Jealous section hand shoots wife then kills himself
Odie Jones a 32 year old Illinois Central section hand from Dugger, jealous and recently separated, shot his wife four times on South Main Street then killed himself. Mrs Jones, badly wounded, survived initial treatment but is not expected to live. The tragedy occurred in front of Isaac Maxwell’s residence as witnesses including Anna Ward and Oliver Paxton saw Jones drag his wife from a buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odie Jones
Illinois Central
Dugger
Jones
South Main Street
Isaac Maxwell
Anna Ward
Oliver Paxton
Jesse Anderson
Main Street
Paxton
Miss Ward
Hix Davis
Davis
Police Smith
Ike Maxwell
Anderson
Cayuga
Henry Hancock
John Sims
Sullivan
Caboose
Sims
Center Ridge
Methodist Conference assigns ministers and reshuffles pastors
Rev P C Lisman will become pastor of the Boonville church replacing Rev George H Murphy who is named superintendent of Moore's Hill district. Murphy will reside at Moore's Hill. Lisman will move from Boonville to take the Carlisle area posting, with other assignments listed for nearby towns and pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Lisman
M. E
Boonville
George H. Murphy
Murphy
Moore’s Hill
Lisman
Sullivan County
William T. Lisman
Haddon Township
Carlisle
Samuel Reed
Dugger W. L. Ray
Graysville
T. M. Brinkle
Hymera
N. O. Robbins
Merem
Nineteen Miners Sue Monon Over Caledonia Mine Incident
Nineteen miners seek 10000 each from Monon Coal Company after a black damp incident at the Caledonia mine imperiled workers. Plaintiffs include Archie Stewart John T Walters Clay Pigg Homer Walters and others listed as claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Monon Coal Company
Archie Stewart
John T. Walters
Clay Pigg
Homer Walters
Wm. Thurman
Wm. Spenser
Robert Highfield
Ben Falconberry
Jess Wolford
Dan B. Kerkhoff
Jasper Harrison
James Norton
Ara Bonham
Wm. Peterson
James Cochran
Earl McDaniel
John Saude
Charles Robinson
Evans Appeals After Mining Law Guilts At Jackson Hill
William Evans mine superintendent at Jackson Hill Number Four appeals circuit court after five mining law guilty verdicts. He was fined one dollar and costs in each case. James Brooks, a mine boy at the same shaft, was found guilty on two cases and fined one dollar plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
William Evans
Jackson Hill
Circuit Court
Court of Justice
Robert Kirkham
James Brooks
Sunflower
Caledonia
Fves
Sunflower Mine
Local Saloon Operators Given Suspended Jail Terms
A thirty day jail sentence suspension on good behavior was granted on the prosecutor’s recommendation to Isaac Cooper Lew McCrocklin Jesse McCrocklin Barney Davey and Pearl Hirschfield for alleged blind tiger activities in Sherburn. They must pay fines of fifty dollars. The defendants are said to operate saloons in Shelburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bays
Isaac Cooper
Lew McCrocklin
Jesse McCrocklin
Barney Davey
Pearl Hirschfield
Blind Tiger
Sherburn
Shelbura
Unsuccessful Jail Delivery Incident Repeats
Prisoners in the county jail conducted an unsuccessful jail delivery Thursday night. Three interior padlocks were found missing from doors after they allegedly manufactured keys to unlock them. Sheriff Wible imposes bread and water dieting to identify those involved, and new locks will be installed with no visitors until recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wible
Douthitt
W. E. Johnson to Build an Abbator
W E Johnson a local meat dealer buys two acres south of the Illinois Central tracks beside Sullivan Bridge and Supply Company to erect a modern abbatoir He will slaughter cattle and increase hogs killed from fifty to one hundred weekly Lard rendering and processing bologna sausage will be offered making the plant a needed local institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Johnson
Illinois Central
Sullivan Bridge and Supply Company
Leach
Mr. Johnson
Sullivan
Johnson
Granted a Divorce for Mrs Elizabeth F Pigg
Mrs Elizabeth F Pigg was granted a divorce Friday from Will H Pigg on her cross complaint to his suit. The cross bill cites cruel treatment. Custody of their son Telford Pigg is awarded until further orders with visitation to the father and $15 a month child support. Mrs Pigg is the wife of Will H Pigg, formerly a local attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth F. Pigg
Will H. Pigg
Pigg
Telford Pigg
Martinsville Republican
Draper Resigns Illinois Central Post Over Health
I S Draper longtime Illinois Central agent at Bloomington resigns due to failing health from injuries after being slugged by an unknown man in Bloomington. Born in Sullivan he served the railroad here for nearly 25 years and was formerly an agent in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draper
Illinois Central
Rev. J. M. Vawter Accepts Windsor Call
