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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1907
Page
6
The county weighs an inquiry into sequestered taxes and proposes a broader investigation of county records and affairs. Past expert audits uncovered substantial sums due to the county, suggesting that findings in one area may indicate issues elsewhere.
Judge Samuel Artman in Boone county circuit court holds the selectian business lacks legal existence and cannot be licensed by the state. The issue notes extracts from his decision. The State Senate passes a bill raising retail liquor license to 1000 dollars. Senator Dr. McDowell of Knox county did not support it. Sullivan county voters largely back the measure and Capt Springer in the lower house will vote for it.
Movement led by ex Linton pitcher Thomas Butts aims to form a salaried regional baseball league including Linton Sullivan Hymera Shelburn West Terre Haute Clinton Jasonville and Bicknell Teams would play two games weekly though no final actions taken Yet Linton papers claim to have organized a strong pennant winning team Frank Asher of Bellevue coal mine injured by stone crushing his great toe Oaktown records note river water analysis ranks Wabash at Vincennes best for boiler use Other local notices mention subscribers renewing and players changing teams
L R Eslinger and Mrs Emma Diving visited relatives in Mymera and Oaktown Record. Miss Jessie Blood hosted Miss Mary Crawford and Miss Evelyn Moore in Sullivan. relatives attended a funeral in Sullivan. Sullivan Royal Arch Masons conferred Mark Masters on four Sullivan men and a Carlisle member, with a future meeting to grant higher degrees. Local visitors included Mr and Mrs Charles Ballance and Sam Blann. Valley talk includes Matherly on Jackson roads and road gravel concerns. Local stock shipments and sales plans are reported for Haddon, with multiple farmers sending hogs and cattle to Indianapolis and Chicago. Unclear note: Ben Allen improving after illness.
One of America’s most beautiful women touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure all for bowel, liver and stomach trouble. It promises purified blood, clear circulation, and a youthful complexion. Sold by J K Smoesk for 50c and 1.00 with a money back guarantee.
When piles and rectal diseases are treated by injections, knife, ligature or cautery they often recur. Dr Crowley claims his method cures by removing the disease cause so results stay permanent. Consult Dr Crowley at once to avoid serious complications.
A BMJ report describes a physician patient who works as a signalman on a major railroad. He suffers severe asthmatic fits that convulse him, risking lives as he works ten hours daily alone at a vital post.
A concise distinction notes that brilliancy is genuine brilliance while cleverness may appear brilliant without lasting substance. It contrasts perception versus true intellectual achievement and warns against mistaking quick wit for real depth.
A wife receives money to buy trousseau while a husband laughs at a morning alarm. The scene ends with the realization he must go to work, highlighting comic domestic tension as a penny-pinching contrast to wealth.
The Waikiki beach near Honolulu is hailed as a famous surf site where surf boards ride long rollers. Travel Magazine calls it a royal sport, comparing it to tobogganing on water and a big ski maneuver as surfers stand and ride the crest toward shore amid rising breakers.
The article notes rare losses in the British post office savings bank system with bank books reportedly destroyed by a storm, swallowed by a circus elephant, eaten by a goat or pig, torn by a destructive puppy, and one lost during an army recruit fitting. An army sergeant claims his deposit book vanished while measuring a recruit.
In Biddeford Maine Alderman Walter Lane of ward Bright is known for a peculiar barber shop anecdote about a York county attorney getting his head measured for a wig. The barber quips about head length and thickness as the lawyer grumbles.
Red coral used for necklaces is a horny axis supporting coral like polyps. The colony forms a shrub shaped structure. Fishermen surface and clean the soft matter, preserving the red core sold as jewelry.
An old-time statesman laments investigations lack courtesy while Senator Sorghum replies that probes now aim to uncover real facts, not merely ease public worry. The exchange highlights a shift in purpose from restraint to discovery.
A quip from Puck contrasts bank looting rumors with directors resigning en masse. The narrator questions motives, suggesting a curiosity about the matter behind the figures.
Richard Henderson, a 52 year old coal miner from Glasgow, Scotland, was walking from Cass to Sullivan when a train struck him. He was found by the train crew and treated at the jail by Dr. Thixtun before being taken to a Terre Haute hospital. He worked at the Kettle Creek mine near Shelburn.
Mrs Eva Uncapher of Grovertown Ind credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a severe cough after four one dollar bottles. The claim is vouched by local druggist Joe K Smock with trial bottles offered. Sliver Chaney advertises farm loans from two thousand dollars at four and a half percent.
Shipping stock from Merom Indiana reports several recent cattle and hog shipments. Scott Harris firm shipped two carloads of hogs to Indianapolis market this week and is feeding two more carloads of white faced steers to be sold soon.
Six years ago John Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana shares that after starting Dr King’s New Life Pills the more he takes the better they work. The pills please everybody and are guaranteed at Joe K Smock’s druggist for 25 cents.
Renowned physician Dr Crowley reports a perfect record with gall stones and bilious colic cases over forty six years. He cites having treated many severe instances without a single failure.
The county infirmary superintendent files a three month supply requisition. The estimate is on file for bidder inspection and bids are due by 12 o'clock noon.
At one o'clock p m the following real estate in Sullivan county Indiana town the undivided two thirds of the north west quarter of the south east quarter and of the north east quarter of the south west quarter of section twenty five twenty six township six north range eight west Terms of sale one half cash in hand and one half in six months purchaser executing note waiving relief from valuation and appraisement laws bearing 6 percent interest from date secured by mortgage on the premises and personal security Wesley Smith Administrator Buff Stratton Attorneys for Adm
Oliver J. Dudley announces a public notice to apply for a one year license to sell and allow drinking on premises at the White Corner Saloon located in the lower front room of a two story brick building at the southeast corner of Jackson and Court Streets in Sullivan. The applicant is a white male resident over 21 and has resided in the township for more than ninety days.
A witty verse teases Miss Flyppe at Blackpool for receiving many proposals. The Butterfly quips she treats proposals as habitual, reacting theatrically to even a soda water bottle popping with cries of how sudden it is.
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