Local Correspondents Back from Travel and School Admissions
Our correspondents report travel to Chicago and Indianapolis for fairs and meetings. Several residents visit relatives, shop in Vincennes and Danville, and enroll in Vincennes University, Terre Haute, Champaign, and Brown University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Akin Jr
Providence R. I
Brown’s University
Marjorie Benefield
Vincennes University
May Lisman
Nellie Davidson
Terre Haute
Hymera Happenings Include Visits and Births
Ebert Ragle of Elnora visited Hymera last week. Mrs. John Little of Jacksonville visited Hymera friends. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Albert King on Sept 13 and twins to Mr and Mrs William Brock on Sept 12. Jessie King visits sister Cooper McClain. Jueenie Valentine of Rosedale visits Grace Entwistle. Myrtle Hopkins dies of typhoid fever. Joe Birlingmier and wife visited Hymera Sunday. Hattie Wilson of Black Rock visits her mother Mrs Branson. Claude Bostick and wife of Terre Haute were here last week. School began Monday. Minnie Britton and Walter Julian married last Wednesday. Best wishes to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert King
Wm. Brock
Jessie King
Cooper McClain
Hattie Wilson
Black Rock
Mrs. Branson
Fairbanks Social Notes Mention Visits and Arrivals
Mrs. Clara Scott traveled to Terre Haute on Thursday. Archie Kissner’s new house looks well. Sam Denney and wife of Chicago visit Elijah Dilley. Bill Denney and wife of Sullivan also visit. Miss Lizzie Granby stays with sister Mrs. E Drake while Miss Leona Alison spends weekend with Alta Kissner. Miss Laura Sharp to open a milliner shop soon. Mrs. Elmer Drake ill. Nellie Johnson entertains guests Saturday night. Marvion Ransford seen among friends again. Harry Dilley improving. Mrs. Sharpless better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Denney
Chicago
Bill Denney
Sullivan
Elijah Dilley
Elmer Drake
Nellie Johnson
Marvion Ransford
Harry Dilley
Mrs. Sharpless
Graysville Gleanings Local Notes And School Appointments
Joan Ingersol and Fred Yeager were at the station last Monday. Many residents used the low excursion rates to Chicago last Sunday. Cushman sets a corn size rule in Tarman township. Wm Ingersoll carpentry at Merom Station. Supt Park organized the township institute. D S Cushman elected principal. Essie Wilson secretary. Teachers listed by school number. Rev Pinnick to Vincennes conference. Local sick list notes improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Ingersol
Fred Yeager
Chicago
John Claggett
Wm. Rogers
Bulah Brown
Sullivan
L. A. Bland
F. O. Pugh
New Lebanon
E.K. Pugh’s
Supt
Park
D. 'S. Cushman
Essie Wilson
Nol Harris
Dodd’s Bridge
Lizzie Bennett
Beech Grove
O. T. Collier
Island
Fred Parsons
Big Springs
Ester Moore
Graysville
D. T. Cushman
Tromberry
Maud Arnett
Palmers Prairie Social News Roundup
Miss Lou Gray is ill again. Several residents visited Chicago weekend. Jas Bligen and family went to the city. Ollie Allen returned from a week with Roxy Bilyew and Margar ette Wyman. Hughes and Rich families dined with J as Case clan. Eva Davis visiting aunt Mrs Raines. Hardesty and Bailey families from Sullivan in the area Sunday evening. School begins with good attendance. Lane McClanahan ne w house nearly done. Rev Shaw to fill appointment next Sunday. Simon Scott and wife move into Albert McGarvey’s former house.
