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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1917
Page
5
A tramp from Terre Haute arrived Monday night asking for shelter at the county jail. He was treated by Dr. Higbee for illness and found to have smallpox. City health officials ordered a pest house in the city park with a tent, stove, cot, and food, and imposed strict quarantine. Also notes Claude Miller visits, then returns home to Gaston, Indiana.
W A Wilkey and Co held a large mule sale on South Main Street drawing farmers and stockmen from throughout the county and neighboring districts. Total receipts reached 20717.50 with 120 head averaging about 180 each. Ed Snapp of Oaktown paid the top price of 560 for a span. Four auctioneers worked the sale: Col G M Isenhower Col Polk Harrison and Drake.
Miss Louise Howard, a former Sullivan resident, died February 47th at the Christian Home for the Aged in Jacksonville Illinois. Born September 17 1843 in Rushville Illinois, she was a well known figure in Sullivan.
Carl Everhart of Jackson township faces a jury on a charge of assault with intent. He is accused of shooting his wife at Willfred several months ago.
Perry Chastain of Nebraska visited his sister Mrs Albin Bicknell last week. Mr and Mrs Ed Jewell and Mr and Mrs Cal Harmon were guests at Free Martins Sunday. The second quarterly meeting of Graysville charge was held at Kingsley Monday morning. Rev J F O Haver district superintendent of Vincennes district preached Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Hosea Drake were guests of Mr and Mrs Edgar Strain Sunday.
Wm. O'Neal spent Saturday and Sunday at Victoria near Linton. Mrs. Francis Woodsmall and daughter Mrs. Minnie Tipton of Canada were Wednesday guests of Eli Downs and family. Mrs. Dudley Wayworth and sons visited her father P. A. Reed on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Moore and daughter Kula, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were also noted visitors.
Hux and Lawrence Martin dined with Mrs. Nettie Hale and family Sunday. Many from the area attended the Rooksberry sale near Sullivan on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William Jewell and daughter Hermina visited with Mr. and Mrs. Mike Jewell Saturday. Mrs. Amanda Allen of Farmersburg spent weekend. P. A. Reed and son Ray of near Farmersburg visited the Hayworths. Mrs. Jerry Barcus and son Clarence called on Mrs. Tom Lloyd Saturday afternoon.
Antiseptic powder for painful tender feet. relieves sting from coins and bunions. Over 100,900 packages are used by German and Allied troops at the front. Sold everywhere for 25c.
Mr and Mrs Frank Debusk host gatherings as Mrs J M Brown and daughters Edna May and Vera Ratliff attend church in Shelburn Sunday night. Quimby Ratliff in Terre Haute Sunday night. Edna Brown Aretta Stout Verdia Brown visit Mildred Smith Saturday night Sunday. John Baxter Vera Ratliff visit Debusk home. Hopewell Graves Fopewell attend Shelburn services. Mrs John Stout and daughters visit J M Grown. Roy Brown visits parents. Troy Stout visits Marshall Smith. Alys fine rule honored. Matthew Hughes Friday. Hhonene Rathi hauled coal for John Waidorit in Sullivan Saturday evening.
NEW LEBANON residents and visitors are listed with weekend and weekday movements. W. G. Schlechter returned to Ohio after family time. Ralph Brown, Max Bruner and others were seen in Sullivan. Several moves and social visits are noted including Merom Station, Hymera, and Terre Haute. Our District Supt. Rev. O'Haver led a quarterly meeting on Sunday.
A large Graysville audience packed the auditorium for the Garters Dramatic Club’s production A Noble Outcast. Prof Will Turman crafted a stage curtain and scenery for Mr Rainier. Miss Elizabeth Burnett dies in Colorado. community updates note gatherings, sales, and farm production drives.
Merom residents report revival at Rose Chapel and a quiet M E church Sunday. The Merom basketball team played Sullivan Monday night while skating on a river that remains frozen though thawing. Local events include sales by Gray Stanley and C W Cooper, visits by clergy and townsfolk, and ongoing housekeeping and illness updates.
W P Stratton appointed special judge in James R Riggs versus Sullivan Telephone Co case. Temporary injunction granted to prevent removal of a telephone from Riggs farm near Shelburn amid toll charge dispute. Hearing set for Monday March 12.
Nancy Hunt aged 81 widow of Levi Hunt died early Monday at her son Oscar Hunts home three miles west of the city. Cause of death noted as diseases of old age. Funeral at the residence this morning with interment in Burnett cemetery. Survived by daughters Mrs Laura Graham Mrs Aaron Graham Addie Hunt Mrs Louise Gambill Mrs James Maple and Mrs Lucretia Pennington of Richmond Cel and son Oscar Hunt.
Charles G. Burton, 56, died Thursday morning at his mother's home on North Main after a long illness. Born May 11, 1861 near Graysville, he lived eight siblings and worked in farming in Nebraska before returning to Sullivan to join the family mercantile business. Funeral Friday at his mother's residence, conducted by Rev. J. T. Scull, with burial at Center Ridge. Survived by mother, brothers Edward and W. E. Burton, Dr. John Burton of Rockville, sisters Mrs. FL Batey and Miss Pearl Burton.
Announced here the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Miss Pearl McMorrow to Buell Alen McConnell of Hartford Arkansas. The wedding is set for 6 20 P M at the first M I church in Hartford on Wednesday March 7 with home to follow after April 1. Miss McMorrow, daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael McMorrow formerly of Sullivan, is a noted vocalist and social figure. Mr McMorrow has worked in several coal mines and now is in the coal business in Arkansas.
Arthur R Hunt against Charles C Russell. Long and Warren versus Horace E Everhart. Neola Elevator Company against Hall Bogard on note. Melvina Mundell against William B Mundell divorce. Marie Borders against John Borders divorce and alimony. Ward Brothers Drug Company against John J Parker on note.
Elizabeth Burnett age 39 daughter of William Burnett of Turman township died Saturday in a Colorado Springs hospital of consumption. The body is sent home for burial at Mt. Tabor cemetery.
J Turman, who spent winter at Marshall Illinois and Terre Haute with relatives, was here Friday en route to his home in Turman township.
John B. Gooldy announces the marriage of his granddaughter Giulia Mitchell to Otto J. Nickel in San Francisco on February 4. Nickel is a merchant in the Golden Gate city. Separately, Ford & Harding grocers of Indianapolis were adjudged involuntary bankrupt by a federal court, with creditors’ meeting set in about ten days.
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