Remarkable Merom Chautauqua Program Announced
The Merom Chautauqua committee secured top talent for August with speakers and performers including Mac H. Lichliter as platform manager, Elma B. Smith and her bird imitations, the Barnard family, Dr. John Merritte Driver, Miss Olof Krarer, Governor J. Frank Hanly, Slayton Jubilee Singers, Eugene V. Debs, William Jennings Bryan, and Captain Jack Crawford among others. Negotiations continue for Father Vaughn and Vice President Fairbanks to appear on August 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom Chautauqua
J. J Parker
J. W. Daugherty
George Bicknell
Charles L Wagmer
Slaton Bureau of
Chicago
Merom
Mann’s Grove
Mac H. Lichliter
Mr. Lichliter
Elma B. Smith
Barnard
John Merritte Driver
People’s Church of Chicago
H. W. Thomas
Frank Crane
America
Olof Krarer
Miss Krarer
Dr. Driver
Miss Kraver
Slayton Jubilee Singers
Eugene V. Debs
Chautauqua
William Jennings Bryan
John W. Kern
J. D. Schoop
Slayton
Kellogg-Haines Musical and Dramatic Impersonation Company
Schoop
Jack Crawford
Hea Crawford
John C. Chaney
Sam P. Jones
Sam
Jones
Bryan
Father Vaughn
Fairbanks
Ward supporters spread bold cards on primary day
Printed by Viquesney Printing Co of Terre Haute the anti Aydelotte messages circulated widely in mining regions. posters and cards questioned Ward and Aydelotte linking labor issues and court house influence. the flyer asks who is our friend and who benefits from wage workers and European education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Viquesney Printing. Co
Terre. Haute
Thomas A Ward
William E. Aydelotte
Salfivean
Aydelotte
Salt River voyage opens with Mary Pin in an idle voyage
Special to the Union reports the pirate side wheeler Mary Pin setting sail from Kelly Landing on the Salt River for a seventh biennial trip. The craft faced hazards from river bottles and rough navigation as officers and passengers from Sullivan County gathered aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt River
Mary Pin
Kelly Landing
Seeenth
Sullivan County
Nick Davis
A. M. Pirtle
Webster Chowning J
Mary Pri
Nick and Dock
Merom
George Merom Hubbie
Riverton
Herschell V. Benefield
Fred J Bays
Oscar Renig “Rich
Adam Cottolene Miller
William Aydin Hastings
William Exit Aylatte Emory Jennings
Walter W. Asdell
James
Walters
Frank Wattle
Tamale
Hankidora Poston
Francis
McCutcheon
Bent Lenin
Hank Poston
Bristol
George Merom Hubble
William Just Watchme Cunningham
P. Over
Cook
Bureer
Grand and Petit Juries Drawn for March Term
The Sul livan circuit court juries for the March term were drawn Monday by commissioners Joshua Ernest and Stewart Barnes. Grand jurors named include J. W. Calvert Gill township Frank Curry Jackson township Franklin M. Anderson Haddon township and others. Petit jurors listed include Robert C. Crow Turman David H. Hancock Gill M Wurroughs Gill John A. Curry Sr. Curry Charles Cochran Gill Thomas F. Davidson Haddon Stephen G. Anderson Fairbanks Lemuel Frakes Fairbanks John F. Harrison Fairbanks A L Gullett Gill John F. Baine Haddon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Circuit Court
Joshua Ernest
Stewart Barnes
Sullivan
J. W. Calvert
Gill Township
Frank Curry
Jackson Township
Franklin M. Anderson
Haddon Township
Wilbur Bicknell
Turman Township
John E. Anderson
Cass Township
Willis “A. Farrand
Curry Township
Fairbanks Township
John F. Harrison
A. L.gullett
John F. Baine
Official vote at the Democratic primary results
The Democratic primary produced several tight races. John J. Parker won the representative nomination by 48 votes, Ben C. Crowder by 461 for auditor, Ed Ward by 336 for treasurer, Andrew J. Curry to seek reappointment as recorder by 854, John B. Dudley for sheriff by 88, Frank Hiatt for assessor by 131, Charles E. Brewer by 184 for coroner, and Hilla Lovelace won the first district commissioner nomination by 54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Parker
Ben C. Crowder
Ward
Andrew J. Curry
John
Dudley
Frank Hiatt
Charles E. Brewer
Hilla Lovelace
Prohibition Meeting in Sullivan County Court House
The Prohibitionists of Sullivan county will hold meetings at the Sullivan court house on Friday afternoon and evening March 16. All Prohibitionists and the public are invited. A full county ticket is likely to be named. Evangelists and lecturers Mr. and Mrs. F W Lough will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Court House
Sullivan
F. W. Lough
Seed supplies exhausted at Union office after requests
Seed shipments sent to the Union office by Congressman Chaney were completely exhausted last Monday. Since then the office has received a large number of seed requests and regrets being unable to fulfill them at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Chaney
Sullivan Man Buried Gold in Oklahoma Find
Solomon Snyder, formerly of this county, died on his Stroud Oklahoma farm. Neighbors found a sack of gold coins hidden in the house foundation totaling six hundred fifty dollars, with rumor of several hundred more buried on the premises. His daughter, Mrs. Oscar Engle, learned of his death and the discovery led to renewed search efforts. The money was never deposited in a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Snyder
Shelburn
Stroud
Oklahoma
Snyder
Oscar Engle
Engle
John McKenzie
Lafe
Stilk
Error in Lincoln Story Omitted Last Page Ending
An error in last week’s edition cut the Lincoln story mid sentence, with the final two columns on page 8 unreadable. The last column on page 8 should have been omitted, leaving the story incomplete at the bottom of column six.
