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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1902
Page
5
Local items list visitors and residents including Mrs Martha Worth of Dugger J D Maple of Merom and Wint Foote editor of Farmersburg Bee. Notices cover marriages partitions notes and a mine accident death of Howard Sexton at Midland mine.
Job notice seeking a girl for general house work. Apply to Mrs. George H. Blake at corner Beech and Section Streets.
Clark Scott and wife visit friends in the vicinity. Mrs Scott is daughter of Mr and Mrs Robertson Burge. They moved to Gordon Neb in 1884 and live now north of Gordon near the Wyoming line. A Sullivan resident recalls Scott visiting in 1878 when he had no money and was offered water and biscuits at a farmer’s home. Gordon, then Antelope Valley, was settled by Sullivan County people and the UNION wishes their happiness and prosperity.
Mrs W H Hughes of near Shelburn received a telegram that her brother Eugene Shepherd was very ill near Erie Kan She traveled by midnight train and found him dead on arrival with a gun by his side He had taken his life in a fit of insanity He was reared in Jackson township a son of James Shepherd and survived by a sister Mrs Cyrus Lane He had lived in Kansas about fifteen years and was a bachelor living alone Also noted are the deaths of Doc Johnson formerly a printer who took morphine and Mrs Elza Surrells who died of heart disease at Champaign Illinois Burial was at Oblong and the Surrells had lived in Sullivan and worked for the Illinois Central.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve claims world wide fame for cures and surpasses other salves for cuts burns boils felons ulcers tetter fever sores and chapped hands. It is advertised as infallible for piles and guaranteed to cure. Available for 25 cents at Joe K Smock’s drug store.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society will meet at Mrs. Burr's home Thursday at 2 30 p m. All ladies interested in home missions are invited and members urged to attend. Mrs. Burr is President and Cora Buck is Secretary. California. Personally conducted tours to San Francisco and Los Angeles via Great Rock Island Route offer comfortable inexpensive trips to the Pacific Coast. Departures from Chicago Thursdays and from Kansas City Fridays. For itineraries and reservations contact G D Bacon in Indianapolis.
In Shelburn, Maryland on February 22, 1902, Miss Mattie Bushel and Eli H. Dix were quietly married. The bride, daughter of Thomas Bushel, wore pale blue and white silk. The groom, son of Eli Dix, wore black. Supper at 6:30 featured dessert sherbet and cake, then music by Mrs Chloe Burk and Misses Roxy Burk, Vivian Bushel, Florence and Flossie O Neal. The couple begin a hopeful life together, with best wishes from guests.
Jefferson County Colorado Graphic notes the couple Miss Cora Mickie and Cap Pearson traveled to Idaho Springs from Saturday to Tuesday and returned as Mr and Mrs Pearson amid many congratulations.
Frank Morris and Estella Johnson were married February 23 1902 at J W Houpt home Gill township in the presence of a small group of friends. Morris is son of C C Morris and Johnson daughter of the widow Johnson, both residents near Graysville.
Hix Davis visited Cincinnati last week to inspect and purchase a 22 horsepower gasoline engine for his planing mill. The article notes gasoline rapidly replaces steam, offering instant use and saving on engineer costs and fuel. Since installing the machine, the UNION reports no inconvenience.
W. L. Hunt remains counted out but vows to fight on asserting he is the regular nominee and has a majority of lawful ballots with a certificate signed by 21 of 22 inspectors. A petition for another primary circulates but its call is unlikely and candidates would resist if summoned.
William McCloud, who has the right to sink the Busseron Well at the water works, has reached forty feet of gravel. He reports the water rises about 21 feet at night, indicating a strong fountain head. He believes the town can obtain ample water, though additional wells will be needed.
W.F. Woon of Hunt and Wood Attorneys offers money to loan at 5 percent for 10 years with partial or full repayment on any payment day and abstracts of title at reasonable prices. Also advertisements steel ranges without reservoir at 19 dollars and with reservoir at 24 dollars from H Schmiot and Co opposite Davis Hotel.
List of transfers including W H Crowder to Washington Fuel Co. for 175 acres in Cass and to Jos E K 4Thomas, plus John A Frakes to Homer D Pittman in Fairbanks 2400, Jerry Watson to Isaac H Arnett letting in Paxton, and multiple additional Cass and Fairbanks parcels. Also notes Hicks to Harrison, Shivers to Lydia Wambaugh, Phimmer to Nash, Cox to GeoMakers, Wilkey to Bur nett, Hokey to Springer, Skinner to Toman, Parks to Florence Parks 2 acres in Haddon, Cummins to Levron 450, Alvey to Farley, Hart to Hooper, Combs to Bottorff, Blevins to Sodan son, with various acreages and locales.
Mica ore comes in blocks that resemble rough rhombic prisms with perfect base cleavage. Large sheets form translucent panes but exterior faces are opaque due to weathering. Defects like color specks and wedge formation reduce value, while A mica and ribbed patterns create unusable strips.
A humorous inquiry asks where the old fashioned woman and man have gone. It lists images: lodge regalia wearer, gold chain bearer, three shades of a lambs tail dresser, and a mother calling the best room the room. It also recalls a home scene with children watching for their father and a fiancée crocheting trimmings.
A verbose English bishop addresses the Lords with twelve head divisions. Marquis Salisbury shares a clock anecdote about a drunken man in London near St. Pauls. Laughter follows as the bishop takes the hint. England’s money: 97 percent by checks, 3 percent by cash.
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