Local Citizens Raise Fund to Attract Coal Company Shops
In less than a day Sul livan Boosters Club and generous citizens raised 2500 dollars to guarantee the Consolidated Indiana Coal Company shops and offices move to the city. The site is the Exchange Hotel property owned by Carrie A. and Charles Peters between rail lines. a 7000 dollar plant will be built with offices above and shops below, adding about fifty workers and twelve families to the population.
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Consolidated Indiana Coal Company
Sullivan Boosters Club
Hymera
Boosters Club
Schultz
Exchange Hotel
Carrie A
Charles Peters
Dixon
Southeastern
Suit Filed To Probate Will Of Philip Griffith
Edmond Griffith files in circuit court to stop probating his father Philip Griffiths will. The $15 000 estate faces claims of unsound mind and undue influence. Mary E Griffith and twelve other defendants named. Philip Griffith, age seventy, was a farmer who died recently. His widow and twelve children survive.
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Griffith
Edmond Griffith
Circuit Court
Philip Griffith
Mary E. Griffith
Purcell Indicted for Second Degree Murder in Curtis Case
Grand jury returns murder in the second degree indictment against Claude Purcell for the April 30 shooting of Fred Curtis, a Haag circus trainmaster. If convicted he faces life or 2 to 21 years. Purcell posted bond after arrest. Other indictments include Dolph Solomon for petit larceny and two counts of selling diseased meat by John Linkenhaker. Medley murder case set to begin June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Curtis
Haag
Claude Purcell
Purcell
Curtis
Medley
Truston Isbeil
Jefferson Township
Dolph Solomon
Solomon
Arthur Woodard
Coffman Port
Arthur Steele
Lloyd Little
Shelburn
Russell LaFollette
John Linkenhaker
Merom Postoffice Dispute Continues Amid Inquiry
Merom May 26 The argument over the local postoffice continues with inspectors and a government stenographer in town to hear testimony about statements by Cleveland McKinley the new appointee amid civil service disputes. Local politicians await the department decision and possible sidetrack of Skiddoo Cullop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom
Cleveland McKinley
Civil Service
Post Office Department
Skiddoo
First Concrete Ties Produced At Sullivan County Plant
The Sullivan County Concrete Tie Co. produced its first batch of reinforced concrete ties on the Julius Hoesman farm Saturday. Ties are currently hand-made and a machinery installation will stamp them by steam and pressure. A demonstration gravel line east of Merom Station is planned with an Illinois Central commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County Concrete Tie Co
Julius Hoesman
Illinois Central
Water works planned for Center Ridge cemetery
Local residents have funded a water program for Center Ridge cemetery. A water line is laid into the cemetery, and trustees will install a fountain and pool to supply water. Private taps will be installed by individual lot owners.
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Center Ridge
Center Ridge Cemetery
Unidentified man buried near Riverton after train death
The body of the unidentified man killed ten days ago by an Illinois Central train near Riverton was buried at Timmons graveyard Thursday. Efforts to locate relatives were unsuccessful.
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Illinois Central
Riverton
Timmons
Juvenile Sentenced to Reform School in Jeffersonville
James Berlien aged 17 of Hymera was sentenced by Judge Bridwell to the state reformatory at Jeffersonville after pleading guilty to grand larceny. He had a history of lawless escapades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Berlien
Hymera
Jeffersonville
Bridwell
Berlien
Gill Township Republicans convene June 13 at New Lebanon
A call issued for the Republican township convention in Gill township to be held at New Lebanon on Saturday June 13 at 7 o clock p m. Several candidates are mentioned for trustee.
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Gill Township
New Lebanon
Bays Oratorical Contest Crown Goes To Dale Billman
Dale Billman, a 17 year old junior, won the eighth annual Bays oratorical contest held at the Christian church last night. His speech was The Counsel Assigned as judges George W. Purcell D A Long and I B Harper presided. The church was filled to capacity.
