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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement offers a wide array of used and discounted items including stoves beds wardrobes furniture sets cookware and kitchenware. Prices range from a few dollars for cookware to under ten dollars for clothing items with quantities and varying conditions noted.
The Sullivan county hen produced 943,638 dozen eggs last year earning an estimated 14,154.57 dollars at average price per dozen. Hamilton county hens led in egg output with 1,858,472 dozen, reflecting strong poultry farming in the region.
Dr Crowley reports remarkable success in treating liver stomach and kidney diseases and claims to have cured piles and rectal illnesses, noting that surgery ligature hypodermic injections and cautery have failed in prior attempts.
For sale an 82 by 52 inch Advance separator in good condition offered cheaply. Inquiries directed to Turman and Riggs at North Main Street Sullivan Indiana. 47tf
Commodore Butzz, proprietor of Bright Light, feigned sickness to elude Officers Willis and Norton after Tom White’s arrest for operating a blind tiger. At Riverton they found him in bed claiming fever, then he slipped to the Illinois shore before their return with White. He later called for cold bottles and water, signaling a recovered fever.
Orville Richardson, 15, drowned Sunday in the Tippecanoe river near Monticello Indiana while nine other boys played in shallow water. His companion nearly drowned and was resuscitated. Orville’s body remained submerged for over an hour. His family had recently returned from New Mexico and he had been living with his aunt near Monticello. He was laid to rest after a service at the Carlisle Methodist church.
The item covers community happenings from Mt Tabor including John Hardin’s trip to Sullivan, a death of Aunt Nancy Burton, Bertha Ryl visiting E V Poe to build a new house, Tommy Strain and wife’s visit to Flora Bottorff, wheat threshing progress, Elsie Stewart from Anderson visiting Mrs Clara Harris, and Estella Wilkey with Hallie and Ethel Morin visiting Frank Alsop.
Indiana Anti Saloon League official E S Shoemaker estimates county local option will dry 11 counties in two years and leaves 44 counties with dry voters. He lists wet and dry counties, total dry territory populations, and notes the potential closure of 1,637 saloons across wet counties plus 1,608,912 already dry residents, projecting widespread prohibition under county control.
Rain on Thursday improved crops as residents report social visits and small tasks. People attend a ball game in Staffordshire, trade hogs with Wm. Thomas, and host relatives from Sullivan and Terre Haute. Community ties include visits, church tent meetings, and routine travel to Sullivan and Terre Haute.
Shelburn July 21 Sarah Elen Rebekah Lodge No. 357 installed officers Maude Wilson N G Stella Bailey V G Etta La Follette recording secretary Kate Llividge treasurer Elsie Corbin ward en Bessie Eldridge conductor Jessie Bardsley inner guard Mrs Jacob Irwin outer guard Lester Anderson chaplain Mayme Robbins R S N G Marie Carter R S N G Gratia Sumner R S V G Sarah Patton Li 8 S N G Gertrude Bohnstedt financial secretary
The passage notes select clothing emporiums offering $15 suits whispered about rather than publicly advertised. They exist for those who specifically seek them, kept discreet rather than flaunted.
Silver Chaney offers farm loans of thirty two thousand dollars or more at four percent interest per cent. Loans below that amount carry six percent.
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