Miners Seek End to Sullivan County Troubles
Arbiters Hessler and Penna report to Governor McCray urging end to interference with workers at Glendora Peerless and Star City mines in Sullivan county and resume operations under joint wage agreement. Governor urges unions to accept recommendations and proceed with settlements through existing machinery.
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Terre Haute Star
Sullivan County
Glen- Gora
Peerless
Star City
John Hessler
United Mine Workers, District 11
Phil Penan
Coal Operators’ Association
McCray
Hessler
Mlr
Penna
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Union
McCrar
Indiana
Glendora
Ster
Terre Haute
Dist. No. 11
United Mine Workers of America
P. H. Penna
International
Kansas
Colorado
Aged Sullivan Woman Nancy Hughes Dies at 89
Nancy Hughes aged 89 a native of Sullivan county and lifelong resident died Sunday morning at her East Gray street home after years of invalidism. The funeral was held at her residence with Rev S J Cross officiating and burial at Center Ridge cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs Katharine Oliver and Mrs Olive Palmer two sons George F Hughes and Thomas E Hughes three grandchildren Abbie Hutchison Bessie Burgess Helen Hughes Byron Hughes and one brother Rev N T Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Hughes
East Gray Street
Robert H. Catlin
Richard Park
Stephen Brunger
Sam Traper
Frank McCoy
Katharine Oliver
This City
Olive Palmer
Rockyard
Col
George Ff. Hughes
Crawfordsville
Thomas E. Hughes
Detroit
Abbie Hutchison
Bessie Burgess
Helen Hughes
Chicago
Byron E. Hughes
New York
N. T. Davis
Patoka
Hughes
Center Ridge Cemetery
Entertained Friends At A Lawn Party
Misses Irtis and Lois Pounds hosted a Friday lawn party at their home with games and dancing as the main amusements. Refreshments included punch and wafers. Attendees included Bernice Martin Selah Thomas Fern Criss Sabra Drake Ola M Horner Opal Chowning Fern DeHart Mary Drake Josephine Hayden Ernestine Wernz Elsie Peacher Gwen True blood Irene Peacher Rena Martin Leona Trueblood Alice Holmes and Irtis and Lois Pound plus Ben Harrison Rudolph Wernz Jerome Bowen Walter Horney Carl Eisner Elmore Williams Wer ley Chambers Earl Holmes Frank DeBaun Harold Johnson Loren Thomas Virgil Chowning Egbert Evans Scott Horner Orval Chown ing Chester Gunn Lynn Thomas Vernon DeBaun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misses Irtis
Lois Pounds
Bernice Martin
Selah Thomas
Fern Criss
Sabra Drake
Ola M Horner
Opal Chowning
Fern DeHart
Mary Drake
Josephine Hayden
Ernestine Wernz
Elsie Peacher
Gwen Trueblood
Irene Peacher
Rena Martin
Leona Trueblood
Alice Holmes
Irtis
Lois Pound
Messrs
Ben Harrison
Rudolph Wernz
Jerome Bowen
Walter Horney
Carl Eisner
Elmore Williams
Werley Chambers
Earl Holmes
Frank DeBaun
Harold Johnson
Loren Thomas
Virgil Chowning
Egbert Evans
Scott Horner
Orval Chowning
Chester Gunn
Lynn Thomas
Vernon DeBaun
Ransford Family Seeks Address Change to California
A letter from Reuben Ransford requests changing the family union address from Muskegon Michigan to Hollywood California. The Ransfords long resided in Turman Township and moved to Sullivan years ago. They sold property last spring and have a son near Muskegon and two sons living in Los Angeles.
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Reuben Ransford
Muskegon
Mich
Hollywood
Cal
Ransford
Turman Township
Sullivan
California
Los Angeles
Amendment No 1 passes in Indiana with 130,242 yes votes
Official totals show amendment No 1 disfranchising non naturalized foreign born gets 130,242 yes and 80,574 no in 91 counties, with Noble not reporting turnout. Total voters 216,846. majority yes 49,668. Other amendments largely defeated. tax and four year term proposals fall short. Governor to issue proclamation.
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Ed Jackson
Indiana
Noble
Noble County
yYes
Personal notices from town social pages
Mrs. James R. Riggs will address democratic women in Indianapolis at Claypool hotel as Democratic Woman chairman for the second district. Wayne Reed of St. Petersburg and associates plan Florida visits and Chicago trips. Mrs. Stratton heads to Chicago for the American Industrial Licensed Leaders' Association convention. Several locals depart for colleges and jobs, including Ladd to Lake City Florida, Reed to Cambridge, Oxford, and University of Illinois attendance plans.
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James R. Riggs
Indianapolis
Claypool Hotel
Riggs
Wayne Reed
St. Petersburg
Fla
Whl
Lelle Duffy
Chas
AH. Bedwell
Florida
C. H. Stratton
Chicago
The
American Industrial Licensed Leaders’ Association
Stratton
Association
Mrs Myrtle Connelly is Dead in Washington Indiana
Mrs Myrtle Connelly died at her home 817 southeast Second street Washington Indiana after three years of declining health from pulmonary tuberculosis She was 44 born October 25 1877 in Harrison township She was the widow of Rol Connelly and leaves three children John and Monte Helen two survived along with seven brothers and sisters The funeral will be held at First Methodist Episcopal church buried at Oak Grove cemetery She was a member of the church and Eastern Star and lived in Seymour Idaho and Washington before her final years
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Myrtle Connelly
Washington
Ind
The
Washington Herald
Southeast
Second Street
Rol Connelly
Baltimore and Ohio
Connelly
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
J. F. Ward
Portersville Road
Harrison Township
John
Monte Helen
S. A. Wood
W. M. Young
Ed Smith
Ray Smith
William Yager
Graysville
Walter Hayes
Twin Falls
Idaho
Oswald Ward
Zack Swanagan
Seymour
Former Sullivan Man Shoots Himself in Michigan
Ed Sims 64 a former high profile balloonist and parachute jumper died by self inflicted gunshot in Petoskey Michigan yesterday. He was father to Mathew S Sims Montgomery county prosecuting attorney and had come with relatives seeking relief from hay fever. Sims claimed 281 exhibition parachute leaps during his career and was born in Sullivan county later living in Waveland for 14 years.
