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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1902
Page
8
Mrs Lash spent Thursday in Pimento. Miss Maude Kendall will visit Indianapolis for a millinery opening. Rev Dorsey conducts meetings at Ebeneezer. Joseph Crary, visiting Elnor, became insane and was moved to Sullivan after examination. Several residents travel or visit, with plans for church programs and family trips noted.
Mrs. C S Anderson remains ill as W S Baldridge of Farmersburg visits on Tuesday. Victoria Barra from Brazil and Viola Froment, back from Terre Haute, are noted along with Viola Riggs for millinery plans. The Junior Order ladies prepare to organize while Rev Cuppy preaches March 22 at the Baptist church. The Baptist revival ends this week, and a Shelburn Hymera double header sees girls 6 3 ahead and boys trailing. Paxton contest ends 20 4 for the Shelburn team with a Red Men's hall event listing 8 3 for the ladies and 10 17 for the boys.
W S Payne spent last week at Centerville. Dr Ward of Alum Cave born to James Kennard and wife a son on Feb 21. Ferguson of Rockville was in Hymera Saturday. C E Eppert visited his sister at Coffee Saturday and Sunday. Rev David W Pierson of Terre Haute was in Hymera Sunday. John Keene visited Rev George Bicknell at Alain Cave Friday. Sullivan basket ball team questioned about playing at Hymera again. Annie Patton and Helen Woodrow attended Sullivan Thursday. Fred Pipher spent time with Greene county relatives. Several locals took exams at Sullivan Saturday. Rev John Ragle preached at M E church Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ed Arthur and children visited Farmersburg Saturday and Sunday. Rev N F Denney of Lyons visited daughter Anna Clark part of last week. Miss Georgia Lloyd of Terre Haute visited Uncle Samuel Beasley and family last week. Mr Whittenden and Misses Audre and Mattie McCammon were guests of Mrs Ellen Pipher and family Sunday. Hymers and Shelburn ladies teams played basketball at Hymera Thursday. score 6 to 4 Shelburn. Mr and Mrs Jean Julian with Miss Emma Stutsman and Cars Julian hosted a Washington birthday social Saturday night.
John York moved to his property last week William Bain moved into the Ridgeway property Whit Norris moved to J R Riggs farm in the bottom Rev Pinnick amid revival services at Providence Elmer Thomas and wife of Merom Station were here last Sunday Will Ingersoll and John Pinkston resumed work on the Kirkham house Second quarterly meeting of Graysville circuit at Merom March 8 9 Clarence Whitlock and wife of Staffordshire visited T K Cushman last Saturday and Sunday We have every evidence of 2 complete thaw out This has been the nicest winter we have had for years Miss Versa Hyman of Elwood Ind is conducting a meeting at Phillips hall She is 16 years old and small in stature but holds attention of people well She has convinced some sinners of the necessity of changing their lives.
Herschal Lisman is seriously ill with appendicitis while Rev. Cox of Princeton assists Rev. Willis at the ongoing meeting. Alex Rogers traveled to Ohio last week with a carload of stock cattle. Mrs. Henry Caughey died Monday afternoon at 3 oclock. Sam Springer married Blanche Oldham at the Oldham home with Rev. Willis officiating.
An ad promoting Krause's Cold Cure claiming a cold can be cured in 24 hours while performing daily duties. It notes the remedy is taken without danger and relieves even aggravated cases. Sold by E. E. Muehler for 25 cents.
Mrs Rosa Richardson of Laurel Springs North Carolina credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing her severe consumption after doctors said she would die within a month She used seven bottles and regained health The advertises the medicine as a life saver for consumption pneumonia la grippe bronchitis coughs colds asthma hay fever croup and whooping cough with guaranteed trial bottles free at local drug stores
In Merom several illness cases are reported while visits and social events fill town life. Miss Cyrintha Jones and Miss Vera Vancleave are guests, Dr. Stark promotes Oxygener, and clubs plan meetings. A WCTU birthday event and a lecture night draw dozens of locals and students.
A veteran recalls aging, family life, and service in the Civil War. Born in 1837 in Pennsylvania, he describes schooling, enlistment in the 8th New York artillery, perilous campaigns from Cold Harbor to Petersburg, and the stoic faith guiding him through loss and hardship.
A composite page notes a veteran's wartime dream and vows, poems, and college reminiscences from a 1902 student speech at U C C. It includes a grain and livestock market snapshot from Indianapolis and an address for train rate inquiries by J C Musraven of the Vandalia Line in Terre Haute Indiana.
Wheat No 2 red and longberry Corn No 2 white mixed and oats prices shown. Cattle strong hogs steady sheep steady lambs steady with quotes. Local market notes list bid prices and activity levels for wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep and lambs.
Cattle active with steers bringing 4 to 7.25 dollars, stockers and feeders 2.25 to 4.65. Hogs steady at 4 to 6.45, sheep steady at 3.25 to 5.30, lambs steady at 3 to 6.60.
New York livestock prices show cattle steady at 3.00, hogs quiet at 5.06 to 5.30, sheep slow near 2.50, lambs steady around 4.25 with values up to 6.75. Traders note mixed demand and market stiffness across categories.
East Buffalo livestock prices show cattle steady at three dollars per hundredweight, hogs active around five to six fifty five, sheep steady near four to five and lambs steady at three to five fifty with market activity noted across sections.
Historical market brief lists cash prices for corn and oats with unit codes and May side details. Mentions No. 2 cash quality, price figures 594 for corn and 43sqc for oats.
A humorous encounter from the Chicago Post where a practical suitor declares love after testing it by posing as ill for two weeks to gauge the true meaning of the symptoms. The exchange ends with a decisive proposal.
Witty exchange from the Boston Transcript notes Mrs Brown praising the new cook while quipping she is a perfect failure at cooking. The humor rests on the joke that such poor cooking becomes a financial saving.
A Philadelphia Press item recounts an angry patient calling a man posing as a doctor a fraud after the man guaranteed a medicine would cure when all else failed. The fake medic replies that perhaps the patient has not tried everything yet.
The admiring friend asks if material never runs out. The prolific writer responds affirmatively naming endless supply of ideas and shows a stack of blank paper and writing tools as proof of ongoing productivity.
The scarce islands of New Guinea, Borneo, Ceram, Gilolo, and others harbor tribes where head hunting remains common. Warriors display severed heads on poles as trophies signaling manhood, with ambush or battle as methods. Papuans and Dayaks employ bows, blowpipes, and parangs, while remnant Sa-Ixi in Malacca still show head hunting traces.
The Sabbath predates Pentateuchal law, tracing to a Babylonian atonement rite. Hebrews adapted this to create a weekly respite from work, evolving from an inauspicious to a delight. Professor Jastrow notes the long history while the ad promotes UNION subscriptions.
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