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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1915
Page
5
Miss Ruth Law, famed aviator, will perform daily aerial dashes during the Indiana State Fair week of September 6. She will fly a Wright biplane with a passenger making parachute descents from about 2,000 feet, showcasing precision landings and aerobatic maneuvers amid rain or sun.
The Indiana State Fair started in 1851 on no fairground and now spans 214 acres owned by the people of Indiana, not a stock firm, with profits returned to the state. Its property is valued at 750000 dollars and it has received 100000 dollars for the livestock coliseum. Over six years it paid 679479 attendees and nearly 250000 in cash premiums to Indiana exhibitors, overseen by the 16 member State Board of Agriculture.
Personal visits and relocations across Sullivan and nearby towns. Ford agent S E A Powell attends business in Sullivan after selling a car to J A Beck of Jefferson township. Many residents visit relatives in Indiana Ohio and Illinois, attend dances, chautauquas, and relocate for work or family.
Joseph Wyman a farmer near Palmer's Prairie died after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held last Wednesday at Palmer's Prairie conducted by Rev. Clevy Lloyd. Interment in Palmer's Prairie cemetery. He was 55 and a member of the Modern Woodmen and Palmer's Prairie church. He leaves a wife two sons Ray and Alva of Shelburn and three brothers John Sol and William.
Town Marshall Bridwell of Maymera arrested William Turpin and charged him with carrying concealed weapons, with Turpin jailed in the county facility Sunday.
Dr E J Yager and Mrs Yager visited Sullivan while Bert Yager came from Otterbein. Dugger men finished hauling materials for the school project. Residents from Terre Haute Sullivan and Dodd s Bridge visited Graysville. The town notes a booming period with a new telephone building and schoolhouse. Ruth and Selma Ingersoll attend a short term at the State Normal.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Sullivan Indiana Post Office as of August 11 1915. Letters not called within two weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Readers should say advertised when claiming these letters.
Jack Alumbaugh of Carlisle slept on lumber at the Sherman building when a constable tried to arrest him. He resisted, struck the officer several times, and was subdued and jailed. He faced assault and battery and intoxication charges in Squire Lester's court and paid twenty dollars in fines and costs.
Remains of Mrs Seannah Mosier who died Sunday night at Princeton arrived by train and were viewed at the Presbyterian church before a 2:30 funeral. Rev W E Gray officiated and burial was in Center Ridge cemetery. Out of town attendees included the Taylors Ritchie Joyce Mosier Gray Turman and others from Princeton Hamilton Marshall Indianapolis and Turman township.
On Monday afternoon in Hymera near Cummins hardware store Mike Croney and Curt Leonard collided at a corner they failed to see. Both motorcycles were demolished and Leonard was unconscious for hours while Croney suffered heavy bruises and scratches.
Two women joke about postage in a playful dialogue. The clerk says the letter is overweight and needs another stamp. The exchange twists as one woman asks if another stamp would make it heavier. The mood stays light and humorous.
Guy M Briggs expresses deep gratitude to friends for their kindness and sympathy after the death of his mother Mrs Fannie Giffin Briggs on July 29 1915.
Miss Jessie Cliver of Terre Haute visited her mother Mrs Katharyn Cliver here last week.
The Sullivan Circuit Court commissioner will offer two parcels of real estate in Sullivan Indiana on September 9 1915. One parcel includes a five room house with outbuildings on North Section Street the other is a neat cottage on East Washington Street. Each lot to be sold separately with terms 1 third cash 1 third in six months and 1 third in nine months secured by mortgage at six percent interest. Sale starts at 2 PM. J H Kalley Commissioner. First insertion August 11 1915 4t.
County Agent A W Hayes recently earned a Master of Arts degree at the University of Wisconsin. He with J Beavers of Purdue University extension will hold six lectures on wheat August 17 and 18, including evening talks. Hessian fly and other wheat pests will get special attention.
Miss Belle Caffee born and raised here and a local teacher has been chosen to supervise primary and kindergarten grades in Evansville schools. She has spent seven years with the Western Kentucky State Normal School at Bowling Green and will start her Evansville duties at month end. Her mother Mrs Belle Caffee lives in Indianapolis.
Richard A. Wernecke Vigo County prosecuting attorney, while aiding a young woman across a ravine at Shades of Death, fell twenty feet and rolled over rocks, sustaining dangerous injuries.
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