Fire Marshal Warns to Cut Fourth of July Fire Loss
Indiana fire risks rise as W E Longley state fire marshal urges strict enforcement of fireworks ordinances. He cites Washington and other cities to show how prohibitions reduce injuries and losses. Public actions include cleaning rubbish, closing openings, and providing safe civic amusements.
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W. E. Longley
Indiana
Longley
Washington, D. C
Washington
Cleveland
Baltimore
Toledo
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Portland
Pittsburgh
Record of Fourth of July Fire Deaths and Injuries
The National Fire Protective Association reports a decade of deaths and injuries from Fourth of July celebrations. From 1898 to 1912 the tally shows 39 308 killed or injured and millions in fire losses. Last year five deaths were from fireworks and six from firearms, with a note on Chinese crackers causing most property damage but fewer lives.
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National Fire Protective Association
Trinity Springs lease clinches for Washington interests
Matthew Kelly of Washington has leased Trinity park camping grounds water privileges and refreshment rights from the Chicago Terre Haute and Southeastern railway owners. George Sargent remains park farm manager. Kelly plans improvements and a dry season boost to attract vacationists, including opening La Salle springs with Fred Steele in charge.
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Trinity Springs
Washington Herald
Matthew Kelly
Washington
Trinity Park
Kelly
Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway
George Sargent
Springs Park
Trinity Hotel
Maren
Trinity
la Salle Springs
Brassine
Fred Steele
la Salle
Gasser Well Found On Lafe Dix Farm In Hamilton Township
A gas well over 600 feet deep on the Lafe Dix farm north of Hamilton township shows more than 2,000,000 feet of gas and is described as the county’s largest. Kennedy Oil Company, also drilling on the nearby Tom Dix farm, expects more wells as activity resurges. Shelburn reports a proposal to pipe gas to the town, and drilling will continue.
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Lafe Dix
Hamilton Township
Kennedy Oil Company
Tom Dix
Shelburn
Local visitors and travels include Sproatt Starbuck and Brower family
Ira Sproatt of Oaktown, formerly of this city, visited Monday. Prof E C Starbuck went to Vincennes to meet his wife returning from Blanchester Ohio where her father is seriously ill. Mrs Martha Conley and daughter Flossie returned Friday to Terre Haute after visiting Charles Brower and family. Harve Thompson and daughter Fern, who had been with relatives in Sulphur Springs Texas, returned Saturday night.
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Ira Sproatt
Oaktown
E. C. Starbuck
Vincennes
Blanchester
Ohio
Martha Conley
Flossie
Terre Haute
Charles Brower
Harve Thompson
Miss Fern
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Local Families Attend Church Revival and Visit Distant Relatives
Earl Robertson completes his house and moves in. Several locals attend Christian church revival services at Dugger. Everett Rhodes lays the foundation for a new home and plans to start building this week. Miss Hattie Rice of Sullivan visits relatives, and several others from Dugger and Sullivan visit various neighbors and attend church events. Continuous Sunday visits include the Pigg, Gambill, Llewellyn, Miller, Cazzell, and Rhodes families, with trips to Linton and Cass.
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Earl Robertson
Dugger
Wiley Miller
Sullivan
Everett Rhodes
Hattie Rice
Jeff Cazzell
Lily
Mabel Reeves
Ethel Steele
Edith Smallwood
Velva
Grace Llewellyn
Wiley Miller’s
Marie Gambill
Linton
Samaria
Ed. Llewellyn
Abigail
Elza Gambill
Charles Pigg
Herald Headley
Dorothy
Zelpha Luzader
Cass
Gladys Nash
Gertie Miller
Wim. Holtsclaw
Methodists Celebrate with Big Sunday School Attendance
Children’s day exercises Sunday at the Methodist church drew a full house and many stood outside. The Methodist Sunday school reported its largest attendance ever at 191. Union service planned at Squire Everhart’s grove next Sunday with the miners’ quartette singing. Wesley Williams, a No. 33 miner, injured a finger loading coal. Corner stone laying scheduled for Friday morning with Rev. W R Halstead delivering the address. Halstead also to lecture that evening at the opera house on Fun on the Farm with admission 5 and 15 cents.
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Methodist Church
John Kelly
Jess Sheridan
Vincennes
Squire
Bert Phillips
Linton
Methodist Sunday School
W. R. Halstead
D. D
Terre Haute
New Methodist Church
Wheat harvest dominates Shiloh meeting reports
Shiloh saw a large crowd at Sunday meeting as wheat harvest remains the day's focus. Jesse Moore attended the Shiloh event while Robert Richard visited Linton on Saturday. Etta Bennett drove to Dugger, and Martin Pirtle traveled there. Abner Richard was in Linton at week’s end.