Sawmill Boiler Explosion Kills and Injures in Maxwell
Greenfield Ind Sept 16 William Bailey 38 head sawyer and Thomas B Sutton 35 engineer were killed in a boiler explosion at Tremont Gant's Maxwell sawmill east of Greenfield. One victim fatally injured and about a dozen hurt as the mill and several nearby houses were wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Ind
William Bailey
Thomas B. Sutton
Tremont Gant
Maxwell
Both Sides Stay Firm in Coal Strike Stand
Shenandoah Pennsylvania September 15 Today marks the nineteenth week of the coal strike with no end in sight. Coal presidents reiterate no concessions and United Mine Workers locals renew loyalty to officers and vows to continue the strike until demands are met. General Gobin denies plans to withdraw state troops before a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Platt
United Mine Workers
Gobin
Woman In the Case. Springfield Tragedy Ends in Suicide
Marshall Derry killed himself at a Springfield hotel by drinking carbolic acid after an unsuccessful attempt to shoot Mrs. Paul Wolf at her home. The woman wrestled him, took the pistol, then he returned to his room and died. He had argued with the husband over the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Marshall Derry
Paul Wolf
Manila Outlaw Captain Bilo Shot Dead by Constabulary
Manila report says Captain Bilo a Bulacan province gang leader and alleged thirty murder suspect was killed by native constabulary after a stand off last Friday. He refused surrender and was shot dead amid the surrounding forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Bilo
Ladrones
Bulacan
Luzon
Billo
Postoffice Burglary Loots Arcadia Safe
Burglars dynamited the Arcadia Indiana postoffice safe causing about 400 dollars in money and stamps to vanish. Four men conducted the break in with expert timing, though no clues were found. Victim Al Flanagan was forced to wait through the explosion before being sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Ind
T. C. Dick
al Flanagan
Flangen
Williamsport Teen Found Dead In Woods After Abduction Tale
Mat dalene Elliott sixteen was found shot in the mouth near Rainsville Indiana in a suspected self inflicted death. She had previously cut her hair wore boys clothes and ran away to Danville Indiana claiming abuse at home. Neighbors blamed her father as white cap notices appeared on his door. A ten page letter in her slipper says she would kill herself due to persecution by neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Ind
Matdalene Elliott
Rainsville
Miss Elliott
Danville
Nesigabors
Young Woman Burned to Death in North Manchester
Della Wright, 21, daughter of Elder John Wright, died after gasoline on her hands ignited while cleaning ribbons at home. She ran outside in the rain and rolled in wet grass to extinguish the flames but succumbed to fatal burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Ind
Della
John Wright
Tragedy in Putnam County Indiana Courthouse Killing
George Boswell was shot and killed by Zack Smithson yesterday in Smithson’s home on Putnam County’s western edge. Smithson fled with his family after the act. both men were farmers and had married children. No motive has been reported. Boswell died instantly from a head wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Greencastle
Ind
George Boswell
Zack Smithson
Smithson
Boswell
Spencer Nominates Joshua N Spencer For Fourth District Congress
Madison Ind Sept 12 Republicans of Indiana Fourth district met at the courthouse and nominated Joshua N Spencer of Ohio county for congress against incumbent F M Griffith who was renominated.
Despondent Farmer William Brifogle Hangs Self
Brookville Indiana September 16 William Brifogle an eighty three year old wealthy farmer hanged himself yesterday despondent over illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiness
Brookville
Ind
William Brifogle
Isaac Friend Hangs Self in Indiana Barn
Peru Ind Sept 16 Isaac Friend aged sixty five hanged himself in a barn six miles south of Peru. He did so because he believed relatives were not treating him well yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Isaac Friend
Motion for New Trial in Phillips Murder Refused
Rockville Indiana September 18 The motion for a new trial in the Lee Phillips murder case was refused by Judge White. He sentenced Phillips to a life term in the state’s prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Ind
Lee Phillips
White
Phillips
Aged Farmer Dies After Morphine Dose
Dennia Egan, an elderly farmer in Washington Indiana, was found in bed after taking morphine in a personal crisis. He died. no cause of death was assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Dennia Egan
Body Cut In Two At Goshen Train Stop
James H. Hayden a thirty year old dwarf hunchback was thrown from a Lake Shore freight train in Goshen Indiana and his body was cut in two at the scene authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
