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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
8
Caledonia reports ongoing winter preparations with a new mine and railroad switch under construction. Mr and Mrs Carlin visited Sullivan. Rev G F McNaughton and family from New Lebanon passed through. Lizzie and Jessie Donald visiting Vincennes. Schools reopened Monday after holidays.
Concord school dismissed due to a chicken pox epidemic. Walter Burnett listed as sick. Rev. Roy Nowlin spoke on temperance at Graysville. Rose Gray has a notable event. A ten pound boy born. Grandma Sprague improving. Newton Colvin and Pearl Thomas attended church at Merom. Tom Carruthers sold his saw mill to Mr. Burkebile. Mrs. Hirkum and Miss Mae Thomas of Graysville visited Elmer Thomas and wife in Sullivan. Several young people attended a dance and oyster supper at Mr. McClure’s in honor of Sarah McClure’s birthday.
Xmas cheer brings mixed joys in Scott City as residents report health happiness and a neighborhood shooting match during the holidays. Frank Chowning is robbed of about 10 dollars, prompting local pity for the crippled victim.
Charles Welch and wife visit Texas relatives while Mrs Matilda Critchfield attends Midland turkey roast on Christmas day. Various residents report health updates property sales and small incidents including a shotgun accident and a broken leg. A daughter is born to George Wiley and wife as prayer meetings continue at Embury church.
Local notices recap Christmas visits and services at Farmersburg areas. Names include Clevie Trueblood, Alonzo Trueblood, Mamie McCord, and Rev. Jackson of Effingham Ill. Many property transfers list between Turman and surrounding towns with notes of 1906 pastor appointment and road work stoppage.
Mrs Brown of 20 Lafayette Place Poughkeepsie reports a spot in the body loosening to keep it in tune using King s New Cure. The fragment notes a medical claim and residence with no clear outcome.
A chemist analyzes soil to advise fertilizers for different crops. If blood is impoverished a doctor prescribes nourishment to restore rich red corpuscles. Likely a concentrated fat food is needed as fat is the missing element, though easily digested fat foods are uncommon.
Scott's Emulsion promises nourishment and strength when milk and cream fail. It remains palatable and beneficial as the body wastes from any cause, suitable for both children and adults.
Chester B. Booth exhibited a fifty cent piece on Monday marking its birthday as the last dollar in 1806 limited issue. The coin is described as four sarene and tied to the early Bite of Liberty era.
Sullivan town board held a Monday noon meeting to reorganize. W E Aydelotte was re elected president. Members include David Crawley clerk treasurer Nicholas Davis third ward councilman to be succeeded by George W Bolinger in May William H Crowder third ward councilman William E Aydelotte fourth ward and William McCrory fifth ward James Willis was reap pointed as town marshal. Rural route subscribers should notify if Wednesday papers are missing.
Indiana Southern Traction Co seeks more time to build an electric interurban line from Terre Haute to Sullivan and connected towns. They paid 30 000 for Terre Haute franchise and 10 000 last spring. Officials warn extension may be denied risking thousands in losses.
The Dewey floating dock begins a 14000 mile voyage from Solomon's Island down Chesapeake Bay toward the Philippines. Navy officials fear perils may delay the trip as observers compare it with the Miantonomoh crossing in 1867. Estimating a three month journey, the voyage tests naval logistics and human nerve. Cr W Crooke of Greene County was in Sullivan en route to see his son in law.
A year long roll of deaths and ages covering Theodore Thomas in Chicago Louise Michel in Paris George Boughton in London Oswald Achenbach in Düsseldorf and other notable artists writers and leaders listed by month with ages and locations across January to December.
The report lists multiple natural disasters with dates in April to November. Tornadoes devastate Alabama Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas with dozens of deaths and many injuries. Earthquakes strike India Calabria and Philippines causing thousands of deaths and extensive destruction. A major storm on the Great Lakes wrecks ships and causes significant property damage. A sun spot discovery is noted from the Vatican observatory.
Compiled notes recount widespread unrest in 1917 era Russia with strikes in St Petersburg and Warsaw, mutinies on battleships Kniaz Potemkine and Cronstadt, rioting in Odessa and Sevastopol, calls for a national assembly, reforms promised by Czar Nicholas, autonomy for Finland, and amnesty decrees alongside martial law and political assassinations.
Advertises Dr Carlstedt's German Liver Powder promising to cure liver and kidney ailments and related issues with a free 25 cent bottle. Claims must try to prove effectiveness and urges readers to call as supply is limited.
Dr. Carlstedt's German Liver Powder is praised for relieving many thousands of hopeless cases. Readers are urged to mail postage to the American Pharmaceutical Co. in Evansville Indiana to receive the remedy by mail. Do not send children. The letter is signed by Joe K Smock.
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