Summer strike memories and militia at Alum Cave
Reminiscence recalls the 19th century E and T H Railroad coal surges to Chicago, militia mobilizations, and the Alum Cave line from Farmersburg to Hymera. It notes mines at Alum Cave Jackson Hill Hymera Shelburn Curryville and Farmersburg producing 80 to 90 carloads daily and employing hundreds while locals remembered the skidoo march and raids on non union activity.
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Kentucky
T.H
Chicago
Sullivan County
Alum Cave
Jackson Hill
Hymera
Shelburn
Curryville
Farmersburg
E. and
T. H
John Cummins
W. G. Scott
Don Stoops
Mike Scully
Ben Quinn
Everyody
Scott
Rex
Yale
Miller’s Switch
Rey
Gill Township Annual Commencement Held in New Lebanon
The Gill township schools annual commencement will be held in New Lebanon on Tuesday. Graduates include Mary Wilson Ed Hart Roy McCowen W Turpie Brokaw Edna Bubenzer Edna Motfohon Mary Parsons Martha Parsons Gwendoline Brokaw Elsie Kemp Clarence H Phegley Miggie Land James Bolenbaugh Cora Lee Ruth E Jones Fernie Meng Grace Wardner Mildred Kemp Robert Springer Frank McCammon Callie Schlichter Claude Phegley Luther Phegley. The address will be by O B Whitaker president of Union Christian College with music by the U C C Quartet.
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New Lebanon
Mary Wilson
Ed Hart
Roy McCowen
W. Turpie Brokaw
Edna Bubenzer
Edna Motfohon
Mary Parsons
Martha Parsons
Gwendoline Brokaw
Elsie Kemp
Clarence H. P Gley
Clarence H. Phegley
Miggie Land
James Bolenbaugh
Cora Lee
Ruth E. Jones
Fernie Meng
Grace Wardner
Mildred Kemp
Robert Springer
Frank McCammon
Callie Schlichter
Claude Phegley
Luther Phegley
O. B. Whitaker
Union Christian College
U. C. C. Quartet
Real Estate Transfers In Sullivan and Surrounding Areas
A list of twenty eight property transfers recorded, showing buyers and sellers such as John Shanks to O L Springer and Bert Stanley to Samuel Willett, with lots, tracts, or acres in Cass Me Merom Shelburn Fairbanks and related additions, values totaling 22261.15 dollars.
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John Shanks
O. L. Springer
Fairview Park
Sullivan
Bert Stanley
Samuel Willett
Arvel E. South
Mary McClungland
Jefferson
Charles McClanahan
Thurman S. McDonald
Farmersburg
W. L. Laurent
Sarah C. Hazelrigg
Oaklawn
Shelburn
Charles R. Turner
S. W. Smallwood
Nora
Carruthers
Pierce
Maggie Marts
Walter Hobb
Riggs
Clayton Price
Leslie Secrest
Cass
Carrie J. Trueblood
John S&s. Welch
Fairbanks
Henry Hays
Levi Kennedy
Merom
Ida A. French
Rhoda Setzer
John N. Baich
Robert J. Jackson
W. A. C. Cos
Hymera
A. M. Alsip
Charles A. Meier
Vandalia Coal Co
T. S. Bedwell
Josh Beasley Et al
Coronado Opera House
Mary E. Kelley
B. F. Julian
C. B. Add
Homera
O. R. Rich
Ora Sims
W. R. Nesbitt
Nancy A. Padgett
Crowder’s Add
Edward Taylor
W. H. Hill, Jr
Curry
Noah Stevenson
Samuel Bradshaw
Cherrydale
Howard Bunch
John Anderson
Jackson
Jnc. L. Meredith
Jas. E. Bittle
Gill
Celebrated 69th Birthday of William F Deiss in Carlisle
William F Deiss, born in Würtemberg in 1839, marked his 69th birthday with a local dinner at his Carlisle home east of town last Wednesday. About 50 friends and relatives attended, including his brother E F Deiss and five sisters: Caroline Unger Mary Sager Josephine Unger Lizzie Hooper and Minnie Lake.
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Carlisle
Ind
William F. Deiss
Here
Will
Wm. F. Deiss
Wurtemburg
Germany
United States
E. F. Deiss
Caroline Unger
Re elected Jefferson school principal in Quincy Illinois
Carlisle May 26 Prof. Bertram Sanders former superintendent of local schools has been re elected principal of the Jefferson school in Quincy Illinois at a salary of 1200 dollars yearly. Sanders performs supervision and administration duties only not teaching. Mrs Otto Krug visited her mother Mrs Gartner at Olney All last week.
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Carlisle
Bertram Sanders
Jefferson
Quincy
Ill
Sanders
Otto Krug
Mrs. Gartner
Olney
All
Indiana Republicans Endorse Platform of Polities and Policies
The piece summarizes the Indiana Republican platform adopted at the state convention, listing planks on local option and county unit saloons, tariff revision, child labor regulation, labor arbitration, mine safety, nonpartisan public administration, and various endorsements. It contrasts with Democrats criticizing the temperance plank as aligned with brewery interests and predicts it as a backward step.
