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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1907
Page
6
Discussion of state highway duties for rural mail routes and an Indiana Wisconsin controversy over Sunday fishing laws. Commentary asserts strict road repairs, drainage, and emergency funds, alongside criticism of Sunday fishing bans as absurd and harmless recreation.
Subscriptions and relocations dominate this week as Henry Adams of California Illinois promotes farming land in a frost protected fruit country. Aretha Gray tours local business. F M Price leaves Sullivan to teach in Chicago medical school. Jefferson Raley, 71, dies in Gill Township, survived by wife and child. Harry Gwinn plans move to Seattle after a visit to Andy Sinclair. A J Williams moves from Fairbanks township to Summersville Tennessee and Eugene Fisk subscribes from Georgia linked to Jamestown Virginia. George Youngman shops in Sullivan. Ben Crowder buys Joshua Dix property for 4000 dollars. William Huffman plans a California trip.
Harriet E Hart Dickerson, residing east of the city, files for divorce from James Dickerson in Sullivan Circuit Court. She seeks $1000 alimony, restoration of her maiden name, and the deed to land she conveyed, alleging pre marriage misrepresentation, failed land and policy transfers, and verbal abuse.
Merom Indiana records show Professor John Hammond of faska brother of G RS Hammond of Union Chi College purchasing the Summerville cottage of W C Burriggs and sixty acres adjoining. He also acquires a thirty one acre tract from M C Manifold. Dr George Knapp of Vincennes to be at McCammon house Friday May 3.
Miss Adah Shaffer resigns as German instructor at Sullivan High School to pursue art and music studies at DePauw University.
Leave orders at the Union office for the Indianapolis News one month 30 cents a year 3.00 With the Union a year 3.50 J B MORGAN Special RF D Agent.
James Edwards, lineman for the Sullivan Telephone company, fell from a telephone pole on Saturday morning on the south side of the square. He landed on the street and escaped with only a dislocated toe.
Turman and Riggs on North Martin Street advertise new auto seat buggies at discounts away from the high rent district. Contact for current models and prices.
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