Stratton Enters 14th Judicial District Prosecutor Race
W P Stratton of this city announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for prosecuting attorney of Sullivan and Greene counties in the fourteenth judicial district. A longtime lawyer in Buffan Stratton and a DePauw and Indianapolis School of Law graduate, he serves as deputy prosecuting attorney of Sullivan County and will wage an aggressive campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Stratton
Fourteenth Judicial District
Sullivan and
Greene
Stratton
Buff
DePuw University
Indianapolis Schipl
Republican Central Committee
Sullivan County
James B. Filbert
Linton
Greene County
Adv
Pleasantville Village Notes and Social Updates
Katherine Shepherd known as Grandma is slowly convalescing. John Knochs recovers from a broken rib after a runaway team. Rev. C M Paitee missed his Baptist church appointment last Sunday. Township Sunday school convention set for Indian Prairie gh next Sunday. Afterburn and wife celebrate wedding anniversary with guests Percy Culbertson E A Powell and Perry Dawson and wives. Dawson and wife also observe their sixth anniversary. James Payne and Charles Yates report hardware and millinery trade this spring. C Bough moved into new quarters last Friday. S J Bedwell relocates to the building formerly occupied by Mr Bough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afterburn
Preszent
Percy Culbertson
E. A. Powell
Perry Dawson
Dawson
James Payne
Charles Yates
C. Bough
S. J. Bedwell
Bough
New Lebanon Community Notes and Meetings
New Lebanon reports baseball fever among locals. A quarterly meeting led by Presiding Elder Asbury took place at East Chapel with several attendees from New Lebanon and Sullivan. Mrs. Price, primary teacher, is reported sick, and residents Chauncey Dale Claude Lisman and families are noted in weekly updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Burton
May Badger
Graysville
McNaughton
Asbury
East Chapel
Rose Chapel
Chauncey Dale
Buttex Morris
New Lebanon
Claude Lisman
de Pauw
C. C. Schlichter
Mrs Price
Tom Ma‘ioni
Powder Trust Controversy Shapes Congress Powder Plant Debate
Washington scene centers on calls to curb the Ek. I. Du Pont de Nemours powder monopoly and possible government plant. Taft rejects full government manufacture while tracing the Du Ponts’ long role in supplying powder and the family’s century of influence from Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours to Coleman Du Pont and naval figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Taft
War Department
Powder Trust
Ek. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Delaware
Quesnay
Assembly of Notables
States General
Nemours
Constituent Assembly
Robespierre
Victor
Eleuthere
Virginia
Maryland
France
Brandywine
Elder du Pont
Louisiana
United States
Wilmington
HB. I. ‘du Pont
Major General Wood Career and Controversy Highlight
The career of Leonard Wood is traced from surgeon in the Spanish War to commander of the Rough Riders under Roosevelt and his rapid promotions. A medal of honor for against Apaches and Mount Dajo criticisms are noted, with a friend recalling a 1897 Klondike note and the Maine episode changing his fortune.
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Leonard Wood
Mount Dajo
McKinley
Roosevelt
Wood
West Point
Rough Riders
General Wood
Klondike
Maine
Boss Iz Durham Faded From Philadelphia Power
Israeli W. Durham once ruled Philadelphia politics with a vast network of 10 000 officeholders and contracts. Now exiled in California due to consumption he faced reverses that toppled his influence as reform swept the city. Born 1856 in Philadelphia he shifted from bricklaying to fur trade before entering politics and serving as state insurance commissioner before resigning last July.
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Israeli W. Durham
Philadelphia
California
Durham
Iz” Durham
Furtr
Officer and Heiress in Beau War on Marriage
The German lieutenant Edward F Scharrar wooed Miss Wilhelmina Busch daughter of Adolphus Busch of St Louis. After a ride to Belleville and a register note declaring marriage they fled to St Louis. The father opposed and sent a special train to Pasadena. A frantic cross country chase ensued before a second proposal was secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina Busch
Eduard F. Scharrar
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Belleville
California
Familly
Pasadena
Papa Busch
Wil Elmina
German dramatist Ludwig Fulda rises from Kaiser veto to fame
German dramatist and poet Ludwig Fulda arrived in the United States for a lecture tour when his early drama Der Talisman was vetoed for the Schiller prize by the Kaiser. The incident, though depriving him of 8,000 marks and a medal, boosted his publicity and popular esteem as a leading German literary figure born in 1862 at Frankfurt. He studied at Berlin and Heidelberg and pursued literature as a career, gaining praise as both playwright and poet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig Fulda
Germany
Schiller
Fulda
Frankfort-on the-Main
Berlin
Heidelberg
Frost hurts plants in the Scott City area
A severe frost Sunday night damaged crops in the vicinity of Scott City as farmers resume fieldwork and planting efforts.
