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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1919
Page
5
Social and church news from Merom and surrounding towns chronicling visits from Terre Haute Effingham Carlisle and Ohio. Local families welcome relatives and friends with weekend trips and gatherings while church events include an ice cream social to benefit the M E Sunday school.
Mrs Durham and Lucile visited Mrs Eno on Sunday. Dr Boone and wife were at the Eno home Sunday afternoon. Claude Campbell sold his hogs on Monday. Heavy rains at week end stopped threshing. Farmers hope for good weather to thresh a large wheat and oats crop this week.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications as they fail to reach the disease seat. A internal remedy is needed and Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken via the blood to mucous surfaces. Prescribed by leading physicians, it combines tonics and blood purifiers. Testimonials available.
Footnote style roundup of residents visiting, hosting, and traveling. Rufus DeHart and daughters Doris and Elfreida spent weekend at the Shades. Ed Jewell did business in Shelburn. Levi Drake and David Whitlock were in Farmersburg. Frank Harmon funeral service attended in Hymera. Mrs. Mary Dickerson visited Mrs. Will Gaston. Ralph and Mildred Bostic left for North Dakota.
In Indiana, the Tile Big Crops Smile Riggs Clay Tile Company drains tiles as Miss Irma Yager and Helen Phillips visit Terre Haute. Mrs Johnson and daughters resign as telephone operators and move to Sullivan. Mr Chas Pinkstaff to manage the business. Threshing outfits head this way as farmers anticipate work.
The community reports threshing of wheat and oats, visits by Rev Will Huff and others, outings at Shades and Hutsonville beach, and a tractor demonstration at W H Pound farm. Residents travel to Palestine and Terre Haute, with local illnesses, burials, and farm news, plus notes on autos, shows, and upcoming events.
William Hancock of Carlisle sues Roy Trimble, cashier of Citizens State Bank, for 10000 damages alleging harm to business and reputation from embezzlement and assault charges. The case follows prior trials and a May jury decision splitting an oil company debt from their garage business.
Verne Buckley of Terre Haute spent weekend with Ray Watson. J. W. and S. E. Lindley purchased the old home of Rev. J. T. Phillips and others. Mary Mann and the Pound sisters and Mabel Nowlin were at the Shades last week. Emerson Watson and family visited Will Watson on Sunday. Tom Durham and daughters and Laura Langston visited relatives in Terre Haute. Ella Eno has been ill two weeks, Dr. Boone attending. Florence Bragdon and son Warren visited J. W. Watson’s Thursday. Gault Pleasant and family spent time with Watsons.
Paulean Cox seeks divorce alimony custody and support from Benjamin Cox noting marriage on September 26 1892 separation in September 1918 and asking custody of Grace 16 Bernice 10 Marguerite 6 Melbourne 4 plus 500 alimony and 15 weekly support. William E Rea sues for divorce alleging marriage July 6 1918 separation October 20 1918 now in Seattle. Gladys Shipman sues John A Linkenhaker for 50 alleging theft of twenty five yards of linoleum. Abraham Black files to quiet title against Jas B Thompson. Dix Lumber Company forecloses a mechanics lien against Herbert Ogborn.
Closing exercises of the Sullivan Kindergarten were held in the high school building Friday morning. Miss Pau line Batey and Miss Blanche Denton led a program with readings stories rhymes and Mother Goose games featuring all the children in the school.
Mr and Mrs Howard W Tooley are visiting Mrs Tooley's parents Mr and Mrs T E Ward after a stay in Chicago. They will move to Mt Carmel on the first of the month where Mr Tooley will become supervisor of music in the schools of that city.
Hinkle C. Hays presented a summary of the Grand Lodge convention held in Atlantic City New Jersey in July during a Sullivan Elks meeting.
Dr and Mrs J H Neff and sons James and John travel to Ladoga Friday for the funeral of John Neff the uncle of Mr Neff.
Irrelevant OCR fragment lists ages and residences of several couples and singles including William E McNabb 35 a bridge man and Lily Elizabeth Willis 21 of Merom Arthur A Watt 23 farmer and Edna Cecil Howard 21 near Carlisle Lewis Rogers 17 farmer near Paxton Crystal Smith 15 of Paxton Samuel Robert White 21 warehouse man and Maude Naouius Jordan 28 of Sullivan William Hoseman 18 farmer and Mona Mae Mason 20 near Merom
Unclaimed letters dated August 6 1919 in Sullivan Indiana remain at the post office. Readers must call within ten days and note advertised status to avoid transfer to the Dead Letter Office. The Ladies list includes Mildred Allen Edna Muorhead and Mrs Florence Snodgrass. The Gents list includes Mr Henry Bankham and Mr Earl Ridinger.
Two Indiana newspapers Terre Haute Daily Star and The Sullivan offered a combined subscription for one year at four dollars, advertised as a joint promotion. The deal covers home delivery and associated access for 12 months.
Florence E Sluder born October 18 1882 died July 27 1919 at age 37 surviving husband Alonzo E Trueblood seven children Sela Helen Doris Ural S Linzy and an infant daughter who died shortly after birth. She united with the Gospel at Liberty and left a devoted wife mother and friend to many. She is mourned by her husband six children her parents Linzy and Lucinda Sluder six brothers and many friends.
Miss Glenn Yeager reports the county weather for the week ending August 3. Daily highs and lows include 93/72, 96/72, 94/70, 97/73, 79/66, 88/69, and 83/53 with mostly cloudy days and two clear days. Rainfall totaled .45 inches on August 1.
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