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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1905
Page
1
In Sullivan the ring wins elections by large margins from 94 to 222 votes. The piece accuses gang leaders of mobilizing workers and presses for reform, blaming the Commercial Club and water franchise fights for sharpening public anger and foreshadowing future challenges to boss rule.
Last Wednesday around noon a highly intoxicated man shouted obscene remarks at prisoners inside the Sullivan County jail. Adam C. Miller, misnamed sheriff, approached and asked the man to desist, then the crowd watched as the inebriate left without restraint or arrest.
Democrats sweep Farmersburg with three trustees and a town clerk and treasurer elected. Ward results show Luke Eisner 111 over James Crawford 87 in the first ward, Frank M. San aun 1 over George Ross, and John H. Allen 118 over Ed Jones 83 in the third. Manford Skinner 69 over W. H. Barcus in the fourth. E. W. Jennings 112 over T. Crary 71 for trustee at large. clerk and treasurer James Brontyrork 129 over James Moore.
George B. McClellan wins the New York mayoral election by a small margin over William Randolph Hearst. Liam T. Jerome is reelected district attorney. Bookwalter is mentioned in the report.
The Republicans defeated Holtzman in Indianapolis for mayor by 1200 votes and Rosy Lyons defeated Bidaman in Terre Haute by 1000. Pattison, a Democrat, is likely the governor of Ohio. A Republican sweep occurred in Chicago and the first Republican mayor was elected in Linton.
Merom voters cast a single ticket with trustees Robert C. Osborn William Thornton and Thos Sparks. clerk and treasurer Everett McKenzie. Sparks was re elected.
Shelburn voters elected a single slate for town posts. The Citizens' ticket named C. E. Brewer J. D. Hill J. C. Annis W. H. Taylor for council and Earl Patton for clerk and treasurer.
Carlisle November 7 labor candidates for clerk and treasurer and the citizens candidates D F Shake and Fred W Bas were elected without opposition. The vote in the county shows Henry Ash and Charles A Setl To boes 106 106 for trustee third district and J Frank Sproatt labor 113 for clerk and treasurer Hale J citizens 68.
A special business meeting of unusual interest will be held by Sullivan Baptist church on Wednesday evening November 8. All members are urged to be present. Sunday services include Sunday school at 9 145 a m, sermons at 10 45 and 7 00 o clock. Young People's Training Class at 6 p m. Everybody invited.
The Terre Haute Tribune reports the first electric car over the Sullivan interurban completed a successful test within a mile of Farmersburg. Limited ballasting and a crossing with the Southern Indiana railroad delay motor power, but crews led by Chief Engineer Lock and General Manager Wells expect operation to Farmersburg in about three weeks. Two new cars from Paris Ill and a 2,000 HP turbine at Water Street will power the main lines once ready.
August Kellerson and Peter Kellerson of Vincennes plan a fertilizer plant after purchasing twelve acres on the city’s southwest edge from William Powell. The Kellersons will collect dead animals citywide by telephone notification and may operate a soap factory alongside the fertilizer works.
Daniel Shroyer, 61, died Thursday morning at his home four miles north of Graysville after a long cancer illness. Funeral services were held Friday with Rev. W A Yeager presiding. interment at Palmer's Prairie. He leaves a wife and two sons Jacob and Edward of Sullivan. Shroyer was a Civil War veteran on the pension list, recently granted a $5 increase after years of inadequate pay.
Local talent presented Union Depot for a Day on Friday night in Bass Auditorium. Miss Myrtle Critchfield of Princeton directed the production for the Methodist Church Guild. All seats were sold before noon and the cast delivered professional looking performances.
Mrs. Louise Olin of Bay City Michigan requests Union copies detailing the 1904 Narrows murder of Sherman Ingram by Frank Tromley and his subsequent Sullivan county conviction. Olin says Tromley, who served a life term in Michigan City, has not informed his aged mother. The incident followed a liquor fueled dispute after Tromley allegedly shot Ingram at his home after quarrels at York.
An open letter from inmates in Sullivan county denounces Sheriff Miller for halving rations to two slices of bread and fewer beans, freezing conditions, lack of candles and heat, and delays in improving the jail. The writers urge voters to replace Miller, highlighting James Orr as a peacemaker and criticising the sheriff for neglect and mismanagement.
Bloomfield High School defeated Sullivan 20 to 0 at Coffmans Park in a hard fought game. Bloomfield scored two touchdowns while Sullivan could not gain more than fifteen yards on any drive and held the ball on its own goal line late.
Merom Indiana November 5 Wid Thompson a young farmer near here lay unconscious in a corn field after being kicked in the head by a mule while husking corn. He was found by workers from another field and is expected to recover.
Hymera voters chose two tickets for town offices with John H. Julian and James H. Welch winning council seats on the Citizens ticket Ed Kelly won a council seat on the Peoples ticket and Philip Alters was elected clerk without opposition.
T Townes of Warsaw Missouri married Miss Cora Ella Coffman at Rev McIver's residence in Birds Illinois on June 4 1904. A euchre party at the Davis House honored Mrs FE Hunt of Logansport with about forty ladies attending and prizes awarded for points and tricks including cut glass pieces.
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