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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1907
Page
1
Gas inspector B A Kinney tested the Jamison farm well west of Sullivan and reported 1 200 000 cubic feet per day with potential to reach two million. City officials granted a franchise, predicting vast economic growth as the field attracts industries and new mains to Terre Haute and nearby towns.
Farmersburg reports electric utility owner A. D. Torr has signed a ten year contract to supply Shelburn with light. Much wiring is complete and a connection to Shelburn is near. Shelburn previously tried a gasoline engine but failed to provide adequate power. Torr also installed a new dynamo and may need a larger engine to serve both towns. Bolinger, Self and Lloyd formed after J. K. McClain sold his interest to L. J. Self and C. A. Lloyd. Rev. Mr. Latham begins duties at local and Sugar Grove Presbyterian churches. his children attend Steelville schools and will join when school ends in May.
Shelburn reports a confrontation as mine boss Steve Adams attacked Dr J A Harper and Squire Dickey returning from a Baptist Advent meeting. Adams, arrested for drunkenness, was fined 9.80. Other local items note lease sale by John A Curry, new housing activity, Burns funds aiding homebuilding, and the death of John Wilson, longtime Shelburn band leader.
Dr. E Lindley, erecting a new residence on West Washington street, becomes the first Sullivan resident to pipe his home for natural gas. Isaac Spence will install piping for lighting and heating, drawing on extensive experience in Northern Indiana gas work.
Farmersburg Indiana April 27 a meeting resulted in organizing a new oil company to drill northeast of town with about 2400 acres under control temporary officers were chosen Alex P Asbury president and D L Hopewell secretary a permanent group will be formed tomorrow night with leases from A P Asbury Charles McClanahan and Dr J E McGrew totaling 2400 acres to be developed possibly with six wells along the Riley to Robinson corridor to test the territory for oil Potential oil prospects in the area attract cautious optimism.
Alice and Robert Hoole heirs of James Hoole sue Walter Dunn of Dunnville and bondsmen John W. Everhart Eva Griffith and John Kirkham for two thousand dollars in damages. The complaint mirrors the widow Hoole's suit referenced elsewhere.
Merritt Abram of Dugger visited his sister Mrs. Josh Powell on Sunday.
Harmon Aerie No. 996 Fraternal Order of Eagles will dedicate its new third floor hall in the National Bank building Friday night. Herbert Evans, deputy for eastern Indiana, will deliver the address. about 25 candidates will receive work. The lodge rooms will be open to the public all day. ladies are invited.
In Farmersburg Indiana April 27 activity in barbering grows. Ed Fouts moved his shop to Terre Haute yesterday and Frank Fartner will relocate across the railroad. J W Roberts buys a shop in Ellsworth and will locate there. John Ersinger visits Bedford for Egypt Oil and Gas Co as it sinks another well.
Mann Linton of this city struck a very peculiar rock formation while digging a well in the east part of town on Saturday. The rock sits about 26 feet down and is shaped like a large top, with a large cap that came off after being handled several times.
F. W. Waiters has purchased the poultry business of Charles Overstreet on East Washington Street and has assumed management of the operation.
Henry Dickey files in circuit court against Shelburn board of trustees William Taylor John Annis John Hill and R E Nicoson asking for a restraining order to prevent discontinuing town managed public schools and abolishing the trustees. He notes 25 years of school of record and about 1000 in debt including 288 to Abe Boyer 55 to Thomas Glenn 420 salary for a teacher. The deed conveying school property to Curry township may be delivered without court restraint. D Hunt represents plaintiff. Trial set for lay term.
Burglars visited the Hazelrigg residence Sunday night and stole 15 dollars in cash from a pocket, leaving a 10 dollar gold coin and a 5 dollar bill missing from trousers later found in another room. A thief fleeing the Burkholder home escaped through a window after Mrs. Burkholder frightened him away.
The record lists multiple Indiana filings including a liquor license bond complaint by State of Indiana and Alice Hoole against Walter Dunn and others. note and mortgage suit Nancy M. Carruthers versus Gracie Duffer and others. Nesbit and McNabb as plaintiffs’ attorneys. a petition to place Gill Township Levee Committee under 1907 flood control law. a levee petition under legislative act. Continental Stock Food Co. versus Albert J. Zink and Herbert Zink. and on account actions including Nancy M. Carrithers versus Grace Duffer et al.
L B Hale a leading Fairbanks Township farmer visited the city Monday on a business call. He says the persistent cool weather is delaying farmers as they push into spring tasks.
Robert Taylor spends Sunday in Chicago visiting his daughter Miss Bessie Taylor who attends the Conservatory of Music in that city.
Thomas R. Hoover aged 80, a Carlisle pioneer and former farmer, died Sunday at his home in Carlisle. He left a wife and two children Thomas Ed Hoover of this city and Mrs. J B Root of Chicago, with several siblings and notable affiliations including Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias and Masons. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Carlisle with burial at the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Harry Monroe of this city, employed at the old Shelburn mine, narrowly escaped serious injury Tuesday morning when a blast of gas exploded just as he started work. He was blown several feet, rendered unconscious, and suffered burns to his face and shoulders. a slate fall prevented by the blast nearly burying him.
The Indianapolis Southern Railroad plans summer improvements that will make the current Sullivan depot location unsatisfactory and undesirable. The company reportedly intends to move the depot to the foot of South Section Street.
Miss Ella Yakey, who served several weeks as official reporter in the circuit court, returned to her Bloomfield home on Sunday.
The Florence Crittenton movement to uplift fallen humanity arrives in Sullivan with Rev. Frederick Sturgis guiding a series of church lectures April 24 to 28. He lectures on The Man and the Movement and topics include The Magdalena and her brother, laxities in modern home life, and the white slave traffic with mass meeting at the Methodist church.
Miss Elna Coulson daughter of the late Elwood Coulson and granddaughter of Mrs. Mary A. Coulson of Indianapolis died last Friday morning at her mother's home in Cleveland Ohio from acute diabetes. She resided in this city for a period with her grandmother after her father’s death and was born here. She is survived by her mother and one brother.
The item notes receipt of The Friendly Stars by Harper Brothers and credits Martha Evans Martin of New York as author and daughter of Murray Briggs, Sullivan Democrat founder. It also reports William Huff of the Clover Leaf mine near Cassias was injured Thursday afternoon, with three ribs broken and serious internal injuries observed.
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