Thresherman Sixty Years Resident of this County Century
George Cooper Youngman a prominent Putnam County farmer and longtime threshing operator died at his home near New Lebanon aged 78 after a lengthy illness. Born August 13 1838 in Greencastle he served as Bloominton Crawfordsville mail carrier 1850 53 and later farmed near Sullivan County then New Lebanon. A Civil War veteran he enlisted 1865 as a sergeant in the 149th Indiana Regiment and later was active Republican a former Gill Township trustee candidate and member of Silvers Post Grand Army of the Republic.
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George Cooper Youngman
New Lebanon
Mr. Youngman
Greencastle
Putnam County
Youngman
R. J. Tolin
Cloverdale
Bloomington
Crawfordsville
Bean Blossom
Eel River
Little Cocoon
Montgomery County
Sullivan County
149Th Indiana Regiment
Gill Township
Silvers Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Disasterous Fare in Business Section
A wire report states an early Sunday morning incident caused about twenty thousand dollars in losses in the business section. No further details are provided.
Two Store Rooms Burned at Majestic and Greek Candy Kitchen
A Sunday morning blaze originated at the Majestic moving picture theatre on the square destroying two store rooms and the adjacent Greek Candy Kitchen. Losses total about twenty thousand dollars with insurance covering part. Ruddell Bros grocery suffered heavy smoke and water damage and the Ruddell building was damaged. Insurers and owners names are listed for the affected properties and stock.
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Majestic Moving Picture Theatre
Murray
Majestic Theatre
Gollin
Condi
Ruddell Bros
Ruddell
Cora Botts
Colorado Springs
Colo
E. P. Fuller
Candy Kitchen
John W. Wolfe
Gollin and
Krug
A. T. McClanahan
McClanahan
Buff & Stratton
Price & Burkholder
Ruddell Brothers
Marriage of 1862: Mr Youngman and Margaret Gill
1862 marriage unites Mr. Youngman and Margaret H Gill who died years ago. They had three children all deceased. He attended M B church in New Lebanon but joined no church. Survived by brother Elmer in Brooklyn and three sisters in Dun das and West Liberty. Daughter-in-law Jennie Youngman lived at the home. Funeral Sunday at ten conducted by Rev George F McNaughton and burial at Burnett cemetery.
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Youngman
Margaret H. Gill
M. B
New Lebanon
Elmer Youngman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nancy Tibbett
Dundas
Josephine Barrick
Mary Adams
West Liberty
Ills
Jennie Youngman
George F. McNaughton
Cynthiana
Ind
M. E. Church
Silvers Post G. A. R
Burnett Grave Yard
Former Sullivan Girl Weds in Arizona Mission
Miss Lily D. Creager formerly of this city and Terre Haute married April 15 at the Mission Fort Apache Arizona to W Frank Ferguson a government officer fighting liquor traffic among Indians. Mrs Ferguson has long served as a nurse in the Indian Service.
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Sullivan
Arizona
Lily D. Creager
Terre Haute
William B. Creager
Mission
Fort Apache
W. Frank Ferguson
Ferguson
Indian Service
Regimental Reunion of 17th Indiana Infantry Planned
Reunion of the 17th Indiana Infantry scheduled in Marion during the state encampment on May 27 and 28. Participants from the regiment will gather for events in the city.
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17Th Indiana Infantry
Marion
Ind
Sailor James Snapp Returns Home From Cuban Station
James Snapp came home on a Sunday from Newport News Virginia after buying his discharge from the navy. He had served for several months on the Cuban station as part of a squadron that was relieved and returned to home waters at the start of the month.
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NAVY
James Snapp
Newport News
Virginia
Sam
Naval Service
Shelburn Enterprise
U S Trade Balance Seen Near 1 Billion in Fiscal Year
Secretary Redfield states unless export movement changes the U S likely reaches a trade surplus near one billion dollars for the current fiscal year. He cites no overseas travel spending and large American security holdings abroad as factors boosting the favorable balance. Treasury reports show a 104.96 million dollar year deficit.
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Washington
Redfield
Department of Commerce
William J. Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Masons Plan Corner Stone Laying Ceremony in Bloomfield
Fifty men admitted to membership include many prominent citizens. Masons meet at the lodge hall at 2 p.m. to form a procession to the new building site arriving at 3 30 p.m. The local band will provide music during the cornerstone ceremony which is public and open to all.
