Damages Sought for Colorado Prisoner Russell Boles
An editorial argues the state owes damages to Russell Boles who served twelve years in prison for a murder he apparently did not commit. It notes probable innocence and calls for compensation beyond a pardon, citing lost wages and severe mental anguish for him and his family.
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Russell
Boles
Colorado
Russell Boles
Denver
State Board of Pardons
Board of Pardons
Wash House Suit Ends in Court
Vincennes March 2 William P McQuade superintendent of the Indian Creek coal mine north of the city was fined 300 for failing to provide free wash houses for miners as required by state law. The mine charges 1 a month for use of wash houses. The case followed a 1235 miner petition and upheld the law's constitutionality by Judge Bridwell and later affirmed by the Indiana Supreme Court and the U S Supreme Court.
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Vincennes
William P. McQuade
Indian Creek
Circuit
Sullivan County
Bridwell
Sullivan Circuit Court
Fred F. Bays
Consolidated Indiana Coal Company
Supreme Court of
U. S. Supreme Court
Local Residents Visit Kin and Move Plans Highlight Sullivan News
Dr Hurley Poston of Greenfield visits parents here while practicing dentistry. Mrs Crawley and children plan Kansas City move after Chicago transfer. Irving Eastman returns to Sullivan to resume tuning with Ralph W Cadwell. Mrs Poynter attends Indiana Woman's Prison board meeting in Indianapolis. Mr Sharpe now superintendent in McAllister Oklahoma. Rush Hunt visiting Sullivan from Moffatt Colorado with plans to return. T H I E Traction plans new roof for city passenger station after recent interior upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Crawley
Emily
Helen
Hubert
H. E. Dutton
Kansas City
Crawley
Chicago
Irving M. Eastman
Attica
N. Y
Sullivan
Eastman
Ralph W. Cadwell
Paul Poynter
Indiana Woman’s Prison
Indianaplis
J. R. Sharpe
McAllister
Oklahoma
Mr. Sharpe
Consolidated Indiana Coal Co
Rush E. Hunt
Moffatt
Colorado
Hunt
Sullivan County
T. H. I. & E. Traction Company
Week at the Public Library On Child Welfare Books
The library shelves magazines like The Survey and The Delineator fighting for Better Babies. Notable books include The Child by Dr. E Mother Sill and Baby, his Care and Training by Marianna Wheeler. Hygiene for Mother and Child by Dr. Francis H. MacCarty offers practical guidance for expectant mothers and child care.
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Fite
Survey
Delineator
Woman’s Home Companion
E. Mather Sill
Marianna Wheeler
Francis H. MacCarty
Alfred C. Cotton
Rushal College
Twilight Club Meeting Ends With Odd Party Pranks
The Twilight Club gathers at Geo Morris home for a Saturday night session. Members respond to the roll with quotations and pay fines for lack of funds or dressiness. Prizes are awarded in games, a pennant ordered, and the gathering closes after late merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twilight Club
Geo. Morris
William 3Iles
Ernest Thornberry
Don Elliott
Russel Cox
Garland Johnson
Claude Morris
Elihu Huff
Clyde Brown
Marie Huff
Ruth Johnson
Kathryn Huff
May Anders
Cora Hult
Nellie Walters
Bernice Morris
Flossie Elliott
Bee Bailes
Nate Weir
Mary Anders
Pat
Jenks
Hickey
Frank Ransford
Missa
Lucile Thornberry
Laura Durham
Mary Mann
Lizzie Pounds
Emma Raynolds
Ruby Ransford
Mabel Nowlin
Pauline
Clarence Bottorff
Harold Goins
Stewart Moore
Emmet
Mr and Mrs Carl Scott Visit Relatives in Elnora
Mr and Mrs Carl Scott of Elnora visited relatives here last week, sharing time with family and friends during a brief trip.
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Carl Scott
Elnora
Free Seed Testing For Farmers At Purdue Lab
The Bureau of Plant Industry of the U S Department of Agriculture maintains a seed laboratory at Purdue University to test small seed families such as clover and grasses. During the past year 3338 samples were tested. Reports give seed vitality and purity, guiding farmers and seedmen to offer high quality seeds and avoid losses. Leaflet 66 details the Purdue Seed Laboratory work and is available from the Agricultural Extension Department in Lafayette Indiana.
