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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1915
Page
5
When Speaker Champ Clark arrived by automobile party at Davis hotel Sullivan city band played I Came to Save You Do Not Fear. Local democrats on the Clark reception committee reaction unknown.
Cass township resident Ransom C. Brodie brought a potato vine six feet ten inches long to The Union office. Judge O. B. Harris later produced a vine from his garden on West Washington street that measured eight feet nine inches.
O. T. Withers of Dugger brought a stalk of his own celery to J. A. Knotts & Co. He notes the stalk is brighter and cleaner than county crops and plans to supply the local market soon.
Report from Miss Glenn Yeager cooperative weather observer for the week ending August 22 shows dates with daily conditions from August 16 to 22. Rainfall totals include .10 inches on the 16th, .15 on the 17th, 2.08 on the 20th, and .16 on the 21st with days described as part cloudy cloudy and clear.
In Hymera on Monday a Terre Haute man allegedly sat in games and drew four aces each time. The streak triggered a loud disturbance, games were halted, and the man remains at large as authorities investigate the gambling disruption.
Co. W. Kelly of Chicago visited his mother, Mrs. Ed. Kelly, last week in a brief personal note from the city.
Curry township becomes legally dry after tonight as nine saloons at Shelburn and three at Farmersburg close. Four years of wet votes contrast with May election support for dry, with town licenses expiring tonight and no renewal cost due to remaining county licenses. Saloons orderly close. listed saloonists include Cra mer Gray & Watson Bardsley Sebring Stevenson McCrocklin Wheeler McCrocklin Daugherty at Shelburn and Gariano Lynman Jewell at Farmersburg.
A set of Indiana court actions includes partition and sale of real estate in the Kalley estate case, several divorce and alimony cases such as Spencer and Hiatt, money recovery against Spencer, foreclosure of chattel mortgage with Patterson, damages suit by Ethel Spencer, bank note suit by Peoples States Bank of Sullivan, mechanic’s lien foreclosure by Dix Lumber, and additional divorce actions involving Reeves and Burton.
The record lists marriage licenses for Grover H Seever and Mary A Bowman both of Carlisle aged 17 and 26 respectively. Fred L Hiler and Mary M Wharton of Shelburn aged 23 and 18. William F Watson 59 of Paxton and Myra E B Loudermilk 56 of Hymera. Albert D McCallen 52 Newton Illinois and Elizabeth A Davis 47 Sullivan. Irvin J Snider 49 Springfield C and Blanche N Be 27 Sullivan.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Sullivan Indiana Post Office as of August 25 1915. Notices warn that unclaimed items within two weeks will go to the Dead Letter Office. Names include ladies Hazel Bean Edith Davis Mary Hardiman Miss Right Miss Mittle and gentlemen Ashel Bedwell Fortney Jas Lempe Fred Rasmussen Clarence When calling please say advertised. W E Aydelotte
Advertised mail from Shelburn Ind dated August 22 1915 will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not delivered by September 5 1916. Items include ladies Miss Ada Bolding Mrs Marie Fortney and Mr Ottis. One cent advertising charges apply per article. Mention Advertised List and date when inquiring. Fordyce Acting P M Mail Office.
The funeral of Mrs Roy Maxwell, a Christian church member, was held at the Christian church Thursday afternoon in Fort Collins. Rev. Albert Nichols conducted the service with music by Edna Wolfe and a quartet. Active pallbearers were H. H. Ruddell, Charles Walters, Lex Robbins, Fred Loudermilk, Ernest Cowles, and W. H. Hill Jr. honorary pallbearers included Mrs Donald Basler and Mrs W H Hill Jr. Burial was at Center Ridge cemetery.
Walter E. Guller of this city, chief engineer of Consolidated Indiana Coal Company, is named superintendent of Sullivan County mines by Stewart K. Smith, receiver. J. R. Sharpe resigns as former superintendent.
Rev Stewart Long returned from a chautauqua lecture tour in Town Miss Jennie Kelly back from Columbia College summer term in New York Mrs Bert Crawley and children return to Chicago General John C Black dies in Chicago formerly tied to I I S railroad and Wise will case Attys in the Harrison era Mr and Mrs Ben Stone visiting Bloomington IL others travel and visits across local families and towns newborn Paul Wright Gill in Chicago
Hopkinsville Kentucky August 23 Officials of the Dixie Bee Line Association will spend the week of September 13 inspecting routes south of the Ohio River to select the highway from Danville Illinois to Nashville Tennessee R B Cooper of Hopkinsville was chosen chairman President Bosse of Evansville approved the inspection date Each county will be represented by its vice presidents and two delegates to be elected by county organizations Vehicles for the party will be provided by the counties Names of county representatives must be sent to Secretary Keller Evansville by September 3.
Merom Aug 24 A precedent setting chautauqua move establishes a Sullivan county union Sunday school with departments for adults elementary home and primary led by Hinkle C Hays Rev Philip Freis Miss Huckleberry and Mrs Richard Park A union service is planned for next Sunday inviting all county Sunday schools to participate
Dr. E A Billman, noted city undertaker, presents a photographic collection of his up to date funeral and undertaking gear. A large engraving on page four of this issue highlights the modern equipment in every detail, with the picture speaking for itself.
John A. Riddle will move to Vincennes on September 10 to form a law partnership with his brother Seymour Riddle, now in Vinita Oklahoma. The move leaves friends of Mr and Mrs Riddle regretting their departure from Linton.
Daisy Tressell files in circuit court seeking damages from Jackson Township farmer Jacob Tennis. She alleges he publicly harmed her by statements that brought her name into scandal and disgrace.
Hall Bogard a well known thresherman of Gill township was fined 15 dollars in Justice Lester's court here Saturday for assault and battery upon officers of Haddon township.
The Shelburn town board names Roy Penn as temporary marshal to replace W. D. Wright, jailed on a murder charge. Penn had been a marshal candidate when Wright was chosen.
The Starnes Lawrence Stock Company, a leading dramatic troupe, performs this week in Sullivan in a tent on East Washington Street.
C McCarty longtime secretary of the Sullivan chamber of commerce resigns effective Sept 1 He will join McKeand Service Company in Indianapolis and be temporarily based in East Chicago.
Edgar T. Allen’s news stand in the Citizens Trust building was broken into Sunday night. The thief took $5.60 and various smoking articles, with authorities naming a Sullivan boy as a believed suspect.
A marriage license was issued in Terre Haute on Friday to Harold Dudley age 22 a waiter and Bessie Snyder age 25 both of Sullivan.
Edward Stewart of Hymera, president of this district of the United Mine Workers, will speak at the Labor Day celebration in Evansville.
A New York woman asks who owns wedding gifts as her husband deeded his to his father and she claims the presents belong to the wife. The issue may lead to court filings to establish ownership.
A combinatorial puzzle asks how many daily seating orders exist for twelve people around a table without repeating a previous arrangement. At one dinner per day, it would take 13 000 000 years to exhaust all possible seatings, requiring over 479 million dinners to cover every arrangement.
A deed filed with the county recorder transfers 472 acres of valuable coal land in Curry township along the C E railroad between Shelburn and Farmersburg to J C Ball s Will Hays of this city for 11105 57 dollars. It is not learned whether this means further development.
The Shelburn Enterprise reports Wiley Payne, son of Zimri Payne and a rural carrier from the Shelburn post office, has been appointed postmaster there influenced by Mr. Cullop. A Ferree family reunion followed at the Dudley home, 441 South Main, with many relatives listed as attendees.
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