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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
8
A roundup of residents and guests with travels to Terre Haute Chicago Evansville Detroit Newport Paxton and Vincennes. Names include A D Cutler Mrs Wm Wilson Tilghman Ogle Paul Shepard Jake Wilson Ann Arnold Marguerite Whalen Charles Morgan Will Speake J T Akin and Mrs Owen Ridgeway. Also a social event postponement and a medical incident involving a throat pin.
Dr J A Harper remains confined to his room. Prof A E Pearce spent holidays at home. Marve Tichenor from Middletown visited last week. Adam Miller intered a babe at Ebeneezer last Saturday. Mrs Gus Lofton interred at Bethel cemetery Sunday. Elizabeth Hicks health steady. Prof J W Pierce of State Normal visiting. Miss Jesse McDonald to return to Terre Haute after holidays. J W Cronk passed through en route to Veedersburg. Miss Cosette Patten and Mrs Julia McClanahan visited Farmersburg. F P DeLashmutt and Charley Buckley of Grant spent holidays here. Eutaw Council oyster supper Jan 10 at Red Men's Hall. Ideal Entertainers of Saginaw appeared at Red Men's Hall. Masonic lodge and Eastern Star installed jointly. Shelburnites at Bunch of Keys in Terre Haute Grand. Baptist Sunday school Christmas exercises well received. hats noted as objectionable. Shelburn and Sullivan basketball 20 10 Shelburn win at Ross' Hall Sullivan. Methodist Sunday school Christmas entertainment well patronized. Oblique remark about large hats and xrays suggested for next Christmas.
Miss Jean O Haver is seriously ill. Mrs S O Dorsey on the sick list. Will Gray spent Christmas with relatives. Chas Wilsey of Indianapolis visiting. Jas Kennedy of Sullivan visited last week. Miss Marie Hinkle returned to Sullivan Saturday. Jos A Asbury home from Flora for visit. Mrs Margaret Dorsey returned to Owensville Saturday. Mrs Jos McClanahan and sons of Sullivan spent Sunday here. Miss Dollie Hinkle spent Christmas with sisters in Terre Haute. Miss Mabel Minich back from Carlisle for Christmas. Orlin Kirk of Robinson Ill guest of sister Mrs W C Faught. Joseph Toy and son Allen of Henderson Ky visited. Pearl R Bennett home from Cincinnati attending medical college. Dr Chas Woods of Chicago spent holidays with Miss Daisy Burton. Eugene and Geneva Smock of Terre Haute visiting grandfather Jackson Hinkle. Misses Fannie Dorsey and Mayme Crary leave for Greencastle Thursday to study music. James Moore came home from Terre Haute and is convalescent. Mesdames Minnie Ross and Lizzie Meyer and children guests of W A Brunker and wife.
Mrs Catherine Shepherd is very ill. Dr Ralph Shepherd is at home for holidays. Prof A C Payne attended Institute here Saturday. Rev Johnson holds a protracted meeting at Marco. Dr Jackson and wife shopped in Carlisle Monday. Mrs George Baker of Worthington visits her sick mother. Melvin and Lawrence Ellis home from Greencastle for holidays. Orville Collings and mother visited Mr Morgan and wife in Carlisle Sunday. John Jackson returning from St Louis medical school for holidays. Township Institute held here Saturday week with County Sept Park giving a talk. Harry Hamilton of Ohio visited Mr Bough’s then returned home. Mrs T B OHaver had a stroke last Wednesday. she is improving at present.
Allen Hughes and Bert Barnhart visit Hymera while Miss Mayme Scott arrives for a visit. Miss Nellie Barcus returns from Linton and Joel McAnally departs after visiting relatives. Mrs Catherine Lofton dies suddenly of heart disease and Miss Maud Crawford dies of consumption with services at the Baptist Church and interment at Friendly Grove.