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Dale Billman
Bays
Christian Church
George W. Purcell
Vincennes Sun
D. A. Long
Union Christian College
I. B. Harper
First Methodist Church of
Terre Haute
Mort Ruby Arrested for Burglary in Terre Haute
Mort Ruby of this city is jailed in Terre Haute on charges of burglary after breaking a drug store glass and attempting to pick the front door. He was arrested while at work on the door. His case is set for Friday. Ruby has prior robbery sentences.
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Mort Ruby
Terre Haute
Ruby
Chester Towsey Arrested for Carrying Concealed Weapons
Chester Towsey, a colored boy from near Merom, was arrested by Town Marshal Rich on a charge of carrying concealed weapons after being shot in the leg weeks earlier by Leander Lee, another colored resident. Lee is expected to plead guilty to a change of carrying concealed weapons.
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Chester Towsey
Leander Lee
Merom
Rich
Lee
Purcell Seeks Bond Release in Murder Case
Claude Purcell indicted for second degree murder in the killing of Fred Curtis, a city showman, files motion for bond. He claims weak case and innocence and asks the court to set bond. Judge Bridwell to hear June 1 on self defense plea, with the state presenting witnesses of prior trouble at show grounds. United Circus Association aiding prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Purcell
Grand
Fred Curtis
Bridwell
Purcell
United Circus Association
Special Venire Drawn for Medley Murder Case
A special venire of twenty men was drawn for the Ira Medley murder trial in Jefferson township. The circuit court trial is set for Tuesday, June 2, with over 150 witnesses to testify. Sheriff Kelley and deputies have begun summoning witnesses. venire members listed include Rosebery, Thompson, Medsker, Sluder, Stuck, Woodard, Steele, Wise, Snow, Wellington, Prather, Pittman, Morgan, McCoskey, Dilley, Whitman, Prose, and Kelley.
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Ira Medley
Jefferson Township
Truston Isbell
Little Giant
Sheriff Kelley
William Roseberry
Hamilton
Homer Thompson
Fairbanks
Jesse W. Medsker
Turman
Willis Sluder
Curry
Thomas Stuck
John M. Woodard
Joseph L. Steele
Jackson
Charles N
Wells Fargo to Succeed United States Express Here
Announcement that the United States Express Company will discontinue its local office on June 30 and be succeeded by Wells Fargo Company. The United States Company voted to dissolve. final dissolution on June 30. Only change in Sullivan is the company name. Wells Fargo previously operated here when the C. & E. I. railroad was Frisco.
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Wells Fargo Express
United States Express Company
Wells Fargo Company
United States Company
Wells Fargo
Sullivan
Frisco
Linton Gas Plans Dugger Street Lighting Extension
The Linton Gas Company will extend gas mains to Dugger to provide modern street and home illumination. Work is planned to start early fall with the goal of delivering gas lighting before winter.
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Dugger
Linton Gas Company
Fire Strikes Baptist Church Janitor During Sermon
In Pleasantville on Thursday evening during Rev. Clive McGuire’s sermon on Hell a lamp leaked gasoline lighting Newton Brewer’s shirt. He was severely burned as McGuire rushed from the pulpit and smothered the flames with his coat.
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Pleasantville
Baptist Church
Clive McGuire
Newton Brewer
Brewer
McGuire
Sullivan Chautauqua Ad Promotes Oxonian Magazine
Sullivan man Prof. Frank Aydelotte publishes the first issue of The American Oxonian to run twice yearly. The magazine, tied to Oxford University students and graduates, promises Rhodes scholarship coverage and editorial aims to attract selection committees. The debut issue is set for six days starting Thursday June 25.
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Sullivan Man
American
Oxonian
Frank Aydelotte
Indiana University
American Oxonian
Oxford University
England
Aydelotte
Return for Visit in Native Land
Edward Anderson and wife depart Paxton for Sweden with plans to visit their old homelands after years apart. He built wealth on Sullivan County farm land, owns a 600 acre estate, with two large tenant houses. Their son Oscar attends college. daughter Helen to enroll next year. Lincoln Chautauqua set for six days starting June 25 with headliners each day and district ticket sales organized.
