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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1907
Page
5
Social visits include Edna Drew in Washington DC and Miss Hazel Pierce in from Chicago. Local business updates note Crowder opening a State street auto garage and Lyons College moving to Hunt building. The Union marks 42 years since its 1866 start with history of editors, presses, and growth in Sullivan.
Mrs Catherine Laurent and daughter visited Edward Laurent at Jackson Hill. Adah Crawford returned from Ft Branch to visit Edward Brewer. D J Bailey did business in Terre Haute. Alfred Brown and wife from Terre Haute visited Mrs W L Laurent. Brown to stay a week. Oliver Fisher and Perry Clark visited B M Crawford at Willfred. Willfred mine boss returned from Ohio. A 12 pound daughter born to Mr and Mrs Howard Bunch. Uncle Billy Hazelrigg ill west of here. Bert Rossiter did business in Terre Haute. William Erfft visited Palestine.
In regular session Monday the board handled several highway petitions and road projects. Saucerman and Cass township petitions were deemed sufficient with viewers appointed. Stanley and Carrithers petitions for Cass and Jefferson townships continued. rock roads to be built when legally possible.
Springer and Botts, attorneys Douthitt and Haddon, filed a circuit court suit for amounts owed by Central Union Telephone Company tied to shortage of W S S Johnson, former superintendent. Claimed items include 115 for board for men, 49.50 for hotel orders, and 100 for Johnson’s bounced check.
William H. Jones closes a 20000 dollar Gill township Rogers ditch contract. Fred C. Morgan wins dredge work at 14037.30 dollars with Asbury Manuel handling tiles and levees at 5962.70 dollars. Completion set for April 1 1908.
County commissioners awarded the contract for roads No. 2 and 3 in Turman township to John L. Gettinger for 6600 dollars. Work must be completed within one year from sale of bonds.
Big Springs birth announced for a son to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Philips. Local social news includes visits by Mrs. Steve Newlin and Emma, Higbee relatives, and church announcements by Rev. C. B. Hershey’s final sermon. Attendance at Sullivan races noted, Jamestown exposition plans, and a long list of town expenditures and disbursements. Also listed are public notices, salary payments, and notices on county work plus a classified line offering second hand furniture and stoves from Index Furniture Store.
The Trustee of Haddon township Sullivan county announces estimates for 1907 at a September 2 meeting. Township expenditures 1416 dollars with 6 cents tax per hundred. local tuition 4125 dollars with 17 cents per hundred and 25 cents per poll. special school tax 7452 dollars with 31 cents per hundred and 50 cents per poll. poor expenditures 566 dollars with 2 cents tax per hundred. Total expenditures 13649 dollars and total tax 56 cents per hundred with 75 cents per poll.
The week brought comfortable weather after heat, visits from W A Ransford and Ed Smith of Washington, plans for vacations at Indian Springs, a 10 pound baby born to Fred Phillips and wife, and community events including an ice cream social and a baseball team gathering. Rev C W Crooke of Indianapolis will lecture at the Methodist church on Sunday August 11 with free admittance and a free will offering. Mrs Corwin Phillips and Uncle Eph Thomas are ill. Wheat threshing and hay presses are active in the county with Grandma Ransford returning home after a visit to Mr Cottinham.
The Floating Palace of Moving Pictures will present The Passion Play and other scenes at the Merom Chautauqua, offering varied visual entertainment for attendees.
Mrs Trueblood of Fairbanks reported a horse stolen from her pasture. After days of searching the animal was recovered two miles west of Merom Illinois. Initial thoughts blamed a stray, but investigations confirmed theft though the thief remains unknown.
Trustees filed the enumeration of white and colored male inhabitants over 21 in each township. Listings show counts for Jackson 1165 white, none colored. Curry 1312 white, none colored. Fairbanks 336 white. Turman 440 white. Hamilton 2085 white, 15 colored. Cass 1086 white. Jefferson 472 white. Haddon 969 white, 12 colored. Gill 599 white, 10 colored. Auditor E. E. Russell announces inspection for correction.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Kirkham of Illinois visit friends and relatives here. Miss Adie Yeager guests of Miss Zella Johnson. John Drake of South Dakota visiting relatives. he is a real estate agent who praises his state. Infant of Mr and Mrs Will Gaskins buried at Pogue cemetery. Mrs Rachel Russell and Miss Mattie Peacher visit the Ch ambers. Prairie Creek residents Eliott and Oke Hunt guest in town. Smocks in Terre Haute. Jamestown exposition attendance curiosity. O C Brewer may visit Texas. O C and J D Johnson of Pacific States Bell to return for vacation. O D Johnson now assistant manager of San Francisco with five exchanges.
The Merom Chautauqua will host Old Soldiers Day on August 13 with Mrs. Lasalle Pickett widow of General Pickett delivering a Gettysburg lecture. Veterans are asked to meet at the Merom school yard for an escort to the chautauqua grounds with a parade starting at two in the afternoon.
The state board of charities and correction issued a quarterly review comparing Sullivan county poverty costs. 1905 total maintenance was 1,979 dollars, rising to 3,531.31 dollars in 1906. Outdoor relief totaled 2,648.49 dollars with pension aid at 868.32 dollars and township bytown allocations listed.
List shows remaining unclaimed letters in Sullivan Indiana with two week deadline to avoid Dead Letter Office. Ladies list includes Bedwell Lora Clark Minnie Walters Marie. Gents list includes Conklin J H Liser Frank McLane J C Tabor W M. Also a note for callers to say advertised. Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment ad promotes relief for piles with jars available from T B Shaffer.
Albert Be Shake of Sullivan on rural route 10 has been ordered to use an automobile for mail delivery. The Auburn Indiana built vehicle resembles a buggy and, due to road conditions, will have steel tires replacing rubber.
Clarence A. Dillahaunt wed Esther Curry and Thomas Plew married Minnie Jones in ceremonies recorded by local authorities.
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