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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1915
Page
5
Owing to frequent rains hay harvesting and threshing slow across the area. Corn stands fine. Numerous visits and social gatherings noted among locals including Hallie Hill, Gertrude Alsop, Malora Robbins celebrating eighteenth birthday, and several Alsop family activities.
Florence McBride returned to Cass after a week with sister Edna Bledsoe. Robert Bledsoe and wife called on Sullivan, Millard Stivers and son Waldo returned from Bridgeport, Illinois. Charley Cochran bought a new Ford. Dave Hancock transported tomatoes to Robinson, Illinois but could not sell them. Turia Dungan visits Cass this week. Miss Dora and Flora Stivers celebrate 15th birthday with Otis Lane Bledsoe and others at a surprise party. attendees include Amos, Imo, Minnie, Turie Dungan, Chas McClure, Florence McBride, Davie Walls, Ruby West.
Pauline Medsker spent a week with her aunt Mrs. John Harrison. Ray Watson was in Hutsonville Sunday. Dr Lyman Lowe and family visited Dr Durham's in Hutsonville. Rev Freis and wife from Sullivan stayed in Warren Watson's home Wednesday. Corwin Phillips plans a trip to Bement Illinois later this week to visit relatives. Mary Mann and Lizzie Pounds visited Sullivan on Saturday. Will Watson and family visited Merom Sunday. Elmer Harrison family spent Sunday with Guy Cushman. Mr and Mrs Clark visited relatives in Illinois Sunday. Florence Greystone spent Sunday with J J Bragdon.
Mrs. Oscar Davidson of Linton visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ss. C. Plummer. Miss Alice Boone and others from Sandford attend Bethany meeting and dine with the Alsmans. Aunt Susan Carrico returns from Terre Haute. Ben McCammon makes a Carlisle trip. Miss Allie Gadberry from Sullivan visits May Smith. Dinner guests at J. E. Hilderbrand include French and Walters families from Carlisle and Reelsville. Mrs. Nellie Hart of Terre Haute spends week nearby.
Mr and Mrs Howard Stoody and family plus Mrs Strody visited at Wm Oneals. John Farrand and family and Mrs Herman Harris visited at Willis Farrands. Mrs Ward Frakes remains very ill. Harold Wilson of Terre Haute visiting Joseph Oneal. Hazel Aldrich returns to Danville Illinois. A Sunday school picnic is planned in Ellery Hayden s grove on August 5.
Graysville residents anticipate the Manngrove picnic on Sunday, August 14. Miss Amy Moore shows improvement, while O H Burke visited Bloomington, and W S Moore’s family deal with Amy’s illness. Steel beams for the new school building arrived, and the threshing season continues. Rev W S Biddle led the last quarterly conference meeting and administered communion.
Edwin C. Martin died Friday at his home near Plainfield New Jersey. He formerly edited the Telegram in Richmond Indiana and supported low tariff and Civil Service reform in the Cleveland era. He helped edit Mc Clure's Magazine for years and later pursued literary research. His wife was Martha Evans, stepdaughter of the late Murray Briggs.
List of unclaimed letters at the Sullivan Indiana post office dated July 28 1915 includes ladies Clark Mrs Lute Collins Mrs Agnes Feeley Mrs Henry Johnson Mrs Guy Price Mrs Nellie Swiney Mrs John and gentlemen Dawson Mr Frank Hotel Hays Klein Morris Lindsay R I Elec Co Meyers Mr Geo Payton Mr Earl Powell William B Smith Mr Thomas Wrinkles Happy. If not claimed within two weeks they go to the Dead Letter Office. When calling for letters say advertised. W E Aydelotte re.
Reports from the Secretary of State in Indianapolis show Sullivan County has 771 automobiles registered this year. John Bowen of Farmsburg was the first local owner to register, with O Wilson’s registration bringing the county total to 771. statewide owners exceed 83 000, Ford leads with about 30 000 registrations.
R M Washburn of the Minnesota College of Agriculture urges dairy farmers to shelter cows early and stock a winter ration rich in late grasses pumpkins soft-shelled squash roots and small potatoes. He notes butterfat prices rise in winter so maintain milk flow by liberal feeding without heavy grain and use potatoes as cost effective feed. Herd cows on young clover in wheat and oats stubble for added value.
Mr and Mrs R A Plunkett return from Indianapolis Photographer's Association session then head to Lebanon and Crawfordsville for Chautauqua events. Numerous locals travel to nearby towns for visits, sessions, and vacations with relatives, including doctors, merchants, and a range of engagements across state.
A milk bottle holder fitted to the kitchen door woodwork has a cap at its top that presses down over the bottle head to keep out insects dirt and rain if the bottle stopper is displaced. It also secures the bottle so dogs and cats cannot dislodge it as described by Popular Mechanics.
Apples and potatoes make cheap succulent feeds for cows when fed properly. Start with a few, increase to about a peck per cow, and limit to half a bushel daily. Feed twice a day if desired to avoid diminishing milk flow and choking risks in stalls or lots.
A wry Life magazine quip notes Hokus Old Gotrox leaves twenty five thousand dollars for a home for poor singers. The jest suggests the need far exceeds the offered funds or the number of destitute vocalists.
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