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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1910
Page
2
The county honor group notes the late Masons calendar service as his son followed his father who was Master of Sullivan lodge and the Knights Templar performed the burial, a rite repeated this afternoon by Terre.
Ferdinand E Basler of Haute Commandery and a Past Worthy Patron of Sullivan Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, also a Sullivan lodge Knights of Pythias member, served on the Presbyterian church board for many years.
August Staples was shot by Charles Burton in a Saturday night dispute over a crap game. Burton fled after the ambush, Staples died from the wounds at the coal company office, and Sheriff Wible vowed a swift pursuit of the Tennessee suspect. Staples, a respected local resident for seven years, was widely mourned.
Carl Hedges of Pimento will leave this week for Carlisle Indiana to train a string of blooded bird dogs for Terre Haute business and professional men. He will use the private game preserve of William Trimble as the season site where several named judges and local figures own dogs. The quail abundance is attributed to favorable winter and spring weather, with no nesting disturbances last spring.
Advertises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a fast healer for burns cuts scalds wounds piles and skin issues. Claims impressive results in sores ulcers boils felons eczema chapped hands sprains and corns. Sells for 25 cents at Joe K Smock and Son’s.
Cooperative Weather Observer Maurice Yeager reports for the week ending August 28 with mostly clear and cloudy days. Temperatures ranged from 47 to 85 degrees, and rainfall totaled 0.31 inches on the 23rd and 25th.
James Sinclair proprietor of the Index store has leased the adjacent room on the south side of the public square for a new furniture department. He will add a large line of first class furniture and connect the spaces with arches, expanding his trade to meet growing demand.
William Lockhart weds Flora B Acklin Orion B Goad weds Lillie B White Roy M Akers weds Sarah Ek Morgan William Lumsden weds Elizabeth Robbins Don Smith weds Ethel McBride George Turnbull weds Elizabeth Dabblemont
Charles D Hunt and John W Lindley sue Charles Herz and Kath erine Herz on note and mortgage Hortense Davidson sues Clifford Davidson for divorce Martha Gregg sues John 8 Gregg for divorce Ida M Gregg sues William Gregg Dessia McDaniel sues Harry McDaniel for divorce
The reorganization committee announces a new plan approved by protective committees. The company will issue a $20,000,000 first and refunding mortgage bonds at 5 percent, plus $6,500,000 fifty year income bonds at 4 percent for two years and 5 percent thereafter.
A northbound passenger train on the E. and T. H. collided with a southbound freight near Youngstown early yesterday. Both engines were damaged, no serious injuries, several passengers shaken.
Henry O. Smith known as chaplain of Sullivan lodge of Elks sells his Wabash Pearl at Palestine Illinois to George B. Walker of Robinson. Smith quits newspaper business but remains linked to his past habit.
Patrick Gilmour of Shelburn pleaded guilty last week to a charge of provoke against Mrs. Lee Snapp of Shelburn. He was fined $1 and costs.
Rural mail carriers in rural routes will be authorized to prepare pension voucher payments as notaries public. They may charge up to twenty five cents per case for their services, easing the process for pensioners handling quarterly payments. Postmasters at small offices have held similar authority for years.
Blanche Patton 22 daughter of Mr and Mrs George Patton of Jackson township was taken to the southern insane hospital Friday by Deputy Sheriff Kelly. She became violently insane recently and was fastened to her bed to prevent self harm.
Notice announces financing at five percent interest for improved farms offered by Hunt and Eaton.
Lon Odell found his father Jerry Odell, a noted harness maker, after 28 years apart. Lon, once a farm boy at the Odell homestead, left for the west and now works as a foreman in a Sedalia Missouri car shop. He visited on the previous Tuesday at his boyhood home in the Show Me State.
Sullivan schools reopen Monday September 5 with a promising year. New courses in the high school include domestic science for girls manual training for boys and agriculture. A cooking room has been prepared in the basement to bring students in closer touch with life around them.
State forestry commissioner Charles C. Deam visited Sullivan county to review spring statistical reports from township assessors. He examined the Theodore Lisman farm in Haddon township noting many small trees planted on four acres and planned to meet Lisman in Carlisle and photograph the property.
The Common Council of Sullivan Indiana invites sealed bids to construct or repair cement sidewalks and street intersections. Bids due by 7 p m September 13 1910. Bond 1000 and cash deposit 100 required. Council may reject all bids. City Clerk Joe Schroeder dated August 23 1910. First insertion August 31 1910.
In Sullivan Circuit Court October Term 1910 Hortense Davidson files for divorce against Clifford Davidson non resident of Indiana. On August 29 1916 clerk issued notice that unless Clifford Davidson answers by October 29 1910 the complaint will be heard in his absence. Arthur E DeBaun clerk A D Leach attorney. First insertion Aug 31 1910-81.
Mrs Sallie Jane Asbury one of the county’s oldest residents at 84 in Farmersburg baked 17 corn pones 20 custard pies 487 cookies and knitted four pairs of double mittens. Mr and Mrs Lewis Henry plan to move back to Sullivan county from Hartshorne Okla and reside in Hymera as Henry takes a job with Indiana Consolidated Coal Company.
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