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Bureau of Plant Industry
U. S. Departmentof Agriculture
Purdue University
Purdue Seed Laboratory
Agricultural Extension Department
Lafayette
Indiana
Graysville Seeks PTA Formation Led by Purdue Expert
Mary L. Matthews of Purdue University Home Economics speaks on organizing a Parent Teacher Association at the new Graysville schoolhouse. Parents urged to attend and others invited. She outlines club work, successes elsewhere, and plans to improve grounds to match the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graysville
Mary L. Matthews
Miss Matthews
Purdue University
Selma Woman Visits Husband Hurt In Oil Rig Fall
Mrs. Al W. Crispen traveled from Selma Indiana to be with her husband who was seriously injured Thursday afternoon after a fall from an oil rig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al W. Crispen
Selma
Indiana
Big Fox Chase Starts Under Scott Hardware Co Direction
The Union announces a county fox chase led by the Scott Hardware Company. The event begins this week in Jackson township and will run a complete circuit of the county with county fox chasers and their best dogs set to compete. Dog owners can submit names of their hounds and hunting grounds to W G Scott of Scott Hardware Co.
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Scott Hardware Company
Union
Jackson Township
W. G. Scott
Inmates Transferred to State Penal Farm near Green Castle
Fifteen reformatory inmates from Jeffersonville were moved to the state penal farm near Green Castle. Among them is Herbert Vaughn of Cass township serving a forgery term. The transfers aim to aid farm officers. selected for good records, most are eligible for parole after one to three years served.
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State Penal Farm
State Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Greencastle
Herbert Vaughn
Cass Township
Weather Of A Week In Farmersburg
Weather observer Miss Glenn Yeager reports a February week ending the 5th in Farmersburg. Daily conditions ranged from cloudy to partly cloudy with temperatures from 1 to 58 degrees. Snow totals included a half inch on the 28th and 1 to 2 inches across the early days of February.
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Farmersburg
Glenn Yeager
Financial Preparedness for National Defense Policy
The passage argues that without treasury depletion by war taxes, the public would more readily accept higher spending for national defense. It emphasizes financial readiness as essential and notes Wilsonia legislation impacting treasury status.
Hay Wanted High Market Price Paid by Dix Lumber
The Dix Lumber Company advertises it will pay the highest market price for baled hay. Prompt buyers are invited to contact the company for terms and delivery details.
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DIX Lumber Company
Canary Singers for Sale
Mrs. W. L. Laurent of Shelburn advertises canaries for sale with details of stock and pricing. The notice notes availability and contact options for interested buyers.
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Canary Singers For Sale
Mrs. W. L. Laurent
Shelburn
Illinois farm lands for sale near railroad at 40 to 100
Good level well improved farms underlaid with coal near railroad for sale at 40 to 100 per acre. For particulars address TELFORD & SCHWARTZ Salem Marion Co Illinois.
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Illinois
Telford & Schwartz
Salem, Marion Co
Sandy Bend in Peril as Civilization Advances
In Judge Hoke's court at Sandy Bend the crowd hears of a coming railroad and water gas works that threaten the town. The judge laments loss of frontier life, urges a mob response to defend rights, and dismisses court to watch a private fight between Bill Savage and Ace High the Chinaman.
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Sandy Bend
Bholdin
Chingamen
Cayuse
Court For Justice
Bill Savage
Bill
Ace High
Veteran Tin Smith Nearing Four Score Still Work ing at Trade
Telos 8. Geoldy, a Sullivan veteran tinsmith born March 1 1837 in Lawrence County, remains active in his craft at nearly four score. He learned the trade in Washington Indiana, served in the 24th Indiana Infantry through Civil War battles, then moved between Petersburg Terre Haute and Sullivan before opening his own tin smith shop on Court Street in 1882.