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Shiloh
Jesse Moore
Robert Richard
Linton
Etta Bennett
Dugger
Martin Pirtle
Abner Richard
Sample copies of the new Republican State Organ
Official notice stating that sample issues of the new Republican State Organ may be secured at the office for review. The item directs readers to obtain copies from the post or designated office.
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Republican
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Ind Postoffice June 25 1913
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Sullivan Indiana post office as of June 25 1913 including ladies Anna Adams Brown I BE N Highsmith Effie Spencer Nancy J and gents Hines Thomas A McCammon William Picozzi Andy Smallwood Leander Stasiak Stanislaw Wharton Bartlett Weld and M D Corrugated Culvert Co. Call and say advertised. one cent due on each letter. W BE AYDELOTTE P M.
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Sullivan, Ind
Weather of a Week in Farmersburg
Weekly weather report by Miss Carrie Yeager for Farmersburg notes mainly part cloudy days from June 16 to 22 with a peak heat index around 100 degrees. Total rainfall includes .03 inches on the 21st and .29 inches on the 22nd, ending with a cloudy day.
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Farmersburg
Carrie Yeager
Co-Operative Weather Observer
Weather Log for Farmersburg Week Ending June 15
The table records daily conditions in Farmersburg from June 9 to June 15. Dates show highs and lows with weather types including partly cloudy and clear, peaking with a 90 in midweek and cooler readings at week end.
Big Springs Birth and Local Notes
A son was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bilgew. Miss Martha Durham traveled to Waveland Friday. Prof. B. Hatten of Merom visited last week with Mrs. Allie Watson. J. B. Durham and Mrs. Mann sold hogs to Scott and Harris Friday. J. Shores and daughters Thelma and Helen visited Em erson Watson Sunday. Wheeler Rockwell hauled corn to Sullivan Monday. Warren Watson Andy Borders Joe Bilgew and the Medsker brothers sold hogs to Scott and Harris Monday morning. Dr. J. L. and J. B. Durham sold cattle last week to Robert F. Knotts. Flossie Thompson staying with aunt Mrs. Bilgew. Pauline Medsker improving.
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Big Springs
Joe Bilgew
Martha Durham
Waveland
B. Hatten
Merom
Allie Watson
J. B. Durham
Mann
Scott and
Harris
J. T. Shores
Thelma
Helen
Emerson Watson
S. Wheeler Rockwell
Sullivan
Warren Watson
Andy Borders
Medsker Brothers
Scott and Harris
J. L
Robert F. Knotts
Flossie Thompson
Mrs. Bilgew
Pauline Medsker
Prairie Creek visit notes and local updates
Newt Starkey visited his ill father in Prairie Creek last week. Mrs. Rebecca Hazelrigg, ill the past week, is improving. Dale Clark and family visited Bill Eldridge on Sunday. Gail Hamilton, saleslady in Kevin sons millinery in Terre Haute, is home on vacation. Oil well No 2 on the T. W. Dix farm will be shot this week. A number of oil people are in the vicinity. Maude Douglass and Jeane Ransford married this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Binkerhoff of Waco Texas and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hinds of Paris Illinois visited Homer J. Hamiltons Sunday. Fidella Chowning has been on the sick list. Joe Hayden of near Sullivan visited his granddaughter Josephine Hayden Sunday. Mrs. William Turman returning from Ohio this week.
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Newt Starkey
Prairie Creek
Rebecca Hazelrigg
Dale Clark
Bill Eldridge
Gail Hamilton
Kevinsons Millinery
Terre Haute
T. W. Dix
Maude Douglass
Jeane Ransford
Ray Binkerhoff
Waco
Texas
Warren Hinds
Paris
Homer J. Hamilton
Fidella Chowning
Joe Hayden
Near Sullivan
Josephine Hayden
William Turman
Ohio
SKY LIGHT
Mr and Mrs John Goodwin attended the funeral of Charles Shephard at Sullivan Sunday Minnie Dudley was in town last Wednesday William Gary and family are spending a few days with Mrs Pheba McMahan Misses Pearl Katherine and May McMahan took dinner Wednesday with sister Mrs Gertie Miller Alice Dudley is no better Jeff Walker and children were in Sullivan Friday James Woodard was in this vicinity Sunday evening Johnnie Woodard was in this vicinity Friday
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John Goodwin
Charles Shepherd
Sullivan
Minnie Dudley
William Gary
Pheba McMahan
Pearl
Katherine
May McMahan
Gertie Miller
Alice Dudley
Jeff Walker
James Woodard
Johnnie Woodard
Viccinity
Pleasantville News Roundup
Dr J L Phillips visits son Burrell in Linton this week. Mrs J L Phillips visits sister in Jasonville. Rural carrier Jesse E Shepherd takes vacation. substitute A B Corbin covers mail. Ruth Hanley visits Vincennes. Ode Collins, former Pleas antville barber, in Terre Haute, visits parents. Dr Hadley’s baby very sick. Ralph Collins visits relatives in Terre Haute. Brother Angel, Carlisle Baptist minister, calls. Aldo Hindman and wife and Henry Masmen and wife camping on White River. Children day exercises at Baptist church Sunday evening. Writer busy with farming and promises to improve.