Rev J M Vawter resigns from Sullivan Christian church and accepts a call to Windsor Missouri with his family They will move about month end Windsor population about 3500 in Henry county near the Kansas border Sullivan residents regret their departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vawter
J. M. Vawter
Christian Church
Windsor
Henry County
Kansas Line
Kansas
St. Louis
Sullivan
Mrs. Mattie W. Sutton Buried at Center Ridge Cemetery
The body of Mrs. Mattie W. Sutton was brought here Thursday for burial. Funeral services were held at J. H. Allen’s undertaking establishment led by Rev. W. H. Grim. Interment followed at Center Ridge cemetery. Mrs. Sutton was the sister of Mrs. W. H. Hawkins of Indianapolis, formerly of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie W. Sutton
J. H. Allen
W. H. Grim
Center Ridge Cemetery
McCammon Case Set for Trial in Circuit Court
The case of Austin McCammon of Shelburn charged with criminal assault on Mary Marlow is scheduled for trial in the circuit court tomorrow. He is brother of Don McCammon who sits in a life sentence at Michigan City for a similar crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCammon
Austin McCammon
Shelburn
Mary Marlow
Don McCammon
Michigan City
Dr H L Lindley Sells Mitchell Five Passenger Car
Dr H Lindley sold his Mitchell five passenger car last week to Chauncey Miles of Turman township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. H. Lindley
Mitchell
Chauncey Miles
Turman Township
Saturday Fair Catalog Highlights and Prizes
The notice lists prizes for livestock, poultry, and crafts at the Saturday Fair, including best pair of mules one year old or under four for $4, best suckling mule $3, best lady driver, and various ribbons and cash for poultry, vegetables, embroidery, candy, quilts, woodwork, and a baby show. Weather summary notes cloudy days with rainfall totaling 1.70 inches on Sept 5, 1 inch on Sept 8, and .31 on Sept 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Maurice Yeager
Co-Operative Weather Observer
Sheridan man to hold Percheron horse sale in Carlisle
Sherman Welton of Sheridan Wyoming will stage a horse sale at Carlisle on Tuesday September 26. The event features 30 brood mares and 20 Percheron horses weighing 1200 to 1300 pounds plus 30 Percheron foals and youngsters aged one to two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Welton
Sheridan
Wyo
New Lebanon
Carlisle
Davis Hotel Plans New Plumbing and Water System
The Davis hotel company will install a new plumbing and heating plant due to city water damage. Four wells have been dug behind the hotel and a large cistern will be built. A pressure water system with rooftop tanks is planned to ensure ample water for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Hotel
Watson seeks wholesale liquor license for Shelburn
D. J. Watson, a city restaurant man, will appear before county commissioners at the next session seeking a wholesale liquor license for Shelburn. Local saloonkeepers oppose it, but the process moves forward. The license fee is 200 dollars, split as 100 dollars to the county tuition school fund and 100 dollars to the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Watson
Shelburn
Groff Pleads Guilty in Two Cider Cases
N B Groff admitted guilt in two cases alleging sale of cider containing benzoate of soda. Judge Bridwell fined ten dollars and costs in each case. Deputy Pure Food Inspector John Owens testified, but trials did not proceed Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Groff
Bridwell
Pure Food
John Owens
Lightning Sets Fire At Aydelotte Home Attic
A bolt of lightning struck the residence of William E. Aydelotte Tuesday night last week and started attic flames. He detected the fire himself and extinguished it without aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Aydelotte
Railsback Purchases Property On South Court Street
Charles R. Railsback county clerk elect has bought the I. N. Cashner property on South Court street and with his wife will move here this week from Hymera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Railsback
I. N. Cashner
South Court Street
Hymera
Sullivan Woolen Mills Sells to Major Cities and Institutions
The Sullivan Woolen Mills supplies woolen goods to the governments of Cincinnati Chicago St Louis and Kansas City. It also contracts with Indiana institutions Plainfield reformatory Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home and a negro school in Indianapolis. The Wooster Ohio area county contract is noted along with numerous smaller deals. The mill founded in 1864 by Jewett Bros. later changed ownership several times ending with Brunger and Aydelotte after 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Kansas City
Sullivan Woolen Mills
Indiana
Plainfield Reformatory
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans Home
