Miners Enter Statewide First Aid Meet at Bicknell
Five Sullivan County teams join the Indiana First Aid meet to be held in Bicknell on October 30. Two Dugger teams compete as miners push training amid company resistance and union funding. Prizes include medals from the Red Cross and Mine Safety Association, a Koehler safety lamp, and multiple tools.
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Sullivan County
Bicknell
Indiana
Dugger
Union of the United Mine Workers
Knox County
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
United States Bureau of Mines
American Mine Safety Association
American Red Cross Society
August F. Knoefel
Terre Haute
Knoefel
Koehler
United States
Bureau of Mines
Beall Brothers
John Simmons Company
Johnson & Johnson
Seabury & Johnson
Atlas Powder Company
Merchants of Bicknell
van Manning
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Knoefer
Bruceville
Vincennes
G. T. Powell
J. A. Hanraty
Cass
Mr. Hanraty
Pete Hanraty
McAllister
Okla
District 21
W. H. Fleming
Hymera
Clinton
Indian Creek
Tecumseh Mine
American
Knox
Jackson Hill Coal and Coke
Paxton
J. Woolley Company
Jasonville
Calora
Vandalia
Well Known Farmer Ira Drake Dies in Farmersburg
Ira I Drake a longtime Fairbanks township farmer died at his home in Farmersburg after an infected bladder worsened following a home operation. Born in Fairbanks township he lived forty years in Curry township before retiring seven years ago to Farmersburg. He was 77 and survived by his widow and two children Hurley Drake an attorney and Mrs Bert Wood both of Farmersburg.
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Farmersburg
Ira IL. Drake
Fairbanks Township
Mr. Drake
Curry Township
Manning Drake
Ira Drake
Liberty Christian Church
Hurley Drake
Bert Wood
Pirtle Attends 20th Annual Railway Surgeons Meeting
Dr. George W. Pirtle of Carlisle attended the twentieth annual meeting of the American Association of Railway Surgeons in Chicago last week. He is a surgeon for the C. and E. I. railroad and presented a paper titled The Local Surgeon and His Duties.
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George W. Pirtle
Carlisle
American Association of Railway Surgeons
Chicago
Pirtle
Farmer Suffers Fractured Skull in Wagon Accident
William Simpson a Gill township farmer was thrown from his wagon at a railroad crossing while crossing Illinois Central tracks at Merom station to load coal. The wagon slipped and he fell striking his head on the rail and was unconscious for hours before removal to his home.
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William Simpson
Gill Township
Illinois Central
Merom
J. J. Parker
Ralph Willis Goes to Tulsa for Oil Field Work
Ralph Willis has traveled to Tulsa Oklahoma where he will be employed in the oil fields continuing his work in the energy sector.
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Ralph Willis
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Indiana University Trustees Allow Early Degree Listings
The Indiana University board of trustees approved awarding diplomas to candidates who completed graduation requirements since last June. Recipients may choose whether to be listed with the class of 1915 or 1916. Rex Paul Enochs will receive a bachelor of arts, and Leland Stanford Hamilton Hale and George Clyde Hale will receive master of arts degrees.
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Board of Trustees
Indiana University
Grees
Rex Paul Enochs
Pleasantville
Leland Stanford, Hamilton
Hymera
George Clyde Hale
Dugger
Man killed by stepson in Universal home
Fred Phillips, 23, shot and killed Cobb Johnson in self defense after Johnson attacked him with a hatchet in his Shelburn era home at Universal. Prosecutor Davisson announced the murder charge would be dismissed by Judge Aikman citing no further county appeal.
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Fred Phillips
Universal
Cobb Johnson
Shelburn
Johnson
Aikman
Newport
Everett A. Davisson
Phillips
James H Luzader Pioneer Dies in Hymera After Illness
James H Luzader 1840 738 a longtime county resident died last Thursday at his Hymera home after a lingering illness. Civil War veteran private in the 43rd Indiana Infantry, he worked at Hilderbrand carriage works and later ran an undertaker business in Hymera. Survived by two brothers Barton W Luzader Indianapolis Hamet N Luzader Cass and a sister in Dugger. Funeral at Hymera Baptist church Sunday under Sullivan lodge of Odd Fellows with burial at Palmers Prairie.
