Bargain Bulletin Fragment
Readable portion shows a bargain listing with prices and item codes. The fragment mentions a discount section and several numeric prices, but no full items or dates are readable.
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
3
Readable portion shows a bargain listing with prices and item codes. The fragment mentions a discount section and several numeric prices, but no full items or dates are readable.
The article notes a demand for rain, mentions Martin Harris’s business visit, and lists several local residents stopping by or traveling through Graysville. It records visits from Mrs. W A Burke, Nell Wasson’s daughters, and families from Terre Haute St Marys Walker's Chapel and Pennington households, detailing brief hometown exchanges.
A fragment notes a person named Silver Chaney involved with a farm loan of two thousand dollars or more at four percent interest. The brief offers no further context or details.
Local notes report hot dry weather and wheat nearing thrash. Miners from Scotts City finding some work while many residents travel to Dakota fields. A steady flow of visits, church attendances, picnics, and local gatherings mark a busy period with various residents listed and social events noted in both towns.
Local column notes many residents and visitors in Sullivan area. Elder P. B. May will preach at Concord Sunday while others travel, visit, or attend events including ice cream supper at Tom Dix’s grove and various trips to Danville Chicago Terre Haute and Fairbanks.
Community updates include road and repair work by John Gettinger and John Kinnett at Mann cemetery, multiple visits and social events in Sullivan, and real estate transfers across Hymera Curryville Shelburn and Hamilton additions. Transactions list numerous lot and acreage sales with dollar figures ranging from 30 to 3000 dollars, plus assorted local farm and family notes.
Land in Haddon transfers from Sallie J. Jones to Wm. B. Latshaw with a $13,432 consideration. Dr. Crowley advertises cures for female diseases and urges mothers with daughters near womanhood to seek his care. Miss Margaret Coulson and Miss Mildred Nesbit visit Simeon Smith in Bloomfield. A Mussel digger named Vegas from Meron found a pearl in the Wabash river worth $600.
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