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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
3
The National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville Tennessee displays the New South’s progress. Visitors from the North gain a view of the South as it stands today.
Two concurrent events in Tennessee draw veterans and tourists: the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Chattanooga September 15 to 20 and the National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville September 1 to November 1. The piece urges Northern travelers to visit both cities, noting low rail rates, convenient routes, and the chance to view the New South’s progress on display.
A fifty foot brick smoke stack at the Meisenhelder flour mill collapsed Thursday night around 9:30, burying the engine and causing extensive damage. The mill, built circa 1872 by John Whitman and Ben Stice, passed through several owners including the Eatons before the Meisenhelders acquired it.
Mrs. Ora McArthur has returned from Evansville where she attended the millinery opening.
New orders ban mail delivery to rear or side doors in residences. Carriers must deliver to front doors, ring or knock, and wait for a response. If unanswered after repeated attempts, report to the postmaster who reports to the postmaster general. Front mail slots exempt. Businesses must provide front desk receptacles or mail left on front counter.
Mrs D L Kenney reports fifty years of tetter ended by Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment. The advertisement touts a perfect cure for eczema with burning itching and smarting and lists 50 cent price and distributors Smock & Son Pfeiffer Chemical Co St Louis and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Laura Herndon and Mrs. Sarah Pirtle of Linton attended the funeral of Mrs. Rebecca Graham last Thursday.
Verne Chaney and Cornelia Smith visited Bloomfield over Sunday to see Miss Corinne Neal.
Corns warts and bunions come off to stay when you apply Mendenhall's Corn Medicine. Price fifteen cents. Sold and guaranteed by Joe K Smock and Son.
Workmen are engaged in lengthy cleaning of the Tide Water pipeline. The tedious task follows reports of deposits and blockages requiring careful removal and inspection to restore normal flow.
Workmen are scraping the Tidewater pipe line from Stoy Illinois to New Jersey crossing the Wabash between Merom and Hutsonville A brass cone two feet long is inserted and pushed along about half a mile per hour Occasionally the cone sticks and the line must be cut The crew follows the noise of the scraper a slow tedious job预计 over five months to complete the trip.
An ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as an immediate pain remover for cuts bruises sprains burns and skin injuries. E E Chamberlain of Clinton Maine hails its healing prowess saying it robs injuries of their terrors and claims no equal. Only 25c at stores.
The will of Samuel Wardell Williams dated July 1 1905 names J S Robinson of Cloverland Ind as executor and sole beneficiary of the library and office fixtures. The estate valued around 10000 will be divided among relatives and friends including Nellie Hazelton Granger Eliza D Smith Miss Nellie Browne Emma L Courtner James Rothrock Wallace Williams Clarence Williams and Gilbert Williams of Mt Carmel Illinois.
Postmaster Antoine Deloria of Gardner Michigan urges relief from kidney and bladder issues and recommends Foley Kidney Pills citing personal cure and mentions his father and neighbors were helped by the product.
Mrs. Cora Bittle of New Lebanon was seen shopping in Sullivan on Thursday, marking a routine local outing with no reported incidents or events.
J. Fred Hoke, invited by a committee to urge President Wilson to speak at an anti tuberculosis event, faced suffragette pressure in Washington. A militant group delivered pamphlets and a suffrage button to his hotel room, prompting Hoke to flee to the lobby and then the street before militants arrived.
Joe K. Smock & Son advertises Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Tonic as a pleasant substitute for quinine. The tonic is sold with a satisfaction guarantee and claimed to cure chills fevers and malaria.
Local sale offers a nearly new piano by owner John A Black at 119 North Chase Street. Listing notes a bargain and references August 1331 as the date associated with the ad.
FOR SALE 40 head choice O I C male and gilt pigs March farrow. HARRY BROWN Sullivan Ind R R 4. Mr and Mrs Norman Suthard and daughter Mary Lou and son James of Madisonville Ky have started to their home after visiting for the past week in the city with Mr Louis Page and family. Before going home they will visit with friends and relatives in Princeton.
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