Given Right to Construct Vault in Sullivan County
Judge Combs ruled in Frankfort Indiana that Mrs Belle Phillips and Howard Cann may proceed with a vault and monument at Rev J T Phillips grave in Sullivan County. The court found an order allowed a monument not to exceed 250 dollars and that the vault would not disturb nearby graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ind
Combs
Kirk Phillips
Belle Phillips
Howard Cann
J. T. Phillips
Sullivan County
Leach Guilty In Booze Sale Case With Heavy Fine
George W. Leach found guilty of illegal sale of liquor after brief jury deliberation. Punishment set at ninety days in jail and a five hundred dollar fine, the harshest in similar Indiana cases. Appeal to the Supreme Court granted with bail pending outcome. Prosecution presented strong evidence including Leach orders and shipments to support verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Leach
Leach
Geo. Anderson
Shelburn
Fred F. Bays
Hunt & Gambill
Bridwell
Supreme Court
Miners to Honor Dead on Memorial Day
Sullivan county miner leaders receive a proclamation from John P. White president of the International U M W A urging 300000 miners to join Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day ceremonies. The call urges services and grave decorations for miners who died in accidents and asks local unions to commemorate their deceased members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
John P. White
International U. M. W. A
Grand Army of the Republic
White
Earth
Grand Army
Fourteenth Indiana Regiment Reunion in Carlisle
A reunion of the Fourteenth Indiana Regiment will be held in Carlisle on June 4 with veterans from across the state attending. A. P. Asbury will give the principal address, the Woman's Relief Corps will provide dinner, and the Carlisle band will perform. Memorial Day observances by the G A R are set for Sunday, June 14 at Indian Prairie church with Rev W L Hluasel delivering the memorial sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Indiana
A. P. Asbury
Woman’s Relief Corps
Indian Prairie Church
W. L. Hluasel
First Methodist Church
Sullivan High School Graduates Largest Class in History
Sullivan High School turns out its largest graduating class with 45 members. Commencement exercises tonight feature an address by former Indiana Governor J. Frank Hanly. The baccalaureate sermon was given by Rev. J. M. Vawter at the Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday afternoon May 21. The class list includes Wilbur Allen Roy Anderson Zoe Beasley Nelle Arnett William Borders Vernon Boyll Asa Bradbury Virgil Brokaw Malcolm Campbell Dean Chaney Iva Cunningham Bertha Ferree Ralph Daugherty Lucia Fleming Geneva Gambill Susan Glidden Ethel Goldberg Bertha Hadden Reavill Hadden Ouria Hiatt Robin Jones Ruth Leach Fay Loudermilk Eugene Marlow Geneva Mayfield Maurice McGrew John McIntosh Mildred Nesbit Margaret Park Marie Krug Flossie Nesbit Murray Nesbit Mamie Poe Hurley Poston Flossie Raines Lloyd Rhoades Fay Shipman Rosa Self Harold Shields Lawrence Thompson Lola Thrasher Mary Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice McGrew
John McIntosh
Mildred Nesbit
Margaret Park
Marie Krug
Flossie Nesbit
Murray Nesbit
Mamie Poe
Hurley Poston
Flossie Raines
Lloyd Rhoades
Fay Shipman
Rosa Self
Harold Shields
Lawrence Thompson
Lola Thrasher
Mary Wright
Inspector Selects Survey Boat Site at Crawford Street
Terre Haute Indiana May 18 A government survey project on the Wabash has a site at Crawford Street foot chosen with local input. Inspector Everett Miller and Terre Haute Trust Company Crawford Fairbanks secure ground for a 102 by 26 foot survey boat with living quarters for 30 men to be launched after materials arrive from Cincinnati and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Everett
Miller
Government Engineer
Terre Haute Trust Company
Crawford Fairbanks
Crawford Street
Cincinnati
Louisville
Vincennes
Lytle Brown
Congress
Train Strikes Aged Woman Near Dagger
Mary Stevens, about sixty, was struck by an Indianapolis Southern freight train in Dagger this morning. She cannot hear or see well and stepped from the track into the path of the engines, receiving a severe head injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dagger
Wmra
Mary Stevens
Indianapolis Southern
Carlisle School Board Selects Staff for Next Year
At a meeting the Carlisle School Board named O. H. Greist as Superintendent and Harry F. Miller as principal. Charles T. Foley and Elvin M. Ely were chosen as assistant principals with music and drawing. Grades include Ernest Childress, Alvin McCammon, Alice Gibony, Claire Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
O. H. Greist
Harry F. Miller
Charles T. Foley
Elvin M. Ely
Erade
Ernest ‘Childress
Alvin McCammon
Apportionment Blocked in Senate Thwarts House Increase
Washington May 23 Serious complications imperil apportionment legislation as the Senate may delay or strike out the House increase from 391 to 433. If the Senate fixes 391 members Indiana faces loss of a representative and possible extra sessions or at large elections, threatening redistricting plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Indiana
Drowned farmer John Compton in Hel River tragedy
John Compton aged 85 living near Lewis on the Marvin Pierson farm drowned while fishing in Hel River Saturday night when the boat capsized. Powell survived. Compton body recovered later. He leaves a wife and two young daughters. Funeral from his house at 9 tomorrow with burial in Minor Cemetery near Lewis. he was a member of the Shelburn Odd Fellows lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eel River
John Compton
Lewis
Marvin Pierson
Hel River
Powell
Compton
Shelburn
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Lewis Lodge
Hymera
County Council Approves Lot for Work House
County council last week appropriated 1500 dollars to buy a lot at the county jail corner for a work house for prisoners. The body rejected 235 dollars for a copying machine, 180 dollars for an assistant in the superintendent’s office.
