Terre Haute Elks Fall Short In Wild Sullivan Tilt
In a chaotic Friday game at Park, Terre Haute Elks lose 8 to 5 to Sullivan amid fielding miscues and late rallies. Dale holds mound for Terre Haute. outfield misplays allow seven runs in seventh/eighth innings. Bays Hunt Crowder among locals, Ed Sparrow Houpt sparking offense.
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Onan’s Park
Liafthe “Gralters
Sundar
Knights
Woomut
fFata
Dale
Sullivan Bre Department
Terre Haute
Ed Sparrow
Fred Houpt
Dave Rogers
Rogers
Houpt
Sparrow
Fred Bays
Arley Hunt
Tfarve Crowder
Dad Crowder
Thurman
Dad
Chaney
Pee
G. Eaton
Oscar
Captain Dad
Chicago
Richard
Conkle
Mo.st
Tury
Terre Plauteans
Bruner Leads Visitors In Rough 9-9-27 Summary Baseball
Bruner produced a two bagger and a single for the visitors while Dale starred on the mound with seven strikeouts and 3 earned runs. Terre Haute pitcher Garrett allowed several errors as the game stretched to three hours with numerous base hits and miscues noted by the umpire Three fingered Brown.
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Bruner
Thomas
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Dale
Garrett
Newcome
Garretti
Chaney
Eaton
Booth
Rogers
Pritchett
Watts
Larr
Thurman
Harriott
Brown
Garrech
Mer
Dave
Scouts Target Eaton Rogers and Harriott Highlighted
Scouts seek Eaton and Rogers as big league interest grows. Dale avoids strikeouts by hitting Harriott, shaping early buzz around the players and their performances.
Cooper and Crowning Married in Merom Union
Walter J. Cooper and Miss Kette Crowning were married last Wednesday evening by Rev. Clarence Defur of Union Christian college at Mereni. Cooper is a Gill township farmer and trustee. Mrs. Cooper is daughter of Lewis Chowning of Fairbanks and a longtime county teacher and sister of J. W. Chowning. The couple will reside in Merom.
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Walter J. Cooper
Kette Crowning
Clarence Defur
Union Christian College
Mereni
Cooper
Gill Township
Lewis Chowning
Fairbanks
J. W. Chowning
Fairbanks Township
Eagles Purchase Welman Home North of Sullivan
The Eagles Home and Country Club to be formed buys Charles W. Welman home and five acres north of Sullivan on the Terre Haute interurban. The deal includes 150 town lots. home to be used as club with billiards and games. Baseball park and tennis court planned. possession soon. Welman rents nearby property and moves to Sullivan.
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The
Eagles Home and Country Club
Charles W. Welman
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Murdered Hutsonville Woman Found in Terre Haute
Mary Winters, a Hutsonville native known as Vinnie Atwood, was found dead beside a man named Charles Berhardt on the Vandalia track embankment in Terre Haute. Both were about thirty. investigators suspect a gang attack and a fatal head wound to Winters.
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Terre Haute
Mary Winters
Jockey Alley
West End
Charles Berhardt
Martinsville, Ill
Vinnie Atwood
Hutsonville
Dr. Atwood
W. B. Atwood
Huttsonville
Delia Atwood
Clark Boyd
Vinnie
Boyd
Panamour
Crawford County
Atwood
William Beers
Pearl Burton Wins Sullivan Church Car Drawing
Miss Pearl Burton of Sullivan held the winning number 1470 in a drawing by the Sullivan Catholic church at the Globe theater Monday evening, earning the automobile prize.
Cap t Smythe on Friction and Electricity Predictions
Captain Smythe discusses friction, electricity and nitrogen in natural phenomena. He cites the San ford car explosion and Santa Fe rail illumination, argues Newtonian gravity flaws, and describes vacuum and incubator observations with a odd digression on turtle eggs. He urges study and cautions readers about scientific axioms.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
St.Louis Post-Dispatch
Santa Fe
Correction on the Fairbanks school question letters
The correspondent rebuts recent Union and Democrat summaries of Fairbanks district No. 6. He details misstatements about consolidation with No. 5, accommodations since 1902, and advisories, noting demands to allow schooling at Fairbanks and challenging reported statements as inaccurate.
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the Democrat
No. 6
No. 5
Fairbanks
District No. 6
Union
Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Pearson Case
The case against Mrs. Mary Pearson Sullivan charged with conducting an immoral resort was tried in Carlisle before Squire Wages. About 100 Sullivan residents testified. After hours of deliberation the jury stated it could not agree and was discharged. Pearson's boarding house had been raided earlier by Officers Norton and Botts.
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Mary Pearson
Sullivan
Squire Wages
Carlisle
Pearson
Norton and Botts
New Carrier Appointed for Rural Route Four
Cary Gill resigned as carrier on rural route four from Sullivan and Chas N. Davis, previously a substitute, is appointed to fill the vacancy. Gill now located in Spokane Washington.
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Cary Gill
Sullivan
Chas. N. Davis
Mr. Gill
Spokane
Wash
Cane presented to Nathan Hinkle links to historic homestead
Des Tinkie of Sullivan visited Nathan Lt. Hinkle in Hymera this week. Dr. Hinkle returned from North Carolina bringing a cane he gave to Nathan Hinkle. The cane, grown on land taken as a 1788 homestead by their grandfather after the Continental Army discharge, is described as a beautiful staff in his declining years.
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Des. Tinkie
Sullivan
Nathan Lt. Hinkle
Hymera
Long Wagon Trip From Roanoke to Here
John Crawford of Roanoke and John Snyder of Huntington arrived with a team and wagon driven from Roanoke in five and a half days. The team belongs to John Chaney who will keep it here. A two month old colt accompanied the journey, needing most of the distance hauled.