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Bloomfield
Wet and Dry Fight To Carry Curry Township
Curry township sides with the wet forces as county commissioners set May 28 for a local option election. Petition with 394 names filed. 208 needed to proceed. R B Douglas and Commodore C Halli named election commissioners for wet and dry camps respectively amid a history of prior wet victories. Eleven saloons operate in Shelburn and three in Farmersburg.
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Curry Township
R. B. Douglas
Commodore C. Halli
Shelburn
Farmersburg
King Ditching Car East of Sullivan Ditch Near Asdell Home
Ed J. King missing after leaving Dugger in a mud stained auto found with mashed fenders in Terre Haute garage. Maurice Asdell, a teamster, says King asked to be pulled from a ditch near the Asdell home around 12:30 am, paid five dollars, and headed toward this city to catch a train. a King watch chain with a gold cross charm was later found at the Asdell yard.
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Ed J. King
Dugger State Bank
Dugger
Terre Haute
Maurice D. Asdell
King
Asdell
City approves North and South Section paving plan
City council in a special session passed an ordinance for paving North and South Section streets by a 4 to 1 vote. Councilman Greenlee cast the dissenting ballot. A protest signed by nearly all street property owners accompanied the measure. Bids are set to be received on May 18.
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Greenlee
Fletcher and Brown Tie The Knot In Dugger Area
A marriage license was issued to William E. Fletcher a miner of Dugger and Miss Lillie A. Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Brown of Linton in Bloomfield on May 3.
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Dugger
Bloomfield
William E. Fletcher
Lillie A. Brown
George W. Brown
Linton
Former City Treasurer Burrell Dubre Dies in Missouri
Burrell Dubre aged 53, former Sullivan city treasurer and coal miner, died last Friday near Mountain View Missouri after months of illness. Born May 14 1862 in Gill township, he later lived in Sullivan and Mountain View, worked in coal mining, and was a United Mine Workers member. Survived by wife Rosa Campbell and three children Myrtle DeTroy, Nelson Dubre, and a sister Alice Eaton. Funeral attendees include Myrtle DeTroy and Nelson Dubre.
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Burrell Dubre
Sullivan
Mountain View
James
Emily Dubre
Gill Township
Union Christian College
Merom
Dubre
United Mine Workers
Rosa Campbell
Missouri
Myrtle DeTroy
Evansville
Nelson Dubre
Alice Eaton
Terre Haute
de Troy
Pickle Factory Job Mention Sparks 1916 Bryan Dig
Two laboring men in a pickle factory exchanged words about work. One said he had a job digging out Bryan for 1916, signaling a local employment detail tied to the era.
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Bill
Bryan
1916
Shelburn Woman Elected Associate Grand Conductress
At the Indianapolis meeting of the Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star last week Mrs. Georgia Bardsley of Shelburn was elected associate grand conductress.
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Shelburn
Order of the Eastern Star
Indianapolis
Georgia Bardsley
Eagle Island Club Forms Permanent Organization
The Eagle Island club reorganized after incorporation a month ago. Directors for the year are William T. Mellott John W. Lindley C H Stratton William H Bridwell and Dirrelle Chaney. Mellott named chairman Stratton secretary treasurer. Planned improvements at Eagle Island location include a veranda screened on east and south sides and several additional projects.
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Eagle Island Club
Elks Home
William T. Mellott
John W. Lindley
C. H. Stratton
William H. Bridwell
Dirrelle Chaney
W. T. Mellott
Eagle Island
Wabash River
Riverton
Moore Accepts Post with Citizens Trust Company
Charles F. Batey resigns as assistant secretary of Citizens Trust Company. John M. Moore, former county recorder, is elected by the directors to succeed him and began duties Monday. Moore had been elected cashier of Dugger State Bank but declined the offer.
Jerusalem Chapter to Host Regular Meeting and Mark Master Class
The regular meeting of Jerusalem Chapter No. 81, Royal Arch Masons, is set for tomorrow night. A class will be given the Mark Master degree Friday night.