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James H. Luzader
Hymera
43Rd
Indiana Infantry
Luzader
Hilderbrand Carriage
W. A
Nancy Harrison Luzader
Carlisle
Mr. Luzader
Virginia
Barton W. Luzader
Indianapolis
Hamet N. Luzader
Cass
Dugger
Sullivan Lodge of Odd Fellows
Baptist Church
Palmers Prairie
Colvin Sentenced to State Penal Farm for Habitual Drunkenness
Deputy Sheriff Orville Hale took Gil Colvin to the State Penal farm after a sentence for habitual drunkenness.
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Colvin
Orville Hale
Gil Colvin
Judge A D Thomas Visits Daughter in Crawfordsville
Judge A D Thomas of Crawfordsville visited his daughter Mrs Will H Hays here over Sunday.
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A. D. Thomas
Crawfordsville
Will H. Hays
Great Meeting at Jasonville Promises Senate Nominee Speakers
A large gathering in Jasonville heard five candidates for the Senate nomination announce they will speak. The event underscored the competitive field and drew local supporters.
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Jasonville
Senatorial Rally in Jasonville Draws Large Republican Crowd
One of the year’s largest GOP meetings in the area will be a senatorial rally in Jasonville next Friday. Delegations from Jasonville and Greene and Clay counties will attend with two sessions at 2 PM and 7 PM featuring Charles W. Fairbanks and five senatorial candidates Arthur R. Robinson William L. Taylor James E. Watson Hugh Th Miller and Walter Olds. The event includes band music and local hospitality.
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Jasonville
Greene
Clay Counties
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
United States
Arthur R. Robinson
William L. Taylor
Indianapolis
James £. Watson
Rushville
Hugh Th. Miller
Columbus
Walter Olds
Ft. Wayne
Silo Whisky Illuminates Dry County Rumors in Indiana
Boone county farmers patrol silos as a new booze rumor spreads in a dry territory. A local farmer John Ellis explains he obtained sixteen quarts of silo whisky from three silos and cites a clear white liquid used by travelers to reach a brass rail, while the grand jury prepares for cases of intoxication.
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Lebanon
Ind
Boone County
Justice of the Peace
John Ellis
Ellis
Fox Hunters Fourth Annual Meet Opens Near Bloomfield
The Southern Indiana Fox Hunters association stages its fourth annual meet at Rockwood four miles east of Bloomfield starting today for four days. The derby race occurs today and the all age race is set for Thursday October 21 with repeats until a winner emerges. Saturday features a beach show a sheep roast and other entertainments with silver cups and prizes for races. A horse restaurant and feed area will be on the grounds. G T Buck of Pleasantville is president Lilburn Jackson of Bloomington serves as secretary and treasurer.
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Southern Indiana Fox Hunters’ Association
Rockwood
Bloomfield
G. T. Buck
Pleasantville
Lilburn Jackson
Bloomington
Dusty Graham Arrested in Terre Haute Linked to Lattas Creek Robbery
Terre Haute police identify Dusty Graham as a suspected accomplice of Henry Davey in the Lattas Creek payroll robbery and arrest him at Zeigler Illinois. Officers pursue loot traces while Bob George the livery driver provides Graham's description and recalls a gunpoint drive to a North Ninth street rooming house.
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Dusty” Graham
Terre Haute
Lattas Creek
Henry Davey
Zeigler
Fred Bays
Ill
Graham
Davey
Jasonville
Geo. Wheeler
Shelburn
Bob George
George
5Th and
Cherry Street
North Ninth Street
Secured Divorce and Weds in Same Hour
Edna Josephine Johnson obtained a circuit court divorce from George Johnson on cruel and inhuman treatment and restored her maiden name Josephine Johnson. Soon after, a marriage license was issued to Oscar C. Burns 30 an electrician of Bucyrus Ohio and Edna Josephine Milam 27 of this city. Burns appeared in court when the divorce was granted.
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Edna Josephine Johnson
George Johnson
Josephine Johnson
Oscar C. Burns
Bucyrus
Edna Josephine Milam
Burns
Knights of Pythias District Meeting Set for Vincennes
Robert A. Brown announces dates for Indiana district meetings of the Knights of Pythias. District Nineteen includes Sullivan, Greene, Mantin, Daviess, Lawrence and Knox counties. The Sullivan county district gathering is scheduled for Vincennes on January 13, 1916.
