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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
7
The Union calls for news items of general county interest from every locality. Readers are asked to send correspondence weekly and ensure items arrive by Monday. Late submissions should use a special letter or telephone.
The area reports welcome rain while resident Mr William Lucas is very sick with typhoid fever. Jacob Garrett’s Greene County barn and about six tons of hay burned Monday night. Isaac Aisley saved the horses. Garrett, who was in Sullivan, returned to ash. Rolla Hash buys Dave Bruner’s farm to move there soon. Silas Wilson moves back to Pleasantville. Mrs Maggie Padgett and family visit Knox County’s R E Lind. Teens plan a trip to Trinity Spripes soon.
Geo C Adams and Jake Foutz rode to Sullivan on Wednesday in rain then walked home. Charley Wernz and Terre Haute family visited with Mrs Wernz’s mother. Will Osburn travels to Pueblo Col for health and may settle there if climate suits. Cal Foutz seen in river bottom tending his uncle Newt Burton’s farm. Mr and Mrs Henry Canada visited Sullivan with Mrs Canada’s two daughters. Cal Foutz and Gus Ransford’s runaway wagon spooked by frightened colts. Foutz’s ankle sprayed but not serious. Maude and Flossie McKinney with J B McKinney and Elmer Thompson dined in Sullivan with Mrs Ben Davis. James McKee badly hurt hauling hogs. horses started while he locked wheel, causing broken ribs and dislocated shoulder blade. he is seriously ill. Staffordshire notes record rain needs and wheat prospects. other local social visits and farm chatter.
Ruth Wells, who vanished about three weeks ago while traveling from Burnett to Lewis, has been located at Andrew Smith's farm in Sullivan county. The notice notes an earlier misdirection and includes related local items plus a health-focused appeal from Dr. Crowley on vision and hearing tests for children after school closes.
Special summer tourist rates to Colorado Utah South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa. Tickets available August 1 through September 30 1903 with final return October 31. Fares listed include $30 to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo. $1.04 to Hot Springs. $34.20 to Deadwood. $18.55 to St Paul and Minneapolis. $42.00 to Glenwood Springs. $43.00 to Salt Lake City and Ogden. other zonal trips to Detroit Niagara Falls Toronto Thousand Islands Cincinnati and related events. Extension options and specific train connections described for Chicago and other cities.
The notice lists multiple regional excursions with round trip fares from one fare plus two dollars for events in Hamilton Ontario and Sullivan Indiana. Tickets go on sale August 9 to 12 with return limits varying by event, covering Labor Day and various conventions. Details on rates, routes and schedules are provided by agents W. W. Casto and D. H. Hillman in Evansville and Sullivan.
F A Gulledde of Verbena Alabama recalls a long fight with a terrible pile condition producing 24 tumors. He credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing him and promotes it for burns and various pains. The advertisement lists Joe K Snock’s drug store as the seller for 25 cents.
A 100 acre farm with a five room house and a good barn located six miles northeast of Sullivan and near a brick school house and Palmers Prairie church. Liston and Hazelrige advertise the bargain. H E Dutton plans concrete floor upgrades at the White Front Grocery.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil as a cure for cholera infantum in infants. It claims high success when used as directed and notes the remedy is sold by all druggists.
Finder may claim a liberal reward by returning the large oval shaped china belt pin to the Union office.
Mrs Chas Apple gate of Alexandria Ind writes of nearly all night coughing and coughing up blood from consumption. She credits three bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery at one dollar each for a full cure and a 58 pound gain. The ad promises it cures coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and all lung troubles. Trial bottles are free at Joe K Smock’s drug store.
120 acre farm two miles west of Hymera offers 100 acres tillable land and a seven room house in good condition with fine orchard and sturdy fencing. Rent is affordable for cash. Contact Mrs. Dr. Geo Higbee in the second block north of the McCammon hotel.
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