Notice to Non-Residents in Quiet Title Suit
Notice records that on May 8 1906 William A Nelson filed a complaint in Sullivan circuit court to quiet title to real estate in Complaint No 12077 against John Pugh and unknown heirs legatees and devisees of several deceased individuals including John Pugh William W Martin Melinda H Shoemaker America E Martin Elizabeth Cruse Martha J Hicks Rachel A Shoemaker this notice names the defendants and affected heirs and assigns. The filing is represented by attorneys John T and W t H Hays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T
Will H. Hays
Sullivan Circuit Court
William D. Griswold
State of
Indiana
Sullivan County
State of Indiana
W*t H. Hays
Clk
Jobn Pugh
John Pugh
Rachel A. Shoemaker
Roana Sualls
William T. Gray
Cora Preston
Thomas Shoemaker
John Shoemaker
Jane Ravenscroft
Ollie Anderson
Court notice from Sullivan Circuit Court hearing in absentia
The complaint and all matters in the case will be heard and determined in the absence of parties on the 30th day of June, 1906. Witness the Clerk and Seal dated May 8, 1906. TILGHMAN OGLE Clerk Sullivan Circuit Court. John Ty. and Will B. Hays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan B. Wood
Tilghman Ogle
Sullivan Circuit
Isaac H. Kalley
Sullivan Circuit Court
John T. and
Will H. Hays
Plaintiff
John Ty. and
Will B. ‘Hays
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Pleasantville
Katherine Shepherd
John Knochs
C. M. Paitee
The
Baptist Church
Indian Prairie Gh
Mr. Chambers
Mr. Hunt
I. C. Boone
Sullivan
Mella Flemming
Mr. Waddell
Peter Syiemt
Holland
Uncle Sam and the Powder Trust
T. Coleman DU Pont
Boss
Israel W. Durham
Scharrar
Mes
Eduard F. Soharbrar
America
Aleatha C. Gray
Merom
Ind
Dr. Riggs
Edgar T. Wilson
Paxton
Samuel Morris
Sarah R. Gadberry
Dugger
John Shelton
Oaktown
E. R.riggs
Davis Hotel
Sullivan, Ind
Almarina Wood
Payvoy
Hamilton Township
Board of County Commissioners
Main
Main Street
A. M. Murphy
James L. Ferree
Daniel A. Frakes
Harriett Frakes
Joseph Bailey
William W. Martin
Eleanor Hill
Allard Bros
Opticians
Indianapolis
Sullivan and Vicinity
New Davis Hotel
LaFranco
Scott City
Mr. Scott
Terre Haute
Homer Pittman
Roxie Stevens
Gail Hamilton
Perry Hayden
Walter Anderson
Turman’s Creek
William A. Nelson
Big Four
West Norw
Los Angeles
Springfield
Louisville
Des Moines
Belle Center
Streig
ST. Paul Minn
Ickets
Boston Mass
CIA
Winona Lake Ind
Champaign
Tay
Galesburg
Stias
Kankakee Ill
H. J. Rhein
O. M. Watts
G. P
T. A
Poland
McCammon Hotel
Rose Meade Farm
Curtis Gilbert
Sarah Sills
Co. O. Thornberry
E. E. Walston
Thornberry & Walston
Insurance
South Side Square
Sullivan Normal
Livonia
T. J. Dwyer
Grayvile
Joe K. Smock
Mott’s Pennyroyal Pills
DR. Motts
William’s
William
B. E. Muehler
Williams M’f’g. CO
Cleveland, O
Ki-3
J. B. Mullane & Co
Melborn, Ky
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