Sullivan to Host Three Day Racing Meet in October
Sullivan County prepares a three day racing meet set for October 4 to 6. Don Cochran, secretary, reports strong entries and top horses expected after Robinson and Worthington meets. The program features pacing and trotting races with purses from 30 to 200 dollars, a country road race, and a novelty mine mule race. Officers elected include Dr E A Billman as president and Don Cochran as secretary with Bell Durham as starter.
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Sullivan County
Sullivan
Robinson
Worthington
Don Cochran
Association
Indiana
Illinois
Sullivan County Racing Association
E. A. Billman
Frank Wible
C. H. Stratton
E. J. Hoke
Bell Durham
Chaney visits Ebenezer for Indiana unit reunion
Sullivan congressman John C. Chaney attends the Forty second Indiana regiment reunion at Ebenezer to greet constituents. He reports good health after a hard campaign and plans to begin winter work in congress. He favors an acclamation nomination and would like the next party convention in Sullivan.
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John C. Chaney
Sullivan
Forty-second
Indiana
Ebenezer
Mainess County
Chaney
Congress
Washington City
Sullivan County
Aged Terrapin Found By Joe Birlingmier
While strolling his Sullivan area farm three miles north, Joe Birlingmier picked up a terrapin bearing the worn inscription 1851 on its shell with a D beneath it. He noted the date predated the war by fifty four years and, after study, could read the faded markings clearly.
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Sullivan
Joe Birlingmeir
Joe
Maggie Hull Suicide Shocks Smoky Row Community
Mrs Maggie Hull of Smoky Row near the E and T H railroad killed herself by ingesting fifteen cents worth of morphine in whiskey on Saturday night. She died about 8 PM. Coroner’s inquest was held Monday morning. burial followed at Coffman Cemetery. Hull lived alone, had a troubled life, and owned several hundred dollars in property. Her maiden name was Lake and she had ties to Texas and Illinois relatives.
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Maggie Hull
Smoky Row
Coffman
Smith
Gambill
Hull
Lake
Sion
Texas
G. W. Lake
Ellen Wise
Dudleyville
Iils
Jane Rule
Spurlington
Ed. Golden
Knox County
James Hull
I H Kalley Injured in Denver Accident
Isaac H Kalley was severely hurt Sunday September 24 in Denver while alighting a street car. He slipped from the step before the car stopped and endured blunt, internal injuries, delaying his return trip with his wife and Mr and Mrs Henry Wilson during a westward tour.
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Isaac H. Kalley
Denver
Kalley
John McKinney Seriously Hurt in Horse Incident Near Shelburn
John McKinney, a Rural Routes carrier four miles west of Shelburn, was seriously injured Sunday when a bucket noise frightened his horse, threw him, and left him trampled under hoofs. Dr. J B Maple of Shelburn attends him. Canton Thompson and families plan a picnic at Miles McMahan's grove in Tarwater neighborhood Sunday.
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John McKinney
Shelburn
Isery
McKinney
J. B. Maple
Canton Thompson
Miles McMahan’s Grove
Tarwater
Coal Deal Nears Completion in Curry Township
A 5000 acre coal deal in Curry Township appears nearly settled. Landowners listed include William Pitman, Al Pittman, Dan Frakes, H E Frakes, James Reed, Will Beard, Mary Mullins, and many others who have been notified to prepare abstracts. Upon proof of satisfactory titles, compensation will be paid.
