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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1918
Page
5
Misses Lorbin Jackson and Bick Pell visited Mr. and Mrs. Jank Bruner last Sunday. Methodist worshippers were frightened by a ceiling plaster collapse. News notes report weather turmoil and various visits, dinners, and family gatherings at several households including the Jewell, Hood, Taylor, and Downs families.
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy for catarrhal deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It claims only systemic treatment can restore hearing, offers a $100 reward for any cure not achieved, and notes circulars are free with product offered by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
Miss Iva Drake returns from a week in Terre Haute while Mrs. Matilda Drake visits George Fuson. Several residents travel to Farmersburg, Sullivan, and Shelburn for business and family visits. Clergy conduct services in Hymera and at the Drake church as sickness and hospital stays affect local households.
Miss Glenn Yeager, weather observer for the county, reports for the week ending February 24 the temperatures and conditions in Farmersburg. The summary notes highs and lows for each day and highlights overall weather trends for the period. The item appears in the Terre Haute Star and Sultan Union papers offering a one year subscription for 3.06 dollars.
Jackson township leaders report a drop in corn acreage from 1806 last year to 1451 this year, with seed shortages causing the shortfall. Seed on hand totals 956 bushels, 464 new, 104 old, plus 109 to be bought. Oats acres rise to 770 with 712 bushels on hand and 1540 for sale. Clover and potatoes show gains but seed deficits persist. Labor needs are noted at 20.
The report notes farms with two having no applications for hands. Seven men worked full time while 35 were employed part of the time. Hight farmers can use bovs.
The Tri Kappa Fraternity will hold a Thursday lunch to raise funds for furnishing a room in the new city hospital. Frank B. Dudley of Chicago visited his mother Mrs Eliza Dudley here Sunday.
A joint offer lists both Terre Haute Star and Suleavan Union newspapers available for a one year period at five dollars total. The deal highlights combined readership and savings for subscribers.
A verse fragment recalls Continental soldiers guarding Brandywine and Lookout Mountain, testing loyalty with pass words Washington and Grant. It links treason plots at Camp Lewis to biblical punishment, invoking Jeptha and a firing squad, signed Joe S Reed.
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