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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1916
Page
5
Miss Myrtle Smith a 16 year old from Dugger Indiana was placed on a southbound C and E I train in Cayuga and sent home. She had traveled with Eldridge Hoburn about 20 who fled town. Authorities deemed the situation inappropriate and decided to return the girl while pursuing the man for accountability.
Pearl McMorrow of Arkansas spent last week with Martha Durham. Mrs Fern Duncan of Flat Rock Illinois visited her sister Mrs C E Watson. Florence Greystone spent Saturday and Sunday in Terre Haute. Ross Turman ran the company thresher this season and finished threshing Monday. A W Hayes dined at Warren Watson's Wednesday. Mrs Kate Boles of near Sullivan visited with Mrs Ingersoll Thursday and Friday. Ruth Pitser came Saturday from Terre Haute to visit her aunt Mrs Warren Watson. Mrs Mann and daughter Mary spent Friday in Terre Haute. John Greene was in Sullivan Sunday afternoon.
Mayor Calvert backs purchasing more ground near the I C depot area bought by the city for park use. Frank Cunningham finished a park survey and aims to open it to the public soon with seating and playground equipment. The plan may extend park grounds south and east, likely from Murphy heirs' property, to expand the park.
County Surveyor William L. Sisson will begin the survey of the George Funk ditch in Haddon township and the Wiley Gambill ditch in Gill township. Petitions for these ditches will be heard in September in circuit court, with surveys and estimates due then. Each ditch is estimated at about $5,000.
A petition by eighty one former patrons seeks reestablishment of rural route seven from Sullivan and re instatement of carrier Fred L Houpt. One petition filed yesterday with Postmaster Aydelotte. One sent to Congressman Cullop and another to the fourth assistant postmaster general.
The Springer Gouckenour Company filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Capital stock is $30,000. Directors named are Robert Gouckenour, James S. Leach, and Hinkle C. Hays.
Card from Geo A Exline and children expressing gratitude to friends neighbors for kindness and help during the illness and death of their wife and mother.
Legal notices indicate divorce action between William T French Jr and Ida French. Additional case notes include Benjamin Davis against James N Hale and Edna O Hale concerning notes and mortgage foreclosure.
A Sunday school picnic is scheduled for tomorrow in Hayden's grove two miles west of Shelburn. Families and community members are invited to attend for a day of fellowship and activities.
Train timetable and connections for February 27 1916 route by Chicago Terre Haute and Southeastern Railroad. South Bound No 23 and North Bound No 24 with transfer points at Terre Haute Beehunter Bedford Seymour Westport and connections to B and O Monon Pennsylvania Lines Big Four and other routes. Agent A Averitt G P Ay Chicago issued notice.
Mrs. D J Bailey of Lynn Haven Fla visits her mother near Shelburn. Dave Kennedy and Miss Giulia Shroyer wed at eight. Rev R H Toole officiates. Bride is daughter of Edward Shroyer. Mr Kennedy son of Thomas C Kennedy. Charles L Pirtle, farmer near Sullivan, recovering from palm abscess after surgery. O R Rich returns from Terre Haute after eye surgery. two weeks off. Mrs Paul Poynter in Indianapolis for Woman's Prison board meeting. E F R Walker buys South Court property. H L Ramsey to occupy. Mrs Ferdinand Basler Jr returns home from Indianapolis. Birth announced for Rev and Mrs G W Titus of Indianapolis. son Lloyd George Vernon Titus. Oscar Beedle sustains broken leg at Peerless mine. taken to Crowder Hospital. Dr L A Stewart attends national dental meeting in Louisville. Mrs E C Snarr and Mildred return from Fredericksburg IN. Mrs Anna B Chambers travels to Los Angeles. daughter Ey McClanahan recovering from appendicitis.
The Turman township P A meets at Graysville consolidated school Friday evening August 4. After the program ice cream will be sold. Performances include a piano duet by Pauline Medsker and Oma Monk, violin by Carl Cushman, piano solos by Cecil Patton and Naomi Crow, and readings of the Ten Commandments for Mothers by Dr Yager Cushman Emma Shields and Warren Watson.