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Curry Township
Dan Frakes
William L. Staley
William Pitman
Willis Slader
al Pittman
Allie C. Pittman
Joseph Hill
Abert Hauger
Jessie
H. E. Frakes
Hardy McClannahan
Levi Hall
Emery Jennings
William Milligan
Mary Johnson
T. J. Scott
Mary Gaskins
James Reed
John O. Ray
James Beard
Will Beard
William Dungan
Frank Collins
Wm. Patton
Livey Patton
Robert Collins
Curt Hopewell
Chas. Sam
M. E. Drake
P. A. Reed
Luther Patton
Richard Taylor
William Gaskins
Perley Hayworth
Chas. Stutsman
Jos. Gaskins
Jas
H. Wood
Jas. Curry
Church Taylor
Mary E. Rogers
Jas. Collins
Perley Johnson
Sarah Hopewell
Lem Hopewell
Jonah Hopewell
Jacob Branson
Jos. Branson
John M. Branson
Wm. Curry
Jos. Curry
Jas.Bunch
Wm. Pittman
Conference as signs ministers in Vincennes district
The Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference at Linton announced Rev. Charles E. Asbury as presiding elder for the Vincennes district, replacing Rev. C. C. Clippenger. Rev. J. H. Carnes was returned to Sullivan city duties, with multiple assignments listed for pastors across the district including D. W. Denny, C. A. McCulloch, J. Adams, W. S. McMichael, A. M. Couchman, and others assigned to towns such as Alfordsville, Bicknell, Carlisle, Dugger, Farmersburg, Hymera, Jasonville, Loughte, Odon, Plainville, Shelburn, Shoals, Sullivan, Vincennes, and Washington.
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Methodist Episcopal Conference
Linton
Charles E. Asbury
M. E
Jeffersonville
C. C. Clippinger
Vincennes
Asbury
Sullivan County
Joseph Asbury
Dugger
W. S. Mc Michael
Farmersburg
A. M. Couchman
Glendale
Graysville
W. Russell
Hymera
L. B. Johnson
Jasonville
W. C. Crawford
Loogootee
F. W. Davis
Monroe City
Willis Winegar
Newberry
New Lebanon
G. F. McNaughton
Od N
S. O. Dorse
Water supply bid considered by town board
The town board and Commercial Club directorate met Friday in the Douthitt and Haddon office to review Hudson Eng. Contracting Co. proposal. Clifford Shaw offered 1000 gallons per minute with equipment for 26700 dollars. bid taken under advisement.
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Commercial Club Directorate
Douthitt and Haddon
Hudson Eng. Contracting Co
Clifford Shaw
Dream Foretold Death of Brother in Telepathic Link
George McCrory of west of Hutsonville reported a dream predicting his brother Scott’s death at Terre Haute early Tuesday. He awoke unsettled, then a morning telephone confirmed Scott’s death, leading locals to call the event a clear case of mental telepathy.
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Scott McCrory
George
Scott
Terre Haute
Hutsonville
Reunion of Methodist Churches Led by Hymnal Changes
The article notes a recent national Methodist conference adopting a new hymnal to be used soon in Sullivan and the county. It traces the 1844 split over slavery, the reunification efforts, and removal of the word South from the Washington church’s sign. It lists Tennyson’s Crossing the Bar among new hymns and says compilers sought top hymns from both North and South.
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Sullivan
J. H. Carnes
Methodist Church
United States
Methodist Church, South
Mason & Dixon Line
Washington City
Washington
Ninth and
K. Streets
Washington Methodist Church
Southern Organization
South
Tennyson
Escapes From Evansville Asylum Reported
Deputy Sheriff James J. Orr received a call Friday from the Southern Asylum for the Insane in Evansville reporting that Mrs Rose Anderson wife of Tobe Anderson of Fairbanks township had escaped and could not be located She was adjudged insane under protest in July.
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James J. Orr
Southern Asylum For the Insane
Evansville
Rose Anderson
Tobe Anderson
Fairbanks Township
Anderson
Marriage Licenses Granted in August List
The record notes marriages between Joseph E. Harding and LeeEtta Engle Oscar R. Snyder and Anna Pearl Mason and Francis Pomier and Charlotte Brown dated 7 August This brief confirms licenses issued for three couples in a local district clerk report.
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Joseph E. Harding
LeeEtta Engle
Oscar R. Snyder
Anna Pearl Mason
Francis Pomier
Charlotte Brown
Veterans honor Civil War commander Eli McCarty in Indiana grave tribute
In Washington Indiana on September 20 a small group of veterans remembered Capt Eli McCarty of Co G Indiana Volunteers. He was killed in 1864 while notifying drafted men as Knights of the Golden Circle opposed the Union. His grave at Ebenezer Cemetery is marked by a plain marble slab bearing his service and birth and death dates.