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Jerusalem
Commandery Pursues Bloomfield Corner Stone Parade
Sullivan Commandery No 54 Knights Templar will escort Bloomfield Masonic lodge in a parade to commend the corner stone laying of the new Masonic temple. John C Chaney will address the crowd. departure from Sullivan at noon by auto. corner stone ceremonies set for 3:30 pm with Bloomfield Lodge 84 and nearby Masons.
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Sullivan Commandery
Knights Templar
Bloomfield
Linton
Masons of
Calvin W. Prather
Greene
Ritter Corner
Bloomfield Lodge
Bloomfield Lodge, No. 84, Free and Accepted Masons
Grand Lodge of Free ‘and Accepted Masons
Indiana
Sullivan Native Prof. Aydelotte Wins MIT English Chair
A Sullivan area man, Prof. Frank Aydelotte, was elected to the English professorship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He previously taught at Indiana State University, is an I A graduate and Rhodes Scholar, and will join Boston Tech as a full professor next fall after a summer posting at the University of Minnesota.
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Sullivan
Frank Aydelotte
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aydelotte
Indiana State University
I. A
English University
University of Minnesota
Boston Tech
Governor appoints former Sullivan man to health post
Dr J N Hurty announced Saturday the appointment of Walter D Thurber of Indianapolis as deputy state health commissioner in charge of the new tuberculosis department created by the last legislature. Governor Ralston noted no salary was provided for the position. Thurber, born in Sullivan, has background in newspapers and serves his third year as secretary of the State Anti Tuberculosis Society, a role he will retain.
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J. N. Hurty
Indiana State Board of Health
Walter D. Thurber
Indianapolis
Ralston
Mr. Thurber
Sullivan
A. B. Thurber
Terre Haute
State Anti-Tuberculosis Society
School Enumeration Shows 600 Students This Year
The Shelburn school enumeration is complete reporting 600 students, seven fewer than in 1914, reflecting a small decline in enrollment.
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Shelburn
Miners Wash House Law Upheld by Courts
Prosecutor Fred F Bays and Senator Oscar E Bland drove a 1907 wash house law for coal miners through legal challenges. The U S Supreme Court and Indiana Supreme Court affirmed Judge Bridwells constitutional ruling that coal companies must provide wash houses upon proper miner petition. The Union mine case near Sullivan highlighted the statute’s enforceability.
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Fred F. Bays
Oscar E. Bland
Linton
State Senate
United States Supreme Court
Bridwell
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of
Bays
U. S. Supreme Court
Sullivan
Consolidated Indiana Coal Company
Union
Supreme Court of the State
Coal Company
U. S. Court
Former Jefferson Twp Man Killed at Plainfield
Jesse Jackson aged 27 a brick layer from Indianapolis and son of Tom Jackson formerly of Jefferson township was instantly killed Thursday at Plainfield. He rode a motorcycle as a horse hitched to a wagon spooked and the wagon shafts struck his chest piercing his lung. Jackson had worked here last summer and was en route home when the accident happened. He was accompanied by Charles Smith another local rider.
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Jesse Jackson
Indianapolis
Tom Jackson
Jefferson Township
Plainfield
Jackson
Charles Smith
Newman Smith
Smith
Davis Re elected Attendance Officer in County Board Vote
Nicholas H. Davis of this city was re elected county attendance officer Saturday at a meeting of the county board of education. John Hiatt also ran and received three votes of nine cast.
Weekly Weather Report for Farmersburg May 2
The cooperative observer Carrie Yeager records May 2 week weather with six clear days and two partly cloudy days. Temperatures ranged from 44 to 84 degrees with no precipitation until 0.32 inches on May 2.
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Farmersburg
Carrie Yeager
Cooperative Weather Observer
Sullivan Band Reorganized with New Officers Elected
The Sullivan Band has been reorganized and officers elected include W. B. Burton as director Sandusky Pigg as manager and Aud Mason as secretary and treasurer.
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Sullivan Band
W. B. ‘Burton
Sandusky Pigg
Aud Mason
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George C. Youngman
Thresherman
Edward J. King
U. S. Treasury
County
Helen Jewell
Route Two
Jewell
Miss Jewell
Mils
I. A. Nesbit
Harry
Jones
Dale
T. Stansil
Perfects
Bloomfield Masons
Boston Technical
W. D. Thurber
Higher
STATE
Fred Bays
Mr. Bl
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