Crippled coal miner as county recorder candidate
The Currysville miner Harrison Cochran, once strong and active, was injured in a slate fall in 1895 ending his able bodied work. After hospital care and failed treatments, he remains incurably afflicted yet upright and honest. The Enterprise urges Curry township voters to vote for Cochran, a deserving citizen, beyond party lines.
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Harrison Cochran
Shelburn
County Recorder
Cochran
Mr. Cochran
Harrison
Indianapolis
Chicago
Curry Township
Local notes as Sullivan counts community movers
Personal notices from Sullivan show Mr and Mrs R W Cadwell returning home after visits in Valparaiso and Chicago. Mr and Mrs J Harvey Gill sold eighty acres of his Gill township farm for 5400 to William Hoesman, leaving 160 acres to tend. Mrs M A Haddon plans homecoming from Los Angeles. A 150 strong Paris Illinois business crowd toured Sullivan to promote homecoming. The Sullivan County Medical Society meets tonight in Fairbanks. Walter Walters in town from the navy for a visit with brother Charley.
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R. W. Cadwell
Valparaiso
Chicago
Manford Otto
Watseka
J. Harvey Gill
Gill Township
Gill
William Hoes- Man
Mr. Gill
Thomas Bennett
James Gill
Harvey
North Carolina
South Carolina
M. A. Haddon
Los Angeles
G. R. Stivers
Marshfield, Mo
J. B. Mullane
Sullivan County Medical Society
Fairbanks
Baptist Church
Paris
Ill
Sullivan
Walter Walters
U.S. Navy
Charley Walters
Bible Judie Studies The Reckoning Hour
A religious study on Matthew 25:14 30 explains the parable of the talents and pounds. It discusses the presence of Messiah during the Kingdom era and urges faithful use of blessings and opportunities to serve the Master.
Williams as Sullivan County Candidate for Legislature
A Sulllivan County miner Rev. Wm J Williams is urged as a legislative candidate. The endorsement praises his working man credentials and character, noting predecessors D W Curry and Robert Salmon from Sullivan and Clay counties. The writer argues Williams opposes bosses and rings and would represent labor interests in November.
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Sullivan County
Sterling
Wm. J. Williams
Brother Williams
Clay County
D. W. Curry
Robert Salmon
Mr. Williams
Ring
Bro. Williams
Lost Lady's Handbag Contents Recovered
A handbag found near the Union office contains a purse with about ten dollars and will be returned to its owner after verification at the Union office.
Governor Pardons John Ezra After 15 Years
John Ezra, convicted in 1895 for the murder of Solomon Finklestein in the circuit court, has been pardoned by Governor Marshall after serving 15 years of a life sentence in Michigan City. Ezra was a Jackson Hill miner and struck Finklestein with a poker. Finklestein, a Jewish peddler from Terre Haute, was the victim.
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John Ezra
Solomon Finklestein
Michigan City
Marshall
Ezra
Jackson Hill
Finklestein
Terre Haute
Parable of Talents and the Faithful Servant’s Reward
The text explains the Gospel Age as the period when the King judges consecrated servants. It contrasts faithful servants who multiply talents and share in the Master’s joy with the wicked servant who wastes his trust and faces removal. It notes a future glory where the faithful sit with Messiah in a ruling role blessing Israel and all nations.
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Perousia
Jesus
L’entecost
Oslo
Messiah
Christ
Israel
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Home Lung Cure
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a home remedy for coughs colds la grippe asthma and other lung troubles. It claims dramatic weight gain for a patient from Cala mine Arkansas and offers trial bottles free at Joe K Smock & Son’s with a 50 cent to 1.00 price.
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Dr. King
W. R. Nelson
Calamine
Ark
Joe K. Smock & Son's
Saturday Fair Prize Winners
Prize list from the Saturday fair includes best heavy draft team E Watson and best general purpose team Homer Steele. Awards also cover pigs, fowl, ducks, pumpkins, squashes, watermelons, embroidered textiles, home crafts, baked goods, soap, and a bean contest with numerous named winners.
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Cc. E. Watson
Homer Steele
Rhode Island Reds
Ben Mattix
S. C. Coulsen
Clell Dillingham
Chas. M. Ring
J. M. Crawford
John L. Woodard
J. H. Gill
John Truebleed
Homer Wolfe
W. H. Belinger
Ike Stewart
H. K. Rogs
Florence Riggs
Preston Stout
J. H. McArthur
Josh Powell
Sarah Kivett
Matilda Drake
Bean
Contest
Mies
Ruth Reed
Weather of a Week in Farmersburg
Cooperative Weather Observer Maurice Yeage reports for the week ending Oct 9. Days ranged from clear to cloudy with temperatures from 39 to 85 degrees. Measurable rainfall totaled 4.71 inches across Oct 3 to Oct 6.
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Farmersburg
Cooperative Weather
Maurice Yeage
Sullivan County Sunday School Convention at M E Church
A county Sunday school convention will be held at the M E church in this city starting Thursday morning October 27. Cincinnati educator Herbert Morninger has been engaged to present three addresses—morning afternoon and evening—during the meeting.
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Sullivan County
M. E
Herbert Morninger
Cincinnati
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Indiana Post Office 1910
List of letters remaining unclaimed as of Oct 12 1910 divided into Ladies and Gents sections. Readers called to claim within two weeks or they will go to the Dead Letter Office. One cent due on each letter.
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Sullivan, Ind
Postofficr
A. Holmes
Naples Lottery Hopes Rise Again After Saturday Draws
In Naples the weekly lotto drives widespread hopes among the masses, with dreams built up each week only to end in disappointment at Saturday’s drawing. Come Monday, Neapolitans regain hope, believing the next Saturday may bring fortune.
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Naples
Harper’s
Cats Still Have Nine Lives In Seattle Hotel Plaster
Workmen uncover a tabby trapped above the ceiling of the remodeled Guichon hotel in Seattle after three weeks. The cat reportedly survived without food in a nearly new building before being released. A dog nearby frightened the cat and it fled. no further sighting is reported.
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Guichon
Seattle
Pulp Testing Station Planned for Wisconsin Paper Making
Contracts filed to build a government experiment station for wood pulp testing in Wausau Michigan. A fireproof facility will be erected within 60 days and testing will start after machinery installation. The plant will cost $40,000 in the first fiscal year and will be the only one of its kind in the United States.
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Wausau
Mich
Wisconsin
United Sates
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Shelburn Enterprise
Opec
Falog
Nett
Nhat
Rela Pri
Menzies Shoe Company
Detroit
Hick
Sullivan Agency
Menzi“Kase
Saturday Evening Post
Julius Hatry Shoe Co
John H. Allen
D. Crawley
Gails Frompth
T. P. McBride
Bible Judie: Studies
Indorses Williams
S. M. Sexton
Mine Workers Journal
Ethel Newlin
Liberty Center
Ind
Cardui
Gardu
Niagara
Springer & Carrithers
Sullivan, Indiana
Ohio
Chester Braxton Walters
Poland
China
John H. Alsman
Henry
Matilda
Kellams
S. H. Morgan
Vols. Strain
Gladys
Stone
Mallie
GENTS
Jersey
Carlisle
H.S Polk
Oaktown
Indiana
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