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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1922
Page
5
Local households report visitors and moves including Merom residents Horace and Martha Cowen returning home in Ladd. Many relatives and friends travel between Sullivan, Darlington, Clinton, and Terre Haute for holidays and chores while schools reopen and livestock shows prize Wabash entries.
Report from Graysville notes Pinkston suffered misfortune amid sleet as a mine event unfolds. The lease owner remains happy while landowners and the contractor share hopeful smiles about projected progress and future productivity.
Mrs Kelly of Merom was a guest of Mr and Mrs Warren Dickerson the first of last week. Mrs Edgar Strain and daughters were also mentioned in the social notice context.
Illinois Central reports a tough year 1921 with restrictive rates and weak demand yet notes adequate service. Ten months show freight and passenger miles down from 1920, gross income fell, but substantial new investments exceeded leftover funds, borrowing $21.5 million. Workforce shrank from 57,081 to 48,649 by February, then rose to 60,388 by October. Management credits efficient service and pledges to improve in 1922, inviting public confidence and criticism.
Mrs. Louisa Brewer sold about 500 bushels of wheat to the Lash mill at Farmersburg Saturday. Obituary notes Mrs. Grandma Fuson died at 84 and was buried at Drake cemetery. Social items include Miss Bessie Chambers and Bryan Laver’s marriage, Mrs. Bessie Hunt Crouse and children visiting, Willis Johnson and Miss Brown’s marriage, a party for Oreta DeBaun, and visits among local families. Scarlet fever cases improving. OES met and conferred degrees on Nellie Peacher with refreshments after.
A Wildcat hopped onto a moving auto near a Shawano New Jersey area home and rode for about three miles. The owner Farr described the incident saying the animal rode on the car then jumped off injured and limped away. No one was hurt and Farr noted wildcats are rare visitors in the mountains.
Advertises RAT SNAP poison claiming rats breed six to ten times yearly and produce ten young per litter. Promotes cake form, no mixing, mummifies rats and leaves no odor. Sizes 3c, 65c, $1.25. Sold by Turman Riggs and H V Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. Pink Hoad host near Hymera guests including the Hood and Taylor families. Multiple visits occur with neighbors and relatives, Purdue student Melvin Bennett returns, Levi Jewell has surgery, and various couples share meals and oyster suppers across the week.
In Lille France tenant Jean Baptiste Caillaux bit off his landlord's nose after a rent dispute. The two foes fought, Caillaux grabbed the landlord's nose in a wrestling brawl, tore off a large fragment, spat it out, and the owner had it sewn back on by a doctor before a police complaint sent Caillaux to jail.
Indiana Sullivan county bank report lists total loans and discounts, overdrafts and U S Government securities. It details real estate owned, cash in vault, checks on other banks, and totals of assets and liabilities including deposits, capital stock, surplus, and profits.
Miss Clara Schmid, a teen immigrant, tells immigration officials that her German police dog Ruby saved her mother's life during an attack. Officials declare all wolf-family dogs detained 48 hours longer. The Schmids depart by taxi to dog quarantine with a guard at the steamship docks.
James Baxter of New Jersey touts RAT SNAP saying it saves $300 annually by protecting chicks eggs and feed. The ad notes three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 and lists Turman Riggs and H V Bennett as sellers with a guarantee.
The text notes that Adam and Eve, as the first humans, trusted their family lineage too deeply. It reflects on inherited pride and the origins of overconfidence in ancestry within early narratives.
Mr and Mrs Charles P Riggs and family of Chicago have returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs James McKee and other relatives in the county.
Ad copy asserts Tanlac is appetizing, invigorating and strengthening and urges readers to try it to be convinced.
Exhausted Frank Purdy of a Boston fishing schooner crew drifted ashore in a dory after three days at sea with no food or water. Coast guard life savers spotted his tiny sail through fog and pulled him safely to shore at Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Six First Ladies bore no children namely Washington Maison Jackson Polk second Fillmore and the present Wilson The largest families belonged to William Henry Harrison with ten children and Rutherford B Hayes with eight John Tyler fathered fourteen children seven with each wife
A French scientist and chief of Paris hospitals radiography bureau showed X rays can photograph subjects through a stone wall more than 25 feet away. He produced clear images of metallic objects with rays passing a marble plate over an inch thick oak and four inches of plaster plus an eighth inch lead sheet.
William A. Brodie as executor filed a final account for the estate of Ransom T. Brodie of Sullivan County Indiana. The Clerk of the Sullivan Circuit Court will hear the final report on Friday January 27 1922. Creditors heirs and legatees are notified to appear and show cause why the report should not be approved.
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