Jamison Farm gas strike cited as strong new gasser
Report from Jamison farm notes a second strong gas well near two miles west of the city. Well number three found at 719 feet, about 600 feet west of number one, with daily output around 1.25 million cubic feet and similar pressure expected. Testing by the state gas inspector aims to confirm status and potential gas supply for Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Jamison
Monay
Trong
Jamson
Florence Higbee files cross complaint in divorce case
Florence Higbee through attorney O B Harris files a cross complaint against Dr George W Higbee in circuit court alleging cruelty and seeking divorce and alimony. She says he hid his wealth, kept her earnings, controlled property and abused her during 11 years of marriage. He allegedly cursed her and refused church attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torney O. B. Harris
Circuit
George W. Higbee
Christian Church
Domestic dispute details in neighbor dispute claim
The woman alleges the man refused to bring papers home for her to read and on another occasion when she asked a neighbor to bring the papers over the phone he became enraged and ripped the phone from the wall. She states he threatened to kill her during the past year and she was bedridden at one point.
Town Board Re-Elects McConnell to School Board Term
At the June regular session Jim McConnell was re-elected to another term on the town board of school trustees. The board lists McConnell C A Ellis and George A Ridgeway. The calaboose committee reported a plot dispute with heirs of Henry Goodin delaying deed signing. the committee remains active to secure a 20 by 30 foot plot near the Behm Willis livery barn belonging to Rush McCammon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jin Kivett
Jim McConnell
C. A. Ellis
George A. Ridgeway
Fred Schroeder
Baptist Church
Henry Goodin
Behm & Willis
Rush McCammon
Carlisle News
Carlisle man suffers broken leg after bull calf incident
John W. Cooper of Carlisle sustained a broken leg just above the ankle Sunday afternoon when kicked by a bull calf. He was knocked down and as he fell his left leg twisted under him, breaking the bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Cooper
Carlisle
Gilmour Defeats Velvets In Home Game
Gilmour baseball team beat the Terre Haute Velvets 5 to 2 in Cass Indiana this afternoon before about 560 spectators. The scoring showed Gilmour with 5 runs on 9 hits and Terre Haute with 2 runs on 2 hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmour
Velvets
Cass
Ind
Terre Haute Velvets
Terre Haute
Fairbanks Township School Commencement Held at Methodist Church
The 19th annual commencement of Fairbanks township schools occurred last Tuesday evening at the Fairbanks Methodist church. A large crowd attended as the class adopted the motto More Beyond. The program opened with an instrumental march by Miss Ola Bradbury followed by an invocation by Rev. W. M. O'Neal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks Township
Methodist Church
Fairbanks
Ola Bradbury
W. M. O’neal
New Suits and Notices From Local Court Dockets
Multiple civil actions listed including Schwarzchild and Sulzberger against John Corrall on account and Norris Wilson against John Wilson on a note to enforce vendor's lien. Proceedings also include Indiana Southern Coal Company damages claim by Osa McClure by next friend, and a foreclosure action by Grace Duffer against Robert Huff Rosa Gettinger et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris Wilson
Jonn
Wuson
William 8. Wilson
Osa McClure
John McClure
Indiana Southern Coal Company
Grace Duffer
Robert M. Huff
Rosa A. Gettinger
Paragon Coal Co Fails to Pay Farmers on Land Option
Farmersburg residents report Paragon Coal Co did not pay $2.00 per acre for a further option by June 15 as agreed. Farmers fear the deal is abandoned. Rood mine to reopen tomorrow after a week idle. Baldridge mine to reopen September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Paragon Coal Company
Here
Baldridge
Weather Bureau appointee stationed on Farallon Islands
Everett E. Yeager son of John F Yeager of Fairbanks township has been appointed to a post in the United States Weather Bureau He is now stationed on the Farallon Islands in the Pacific about 35 miles west of San Francisco where the government runs a weather station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farallon Islands
Everett E. Yeager
John F. Yeager
Fairbanks Township
United States Weather Bureau
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Riot at Shelburn Last Friday Night
Riot erupted in Shelburn beginning at the Palace saloon and spilling to the street. No serious injuries reported though many suffered bruises. Charles Willie and Charles Howe pleaded guilty and were jailed in Sullivan. A 17 month old child of Mr and Mrs Walter Scheduskie died Monday with funeral today at the Catholic church in Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburn
Palace
Charles Willie
Charles Howe
Sullivan
John Nicholson
Doc
John Norman
Ali
Walter Scheduskie
Indiana county clerk issues first hunter license to Guy Cushman
Under the new Indiana law the county clerk may issue hunter licenses. County Clerk Ogle has blanks and issued one license since the law began. The only license issued to date went to Guy Cushman of Graysville on May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ogle
Guy Cushman
Graysville
Cyclone damages prompt $720 insurance payout to farmer
George R. Burton of near Greysville received a $720 check four days after his home and possessions were destroyed by the recent cyclone. Farmers in Turman township take out large amounts of insurance led by James Kelly with a $5,800 policy. Estimated county loss sums to about $25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Burton
Greysville
Turman Township
James Kelly
Farmers Busy Planting Corn Amid Fine Weather
The county reports about 75 percent of the 50,000 acre corn crop planted despite a backward spring. Local farmers take advantage of clear days to push progress in the fields.