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Robert A. Brown
Indiana Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Sullivan County
Greene
Mantin
Daviess
Lawrence
Knox
Vincennes
Hayes wins turnip prize at Bennett's drug store show window
C J Hayes of RR G Sullivan captured the one dollar prize offered by H V Bennett the local druggist for raising the largest turnip from seed supplied by him. The winning specimen is on display in Bennett's show window.
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C. J. Hayes
R. R. G. Sullivan
H. V. Bennett
Bennett
Masonic Degree Ceremony At Terre Haute Lodge
Social lodge No. 86 of Terre Haute conferred a degree with A. A. Beecher and R. O. Pogue among officers present. Speakers included Capt. Duddle son H. H. Mowery Judge Pulliam Sheriff Kreitenstein W. W. Jennings Homer Morgan and Homer Morgan from Prairie Creek. The dining room offered fried chicken salads coffee cider pies cakes ice cream bananas and cigars with praise from visiting brethren for the menu. Ladies thanked for the service by F. & A. M. No. 3738.
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Farmersburg
Homer Morgan
Prairie Creek
County Meeting of Odd Fellows in Sullivan County
The I O O F lodges in Sullivan County plan a county meeting at Sullivan lodge No 147 hall. Twelve lodges will unite with District Deputy Grand Master D V Angell of Carlisle in charge. Initiatory, first, second and third degrees will be conferred by local and neighboring lodges with short talks and a supper break.
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ODD Fellows
Sullivan Lodge
Sullivan County
D. V. Angell
Carlisle
Sullivan Lodge No
Oriole Lodge
Dugger
Prairie Lodge
Shelburn
Carlisle Lodge
Arrest of couple at The Narrows on adultery charge
Constable John Whitehead arrested Phil Scoonover and Ruth Smith near Jasonville for adultery after locating them aboard a houseboat at The Narrows on the Wabash river Friday evening. They were jailed, with the case set for November 1 in Justice of the Peace John Watson's court.
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Narrows
John Whitehead
Wabash River
Phil Scoonover
Ruth Smith
Jasonville
James Smith
Court of Justice of the Peace
John Watson
Explosion ruins home. Claude Osborn badly burned
Claude Osborn twenty four son of farmer George W. Osburn was seriously burned when a gas range exploded in his kitchen early Friday. The blast wrecked the four room house and blew off the roof. Mrs Osburn escaped unharmed.
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Claude Osborn
George W. Osburn
Osburn
Osburns
Death of Mrs Myrtle Akers K
Mrs Myrtle Lee Akers wife of D E Akers died last week at her San Antonio home. She was formerly Miss Myrtle Lee of Terre Haute. Mr Akers formerly lived here and is brother of Mrs Walter Asdell and Mrs Myrtle Macey. Her remains arrived in Terre Haute Thursday for burial.
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Myrtle Akers
Myrtle Lee Akers
D. E. Akers
San Antonio
Texas
Myrtle Lee
Terre Haute
Akers
Walter Asdell
Myrtle Macey
S. D. Akers
Merom Citizens slate nominates local ticket
The Citizens party at Merom announces a slate headed by alderman candidate Ed ward and William Thornton, clerk and treasurer candidate Earl Coyner, and marshal candidate Emery Harrison for the upcoming election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom
Citizens Party
Edward
William Thornton
Earl Coyner
Marshal
Emery Harrison
Pigs Cost Big Price in County Court Verdict
James T. Veasey sued his wife Sadie V. Veasey in the court of Justice Caleb H. Lester for the possession of a sow and three pigs. The ruling orders the defendant to pay over $150 in costs. the sow and pigs are valued at ten dollars.
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James T. Veasey
Court of Justice
Caleb H. Lester
Sadie V. Veasey
California's lemon losses spark tariff and tax clash
San Francisco dispatch notes California faces heavy fruit losses as a result of a low tariff policy benefiting Mediterranean imports. Lemons, grapes, raisins, walnuts, and almonds suffer while growers warn of abandoned orchards and shrinking profits amid war taxes and cheap European competition.
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San Francisco
Indianapolis News
Ernest I. Lewis
California
Wilson
West
Puget Sound
Portland
Spain
Italy
East
Fresno
California Wine Association
Persia
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Ira L. Drake
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FOX Hunters
Southern Indiana Association
Lattas
Dusty
Illinois
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