James H. Hayden
Lake Shore
Strike tensions ease as New York area mines stay quiet
Sheriff Jacobs and many deputies gathered at the courthouse at dawn in anticipation of trouble at the mines but only an outbreak at Old Forge occurred, where an Italian was badly beaten by strikers. An important conference was held at strike headquarters today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Jacobs
Old Forge
Notorious Indian outlaw Bruce captured in Nevada
General Bruce, accused of murdering Victoria Maria, was seized by Native Americans in southern Nevada. He was tied by a rope to a saddle horn and dragged a mile, then his body was burned on a wood pile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Cal
Bruce
Victoria Maria
Nevada
Bennettt sentenced for assault after mob lynching attempt
Butler, Pennsylvania report states Joseph Bennet was condemned to fifteen years in the western penitentiary after narrowly escaping a mob that sought to lynch him for assaulting a six year old girl the previous Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Joseph Bennett
Western Penitentiary
Market Report: Prevailing Prices for Grain Provisions and Livestock
Indianapolis Grain and Livestock reports Sept 16 prices with wheat at 70c for No 2 red wagon and corn steady at 60c No 2 mixed. Louisville lists wheat at 69c and corn at 64-40c No 2 mixed, hogs around 6.00-7.75. Cincinnati shows similar trends with steady cattle and hogs around 3.10-3.60, lambs near 2.50-3.50. Chicago notes active cattle, hogs at 4.30, lambs steady near 4.40. New York tolls indicate steady cattle around 3.75-5.0 with lambs at 6.50-9.4. Toledo reports wheat firm and corn dull with cash prices active in rail markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Hoys
Louisville
Cincinnati
Toledo
Crete
Stedteanas
Access
Ae Ee
OOE
Ruth Ford marries Daniel B. Atkinson in Demorest Georgia
In Demorest on August 26 at Prof and Mrs J H Ford home, Ruth Ford wed Daniel B Atkinson Prof of Latin at Union Christian College Merom Indiana. Rev Charles P Redfield and Rev W O Phillips officiated before 100 guests from Florida and Georgia. The couple depart for Washington and will live in Merom Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demorest
J. H. Ford
South Florida
Ruth
Daniel B. Atkinson
Union Christian College
Merom
Ind
Charles P. Redfield
Winter Park
Fla
W. O. Phillips
Florida
Eva Lamson
C. H. Newell
L. J. Donaldson
Tavares
Nelson
Atlanta
Atkinson
New York Express
Washington, D. C
Orlando Fla
Sentinel
James Dudley Appeals Remonstrance Against Fountain Saloon
James A. Dudley, Fountain saloon proprietor, through attorney John W. Lindley, files a notice of appeal from the County Board of Commissioners remonstrance ruling. A bond to cover costs is likely if sustained by higher courts, with venue change possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Dudley
Fountain Saloon
John W. Lindley
County Board of Commissioners
Dudley
C. Ed. Sallee
Board of Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
Auditors
Sullivan
Strictly Cash: Local Store Switches To Cash Only Policy
The store announces a full transition to cash transactions after twenty years of extending credit. It cites modern buying trends, urges customers to cooperate, and promises better prices, a shared profit plan, and continued community support as the change takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Sullivan
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Carlisle
Stephen Hackney
A. R. Orr
Ella Buckley
Mrs. Rogers
Loogotee
Nora Alumbaugh
Vincennes
A. D. Cutler
Indianapolis
Ada Shepherd
Oaktown
Akin
F. M. Willis
Danville, Ill
Floyd
Ed. Curtner
John Johnson
Ella
Miss Moss of
Joe Akin
Ransom Akin
Shortridge High School
Harry Alumbaugh
Champaign, Ill
Illinois University
James Hixn
Hymera
Ebert Ragle
Elnora
John Little
Jacksonville
Hymera Friends
Jueenie Valentine
Rosedale
Grace Entwistle
Myrtle Hopkins
Joe Birlingmier
Claude Bostick
Liss
Minnie Britton
Walter Julian
Fairbanks
Clara Scott
Archie Kissner
Lizzie Granby
Mrs. E. Drake
Leona Alison
Alta Kissner
Laura Sharp
Graysville Gleanings
TY. K. Cushman
Tarman Township
Tarman
Wm. Ingersoll
Merom Station
Pinnick
Palmers Prairie
City of
Jas. Bligen and
Ollie Allen
Roxy Bilyew
Margarette Wyman
Thos. Hughes
Ethel
Hudson Hughes
Geo. Rich
E.B. Cowen
Rex
Jas. Case
Eva Davis
Mrs. Raines
Richard Hardesty
Wm. Bailey
Lane McClanahan
Rev. Shaw
Simon Scott
Albert McGarveys
Fannie Briggs
Indiana State News
Terzely
Hoosiers
The
Opera
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Chicoye
Jacmel
Petit Goave
Bainnet
Market Report
Chicago Livestock
Steeady
New York
Cattio
Pallae
Coffman
P. A. Barco
James Dudley
Thedfords’ Black-Draugh
Thedford
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Morgan, Ark
Cc. B. McFarland
JOS
Asbury Wiley Aspuny
WM. M. Bennett
Attest J. M. Lang
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