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Mercm Herald
Edward Anderson
New York
Sweden
Mr. Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
America
Paxton, Ill
Anderson
Sullivan County
Oscar
Helen
Peterson
Chicago
Mr. Peterson
Lincoln
The
Hael-Folsom-Daggy Co
Belle Kearney
George Lemonte Cole
National Grand Opera Company
Fred S. Jackson
Former Minister Injured in Evansville Bleacher Collapse
Rev. A. M. Couchman former pastor of the M. E. church at Farmersburg was among fifty or more injured when temporary bleachers collapsed at Evansville during the annual field meet of city schools. More than 1 000 people were on the structure. he suffered a broken right ankle.
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A. M. Couchman
M. E
Farmersburg
Evansville
Couchman
Annual commencement of Hamilton township schools
The Hamilton township annual commencement exercises will be at the Christian church Saturday evening starting at eight. Rev. A L Beard of Greencastle will deliver the address, an orchestra will provide music, and admission is free. Graduates include Golda Woodard Pearl McMahan Hosea Smith Troy Stout Roy Stout Martha Craig William Piker Marion Walters Harold Osborne Jas McCracken Hobart Clark Gilbert Taylor John Wright Elizabeth Readhead Fannie Baxter Hazel Daugherty Oscar C Williams Irene Pittman Harold Clark Luretta Stout Thelma Miller Vead Dodd Albert Thomas and Cletus Rusher.
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Hamilton Township
Christian Church
A. L. Beard
Greencastle
Golda Woodard
Pearl McMahan
Hosea Smith
Troy Stout
Roy Stout
Martha Craig
William Piker
Marion Walters
Harold Osborne
Jas. McCracken
Hobart Clark
Gilbert Taylor
John Wright
Elizabeth Readhead
Fannie Baxter
Hazel Daugherty
Oscar C. Williams
Irene Pittman
Harold Clark
Lburetta Stout
Thelma Miller
Vead Dodd
Albert Thomas
Cletus Rusher
Marriage Licenses Recorded in Shelburn Area
John Bilis and Alice Sutch of Shelburn along with Albert Southwood of Shelburn and Bilsie A. Oakes of Farmersburg appear in the marriage license notices.
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John Bilis
Alice Sutch
Shelburn
Albert Southwood
Bilsie A. Oakes
Farmersburg
Former President Aldrich to Deliver Merom Sermon
L J Aldrich of Dover Ohio former Union Christian college president will preach the baccalaureate sermon at Merom college on Sunday June 7. A basket dinner is planned on the campus with a fallback in the college basement if rain. Rev O B Whitaker another former president will attend.
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Merom
Daniel Allbright Long
Dr. Long
Graham College
North Carolina
Antioch College
Bailey Case Compromised in Circuit Court
The Goetzman Brothers versus Richard L. Bailey on an account for 1600 dollars was compromised in circuit court last week for 1300 dollars.
Sensational Testimony Opens Case Against Sullivan Arson Suspects
The Perry Drake conspiracy case moves in Davies county circuit court with accusations that Drake Wolfe Van Allen and Albert M Perkins colluded to insure and burn property totaling 4090 dollars. State fire marshal W E Longley leads the charge aided by Charles Hunt and Charlies Henderson with special judge Joe B Henley.
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Perry Drake
Daniel V. Wolfe
van Allen
Albert M. Perkins
Washington
W. E. Longley
Daviess County
Longley
Indianapolis
Aetna Insurance Company
Charles D. Hunt
Charlies E. Henderson
Sullivan
Joe EB. Henley
Bloomington
Grace Drake
Dr. Wolfe
Drake
Flanagan
Ill
VanAllan
Enos J. Gable
J. J. Gardner
Illinois Central Railway
van Allan
Gable
Chicago
Gardner
A. M. Perkins
Perkins
Anna B. Rutter
Indianapolis News
Ransom Akin
The
Peoples Bank
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Meena
Ull
Amtanewahtia
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Lester McGrew
Billey Wortman
Beard
Miles
Turman Township
Merom Chautauqua
M. H. Lichliter
Lichliter
Chautauqua
Olean
N.Y
Maple
Ethel R. Read
Bond
Fred. Curtis
Sullivan Chautauqua
Aldrich
Sullivan Farmer
Wolfe
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