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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
1
Mr and Mrs George C Richards among missing after ill fated ship wreck. Relatives and authorities search the sea near Shelburne for survivors. Names and ship identified as distress spreads through town.
Terre Haute couple Mr and Mrs George C Richards of Shelburn believed dead after the Empress of Ireland disaster. Son Clem reported finding his mother s body. father George C Richards and cousin Mrs C J Gray with daughter were aboard. The Richardses had lived in Shelburn about twenty years and ran Richards & Son coal operations in Terre Haute.
Rev. G. W. Titus left Thursday for St. Johns New Brunswick after a telegram said his brother was near death. The brother worked in an ax factory there and Titus feared an industrial accident. Mrs. Titus accompanied him to St. Thomas Ontario.
May 15 Cass township progressives held a convention nominating Thomas Exline for advisory board. Exline says he is not running and will inform chairman Rassie Cooper he learned of the nomination recently. Sullivan high school held its 31st graduation with 66 diplomas and address by Dr. George R. Grose of DePauw University. Harold Exline won the Kalley scholarship with a 96.3 average.
Seventy five witnesses attended a Circuit Court hearing on an injunction to stop Scott Wible Co from drilling a well on the Dodd church lot. Plaintiff William Strain, owner of a Strain deeded lease with Ohio Oil Co, contends oil and gas were reserved. Judge Bridwell to hear more evidence next week.
Mrs Eva Ermina Carson Farrel wife of D S Farrel Toledo Washington postmaster dies suddenly at home. Born 1853 Boone county Indiana she lived Merom attended Union Christian college married William Stone in 1880 and Harold O Stone publisher of Bremerton News later married Dillon S Farrel in 1902. She taught for many years.
Attorneys for Claude Purcell, indicted for second degree murder in the death of Fred Curtis trainmaster for the Haag circus, argued release on bond before Judge Bridwell on Monday. The court took the matter under advisement. The incident occurred April 30.
The county board of review convened Monday at the county auditor's office for a thirty day session to hear complaints on spring assessments. Members include Frank Barnhart of Farmersburg J P Wilkey of this city along with the county auditor treasurer and assessor.
A complaint to the County Commissioners seeks to revoke Tilman H. Mahan’s liquor license. It alleges he shot Charles Barnett, fired in Theodore Thompson’s store, was arrested in Terre Haute with a girl of 14, fined for brass knuckles, allowed lewd loiterers, and employed his underage brother as a bartender. The Hymera residents’ filing, led by John A. Ward, awaits later hearing.
The Boosters Club closed the option on the Exchange hotel property near the C. and E. I. depot for Consolidated Coal Company offices and shops. The site will be turned over in a few days as Superintendent Sharp of Hymera plans removal and aims to be here within thirty days.
John Lane Isaac Crawford and Ed Boone of Sullivan were fined ten dollars and costs in Indianapolis federal court after pleading guilty to charges of assaulting Rural Carrier A B Thurber and retarding U S mail. The maximum penalty could have reached two thousand dollars and three years, but judges imposed the small fines after testimony from the defendants. Postmaster W B Aydelotte attended but was not questioned.
A petition for a local option election in Hamilton township near Sullivan was filed and later withdrawn due to a technicality. Hamilton has been dry for two years. Commissioners transferred the liquor license of the late Frank Gibson of Jackson township to Charles Marshall.
Washington dispatch reports the War Department disapproved the proposed improvement of the Wabash River from Terre Haute to its mouth, ending plans for the project.
The state seeks extreme punishment for Medley in the high profile murder of a prominent child. Prosecutors press for life imprisonment as details of the crime emerge.
Ira Medley of Jefferson township goes to trial for the October murder of Truston Isbell at the Little Giant mine after a quarrel. Nearly 300 witnesses summoned. Medley pleads self defense as prosecutors seek the death penalty. Judge Bridwell presides.
The report lists multiple oil wells in several pools with shot dates and outputs. Notable producers include Charles Wible No 2 at 75 barrels, M. J. Beard No 7 at 300 barrels, Myra H. Dix No 9 at 50 barrels, and Wernz No 4 at 60 barrels. It notes 23 dry holes and 120 producing wells in the past month. Local operations include rigs moved to Elmer Huff, Will Huff, and Ladd leases, plus a garage sale by Herman Heien for 3800 dollars.
Two former presidents of Union Christian College will appear in the 1904–1911 era Merom commencement. Rev. Lh. J. Aldrich preaches the baccalaureate June 7 and Rev. O. B. Whitaker gives the class address June 10. Alumni reunion events run June 4–10 with a basket dinner on June 7 and a campus pageant June 9 detailing local history.
County commissioners will hear the case on Friday June 19 regarding the revocation of Tilman H. Mahan’s liquor license in Hymera. The proceeding will determine whether the license should be canceled or continued.
Herman Heien, local oil magnate, buys the Ward and Rus sell garage building from Frate C. Liston for 3800 dollars and will open a new garage. The purchase signals a shift in local business development and property use in the coming months.
A pocketbook belonging to Mrs Emma Lackey of Dugger containing 403.30 was lost on the Dugger road and found by Mrs J M Cardwell of Linton who identified the cards and returned it.
The state board of health reports forty one deaths in Sullivan county in March and twenty eight in February.
Thomas K Cushman a Turman township pioneer and Civil War veteran of Company I Sixth Indiana Cavalry died at his Graysville home at 76. He was postmaster of Graysville from 1897 to 1918, married twice, and leaves three children from first marriage and five from second. He joined the Christian church in 1867 and the Masons in 1862.
Robert G. Eaton 74 longtime Paxton resident and Civil War veteran died Friday at his daughter Mrs. T. C. Whitaker’s home in South Main Street after a Brights disease illness. Survived by four children in this city and Hartman. burial at Paxton. Funeral Sunday at Whitaker home led by Rev. A. M. McGuire.
Miss Carrie Yeager reports cooperative weather data for Farmersburg for the week ending May 31. Daily highs ranged from 86 to 92 and lows from 52 to 71 with mostly partly cloudy skies and one brief rain event noted on the 29th.
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