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John Creawford
Roanoke
W. T. Crawford
Sullivan
John Snyder
Huntington
John C. Chaney
Patton Family Reunion Held Near Sullivan
Relatives of Mrs. Sarah Patton gathered at her east of Sullivan home Sunday for a reunion with a grove side dinner. Attendees included O. H. Crowder and daughter Hester. Joe Reed and daughter Fern. Ruby Hays. Jane Griffith. Ruth Brown of Gordon Nebraska. Guinnip of Marshall Illinois. Lena Carr of Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Will Jenkins of Chicago. and Harve Reed with his wife from Paris, W.
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Sarah Patton
Sullivan
O. H. Crowder
Hester
Joe §. Reed
Fern
Ruby Hays
Jane Griffith
Ruth Brown
Gordon, Neb
Guinnip
Marshall, Hl
Lena Carr
Pittsburg Pa
Will Jenkins
Chicago
Harve Reed
Paris, W
Tax Dues Failures Ledger in Local Case
Constable Watson prosecutes residents for neglecting dog tax. A. J. Harper admitted guilt before Squire Kirkham. total costs and fine reach 11 dollars. John Bob Alsman also faced similar charges and outcomes in the same proceeding.
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Constable Watson
A. J. Harper
Squire Kirkham
John Bob Alsman
Wild cat killed on Greene county farm may be escaped Brazil animal
On Alvin Bailey’s Greene county farm eight miles southwest of Bloomfield near Newberry Phenis Cade and his bull terrier killed a large wild cat. It is the first wild cat killed in Greene county in many years and may be the animal that escaped from Brazil a month ago.
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Alvin Bailey
Bloomfield
Newberry
Phenis Cade
Greene County
Brazil
Businessmen Push for Earlier Summer Closing at Six
Local business leaders have begun a movement to extend earlier closing hours through the rest of the summer with the preferred hour set at six o'clock.
Marriage Licenses Granted to Five Couples
Oliven W. Perry wed Merry G. Whalen. Kazzimiesz Paritol married Anna Har mis. Walter J. Cooper joined with Mary Effie Chowning in the license list.
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Oliven W. Perry and
Merry G. Whalen
Kazzimiesz Paritol
Anna Harmis
Walter J. Cooper
Mary Effie Chowning
Insurance agent sues colleague for slander damages
Sam D. Staley files in circuit court against Thomas W. Jones of Sullivan seeking $2000 in damages for slander. The suit names Jones as defendant and cites defamatory statements linked to professional conduct.
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Sam D. Staley
Thomas W. Jones
Sullivan
Petition for Drainage Filed in Gill Township
A circuit court petition for the drainage of land in Gill township was filed yesterday by J. W. Burros and Helen Burros against Emma Jones, William Simpson, et al.
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Gill Township
J. W. Burros
Helen Burros
Emma Jones
William Simpson
Wheat Prices Dip On Local Market
Wheat on the local market sold for 95 cents per bushel on Monday with another decline expected in next trading sessions.
Hayses Leave London for Paris Tour
Mr and Mrs Will H Hays traveling in Europe departed London last week en route to Paris France to continue their sightseeing itinerary.
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France
Will H. Hays
Europe
London
Paris
May escape with fine as brother offers bond
Marion attorney A C Henz, brother of Abe Henz in Sullivan jail for passing bad checks, offers to settle the debt and secure release on bond. Prosecutor Wood shows willingness if the fine settles the matter. Henz claims his brother’s mind is unbalanced and seeks to settle with Illinois authorities on other forgery charges.
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A.C. Henz
Marion
Lil
Abe Henz
Sullivan
Henz
Lawrenceville
Ill
Grand Jury
Illinois
Hinkle Case to Appeal to Supreme Court
County clerk advances the Hinkle arson case to the supreme court claiming jury relation issues. Juror Ran som Cunningham reportedly did not disclose kinship to Frank Botts of Sullivan. Cunningham swore he told defense attorneys he was Botts relative.
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Botts
W A Foote Paralysis Strikes Local Pioneer at 77
News reaches Bedford of Winthrop A. Foote’s paralysis after a stroke illness. The Bedford native, about 77, now rests at his niece Flora Brown’s home in Farmersburg Indiana and is intermittently able to be up. He remains a well regarded link between Bedford and Stone City with family visiting from Washington DC and planned travels to Kansas City.
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Winthrop A. Foote
Flora Brown
Farmersburg
Ind
Mr. Foote
Foote
Bedford
Stone City
Minerva McMillan
Washington, D. C
Cochran Sells Interest In Local Insurance Firm
Don Cochran sold his interest in Cochran Hunt Eaton Insurance to partners Hunt and Eaton who will continue the business. Mr Cochran has not decided his next venture.
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Don Cochran
Cochran, Hunt & Eaton
Messrs. Hunt and Eaton
Mr. Cochran
Mail Boxes Bids Forwarded by Postmaster Holmes
Postmaster Holmes forwards bids from Sullivan parties for street mailbox placement. Boxes will be erected once the department confirms the winning bidder's name.
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Holmes
Sullivan Parties
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Mecca
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Dirrelle
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Brhpore
U Crowder
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Warve Crowder
Vexpere Witless
Zor
Ric
Neves
Crowder
Big League
Buzzards
Dave Rog
Ers
Coore
Eagles
Welman
Pearl Burton
Rind
Sullivan Union
Isaac Newton
Herschell
Newton
Herschel
Democrat
Wild Cat
W. A. Foote
Cochran
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