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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1916
Page
1
Congressman's visit to discuss railroad service planned for tomorrow in the city. Local residents urged to attend and hear updates on rail operations and future schedules.
General dissatisfaction in the county over the new rural motor route service prompts Representative William A. Cullop to visit Sullivan to address the issue. Postmasters seek corrections, the Sullivan Chamber of Commerce protests, and local politics swirl around carrier appointments and the old system’s potential return.
Deputy Sheriff Ed Douthitt took Jesse Patton to the state penal farm in Putnam County on Thursday. Patton was sentenced to 60 days at the farm by Mayor Calvert for unlawfully possessing liquor.
War news dominates the scene as The Star touts same-day home delivery alongside The Union. Subscriptions offer both papers for 2.50 dollars.
Sullivan County shows strong gains in 1916 with total real estate and personal property valued at 18 172 550 up from 17 689 800, a 482 750 rise. Auto loans rise noted. personal property excluding railways climbs to 5 662 585 from 5 295 925. polls drop from 5 885 to 5 336.
Lafayette Dix 69 a Fairbanks township native and former farmer was found dead Friday morning on a couch at his home in Farmersburg. Coroner Neff ruled heart failure. He leaves a widow three brothers and three sisters and was buried at Pleasant Grove after services at Concord church.
A political contest in the county centers on supporters backing Windy Bill as he seeks backing to push his campaign. The note calls for an organized effort to sustain his bid in the present race.
Congressman William A. Cullop plans to arrive in Sullivan county to close a deal for ownership of the Farmersburg News. The local Democratic paper, the Sullivan Democrat, has opposed him in primary contests and may block such a move. The Farmersburg News is owned by a dozen local businessmen and published in Farmersburg. Miss Pauline Benefield visits Miss Marion Bogue in Marion Indiana.
Mrs. Warren Watson of Terman township sold 960 pounds of butter at Sullivan market since January 1 1916 and 2 386 pounds since January 7 1915. Prices ranged from 27 to 30 cents a pound and total sales approached $700.
Dolph Ryan son of Reverend Daniel Ryan former M E church pastor at Carlisle Hymera and New Lebanon now serves in the American Aviation Corps with the French Army He has driven a motor ambulance in the American Ambulance Corps and is praised by French military authorities for bravery He is a friend of Thaw and of Chapman who was killed and is a member of the Sullivan lodge of Elks.
The Union starts its fifty first year with this issue. The paper traces back to 1866 founded by Isaac M. Brown. Mrs. M. L. Pigg visits her parents in Hawesville Kentucky.
County Superintendent Richard Park announces a Sullivan county teachers institute to run September 4 through 8 in the city gymnasium. Instructors include John J. Richeson Julia Fried Walker and Frances Berk. The program features sessions on the true teacher rural schools home virtues Hamlet readings geography and classroom practice with sectional meetings for high school primary and beginning teachers.
Mrs. Stella Gilman, 36, formerly of Hymera, died Friday from wounds after being shot by her husband on a Terre Haute street. The husband is missing, police say. The couple had been separated and she had applied for divorce. She is a daughter of George McNamara of Hymera. burial in Hymera.
Indianapolis Star writer W. H. Smith argues in Washington that Democrats have alienated voters through President Wilsons policies. He projects electoral math for 1916 showing Republicans with strong positions in Illinois and Pennsylvania and analyzes where Wilson could still gain and which states remain critical for victory.
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