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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
5
Local items from Sullivan Indiana list furniture bargains at the H. H. H. store with old buggies for sale and trades, sewing machine discounts, and furniture price cuts. Community notices mention weddings births visits and social events, including a watermelon party and a lodge gathering.
A quirky collage of humorous verse and burlesque items. The piece lampoons Indiana politics and local figures with playful puns and headlines, noting footnotes about the Army uniform and an Elkhart marriage joke amid a stream of caricatures and wry observations.
The Big Four acquired the Indiana Midland railroad as frost and ice hit multiple states. News from Manila to Chicago spans politics, strikes, disasters, and maritime safety.
Yokohama reports that Hetle Island of Porishima near Depan was overwhelmed by a volcanic eruption between Aug. 15 and 19, destroying all homes and killing about 150 inhabitants. The island is buried under volcanic debris and submarine eruptions in the area hinder access to the island.
Week fifteen of the miners strike shows no shift in the stand of labor and government. US Steel head Schwab near retirement amid unsettled U.S. relations. Southern Railway plans a new line from Tennessee coal fields to the Atlantic. Gompers cautions labor unions against entering politics. Racing resumes at Hawthorne after grandstand fire. Chinese arrivals in Mexico hint at border crossing toward the United States. Five labor loafers arrested at Mantle over threats to cigar workers. Clash near Nesquebering, Pa leaves striker Patrick Sharp dead and a deputy under arrest for murder.
Jeanette Wolfe and others sue Elijah Joyce and others in a multi party complaint. Frack Robbins seeks divorce from Clemma Robbins. Lewis L. Crawford guardian ad litem for Elizabeth Shaw versus Ozena M. Barnes and others. Petitions to sell involve Sarah A. Mason and Josiah Mason. Joseph Wolfe sues Nettie Wolfe. Mary Crumson sues John C. Badders for slander.
A list shows transfers between individuals including Charles E Clark to Hattie Smith and H R Heiney to Carla Wethereil. Another entry lists Reuben A Wheatley to Lucy A Johnson and Frank Eauey to Nora S Ackers with John 8 Maxwell to Cora 3 Buck.
Abstracters Beasley and Brown record multiple quitclaim transfers including J S Howard to Amanda J Howard for 80 acres in Gill township at 2509 dollars and Mary E Fabien to Florence Nichols for a lot in Dugger at 93900 dollars. Additional deeds involve Cass township lots and 40 acres in Jefferson, various Sullivan and Paxton parcels, and a notice to those owing the estate of Dr Charles F Briggs to contact the office south of the post office.
A jumble of wartime totals and tragedies fills the page. Spain's war costs reach 057,685 across states, a timber pineries shipment sits in Chicago harbor, and a New York body and missing leg are found. Guam prisoners ordered home, a farmer drowns his children then dies, a fire kills two women and three children, a Russian pontoon sinks with many lost, and reports from Machias downplay fighting in the Cape Huytien area.
In Memoriam notes the sudden death of Brother John Wood S W of Farmersburg Lodge No 594 F and A M on August 11 1902 struck down in duty. The lodge resolves to mourn with the family display mourning emblems for thirty days and extend sympathy while requesting publication in The Sullivan Democrat and Sullivan Union. Signed C A Lloyd R H Vancleave Cum W V Jennings.
Residents are urged to gather at Boone grave yard on Saturday August 10 1902 to improve the condition of the site. The notice calls for volunteers to assist in cleaning and repairs.
J Mutchle, wanted in Lebanon Indiana, was arrested in Danville Illinois and returned for sentencing. He had been sentenced to five years at Jeffersonville reformatory but served only two before escaping. In Sharpsville Indiana Carrie Romack, wife of a hardware dealer, killed her baby during a temporary insanity episode and then fatally harmed herself with a knife.
Marion Indiana reports Judge Hiram Brownlee of the Grant-Howard superior court will leave the bench with resignation set for October 1. He plans to practice law in Marion. Also noted, a separate brief item: Mitchell man George Meager, 35, was killed by a train at Riverdale. In Muncie, Samuel Hughes, 30, killed himself after a rejected marriage proposal.
Eureka Springs Arkansas dated August 17 1962 reports Sullivan county people from far and near in town for a gathering. The writer lists residents including Bailey Thomas Jewell Wilson Breadie Hale Otey Scott Johnson and others visiting for family ties and refreshments. The piece notes a nurse of repose reading Gretchen’s letters and mentions Nelee at No 9 West ade shop reopening after Wilson Breadie’s death and invitation to call for tin or metal work.
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