Shelburn News Notes highlights and moves
Harper returns from Florida with 16 pound gain and a younger look. Laurent wins Catholic church contract at Dugger then starts on $2,000 project. Burroughs of Terre Haute visits on business and heads to Benton Ill. for mine foreman job. Wheeler from Terre Haute expects to rejoin Terrier lineup next week. Laurent builds four room house in Glenn's addition. Wilson and family relocate to Littles Ind for mine bank boss job. Multiple attend funerals in Farmersburg and Loogootee. Women visit Hymera relatives. Rettich plans Scotland trip. Richards of Terre Haute on business. Watson child ill with catarrhal fever. Dix moves to Sullivan. Padgett and First receive Masonic chapter degree in Sullivan. Wilden recovering from surgery in Terre Haute. Johnsons visit Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Laurent
Dugger
D. C. Burroughs
Terre Haute
Mr. Burroughs
Star City
Benton
Ill
George Wheeler
George
Frank Laurent
Glenn
Wilson
Littles
Ind
A. F. Hogan
Henry Yeager
Opal Rice
Daisy Brainer
J. H. Furry
Farmersburg
B. F. Shepherd
Frank Howard
Ruth Hunley
Pleasantville
R. L. Powell
Ollie
Effie Furry
Loogootee
Carey Littlejohn
Hymera
Bassie Stark
Muriel Littlejohn
Henry Rettich
Scotland
D. O. Armstrong
Jasonville
L. A. Dix
Sullivan
Dix
Claude Padgett
Frank
Masonic Lodge
Harry Wilden
Union Hospital
Millard Johnson and Son
Fairbanks
H. J. Johnson and
New York Central Buy Coal Lands Yet to Reach Indiana
Rumor says the New York Central system, part of the Big Four, plans to enter the Sullivan coal fields. Reports claim it is already probing coal lands and will sink several mines and build a Terre Haute to Shelburn branch once deals close. The line would create a fuel chain for its western Indiana operations to meet traffic needs.
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New York Central System
Big Four Railroad
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Shelburn
Indiana
Extraordinary Indiana Church Convention in Indianapolis
A statewide Christian church convention in Indianapolis May 12 to 15 offers sessions for ministers women Sunday School and Christian Endeavor with programs on mission work country church and college ties. Delegates stay with hosts in sixteen Indianapolis churches with meals at Central Christian Church and tourism by auto. ministersjoin with the Indianapolis Ministerial Association. social events include banquets at Butler College and Y M C A gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Indianapolis
State Association
Samuel M. Ralston
W. J. Wright
Franklin
Joseph C. Todd
Bloomington
I. N. McCash
State University
Christian Endeavor
Central Christian Church
Butler College
Sandwich Club
Elvin Daniels
South Ritter Avenue
Indianapolis Ministerial Association
College of Missions
Irvington
Indianapolis Sunday Schools
Christian Endeavor Societies
Indianapolis Endeavorers
Guardianships and foreclosures listed in county court docket
A condensed docket listing multiple civil actions including guardianship petitions for persons of unsound mind, note actions, real estate sales to pay debts, foreclosure suits on mortgages and contracts, and personal injury claims filed in the court. Major parties include J Webster Chowning, John W Davis, A Keifer Drug Co, Mary Deckard, Jonathan Tharp, Lee Kelley, J Wooley Coal Co, Hymera State Bank, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Webster Chowning
John W. Davis
Guardian
Cook
Black & Hoffman
Wm. M. DeLay
A. Keifer Drug Co
Charles Deckard
Mary Deckard
Jonathan
Tharp
Mary E. Mullens
Oliver P. Tharp
Lee R. Kelley
John M. Kelley
Minnie Kelley
Merrell
Arrowface Mountain Goat Mayhem and a Rescue
Dick Hayden fights a runaway goat siege on Arrowface mountain to rescue Tirzy Ann, a visitor staying with the Beaver family. A bolt from a shotgun ends the danger as Tirzy Ann reveals herself as a late teen rather than a child. Six months of courtship follow.
Local notes from Bloomington Star column updates
Bloomington Star itemized briefs recount community happenings including Jane Sims selling candy and gum, Arminta Jones's poetry submission plans, Ed Bledsoe’s chicken house mishap, a dentist office rumor, Jim Spivins seeking a band job, Aunty Hartsock’s dropsy treatment, Zeb Hawkins buying rummage for 1.42, and various local anecdotes about residents and incidents in Bloomington.
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Jane Sims
Arminta Jones
Theodore Roosevelt
Outlook
Gosport
Ed Bledsoe
Jim Spivins
Sousa
Aunty Hartsock
Doc McFadden
Zeb Hawkins
Bloomington
Bill Bivins
Si Plum
Bill
Phil Blithers
Love Ann Long
Indianapolis
Hawkins
Jim
Sallie
Mother
Dad
Squire Hansford
Jersey
Zeke Billings
Mountain Riches or Goat Welfare for Dick Hayden
Dick Hayden inherits Arrowface Mountain and plans to turn it into a profitable Angora goat operation. He cuts timber, hires a goatherd, and inventories goats while tallying profits and losses, but after three months the herd suffers illness and death, leaving his mountain venture in doubt.
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Arrowface Mountain
Yourn
Beaver
Sawyer Smith
Beaver We2s
Tirzy Ann
Mrs. Beaver
Ernest
Tirzy
Dick Hayden
Connecticut
Wizzy Ann
Mohammed
Hayden
Mr. Smith
Arrowface
Eldorado man sentenced for murder in 1912
John Woodruff was found guilty of murder and given a life term in the penitentiary for a cold blooded shooting on October 25, 1912, on the Mugge farm in Bildorado township. Key witness Mrs. Muggs testified to Woodruff’s vile remarks and the fatal shot as Virgil Chaffin contradicted the gun being shouldered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
John Woodruff
Woodruff
Jackson Hill No. 4
the Hill
Shelburn
Bildorado Township
Mugge
Virgil Chaffin
Shelburn Enterprise
New Cigarette Law Affects Sullivan Youths Under Twenty-One
The latest legislature passes a cigarette law making it illegal for anyone under 21 to receive own keep sell or possess cigarettes or cigarette paper containing nicotine or substitutes. It also penalizes misrepresenting age to buy cigarettes with a $100 fine or up to three months in jail or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys of
Affidavits Filed in Case Against Mrs. Noah Chambers
Two affidavits allege assault and battery by Mrs. Noah Chambers of South Court street against Abe Curtis Jr. and Maynard Hughes. The echres will be heard Saturday. Reportedly bar patrons skating past the Chambers home were splashed when she allegedly turned the hose on them.
Pleased patrons in Sullivan invite dental exam offer
A Sullivan dentist touts eight years of pleased patrons and promises better today than yesterday. The ad invites new patients to have their teeth examined, noting it costs nothing to start with an examination and inviting readers to get acquainted.
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Sullivan
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J. &. Sproatt
O. W. Perry
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J W. Bass
the Enterprise
Br. Harper
New Smyrna
Florida
Southland
Governor Ralston
Christian Church At
Hayden’s
Lindley
Davis
Interurban
Hector, Jr
P. S
A. Aviator
J. and
J. K. Coulson
New Lebanon
Dottorff
G. ©. Botts
Eas
Tever Fale
Hoste
Wray
Elain
Missouri
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