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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1916
Page
6
The ticket lists Secretary of State Fred A. Sims Auditor of State John G. Bilheimer Treasurer Oscar Hadley Attorney General James Bingman. James H. Jordan. Supreme Court Judge Leander J. Monks. The document includes Hadley and Ward H. Watson among others in the first district, with some garbled text.
Representative Captain T. B. Springer of Gill township Auditor Charles B. Bolinger of Curry township Treasurer John W. Cooper of Haddon township Coroner Dr. S. B. Coulson of Jackson township County Surveyor John Ersinger of Hamilton township County Assessor J. D. Johnson of Fairbanks township Commissioner 1st District Shelby Bolinger of Curry township Commissioner 2d District John Harrison of Fairbanks township
1st District Samuel H. Nicholson of Jackson township is listed alongside 2nd District David J. Watson of Gill township. The brief item records district assignments for two local representatives.
After the interurban line began service, Sullivan merchants urged weekly summer band concerts. Shelburn hosted a well attended show on Thursday drawing Sullivan Farmersburg and Shelburn residents including 149 Sullivan travelers on a northbound car. Sullivan once had a top state band and still has musicians eager to play with more support.
The Terre Haute Sullivan interurban is praised as a boon to the county and to Sullivan, offering multiple advantages beyond transport for miners and residents.
Sullivan residents praise the interurban line for fast service and modern roadbed though owned by outside capital. Coal miners gain by living near Sullivan with fire protection, better access to goods, and potential housing advantages over mining towns. More miners may move if it serves their interests.
Pilots and river men receive new instruction books applying immediately with changes to passing signals reversing the long standing left right signals for upstream boats. The rule for boats passing in same direction remains unchanged. Also Doctor Crowley touted cures for ear diseases in children and warned against misjudging defective hearing as stupidity.
Twenty three graduates received diplomas at Jackson township commencement in Hymera Thursday evening. County Superintendent Richard Park presented the diplomas and delivered an engaging address to a large in attendance. The program featured piano solos, a quartet, a piano duet, invocation by Rev L B Johnson, and the presentation of diplomas. Class roll includes Eva Stager Marie McCord Ross R Graham Meda Wambaugh and Ruby.
Elizabeth Vanderpool Claude Johnson Herman Funk houser Sadie McQuade Blanche Ridgeway Arpie Turner Clee Tipton Naomi Mahan Glenn Brunker Mary Beckett Lessa Railsback Ruth Parsons Ever ette Harmon Sadie Pullis Fern Burton Grace Forbes Thomas F. Craig Marie Barnett T. J. Rusher principal F. M. Nead trustee listed in school records.
Passenger timetable for the Southern Indiana Railroad effective April 15 1906 shows daily southern bound trains with departure times from Terre Haute Hymera Black Hawk Shelburn Sullivan Jasonville and connections with the Main Line. The schedule lists trains 201 101 208 108 301 205 102 2 and 204 with various arrival and departure times throughout the day and notes connections to and from the Main Line.
Excursion rates via E. & T. H. announce travel offers for Wallace's circus and numerous destinations. Details include round trip fares from Sullivan and other stations to towns such as Battle Creek, Chautauqua Lake, Detroit, Hot Springs, Montreal, Mackinac, and many western and southern points. Tickets on sale June 1 to September 30 with varied final return limits and liberal stopovers.
The page lists E T H railway timetables with northbound and southbound station stops and times. Stations include Vincennes Yerre Haute Farmersburg Shelburn Sullivan Set Paxton Carlisle and final Vincennes with morning and evening departures and arrivals.
The firm handles examination and perfection of titles as an ally to owners of abstract books in Sullivan County. Careful attention is given to the management and settlement of estates with an office in the Coffman Block on the East Side Public Square.
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