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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
3
The article lists extreme cold events from 401 to 1851, noting rivers frozen, seas iced, and forests harmed across Europe and Asia. It cites Dr. Kane's Grinnell expedition and a Valentine’s Day Arctic theater scene with record lows and dramatic breathless conditions aboard ship.
Sullivan residents were asked to subscribe for a Riverton Christian church building earlier but Riverton church authorities say only Al Woodall and Rev J J Beisiegel have authority. Riverton’s new church has hosted Christmas exercises led by Rev Beisiegel. Also included is an advertisement for Dr Shoop's Restorative claiming to heal weak stomach heart or kidney nerves with free samples from Dr Shoop Racine Wisconsin and local dealer T B Shaffer.
Mrs. Lillie E. Risinger of Carlisle won a judgment of 1992.09 against The Federal Life Insurance Co. of Chicago for the face value of 1000 and accrued interest after a 1906 suit on her husband Charles L. Risinger's policy. Attorneys were Cutler, Holtzman and Coleman. defense counsel included Judge Atkinson and Whitcomb.
Linn R. Enterline and Emily 48. Fisher of Sullivan tricked friends by traveling to Terre Haute and marrying on Christmas morning. Justice Newberger performed the ceremony in the county clerk's office after they avoided Sullivan to obtain a license.
The county lists Civil War veterans Stephen Brunger Sullivan Daniel Purcell Sullivan Elliette Frement Shelburn and Thomas Headley Dugger with pension increases to 12 15 dollars. A doctor promotes expertise in kidney and bladder disease using eye and urine diagnostics and offers free examinations. The ad also mentions Lat or Trade New Leaf sire Maxie C 2 16 1 4 21 2 p.
One of a pair of twin chickens hatched at John Paulus's Bethlehem Pennsylvania farm was crushed. The surviving twin has refused to eat since the accident and the farmer fears it will also die of grief.
A bald-headed man enters a barber shop in the American house district and asks for a haircut. The barber Ed suggests he only needs a shine, noting the man is already bald.
A Pike county farmer found a lock of hair and finger nails placed in a hole bored in a tree with a plug wedged in. An old resident linked the relic to a superstition where asthma sufferers bore a hole at their height and sealed it with nails and hair to cure the ailment. A Sullivan man shared stories about two brothers at the end.
A statistics expert claims it takes twice as long to transport women in elevators as men because they take longer to board and exit, suggesting slower service in female transport. Also notes free mail-out trials of Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy from Racine Wisconsin via T B Shaffer.
We will trade you new furniture and stores for your old ones. Cost: or e ty payments. Index Furniture Department. 30-tf.
A Carlisle firm in the 1850s bought heavily in New Orleans, ending with an immense salt barrel shipment and crates of looking glasses repurposed as picture frames for profit. The Civil War era brought salt prices to five dollars a barrel, yielding a small fortune. Local jokes contrasted Dr. J. E. McConnell and County Treasurer Vincent Minich, including lawn turnip seeds sown on McConnell’s lawn.
Farmersburg resident James Butcher was arrested in Terre Haute on Christmas day on a charge of intoxication and found with brass knuckles. He was released in police court.
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