Negro School
Indianapolis
Wooster
Ohio
Whipps
Messrs. Brunger and
Aydelotte
Judge Overrules Motion to Quash Indictment in Cox Case
Judge Bridwell overruled a motion to invalidate an indictment against Nathan Cox charging assault with intent to murder Walker Dooley. Cox, a local restaurant operator, faces trial after Dooley was bedridden for weeks and Cox was released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridwell
Nathan Cox
Walker Dooley
Cox
Dooley
Trustee Authority and Food Law Funds Clarified
Thomas M. Honan ruled township trustees have sole authority to assign local school placements, preventing patrons from redirecting their children. In a separate state health opinion, funds for the pure food and drug law cannot cover pathology lab costs unless used for enforcement, while hygienic funds may cover lab expenses if tied to hygiene law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Honan
Charles A. Greahouse
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Health
Honan
Burr and Lola Taylor Rewed at Family Home
Claude S. Burr of this city and his former wife Lola Taylor of Sullivan were remarried at Burr’s parents home where he lies ill from brain hemorrhage and has been an invalid since April. Lola Taylor traveled from Sullivan to nurse him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Claude S. Burr
Lola Taylor
Sullivan
Burr
L. J. Burr
Guthrie
Okla
Change in Bridge Plant Ownership and Expansion Plans
Robert Taylor sold a half interest in the Sullivan Bridge and Supply Company to Thomas Jills of Farmersburg. Mr. Walls will move to Sullivan soon. The plant has done well since starting and prospects are good for more business. This fall and winter a large quantity of road drags will be manufactured and stored for spring trade. Last spring demand exceeded supply. the company intends not to be caught napping again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taylor
Sullivan Bridge and Supply Company
Thomas Jills
Farmersburg
Walls
Sullivan
Gallager Released From Jail On Habeas Petition
Thomas Gallager, after a long sentence and pardons on a blind tiger charge, is freed by Judge Bridwell. The habeas corpus petition counted time on parole toward the jail term and declared it expired, releasing him Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallager
Thomas Gallager
Bridwell
Oldham Family Visits Relatives in New Lebanon
Mr and Mrs Almer Oldham former residents now in Chicago Heights visit Mr and Mrs J B Oldham at New Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almer Oldham
Chicago Heights
Mr. Oldham
Mrs
J. B. Oldham
New Lebanon
Former Resident Emily Ridgeway Dies in Washington Ind
Mrs Emily Ridgeway longtime township resident died Thursday at her daughter Mrs H H Allen Jr in Washington Ind from hardening of the arteries She had been ill and death expected The body brought here to her brother Wesley Eaton home funeral held Sunday at Walkers Chapel Interment Center Ridge She is survived by three sons Levi Abner and Sam Ridgeway and three daughters Mrs H H Allen Mrs Ella Allen and Mrs Wesley Eaton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Ridgeway
H. H. Allen, Jr
Washington
Ind
Wesley Eaton
Walkers Chapel
Center Ridge
Discovery of a 1878 Ehrman School paper unearthed
Workers uncover a faded sheet dated October 11 1878 from Ehrman School House Sullivan County Indiana listing contractors brick masons and pupil names. The document notes the school’s history its consolidation into a dwelling and future home construction by Ridgeway Hale and others across the railroad track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Ehrman
Frank Ridgeway
Rush
Henry C. Hale
Papgr
Ridgeway
BE. H. Pierce
Phillip Wortman
E. H. Pierce
Peter Brentlinger
Jacob O’haver
Geo. Hill
Joe Wortman
R. Harper
John Wortman
Nannie Ehrman
Mary E. Ehrman
Effie Gregg
Leda Gregg
Lizzie Gregg
Sada Vance
Tillie Wortman
Belle Wortman
Clara Gilson
Jos. Gregg
Melvin Gregg
Elvin Gregg
John Brown
Jesse Brown
Stephen Brown
Phillip Hoover
Elmer Hoover
Austin Wortman
Albert Hines
John Lisman
Joseph Case
James Case
Death of Vigo County’s First School Supt John Royse
John Royse a noted Vigo county resident died Thursday morning at his Terre Haute area home after about a year of illness. He served as Vigo county’s first superintendent of schools and is survived by his wife Lavina Mann formerly of the county. He was brother to Mrs. J L Durham and Mrs Manning of near Graysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Royse
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Lavina Mann
J. L. Durham
Manning
Graysville
City Tax Rate Holds Steady Amid Changes
The city maintains its tax rate at 1.01 dollars per hundred dollars of value. The school board sets a tax rate of 0.84 and a poll tax of 1.25 dollars, a slight rise from last year.
