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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1913
Page
5
A collage of brief items. residents like Mrs Carl Lester Mrs Fred Wernz Mr and Mrs James Osborn and others visit Sullivan and nearby towns. farm shipments, commencements, funerals, church and school activities, and visits across Sullivan Farmersburg Graysville and Shoals noted with several names and places.
Cure claims for sick headaches sour stomach gas indigestion and biliousness disappear after taking Dr King’s New Life Pills. Pills purify the blood and restore vigor with a 25 cent price and a guaranteed satisfaction by Joe K Smock & Son.
Farmers in Sullivan R R No 1 report pleasant spring weather and busy oat planting. Protracted meeting at Mt Calvary draws good attendance with Rev Peck delivering a sermon on mercy and union with Christ. Several locals, including John Smith and the Alsops, travel or visit nearby towns as May birthdays appear.
Graysville reports the town gains an automobile with Rev. G O Wagner buying a Ford in Farmersburg. Mrs. Della Timberlake dies after months of illness and is buried at Mann cemetery. Flood relief collections total 26 64 for township aid. Church activities include Methodist class with five girls and three men. Dr Rigdon of Winema College spoke.
Miss Cooper of Danville Illinois visited Mrs Mary Medsker and family over the weekend. Will and Hmerson Watson and their families called on relatives. Miss Ora Pitser of Terre Haute attended Grays ville high school commencement with her nephew Ray Watson a graduate. Ed Alsop drove cattle to New Lebanon. Mrs Della Timberlake was buried at Mann cemetery. Dr Boone visited R J Turman. Sylvia Medsker stayed at home, Pauline Medsker and Louise Anders went to Terre Haute to enter State Normal this week.
A Friday night concert at the opera house by local performers raised a neat sum for the new M E church. All on the program did well and thanks are extended to all who assisted. Rev F A Ward and wife returned from Florida where they spent the winter. We were glad to see them.
Commencement week began with a baccalaureate sermon at the M E church by Rev M O Robbins on education to a full house. The high school chorus directed by Miss Maud Smith provided music.
The state board of tax commissioners explains how to handle assessments after flood damage. Taxpayers with unrecovered losses may seek rebates under statute 10147 Burns' R. 8, provided sworn proof shows partial destruction after assessment and lack of insurance.
Fidella Pinkston born July 22 1876 near Graysville Indiana eldest child of John and Ellen Pinkston converted to Methodism at 15 married Clarence Timberlake April 26 1897 and had two daughters Louise and Nora. She died April 18 1913 at age 36 after long tuberculosis and funeral was held April 20 at Graysville Methodist Church with interment Mann cemetery. Letters remaining unclaimed in Sullivan Indiana post office listed for April 23 1913.
Rev John Bruner age 85 one of the county's oldest M E ministers is seriously ill with pneumonia at his home near New Lebanon. He is the father of Mrs KE F Walker of the city. Albert Hazelrigg and Mrs Hazelrigg of Terre Haute visited Josah Simpson here last week. Oscar Hagemier of Linton son of Charles Hagemier formerly from here won first prize in a Linton high school oratorical contest last week on The Conservation of Our Natural Resources.
A humorous exchange quoted from the Houston Post shows a visitor arranging a late stay to respect her host's timing. The father comments that arrivals should be earlier and the guest proposes timing a visit to arrive just before the last permitted hour. The dialogue highlights etiquette and social pressure over visits.
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