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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
4
Christmas tree at the M E church on Saturday night December 23 with a short sermon by Rev Furry and a program by Sunday school children. Protracted meeting at Mt Moriah closed with many conversions.
A Masonville Indiana resident Harry Colson testifies that Bucklen’s Arnica Save cures piles including blind bleeding itching and protruding piles. The ad claims it also treats cuts burns and injuries and notes it sells for 25 cents at Joe K Smock’s drugstore.
Next week Santa Claus will visit Scott City as anxious boys and girls await his coming. Homer Pittman went to Shelburn Thursday after delivering a load of goods.
Services were held at Douglas Chapel Sunday night with Rev. W. M. Oneal in charge. Harold Dix is under Dr. Maple care. John McKinney moved to Shelburn. poultry hauling to town increases. George Wilkins delivered a good load in Sullivan. Gravel road progress and community activity noted. Christmas and New Year wishes end note.
The last census shows 9 770 Americans over 95 with nearly 5 000 colored. White native over 95 total 2 741. foreign born 1 846. Indians 229. Colored women over 95 total 1 277 with Georgia highest. North Carolina whites over 95 212. colored 641. Irish women 479. Irish men 351. Oldest people tend to live in country districts away from towns.
Millions chase health fads from one extreme to another. officials urge simple meals and regular bowels. Dr King’s New Life Pils claim prompt relief and quick cures for liver and stomach troubles, 25e at K Smock's Drug Store with guarantee.
Sullivan Ind December 2 1905 Dear Sir I have taken your treatment now one month I feel better than I have for five years My heart is even er than it has been for more than five years I am entirely free from aches and pains My stomach is much better H H Burton
Heart disease is feared for its sudden fatal turn after seeming healthy. Dr Crowley treats heart diseases with focused attention to the patient’s systematic condition and has remarkable success in curing such ailments.
In a city fountain a man feeds three alligators and about twelve terrapins and some hard shell crabs. The animals answer only to the owner’s peculiar call, scrambling to the edge for crab as women try to imitate the sounds without success.
The bishop of Worcester urges careful church decoration noting flowers should grace feasts not linger after withering. He opposes brazen jars or forced shapes and warns against excessive use and intrusive placements near the pulpit and font to avoid distracting the preacher.
Bulgarian reports name two philosophy doctors who embraced Tolstoi's ideas to the extent one became a cobbler and the other a bootblack. The unusual turn of careers highlights the influence of Tolstoi on intellectuals and planters of meaning in Bulgarian society.
An American observer recounts a Paris bazaar episode where King Leopold allegedly overpaid for a single rose and stole a flower tray. George Herbert Head defends Leopold while a Chicagoan notes the costly bargain and swift exit with the tray.
The passage presents a Swinburne poem comparing love to nature and weather imagery. It imagines scenarios where if one person were certain elements like a rose leaf April May or queen of pleasure the lovers would unite in various moods and scenes. The verses explore harmony and tension between love and pain through vivid natural metaphors.
Among Japan natural curiosities are singing insects. The prized black beetle named susumushi meaning insect bell emits a sound like a delicate silver bell.
The piece surveys debates on the wheel's origin with claims for prehistoric roots versus rise due to dense populations and traffic. It notes wheelbarrows in China and carts in Egypt and Mesopotamia and questions origins in Egypt or Rome. It highlights the wheel’s universal role in land and water machinery.
James T. Sullivan writes of a worker who endures mockery yet toils on for love and success. Clouds break as his effort finally shines. peers who once jeered now surround him with praise in a Chelsea Gazette setting during a Christmas and New Year greeting.
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