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Republican Party
Republican Party of
Indiana
Congress
Beveridge
Hemenway
Charles W. Fairbanks
Nicholson
Moore
National Mine Bureau
Washington, D. C
Chaney
Winamac Republican
Rural Carrier Sues Turman Township Trustee Collier
Cary Gill a rural route carrier sues Turman township trustee Otho Collier in circuit court alleging failure to repair a rural route within one mile near the William G Riggs farm seven miles NW of the city after notification. Squire Goodwin fined Collier two dollars for contempt at a prior hearing.
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Otho Collier
Turman Township
Cary Gill
William G. Riggs
Squire Goodwin
Collier
Hays and Hays
Fourth of July at Farmersburg in Bennett’s grave ground
Farmersburg on May 26 announced a Fourth of July celebration to be held in Bennett’s grave. An effort will seek Judge Samuel R. Artman of Lebanon to give the address. Rev. A. M. Couchman is chairman of the committee on arrangements and has named an executive group including Rev. A. P. Asbury, F. C. Lash, Ed Snyder, Charles Parrish, Harry Heck, and W. A. Foote.
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Farmersburg
Bennett
Samuel R. Artman
Lebanon
A. M. Couchman
Rev
A. P. Asbury
F. C. Lash
Ed Snyder
Charles Parrish
Harry Heck
W. A. Foote
Lightning Kills Five Fine Steers Belonging to Farmer
Elmer Bittle a well known farmer near the city lost five fine steers Thursday evening when struck by lightning. The animals were gathered near a wire fence during the storm and all perished. The loss is about $200.
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Elmer Bittle
Mr. Bittle
Merom Bluff Chautauqua Directors Elected
Merom May 26 The Merom Bluff Chautauqua directors elected officers at a Merom meeting. Officers include President O B Whitaker Secretary J J Parker First Vice President George C Enders Second Vice President Dr James Miles Treasurer A M Ward Auditor L Gettinger General Superintendent J W Daugherty Financial Secretary G R Hammond Assistant Secretary George Nowlin. Directors for three years Prof O B Whitaker Prof A M Ward Emery Seltzer Prof G R Hammond
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Merom
Merom Bluff Chautauqua
O. B. Whitaker
J. J. Parker
George C. Enders
James Miles
A. M. Ward
L. Gettinger
J. W. Daugherty
G. R. Hammond
George Nowlin
Emery Seltzer
Mrs Luzen a C Heath dies at 90 in Farmersburg
Mrs Lu zena C Heath died in Farmersburg last Wednesday at age 90. Funeral services were held at her residence on Thursday and the body was taken to Danville for burial. She was the mother of Mrs Willis R Bailey.
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Farmersburg
Luzena C. Heath
Danville
Heath
Willis R. Bailey
Personal notes from Sullivan area visitors and locals
Personal items recall J J Barcus of Jackson township visiting Sullivan on business and Union calls. Barcus' son George, eight years Philippines soldier turned government inspector carpenter, now earns 1600 dollars yearly plus travel. Merom's Boyer, Dugger visits, attorney Charles Bedwell of this city stays with his father Dr Bedwell. Dr James Billman returns from Chicago surgical lectures. Several residents including A C McCoy Shelburn, Mrs Grace McCloud, Mrs George Aspinwall Reliance, and Mrs W B Ridgeway are noted for Friday visits or travels.
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J. W. Barcus
Jackson Township
Sullivan
Barcus
George
Philippines
Islands
Co. F. Boyer
Merom
Charles Bedwell
Dugger
Bedwell
Joe Crawley
Terre Haute
James Billman
Chicago
Pratt
A. C. McCoy
Shelburn
Grace McCloud
George Aspinwall
Reliance
W. B. Ridgeway
Bryan targets uncertain states for presidency and local option issue
The Frankfort News notes William Jennings Bryan names Kentucky as certain with prospects in Ohio Indiana North Dakota California Oregon and chances in New York New Jersey and West Virginia while Democrats resist being labeled dreamers. The Monticello Herald criticizes the Democratic platform for local option by city wards allowing saloons to stay if any ward votes wet.
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Bryan
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
North Dakota
California
Oregon
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Illinois
Texas
Frankfort News
Monticello
Temperance Rituals Divide League and Prohibition Party
The Anti-Saloon League pursues temperance with energetic actions while the Prohibition party remains focused on political aims. The Times notes the league has pushed temperance gains county by county, contrasting with the party’s more talk than action stance.
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South Bend Times
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition Party
League
Indiana
Prohibition ‘Party
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Rural Carrier
Chautauqua
Luzena Heath
HerpeHeperk
Julius Harry Shoe Company
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Lupmber CO
Star Pepsin
Evansville
ACC
Terreante
Owensboro
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