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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1912
Page
3
George C. Youngman is honored for fifty seven years of sustained business work in the community. The milestone marks long service and local entrepreneurial dedication.
George C. Youngman of Sullivan county near New Lebanon celebrated his 75th birthday with family and friends. In a self written reminiscence from Sullivan Ind dated August 15 1912 he recalls early life from Greencastle and Cloverdale, schooling in log classrooms, losing two toes, enlistments and a vow of total abstinence inspired by witnessing alcohol ruin.
A long reminiscence contrasts 1904 wagon prices with 1894 corn values, notes tariff debates, and shows how material costs, wages, and corn prices shaped farm purchases. The speaker recalls threshing work from 1855 to 1860, partnerships, and the value of friendship in business while recounting historical yields and personal milestones.
Forecast of 1912 election outcomes quotes Taft Wilson and Roosevelt dynamics. Analysis suggests electoral shifts, with scenarios showing Taft retaining key states and Wilson needing many electoral votes, plus commentary on free trade rhetoric and World newspaper history.
A Nazareth synagogue episode frames Jesus reading Isaiah and facing unbelief. The sermon links liberation prophecy to the Gospel Age, the acceptable year, and the call to follow Jesus as sons of God through spiritual begetting.
In early 1894 New York City faced severe unemployment and poverty as a free trade administration hampered industry. The New York World started a free bread fund to aid starving workers and their families amid the economic distress.
The Union records a subscription order from John N. Morris of Garnett Kansas a former Sullivan county resident. He sends regards to his father Philip Morris and mother both 77 and healthy and notes his 28 years in Garnett plus his current role as district court clerk of Anderson county. He plans a possible Sullivan county visit this fall. He mentions his son Clarence managing a local creamery and recalls 1879 to 1881 work for John Davis and Sons. Mrs Mary Crooks of the city is his cousin.
Miss Vance Burkhart of Dugger returns home Saturday after spending a few days in the city as the guest of Miss Josephine Dudley.
Mrs. Amy Murdock and Mrs. Jewett Wolfe left Saturday for Louisville Kentucky to spend several days as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Harrington.
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