Attempted death of Rob Spencer leads to forgery arrests
The man Jackson Monroe Spencer attempted suicide last Wednesday after noon in Vincennes. He was jailed in Sullivan County along with William Trigg of Carlisle on forgery charges. Spencer confessed to multiple forgery cases, naming Trigg and others, with several forged notes recovered by banks. A preliminary hearing is scheduled this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Monroe
Spencer
William Trigg
Carlisle
Trigg
Sullivan
W. W. Johnson
Vincennes
Johnson
John Vester
Silver Chaney
James M Lang
Pirtle
Samuel M. Emison
Vester
William A. Trigg
William H. Brown
Curless Spencer
Luke Squires
Abe Black
Knox County
Sullivan State Bank
I. H. Kalley
Sullivan National Bank
Citizens Trust Co
Trust Company
First National Bank
Julia Pogue Dies After General Debility at 79
Mrs. Julia Pogue aged 79 died Monday at her son Riley Pogue's Middletown home after general debility. Funeral was at the house with burial at Pogue cemetery near Fairbanks. She leaves a son, three grandchildren, four great grandchildren, five brothers and four sisters. Her husband William Pogue died twelve years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Pogue
Riley Pogue
Middletown
Ind
Pogue
Fairbanks
Riley
A. W. Milligan
Round Rock
Tex
W. R. Morgan
S. V. List
B. T. Debaun
Terre Haute
William, Riley
Milton Piety
Samuel Piety
Lafontaine
Walnut Prairie
Fil
James Pie
Noblette and Marshall to perform at Lyric Theatre
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Noblette of this city will appear on the vaudeville bill at the Lyric theatre Terre Haute from next Monday afternoon to Sunday night. The duo known as Noblette and Marshall recently delighted a large crowd at the Elks' hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Noblette
Lyric Theatre
Terre Haute
Noblette
Noblette and
Marshall
Elks’ Hall
Record of Hauling Noted People in Carthage
A Carthage Missouri paper profiles James Brown, a former Sullivan resident and long time hack driver for Jim Haven. Brown has been in the business for 15 years, tracing back to driving for his father in Indiana and experiencing many vicissitudes and strenuous occasions along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Jas. Brown
Sullivan
Im Brown
Jim Haven
Indiana
Johnathan Smith Dies Near Doddville at 90
Johnathan Smith of the Dodd bridge neighborhood died Monday night at home. Born March 18 1815 in Holmes County Ohio he would have reached 91. He married Sarah Stegle August 24 1886 who died March 4002. They had four sons and five daughters Mary Hanson George Carrie Oliver Jennie Louis Martha Emma survive. He was grandfather of 25 and great grandfather of 21. A Methodist since age 19 he remained active in the local church and ridgeiety society until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnathan Smith
Dodd Bridge
Holmes County
Ohio
Mr. Smith
Sarah Stegle
Mary B
Hanson
George
Carrie
Oliver
Jennie
Louis
Martha
Emma
Methodist Church
Doddree Dee Society
Ridgeiety
Also Mentioned on This Page
William J. Bryan
Chas. W. Fairbanks
J. Frank Hanly
Europe
Welman Lackey
Minich
Vince Minich
Court House Ring
Stroud Oklahoma
Lincoln
Rob Spencer
Trigs
Williams
Jim
Thomas Hendricks
United States
Folk
Dockery
Stone
Capt. Hobson
Carrie Nation
John L. Sullivan
James J. Corbett
Sam Jones
Thomas E. Arden
Strickland W. Gillilan
Baltimore American
Daniel W. Vorhees
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