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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1916
Page
8
Lisman moved near Paxton and a Sunday school organized at Mt Calvary. Several residents attend or visit relatives, with school terms and college plans noted. Local farming, road conditions, a funeral near Cass township, and various visits round out a period of community activity.
The Wabash river rising floods hundreds of acres of wheat. Martha Durham visited friends at U C College on Thursday. Bertha Haynes staying with J B Durhams. Grace Moore plans to work in Farm ersburg this week. Rev Charles B Hershey to preach next Sunday. Glenn Eno visited grandmother part of last week. Big Springs Sunday school reorganized with officers J W Watson sup t Mrs Mary Medsker asst sup Ethel Monk sec Josse Haynes asst sec James Durham treas Ella Eno organist Nellie Gray asst organist Emer son Watson chorister Jesse Medsker asst chorister. Nellie Gray visited Martha Durham. Jesse Medsker visited Graysville. M H Dix visited his daughter Mrs Mable Turman. Carl Knotts bought Edgar Handy s driving horse. Mrs Nellie Durham was in Merom.
Ellery Hayden visited town while Ziba Shields and Henry Wyman went to Terre Haute. Mrs. Kate Shields and Mrs. Emma Osburn called on Mrs. Fred Osburn. Addie Thornberry of Sullivan visits. George Liston and wife with Miss Lura Dix shopped in Sullivan. Mrs. Murray Shields visited Mrs. Hill. Lura Dix visits her sister Mrs. George Liston. James Hiatt and Base Burton were county seat visitors. Ross Shields of Terre Haute visits grandfather Albert Hopewell. Ross Benson of Sullivan in our midst last week. Myrtle Murdock closed a successful term at the Benson school with a dinner and children’s entertainment. Elza Osborn played the gramophone.
Verna Raley visited Joy Arnett Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs Elwood Brown and son John visited Ed Stewart Wednesday.
In Graysville last week shoppers wore gum boots and rain coats as April arrived. Luther Yager is home briefly. Cushman and Frank Hoke returned from Indianapolis. Harry Adams wonders how February oats are faring. Virgil Penny plans a Sullivan move. Uncle Eph Thomas and wife are ill. Mrs E K Pugh and Candace may travel to Washington this week. Agnes Cushman returns from Fairbanks. Esther Moore will teach in Hamilton township this spring. James Maple and family visited Low Pennington. Thomas H Moore visited over the weekend. Mrs T K Cushman visited her daughter. Homer Bicknell and wife welcomed a son born last Tuesday.
Bro Striver will preach at Shiloh the second Sunday in April. Martin Pirtle was in Dugger Saturday. George Bennett and wife visited friends in our locality Sunday. Several Shiloh youths attended Bethel meeting Sunday night. Jesse Page and Lydia Page are on the sick list.
William Bennett and wife spent Sunday visiting relatives in our community. Clarence Hale spent Friday visiting friends in our neighborhood. Abner Richard was in Dugger the first of the week.
Spring arrives as the creek rises. W M Hazelrigg shows minor improvement. Mrs Joe Merril and daughter of Sullivan are ill with the daughter not expected to live. Bro Williams of Lena Ind will hold services at Concord the fifth Sunday. Liberty church hosted Joseph O Neal funeral. David McKinney's eldest daughter shows typhoid fever symptoms. Samuel O Neal and wife visited Sullivan Monday. Snider school ends Friday. Community urged to save eggs for Haster and prepare for a big dinner and exercises. Flowers soon rise and birds build nests.
Local item notes upcoming wedding plans and social visits. Names mentioned include Keene Sevier Moss Sevier Anderson Snow and others. Various residents mark illness travel moves and inquiries about foxes.
Adieu to March as Walker's Chapel reports a week of social calls and movements. Ogle Morgan and family visited County Eaton, and Grace McClure stayed with the Allens before returning home. Mail carriers include Oscar Eaton and Virgie Shake, with Miss Lattie Springer delivering mail on No. 10 as her father lies ill. Community events include a Sunday church meeting, reorganized Sunday school officers, and local outings to Sullivan with Levi Springer and others. Mattix Turman & Riggs.
Wes Hummel worked for E. P. Snow Ollie Smith passed through Farnsworth one day last week. Mina Boles is visiting her sister. Nellie McDaniels is visiting relatives here. Anderson Keene will move to Owen county Wednesday. S. E. Stevens and son were in Sullivan Monday.
Beginning April 9 through 14 the sale offers the best farming implements to work corn. Featured items include Satley and Moline gang plows sure drop corn planters Midland two row cultivator and one row Balance Frame Dandy.
Classified note offers two rooms suitable for light housekeeping. Contact Dr J B Crowley in the city for details.
Scott City notes mark a lively series of Sunday visits and social calls. Paris and Henry Drake traveled to see Mrs. Homer Pittman while Tom Watson and wife and Fred Hamilton and wife called on Charley Frakes and family for a fish dinner. Other exchanges include Mrs. Homer Pittman shopping in Sullivan and several visits to relatives near the river and in nearby towns. School closes at the Dix on Friday.
An outlandish claim links lunar atmosphere to possible life on the Moon while promoting Electric Bitters as a universal cure and tonic. The ad asserts benefits for headaches malaria chills jaundice dyspepsia and more, touting the product as a guaranteed remedy from Druggist Joe K. Smock at 50 cents.
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