Great Orations Delivered At Evansville Mid Summer Meeting
The Indiana Republican Editorial Association held its annual midsummer meeting in Evansville with about two hundred editors and prominent Republicans attending. A Lincoln City trip featured Nancy Hanks Lincoln’s grave and remarks by Charles W. Fairbanks Elbert Hubbard and governors Durbin Wilson with a Brownsville-style dedication. Durbin recalled Lincoln’s origins and the mother’s influence while Hubbard and Fairbanks offered reflections on Lincoln’s era. The group returned to Evansville for a river trip aboard the John S. Hopkins then a banquet with political orations. Saturday touring highlighted Evansville’s industry and the city’s civic role in drawing business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Evansville
Business Mews Association of
Lincoln City
Spencer County
Nancy Hanks Park
East Aurora
N. Y
Elbert Hubbard
Charles W. Fairbanks
Lincoln
Frank Posey
Nany Hanks
Sr. Fairbanks
Mr. Hubbard
Robert T. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Pullman Company
Abraham
Pullman
Franklin
Payne
Jefferson
Boston
Man
Chicago
Nancy Hanks
Mr. Durbin
Ohio
Thomas Lincoln
Midwest
Indiana
Sarah
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Republic
New World
John S. Hopkins
Boehne
James E. Watson
Commercial Club
Bank suit to recover 2600 on stallion sale heard in Brazil court
Evidence in the suit of the First National Bank of Shelburn against Charles A Knight and others of Putnam county to set aside a deed was completed in the circuit court. Judge Rawley will hear the argument Tuesday. The bank seeks to recover 2600 on notes for a stallion and jack.
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Brazil
Ind
First National Bank
Shelburn
Charles A. Knight
Putnam County
Rawley
Knight
Jack
Jury Gives Man 50 Day Sentence For Gun Theft
Dolph Solomon was found guilty in circuit court of stealing a shot gun belonging to Virgil A. Burks a rural mail carrier. He received fifty days in jail and a one dollar fine plus costs. The gun had been used earlier to shoot Arthur Woodard a high school student at Coffmans Park. Deputy prosecutor John S. Taylor handled the state case and G W Gambill defended Solomon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph Solomon
Virgil A. Burks
John S. Taylor
G. W. Gambill
Solomon
Arthur Woodard
Coffman’s Park
Leach Takes Dental Skill to Calcutta India
Herbert Leach recently earned a diploma from Indiana Dental College in Indianapolis and departed for Calcutta to practice under Dr. Smith. His appointment was arranged by Dean G E Hunt, with the college annually placing a graduate in that city. Leach, youngest son of Mr and Mrs J S Leach, is a Sullivan high school graduate.
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Herbert Leach
Indiana Dental College
Indianapolis
Calcutta
India
Smith
Leach
G. E. Hunt
J. S. Leach
City
Sullivan High School
Judge Bridwell refuses new trial for Medley murder
Ira Medley, 24, convicted in circuit court for the murder of Truston Isbell at the Little Giant mine last October, is denied a new trial. Judge Bridwell rules the requested voluntary manslaughter instruction inapplicable and sentences Medley to life in Michigan City penitentiary. Family spectators present as the defendant expresses remorse but no emotion.
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Ira Medley
Truston Isbell
Little Giant
Bridwell
Charles D. Hunt
Will H. Hays
Jefferson Township
Michigan City
Medley
Caledonia Miner Arrested on Shooting Charge
Burns McDaniels a 30 year old Caledonia miner was arrested Friday on a charge of shooting at fellow miner Shorty Als in the Carlin saloon. The bullet missed. Sheriff and deputy stopped him on the road after a telephoned alert. Prosecutor Bays said assault with intent to murder would be charged. Weeks earlier McDaniels and Arcenith Stanley were involved in a fatal automobile crash that left Stanley dead.
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Burns McDaniels
Caledonia
McDaniels
Arcenith Stanley
Stanley
Burns McDaniels Charged After Caledonia Assault Case
Burns McDaniels was charged with assault with intent to murder Shorty Alsman after a Saturday afternoon incident in Caledonia. He posted a bare bond of 500 dollars, signed by Earl McDaniels W R Malone Ed P Snow William Hampton George Hampton and Gilbert Llewellyn.
