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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
4
Melvin Hollingsworth, who worked at the J. S. Julian shop after the McKee shop fire, resigned Monday and left for Sullivan on Tuesday. He may return to McKee when the new shop opens. He is described as a good barber and a valued member of the team. Palestine Reporter.
A woman in Leavenworth Indiana faced serious female health issues and stomach troubles. Her husband delayed surgery and tried Electric Bitters, which reportedly cured her completely. The ad claims a guaranteed cure for liver and kidney complaints, biliousness, jaundice, chills, fever, debility, nervousness, and blood poisoning. 50 cent bottle at Joe K Smock's drug store.
Ed Thompson’s dog bit two of his children and Mrs Dan Chisler last Wednesday in Turman township. All injured were brought to Sulivan Friday where mud stone was applied and hydrophobia ruled out. Silver Chaney offers farm loans from two thousand dollars at forty four percent. smaller loans at five percent.
Notice states the Mattix Turman & Riggs firm has sold its hardware business to Chas. C. Riggs and Winfield Wolfe and asks all debtors to settle by cash or note by the first of the new year.
Graysville residents report visitors and arrivals including Mrs Arbaces Cushman in Marshall and Rev W S McMichael still conducting Mt Tabor meetings. Local merchants prep for Christmas sales while townsfolk pose humorous questions about Phillips Gray and others.
W. L. Hill, a Bowie resident, grew from 90 to over 180 pounds after using Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs. He credits the medicine with curing his severe illness after doctors gave him up as a child. Trial bottle offered by local druggist.
A sale offers 21 pounds of granulated sugar for 1.00 dollar at The Big Busy Store. The offer highlights a bulk sugar price likely attracting shoppers seeking pantry staples.
Dramatic tale aboard the steamer Columbia arriving in New York from Glasgow describes four year old Mary Macdonald and her two collie dogs Daisy and Ben. When Mary died from seasickness, Daisy leaped overboard to follow the child while Ben wailed and was pulled away as the body was laid to rest. Daisy swam circles over the sinking body.
Colorado Springs readies a centennial Pike's Peak discovery celebration starting Sept. 24 with 10,000 regular troops, Indian representatives, and a week of parades, drills, war dances, and a granite monument unveiling plus civic and military events. Congress may issue 100,000 souvenir medals for the event.
Joseph Sourran a Hindoo graduate of the University of Edinburgh appeared penniless at the West Forty-seventh street station in New York and was locked up for the night. Tall gaunt copper colored and with a peculiar gleam in his eyes he claimed to be homeless and answered that he had nothing but his clothes and his soul.
Missouri Republican Congressman Frank B. Fulkerson startled the House with a surprise whistle session during a debate on the army rank bill. While members debated, he whistled tunes including There’ll Be a Wet Time In the Old Town Tonight Dixie and My Old Kentucky Home, drawing laughter and a brief unanimous consent to let him finish.
Rev. William P. Merrill of Sixth Presbyterian Church in Chicago criticized Protestant Sunday school hymns as trivial grotesque and dangerous. He urged joyous devotional music and warned against sorrowful or evangelical hymns that could mislead children.
Washington report notes Representative Green of Massachusetts introduced a bill to curb dogfish and create a market for them. The bill would allocate 25 000 dollars to the United States Fish Commission to study methods for reducing dogfish numbers and capturing them in wholesale quantities.
Shelburn White Star blank Fontanet 5 to 1 in a Friday afternoon football game here. Scorers for Shelburn were G. Robinson with two goals, T. Robinson one, Cos grove one, and J. Boots one.
Governor Hanly filled a vacancy by naming Mary Stubbs, daughter of Joseph Hol Stubbs who died recently, as Indiana state statistician. The appointment makes four women hold the post.
The Leeds branch of the Anticigarette league reports rising cigarette use among girls, especially in factories and warehouses. Many have taken a pledge to abstain from tobacco until age twenty-one, and the league now counts 4,600 pledged members.
A Chicago Tribune letter satirically argues for reform and integrity in public life. It mocks misspellings and demagogic rhetoric while urging citizens to support truthful spelling and clean governance, warning of an oncoming storm and the need for better citizens.
John Reynolds of Avenue C was charged by his wife in the recorder's court in Bayonne New Jersey with drunkenness. Reynolds told Recorder Laszarus he could not be drunk for he had dropped his collar button and spent an hour searching beneath the dresser. The court replied that he was dim charged.
The Union reports an error from November 14 stating a divorce judgment was incorrectly attributed to Gussie Baughman versus Joseph Baughman. The plaintiff, Gussie Price, was granted the divorce and restored her maiden name.
An admonition on diet and dyspepsia advises using Dr Caldwell’s Pepsin syrup as a digestive tonic to prevent constipation biliousness and headaches. Available from Joe K Smock priced 59 cents and one dollar with a money back guarantee.
Six month old child of Mr and Mrs Ed Shepherd of Jefferson township died at 7 oclock Friday morning of brain fever. Funeral conducted by Rev Stivers at Shiloh at noon Saturday. Carlisle Masons conferred the third degree on Rangom Albin last evening. refreshments were served after the ceremony.
Mrs Lucy White wife of Frank A White of Sullivan died at her home Saturday after about a year long illness She was 35 years old The body was sent to Kentucky for burial prepared for burial in Kentucky by local authorities indicating a family burial abroad plan
A Belis Tennessee man recalls a long personal conflict lasting two decades. He credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with healing nasal soreness and swelling after applying it to a sore surface. The salve costs 25 cents and is described as effective by the user.
A fragment notes that language changes alter a social constitution, with a quoted remark by Mmie. de Stuel. The line ends with a directive about finding what you want in the Index.
The ad extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup for children's health, claiming relief from impure blood and stomach or bowel trouble. It touts pleasant taste, wide curative powers, and money back if it fails, sold by Joe K Smock in 50c and 1.60 sizes.
The list presents a wide array of gift options for Christmas including pocket knives, knives and forks, carving sets, tools, kitchenware, furniture, and household items. It suggests many practical and varied items to consider beyond Santa’s gifts, ranging from carving sets to gas ranges and baby furniture.
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