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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
4
Fragmented lines discuss publishers and post office entries in 1873 Ilivan Indiana. Mentions sugar free confectionery in Indianapolis and oil men testing development. References to Mr. Cullop and a democratic tariff revision program lasting until frost.
The Washington Herald notes a Daviess county girl afflicted with hookworm though locals in Sullivan have suffered the disease for years. The report contrasts distant case with a long-standing local health concern.
Mr Wilson warns against a so called competitive tariff to avoid applying it to his near free trade measure. He argues it would not sell any extra ads but would open markets to foreign goods, increase imports, and shrink the $652 million balance of trade in the United States in her favor.
The piece notes a well developed effort to unseat Congressman Cullop with a possible candidate Charles D. Hunt mentioned but not confirmed. An editorial from the Sullivan Times accuses Cullop of backing the spoils system and urges him to announce a successor if he supports such policies.
The Sullivan Times hints it may have changed its view on Congressman Cullop's push for rewarding loyal supporters with public office. Critics say the country rejects a return to the old patronage era, while Cullop argues offices should rotate to the faithful. Citizens wonder if he will name a successor.
Clinton Clintonian opines that Indiana’s Democratic machine under Taggart Fairbanks and Roberts rivals Tammany in corruption while praising Woodrow Wilson and contrasting Roosevelt’s Chicago stance. He argues national and state parties diverge in morality with self interest driving local rings.
The tariff issue has long divided the two primary parties. Since the 1880s Mills bill battles showed the Democratic majorities in Congress wavering as surplus tensions grew, illustrating how tariff policy sparked party splits and public contention.
The text traces how the McKinley bill toppled Republicans in 1892 and the Wilson bill felled Democrats in 1896. It links a long tariff saga to business cycles, gold standard adoption, and the Payne Aldrich tariff, whose disputed relief helped Republican gains and party losses into 1910 and a recent presidential contest.
The Newcastle Courier reports the Republican Editorial Association meeting showing renewed unity and resolve among Indiana editors. They stress the influential role of the Republican press, its study of community needs, and readiness to defend principles in public discourse.
The piece denounces Washington rumors that Roosevelt will head a 1916 Republican bull moose platform. It calls such talk selfish power grabbing by public figures, insists Roosevelt may rejoin with rights within the party, and argues party decisions should reflect the majority while avoiding speculation on his candidacy.
The Muncie Press notes Roosevelt faces power decline and unlikely to run again. It suggests he may reunite with the Republican Party, as radicals under Pinchot press the Progressive faction, while conservatives seek cohesion. A GOP return could bolster social justice currents in the party.
The Washington Herald reports Democratic leaders push to defeat Cullop as Alvin J. Padgett denies a run while Charles D. Hunt, John A. Riddle, and others gather support across Daviess Owen Knox and Monroe counties. Watch for local county showdowns at the convention.
Mrs S A White is at Mud Lav ia Springs in Kramer Indiana for rheumatism treatment and will stay several weeks.
Mrs Helen Mahley and her daughter Helen Emily are visiting Mrs W T Laird in Indianapolis, the party staying briefly at her home.
The Thursday Afternoon club will meet with Mrs Ira Glidden at her home on North Main Street this week.
Mrs F L Good entertained with a banco party Saturday morning honoring her sister Miss Ruth Benton of Bloomington Indiana. Five tables played at banco. The prize was awarded to Miss Sarah Freeman. Summer refreshments were served.
Mrs Emma S Reed entertained at dinner Sunday with Mr and Mrs Harvey Hays and their daughter from Indianapolis Miss Eva Reed and Miss Elsie Reed. Also present were Claude Reed and Clifford Thomasson of Paris Illinois and Mrs Reed of Terre Haute plus Miss Ruby Hays of Daytona Beach Florida.
A short fragment notes Mamie's stubborn temper as a punchy aside from Life magazine text illustrating a tense exchange about arguing with a person who can make worse faces than another. The remark emphasizes facial expressions as a nonverbal contest in a domestic scene.
The Indiana state fair night horse show opens September 8 in a premier arena with John C. Weber band from Cincinnati. Many major stables enter, boosting prestige and prize money totaling 38 005 for harness horses and 1 325 for saddlers. Events cover roadsters runabouts carriage teams high school horses and more with nearby buildings open until 9 p m and free auto parking drawing large night audiences.
Purdue University will head the Indiana state fair exhibit with extensive programs in animal husbandry soil crops horticulture and veterinary care. Professors Skinner Christie Hunziker Fisher Wiancko and others will participate alongside department staff in a week of practical farming instruction and demonstrations aimed at modernizing farming through accessible education.
The Indiana Board of Forestry plans a comprehensive exhibit at the fair to educate and persuade the public on wood preservation tree planting and forest management. The display will show forest products processes and diseases and include educational materials maps and reports from 1910 1911. Purdue University involvement and letters to lumber and forest service groups bolster support for the exhibit.
Architect Frank J. Nicholas returned from a combined pleasure and business trip to the East. O B Kattman and Julius Harry joined him to Washington and Norfolk, with a Norfolk to New York voyage. The congress library, Pennsylvania station, Olympic, the monster ocean steamer, and Evelyn Thaw impressed him. Thaw's wife stars in New York vaudeville with standing room only and double scalped prices.
Calvin Benefield and Lillian A Orr both of Carlisle obtain license. William E Melone to Emma Baldwin both of Dugger. James Sharpe to Gertrude Denney both of Farmersburg. Merrel M Lisher to Eva M Abrams both of Dugger. Levi Saucerman of Pleasantville to Hattie M Swavy of Dugger. Clarence D Hill of Sullivan to Nell J Glidden of Sullivan.
Calvin Benefield a Jefferson township teacher and Miss Lillian A. Orr of Carlisle were married by Rev. P. C. Lisman at the Methodist parsonage on Saturday night. Benefield has studied at Indiana University this summer and will teach at Pleasantville again this winter.
Shelburn saloon keeper Jesse McCrocklin pleaded guilty to assault and battery on his father in law and to profanity in Squire Calvert's court. He paid fines of one dollar and costs for each charge.
A well known farmer Frank Cole of the southwest of the city celebrated his 77th birthday Tuesday of last week. Friends gathered at his home, refreshments were served, and the evening was enjoyed.
Sheriff Ed Kelley and Deputy Orville Hale finished after three weeks of hard work serving all papers and summonses for the upcoming court term.
J. T. Holcomb of Neville Avenue has been chosen janitor of the Elm Park school house and began his work Monday morning.
Mrs. W. E. Parrott, who had been visiting here, returned to Kansas City on Monday.
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