Political pot boils in Sullivan County campaigns and road scarifier sale
Republican managers wage aggressive races for several county offices in Sullivan County as Norval Harris campaigns across townships. Voters debate selling a costly 20 HP scarifier and possible tractor use while Bill Poston and J Ezra Martin seek county commissioner nominations.
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Sullivan County
Norval K. Warris
Harris
Fairbanks
Jackson Township
John S. Taylor
Satuday
Mat Lane
Otha Brodie
Ed Douthitt
Douthitt
The
R Sheriff’s Office
Brodie
Lane
John Walters
Woo. Poston
J. Ezra Martin
Jin
Somenody
Poston
Frank Wible
George McDonald
Ed Snow
McDonald
Dave Cary
Hadson Township
Board of County Commissioners
H. P. Huber
Arthur C. Gutler
Pioneer Farmer of Haddon Passes Away
William F. Hoke longtime Haddon township resident died Sunday at his home near Carlisle after months of illness. His wife died eight days earlier. Born August 8 1844 he was 75. Survived by seven children and three brothers. Funeral held Tuesday at Biehlehem Church with burial Bethlehem cemetery.
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William F. Hoke
Haddon Township
Carlisle
Mr. Hoke
Hoke
Jacob Hoke
Sullivan County
Jefferson County
Hinkle
William O. Hoke
Lillie Hoke
Jacob F. Hoke
George Hoke
Knox County
John Hoke
Biehlehem Church
A.L. Williams
Methodist Church
Bethlehem Cemetery
Well Known Fairbanks Woman Dies After Illness
George Spencer 57, lifelong Sullivan County resident, died at home in West Graysville Street after two weeks with diabetes. Survived by three children Walter Lena Leona and a sister Mrs. Robert Canary. Funeral Monday at Mt Calvary church Sullivan. Smira Thompson Johnson, widow of Alpheus Johnson, died in Fairbanks from urinatic poisoning. Born August 21 1854, she leaves five children and several siblings. Funeral at Drake Baptist Church with burial at Pogue Cemetery.
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George Spencer
Sullivan County
Graysville Street
John W. Spencer
Hadden Township
Spencer Place
Paxton
Sulliven
Walter Spencer
Spencer
Lena
Leona Spencer
Robert Canary
Terre Haute
Mt. Calvary Church
Sullivan
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Smira Thompson Johnson
Alpheus Johnson
Fairbanks
Johnson
Fairbanks Township
Albert Thomson
Maggie Pound
Etta Carter Clarris
Gertie
Charles
Emma
Abijah Thomson
Voris Thomson
Mary Thomson
Elvira Johnson
Ithamer Thomson
Alabama
Elmer Thomson
Crawfordsville
Arilla Ransford
Drake Baptist Church
Rev
Paddock
Pogue Cemetery
William H. Bledsoe Dies by Suicide in Cass Township
William H. Bledsoe of Cass township took his own life by drinking carbolic acid last Wednesday. Health declined after October auto wreck injuries. Found by his wife at home. evidence indicates a deliberate act, with an empty glass recovered from under the bed.
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William H. Bledsoe
Cass Township
Former Resident Emily Merry Dies at 84 in Terre Haute
Emily Elinor Merry 84, widow of John T. Merry, died last week at her daughter’s home in Terre Haute. A native of Piqua County Ohio born September 25 1836 she was the last of Charles and Elizabeth Cochiran’s family. Survived by three daughters Mrs Gif ford Mrs Brice Caper of Zanesville Ohio and Mrs Charles Boland. Burial was Thursday at Highland Lawn cemetery Terre Haute.
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Emily Elinor Merry
John T. Merry
Big Springs
Turman Township
C. C. Gifford
Terre Haute
Mary’ Medsker
Cora Eno
Piqua County
Ohio
Charles
Elizabeth Bonner Cochiran
Gifford
Brice
Caper
Zanesville
Charles Boland
Terre Hauté
High Land Lawn Cemetery
US schoolchildren gift statue to France to honor Marne Battle
United States school children will present a Macmonnies statue to the Republic of France to commemorate the Marne fight. The statue will stand at the closest accessible point to Paris reached by German forces. Sullivan County quota is ninety five dollars with each pupil contributing ten cents.
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France
United States
Macmonnies
Republic of France
Marne
Paris
Sullivan County
Bartholdi
Liberty
Cavins Returns After Long YMCA Overseas Service
Alexander G. Cavins of Indianapolis, former Sullivan boy, completed nearly two years with the YMCA in France. He served in canteen work with the French army, then in Paris as assistant in the YMCA legal department, becoming chief of the division last May before returning home. He plans to practice law in Indianapolis.