Big Ball Game Promises Lively Show in Farmersburg
Farmersburg on Thursday hosts a major baseball showdown between Merchants and Doctors and Barbers with George Sharpe as umpire candidate. Lineups include Murray Mason to Sam Brown for merchants and Hammock to Denney for doctors and barbers. Last year merchants won. this year doctors and barbers aim to even the score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Merchants
Murray Mason
Jas Bryant
Horace McNabb
Arthur Hopewell
Donnie Bolinger
Elza Jennings
Jonah Hopewell
J. I. van Sickle
Sam Brown
John Hammock
E. Cady
J. Oliphant
Clifford Plew
Cal Harris
Pearl Bennett
W. Denney
S. Denney
W. Patton
George Sharpe
Barbers
Tornado At Old York Traced To Weather Disturbances
Weather observer Mau Rice Yeager reports eight atmospheric disturbances moved across the United States last week. A high central system over the east Mississippi valley split, creating north and south disturbances and a long trough. Air rushed from high to low pressure causing upward spiraling motion, with violent uplift near east central Illinois leading to the York tornado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Maurice Yeager
The
Weather Bureau
United States
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Old York
Elizabeth Whalen 1866 Carlisle Woman Dies After Illness
Mrs Elizabeth Whalen wife of Dr Joe R Whalen of Carlisle died Friday at home after a months long wasting illness. Born in Carlisle in 1866 she was the daughter of John Gobin and Mrs. Gobin. Survived by husband and three daughters Gladys Marguerite and Mrs M G Couch of Lawrenceville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Whalen
Joe R. Whalen
Carlisle
Whalen
John Gobin
Charles Jenkins
M. G. Couch
Lawrenceville
Gladys
Marguerite Whaen
Mrs Mary A Boles Dies From Hip Injury At 80
Mrs. Mary A. Boles, of near Farmersburg, died Sunday from injuries after falling on a stump in the barnyard two weeks earlier. She was 80, sister of Mrs. Alvina Whitman. Funeral services were held Monday at the Christian church in Farmersburg with burial in Liberty Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Boles
Farmersburg
Local Editor Publishes Wedding Trio in Crawfordsville
J. W. Pierce publisher of the Pierceton Record and Miss Harriett H. Ristine of Crawfordsville wed in Crawfordsville. Clyde Eddy foreman of the Record also married Miss Ethel Ferguson. Miss Mabie Hoover joined Roy Massena of Pierceton in matrimony, completing the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Pierce
Pierceton
Miners Richard Atkinson and Jeff Alum baugh named in Clover case
Under a new law, Richard Atkinson and Jeff Alum baugh miners employed at the Clover site are referenced in the report. Details remain unclear in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Atkinson
Jeff Alumbaugh
The
Clover
Teach craftsman work by Graysville principal this summer
George Bicknell, principal of Graysville schools, will spend five weeks this summer conducting craftsman work programs in Eureka and Litchfield, Illinois and Maryville, Missouri. He will teach boys and girls book binding metal work raffia work painting and kind
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bicknell
Graysville
Eureka
Litchfield
Tll
Maryville
Miner Safety Law Affected Drilling Practices
A recent legislature prohibits drilling holes past cutting lines to reduce mine explosions. The practice has endangered miners and caused fatal accidents, spurring calls for stricter enforcement. In other news, A. C. Alford caught a two pound Potomac sturgeon in the Wabash near Merom, noted as the third of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cent
A. C. Alford
Wabash River
Merom
Sullivan County Taxes Show Heavy Increase
County Treasurer Munich reports the state Auditor receipt of 35 564 06 for Sullivan county taxes this year, marking a marked rise over last year. Tax allocations include state revenue delinquent funds school taxes and related endowment and institution fees, with various line items listed. A separate note describes sturgeon fish in the river reaching eatable size, noted for their silvery color and whale like mouth with teeth toward the throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Bilheimer
Sullivan County
Benevolent Institutions Fund
State Educational Institution Fund
Sun spot found large on east line of the sun
St Louis witnesses report Rev I R Hicks, famed for predicting disasters, found a jet black heart shaped sun spot on the sun’s east line. He warns of upcoming electrical storms and high winds across the United States between Wednesday and Friday as the spot crosses the meridian and may return in about 12 days.
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St. Louis
Old Sol
I. R. Hicks
Galveston
St Louis
Hicks
United States
Mrs William Ryan of Fairbanks Burial Held in Pogue Cemetery
Mrs William Ryan formerly of Fairbanks now living in Terre Haute was buried Sunday at Pogue cemetery. Funeral by Rev George Fuson at the M E church with interment at 2 PM. Survived by husband and three children. Mrs Mabel Trueblood, daughter, widow of Andrew Trueblood killed in a coal mine near Farmersburg, also among the mourners.
