th
Indiane Infantry
William T. Crawford
Atlanta
Velor
Sherman
Col Asburs
Old Ascension Seminary
Capt
Crawford
Almira Beecher
George
Keziah Beecher
Vigo County
Raymond
George Ghitton
Maude Cummins
W. D. Cummins
Ida Ford
Sullivan
W. L. Ford
Bertha Thralls
Fred Asbury
Arthur P .Asbury
Terre Haute
Jennie Campbell
Charles KE. Asbury
Stoke-on-Trent
England
Lester Asbury
Seattle
Washington
Ebeneezer Church
Grand Army
Jace A. Ashbury
Oklahoma
K. Ashury
Matilda Wing
Gas Overcomes Men Reading Water Meter At Terre Haute Plant
Vernon Shepherd and colleague Johnson, water company workers, narrowly escaped death after being overcome by gas in a manhole at the American Car and Foundry Company plant. Rescuers lowered a chain to pull them free as the five to six foot hole filled with fumes. Both men recovered.
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Vernon Shepherd
Terre Haute
Ed Shepherd
American Car and Foundry Company
Water Company
Shepherd
Johnson
Reese
Boyer
Jury rules against Walter C Forster in Martin County suit
A Martin County Circuit Court jury deliberated forty minutes and sided with the defendants in Walter C. Forster versus about twenty Washington Indiana professionals and businessmen. Forster sought 25000 dollars claiming he was forced from Washington hotel business over alleged wartime loyalty and Liberty Bond sales. Defendant C. C. Williams, formerly of Sullivan and Jasonville, now in Washington drug trade, was among those named.
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SURY
Sullivan
Martin County
Walter C. Forster
Washington (Ind
Forster
Washington
Liberty
Otto Krug
C. C. Williams
Sullivan and Jasonville
Mrs Oscar Eaton Visits Sister in Walla Walla
Mrs. Oscar Eaton has gone to Walla Walla Washington for an extended visit with a sister who resides there.
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Mirs
Oscar Eaton
Walla Walla
Washington
Sheep Escapes Straw Stack After Two Months Entombment
A farmer near Fairbanks Indiana recounts a sheep that vanished on November 10, 1919 and reappeared January 23, 1920 from a straw stack. The animal lived about 2 months and 13 days without water, eaten a 12 foot tunnel in the stack, and rejoined the flock in good shape.
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Fairbanks. Ind
Veo Kisner
Eisner
Subscription Rate Increase Notice for Sullivan Union
Special notice informs Sullivan Union subscribers that the annual rate rises from 1.00 to 1.50 dollars effective February 1. Readers are urged to renew or pay arrearages now to preserve the old rate.
Young men charged with Dawson robbery in Cass township
Jess Alsop and Bennie Pitltman, both young men, are jailed in the Sullivan Circuit Court on burglary and grand larceny charges in the Dawson general store robbery at Greenville Cass township on January 14. They were arrested in Terre Haute by Terre Haute police upon information from local authorities. Prosecutor John S. Taylor filed the affidavits and they are in jail on bond. Ninety dollars was taken from the cash drawer with no merchandise stolen.
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Jess Alsop
Bennie Pitltman
Sullivan
Dawson General Store
Greenville
Cass Township
Terre Haute
Sheperdsville
Clinton
Vigo County
Otha Brodie
Terre Faute
John S. Taylor
Livestock Leaders to Meet with Community Club
Purdue professor G S Christie former assistant secretary of agriculture will keynote the Community Club meeting Friday February six inviting Sullivan County Pure Bred Livestock Association members to attend. Local organizers A D Cutler Homer Wiltse E A Billman with W A Wilkey Ross Campbell and Walter Routt oversee arrangements. A separate committee led by J B Miller Robert Gouchenour W D Brown CC R Foutch and J A Hash will host a Monday night session where G R Lowe of Neosha Missouri outlines the retail cooperative model.
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G. ST. Christie
Purdue University
Christie
Washington
Sullivan County Pure Bred Livestock Association
A. D. Cutler
Homer Wiltse
E. A. Billman
W. A. Wilkey
Ross Campbell
Walter Routt
J. B. Miller
Robert Gouchenour
W. D. Brown
CC. R. Foutch
J. A. Hash
G. R. Lowe
Neosha
Community Club
After War Pictures at Lyric Theatre Benefit
In support of Near East Relief the county shows a 60 foot reel at Lyric Theatre on Thursday night depicting deplorable postwar conditions in Far Eastern regions.