Monon Takes Over Walsh Mining Property
Deeds filed in Vigo county finalize the transfer of nineteen mines from Alliance Coal Company to Monon Coal Company. New corporation, capital stock one million, to be led by A. M. Ogle Jr. of Indianapolis, with mines in Vigo Sullivan and Greene counties now under Monon control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Alliance Coal Company
Monon Coal Company
Vigo County
Alliance Company
Vigo
Sullivan
Greene Counties
Monon Company
A. M. Ogle, Jr
Indianapolis
Sullivan County
Mammoth Vein
Linton
Keystone
Gilmour
Shelburn
Alum Cave
Citizens
Rainbow Bunker Hill
Richmond
American
Forest Park
Cummings
Indiana Hocking Valley
Greene County
Lattas Creek
Tower Hill
Midland
Hoosier
Wolford
Herman Emmerts
Clay County
Berley H. Noyse
Burgen County
N. J
Boy sent to reform school after cruel acts at home
Russell Burroughs a 16 year old son of Mr and Mrs John Burroughs was sent last week to Plainfield Reform School by order of Judge Bridwell. He had fed five gallons of apple butter to chickens and killed about 60 of their young birds triggering the family’s disgrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Russell Burroughs
John Burroughs
Plainfield Reform School
Claude B Cain and Sybil Hayworth wed in Indianapolis
Announcement from Sullivan reports the marriage of Claude B. Cain son of Mr and Mrs John Cain to Miss Sybil Hayworth in Indianapolis. The Rev Van Dyke officiated and Cain is assistant manager of the Wasson shoe department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Cain
Indianapolis
Claude B. Cain
Sullivan
John Cain
Sybil Hayworth
van Dyke
Mr. Cain
Wasson’s Store
27 Colored School Children in County Enrollment
The enumeration shows only twenty seven colored school children out of a total of 9 745 pupils in the county. The total rises slightly from last year.
Evansville E. and T. H. to vote on merge with C. and E. I.
The E. and T. H. Railroad stockholders meet July 20 in Evansville to decide a proposed merger with the C. and E. I. The Evansville Belt line participates as a subsidiary. Officials say consolidation would weld Evansville Terre Haute into a larger system improving extensions and interstate reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
E. & T. H. Railroad Company
Evansville and
Terre Haute
E. and
T. H
Chicago
Indiana
C. and
E. I
Shelburn man suffers fractured hip in streetcar incident
Mack Clark of Shelburn was injured while alighting from a street car at Thirteenth street and Wabash avenue in Terre Haute. He tried to exit before the car stopped, was thrown and found unconscious aboard. He was taken to Union hospital and is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Mack Clark
Shelburn
Thirteenth Street
Wabash Avenue
Clark
Wabash
Seventh Street
Union Hospital
Wilson Nash Wedding in County Justice Ceremony
Tilden Nash a St Louis railroad man wed Lola Wilson of Colmont in a county justice ceremony held last week. The couple, both named in the notice, begins their married life with a standard union amid local arrivals and officials.
