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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1917
Page
5
Sunday and weekend visits knit Farmersburg Shelburn and nearby towns as residents share meals, attend chautauquas and church services, and news of travel, illnesses, and Local events. Navy enlistments loom as Loren Thomas and friends plan departures, while weddings and incidents touch families in the region.
Bury attended Old Settlers Day and rode the merry go round. Geo Kersey and family joined Sunday school picnic at Mann's Grove. Earl Pound left for North Dakota to work in harvest fields. Dr Gilbert Thomson of Terre Haute visiting his parents. O D Johnson of Bell Telephone Co left for Minneapolis. Emery Drake visited Willis Bradbury family. A dredge boat draining the Wabash bottoms attracts locals. Prof Halberstadt may not return this winter. officials feel he is needed on the firing line in France. Cool weather bodes well for corn but delays threshing. significant wheat and oils remain unthreshed.
Fred Yager visited local friends last week. Scott Norris, former resident now in Indianapolis, came with friends. A full blooded Indian lectured on street corner about grievances against settlers. Mrs Wid Thomas of Terre Haute visits. Uncle Wm M Moore dies after heat and congestion. Masons conduct funeral at Center Ridge. Sunday school picnic of Mangrove in 1917 known, attendance below normal.
A column of small-town vignettes from Bloomington Star readers includes Rex Ebbersole gathering funds for widow Merryweather, church quips about a giggling soprano, a lopsided baseball score 23 to 4, and a Deacon’s clash with the umpire. Also notes on dinners, a dry town mood, a Sunday school picnic, and local gossip about residents and their antics.
James M. Sinclair and son James return from a 3300 mile automobile trip through Oklahoma Colorado and Wyoming visiting relatives including his brother in Pocassett Oklahoma. Miss Duly Barnard of Indianapolis visits here and Burke Eaton of Eugene Oregon arrives for a family visit. Various former Sullivan residents are noted with moves and activities plus a funeral for William M. Moore. Retired Erie railroad conductor Edwin Birely, 70, after 50 years of service in Hackensack New Jersey is honored by commuters with a gold ticket punch.
Miss Glenn Yeager, cooperative weather observer for the county, reports for the week ending August 12: dates 6 to 12 with daily high and low temperatures ranging from 82 to 85 and 64 to 65, all days cloudy or partly cloudy. Rainfall recorded includes .10 inch on the 7th, .28 inch on the 7th, and .96 inch on the 6th.
Airs Prank Springer and the children from near New Lebanon travel Friday to Des Moines to visit Mrs. Martha Sidehottoi, the farmer's mother, awaiting a family gathering.
A fragment shows a dialogue where the Sultor confirms marriage prospects with a daughter. The father questions if the match is a genuine bet or love, while a club atmosphere adds a hint of public scrutiny.
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