Coal then and now in Terre Haute mining history
A Terre Haute Spectator feature recalls how coal screenings traded for pennies a ton in 1913 and 1914, with miners receiving little for screenings and operators using railroads to avoid demurrage. The piece notes past price swings from 10 to 72 12 cents and explains the era of “good old days” coal economics. In Sullivan, an explosion at Black Comet mine injures Charles Perry and Jess Thomas, who suffer burns but are reported out of danger after hospital treatment.
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Terre Haute
Terre Haute Spectator
Black Comet
Sullivan
Charles Perry
Jess Thomas
Sullivan County Hospital
Palm Sugar From Sixteen Palms Grown in Ceylon
Sugar is extracted from sixteen varieties of palms that grow in Ceylon.
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Ceylon
LICKSKILLET ITEMS From Bloomington Stat
Lickskillet notes from Bloomington list local incidents and gossip. Topics include Hawkins husking corn on Hacker's Creek, trustee fees for fumigation, a substitute for gin and molasses, Ed Bascombe promoting near beer, a postmaster salary bill, a disrupted pie incident, prohibited checker games, a speech reading at the store, a rooster fight rumor, a home brew recipe purchase, a Halloween party with dancing, and Arminta Jones writing poetry amid troubles.
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E Cy Hawkins
Bill Blithers
Doc McFadden
Ed Bascombe
Congress
Dick Bledsoe
Jim Watson
League of Nations
Eli Perkins
Ed Bivins
Jim Slivers
Chicago
Salina Baker
Jim Spivins
Peratina Fish
Arminta Jones
Gosport Reporter
Hunters Take to Fields Open Season Set in Indiana
Deputy County Clerk Charles R. Railsback issued 190 hunting licenses this week, bringing the season total to over 300. The 1919 Game Laws in the Farmers Bulletin outline open season dates for rabbits, squirrels, quail, ducks and other birds, with no season for deer or doves. Sullivan County anticipates its largest hunting season in years as war ends.
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Charles R. Railsback
Farmers ’ Bulletin
Oscar E. Bland
Indiana
Sullivan County
Young Couple Weds in Chalmers Indiana
Miss Hazel Russell daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Russell marries Harold Campbell son of Mr and Mrs Howard Campbell in Chal mers Indiana last Wednesday night The Rev Cletus Brown officiates He formerly taught in Sullivan schools The couple will move into their newly remodeled Harrison Pittman farm home two miles north of Sullivan which Campbell recently purchased
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Hazel Russell
Ed Russell
Harold Campbell
Howard Campbell
Cletus Brown
Chalmers
Ind
Brown
Sullivan
Sullivan Red Cross Elects Officers for Year
The Sullivan County Red Cross Chapter held its annual officers and directors election last Wednesday in Sullivan. Elected president Rev. John McD. Horne and vice president W. R. Nesbit, secretary B. T. Lang, treasurer J. M. Lang. Directors named: Mrs. S. H. Kalley, B. T. Lang, Rev. John McD. Horne of Sullivan, Charles E. Wiskey of Turman township, W. S. Baldridge of Farmersburg, Charles VanArsdall of Hymera.
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Sullivan County
Sullivan
Charles E. Wiskey
Turman Township
W. S. Baldridge
Farmersburg
Charles VanArsdall
Hymera
Public Auction Of 55 Durochogs On November 12
J K Coulson of near New Lebanon and E B Walters of near Carlisle will auction 55 head of Durochogs on the Wible lot at North Main street Sullivan on November 12. The sale site moved from the Coulson farm to Sullivan to assist visitors.
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J. K. Coulson
New Lebanon
E. B. Walters
Carlisle
North Main Street
Sullivan
Coulson
Where Algernon Lost in a Gentleman's Bridge Tale
A disconsolate girl doubts Algernon's love. She recalls playing bridge with him and notes he cannot recall the trump, hinting his attention lies elsewhere.
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Algernon
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Marshall
Cory
F. C. B. Toledo
Wyman Bros
South Main St
Sullivan, Ind
Bloomington
Chine
Frese
H.R. Ramsey
D.C
Old King Winter
Lucky
Citizens Trust Bldg
Sullivan, Mnd
Geo. F. Stone
Kelly’s Jewelry Store
P. A. Barco
Brigcs Building
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