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Burns McDaniels
Shorty Alsman
Caledonia
Earl McDaniels
W. R. Malone
Ed P. Snow
William and George Hampton
Gilbert Llewellyn
Chris Lock Arrested After Chase in Public Square
Town Marshal QO R Rich and Bud Wright nabbed Chris Lock of Shelburn near the C and EH I station after a lively pursuit around the public square last Wednesday. He faces assault and battery charges from his former wife Grace Lock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Lock
QO. R. Rich
Bud Wright
Shelburn
Grace Lock
Territory Undrilled Despite Slight Oilfield Pickups
A Sullivan County oil field report denies a full drilling halt as prices dip. Operators push continued development with undrilled territory and rising shipments from Ohio Oil Co. for new wells, including No. 11 Jamison lease and No. 14 W. T. Dix lease, with deep wells planned across multiple leases despite water shortages.
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Sullivan County
Ohio Oil Company
Standard
Melissa J. Beard
Bays Brothers
Beard
Wernz
Riggs and Oliphant
Vincennes
B. R. Riggs
Riggs
No. 11
Jamison
Hamilton Oil and Gas Company
Hamilton
Perry Poorman
Fairbanks Township
The
Ohio
Monon Coal Company
Shelburn
W. T. Dix
Hamilton Township
Kennedy People
A. E. Nesbit
W. A. Wilkey
John Click
Huckleberry & Sullivan
Bays
Dodd
Salathiel Boone Sells Carlisle Farm for Union City Block
Salathiel Boone owner of 552 acres six miles southwest of Carlisle sold the farm for a valuable Union City business block that includes a fine opera house. The deal was handled by C. L. Whalen real estate and Edwards & Edwards of Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salathiel Boone
Carlisle
Union City
C. L. Whalen
Edwards & Edwards
Indianapolis
Carlisle News
Local Bidders Win County Bridge and Road Contracts
County commissioners awarded bridge and road projects totaling 22 058 dollars. Loudermilk & Loudermilk won the H E P Wallace road contract in Jackson township for 13 428.48 dollars. T C Woodard secured the Akin road job in Haddon township for 4 700 dollars. Sullivan Bridge Company bid on eight bridges totaling 6 939 dollars. Other bids ranged up to 7 149 dollars by Vincennes Bridge Company and 7 710.30 dollars by Dan Gettinger. Charles Landine bid on part of the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EH. P. Wallace
Jackson Township
Loudermilk & Loudermilk
Akin
Haddon Township
T. C. Woodard
Sullivan Bridge Company
James Huff
Bond
Union Mine
Dora Bedwell
Robert Tarwater
Wellington
Bellevue
Reynolds
Vincennes Bridge Company
Dan Gettinger
Charles Landine
Patrolman Willis Shoots Bradbury in Escape Attempt
Gus Bradbury, a 28 year old Black man, tried to flee an arrest on the south side of the public square. Patrolman James H. Willis fired, striking Bradbury in the hip and abdomen before he was captured and jailed. Bradbury, described as drunk and disorderly, was hospitalized after the shooting.
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Gus Bradbury
James H. Willis
Public Square
Court Street
Bradbury
Section Street
Harbaugh Named To City School Board And Staffing Changes
The city council appointed Wm. W. Harbaugh of Sullivan Telephone Co. to the school board, succeeding James M. Sinclair whose term ends August 1. The board hired new teachers including Emma Shields, Faye Loudermilk, and Fayette McKinley for the coming year. Walter M. Dumph of Bremen, Ind., will coach agriculture and chemistry at the high school and lead athletics. Dumph previously led a high school in Guymon, Okla., to football and basketball success and is a 25 year old DePauw graduate. A mathematics physics position remains vacant.
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Wm. W. Harbaugh
Sullivan Telephone Company
James M. Sinclair
Emma _ Shields
James Shields
L. L. Close
Faye Loudermilk
Fayette McKinley
Vance
Walter M. Dumph
Bremen
Ind
Dumph
Guymon
Okla
DePauw University
Strip mine near Jackson Hill draws Indiana attention
Hymera June 16. The Warren Coal Company operates a modern strip mine on the Greenbury Shepherd farm near Jackson Hill No. 2. Opened last summer, it employs fifty to one hundred men daily and has turned the Shepherd farm into a local landmark with a storied pioneer history tied to Greenbury Shepherd.
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Warren Coal Company
Greenbury Shepherd Farm
Hymera
Indiana
Jackson Hill No. 2
Old Shepherd Farm
Jackson Township
Greenbury Shepherd
Carlisle
Shepherd
Shepherd strip mine attracts crowds as coal is mined from hill
From a hill’s side the Shepherd mine operates with a 25 foot deep shovel cut and surface mining. Coal is loaded into mine cars then dirt returned to the cut. The operation draws hundreds daily and is projected to last five to six years with No. 7 vein in production. William Stewart oversees the mine with offices and a hotel nearby.
