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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1913
Page
5
A stream of visitors and social events fills Sullivan listings. Residents from Paxton, Carlisle, Merom, Hymera, New Lebanon, Shelburn, and Indianapolis call on friends, shop, or attend gatherings. several brides-to-be honored with showers. local clubs host bridge parties. and community members report travel to Danville, Chicago, and New York.
The Indiana state fair will award prizes during the week of September 8 with notable figures judging livestock. Experts from Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa, Nebraska, and Ohio will preside over cattle swine sheep poultry and other groups, including U.S. senators and university professors in charge of specific divisions.
At the Indiana State Fair grounds in Indianapolis, trotting and pacing races begin September 8 with $26,200 in purses. Dozens of stables and many famous horses compete under a point system, with daily schedules and a start time of 1:30 p.m. The event includes interurban transit, free Children’s Day on September 9, and admission with 50 cent coins at the gates.
Clarence J Barker, 38, once a C. & E. I. railroad agent at Farmersburg, died in Kansas City Missouri. His body returns to Ft Branch for funeral tomorrow at 10 am led by Gibson lodge 450 F and A M with escort from Sullivan chapter council and commandery.
Captain James H. Welton, 75, Civil War veteran and longtime Bicknell grain and milling businessman, died at midnight at his daughter’s home on North State Street after a heart attack. He had just returned from his brother’s funeral and leaves a son in Ordway, Colo., and five daughters including Mrs. B F McCoy and Mrs. John P Allen. He was president of Sullivan Mill & Elevator Company at his death.
A fine shower graced Graysville last Saturday. Mrs Grace Moore Knotts of Wyoming visited. Rev Ralph Coppage and his family came for a short visit. Rev C O Morin preached at Tabor last Sunday. Mrs Joseph Grimes of Little York visited with her relatives. The Sunday school picnic at
Miss Lulu Pennington visits grandmother near New Lebanon while Robert Vanhorn from Terre Haute joins visitors. Elmer Thomas travels from Hymera. Work advances on the new gravel road as local youth enjoy an ice cream supper at Dodd's bridge last Saturday night.
The reunion was a grand success with the largest attendance to date. W. J. Williams and Rev. M. O. Robbins led services at Tony's Chapel Sunday for the quarterly conference, preaching in morning and afternoon to large crowds. Funeral for Mr. Batson was held from his home Saturday led by Rev. A. P. Asbury.
Mrs Sallie and daughter Jina attended the Douglas Chapel reunion at Hymera. Mrs John Douglas visited. Mrs Alice Holland and Mrs Eugene Ransford visited Mrs Willis Farrand. Families plan wagon trip to Tennessee. Eugene Ransford made a business trip to Terre Haute. Mollie Peak called on Mrs Lewis Farrand. Mrs Rebecca Hazelrigg visits niece Mrs Lawrence McClanahan of Farmersburg. Mrs Ida Harris visits relatives. Mr and Mrs Stephen Clark visited Mrs Sarah O Neal.
Mrs S A White and Mrs W E Parrott left Monday for a visit at Mudlavia Indiana. The trip suggests a social outing as reported in local notes.
Mrs. T. L. Collier visited Sullivan on Sunday. Thelma Shores of Matsonville visited her sister Mrs. C. E. Watson. Sylvia and Ferne Medsker Emmit Nowlin and Frank Badger attended a party at Guy Phillips Saturday night. Guy Cushman and family visited R. J. Turman Sunday. O T Collier oversees the levee. Edgar Hanley sold his mare team to Dr. Durham last week. Melvin Beard spent time with cousin Ray Watson. Big Springs Sunday school dismissed for chautauqua. Mann’s grove convention well attended with twelve Sunday schools and a fine address by Rev. Clive McGuire and Dr. Lone. Many say it was the best convention in years. Newton Haines suffers rheumatism. Warren Watson baled 51 tons of alfalfa this season amid drought.
Community notes recount a successful basket dinner at Long's Chapel on Sunday with many locals attending. Mrs. Melissa Smith visited family near Sullivan, a lost brown striped dog is sought between Farnsworth and Gilmour, and residents report visits and outings around Farnsworth, Sullivan, Caledonia, and Jackson Hill.
William M. Coppage of Yourman township traveled through the city on Monday while returning from Burrs City where he had visited his son Rev. Ralph Coppage.
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