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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1905
Page
1
The coal field development in this county spurred a surge in real estate transfers during 1904. Estimated total value reached 2,460,882 dollars, about one third higher than 1903, based on Union file records.
A Washington Ind. lawyer Alvin Padgett says reports of his own future bid for congress are unfounded. He expects Miers to be renominated and notes many others may seek roles in a broad field.
Editor Sullivan Union Dear Sirs Enclosed find one dollar which you will please apply on my subscription to your paper My time expired July 1904 I have been a continuous subscriber and reader since its first publication I was born and reared in Sullivan county lived there through the dark days of the rebellion and am rejoiced to know that Mr Chaney is Congressman from that district As Carrie Cushman I taught school in Sullivan in 1868 9 Mrs Chaney was then little Ella Saucerman a quiet studious little girl Please excuse these reminiscences but my thoughts got the better of my sense of propriety Wishing the Union much success I am as ever N Waldron Kankakee Co Ills
A fragmentary weather summary notes January as a historically cold month with fluctuations. It cites past averages including a warm period about twenty five years ago and lists extreme precipitation events in 1890 and 1902, with details cut off in the text.
At the Sullivan town board's next meeting plans aim to advertise bids for an up to date sewage system. Bonds will be issued under the Barrett law for construction and assessment will be by front foot. The main sewer starts near Stephen Brunger on State street and runs through J. F. Hoke and Stewart Barnes properties toward Buck Creek.
The firm of Roberts and Alumbaugh, hardware and implement dealers in Carlisle Indiana, has dissolved partnership. Roberts takes control of the lumber yard factory and grain elevator while Alumbaugh and his son Harry T Alumbaugh with Chas A Griffin assume command of the hardware store with equal third interests.
Sullivan Knights of Pythias elected the following officers last Wednesday night Chancellor Commander James Draper Vice Chancellor Mont Getty Master of Finance A Curtis Master of Exchequer WH Hill Jr Master of Work J W Lindley Inside Guard J W Buettner Grand Representative H V Benefield.
Mrs. Louisa Davis, among the county’s oldest residents, died Monday at the home of her son Hixon Davis on South Jane Street. She was born in Bullivan and had...
James Wellington of Jefferson township aimed to obtain a liquor license in Pleasantville before the county commissioners on the first Monday in January. Pleasantville residents, determined to stay without a saloon, filed a remonstrance with enough signatures, leading to Wellington not appearing to pursue the application or contest the matter.
The Sullivan circuit court opened Monday under Sheriff Adam Miller to begin a busy January term. Over seventy cases were set for trial with many pleas and guilty verdicts recorded through Wednesday morning. Several defendants faced charges including grand larceny rape intoxication liquor sales and concealed weapons.
Cynthia Underhill sues Thomas Poskewicze and Harry Banister for damages. George O. Klingman, by his next friend William A. Klingman, sues William L. Nash for damages.
Charles W. McCarter wed Fannie C. Beck. James M. Pogue joined Cleora Mc Henry. Charles H. Phillips married Mary F. Grigsby. Bertram Beasley wed Mary Evans. J H Mowery tied with Lillie Walters bait.
Mrs. Sue Reid and Mrs. H. K. Ross spent yesterday in Terre Haute. C. C. Sproatt was installed into Sulli van Lodge No. 911, B. P. C. Mon day night. Charles Parker of Terre Haute has been selected manager of W. S. Bayle's big mine at Glendora. Tom Gray and others noted for Christmas travel and Cad Medical College attendance in Indianapolis.
Terre Haute Star reports an interurban road from Terre Haute to Olney Illinois, via Prairieton Prairie Creek Fairbanks Graysville Merom Palestine and Robinson. Thirty miles contracted. bridge over Wabash at Merom to reuse old piers. Sullivan and Crawford counties to aid. public wagon bridge valued for cross river travel.
The Sullivan Carnegie library will be dedicated with imposing ceremonies in about two weeks. Exact date to be announced next week. Speakers of wide reputation sought to make this a red letter day educational and progressive. A children's reception at the library in the afternoon and an adults reception in the evening are planned, at the library or a church.
Claude Hoskins a former Sullivan brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad was badly injured on a flat car loaded with steel rails east of Richmond. A sudden stop caused him to fall between rails. surgeons amputated his leg below the knee and again later as he recovered in Indianapolis at St. Vincent's Hospital.
The Sullivan Lagid Land Improvement Company organized with full capital stock taken. Officers include A Munich as President, Robert Taylor as Vice President, James W. Welman as Secretary, and E Russell as Treasurer. The firm has secured several acres north of Sullivan and will open another addition to Sullivan.
The Union summaries a year of intense coal field growth, population influx, and heavy investment in Sullivan county. Key events include $100,000 spent on public buildings, 100 new dwellings, and hints of gas and oil prospects. Notable items cover deaths, marriages, court actions, a high school bond vote, library construction, levee work, and railroad and streetcar aspirations shaping a prosperous 1905 outlook.
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