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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1915
Page
3
Shelburn residents await word on the future postmaster as Congressman Bill remains silent. A Democrat source claims a decision has been made but a public announcement is at least two weeks away, with no official notification received by Congressman Cullop.
Chief Doyle of Terre Haute ordered Town Marshal Wright to arrest John Wilson Monday morning. An officer later transported him to the city. The delinquency charge involved Norma Raehm and Ollie Trueblood. Judge Newton dismissed the Raehm case. the Trueblood case was sent to the grand jury.
Grant Sinsell started drilling an oil well on the Allen Osburn lease about 1500 feet east of the producing well brought in on this tract by Jake Finklestein. The location to the east was made because wells drilled on the west of the producer showed dlusters.
Ed Hauger plans to forward to Washington an application for a patent on a device for quick and easy tire changes. He claims the invention can enable auto racers to change tires in 15 seconds or less, and that a woman can also perform the change unaided.
An automobile collision Tuesday around 5 near Rev. Denney’s place northwest of Shelburn involved Mr. Wilkinson his son and Mr. Ramsey of Terre Haute. The car skidded and overturned across a fence as Wilkinson Jr. allegedly drove at high speed. Dr. Maple treated the trio. Ramsey was the most severely injured though not life threatening.
Sullivan police chief Rich arrested Allen Gephart and his wife on charges from Roy Dickerson. Gephart pleaded guilty to provoke before Squire Watson and paid a $1 fine plus costs for obscene language and profanity.
William Matthews was struck by slate at the Reliance mine on Thursday morning and sustained cuts and bruises to the head back and legs. His injuries are not serious.
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases combined. Doctors once claimed it local and incurable, but science shows it constitutional. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is advertised as the only constitutional cure, taken internally, with a $100 guarantee. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Miss Pearl Burton purchases the grocery store building and residence of Leonard Pyles on North Court Street. Charles Burton will oversee the grocery business.
Mr. and Mrs. W S Bicknell left Thursday for Chicago to visit. He will be away about ten days while she spends several weeks in the Nake region to benefit hay fever.
Local notes and gossip from Bloomington include the Rev Newlite collecting back salary for Rev Eli Perkins, Arminta Jones new song A Bleeding Heart, Paragon stranger starting a two cow dairy, and various humorous incidents at Hansford and Bat Hollow with neighbors teased about Irish stew and parlays on paroled husbands.
Condensed ad touts constipation as cause of illness and toxins in the bowels. It promises relief with Dr King’s New Life Pills, claiming a full morning bowel movement and 80 percent gratitude. Original bottle has 36 pills and costs 25 cents from your druggist.
Merom mourns the death of A. D. Brown age 84 a Merom pioneer who arrived from New Jersey in 1864. He ran a saw mill for years and was a long time Masonic member including Merom lodge charter member. Surviving children in the county include Dr. L. L. Brown Elwood Brown Stanley Brown Fergus Brown and Mrs. Scott Morris and Mrs. Ed Minter.
Sickness is not a sin and neglect of illness is wicked, Po-Do-Lax made from Podophyllin promises relief from Liver ills headache indigestion and constipation. It arouses the liver increases bile and supposedly removes the cause overnight. Get a bottle from your druggist today and rid constipation overnight.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Brush of Bloomington visited E. C. McCarty, secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce, on Thursday. Mr. Brush also serves as secretary of the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. J. B. Mullane of Indianapolis spent several days here last week on business.
A staff of about 25 Purdue University experts will spend the week of Sept. 6 at the Indiana State Fair to assist Hoosier farmers with home problems. The exhibit will be reorganized with dairy demonstrations, fertilizer education, soil and crop improvement, and pest control. The State Food Commissioner will display weights and measures and food sanitation details.
Indiana State Fair harness racing week starts September 6 with total purses of 30000 across daily programs. Entries include multiple 2:28 to 2:25 trots and paces for 3-year-olds and under, plus Western Horseman stakes and various open-air vaudeville acts at the grandstand.
The list shows officers and department managers of the fair all members of the State Board of Agriculture. It includes President Warren T. McCray Kentland and vice president Charles H Anthon Muncie along with secretary treasurer Carles Downing Indianapolis and others managing admissions grand stand speed cattle sheep swine poultry art horticulture mechanical and more across Indiana locations.
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a universal remedy for toothache bruises stiff neck sprains backache neuralgia rheumatism and most emergencies. It claims congestion and inflammation cause symptoms and urges readers to test with a 25c bottle available from all druggists.
Jerry Adams, 56, ran amuck near the Pittman school house ten miles NW of the city last Wednesday evening. Deputy Hale and Douthitt found Adams in a corn field. He is jailed and to be sent to the Southern Hospital for the Insane.
An older advertisement promises relief from coughs by using Dr King's New Discovery. It claims the first dose soothes irritation and stops the cough quickly with a 45 year history and a money back guarantee if it fails. It urges readers to purchase from a druggist at a low cost.
Mr and Mrs Philip Koltinsky of Vincennes visited Thursday to reconnect with old friends. Koltinsky, a former Sullivan resident, is the son of the late Barney Koltinsky.
John A. McConnell a county native and Civil War veteran died at his home after an extended illness. Born January 10, 1836 in Haddon township he farmed then moved to town. He served in the 21st Indiana Heavy Artillery and the 115th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was a lifelong Republican.
A marriage license was issued in Terre Haute to Charles EB Wentworth 32 a musician and Eugenia Foote 23 also a musician both of Farmersburg. Another license was issued to Frank Shields 30 a miner and Marie Ladson 21 both of Paxton.
Com Boles a well known farmer northwest of the city renewed a subscription for Otis Eslinger of McMurray Washington. Eslinger is Boles sister Mrs Boles brother in law and his wife is daughter of Finley Knotts of this city. Eslinger was born and raised near Sullivan and moved to Washington years ago.
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