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J. L. Phillips
Burrell
Linton
Jasonville
Jesse E. Shepherd
A. B. Corbin
Ruth Hanley
Vincennes
Ode Collins
Pleasantville
Terre Haute
Hadley
Ralph Collins
Brother Angel
Carlisle
Aldo Hindman
Henry Masmen
White River
Baptist Church
Douglas Chapel Community Notes and Marriages
Miss Maud Douglas and Eugene Ransford wed at Sullivan last Tuesday. Lena Hazelrigg married Leslie Lynn Johnson Saturday night at the bride’s home. Douglas-Ransford union happened quietly at the county clerk’s office with Rev. Lisman officiating. Bride is daughter of John and Mrs. Douglas and groom son of Ed Ransford of Turman township. Both are 27. Elza Douglas and family visited, and other locals stopped by Charles Woodsmall’s and Wm. O’Neal’s as crowds traveled to a baptism at The Narrows. Mrs. Willis Farrand and daughters shopped in Sullivan. George Wilkins family visited.
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Maud
Clare
Sullivan
George Wilkins
Wm. O
Turman Tow Ship
Ransford
Reliance
Local Social Notes From Farnsworth and Nearby
Emma Davis and daughter Mary returned home Sunday after visiting here. Miss Eva Walters of Terre Haute visits sister Effie Huff. Alva Alsman visiting Cale Moore's. Will Smith healthy enough to work after mine injury. Edgar Smith family dined with Dave Smith. Pansy Carter staying with Fred Alberts. Walter Kenady Bertie Smith and Charley Kenady at Antioch ball game. Mrs Charley Breedlove of Sullivan in vicinity. Mrs Jim Sevier ill. Whooping cough epidemic at Caledonia. Emma Davis and Melissa Smith visited Fred Alberts. Russell Wilson and son George Wilson dined with family. Andy Alsman and Earl Wright on business trip to Dugger. Brack Walters visited Walters' parents. Breece McClure and daughter seen on roads.
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Farnsworth
Emma Davis
Mary
Eva Walters
Terre Haute
Effie Huff
Alva Alsman
Cale Moore
Will Smith
Clover Leaf
Edgar Smith
Dave Smith
Pansy Carter
Fred Alberts
Walter Kenady
Bertie Smith
Charley Kenady
Antioch
Charley Breedlove
Sullivan
Jim Sevier
Caledonia
Melissa Smith
Russell Wilson
George Wilson
Andy Alsman
Bessie Harlow
John Ammerman
Bill Kenndy
Carlisle
Ralph Boone
Joe Smith
Andy Alsmaux
Earl Wright
Dugger
Brack Walters
Walters
Breece McClure
Merom Notes: Visits, Moves and Local Developments
Mesh Reynolds visited friends in Illinois the first of last week. A traction engine has been used in grading the town streets. Mrs George Pleasant and son Gault left for Montana where their home is to be. Miss Mann of Rude Colo teaches music lessons in Merom. Mr and Mrs R J Hedrick moved from town. he was a 713 music graduate.
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Merom
Mesh Reynolds
Illinois
George Pleasant
Son Gault
Montana
Pleasant
Miss Mann
Rude. Colo
R. J. Hedrick
Hedrick
Sunday Talk Draws Former Missionary At College
A former missionary to India spoke at the college Monday night drawing interest from locals and visitors. Footnotes mention friends from Kentucky visiting Mr White’s place, and several townspeople listed as in town or visiting relatives across the region.
Mrs Crawley and Duttons Host Relatives Visit
Mrs Bert Crawley and her children Helen and Emily are staying for a month with Mr and Mrs H E Dutton for a family visit.
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Bert Crawley
Helen
Emily
H. E. Dutton
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Robinson
Fairbanks
George Pinkston
Edith Wells
Hatten
Nickey
Randolph County
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