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Shepherd Farm
Sullivan County
Greene and
Clay
Sullivan
Clay City
Coal City
Patricksburg
Shepherd
William Stewart
Old Shepherd Homestead
Stranger Killed by Train Likely Milt Bowden of West Plains
The unidentified man found along the Illinois Central right of way near Riverton on May 20 is believed to be Milton Bowden of West Plains Missouri. A worn envelope from West Plains dated February 16 or 18 linked to Bowden’s former companion William Fabert and a West Plains Journal investigation. Bowden’s brother J W Bowden of Marshall Illinois confirms the description matches Milton Bowden and asks if he was seen near Riverton before the accident.
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Riverton
Center Ridge
Milt Bowden
West Plains
William Fabert
H. A. Billman
West Plains Journal
Bowden
Fabert
J. W. Bowden
Marshall
Ill
HE. A. Billman
Milton Bowden
Merom Station
Reverend G W Titus Returns as Brother Recovers
Reverend George W Titus pastor of the Christian church returned home after visiting his ill brother Robert Titus in St Johns New Brunswick. Doctors could not operate due to the infection but it broke on its own and Robert Titus is rapidly recovering.
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G. W. Titus
George W. Titus
The
Christian Church
St. Johns
N. B
Robert Titus
No Option Election Dismissed for Hamilton Township
Hamilton township outside Sullivan city had its local option election petition dismissed by the board of county commissioners Friday. The dismissal, built on insufficient signers after many names were struck, follows Calvin Campbell’s motion requiring the first names of petition signers.
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Hamilton Township
City of
Sullivan
Board of County Commissioners
Calvin Campbell
Death of Sarah Jane Stanton in Hymera at 61
Sarah Jane Stanton of Hymera died Thursday after a long tuberculosis illness. Born in Tennessee, she moved to Hymera in 1902. She was aged 61, widow of Samuel Stanton, with ten children surviving. A Baptist church member, funeral services were held at her home Friday at 3 pm with burial in the new K of P cemetery.
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Sarah Jane Stanton
Hymera
Samuel Stanton
Stanton
Tennessee
Baptist Church
New K. of P
Setzer Nominated by Republicans in Gill Township Contest
In New Lebanon on June 16 Emory Setzer of Merom won the Gill township trustee nomination after seven ballots, with Daugherty and Brown splitting votes. A two thirds majority rule guided the process and Setzer was proclaimed by acclamation after the final ballot. Gus Thrasher was nominated for assessor. The convention signals a likely Republican victory in November.
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New Lebanon
Emory Setzer
Merom
Gill Township
Taft
Old Gill
Gus Thrasher
Kerr Coulson
Earl Berry
Jesse W. Daugherty
Arthur Brown
Setzer
Daugherty
Brown
Commencement Exercises At Union Christian College Attract Large Attendance
Merom June 16 The annual commencement exercises drew a large crowd and featured remarks by former presidents L J Aldrich of Dover Ohio and O B Whitaker. A prominent pageant traced the college and local history from Indian removal through Civil War times to recent events, delighting attendees.
Escaped convict arrested after sighting in town
Charles Nauglebaugh alias Ross, an escaped convict from Michigan City serving time for larceny from Clay county, was arrested Saturday evening by Chief of Police Rich and Patrolman Murray after eluding a parole officer at Clay City. He went to Shelburn Saturday morning and rode the 6 10 car back that evening. He was returned to Michigan City.
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Charles Nauglebaugh
Ross
Michigan City
Clay County
Rich
Murray
Clay City
Nauglebaugh
Shelburn
Lodges Observe Decoration Exercises in Cemetery
The Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges held their annual decoration ceremonies Sunday afternoon marching with the City Band to Center Ridge cemetery. An address was delivered by Hon. John C. Chaney during the exercises.
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Odd Fellows and Rebekah
Center Ridge Cemetery
John C. Chaney
Leach Suit Fails. Dudley Retains Illinois Central Property
A jury in Justice John T. Watson's court Wednesday found for defendant John C. Dudley in the case brought by Geo and Antoinette Leach. The Leachs claimed nonpayment of rent on the residence near the Illinois Central depot where Dudley operates a restaurant, but the verdict granted Dudley possession of the property.
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Dudley
Court of Justice
John T. Watson
Geo
Antoinette Leach
John C. Dudley
Illinois Central Depot
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Virgil Burks
J. F. Willis
Negro
Harbaugh
City School Board
Sullivan Telephone Co
Jas. M. Sinclair
Missouri
Gill
Jess Daugherty
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