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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
8
The Sullivan Union is the sole Republican paper in Sullivan County Indiana since 1866. It lists subscription rates for one year six months and three months in advance, with a 1.00 price and a 50 cent rate. Publishers are D Chaney and R P White, and the paper is entered as second class matter July 1, 1873 at the Sullivan post office.
United States Senator Hugh Th Miller Columbus seeks U S Senate while Judge Ed Jackson Newcastle runs for Secretary of State. I Newt Brown Franklin vies for Auditor of State and Joe Freeman Terre Haute for Treasurer with Ele Stansbury Williamsport as Attorney General and Horace Ellis Vincennes as Supt of Instruction.
Gill township Republicans call a mass convention in New Lebanon on Saturday June 13, 1914 at 2:00 p m to nominate a township ticket and handle business. Dirrelle Chaney county chairman Walter F Wood secretary.
Crown Point Ind June 2 the Lake county board of election commissioners reports revised primary tallies showing a larger Republican vote and a smaller Progressive vote than initially released. Prosecucing attorney candidates Fox and Patterson total 6396, Bruce leads Progressives with 668, and overall GOP turnout exceeds 1912 president race by 23 percent while Progressive decline stands at 91 percent versus 88 in early figures.
An old advertisement touts Citrolax as a pleasant laxative for constipation and related symptoms. It claims quick action without pain or nausea and compares its taste to lemonade, sold by Joe K. Smock & Son.
Ben Fendrick, a former Riverton resident, is jailed after two weeks of apparent mental decline. Police chief O R Rich recounts he brandished an axe and butcher knife, terrorizing the east Riverton neighborhood and fighting officers on arrest. He previously served ninety days for bootlegging.
Washington reports that Chinese egg shippers are expanding under the tariff law. A Nanking egg factory nears operation, eggs move via interior agents, and desiccated egg factories pay low wages to workers. Refrigeration from China to the United States is available.
Our fellow citizens discuss militant suffragists in England and local reactions. Uncle Jerry Spruceby, over 82, boasts he can beat anyone at 7-up. A barber shop owner threatens a boycott on Ed Bascombe’s store over safety razors. Arminta Jones recites Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight at a social. Salina Baker groans at home. neighbors think a choir solo, but she ate green gooseberries. Constable Si Plum aims to collect 25 000 tobacco and cigarette tags for a wheel. Many locals discard socks for the season.
Last Saturday night lightning hit the Squire Hart sock barn and cows gave corrugated milk next morning. Deacon Ebbersole faces liver ossification, linked by family history to a deceased wife. Dick Beardsley weighs 275 pounds and has gained 12 pounds after seven anti fat bottles. Jim Bledsoe courts Beccy Bedett, a grass widow, while hay fever keeps him sneezing. Zeke Stebbins to move to Indianapolis with family to see the soldiers monument and dine at a dairy lunch. A suspicious man from Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, was spotted near a local gathering by Constable Si Plum. Rev Perkins moves to bar women in certain outfits from Hard shell church attendance.
An advertisement claims Foley Kidney Pills quickly clear the blood of poisons causing rheumatism backache and swollen joints. Sold by Joe K Smock & Son.
Bladder irritations and kidney troubles cause dull headaches weariness and back pain. Foley Kidney Pills promise to tone up the kidneys strengthen function and restore regular action. They claim to bring good health freedom from pain renewed appetite and sound sleep.
James H. Hopewell of Gill township files a circuit court suit against the Illinois Central railroad seeking 5000 in damages for personal injuries from an east bound train hitting his buggy while he crossed the tracks near Riverton. He alleges the train traveling about forty miles per hour hurled him down an embankment, fracturing three ribs and injuring his back and bruising. The accident occurred April 4 near the Sullivan county water works pumping station.
The county board of review holds its annual meeting in the first week of the month to audit township and county assessments and mortgage exemptions, deductibles to be applied to next year’s taxes. It will hear complaints about personal property assessments. The four year real estate appraisal is scheduled for next year.
State fire marshal records show eight month county fire average high led by Floyd with Sullivan Monroe and Wabash close behind. Total fires numbered 130. Sullivan city’s fire loss remained small and not charged to the county’s high average.
In Bloomfield Democrats last week a figures piece argues times are better, but the personal column reports the Jones-Dugger Chair Factory closed indefinitely. A notable contrast in local business and sentiment.
The city council authorized 32000 in bonds to defray expenses for erecting a new gymnasium school building this summer.
The article stresses brushing cows at least twice weekly to prevent hair ingestion and stomach blockages, especially when housed inside. It notes shedding season increases licking and skin irritation and recommends daily brushing to reduce irritation and remove loose hair beyond the tongue’s reach.
The main factor is the cream screw in the separator though fat content varies with season and cow condition. Winter cream can differ by about seven percent from summer. speed, flushing, and clogging of outlets affect cream thickness and free flow.
A one legged milk stool kept in constant position with waist straps provides instant use on a California dairy farm. The stool requires no adjustment and stays ready as the milker moves between cows, according to Popular Mechanics.
A brief promotion of The Divine Plan of the Ages as a biblically grounded, comforting work praised by the Atlanta Constitution and Bill Arp. The advertisement lists 855 pages, cloth bound, 35 cents postpaid, with ordering from Bible and Tract Society at 17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY.
The article explains that cows have a natural limit on butter fat production. It notes that poor feeding and care reduce butter fat percentage, while proper feeding, better care, and comfortable quarters with sunshine, ventilation, and warmth can restore cows to normal butter fat levels.
About 125 dairies produce certified milk totaling nearly 25 000 gallons, up 300 percent in five years. Despite the rise, only about one half of one percent of the nation's total milk supply is certified.
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