The readable fragments describe a local event involving the Bears and a signature or purchase, with mentions of taps and a purchase action. Details are unclear but indicate a municipal or organizational transaction.
Maude Rich spent Friday in Shelburn. Our school will reopen Monday after four weeks vacation. Ada Rich of Merom visited friends here last week. Geo Henderson of Flora Ill visited in these parts last week. Jas Nesbit and family passed through Sunday. Dave Plews spent Christmas with John Raines near Star City. Irvin Rich came from Bloomington to spend holidays at home. Oyster supper planned for New Year’s Eve. Some attended the funeral of Mrs Guy Lofton at Hymera. Geo Ferree’s boiler froze up causing misfortune. Miss Scott of Indianapolis spent Christmas with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Walter Scott. Walter and Clell Leach and Grace and Ruby entertained friends Saturday night. Alva and Hud Ford returned to Terre Haute for the winter term. Joe Ford of Hymera and Homer Wolfe of Terre Haute were guests of J C Ford and family Sunday. Mr Wolfe works in a Terre Haute factory. The recent party was a howling success with good numbers and a few more pounds would have helped. A D Scott of Terre Haute came to his farm to work on coal company land. The company plans drilling several holes nearby.
A missionary and several Christian converts were slain at Ning Sha Fu in Kan Sou province. Troops under General Tung Fuh Siang are said to be responsible, while Prince Tuan and General Tung Fuh Liang reside in the area.
Indianapolis Grain and Livestock reports mixed grain values for December 30. Wheat No 2 red steady at 88 cents wagon price, corn No 2 mixed steady at 674, oats No 2 mixed firm at 49. Cattle steady with heifers at 2.75 per 100 weight and steers at 4.75. Sheep and lambs steady with 1,503.33 for sheep and 0.5 for lambs. Closing cash market lists wheat 78 to 14 cents, corn 85 to 86, oats 44 to 44, pork 16.00, lard 10.18, ribs 8.3.
Wheat No 2 red and longberry 85c corn No 2 white 7 13 4c No 2 mixed 7 3 c oats No 2 mixed 68c cattle strong at 2.26 5.50 hogs steady at 4.50 6.45 sheep steady at 2 2.60 lambs steady at 2.60 1.10
Wheat steady firm No 2 red 8 vu Corn firm No 2 mixed 70c Oats steady No 2 mixed 49c Cattle active at 1.75 to 2.05 Hogs active at 4.10 to 6.53 Sheep strong at 1.25 to 3.50 Lambs active at 2.00 to 5.35
Cattle active with steers at 47.50 and feeders at 2.25. hogs steady near 4.00 to 6.75. sheep steady at 3.25 with lambs 2.50 to 6.00. Pears and associated items show no change. Market activity reflects mixed movements across cattle hog and sheep categories.
Cattle steady at 3.60 to 6.35 per hundredweight Hog prices quiet around 506.50 Sheep slow at 2.60 to 4.25 Lambs steady at 2.25 to 6.60 per hundredweight.
Market notes list cattle categories Haet Buffalo Livestock with Cattie-Steady at 3 and 6.50, Sogs-Active at 5 and 6.75, Sheep-Steady at 1.50 and 4, Lambs-Steady at 3 and 4.15. Toledo Grain shows Wheat-Firm cash 8804 May, Ste ry-Active No 2 cash 680 with unclear terms.
Reports note six two stores destroyed by fire in Morehead Kentucky with a ten thousand dollar loss. A San Francisco streetcar crash kills one and injures nine. Hiram Baker’s killing by Paris Shotwell at Corning has sparked strong unrest in Wynk. Many furnaces in Mahoning and Shenango Valleys shut down due to material shortages. Pittsburgh car shortage worsens mills shutdowns. Mrs. Cleveland comments on ex president's health, saying he remains confined and unwell. The Argentine West plans four divisions to take part in next month’s maneuvers with two main divisions ready to sail. An old Galapolis manuscript reveals Louis Philippe’s visit to this country in 1789 to meet a daughter. Dispatch from Johannesburg notes 45 Boers killed, 25 wounded, 310 prisoners, 30 surrendered.