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Washington
Ind
Eli McCarty
Ebenezer
McCarty
Co. G. Indiana Volunteers
Perryville
Daviess County
Knights of the Golden Circle
John Macaboy
The
Golden Circle
White River
Daniel Scales
Wm. Whitesides
Washington Hedrick
Yoakum Scott
Indianapolis
Samuel and
Thornton
Hillary Madden
Sammed Quantrell
Wes
Enormous Hay Yield On Charles Davis Farm
The Tar Water farm of Charles Davis produced a record hay harvest this season from a 100 acre field. A total of 250 tons were stored from 100 stacks, equating to 2.5 tons per acre.
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Charles Davis
Tar Water
Prospective Prosperity Predicted for Dering Coal Firms
Terre Haute reports R R Hammond of Chicago, president of Dering Coal, visiting on corporate matters. Dering’s eight Indiana mines, amid growing car shortages, expect a prosperous season with contracts to Illinois Steel and Standard Oil. Analysts foresee price upticks by early October as rail car constraints ease.
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Terre Haute
R. R. Hammond
Chicago
Dering Coal Company
Illinois Steel Company
Standard Oil Company
Northwest
Indiana
Black Diamond
Sullivan
Greene County
Harrisburg
Ilinois
Carterville
Springfield
Illnois
Miner John Weimar suffers leg crush at Star City mine
John Weimar a 25 year old miner at the Star City mine was struck by a slipping machine injuring a broken and badly mashed leg. He was carried to St. Anthony's hospital in Terre Haute for treatment.
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John Weimar
Star City
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Terre Haute
Boland Robbery Reported At North Broad Street Home
Friday night a thief entered the home of Ransom Dudley on North Broad street and stole a pair of trousers containing 46 dollars belonging to William Boland a Glendora coal miner who rooms at Dudley's.
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Ransom Dudley
North Broad Street
William Boland
Glendora
Dudley’s
Capt Jesse Elliott Hamill Dies in Sullivan County
Capt Jesse Elliott Hamill died Sunday at the Mc Cammon hotel after years of poor health. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the hotel under the Sullivan clerks union. Interment followed at Center Ridge cemetery. He was born in 1888 in Shippensburg pa and long served in the 11th Indiana Volunteers under Major Charles Ogden Moore.
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Jesse Elliott Hamill
McCammon
Capt. Hamill
McCammon Hotel
Clerks’ Union
Sullivan
Center Ridge Cemetery
Samuel Hamill, Sr
City Amusement Park Proposed Near Illinois Central
The Leach grove south of the Illinois Central station is eyed for a city amusement park. Promoters W H Lucas and G R Stivers hold a one year option and ten year lease, have begun clearing brush, and are bidding on a six foot fence. They own a merry go round and seek an ocean wave ride and other features. Stone Webster may run an electric interurban line nearby, aiding a stock company to purchase the park and make it a permanent attraction.
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Leach Grove
Illinois Central
W. H. Lucas
G. R. Stivers
Lucas
Stivers
Stone & Webster
Organi
New Factory Planned at Hymera for Coal Mines
Indiana Consolidated Coal company proposes a factory in Hymera to manufacture mining machinery and repair mine equipment. The plant, to be built in the south part of town, will employ about twenty workers. Frank Cartridge designs a drill and will oversee construction and serve as superintendent upon completion.
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Indiana Consolidated Coal Company
Hymera
Frank Cartridge
West Side Business Men Beat East Side 9 to 0 in Shelburn
West Side business men defeated East Side by 9 to 0 in Shelburn. Reynolds and Burton combined for the win, Hill and Lowery and Gaskins pitched for the losers. Rennick and Lane hit two bases each. Attendance 500. Time 1 55. Umpire Halburt.
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Shelburn
West Side
Reynolds
Burton
Hill
Lowery
Gaskins
Rennick
Lane
Mitchell
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A. B. Thurber
James M. Lang
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Edwin Farrer
W. H. Leedy
Order
Carlisle Lodge
Wabash Lodge of
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Ami
Lew Wallace
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