Democratic primary heats up over treasurer race and local factions
County Democratic tensions flare as five candidates contest treasurer with McDonnall and Wible leading rivals. Road workers, Cass township figures, and Star Gazers shift allegiances amid campaigning, with candidacies for sheriff and commissioner also jockeying for advantage. Murky intra-party maneuvering suggests possible desertions and strategic alignments in the looming primary.
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Corps of
George McDonnall
George
McDonnall
Frank Nead
Nead
Frank Wible
anti-McDonnall
Wible
Jefferson Township
Fairbanks
Turman
Gill
Hamilton
Ed Snow
Cass
Snow
John W. Walters
James Butler
Orville Hale
Chain Gang
McDouhall
Star Gazers
Charley Bedwell
Bedwell
Haddon Township
A G,. Cox
Haddon
Cox
Dave Curry
Curry
Road Workers
Ross Campbell
Ed. Snow
Cass Township
Gazers
Road Gang
Dr. Hicks
Cale Shepherd
Shepherd
Cale
Hale
Orville
Matt Lane
Lane
Hamilton Township
Bosstick
Jackson
Gill Township
Maurice Nash
Curry Township
James J. Orr
Oscar Rich
Calvert
Rich
Oscar
Walters
Jacob Miller
Jake
John Pat Mattix
Mattix
Jesse Medsker
John Scott
Board of Commissioners
Miller
Scott
MISS EDITH HAYS BRIDE
Worthington Indiana February 22 at the bride's home a quiet wedding joined Miss Edith Hays daughter of Hon Wilbur A Hays Worthington and Charles H Berns druggist of Dugger The Rev R R Bryan officiated A wedding tour will take them to New York and other eastern places before they establish a home in Dugger.
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Worthington
Ind
R. R. Bryan
D. D
Methodist Church
Charles H. Berns
Dugger
Edith Hays
Wilbur A. Hays
New York
Hunt's First Primary Campaign Expense Report
Washington dispatch reports Charles D. Hunt of this city filed his initial primary campaign expense account totaling 1250.41 dollars.
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Washington Dispatch
Charles D. Hunt
Times bias exposed over Cullop ad in congressional race
The Times refused to publish Cullop’s advertisement while printing Hunt’s pieces about Cullop. County Assessor Frank Hiatt, Cullop’s county manager, saw the Cullop ad blocked as a personal matter, while Hunt’s ad ran. The editorial stance is now clear and protests rise among Sullivan county voters.
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Times
Congress
Frank Hiatt
Hunt
Cullop
the Times
The
Sullivan County
Important Notice to Precinct Committeemen and Election Boards
A county meeting of democracy, republican and progressive primary election board members is set for 1 pm next Saturday at Sullivan court house to review and explain ballot counting to ensure clear understanding. Republican precinct committeemen in Sullivan will also meet March 11 1916 at 1 pm in Norton to choose a county chairman and other officers for two years.
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Sullivan
Sixty-Ninth General ‘Assembly
Indiana
Republican Party
Republican State Central Committee
Repubican
Sullivan County
Nivan
Republican County Central Committee
Dirrell D. ‘Chaney
Walter. F) Wood
Beere
Gravel Road Boys See January Claims Decline During Primary
Ed Dailey and his gravel road crew reduced their January work claims to only a fraction of prior totals, costing the county 2 177.24. Road superintendents John Lund George Browning and Gorse Lovelace led with 432 96 348 89 and 343 96 respectively while Henry Clay Jewell earned 216 95. Other filings fell below 100. Total January disbursements including salaries and county costs reached 4 757 70.
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Ed Dailey
John Lund
George Browning
Gorse Lovelace
Lund
Browning
Lovelace
Henry Clay Jewell
Ed Kelley
J. H. Neff
J. W. Pirtle
Republican candidates visit Sullivan County in 1914
Harry S. New of Indianapolis Republican candidate for U S senator and Oscar E. Bland of Linton visiting Sullivan in support of their nominations. Bland tours Carlisle Shelburn and Farmersburg while New meets locals before Princeton departure. Dr John A Williams of Patricksburg pledges coal miner protections. James M. House and entourage head from Bloomington to Vincennes. Vollmer says a Republican representative agreed two years ago to quit.
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Sullivan County
Harry S. New
Indianapolis
U. S
Indiana
Oscar E. Bland
Linton
Congress
John A. Williams
Patricksburg
Owen County
Sullivan
Senator Bland
Will R. Vosloh
Bloomfield
Greene County
Dave Scott
Homer Hart
Bland
Carlisle
Shelburn
Farmersburg
Princeton
James M. House of
Recount Pact Claim in 1914 Indiana Race
W H Vollmer Democratic chairman of the second district asserts that in April 1914 W A Cullop promised Charles D Hunt he would not seek another congress term if Hunt withdrew a recount request. The filing sought to rule out an appeal to the state central committee, with Cullop allegedly agreeing not to run in 1916.
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Hunt
Vincennes
W. H. Vollmer
Henry D. Coster
Bloomington
W. A. Cullop
Charles D. Hunt
Sullivan
Vollmer
Cullop
Congress
Ind
William Vollmer
State Central Committee
Board of Commissioners
Handsome Front Planned for Maxwell Cowles Shoe Co
C. J. Sherman, owner of the building on the north side of the public square, plans to install a handsome new plate glass front. The seventeen feet deep facade will be among the citys most modern fronts.
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C. J. Sherman
Maxwell- Cowles Shoe Company
Public Square
Langs Head South Next Tuesday to Visit Son
Mr and Mrs James M Lang plan a trip next Tuesday to St Peters burg Florida to visit their son Bayard. The announcement highlights the family travel for a Florida visit.
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James M. Lang
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bayard
Election Returns Delayed in The Union Rural Route
Rural route edition of The Union will not print next week until Wednesday afternoon and patrons will not receive papers until Thursday morning. City edition press time depends on primary return counts, with slower counting expected than a general election.
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The
Union
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Medsker
Jesse
James R. Brown
George F. Botts
Martin L. Pigg
Guy M. Kinman
Pigg
Houck
Gaar Williams
Edith Hays Bride
Republican Organization
Mipetion
Republican County Committee
Dailey
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