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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1904
Page
7
Mrs Hannah Alsop starts a new house project while Dewitt Bedwell plans to move to Sullivan. Residents including George Wilson and family with W C Asrey visit Antioch. Hale family from Pleasantville visit Charles Spencer. Relatives visit from Youngstown and Tarwater. several locals assist with building and concrete work on Wilson rock road. Community notes cover visits, improvements, and social events through Sunday.
Rev S D Hill of Marshall Ill will preach at the Church of Christ Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night. Miss May Mills of Merom spent Friday with Miss Emma Alumbaugh. Wilford Raines Eva Raines and Everett Taylor picnicked on Merom bluff Sunday. Mrs Stella Asrey of New Lebanon visited relatives here this week. Ross Calvi and family of Victoria lived here Thursday. Mrs John Alumbaugh gave a party Thursday evening for daughter Ethel s twentieth birthday. Ice cream and cake served to about fifty guests. All returned home late wishing her many more happy birthdays. Mrs Ella Batey and children of Dugger visited relatives here Sunday. Geo Barnes and wife visited relatives in Linton this week. A J Conley wife and daughter Lizzie were shopping in Sullivan Saturday. Miss Zypta Luzader went to Paxton Saturday to visit her uncle John F Nash and family. Geo Ringer and family spent Sunday with Jim Reaves and wife near Dugger. Bert Hutchison and wife visited Frank Hawkins and wife last week. Audie Raines and Orval Hale spent Sunday on the banks of the Wabash. Virgil Paige visited in Linton Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Mary Collins and children returned home Friday after a week s visit with relatives here. Tom Stringer has purchased a new piano.
Miss Maud Trueblood of Fairbanks passed through Tuesday. Rain is needed. Mrs. Knowls and Mrs. Dix visited Mrs. Shields on Thursday. Joley Harris hauled hay to town Tuesday. Jess Dix was in town Tuesday. A large prayer meeting gathered Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Branson of Farmersburg visited Shields Friday. Chant Trueblood is at Fairbanks this week. Shields’ child not improving. John Buttoff bought a new buggy. John Shields and wife of Shelburn visited Murray Shields and wife Thursday. James Hiatt drove to the county seat Thursday evening. Mayme Taylor staying at Chant Trueblood’s this week. Cyrus Lane and Otto of Prairie ton visited William Hughes and family. Some locals plan Trinity Springs trip next week. Albert Hopewell threshing. John Goodman still delivering hogs to town. Several youths expect to attend the Currysville dance Saturday night.
Rural Route resident Jim Moore and wife of Linton visited Albert Usery and wife Sunday. A J Conley and wife shopped in Sullivan Saturday. Ethel Alumbaugh visited Miss Ida Keene Sunday. Mrs Keene and daughter called on A J Conley Sunday evening. Charles Stone and wife visited friends Sunday. Wedding plans mentioned. Mrs Jimmie Keene ill. Hawkins and wife visited Buckelew family. Buckelews visited near Jackson Hill Saturday and Sunday. Jimmie and family noted.
Miss Golden Eagle of Fort Branch visits sister Mrs. Frank Pierson. Will Badders of Arkansas guests in the area. Miss Mabel Woodrow from Lewis seen in Hymera. Cincinnati visitors to Chas. Harding family. John Funkhouser returns from Mississippi. Jake Tucker relocates his restaurant. Wm. McCord at Rockville. Miss Bessie Entwistle of Rosedale in Hymera. Joseph and Elmer Harding return from St. Louis. Mrs. Wm. Pipher of Jasonville visits daughter Mrs. M. Bonham. Hymera residents attend Baptist camp meeting in Jasonville. Herman Funkhouser returns from Parke county. Dropsy signs noted with swelling and urinary changes. Dr Crowley reports cure possible if treated early.
Cully Lanham visited Indianapolis last week with his sister Miss Pearl Lanham who is receiving rheumatism treatment there. Mr and Mrs Leslie E Harper of Terre Haute are visiting Charles W Cooper and family. Charles D Nalley returned from St Louis Monday. Rev I M Houser evangelist leading the local tent meetings left last Wednesday for Rockville.
Reverend C B Hershey dined at the Mann home Sunday. Dr J L Durham made a business trip to Sullivan Monday. Miss Grace Moore is expected home from Farmersburg this week. J B Durham has been crippled for the past week from a horse injury. Friday afternoon Mrs Warren Watson hosted a small gathering in honor of Aunt Mrs Josie Buck of Muncie. Attendees included Mesdames Durham Moore Manning Buck Mann and Misses Mary Manning Nellie Jessie Ingersoll and Pearl Buck. Melon and fruit were served. Mrs Lee Phillips and Mrs Collier were in Merom Saturday. Mrs Manning and daughter Nellie Durham were in Sullivan Friday. Will and Emerson Watson attended the ice cream supper on Merom bluff Saturday night.
Rural Route No. 2 residents share weekend visits and social calls. Miss Nora Page visited Miss Jean Johnson Sunday while Claude Campbell visited Herbert Arnett Saturday and Sunday. Alex Raley and wife called on Roscoe Carrithers and wife. Miss Hazel Phillips stayed with grandparents. Jesse Canary visited Al and Frank Davis. George Berrick called on Rich Johnson. Luther Arnett visited his in laws near Staffordshire. Claude Phillips and wife were in town. A pleasant rain occurred Saturday.
Allen Nash visited Lex Easter while James Daniels and wife spent Sunday with James Joseph and wife. Miss Hattie Sanders stayed with George Wible for a week. Grace Ferree visited sister Mrs. Bert Hawkee in Graysville. Roscoe Joseph and James Joseph, son, on business trip to Sullivan. Claud Poe announces a girl. Braxton Walters and Walter Steele did business in Sullivan. Ida and Lillie Daniels visited Ollie Joseph. Mrs. Bessie Daniels visited her mother, Mrs. Walters. Bert Tague of Farmersburg visited William Sanders Saturday night.
The Vandalia Line asks parties seeking information on rates times trains and connections to write to D B Steeg Travelin Passenger Agent Terre Haute Indiana. Dr Crowley treats grippe related nervous prostration rheumatism and general debility with experienced care and uses exclusively vegetable medicines of the highest quality.
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