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Lyric Theatre
Mrs James Meissenhelder Ill With Pneumonia Attack
Mrs James Meissenhelder is reported ill with a slight attack of pneumonia.
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James Meissenhelder
Sullivan Merchants Adopt Cooperative Advertising Plan
At a Community Club meeting in Sullivan Missouri, M R Lowe explained the Neosha plan of retail advertising. Merchants would sell monthly with a uniform circular showing four bargain spaces per merchant and a county auction on sale day.
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Communnity Club
Court House
Neosha
M. R. Lowe
County Gripped By Snow And Ice In Three Week Freeze
The Sullivan county area endures three weeks of sleet snow and ice under a persistent cold spell. Travel remains hazardous with skidding and crashes in ditches while farmers worry for hard wheat and quail food. a Saturday thaw eased ice and aided pedestrians and traffic.
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Sullivan County
Near East Relief drive organized in Sullivan County
Forty two hundred dollars is the county quota for the Near East Relief campaign. Rev John McD Horne will chair Sullivan county effort with meetings and speeches planned across schools clubs churches and fraternal orders. Charles F Batey is treasurer. Campaign closes February 22.
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Sullivan County
John McD. Horne
Christian Church
Lee F. Bays
Ed Coffman
W. N. Thompson
Horne
Charles F. Batey
Sullivan County Loan and Trust Company
Livan
Tractor School Ends After Three Day Session
The Sullivan County Motor Company concluded a three day tractor school held Monday through today. Directed by J I Case Threshing Machine Company, factory experts used stereoptican slides to illustrate lectures. The free program attracted many farmers seeking to learn about power farming.
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Sullivan County Motor Company
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
Case
Income tax deadlines and aid available in state
Deputy collector Albert D Weeks began income tax help sessions in this section with dates running to March 15 the filing deadline. He will assist at the courthouse Feb 7 and cover Sullivan Spencer Dugger Carlisle and other towns. forms and farmer blanks will be mailed to last year’s filers.
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Albert D. Weeks
Internal Revenue Collector
Weeks
Sullivan
Spencer
Dugger
Carlisle
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
New Suits in Knox Vigo and Sullivan Counties
Foreclosure material man’s lien suit Armour Grain Co against Sarah and Charles Cline. Summers sues Indiana Power and Water Co. for damages, venued in Knox County. Sampson vs Jackson Hill Coal and Coke Co., venued in Vigo County. La Rue vs Lillian La Rue, divorce and custody with four children ages 10 6 12 and 4. Sullivan County Loan and Trust Co. vs Arthur D. Cutler and The Public Production Co. Leckie v Farmers’ Union Co operative store, petition for receiver.
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Armour Grain Company
Sarah
Charles Cline
Joseph Summers
Indiana Power and Water Company
Knox County
John Sampson
Jacob Sampson
Jackson Hill Coal and Coke i Company
Vigo County
Claud A. la Rue
Lillian la Rue
Sullivan County Loan and Trust Company
Arthur D. Cutler
John Leckie
Farmers’ Union Co-operative Store
Merom State Bank Robbed in Overnight Vault Break
Robbers melted a vault door with an acetylene torch at Merom State Bank and rifled about 36 safety deposit boxes. Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps were taken, while the money safe was left untouched. No clue found beyond a chiselled tool and gas-pipe cap. cashier Thomas Carruthers and Sheriff Orville Hale reported the scene.
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Merom State Bank
Merom
Wan
Mde
Thomas Carruthers
A. G. McNabb
Orville Hale
Carruthers
Graysville
Stale
Wabash
Branson Brothers Visit Aberdeen Officials and Relatives
George A. and C. Wm Branson of Aberdeen South Dakota visited relatives in Curry and Jackson townships last week and will stay briefly on business. C M Branson, an Aberdeen attorney, is secretary of Aberdeen’s Chamber of Commerce. His brother recently moved back from Canada.
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George A
C. Wm. Branson
Aberdeen
S. D
Curry
Jackson
C. M. Branson
Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Local Reader Claimed As Garnett Contributors Mam
We acknowledge a subscription favor from Mrs. Clara Morris of Garnett Kansas. She was born and raised in this county and is the daughter of Frank Houpt of Turman Township.
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Clara Morris
Garnett
Kansas
This County
Frank Houpt
Turman Township
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