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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1905
Page
2
A fragment notes Walsh might, within a year, influence or control coal shipment flows from a large portion of the Indiana bituminous district as rival railroad magnates awaken to the potential.
Mrs Freeda Taylor of Shelburn spent Friday here. Rosco McCord of Terre Haute spent Sunday with his parents. Willis Clark and children returned from Kansas visit. Mrs Walter Gerber of Delcarbo and Miss Gertrude Van Horn of Clay City visited Mrs Curtis Hochstettler. Dr R Thralls returned from Indianapolis. Births reported to Clyde Beasley and to Chas Vanarsdall. Infants died and were buried at Bethel. funeral for Mrs Sarah Christian, 84, at M E church with Rev S Terry.
J B Durham visited his father in Waveland returning Monday. Gracie Moore visited her brother Will last week. Rev Hershey A G Cushman and family and Warren Watson shared a Friday dinner with C E Medsker and wife. Jacob Asbury and wife from Farmersburg visited James Moore Friday. The shredder company held a meeting at Dr Durham’s Thursday night. Rev Hershey visited friends here Thursday and Friday. John Green and Will Watson attended the farmers institute at Fairbanks last Thursday. Mary Manning and Emerson Watson spent Sunday evening with Clara Caruthers. Mrs Martha Collier visited Chas Ramson’s Sunday and Monday.
Charley Johnson and wife visited Shelburn on Monday while J. H. Scott shipped several carloads of hogs on Tuesday. E. C. Pogue and Misses Elizabeth Burnett and Daisy Shields attended Charles Ramsen's Sunday gathering. J. C. Gaess and wife plan a Texas trip for health. Master and Hershel Trueblood visited from near Farmersburg on Wednesday. John Johnson and wife stayed with J. R. Johnson on Wednesday. A large crowd attended the I. C. O. F. hall dedication at Prairie Creek on Thursday. Worley Johnson was seriously hurt skating on ice but is improving. C. D. Johnson visited Sullivan on Friday. Ida Pogue hosted a quilting frolic Saturday. J. R. Bohanan plans a sale before moving to Terre Haute. Malinda Frakes broke a wrist in a Friday slip on ice. J. C. Gross visited Farmersburg Saturday. Horse buyers came Friday but none were sold due to low prices. County supervisors were elected across Fairbanks Township for four-year terms. Mrs. Chas. Ramsen remains ill. John Scott has resumed work. Fairbanks High plays Graysville Saturday evening.
Farm offering 103 acres located 44 miles southwest of Carlisle on rock road. Includes a six room house, barn, and other outbuildings with 15 acres in clover and fruitful area. Ten acres of peach orchard excluded. For terms call or write Mrs Ella Robinson Carlisle Ind RF D No 1.
Ira Bare attended a protracted meeting in New Lebanon Sunday. Henry Letsinger led services at Embury Sunday night. Birth announcements include a son to Charles Welch and wife and a baby for Manford Bonham and wife. Uncle John Bonham received a gold headed cane from Mrs. Fannie Wasmer last week.
Weather shift sparks health complaints while a funeral in Linton draws families, and locals ponder which business figure foes prefer not to see prosper, naming the undertaker amid community concerns.
Dr. Robert J. Aley, chair of Mathematics at Indiana State University, will deliver the principal address at the dedication of the Carnegie Library tomorrow. Aley rose from Owen County district schools to Spencer High School principal, then earned degrees from Valparaiso, ISU, Stanford, and Penn, and serves as editor of the Educator Journal.
Dr Yager is very ill with la grippe. Mrs Fred Hoke and children visit Dr Cushman. Grace Vail buried at Johnson Cemetery after burning death last Saturday. Thomas Turman and his mother travel to Green Castle this week. Teachers met in institute. Bert Hawkee and wife visited Shelburn last Sunday. A G Cushman elected road supervisor Dist No 2 last Saturday.
Tar water and neighborly visits fill a Sunday and week in a small town. Harry Boles and wife with Charles Houpt and wife shared dinner with Hillie Lovelace, Mrs. Clint Murdock visited daughter Mrs. Fred Osburn, Park Osburn and wife stayed with John McKinney, teachers attended an institute in Graysville, and Chas Wilson visited George Bicknell while Artie Plew stayed with Byron Riggs. Grace McClure was guest of Ethel Moore.
The Vincennes Sun extols Congressman Miers for virtue while Roosevelt Durbin Hanly and Bryan push anti graft and clean politics. Report notes Monroe county petitions urging no money in elections and questions Sullivan county primary spending and party alignment. Degeneration of political funding is implied.
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