This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 32 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
8
Merom society buzzes with visits and dances as local residents attend church, college events, and a Mozart birthday concert on January 27. Townspeople include Earl Coyner assisting in the concert, Miss Sarah McClure visiting, and Rev. Holaday starting a new pastoral post. Local awards, illness updates, and social gatherings fill the week.
Geo Ridgway transacted business in Sullivan Monday Calebnapp did the same in Sullivan Saturday Prof E Conradi visited Vincennes Friday evening Capt Jesse Haddon made a business trip to Shelburn Saturday Miss Orlie B Herzogg visited relatives in Vincennes over Sunday Minnie Ferree of Sullivan visited here part of the week Mrs Fred W Winthe of Mattoon Ills visited relatives here over Sunday August Goedeke went to Terre Haute Friday to take a position in a blacksmith shop Mr and Mrs W W Pauley of Elletsville are in the city visiting their daughter Mrs W E Farris J W Hallett left for Ormand Fla last Thursday to spend winter Geo Funk and Dr J E McConnl went to Vincennes Monday for treatment Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church will hold a fancy bazaar and old fashioned supper Feb 14 sale all day.
Sam Johns remains ill while Mrs. Julia Reed visits near Lewis. T. H. Reed spent Sunday near Shelburn. Norah Asbury was in town Tuesday. Geo. Johns of Delcarbo and F. W. Alger of Lewis visited the city. Barney Taylor of Terre Haute and Jas. N. Heap and family from Shelburn spent time here. Geo. Wilkins from near Shelburn came to the city. Stella Branson returned to Terre Haute. John Bolinger and family of Shelburn visited J. R Allen's. Rev. S. O. Dorsey is home from Shelburn and reports a profitable meeting there.
Clarence Timberlake visits New Lebanon while KE Carruthers was in Indianapolis last week. Me rom merchants Gray and Claypool attended last Friday. Holiness group rents Corwin Phillips hall for a year. Reuben Ransford supplies material to finish his house. A wagon load of youths attended services at Kingsleys Chapel. A vacation to New Bedford and Hudburton's stone quarry was taken. quarry activity increases local stone output for culverts and road projects.
Mrs. Joe Wyman is on the sick list. George Rich and wife spent Thursday at E. E. Hills. Walter Leach attended church at Shelburn Sunday night. Maude Rich spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Walter Scott. Mrs. Ona Lovelace and Miss Ola Lane attended church Sunday night. Rev. Shaw filled his appointment at this place Saturday night and Sunday. Mervin Davis of Terre Haute visited home folks Saturday and E. B. Cowen's folks and Miss Margaritte Wyman spent Sunday at Geo. Rich's. John Thomas and family and Aud Price and family visited at Zack Price's Sunday.
Farmersburg visitors include C S Welch Kemp Asbury and John Turner. The Stevens Comedy Co. visits Red Men's hall last week and will perform in Farmersburg then Carlisle to open the new opera house. Capt J Haddon helps prepare the Carlisle venue as revival meetings unfold nearby.
Anderson Mitchell of Farmersburg and Mrs Margaret Goodwin of Mitchell visit Hymera residents. Household guests include Mr and Mrs A M McCammon Jasonville and Mr Mort Warrick with Misses Sophia and Lola Ragle. The Hoggatt child dies. burial at Bethel cemetery. Shiloh protracted meeting ends after three weeks with seventeen accessions and thirteen conversions.
The center span of the West Washington street bridge in Indianapolis sank yesterday afternoon, pulling down 11 workers two Traction company work cars and four sand wagons with teams. All rescuable, none seriously hurt. two horses drowned. Repairs completed Wednesday and traffic resumed yesterday.
At midnight Miss Edna Cook killed herself in a hotel room in Muncie Indiana She left a note saying she could not live without Charley Pittser the man who shot his bride last Tuesday Pittser had tried to shoot Miss Cook at a York dance a month earlier Marshall Leonard stopped the murder Miss Cook attempted to see Pittser in jail last night.
Wabash county officials will not publish a delinquent tax list in a decade. County Treasurer Dufton reports only a few dozen tracts have unpaid taxes, not enough to justify a tax sale.
Logansport Indiana January 21 attorney George P Chase under grand jury indictment for forgery surrendered at Kansas City Missouri on Sunday and was returned to Logansport yesterday. He is jailed and relieved at prospect of trial.
Six year old Cora Cherrell daughter of Isaac Dehrrell was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire near Nashville on January 18. The accident occurred at home and left the family in grief as authorities investigate the incident.
A dynamite blast in Pennsylvania killed three African Americans and wounded seven others. A Brooklyn officer killed his wife and wounded her mother. A North Enid bank loss of 2000 dollars occurred by safe cracking with dynamite. George H Phillips branches shut after Chicago house embarrassment. 2000 pounds of gold moved to Cayenne French Guiana from Inini river diggings. The American Poultry Association plans its annual meeting in Charleston during the expo show. Pennsylvania Railroad proposes exchanging stock with Pennsylvania and Northwestern in a 1 to 2.25 ratio. Doctrinal rifts trigger resignations from the Salvation Army, with Booth family members joining Dowie’s church.
