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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1905
Page
6
The Sullivan Union established August 1 1866 proclaims six months subscription rate One dollar fifty cents and lists Diarelle Chaney and Robert P White as publishers in this Republican county publication.
Publishers request the original subscribers to send their names and addresses promptly as the Union approaches its fortieth anniversary. The appeal urges past readers to respond to ensure a complete subscriber list for the celebration.
The Mid-Summer session of the Republican Editorial Association of Indiana is held at Winona Lake this week. Governors Beveridge Hemenway and seven Indiana Republican representatives attend the largest meeting in the association’s history.
A Sullivan County sheriff is criticized for failing to stop a Wallace Show gambling tent. The piece accuses Adam C Miller of leniency as gamblers operated the old army game with bets from local men, while bystanders, including several respected locals, lost amounts totaling dozens of dollars to the rigged setup.
Reported case involves two Sullivan Normal students blamed as caps for a Wallace show tent game in Coffman Park. They allegedly lured gamblers to bet, winning easily and causing losses. Authorities consider possible prison terms of two to fourteen years. the men come from reputable families and face moral reckoning over the tin star reference.
A new Good Order League was launched in the city last week to fight police corruption immorality and lawlessness. Local towns along the Illinois Central Railway and eastern border areas are targets amid recent murders and widespread drunkenness.
The speaker urges strict enforcement of laws and a fearless prosecuting attorney to deter gambling rampant in town. He backs the law and order league as asupportive tool and urges Sullivan county to act in earnest to restore order and public virtue.
The Cincinnati Enquirer announces it will abandon the Democratic party and advocate Republican principles. Publisher John R. McLean resigns from the Democratic National Committee as the paper prepares to declare formal adhesion to the Republicans citing party weakness and harmful policies.
Robert F. Weems of Vincennes, longtime editor of the Commercial, has purchased the Worthington Times from Arthur Palmer. He plans to continue it as a Republican newspaper and expects to make it a major influence in the Second District. Palmer’s future plans remain unspecified.
A stream of questions and asides about a local circus event and town life. The writer ponders post office rooms, supply adequacy, shocks from electric belts, why Wal lace's circus departments failed certain Sullivan residents, and various figures and incidents around the show day. The tone mixes humor and local curiosity without providing firm answers.
Community items recount Stewart Barnes eating at a Fairbanks supper and misinterpretations about temperance veer into a Washington letter on government printing waste. The column notes Sullivan lemonade stand tricks and rising prices for telephone and telegraph poles sourced from Michigan cedar and local chestnut.
Dr. Leslie M. Beaven offers osteopathic care in the Citizens Trust Company building with daily hours 9 am to noon and 1 30 to 6 pm. The ad notes kidney and bladder disease signs can be insidious and nearly fatal before symptoms appear, with sleep loss and suffering. Also promotes Dr Crowley as highly capable for dangerous cases and urges prompt consultation.
An old home remedy claim urges quick use of Dr Caldwell’s laxative Syrup Pepsin for infant stomach trouble. It promises safety for babies and children, with a money back guarantee if it fails, sold by Joe K. Smock at 50c and $1.
For sale a collection of household goods including stoves dishes bedsteads tables and carpets. See W. T. Crawford. 53-11-p.
Claude Huligimes applies to Sullivan County Commissioners for a one year license to sell intoxicating liquors in the town of Sullivan at the Davis Hotel, southeast corner room on Court Street, for consumption on premises. He is a white male resident of Hamilton Township, over 21, with more than ninety days in the state, seeking permission at the next meeting on the first Monday in August 1905.
A white male resident of Hamilton township Sullivan County Indiana over 21 and living there 90 days will apply to the county commissioners at the next session starting August 1 1905 for a one year license to sell spirits wine malt alcohol and other intoxicants in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption. The premises are described as a two story frame building on lot 4 in the Jackson Hill Coal and Coke Company Kelsem subdivision Sullivan County Indiana the only building on the lot measuring 22 by 40 feet and 92 feet 9 inches by 163 feet as shown on the recorded plat. 2013 REESE BENEFIEL
A white male resident of Hamilton township Sullivan county Indiana announces a forthcoming application to the county commissioners at the next regular session on the first Monday of August 1905 for a license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption for one year. The premises occupy the front part of the lower floor of a brick building on Washington street in Sullivan town described as parts of lots 48 and 53 with details of the lot measurements. The rear room serves as a ware room. 51 FRANK H BOTTS.
The Illinois Central advertises several excursion options with low round trip fares from Sullivan Indiana. Highlights include a Chicago trip at $2.50 round trip departing July 29 with return by July 30, plus trips to Denver and California with varied sale end dates. Homeseekers Excursion tickets and other specials to southern western and western points are advertised by agent I S Draper.
In Sullivan Circuit Court July 15 1905 Chaney & Chaney file complaint No 11704 to quiet title against Elisha T Heady Mary J Heady and others nonresidents of Indiana. They must answer at Sullivan Court House by October term 1905 or demur.
Notice to non residents in Indiana Sullivan County October term 1905 James W Jones versus unknown widow and heirs of John F Norris et al action to quiet title to real estate Complaint No 11703 naming unknown heirs and devisees of Norris as defendants.
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