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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1905
Page
3
Gratis to any address. Royal Baking Powder Co. offers full instructions for making breads biscuits and cakes with Royal Baking Powder. Distribution is through 100 William Street New York.
Multiple entries report residents and visitors in Sullivan and surrounding towns. Names include John Ersinger, J. D. Sexton, Harry Riggs, W. W. Bailey, Mrs. Sadie Decker, Osee Poston, Russell McKee, Frank French, Mrs. Ed Reed, Miss Zoe Chaney, and others. Movements span Brazil, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Robinson, West and East Chapel regions, with visits, relocations, birthdays, weddings, and business trips noted.
In Terre Haute Lloyd recalls Sullivan County during the Civil War era. He recounts the 31st Indiana’s organization in Sullivan, Frank Neff’s speech on the courthouse steps, and a publication in the Stars and Stripes by John W. Osborne. Uncle Jim McKee notes severe cold years ago and recalls 1856 memories of Fairbanks township including a frozen pie incident in Terre Haute. New suits and court actions from Sullivan County courts follow, including damages claims against Kellar Mining Co. and various guardianships and real estate suits.
Dr Crowley offers a free circular on diseases of men to any man who visits his office. The pamphlet warns against patent medicines and distant treatments and promises helpful and instructive information. Many readers have found it an untold blessing. Call at Dr Crowley's office to obtain a copy.
Lost item described as a heavy winter lap rode on Saturday between the public square and the light station. Return to Union office.
Mrs. C. W. Welman seeks a capable girl for general house work. Phone 841. 26-11.
The article notes many signs of kidney and bladder issues but stresses their insidious nature and late, often fatal progression before symptoms appear. It mentions loss of sleep, strength, and great suffering, praising Dr. Crowley as highly equipped to handle these dangerous cases and urging timely consultation.
Balance sheet style report cites figures for loans and discounts totaling 10 384 94, overdrafts 1 287 72, U S bonds 6 250 00 and premiums 286 45. It lists banking assets including cash 6 671 37, expenses 75 14, and liabilities with capital stock and deposits. signed by F J First cashier and Earl Patton notary public with commission expiry 1904.
A series of land and lot transfers are recorded including Louisa Cox to Walter F Wood Gill Gladys Smock to E G Carrithers John C Chaney to Ida A Hroaker and Samuel South Chas McClanahan to Addison E Harris and to T H Kendall. James Nash to Daniel Vaughn James McDonald to Aletha Thompson and others with total stated consideration. The list covers properties in Sullivan Shelburn Farmersburg Merom Hymera and Hamilton areas.
Son Julian relays Burroughs account of tropical fishing near Kingston harbor. Two Negro fishermen lure silvery mullets with shouted paddling and net fencing, repeatedly jumping from water into a net while onlookers cheer. The scene, filmed later by alluding cameras, evokes tropical color amid Port Henderson and Blue Mountains.
A Vienna service promises memory relief by sending clients a double envelope system. Clients write their name, address, date, and the reminder for a future engagement in the first envelope and mail it. The agency then returns the reminder in the second envelope at the chosen time, though the risk remains that the employer may forget.
Senator Tillman cites a tale about an old man who drank too much to illustrate the sin of drunkenness. He recounts lecturing the man and advising to stick to water, noting that only one place in the bill would lead a man to ask for water.
Massachusetts Governor Bates recalls a Sunday visit to a small Virginia colored church. After services the parson asked "Bradder Hooper, will yo' kin'ly lead?" and Hooper replied "Ma lead? No suh I just dealt" in a half awake moment.
A fragmentary English Lady questions an Irish girl about longing for the Irish race. The girl answers that it is sinful to boast. Published in the Boston Commetcir bulletin with minor dialogue tags and unclear context.
At a bankers convention James Stillman recalled a Yankee peddler case during a water famine in a western town. A tent selling cider at 20 cents drew crowds until a miner paid five cents and learned a second cider stand behind the first siphoned from the same barrel, causing a price war and a trade slump.
Aimed at middle aged women, the piece cites Women’s Life on preventing aging. It quotes a 45 year old woman praising cheerfulness humor and discipline. Recommendations include daily cold tub, weather walking, night cream massage, ten minutes of rising exercise, scalp friction to preserve figure and avoid wrinkles.
The Washington Post argues future safety will come when single tracks disappear grade crossings vanish and rail systems are universally sound and funded. It contends most deaths result from current failures and will lessen only as those causes are removed.
The tale recalls Henry Gassaway Davis waking from sleep in the Senate when Thurman spoke. Davis, recalling his brakeman days, heard a signal from Thurman and sprang to life, twisting a bound volume on his desk as if it were a brake wheel.
A Plymouth Rock hen owned by Prof. Gowell is famous for laying 251 eggs in the past year. The professor researches the bird’s blue blooded ancestry as students observe this unusual laying record at the University of Maine.
A New York comparison notes the city’s schoolchildren count 100000 more than armies in historic campaigns, as stated by Liaov Yang. The remark echoes education scale amid the city’s social and civic discourse.
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