Claude Roseberry of North Court street employed at Stark and Company’s meat market accidentally shot himself Sunday afternoon with a 22 caliber revolver. The bullet passed through a leg and lodged in his hip as he and other boys shot rats at the Ralph abattoir. He was taken to John Kirkham’s home where Dr. Paul Higbee dressed the wound and the bullet was not removed.
Charles D Kennedy 22 a printer and Julia A Schroyer 17 of Sullivan were married. Jesse Eslinger 21 a farmer and Mary Meek 22 of near Carlisle. Selma E McCabe 24 an engineer of Westfield Illinois and Hazel Burton 24 near Graysville married. Roscoe Secamihorn 20 a miner and Emtma Birch 17 of Cass tied the knot. Clyde Adams 24 a farmer near Middletown and Maude Grantham 19 of near Shelburn wed. Cecil G Johnson 18 a farmer and Myrtle O Riggs 18 of Fairbanks joined in marriage.
E. V. Poe a farmer west of the city faced trial before Mayor Calvert for assault on John L. Thompson of the city. Poe pleaded not guilty. Attorney Gilbert Gambill defended him. The mayor fined Poe ten dollars and costs after evidence was heard. Thompson was seriously injured but attended the trial and remains at home.
County Road Superintendent Ed Dailey and his workers began oiling the Merom Road from Merom to the Frank Springer residence five miles west of Sullivan. The improvement will aid visitors to the Merom chautauqua.
Harold Vickery son of Thomas C and Elsie Vickery born Sept 12 1910 died July 27 1916 at age 5 years 10 months and 15 days. The obituary honors his sweetness and faith in the afterlife expressing love and belief in reunion with family and heaven. It ends with hopeful lines about meeting again someday.
List of unclaimed letters in Sullivan Indiana post office. two weeks to claim before sending to Dead Letter Office. Ladies Iva Baldwin Helen Cochran Rebe Hathaway Evidine McGahan Alta Rose Ivie Rogers Ben McGahan gentlemen Albert Kepley C H. Aydelotte P. M.
Objections have been filed in the circuit court against the Island Levee Association in five condemnation suits. The suits target lands of Chauncey Myles and others for reconstruction and repair of the levee. Defendants claim the new construction would alter the levee’s course and leave land unprotected. Judge Bridwell heard the matter Monday with attorneys from Terre Haute, this city, and Bloomfield.
John Barron 45 a farmer resident west of Shelburn died at St Anthony's hospital Terre Haute after a runaway accident in Shelburn. He was thrown from a wagon striking his head and died from a skull base blood clot. Survived by his wife and thirteen children. funeral Thursday at home conducted by Rev A P Asbury. burial in Little Flock cemetery.
A new company named Breech Oil and Gas Company organized in Sullivan with $50,000 capital stock divided into 2,000 shares of $25 each. It aims to drill and operate for oil and gas in Indiana and Kentucky, starting in Kentucky near Glasgow. Directors are W. T. Mellett Frank Breech Charles H. Bedwell W. S. Bicknell and Dave Giles.
Bids for the Tishimingo Tie and Stone Company assets were delayed by the Citizens Trust Company of Sullivan, with the Vincennes Bridge Company paying 1233 dollars for the ground structure near Merom Station. The engine and concrete mixer sold for 57 dollars, while the patent bid of 100 dollars by D. E. Marshall was rejected. remaining plant bids were taken under advisement.
Dr. W. S. Ford, prominent Graysville Merom veterinary, nearly drowned Tuesday at Hutsonville landing after swimming across the river. He slipped while climbing the Flinds side bank, exhausted, and required nearly two hours of lung motor work before being brought to a physician's office.
Chicago despatch recounts Walter Scott Bogle Jr and sister Nellie Bogle Sauer in a saga of marriages and divorces. Nellie, now Mrs Perry Robert Chance of Dayton, wed in Paris after a string of affairs and scandals including Nellie’s previous marriage to H Edward Sauer. The piece notes Bogle Jr’s death in 1907 amid a tangle of societal intrigue and “hypnotic duel” publicity surrounding Dr Chance’s London marriage earlier.
EH. E. Russell is in Indianapolis on business connected with the local Overland agency. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Conner, formerly of Hymera, have moved to Detroit to reside.
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