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Sullivan
Crawfordsville
Ind
Ed Sims
Petoskey
Mich
Mathew S. Sims
Montgomery County
Michigan
Mr. Sims
Sullivan County
Waveland
New Suits and Divorces Listed in Local Court Docket
The docket includes Noah Simmons estate suit against C E I Ry for damages, Wil liam Virgel Ridge estate damages against C E I Ry, Conner and others vs Florence Riggs partition of real estate, Daisy Lockhart vs Russell Lockhart divorce, William M Patton vs Arabella Peele quiet title, Alfred Wagoner vs Sara Nevins guardian petition, Pansy Owens v Clyde Owens divorce alimony custody support, Rosa Stevenson vs J M Burkhart damages, Turman and Riggs vs Gus Arnett on account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stewart
Noah Simmons
Citizens Trust Co
Sullivan
William Virgel Ridge
Robert Conner
Solomon A. Conner
Florence Riggs
Daisy Lockhart
Russell Lockhart
William M. Patton
Arabella C. Peele
Alfred R. Wagoner
Sarah H. Nevins
Guardian
Pansy B. Owens
Clyde Owens
Rosa Stevenson
J. Murry Burkhart
Turman & Riggs
Gus Arnett
Local Marriage Licenses Reported across Indiana Towns
Howard E. Stout and Laura M. McKenzie of Terre Haute. Maston Burch and Ida E. Edwards of Cass. William H. Jones and Etta M. Bond of Sullivan. John T. Daniels and Margaret Bitzegazio of Hymera. George F. Yancey of Shelburn and Veventia J. Wallace of Hymera. John R. Brown and Mary M. Hayden of Sullivan.
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Howard E. Stout
Miner
Laura M. McKenzie
Terre Haute
Maston Burch
Mechanic
Cass Po
Ida E. Edwards
Dugger
William H. Jones
Etta M. Bond
Sullivan
John T. Daniels
Linton
Margaret Bitzegazio
Hymera
George F. Yancey
Shelburn
Veventia J. Wallace
John R. Brown
Mary M. Hayden
Miss Mollie McKinley Leaves for Louisville Visit
Miss Mollie McKinley and her brother from Graysville traveled to Louisville Kentucky last week to visit relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie McKinley
Graysville
Louisville
Indiana corn shows improvement in September report
Indiana crop report notes corn condition at 80 percent of normal on September 1 with an estimated 165 620 900 bushels. Wheat oats barley buckwheat white potatoes and sweet potatoes show varied yields. Tobacco hay apples peaches and pears also faced declines or modest gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
Purdue Experiment Station
Sheriff Frees Suspect After Mob Atmosphere In Indiana
Negro Smith, one of four men arrested for a brutal attack on Farmersburg women, was returned from Jeffersonville to Sullivan by Sheriff Douthitt after a mob surrounded a Vincennes train. He pled guilty in Sullivan court, then rushed to an awaiting car en route to Indiana State Prison for five to twenty-one years despite mob threats. Authorities halted the mob at Shelburn as the prisoners were moved.
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al Smith
Farmersburg
Sullivan
Jeffersonville
Ed Douthitt
Vincennes
Smith
Sullivan Circuit
Indiana State
Michigan City
Reformatory
Douthitt
Douthill
Prises
Shelburn
Sullivan Prizes Spread as County Show Wins Mark Milestone
Sullivan county reports more livestock show winners at the state fair. The Renner Wilkey and company combined firm took one first and four seconds. Notably polled animals won first in competition with horned herds for the first time. winning animals trace direct blood to Bullion Fourth, W A Wilkey’s famed herd sire, except the aged cow. Other top competitors included Warren T McCray, Frank Fox of Indianapolis, Oak London Stock Farm and Fenner Stock Farm of Decatur.
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Sullivan
Sullivan County
Renner- Wilkey and Company
W. A. Wilkey
Warren T. McCray
Frank Fox
Indianapolis
Oak London Stock Farm
Fenner Stock Farm
Decatur
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United Mine Workers
Helen Emily Mahley
Wellsley College
Boston
Mass
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Elizabeth Beasley
Ruth McNabb
Oxford College
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Francis Sinclair
Robert H. Ladd
Charles H. Ladd
Lake City
City High School
Sarah Reed
Champaign
Ills
University of Illinois
Charles E. Asbury
Wales
Asbury
Tacoma
Grace Josephine Felton
Orange
N. J
Claude H. Stratton
Harry
New
Sherman Theatre
Isaac N. Cashner
West Donaldson Street
Jesse Coner
Washington, D. C
Lafayette
Purdue University
Louise Adkins
Delaware
Ohio Wasileyan University
Lizzie Shannon
Carlisle
Hutsonville
Isis
Rebecca Allerman
Trinity
French Lick
Evansville
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Elm Park
Actaee
H. S
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Bridwell
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