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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1906
Page
2
A dated promotional snippet touts Royal Baking Powder as delivering wholesome baking results. It claims a yeast-free morning mix, no overnight rising, and perfect buckwheat cakes along with other dainty dishes, urging adoption via mail order from New York.
A letter from New Smyrna dated January 7 1906 complains about new game laws limiting deer to two per day per hunter and recalls a road trip to Daytona with Mr Hoke and Mr Chambers. The author notes bear, turkeys, and auto racing plans amid flood channels and rough roads, boasting about the car's speed and problems with oil.
S. H. G. Bousearen, one of Terre Haute's youngest workers for Colum bian Improvement Co branch of Stone & Woodster, secured urgent dynamo delivery from Westinghouse in Pittsburg to Farmersburg. He rode an Adams express car, beat a tight deadline, and won a $5 bet after securing a promise of shipment within days. The plan required coordinating with Vandalia and Huldie No. 1 engine to set the line, costing nearly $800 but ensuring the Farmersburg trolley line could run.
A historical sketch recounts Benjamin Franklin’s inventive legacy from the kite experiment to the Franklin stove. It notes his economical drafts study, the stove’s colonial and European use, and his cautious, humble publication of results. It also mentions his son William, born out of wedlock, and Franklin’s acknowledgement of him.
An ad features Mrs Mary Brown of 20 Lafayette Place Poughkeepsie praising Dr Kings New Night Pills as reliable for stomach liver and nerves. It claims the pills keep the body in tune and offers a 27 cent price by Sinock druggist.
Residents from Jackson Hill Gilmore Palmer's Prairie and Hymera traveled for visits and business last Friday through Sunday. Local church attendance included Zion on Sunday with Thomas Wilson and Murray McClanahan accompanying their spouses.
A prominent druggist lauds Scott's Emulsion as a reliable remedy for weakness and emaciation from youth to old age. The product works through nourishment, rebuilding flesh and vitality, and is not a secret in its mechanism.
A read about Benjamin Franklin covers his frugal meals, opportunistic inventors profiting from his ideas, and his role in electricity. The piece notes his friendships, honors, and influence amid humor, poetry, and late political winds. It cites his genius and flaws as the modern Prometheus.
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