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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1912
Page
7
The Everitt "30" car for service is presented with demonstrations aimed at showing the vehicle’s features and reliability. Readiness for customer inspection and potential purchase is highlighted in the sales brief.
A local notice announces a good roads meeting at Sullivan on Saturday April 4 with the event continuing Sunday and Monday. Lectures and pictures will be shown and attendees urged to participate for instruction and interest.
A petition to Congress seeks a Washington road department like the agricultural one to promote road construction and maintenance and to teach students to become road engineers. It calls for a permanent road materials exhibit and methods, signed by state governors including Ohio's McKinley, chambers of commerce and universities, with legislative endorsement.
Congress approved a mask ing appropriation of $10 000 for the department of agriculture to study road management and inform the public. Since 1893 the office of public roads has issued 183 publications and directed about 346 object lessons and experimental roads. The laboratory work includes 5 390 road material samples tested and a photo library with 6 000 negatives. By 1907 a county program broadened investigations with engineers assigned to counties. The office now employs 157 staff with a 160 720 annual appropriation and aims to unify road work across states.
The Indiana Good Roads association led by Clarence A. Kenyon urges state aid and supervision for main roads, a state levy, sales tax on autos, road classification, and continuous maintenance. It advocates ending political influence and requires transparent accounting with open records.
Satirical piece details a mocked Bull Moose initiation for a Woodrow Wilson presidential bid. It describes pretended pledges and symbols including a 44 Colt, a Big Stick, and a nose-glass badge, with pledges to support Democrats and later return to the Republicans as general election politics unfold.
Henry Tennessean T. D. Peebles reports six bottles of Electric Bitters restored his strength and appetite after stomach liver and kidney troubles. He claims the remedy helped from the first dose and recommends it to all. 50 cents at Joe K. Smock & Son's.
Albert Hale and family move from near Little Flock to Sullivan, taking residence on Graysville Street.
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