Will Appeal Case Against Jesse Southerland
Steps are taken to appeal the case against Jesse Southerland to the supreme court. W. F. Wood represented the defendant in the trial. Southerland, who had left the state after the offense, was arrested on his return. The case was said to have been removed from the docket while he was at large. He was sentenced last week by Judge W. H. Bridwell to Michigan City for two to fourteen years for attempting to murder Melvin Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Southerland
Supreme Court
W. F. Wood
Southerland
Michigan City
W. H. Bridwell
Melvin Webster
Alfred Bennett Stansil Civil War veteran dies in Indiana
Alfred Bennett Stansil, longtime Sullivan resident and planing mill partner, died Friday night at the National Soldiers Home in Danville Illinois at age 74. Born 1838 in Knox county he served in the 85th Indiana Infantry and Libby prison, later farmed carpentry and contracting. Surviving are three children and three wives with services at M E church conducted by Rev George H Murphy and Odd Fellows burial at Center Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Bennett Stansil
National Soldiers
Danville
Ilinois
Mr. Stansil
Knox County
Sullivan
William Stansil
Stansil
85Th
Indiana Infantry
Libby
Jacob F. Hoke
Sarah H. Hoke
Martin O. Parks
Colorado
Sylvester Beasley
Terre Haute
Floyd Stansil
Evansville
Lydia Collins
Haddon Towneship
Stella Thomas
Barbara
M. E. Church
Sullivan Lodge of Odd Fellows
M. E
This City
George H. Murphy
The
Odd Fellows
Center Ridge
March Mortality in Sullivan County Report
The state board of health records 32 Sullivan county deaths in March with 9 under one year, 3 ages 1–4, and 7 over 65. Causes include 3 pulmonary tuberculosis, 2 measles, 3 pneumonia, 2 diarrheal diseases, 3 lagrippe, and 2 from violence. Sullivan city accounted for 6 deaths, including 1 under one and 2 over 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Governor Marshall Campaign Scuffle Leads to Fine
Fred Stein of Atlas was fined 5 dollars and costs by Judge Bridwell last week for assaulting a man during Governor Marshall's speech at Dugger in the campaign last fall. The charge was disturbing a public meeting. the governor halted his remarks and publicly reprimanded Stein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stein
Atlas
Bridwell
Marshall
Dugger
Stein
Man With St Vitus Dance Resists Officers At Institution
William Stallings, afflicted with St Vitus dance, refused to accompany Trustee N D Martin to the Institution last week. Two officers were needed to take charge of him as he resisted police until overcome. He has been staying at the McKinley hotel near the E T H station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stallings
N. D. Martin
McKinley Hotel
Ascension Day Service Guests From Four Commanderies
Members of Sullivan Commandery No. 64 Knights Templar will travel to Robinson tomorrow to join the Ascension Day services hosted by Olney Commandery. Each year Sullivan Washington Vincennes and Olney commanderies attend the services together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Commandery No. 64
Knights Templer
Robinson
Olney Commandery
Sullivan
Washington
Vincennes
Olney
Country Home Burns Near City line
The home of David Jeffries about three and a half miles west of the city near the Sullivan county line burned last night, the house a complete loss along with nearly all household effects. Cravens agency held a $1,000 policy on the house and contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Jeffries
Sullivan County
Cravens Agency
Linton
Hymera Plans Clean-Up Day Ahead of Decoration Day
Hymera May 23. The board of health designates Saturday May 27 as Hymera clean-up day the last Saturday before Decoration Day. Residents urged to aid in clearing lots yards streets and alleys of winter trash. The board provides free vehicle use for cleanup assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hymera
Board of Health
County to Erect Ten New Bridges At Cost 8858
Ten iron and concrete bridges will be built by the county this summer at a total cost of 8858.00, replacing wooden structures across the county. Vincennes bridge company handles six contracts and Robt. Taylor's Sullivan Bridge and Supply four. Taylor recently received six bridge orders for shipment to Georgia, while existing contracts cover sites near Paxton Carlisle Sullivan Shelburn and George Buff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes Bridge Company
Robt. Taylor
Sullivan Bridge and Supply Company
Taylor
Georgia
Land
Paxton
George Willis
Carlisle
Helms
Paris Underwood
Springer
Jont Scott
Sullivan
Charles Bunch
Shelburn
James Stewart
George Buff
James Ransford
Couple Refused Marriage License Over State Residency
A couple named Neely Joel Martin and Leone Shocky appeared at the county clerk's office on Friday seeking a marriage license. Clerk DeBaun began paperwork but halted when the groom disclosed they reside in Sullivan Illinois, directing them to return to their home state for the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neely Joel Martin
Leone Shocky
DeBaun
Sullivan
Illinois
Interurban Subsidy Approved for Sullivan to Decker Line
Vincennes and the surrounding township voted 105000 dollars subsidy for an interurban line from Sullivan to Decker. The route would connect at Sullivan with the T H I and BE rail lines, leaving a ten mile gap between Decker and Princeton, the Evansville and Princeton line's northern terminus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Sullivan
Deceker
Decker
Princeton
Evansville
Princetos
Mrs Ray Beauchamp and Daughter Visit Charles Campbell
Mrs Ray Beauchamp and her daughter from Indianapolis are visiting Charles Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Beauchamp
Indianapolis
Mr. Angora
Charles Campbell
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Frankfort, Ind
Sullivan High School
J. Frank Hanly
MONON
Walsh Mining
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