Democrats War on Pensions Divides North and South
Washington dispatch notes Democratic Senate and House members from the South harassing pension bills while Northern Democrats fear the political damage. It cites Beveridge on Dixie influence, cites Hoke Smith obstruction, and frames Curtis confrontation as pivotal to the 1910 campaign.
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Washington
South
Dixie
North
Shively
Kern
Dixon
Cullop
Barnhart
Adair
Indiana
Ohio
Beveridge
Congress
S. A. Rodenberry
Thomasville
Samuel J. Trimble
Athens
Senate
Hoke Smith
Nathan P. Bryan
Florida
Smith
Curtis
Kansas
Interior
Georgia
House of Representatives
Mr. Smith
Pioneer Woman Reaches 86th Birthday Milestone
Mrs. Sarah Jane Asbury celebrated her 86th birthday at her son Alex P. Asbury home in Jackson township. Born March 14, 1826 in Fleming county Kentucky she moved to Indiana in 1835 and married Rev. George Asbury on November 4 1841.
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Sarah Jane Asbury
Alex P. Asbury
Jackson Township
Asbury
Hughbank
Fleming County
Kentucky
Indiana
George Asbury
Elderly Mrs. Asbury Near Century Mark in Indiana County
The county writer notes Mrs. Asbury a longtime Methodist member of 71 years with 23 grandchildren and 73 great grandchildren. She remains skilled in needlework and is in good health while her four sons and one daughter, including E. K. Asbury of Terre Haute and Alex P. of Jackson township, stay close. Her family history highlights her community ties and potential to reach the century milestone.
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J. T
J. A Asbury
R. M. Ring
Asbury
Promiises
Four Indictments Returned by Grand Jury Score
The grand jury adjourned after returning only four indictments the smallest number in years. The panel inspected the county poor farm and jail and pronounced them in good condition.
Sullivan county township conventions set next Saturday
Republicans of Sullivan county plan township conventions next Saturday to choose delegates for district and state gatherings and to name delegates to the national convention. Delegates will be allotted per township with several towns listed and times set for Vincennes district and Indianapolis state meetings on March 28 and March 26 respectively.
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Sullivan County
Cass
Dugger
Carry
Farmersburg
Fairbanks
Gill
New Lebanon
Haddon
Carlisle
Hamilton
Sullivan
Jackson
Hymera
Turman
Graysville
Vincennes
Indianapolis
Taylor Sues for 5000 Damages in Coal Mine Injury
William A. Taylor of Dugger sues C. W. Mahl Coal Mining Co. for 5000 dollars over injuries at the Keeley mine on January 13 1912. He was hurled from a weigh-pan by the weigh boss and dumped into an iron screen, suffering painful lacerations and bruises and bed confinement for weeks.
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Taylor
William A. Taylor
Dugger
C. W. Mahl Coal Mining Co
Keeley
Woman's Relief Corps Holds Meeting at Ben Hur Hall
The Woman's Relief Corps of this city held a pleasant Monday meeting at Ben Hur hall. After initiating Mrs. Billman and Mrs. Watson and completing business, a birthday supper was served. A drill led by Mrs. McGrew followed. The Red White and Blue Society will meet this afternoon at Ben Hur hall. all members are urged to attend.
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W. BR. C
Woman’s Relief Corps
Ben Hur Hall
Billman
Margaret Park Delivers Notable Cadwell Hall Piano Recital
Miss Margaret Park daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Park showcased a well chosen program at Cadwell recital hall with J Emerson Nye as reader and impersonator. Nye has appeared here before and his work is consistently first class.
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Cadwell Recital Hall
Margaret Park
Richard Park
R. W. Cadwell
J. Emerson Nye
High School Put on Courtship of Miles Standish at Woodmen Hall
The New Lebanon High School will stage an entertainment at Woodmen hall on Saturday evening. Ten students in Puritan costume perform The Courtship of Miles Standish, followed by tambourine and dumbbell drills, musical numbers, solos, and a tableau from Longfellow's poems.
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New Lebanon
Woodmen Hall
Miles Standish
Longfellow
Steven D Bailey Dies in Glennhaven at 75
Steven D. Bailey of this township died Thursday in Glennhaven Pennsylvania while wintering with his son D F Bailey. He was 75. The funeral was held at Glenhaven.
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Steven D. Bailey
Shelburn
Steven
D. Bailey
Glennhaven
Pla
D. F. Bailey
Bailey
Glenhaven
Miner Jack Granger Killed at Baldridge Mine
Farmersburg mourns 20 year old Jack Granger, a Baldridge Mine driver, killed when crushed by a loaded car yesterday morning. He was unmarried and leaves no dependents.
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Jack Granger
Farmersburg
Baldridge
Cordele Taft delegate Fred Boatwright named
Fred Boatwright of Cordele Georgia and formerly Sullivan is announced as a Taft delegate to the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Boatwright
Cordele, Ga
Sullivan
Taft
Visit at Carlisle by Cecil and Blevins
Miguel Cecil and Floe Blevins of this city visited Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Smith at Carlisle over Sunday.
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Miguel Cecil
Floe Blevins
Mrs. Wesley Smith
Carlisle
Hutson Family Massacre Commemoration Planned at Hutsonville
A century after Isaac Hutson and kin settled Turman Township and built a block house the Hutsonville area plans a memorial. Hutson was killed after returning to his burning homestead, his death symbolizing pioneer hardship and frontier resolve in Indiana and Illinois.