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Ryan
Wilson Trueblood
Marital Property Transfers Listed in Public Notice
A sequence of marriage settlements is shown with transfers between named individuals including Earl Corbin and Lulu Belle Powell, Elmer Kirkham and Mary Kester, Omer M McAnally and Hattie White, James C Black and Bessie Laughlin, William O Bedwell and Anna Hood, Simon H Bogard and Mae Sanderson, Richard J Ralston and Margaret Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Corbin
Lulu Belle Powell
Elmer Kirkham
Mary Kester
Omer M. McAnally
Hattie White
James C. Black
Bessie Laughlin
William O. Bedwell
Anna B. Hood
Simon H. Bogard
Mae E. Sanderson
Richard J. Ralston
Margaret H. Nicholson
Foreclosures and court actions in Sullivan County items
Sullivan County Loan association v Bryan et al foreclosures with trial by court and true allegations. Silver Chaney v Decker et al complaint on note with trial and verdict for plaintiff. Commodore Irwin v New Pittsburg Coal and Coke Co and Indiana Southern Coal Co damages suit, cause compromised. Lisman v Person and Clerk note suit. trial by court. Commodore Irwin v New Pittsburg and Southern Coal Co damages. cause compromised and settled. Sullivan lodge 263 confers third degree to Elza Conkle and Fred L. Marshall. Jerusalem Chapter 81 will have Mark Master degree work tomorrow night.
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Sullivan County Loan
Samuel E. Bryan
Silver Chaney
Arie Decker
Commodore Irwin
New Fittsburg Coal and Coke Company
Indiana Southern Coal Company
John W. Lisman
Hester F. Springer
Melvin P’erson
Rufus D. Clerk
Sirdins
Commodore
Twin
New Pittsburg Coal and Coke Company
Sullivan Lodge No
A. M
Elza Conkle
Fred L. Marshall
Jerusalem
Bottle Travel Tale From White River to Atlantic
A girl born Miss Nellie Castella placed a note in a beer bottle during January flood near Crosslan ds Bedford. The bottle drifted via White river Wabash Ohio Mississippi to the gulf then along Florida Georgia coast to Ft Screven Georgia where a U S Army artilleryman found it after 129 days. The voyage crossed several rivers and coastlines before reaching the Atlantic approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Castella
John Castella
Crosslands
Bedford
White River
Palestine
Lawrence County
Ft. Screven
Ernest McFadden
Artileryman
United States Army
Savannah
New Palestine
Wabash
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf
Florida
Anad Na” Amida
Georgia
James Cummins Killed by Train at Princeton
Carlisle Indiana June 14 James Cummins 47 a coal miner from Carlisle was struck and killed by BE and T H train No 5 near the E and T H depot in Princeton while reportedly sitting on the track Witnesses say the engineer could not stop the locomotive The coroner's inquest followed with crew examined Cummins had been seen drinking hours earlier and reportedly sat on the track after being refused alcohol He leaves a son in Carlisle and a daughter in Greencastle a former U S Army sergeant.
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Carlisle
Ind
James Cummins
Princeton
State Street
Cummins
Lowe
Greencastle
Landmark Fire Destroys Widow Underhill Home in Shelburn
June 15 in Shelburn Indiana the residence of Mrs William Underhill a widow burned at 10 am neighbors saved adjacent houses insurance on building and contents is 750 The house an old landmark occupied by the Banholzers a German family in milling business The mill was destroyed years ago and this ends the last trace of these early settlers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburn
Ind
William Underhill
Banholzers
Henderson Case on Trial
The Orrville circuit court began the case of Oscar Henderson a local tailor charged with forgery. State witnesses were examined by Tuesday morning and defense witnesses finished Tuesday afternoon. The trial should go to the jury soon. Henderson allegedly raised receipts by Arthur Krug of Krug’s Dry Goods Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Henderson
Henderson
Arthur Krug
Krug
Civil suits listed for damages and divorce actions
Howard Taylor by Rebecca A. Taylor sues Shirley Hill and Consolidated Indiana Coal Company seeks damages. Charles Brummett sues Consolidated Indiana Coal Company for damages. John C. Chaney sues John A. Smith on a note and to foreclose a chattel mortgage. Mary Fisher sues James A. Fisher for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Taylor
Rebecca A. Taylor
Shirley Hill
Coal Company
Charles Brummett
Consolidated Indiana Coal Company
John C. Chaney
John A. Smith
Mary Fisher
James A. Fisher
Melon Crop Promises Average Yield in Sullivan County
Sullivan County melon growers report a season backward but the crop is expected to reach average levels. County Clerk Tilghman Ogle, involved in melon farming, says the crop looks fine and should be satisfactory except for certain unspecified issues.
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Sullivan County
Tilghman Ogle
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Jamison Farm
Florence Higbee
NEW Detention Bureau
John Cooper
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company
John Corrall
Anhaersam
Ned
New York
Lola Pogue
Park Eee
Olive Riggs
Rev. O'Neal
Paragan Goal CO
Cyclone Insurance
Force
Married
Potomac
Mer
DODD
Sss
Indiana University
Prophet Higks
Civil Docket
Bottle
Atlantic
UN. Mississis
Ft. Tibee
Otean
Concord
Me Union
J. W. Dix
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