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Alexander G. Cavins
Sullivan
Flora Cavins
Indianapolis
France
Mr. Cavins
Paris
Cavins
Newton Buys Store In Shelburn On West Washington
Fred Newton of Shelburn has purchased the grocery business of John J. Schuberth on West Washington street and has taken charge.
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Newton
Fred Newton
Shelburn
John J. Schuberth
Washington Street
State Education Board notes county one room school closures
A table shows consolidation since 1890 with Sullivan County dropping from 112 to 65 one room schools and Handolph County reducing to 9 of this type. Miss Ina Smith of Cass plans hospital training in Terre Haute this week.
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State Board of Education
Sullivan County
Ginbe
Handolph County
Ina Smith
Cass
Terre Haute
Broad Street Improvement Petition Delayed by Council
At last night’s city council meeting the Broad street improvement petition was laid over for action at the next session after protest from citizens. City Engineer John Ersinger presented plans estimating brickwork at 750 dollars per linear foot along with other routine items discussed before an early adjournment.
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Broad
Broad Street
John Ersinger
Follies Draw Four Misses in Indianapolis Night Show
Four women named June Moore Louise Mason Dorris Crowder and Juanita Bailey performed in the Follies at Indianapolis Saturday night in a glitzy community event.
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June Moore
Louise Mason
Dorris Crowder
Juanita Bailey
Indianapolis
Sullivan County Roads Deteriorate Delays Likely In Summer
Roads in Sullivan County are in poor condition worsened by east and northeast coal mine areas. County road forces, led by Felix Jones, began temporary repairs in twenty districts to drag and patch mud holes. Bond sales failed to fund new road construction, signaling no gravel roads this summer amid bond market weakness and prior sales.
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Sullivan County
Felix Jones
Mr. Jones
Felix
Gorse Lovelace
Thomas M. Douthitt
Why Sullivan Should Have New Court House
Citizens of Sullivan County are urged to consider the need for a new court house. The Union offers a cash prize of 15.60 for the best paper on the subject from any resident, student, teacher, or organization. Submissions must be single sided with signature and may be published by the paper.
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Sullivan County
Elks Lodge to Install New Officers Next Monday
The local lodge of Elks will initiate a class and install new officers for the ensuing year on Monday evening April 5. A luncheon will be served by the new officers.
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of Elks
Sullivan to Host Community Public Auction on April 5
A planning committee including R. W. Akin H. S. Benson and Walter Routt prepares a Sullivan public auction tied to the bargain day sale on April 5. Sullivan County residents may enter household goods livestock or farm implements. profits support local merchants. Col. Henry of Vigo County will oversee the event on the public square.
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R. W. Akin
H. S. Benson
Walter Routt
Sullivan
Neosha
Sullivan County
Col
Henry
Vigo County
Wabash Valley Empire Meeting Tours Sullivan County
A county wide series of talks promoting the Wabash Valley Empire movement reached about 6,000 residents in Sullivan County. Speakers from Purdue University and International Harvesting Company urged town and country cooperation to improve production, schools, marketing facilities and homes, culminating in a mass meeting at the Christian Church.
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Sullivan County
Wabash Valley Empire
Greater Terre Tlaute Club
Wabas
A. W. Youngblood
The
Christian Church
G. M. Frier
Purdue University
A. E. Chamberlain
International Harvesting Company
Professor Krier
Sullivan
Russell Engle couple announces birth of Wanda Margaret
Mr and Mrs Russell Engle announce the birth of their daughter Wanda Margaret born March 10.
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Russell ‘Engle
Wanda Margaret
Plans Formed For Crop Cooperative Livestock Reporting
Noting gains in poultry, live stock, grains, and spring work. Indiana Federation of Farmers' Associations plans a cooperative livestock reporting system with the US Department of Agriculture to track cattle swine and sheep by township for better marketing and supply. A March 31 meeting will introduce the blanks and program.
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Dame Nature
Sullivan County Farmers’ Association
Tl. S. Benson
Haddon Township Fariiers’ Association
Carlisle
Benson
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
United States Department of Agriculture
Lewis Taylor
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Republican
Norval K .Harris
Emerson
Otto Krug
Civ
Gita Krug
Krug and Emmerson
Krug
Lowden
Spivey
B. F. McCoy
Sullivan Mill and Elevator Company
General Wood
Walter Bradfute
Bloomington
Wood
Walter F. Wood
Senator Harding
Harding
Haddon
Ventriloquist
Prof
Wilson
Jok
Smirse Thomson Johnson
Wabash Valley
Farmers' Association
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