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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1920
Page
5
Ter re Haute visitors and Terre Haute residents pace this week with Drakes and Smiths shopping trips and family visits. Scarlet fever affects Mrs Pearl Scott and child, while a local reunion draws Hymera residents. Photogenic social rounds include guests dining with Jewell and Riggs households.
A roundup of visitors, trips, chautauqua attendance and farm updates shows residents from West Union Carlisle Scott City and beyond visiting kin and attending events. engagements include Oris Chenowith guest of the Pogues and the Drake Johnson reunion. Mobility includes trips to Trinity Springs West Baden Mt Carmel and California with many locals hosting or touring.
Rev. Burnett returning from a prolonged meeting near Newton heard Billy Sunday speak. Misses Lorene and Faye Setzer visited with their parents over the weekend. Halbert Newland of Terre Haute attends chautauqua and visits friends.
Ralph Johnson of Clinton visited George Fuson with George Wilkins of Indianapolis as a guest of Will Thomas. Hosea Drake and family planned a short Trinity Springs outing. M A Rose visited Mary Pierce. Lex Trueblood attended in Sullivan. Billy Sunday spoke at Merom. Terre Haute game visit by Fuson Lester Thomas group. Rev Johnson led services Sunday. Camping at the chautauqua by Harrison party. Public sale of Evert Trueblood drew big attendance with buyers from Merom Graysville York Ill Middletown Farm ersburg Sullivan.
A recreated Battle of St Mihiel will headline the State Fair week starting September 6. The nightly show uses tanks machine guns grenades and fireworks with 300 performers for a large scale realism.
Floyd Dunbar eldest son of James and Emma Dunbar was born March 23 1900 and died August 19 1920 at age 20 years 4 months and 26 days He was educated and industrious graduating at 14 He worked in the Dodge factory Detroit and later in a sanitarium at Battle Creek He befriended by E E Skipper of Sebring Mo who sent him home to Florida to drive his car His health declined in June and he returned home to die of nervous prostration August 19 He leaves a mother father five sisters two brothers and many relatives and friends who mourn his loss Described as bright genial and intelligent by those who knew him.
The notice offers classified ads at one cent per word per insertion aimed at Sullivan county farmers. It promotes reaching the farming population with affordable rates for advertisements.
Hauling of all kinds done by motor truck. J E Burroughs & Sons, phone 180 and No 38, 11 West Wall Street.
W H Baton in the Sherman Building advertises greatly reduced automobile insurance rates and lower farm insurance rates. The notice invites readers to call and investigate and emphasizes representing good companies to save money.
True economy means buying timely. See us for fly covers cow ease collar pads and gall care. Anything in the harness line John A. Mattix.
John C. Chaney appointed as administrator of the estate of Benjamin W. Sisson late of Cullivar County Indiana deceased. Estate described as solvent. First insertion August 25, 190-34.
Special notion notes Dr. D. D. Shepherd has opened the former office of his late father Dr. B. F. Shepherd at Pleasantville and is ready to begin practice there. He has previously practiced dentistry in Elkhart.
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