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Telos
Geoldy
Gooldy
Mr. Gooldy
Lawrence County
Washington
Indiana
William Gooldy
Ohio
24Th
Indiana Infantry
Vicksburg
Champion Hill
Shiloh
Petersburg
Sullivan
Brewer & Burton
Public Square
North Court Street
Charles’ Bass
Shiloh Church to Host Second Sunday Sermon
McBride will preach at Shiloh the second Sunday in March and everyone is invited. Local residents Albert Bennett and wife visited relatives, and several townsfolk traveled to Dugger for weekend activities. A large crowd attended Sunday’s Shiloh meeting as George Bennett and George Story made short trips to Dugger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gro. McBride
Shiloh
Albert Bennett
Martin Pirtle
Dugger
George Story
George Bennett
New Suits Filed In County Court
Joseph A. French and others sue for account and lien. Emory Setzer sues Alf C. Patterson on account. John L. Rodgers seeks divorce from Myrtle E. Rogers. Josiah T. Akin sues Ross Lynch and Phoebe W. Lynch on note. Jesse Fain sues Viola Fain for divorce.
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Joseph A. French
John F. French
Malinda French
Emory Setzer
Alf C. Patterson
John L. Rodgers
Myrtle &E. Rogers
Josiah T. Akin
Ross Lynch
Phoebe W. Lynch
Jesse Fain
Viola Fain
Marriage Licenses List from Terre Haute Sullivan and Nearby
Roy Fagg 31 laborer Terre Haute and Eva Meloon 24 Sullivan. Floyd M. Dillingham 27 farmer New Lebanon and Alta V. Hiatt 23 Sullivan. Hugh Lowry 22 miner and Chloe Marvel 24 both of Sullivan. William Bean 28 miner and Rosa M. Phipps 28 both of Jackson Hill.
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Roy Fagg
Terre Haute
Eva Meloon
Sullivan
Floyd M. Dillingham
Farmer
New Lebanon
Alta V
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Indiana Post Office 1916
List of letters remaining unclaimed in Sullivan Indiana Post Office as of March 8 1916. If not called for within two weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Ladies list includes Mrs Mary A Roach. Gentlemen list includes J L Black Sam Hall Josef Stasiak Frank Oliver. Advertised call required.
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Sullivan, Ind
Roach
Mary A
Black
J. L. Hall
Sam Stasiak
Josef Foreign
Oliver
Frank
W. BE. Aydelotte
P. M
Divorce Granted in Desertion Case Now Custody Granted
Judge Bridwell grants divorce to Mrs. Jessie F. Staley from Lewis Staley on grounds of desertion and failure to provide. Mrs. Staley awarded custody of their two children. The couple wed September 14, 1904 and separated in 1913.
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Bridwell
Jessie F. Staley
Lewis Staley
Winston-Salem Foremost Tobacco Center Claims
Col A D Watts addresses The Twin City Club on February 4 1916 detailing Winston-Salems dominant role in tobacco production and taxes. He cites the city supplying one fourth of US chewing and smoking tobacco and one seventh of all tobacco products manufactured. He notes high daily revenue taxes and the rapid payback of the new state government building. He reports weekly tobacco collections and shipments averaging substantial sums to domestic and foreign markets. He concludes Winston-Salem is industrially first in NC America and possibly the world.
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A. D. Watts
Internal Revenue
Fifth District
North Carolina
Twin City Club
Winston-Salem
United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington
Uncle Sam
Crawford
America
Divorce suit dismissed for Elizabeth Lovelace vs Archie Lovelace
The circuit court dismissed the divorce action filed by Elizabeth Lovelace against Archie R. Lovelace a Sullivan rural route carrier.
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Elizabeth Lovelace
Archie R. Lovelace
Sullivan
John P. Allen Returns Home From Florida Winter
John P. Allen, who spent the winter at New Smyrna, Florida, has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Allen
New Smyrna, Fla
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World Wit Boles
Puebla
Knox Circuit
Hurley Poston
Greenfield
W. H. Poston
Peril
Citizens Trust Co
Ind
N. C
Axminster
Forster
Krug’s
Lindley
Ingles
Seattle
Mr. Ingles
the Dentist
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