The business district of Arapahoe, county seat of Custer county, Oklahoma Territory, was wiped out by a blaze. Also noted: William Fife plans to build Sir Thomas Lipton's next America’s Cup challenger. Hay seeks a 40000 dollar Seoul legation building. Canada census shows 536425 growth to 5,369,066. Oscar Straus elected NY Board of Trade president. Rear Admiral Von Reypen to retire. Scotland Yard warned of swindler gangs heading to London. robbers kill two farmers near Anarcick, Oklahoma Territory. sheriff and deputy killed in pursuit.
Five Indians were killed during the Tongue River agency disturbances in Montana. A heavy snow storm swept Germany with three feet of snow in Thuringia disrupting railroad and telegraphic lines.
King Oscar opened the Swedish Parliament in person yesterday. Emperor William coordinates Prince Henry's American visit from Berlin. Gov Shaw ends Iowa tenure with 473 pardons over two years. County notes report U.S. business failures for the week at 291.
A report notes 365 insurgents surrender on Bohol Island last Friday. General Wood allocates 317000 for a pier and freight house at Matanzas. Lord Kitchener confirms the death sentence for Boer Scheepers to be executed next Saturday.
A wall at the Smithfield flax mills in Bel fast collapsed burying many operatives. Leonard Reeder of Quincy New Jersey marks his 102nd birthday today after witnessing Waterloo. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain denies peace overtures by Boer envoys. Admiral Schley and wife to be entertained in Chicago where they first met. Louisville plans action over shortages tied to Treasurer Young Hable. Ways and Means panel advances war revenue tax reduction bill. Rutland Mass farm hand Leon Hapgood jailed for murder of former employer Sampson Seaverns. Senate pensions committee reports pension appropriation bill from the House without amendments.
In Parliament Lord Cranborne disclosed Britain’s early private stance toward the United States in the Spain US war. Britain agreed to a note urging peaceful settlement but declined to back subsequent proposals seen as pressuring Washington. The sole moment Britain acted was Salisbury’s rejection of a European collective note to deter hostilities.
Wheat is steady at 69 cents for No 2 red. Corn steady at 63 1 8 per bushel for No 2 mixed. Oats firm at 18 cents for No 2 mixed. Cattle steady at 2756.50, hogs steady at 56.60, sheep 1.50, lambs 3 5 84 per hundredweight.
Wheat No 2 red and longberry 85c corn No 2 white 70c No 2 mixed 69c oats No 2 mixed 50 39c No 2 white 52 4c cattle strong at 2 25 to 5 75 hogs steady at 4 50 66 45 sheep steady at 2 lambs steady at 2 50 to 5
Cincinnati market reports steady grain prices with No 2 red wheat at 10 dollars a bushel and No 2 mixed corn and oats trading steady. Hog prices noted quiet around 4.10 to 6.20, sheep and lamb values soft with lambs near 2.00 and 5.75 dollars per hundredweight.
Cattle actives steady for steers at 4 to 7.25, stockers and feeders 2.25 to 4.75. Hogs steady at 4.00 to 6.01 with sheep at 3.25 to 5 and lambs 2.5 to 6.
Livestock prices steady or quiet across categories. Cattle at 3.60, hogs at 6.50, sheep at 2.50 to 4.60, lambs at 4.25 and 98.50. Indicates stable market with varying demand for cattle hogs and sheep products.
The market shows Cattie-Steady at 3.0 dollars with 6.75 bid level HBogs-Active at 5.0 dollars and 6.75, Sheep-Steady at 4.25 with 4 and 40 lambs steady at 3.0 with 5.90.
Wheat firm cash at 88 4 cents May. S13 cents. Corn active No 2 cash 62 4 cents. Oats active No 1 cash 47 cents.
A Bessil resident recalls a 15 foot snake attack while hunting. He fired twice, climbed a tree as the reptile pursued, and escaped when the snake seized his rubber boot. The boot later survived a roadkill find, swollen and intact.
Natural history notes compare intelligence of dogs, elephants lifting three tons, horse brow shape, moth muscle count, Dorking fowl five toothed foot, lammergeier wingspan, a horse named in Kansas at twenty hands, wasps making papier mache from wood, harvest mouse as Britain’s smallest animal with tiny weight.
Mrs. Wm Taylor aged 54 of Muncie Indiana died after her clothing caught fire in her home Saturday evening. She was found unconscious across a clothes basket by her son Frank. Police believe a spark ignited her clothing as she dozed, and she perished despite efforts to revive her.
Evansville Indiana January 13 Patrick Neaphan, the Henderson Kentucky man known as the wife murderer, was sentenced to life in the state prison. He killed his wife when she refused to return to Henderson and, intoxicated, shot her at her son's home.
James Felts, who attempted to murder his wife with a razor, fled to Cairo Illinois where he was tracked down and arrested. He was arraigned and pleaded guilty, and was committed to the reformatory under the indeterminate sentence act.
An amused old conductor recalls a life spent along railroads. He notes he was married on a train at forty five miles an hour and compares hasty marriage to a quick onboard wedding. The companion quips about returning freight travel and repenting later.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.