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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Charles Trimble residents five miles northeast of Carlisle celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last month. He is 85 and she is 84 years old, among Sullivan county’s best known elderly couples.
D. L. A. Stewart suffered a severe electric shock last Wednesday evening at his city home while trying to turn on a kitchen light. He was unable to release his hand from the live wire until his wife freed it with a broom. He sustained a 110 volt shock, with the right side still stiff but near recovery.
State superintendent Fasser A. Cotton reports Sullivan county has 9,222 school children ages six to twenty-one. State school tax yields $10,444.76 with total ready for apportionment at $13,679.31 and per capita apportionment of $143.18 to $187.46. Subscriptions favor from W. R. Davis of Rock Ford Colorado, formerly Dugger resident.
D W Fisher of Farmersburg visited the city Monday and met two former schoolmates, Mrs. Chambers and Mr. Chambers, for the first time in decades. Fisher, who moved in 1858, and the Chats origin from East Chapel neighborhood were reunited after many years. Subscription favors arrive from Jesse Pinkston of Independence Kansas and Kirk Phillips of Thorntown Indiana, both former Sullivan county residents. Belle Patrick returns home to Spencer after visiting her daughter M A Haddon.
From Morgantown Indiana a report says Frank Kimberlin located his sister Mary Kimberlin Haggard known as Polly after years apart. Polly has lived in a small cottage for 35 years and is to inherit over $15,000 from their deceased bachelor brother John Kimberlin whose will was probated in Crawford County Illinois. Polly is nearly 55 and married to Banty Haggard who has been nearly blind.
Mr and Mrs Walter Wood return from visit with Mrs Wood's parents Rev and Mrs A M McGuire in Washington. Judge Charles E Henderson opens January term of Sullivan circuit court. Mr and Mrs Charles Clarke of Terre Haute visit over Sunday. Dr P A Barco buys Cruze Knotts residence on South State and will move soon. Jesse W Pierce of Shelburn buys a paper in Pierceton to start in journalism. Pierceton in Kosciusko county with about 1000 residents. Jesse W Mahley to spend winter in Silver City NM. Perry Botts in Cincinnati buying furniture for Sullivan lodge of Eagles. Miss Glenn and Grace Nesbit return to Greencastle for DePauw University. James Nesbit near the city reports subscription favors. slaughtering six beeves and thirty hogs weekly for local meat dealers and private homes. Congressman John C Chaney introduces private pension bills for Mrs Mary Mathes and Joshua C Hancock. W P Stratton and Milton Crowder visit Greencastle and DePauw University. Henry Smith deputy sheriff moves family from Hymera. Hosea Crowder named turnkey by Sheriff Walters. Linder Loudermilk of Creede Colorado visiting local relatives.
A profile praises James Bryce as the next British ambassador to Washington noting his plain title free stance from peerage and his democracy minded representation. It recounts Bryce’s studies of America, three U S visits by 1883 and his landmark work The American Commonwealth praised for balanced view of American institutions.
The article profiles Alfred Lord Bryce as the chosen American ambassador, noting his deep belief in the American experiment in popular government and his broad credentials. It discusses his character, marriage to Elizabeth Marion Aston, and expectations for handling Canadian disputes and Alaska boundary issues.
Graysville residents note mud, hog markets, and active merchants. Mrs Zenna Steere visits. Mrs Cash Harrison and Ms Nancy Turman visit H Silvers as he lies ill. Funeral at Merom for Mrs W O Pinkston. Ransford family in Shelburn. a new baby boy confirms Thornberry and Ransford kinship. Meetings and coal land talk also mentioned.
Scott Cry notes real spring weather as the town records social visits and movers. Peter Drakes was in town Monday and Hiram Drake hosted Mr and Mrs Homer Pittman. Lola Drake of Fairbanks came Saturday, while Pansy and Gail Hamilton visited their brother in Hymera. Callie Pittman recently moved to a farm north of town. Lloyd Howard is improving and Ed Jewell from near the Narrows visited his brother Reede Jewell. James Ransford and wife were in Sullivan Saturday.
The Belgian hare fad, once predicted to end as a public pest, has proven costly for Bennington county farmers. Rabbits devastate crops like cabbage, causing losses of 1 000 heads and sparking complaints over redress for those who freed hares after it proved unprofitable to rear them.
Veterans at the Soldiers' Home keep two pet pine snakes. One snake vanished a week ago and returned only to attempt reentry into the reptile cage, driven by loneliness for its mate in a curious scene from Vine land correspondence.
An automobile and a trolley collided in Bridgeport causing the trolley’s front wheels to be thrown off the track. The car lost a guard but suffered no other damage.
The quote emphasizes learning by action and surrendering personal will to follow Christ. It argues obedience comes from doing, with the heart’s desire aligning to perform the Lord’s will through disciplined practice. Andrew Murray frames submission as the sole path to genuine obedience.
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