Baptists Select New Pastor for Local Church
The Baptist congregation chose Rev. G. W. Porter of Lone Wolf Oklahoma as pastor to succeed Rev. J. W. Neyman who resigned. Porter will assume duties on October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptists
Baptist Congregation
G. W. Porter
Lone Wolfe
Oklahoma
J. W. Neyman
McCall Pleads Guilty in Star City Liquor Case
Edward McCall, 65, of Star City, pleaded guilty to illegal sale of liquor. He was fined fifty dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCall
Edward McCall
Star City
Embezzlement Case on Trial in Circuit Court
The case of Thurman Cris charged with embezzling two hundred dollars from the Hamilton Miners Local where he served as financial secretary is set for trial in the circuit court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman Cris
Hamilton
Lightning Burns Barn in Graysville Area
A barn owned by T. M. Medsker in Graysville was struck by lightning and burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. A large supply of alfalfa hay and three young mules were destroyed in the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graysville
T. M. Medsker
Drowned Farmer and Fisherman Lemen Missing on Wabash River
Benton Lemen a 70 year old farmer and fisherman who lived along the Wabash river near Hyatt's ferry disappeared after a skiff trip to the opposite bank. His boat was recovered bottom up and extensive river searches have not found him. He was an expert swimmer and is believed to have been drowned after the craft capsized on a snag. He leaves a wife and several grown children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Lemen
Wabash River
Hyatt’s
Lemon
Death Claims Former County Resident of 8 S. Houston
A telegram reports the death of 74 year old 8 S. Houston a former county resident at his Hilltownville Indiana home early Sunday. Funeral arrangements show Mr. Houston’s sister is Mrs. Maxwell and his life included cabinet making training in Fairbanks Indiana and service as a drummer in the 59th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War. He remained an invalid since the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Houston
Heltonville
Ind
W. P. Maxwell
Mr. Houston
Maxwell
Fairbanks
Dave Crawley
59Th Indiana Infantry
Bloomfield to Get Power From Dugger Plant
Ernest Dugger owner of the Bloomfield electric light plant plans to move it to Dugger. Bloomfield would then receive power from here. He estimates savings on moving equipment and coal freight and notes wiring a line would be a small expense compared with coal costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugger
Ernest Dugger
Bloomfield
William Higdon Home Struck by Lightning
Shelburne Sept 19 lightning struck the home of the late William Higdon badly damaging the house. His two daughters Lettie Miller of St Louis and Emma Martin administrator and a neighbor woman were inside. They extinguished a fire at the east porch door as Higdon had refused insurance believing it unnecessary before his death the administratrix later took out a policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburn
Wm. Higdon
Lettie Miller
St. Louis
Emma Martin
Billy
Uncle Billy
Union Readers Add Subscriptions and New Member
J. B. Haddon of Dana Indiana renews his Union subscription. J. A. Russell of New Lebanon becomes a new Union reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Haddon
Dana, Ind
Union
J. A. Russell
New Lebanon
New Union
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Methodist Conference
MONON
Coal Company
Bridge
Square
French Long
Ira Glidden
Ed Thixtun
Howard Campbell
Sullivan Factory
Sullivan Restauranteur
Wm. Hancock
Kate M. Hughes
Carlisle News
Wabash
Hyatt Ferry
Lemen
William Higdon
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