Island observations by W B Roberts in Porto Rico 1903
Ol W B Roberts writes from Ponce about social and economic changes in Porto Rico since U S occupation. He details San Juan’s modernization, American influence, education progress, political parties, and the island’s fertile land and climate. He recalls the Olympia and Morro Castle welcome.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
EpiTor Union
New York
San Juan
Ow York
Gulf Stream
Tropics
Morro Castle
Morro
Dewey
Olympia
United States
Abinito Pass
Caribbean Sea
Earth
W. B. Roberts
Big day for eggs in Sullivan county market
Sullivan county reports a festive egg trade with 5500 dozen eggs sold last Saturday earning $660 for local farmers. If lined up the eggs would stretch 2.5 miles and weigh 8200 pounds, yolks totaling 825 gallons, illustrating poultry as a major farm revenue source. Miss Lula Knotts Never Knew She Was.
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Sullivan County
Sullivan
Robbery Tale Misread The Democrat Faces Backlash
A local town story claims Miss Lulu Knotts was robbed but later evidence suggests the Democrat misreported the incident. The December 25 event near Judge Buff’s home involved two men who followed Knotts after leaving Patton's store. She alerted Judge Buff's family and reached safety. no theft details stood firm.
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The
Democrat
Lulu Knotts
Miss Knotts
Judge Buff
Judgment for plaintiffs in Old Pittsburg Coal case
After six years of litigation the Old Pittsburg Coal and Mining Company in receivership faced 74 mechanic’s lien suits. Knox county circuit court followed Supreme Court direction, ruling for the plaintiffs McAnally vs Old Pittsburg. The decision awards over $4000 plus costs. Harder and Hafer who bought the mine become liable.
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Old Pittsburg Coal and Mining Company
Mechanic’s bin
Sullivan
Knox County
John T. Hays
Supreme Court
McAnally
Knox County Circuit
Harder & Hafer
Old Pittsburg Company
Resignation of R. C. Viskniskki Aide
S Herner resigns after serving with R. C. Viskniskki to take a traveling shoe salesman post. He left Thursday for his Palmyra Missouri home.
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S. Herner
R. C. Viskniskki
Palmyra
Gun Used as Ed Tremain Seeks Child in City
Ed Tremain obtains a warrant after a confrontation with James McBride a barber from Sullivan who allegedly seized Tremain’s ex wife and their six year old daughter Tremain claims a revolver was shown and he was forced to retreat He believes the pair plan to take the child to Chicago in what Terre Haute Express described Friday.
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Ed Tremain
James McBride
Sullivan
Tremain
McBride
Chicago
Terre Haute
Rural Routes 1 and 2 To Start Next Wednesday
Rural Routes No 1 and No 2 will start on Wednesday April 1st with Ralph Dodds on Route 1 and A B Thurber on Route 2. Farmers along the lines are ordering boxes and expect many in use by service start. Thurber predicts about 100 boxes for Route 2 and likely similar for Route 1 as both carriers bought wagons built for the work.
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Ralph Dodds
A. B. Thurber
Thurber
Everharts Return from California Winter Stay
Mr and Mrs Dave Everhart of Jackson township have returned home after spending the winter in Angeles California.
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Dave Everhart
Jackson Township
Angeles, Cal
Quiet title and estate actions listed in court docket
A court docket shows multiple proceedings including quiet title actions for Marion F Walters and George P Boone. sales of real and mineral lands. appraisers appointed for Clyde Nash estate. private sale with bond. several divorce dismissals for want of prosecution. estates of Benjamin Buff John R Jenkins Sophia Hoover Melvin Ellis William Owings Paulina Aumbaugh Christian H Daugherty Thomas Anderson John W Mason and others with administrators executors and trustees named. some cases settled out of court and sales approved with deeds and leave to sell personal property.
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Marion F. Walters
Marion Cross
Wake Giles
John Giles
Mabel Riggs
Net
Petiion
Clyde Nash
George Heap
Thos
H. Kendall
Harvey Mullins
Nancy J. Mullins
Marion J. Sears
Mary B. Sears
Mary E. Bonham
Admr
William B
Louis E. Grabbe
August Waggoner
Hix W. Davis
August L. Thrasher
Wm. FE. Crowder
Alonzo Pennington
Wm. Thornberry
George P. Boone
Thomas E. Richardson
Harley Richardson
John S. McClellan
Thomas J. Richardson
Benjamin Buff
George W. Buff
John R. Jenkins
Riley Knotts
Sophia A. Hoover
Melvin Ellis
William Owings
J. P. Wilkey
Paulina Alumbaugh
J. Frank Alumbaugh
Christian H. Daugherty
Thomas A. Daugherty
Thomas F. Anderson
W. Paul Stratton
John W. Mason
I. H. Kalley
Guardianship docket reports and estate actions
Probate docket lists guardianship details for Christopher Vester Otto Johnson Riley Knotts and Ione K Goodwin. Reports and resignations filed. citations ordered for guardians. Multiple estates including Sherman Foreman Montgomery Wolfenberger McKinney Gambill Burton and others with executors administrators and confirmations.
