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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1920
Page
1
William R. Jewel born here in 1837 is recalled amid long ago political incidents. The item chronicles early local political events and figures shaping the community's civic life.
William R. Jewell of Danville Illinois recalls Sullivan County politics from the 1840s to 1860s. He notes log schoolhouse brawls between Whigs and Democrats, a feud at Hazelrigg mill, and the Fort Harrison rally led by Old Rough and Ready. He praises improving political manners and tolerance.
A women led run of 381 miles from Toledo to Sullivan in 19 hours 20 minutes achieved with six Overland Fours. Participants included Alva Wyman Isaac and Mrs Southwood Miss Mary Wright Miss Ethel Dodd Miss Gladys Shipman and Mrs Ray Wyman. Rain soaked two hours of the trip and gasoline mileage reached 23 miles per gallon.
Dr Herbert Leach a prominent dentist and Miss Louise Mason were married in Indianapolis on July 4. Rev Fifer of the Central Methodist church officiated. Best man was RE Hofmann and bridesmaid Miss Charlotte Mason. Miss Katherine Kirk provided a solo. The bride, a city school graduate, is daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Mason of the south side. The couple departed for a wedding trip.
A fragment notes an item described as orgasm priced at five dollars and a bond count of six hundred, with no clear context or full details provided.
The Merom college program adds a physical education department with a new gym in the Hatten Building. Harold C. Eberhart, a Missouri Wesleyan graduate and Navy veteran, becomes department head and coach. He is joined by a strong coaching background with Missouri Yale and Cornell mentors. Mrs. Claude Plunkett, 27, dies after poisoning during illness. funeral at Center Ridge cemetery. she leaves a husband and three children.
John W. Demming 28 a miner and Pearl Gausten Berry 22 of Terre Haute appear on marriage license records. John El Clouse 53 a laborer of Shelburn weds Bertha M L Williford 43 of Sullivan. Edward Keller 30 a minister and Ruby B Colvin of Sa Bertigrd Pie are also noted in the license list.
A roundup of circuit court notes including guardians appointed for Rachael EB Botorff and Hervey D. Ridgeway, a petition for sale of real estate with appraisers named, and a sale report filed. Other items include a writ of mandate action in Cass township, a dismissed stock claim, partition actions, a divorce grant with alimony, and a salary dispute where the plaintiff takes nothing and pays costs.
Jasonville resident Lewis Pritt pleaded guilty in circuit court to possessing liquor illegally. Judge Bridwell fined him 100 and sentenced him to 30 days at the penal farm. Earlier a disturbance on city streets prompted police and deputies to respond to a report of intoxicated men.
Billy Alsman head mechanic at Sullivan Manufacturing Company, with Charles McDaniel, perfects an automatic hay baler that bales faster than one bale per minute. Originated by Rev. James H. Pearson of Bloomfield, the device uses a conveyor to move hay and requires two men, with capacity of 40 tons daily. A new corporation will absorb Sullivan to manufacture the baler in other cities.
John Borders and Clifford Humphreys, both from this county, received parole from the state board of pardons. Borders had a 2 to 14 year indeterminate term for intent to commit murder, with a 1919 June 28 sentence. Humphreys, jailed for burglary, faced a 4 year term from an April 5, 1919 sentence. Don McCammon and Melvin Worpenberg were denied pardons or paroles, McCammon serving a life sentence for criminal assault and Worpenberg a robbery term started in February 1918.
A. C. Payne of Sullivan county resigns as Noblesville superintendent to take the Connersville post. He will begin duties in September after four years at Noblesville and time as a Mooresville educator. He currently teaches a Hampton Institute summer term in Virginia.
John Page a local carpenter lost four fingers of his right hand in a power saw at the Dix Lumber Company planing mill Monday. Jesse Stevenson a city teamster was also severely injured in the incident.
A large display train of motor trucks touring agricultural regions will visit Sullivan Thursday afternoon July 22 at four o'clock under the Greater Terre Haute Club. Local welcome committee members include John B. Taylor chair and Frank Abell H S Benson Ransom W Akin Frank Mason and Robert Petrie. The exhibit aims to show farmers how trucks can farm more economically and help urban migration by improving production and marketing without sales pitches.
John B Gooldy a Sullivan tinsmith now in Terre Haute visited Rep Bland to obtain a copy of his grandfather Fred Gooldy’s discharge from a Virginia regiment in the War of 1812. He preserves a century old letter from father to son rich with family and local wartime details.
The Nurses Association of the Third District met at the nurses' home Friday with talks by Miss Ruth McBee RN of the State Board of Health and Dr. J. B. Maple of this city. Refreshments were served by Mrs. W. C. Jamison, president of the county hospital board, assisted by Mrs. C. H. Stratton. The next meeting will be in Vincennes on September 10.
Richard, a county superintendent of schools, plans to appeal the case against the county commissioners over his salary. Judge Bridwell ruled in favor of the defendants.
Dick Thompson Morgan of Woodward Oklahoma longtime U S congressman from the eighth district dies suddenly of pneumonia in Danville Illinois on July 5 He wrote a land entries book and introduced a bill to provide farms and homes for ex service men He lived in Vigo county years ago and served as a college faculty member and lawyer born near Prairie Creek He was a prominent Republican with strong ties to Henry Overholser and local Sullivan county figures.
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