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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1903
Page
4
The Sullivan Union references Giuseppe Sarto becoming Pope Pius X and quips about Indiana politics. It mocks the Sullivan Democrat and notes an $1100 gravel road notice while praising the paper as a strong, long‑running exchange in its 388th year.
Congressman Miers is invited to attend a Terre Haute convention on September 15 to consider improving the Wabash River. His constituents in Sullivan and Knox counties are interested in river improvement.
For the six months ending, the State Board of Charities reports that 2433.46 dollars were distributed in Sullivan county townships for relief and aid of the blind, disabled and aged.
The Prison Reform Commission will inspect all jails and prisons after the State Board of Charities reported many facilities in exceedingly bad condition. The findings prompted the governor to command a broad review of confinement conditions across the state.
UEC College Merom Indiana announces the forty fourth year fall term opens Tuesday September 15 1908 with diverse offerings in regular collegiate branches courses for teachers preparatory and academic studies taught by experienced professors instrumental and vocal music elocution and physical culture under specialist direction. Expenses are very low and a new catalog is available.
For sale. Extra large graphapone in good condition with 60 records. Will sell cheap. Inquire at Har ry's Shoe Store. Miss Ruth Buff, Bessie Dudley and J B Vaughn's daughter Grace plan a musical at J B Vaughn's during the street fair. Mrs David Francis returned from Cherryvale visit.
The column lists residents and guests visiting Sullivan from Indianapolis Bedford Columbia Evansville Syracuse and Chicago Heights. It notes moves to Indianapolis and a watermelon carnival planned in Oak Town with a palace of watermelons. Also there is a medical ad for Dr Crowley offering free exam and cures for chronic ailments.
Sullivan area items include movements of Louis Mason from Indianapolis and Mrs. Will Hays returning from Crawfordsville. Local notables visit relatives, attend lunches, and prepare for trips to Trinity Springs, Jeffersontown, and Colorado. Reports cover health, business talks, and upcoming events at Stivers Dunlap, church services, and public notices on hunts and trust ventures.
Notice from Hamilton township Sullivan county trustee John S. Rogers announces estimated expenditures for 1903 and tax levies to be voted at the advisory board meeting at School House No 10 on September 1. It lists township expenditures tuition and road costs, special school and poor expenditures with corresponding taxes per hundred valuation and per poll, totaling expenditures and tax rates, signed July 25, 1903.
Notice lists named heirs and parties in Sullivan County Indiana as appraisers appointed by the Island Levee Association to assess benefits and damages from a relocated levee line. The change runs from station 90 plus 59 to 191 plus 3, covering sections 3 4 9 24 10 25 23 and 29 in township 8 north range 11 west. Proceedings start at station 196 plus 459 on Aug 13 1903.
The trustee of Haddon township in Sullivan will meet at the school house on September 1 1903 to review yearly expenditures and taxes. The report shows township expenditures 1793 dollars with a 75 cent tax. technical tuition expenditures 3009 dollars with 15 and 25 cent taxes per 100 valuation. special school taxes 1 cent per 100 for certain items. and poor expenditures 3225 with 40 cent tax per 100 valuation. Total expenditures listed as 2b with a 40 cent tax per 100 valuation and a final note signed July 25 1902 by Cox.
The Trustee C. S. Welch announces annual expenditures for Curry township for the year 1908 at school house No. 2 on Tuesday September 1. Items include township expenditures 3798 with 24 cents tax, local tuition 31155 with 10 cents per 100 valuation and 25 cents per poll, special school 82240 with 20 cents per 100 valuation and 25 cents per poll, road tax 542 with 5 cents per 100 valuation, poor expenditures 579 with 4 cents per 100 valuation, total 3814 with 74 cents tax and 50 cents per poll.
Trustee William Thornberry schedules a district meeting at the school house No 6 to review year finances. The report lists total expenditures 1841 and 8420 tax rates per 100 valuation plus poll taxes. Local tuition 2057 and 17 cents per 100. special school 3511 and 8 cents per 100 and 24 cents per poll. road tax 3618 at 5 cents per 100. poor expenditures 358 with 3 cents per 100.
The Union Traction Coal Co has begun taking up its Curry township land with abstracts prepared and money paid as titles are secured. United States Steel Corporation has extensive mineral land near Shelburz with a corps of surveyors locating mines on the tract.
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