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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
8
A large Seventh Day Adventist group in Farmersburg Indiana has prepared a petition to Congressman John C Chaney urging opposition to Sunday observance legislation. They argue that penal laws enforcing Sunday worship intrude on religious liberty and threaten civil rights and constitutional rights.
Residents and visitors gather for church services, family visits, and local news. Will Allen and Mrs. Smock host friends from Coalmont and Shelburn. Sallie Mitchell travels from Shelburn. Rev. Barbre from Terre Haute preaches. Crawford family hosts relatives. anglers attend distillery tours in Terre Haute. a Will settling with Judge Buff and attorney Catlin. Foster's Farmersburg band hosts an oyster supper and concert. local tributes and daily tasks fill the town schedule.
Hosea Anderson attended Ona Botts funeral near Sullivan Friday. Rev Can ary of Merom preached here Saturday. G F club guests at Miss Iva Cunninghams home with three absences. Flossie Boles visited Hymera. Oliver and Mrs Fisher with sick daughter Mrs Clark Shelburn. Elias Cook of California visited niece Ethel Borders Sunday. Iva and Flossie Browning with Zoa and Delta Hendricks. Mary Archer stayed with family. Leap Year warning. Alva Trueblood attended Shelburn church Sunday.
Multiple civil actions including contract foreclosure liens and guardianship sales. Parties include Thatcher A. Parker Co. vs Shirley Hill Coal and others, Hix W. Davis vs multiple defendants to foreclose mechanic’s liens, St Louis Coffin Co. vs Chas Brewer on account, and Poole vs Sullivan Lighting. Attorneys listed for plaintiffs and defendants. Also notices of upcoming music instruction and temporary public notices.
Sunday notices list Chas Tate Carl Willis Lizzie Whitlock and others visiting relatives and attending church. People such as Bishop Walters Joseph Lacey and Dr Walters are noted for business or family visits in Sullivan Farnsworth Busseron and Vincennes areas.
Mrs Martha McKinney shows improvement as the area endures a spell of zero weather. Clifford McKinney of Lebanon Indiana called by phone to the bedside of his mother in this place. Elmer Thompson and daughter from Sullivan visited sister Mrs Edgar Strain during the week. Davis family stay with friends here. Rose visited her mother in Sullivan over the weekend. Flossie McKinney drove to Shelby rn Saturday afternoon.
Sunday services at Douglas chapel drew many attendees including Art Dix A K Benson Claude Smith Baxter Denney Grover Robertson Lola Wilkins and others. Rev Samuel O Neal preached at Hymera. Weather jokes persist. hunting season good with many candidates in woods. Mary Pin ship set for February 19. electioneering buzz grows as Hayden and Dix push for victory.
June Benefield is sick with grippe while Thomas Turman returns to Bell school after a week. Emory Pogue teaches room four to allow H H Arnett to electioneer. Mrs W C Timberlake and children visit Floyd Burton last weekend. Local mill operates full time on John Kelly farm. Teachers met in Institute amid political talks.
The Democratic primary here shows widespread voter apathy with many choosing to let the ticket form and vote in the general election. Independent sentiment grows as long‑standing party control faces calls for reform and cleaner candidates amid local races including sheriff treasurer and a contested Crawley Ward fight. Mrs Mary Lockwood dies at 72 after long illness. services at Methodist church and Crown cemetery burial.
A list of nineteen property transfers records sales in Cass, Jefferson, Hamilton, and surrounding areas. Buyers such as Susie F. Alger, James A. Paine, and Mary J. Tipton acquire multiple acres and lots from sellers including Thomas Brown, Eliza Speake, and Merom Gravel Co. Total consideration reported is 12,593 dollars.
The People's State Bank of this city, sued against the Board of Finance of Fairbanks township to be named public depository, was found financially responsible by Judge Henderson and declared a depository for Fairbanks township.
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