A Canadian railroad wreck leaves four dead. Christmas violence claims two more as shootings occur in Bell county and Frankfort. The White House closes until New Year with only urgent meetings.
Reports say the U S Navy captain R P Leary is dead and rumors rise of a Buenos Ayres revolution while the battleship Missouri was launched at 11 o clock this morning at Newport News in Virginia.
A water spout over Saffee Morocco leaves 200 feared drowned while heavy rains flood the upper Tennessee basin causing a flood tide at Chattanooga. Other items report the death of banker Felix G Farrell in Jacksonville Illinois at 72 and a street car collision in Birmingham Alabama killing one and injuring two.
Hugh J. Bonner of New York accepts 2 percent appointment as Manila fire chief. Other items note Rome banning D Annunzio play Frangesca de Rimini for morality, Shamokin coal floods idle 1000 workers, ex congressman Wim H Cowles dies at Wilkesboro, Zionist congress plans funds, Vienna judge Holzinger dies by suicide, Baltimore and Ohio raises wages for trainmen about eight percent.
In Shelbyville Indiana George Scott 45 died after a dispute with Clarence Sandefur 23 and his mother over land boundaries. Scott was beaten then drove home. Sandefur pleaded guilty to assault and battery but Scott died from his injuries. Sandefur and his mother were jailed as accessories amid family prominence.
Homer Sprowl age 23 was killed instantly when a crank struck his head while he stooped by an engine at the Sun Oil company lease near Mt Zion Bluffton Indiana December 28. His brains were spattered in the power house.
John Brenton, an elderly resident south of Brazil, Indiana, attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head yesterday. He is in critical condition and likely to die, with family troubles cited as the cause.
A collision on the Chicago and Northwestern at Malta Illinois killed four and injured eighteen. The Omaha Flyer hit a freight, causing fires that burned two passenger coaches and a sleeping car plus eight freight cars. George W. Rudge of Omaha and his wife were among the dead. Officials blame a siding mistake, estimated property loss around 30000 dollars.
Urbana reports John B Weeks of Champaign sharing a letter from Mrs Sampson stating the mental condition of Rear Admiral Sampson is beyond recovery. The missive notes the admiral’s status as of December 27.
A letter expresses sympathy with the rear admiral over personal annoyances he endured in the controversy with Rear Admiral Schley, noting public strain and respect for his service.
Washington dispatch reports Chief Post Office Inspector W. E. Cochran and many inspectors leaving for Havana to attend the January 2 trial of Charles F. W. Neely, former chief of the bureau of finance of Cuba’s department of posts.
Guthrie Oklahoma December 27 Simon Owens aged 102 was burned to death in his cabin yesterday. He was born a slave on General Andrew Jacksons plantation and was crippled for life at Vicksburg when the city was besieged by General Grant.
Governor Pleasant Porter of the Creek nation has secured a Texas congressman to draft a bill for admitting Indian boys to West Point, with plans to present it to Congress.
Ironwood Michigan December 28 Isaac Westoberore a miner at the Newport mine killed himself by leaping into a shaft 1200 feet deep He was young unmarried with no known relatives and appeared somewhat intoxicated No motive is known
Bridegwater N S December 27 four boys aged unknown went skating on Lahave river when the ice broke and they all drowned together in the accident reported from the local area.
In St Louis on December 27 a health department janitor Henry R. Taylor testified before a court of inquiry that he issued the toxic anti diphtheritic serum for public use after diphtheria antitoxin ran short in October. He admitted falsely testifying the Sept 30 serum was not distributed and said he gave out the Sept 30 serum linked to child deaths. Also reported is a South Africa dispatch noting an ambush near Beginden Orange River Colony on December 21 with British casualties and Boer losses.
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