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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
7
A broken OCR item shows pricing lines with values like one dollar, fifty nine cents, and six months. The legible parts reference periodical pricing and subscription terms. The fragment suggests a local newspaper offering varying terms and durations without complete clarity.
Special notice states post office rules require prepaid subscriptions. Subscribers have until March 1 1908 to settle delinquencies. after that delinquent accounts will be stopped and turned to an attorney for collection.
Sullivan county Republicans schedule January 31 caucuses to elect district delegates for February 4 meeting at Vincennes Indiana and statewide convention in IndianapolisApril 1 2. Sullivan county will receive 14 delegates. James P Goodrich elected state committee chairman. Prohibitionists clash with high license measures amid party forecasts.
Senator Hemenway praised Indiana's past and the country press in an Indianapolis speech to the Republican Editorial Association. He urged citizen support for local papers as essential to publicity and public education, and recalled party history and the Knights of the Golden Circle era with veteran J. W. Harrison.
The Bloomington district Republican convention welcomed a Washington wired greeting from John C. Chaney calling for harmony. Thomas Nugent conceded defeat and pledged support while J E Henley and Senator Bland praised the troops and Roosevelt. W F Browning praised the party and affirmed lifelong Republican allegiance.
At an Elks wives meeting Mrs. Hendren won a prize for spelling. She declined a panel Roosevelt portrait and swapped for a Bryan picture, then exchanged for a Gibson Girl image. The note adds a political jab about Democrats in 1908.
The Cass township road supervisor contest pitted T. J. House against John Gadberry with the ring backing House. Gadberry lost 46 to 27 amid claims of unfair balloting and double voting. A legal dispute followed and Frank Asrey was appointed by the township trustee. The anti ring group sees this as a advance for cleaner politics and vows to challenge long standing graft. In nearby Fairbanks township the school centralization debate narrows around William Thomas versus Jim Scott. James S. Smith enters as a new Curry township trustee candidate, while Jim Scott remains a strong opponent in campaigns.
An old ad for Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure warns against poisons and urges demand for nonpoison labels. The piece shifts to local politics, noting Nomination plans, party labels, and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Dempsey Marshall’s reappointment. Mention of Silver Chaney farm loans and a Hymera report closes the item.
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