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Otto Johnson
James W. Johnson
Guardian
Christopher Vester
James Hobbs
Geo. W. Adams
Rufus A. Morris
John Vester
Riley Knotts
Mary F. Knotts
Ione K. Goodwin
Amelia Goodwin
Harriett Sherman
George W. Buff
James I. Foreman
James M. Boston
T. E. Foreman
Dennis F. Montgomery
Ulmer Jackson
R. H. Wolfenberger
W. C. Wolfenberger
Admr
John T. McKinney
John Nesbit
Nancy S. Gambill
William W. Rogers
Mary J. Burton
John S. Akin
Edgar W. Akin
Guardianship and Real Estate Matters Involving Lewellyn and Nash
In guardianship of Richard C. Lewellyn guardian Richard T. Lewellyn seeks authority to sell real estate. Claims in the Mary F. Taylor versus Estate of J. T. McKinney case. Petition to sell real estate in the Clyde Nash estate. Damages suits against Jackson Hill Coal and Coke Co. and E T and R R Co. include Oscar Mattox seeking 1000 dollars for on the job injuries and Alexander Roark seeking 2000 dollars for the death of his son Joseph A. Roark after being run over on the Alum Cave branch August 9 1901.
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Richard C. Lewellyn
Richard T. Lewellyn
Guardian
Mary F. Taylor
J. T. McKinney
Clyde Nash
Nexanesr Roark
Ivar Mattox
Jackson Hill Coal and Coke Co
Oscar Mattox
Circuit
Jackson Hill Coal and Coke Company
Mattox
Alexander A. Roark
Joseph A. Roark
Roark
Alum Cave
State of Indiana Docket Reports Guilty Plea and Not Guilty Verdict
The docket shows John Springer acquitted by a jury on a charge of malicious killing of hogs. In separate actions, John Swanner and Samuel Lee pleaded guilty to disturbing a religious meeting and were fined five dollars with costs.
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State of Indiana
John Springer
John Swaner
Samuel Lee
Marriage Licenses Granted to Six Couples in Local Listings
Ervin T. Oakes and Della M. Risinger, William S. Lloyd and Bessie B. McCoy, Lee Douthitt and Della G. Padgett, Henry S. Nichols and Gertie Tincher, William A. Epperson and Bertha Wertz are recorded as union seekers in the latest licenses list.
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Ervin T. Oakes
Della M. Risinger
William S. Lloyd
Bessie B.cCoy
Lee Douthitt
Della G. Padgett
Henry S. Nichols
Gertie Tincher
William A. Epperson
Bertha Wertz
77th Anniversary of First Methodist Church Is Celebrated
The Terre Haute gathering marked the 77th founding anniversary with a grand rally. C P Walker, former Sullivan resident now with Southern Indiana railroad, led invitation efforts in Terre Haute. Rev S F Anderson, once our assistant pastor, has taken a new pastorate in Connnersville circuit through year end.
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Terre Haute
Connersville
Brother Anderson
One Hundredth Birthday Celebrated for Granny Dickerson
Granny Dickerson of Sullivan Virginia Kentucky area is a centenarian born March 25 1803 in Russell County Virginia. She has never used a cooking stove preferring a stone fireplace and iron crane. Her life spans pioneer days witch doctors Civil War moves and family ties to Will Ray and Scott Dickerson.
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Granny Dickerson
Russel County
Virginia
Granny
Mrs. Dickerson
Dickerson
Carter County
Kentucky
Grant
Vicksburg
Sullivan
The
Baptist Church
Providence
Shade Dickerson
Will
Ray
Scott Dickerson
Notice to Rural Route Patrons in Sullivan Area
Rural routes Nos. 1 and 2 will be installed out of Sullivan next Wed April 1. The Union asks all subscribers on either route to notify at once with their former address and the route number for paper delivery. The Union aims to notify all on these routes as soon as possible.
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Sullivan
The
Union
Coming Home From Florida Trip For Stratton and Cooper Families
Mr and Mrs C C H Stratton Mr and Mrs J P Stratton and Mr and Mrs John Cooper of Carlisle plan to leave New Smyrna Florida tomorrow en route home they will spend a week on the journey back.
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C.C. H. Stratton
J. P. Stratton
John Cooper
Carlisle
New Smyrna, Fla
Also Mentioned on This Page
OL. W. B. Roberts
Island
Lula Knotts
Crat
Sullivan County Judicial Tribunal
Old Pittsburg Mining Co
California
Civil Docket
George W. Adams
Ben Hur
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