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Hutsonville
Ill
Hutson
Isaac Hutson
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Chillicothe
Sullivan
Turman Township
Turman
Lamotte Prairie
Dixon
Palestine
Jim
Mule Sale At Giles Barn Nets Four Thousand In Cash
W A Wilkey and Son sold thirty two mules at Giles barn in this city. The sale grossed nearly five thousand dollars with about three fourths of the money paid in cash. Prices per span ranged from three hundred to three hundred eighty dollars. The sale was advertised in the Union. The paper credits Sullivan papers with proper advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wilkey & Son
Giles” Barn
Union
Sullivan
Public Sale of Roy Frakes Farm Goods Planned
On page five a public sale notice announces Roy Frakes sale at his farm one and a half miles northeast of Sullivan on Friday March 29 beginning at ten o clock. The catalog includes horses cattle and farming implements.
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Roy Frakes
Sullivan
Trueblood Brothers to Sell 30 Western Horses in City Sale
On March 26th at H. V. Benefield's barn in Gordon Nebraska Trueblood Brothers of Gordon will offer thirty head of fine western horses and mares. The brothers are familiar buyers to local farmers and previously held a sale here last spring.
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Trueblood Brothers
Gordon
Nebraska
H. V. Benefield
Ed Coffman sale of horses cattle ponies March 23
Announcement of a large combination sale by Ed Coffman at his farm three-quarters of a mile east of Sullivan. sale includes horses ponies cattle and other articles and begins at 10 a m on Saturday March 23.
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Ed Coffman
Sullivan
Public sale of Josiah Stanley estate planned
BE. E. Stanley as administrator will conduct a public sale of the decedent Josiah Stanley's personal property at his late Cass township home on Thursday April 11. The ad appears on page seven of this issue.
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BE. E. Stanley
Josiah Stanley
Cass Township
Breeder Ed McCammon Seeks Attention For Stock
Rural route 3 Carlisle breeder Ed ward McCammon calls attention to his stock Gerant Jr the dapple grey Percheron and Rheuben the breeding jack.
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Edward McCammon
Carlisle
Gerant, Jr
Fairbanks High School Commencement to Be Held
The annual commencement exercises for Fairbanks high school take place at Pounds hall in Fairbanks on Friday evening March 29. Prof. L J Rettger of Indiana State Normal will deliver the class address. Graduates are Effie H Wilson Ada A Reynolds Myrtle Floy Trueblood Maude Pogue and Lavina Welsh.
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Fairbanks
Fairbanks High School
Pounds’ Hall
L. J. Rettger
Indiana State Normal
Effie H. Wilson
Ada A. Reynolds
Myrtle Floy Trueblood
Maude Pogue
Lavina Welsh
Chaney to Arrive in Sullivan This Week
John C. Chaney about whose safe ity in Mexico caused apprehension will arrive in Sullivan the latter part of this week.
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John C. Chaney
Mexico
Sullivan
Time to File Mortgage Exemptions Authorized
The period to file mortgage exemptions runs sixty days until April 30. Individuals and married couples may claim exemptions up to 700 dollars per person, with specific limits for joint ownership and heirs. Firms partnerships and corporations are ineligible.
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Crowder
Jefferson Justice Serves Three Decades in Pleasantville
Thomas B. O Haver of Pleasantville has served as a justice of the peace for thirty one years. He was first commissioned November 12, 1881 in Greene County under Governor Porter and was reel ected and appointed again in 1888 and 1892. He moved to Pleasantville in 1895 and was appointed to fill a vacancy in 1896, elected in 1902, and reappointed by Governor Durbin in 1906.
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Thomas B. O’haver
Pleasantville
Greene County
Porter
Gray
Hovey
O’haver
John Wellington
Durbin
McCrocklin Granted License After Court Order
Ollie McCrocklin a Shelburn saloon keeper had his liquor license approved by the Vigo county auditor after Judge Fortune issued a favorable order. The case started with the county commissioners denying the license, then reached the Vigo circuit court and was appealed to Vigo county for trial. The license dated March 16 1912 was issued after he paid $205.00 county license fee to Auditor Crowder. The prior license was suspended thirty days by the commissioners following a liquor law violations trial.
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McCrocklin
Ollie McCrocklin
Shelburnn
Judge Fortune
Vigo
Vigo County
Crowder
Cox Sentenced to Michigan City Prison
Nathan Cox, local restaurant keeper, was found guilty of assault with intent on Walker Dooley. Judge Bridwell denied a new trial Wednesday afternoon and Cox received a prison term of 2 to 14 years.
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Cox
Nathan Cox
Walker Dooley
Bridwell
Michigan City
Indiana Democrats Face Treasury Deficit and Court for Funds
The piece argues Indiana state finances are strained with a $250,000 treasury balance and $2,000,000 in bills due but only $900,000 cash on hand. It questions whether county advances will cover May to October expenses and asserts law forbids using the sinking fund for general expenses.
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State House
Indiana
Treasury
Foreclosure suit filed on Welman mortgage parcels
County Auditor Ben C. Crowder sues to foreclose a school fund mortgage on twenty one lots in Welman’s addition including the Welman residence once the Eagles’ home. Defendants include Charles W. Welman Sullivan County Loan and Trust Company and the Hagies' Home and Country club.
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Charles W. Welman
Sullivan County Loan & Trust Company
The
Hagies’ Home and Country Club
Ben C. Crowder
Welman
Eagles
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Pension Bureau
Bureau
Senator Smith
Methodist Church
Terre Haute Star
Hardy
Block House
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Fort Harrison
Terre Haute
Gra
Jefferson Justice
State Treasury
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