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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
4
The piece argues Christianity cannot be defined by dogma or institutions. It stresses life as the measure, noting great thinkers offer varying views yet true Christianity transcends creeds and churches. The modern return to New Testament questions seeks Jesus’ three words as key to understanding.
A sermon or editorial fragment argues the central Christian truth is life in Jesus Christ with emphasis on abundant life. It includes cautions against Mercury-containing catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with instructions to seek genuine products.
Riley Smith spent Christmas in West Terre Haute with his parents. A Christmas entertainment by No. 9 school pupils featured a large tree and Santa Claus with a performance of A School Fifty Years Ago led by Miss Blanche Morris. Nearby visits included Mrs. Furgeson in West Terre Haute and Mrs. Judith Nelson celebrating her ninety seventh birthday in Shelburn.
Time tables and fusion information show routes from Bedford Seymour and Westport to Chicago Peoria Vincennes and Vincennes division. Connections to Vandals Monon Pennsylvania lines B and O 8 W for Cincinnati and Greenburg. Central Passenger Association miles will be honored. Local agents or H P Radtey provide details.
A 1906 booster claims lightning deaths are rare and credits Electric Bitters with curing a West Burlington man of virulent liver trouble and jaundice after four doctors gave up. The ad extols Bitters as the best remedy for stomach, liver, nerves, kidneys and purifies blood, priced 50c at Joe K. Smock & Son's.
Little Flock and Sullivan residents visited and hosted relatives this week. Criss Minger is very ill. Bertha Marts shopped in Shelburn. Bert Stark and family visited Roy Banister. Leona and Edna McDowall were in Shelburn. Theodore and Oscar Minger of Indianapolis spent Christmas with relatives. Raymond Wright and Maud Minger, Ethel Thompson and Edward Wright made evening calls. Emory Smith and Lucinda returned from a visit near Bloomfield. Alta Marte visited her aunt Bertha Marte. George and Walter Downes visited the county seat and Sullivan.
A holiday cantata attracted a good crowd Saturday night at the opera house. Attendees included Ada Richey and many neighbors. holiday treats and a Santa Claus visit added to the festive report.
Two court notices from Sullivan Circuit Court inform defendants Gabbert and Scott that actions to quiet title and for contribution on note and garnishment are pending. Each warns appearance by February 8 in Sullivan County Indiana, 1912 and 1913 respectively, with attorneys names and dates of first insertion.
An NYC based advertisement touts Seven BarkS as a household remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles. It claims to digest food purify blood and restore energy with a 50 cent bottle available at druggists and a money back guarantee from Lyman Brown 68 Murray St New York.
Miss Edna Calvert a Fairmount schoolteacher visits her parents Mr and Mrs Robt Calvert during a short family visit to the hometown.
A public sale at the John McKinney farm six miles southwest of Fairbanks on Saturday Dec 30 begins 10 o’clock. Items include three spans of work mules, horses, farming implements, household goods, 1000 bushels of corn, baled hay, oat straw, carriages and wagons with a cash and credit terms option and a lunch stand on site. Auctioneers are Shake Riggs and Thomson with sale notes dated Dec 20-21.
Isaac H. Kalley as executor of Richard Hardesty estate files final report with Sullivan Circuit Court in Sullivan County Indiana. A hearing is set for Friday January 5 1912, the 29th day of the November term 1911. Creditors heirs and legatees must appear to show cause why the report should not be approved. First insertion December 13 31.
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