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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
1
A Sunday morning blaze gutted Scott's Warehouse and Leach Residence in a local district. Firefighters battled flames for hours, with no immediate report of injuries. Investigations will determine cause and containment measures.
A large frame warehouse fire in Sullivan at 1 30 Sunday damaged Scott Hardware Co behind stores on the west side of the square. Losses included Mrs A P D Leach and Mrs Hortense Shepler personal property, plus tools, stock, and a library. Firefighters prevented greater damage with five hose lines and aid from Terre Haute.
O S Roberts of Westfield and other central Indiana farmers find a clear letter B marked on every oat blade. The sign stirs theories from a warning of war to Ballinger Pinchot controversy and booze in rural barrels, while others call it an ill omen or a freak of nature.
John Van Hook faces murder charges in the 1908 shooting of Jas Martin at the Reliance mine near Shelburn. The trial began after an April 1908 coal car theft dispute led to a fatal exchange at a schoolhouse meeting. Van Hook surrendered to authorities in Shelburn.
In Connersville on June 21 observers note that nearly every examined oat blade bears a letter B, varying in clarity with the back of the blade toward the stalk base. Elders recall 1835 blades with W and a prewar locust swarm with W on wings. Many farmers attribute the B marks to frost nip at blade tips causing new growth outward to resemble a letter.
Statewide school figures show 754 972 pupils in 1910, up 5 668 from 1909. Gains appear in large cities while rural districts and smaller towns show mixed results. Sullivan county records a 46 pupil drop and Sullivan city adds 78, driven by rural decline. County total stands at 9 404.
In early July a manual block system will be installed by the BE. & T. H. railroad. The new system requires three operators at each station, each working an eight hour shift.
Edinburg Indiana June 21 William Christman near Edinburg reports a large field of oats with every blade bearing a capital B. The letter was examined by H C Allison and others in the area and appears to be a genuine, unexplained anomaly.
Residents report a strange B shaped outline appearing on blades of growing oats near Hagerstown Indiana on June 21. The omen style marks have fueled superstition in the community as observers note the curious pattern across multiple stalks.
Ed P Lacey of Sullivan tracks preliminary census figures and predicts the new center of population could be near the Wabash river. He notes Sullivan might be near the center, which would be a boost for the city and county and deserve a marble tablet if located here. The 1900 center was near Columbus and marked by a marble tablet from an Indianapolis newspaper.
A historical look at Sullivan first forming a volunteer fire department in 1883 1884 and its early fire protection efforts. The piece describes the 1883 west side square fire that spurred organizing the department its 1886 purchase of a steam engine two hose reels and a hook and ladder wagon and the personnel leading the service.
Martin H Farley has been appointed chief of the newly organized Sullivan fire department by Mayor Hoover. A long time blacksmith and horseshoer, Farley arrived from Iowa in 1861 and helped form Sullivan’s first fire company in 1884. He aims to train the new force to a high level of efficiency amid recent major fires and renewed equipment, hoping to cut future losses.
Emerson R. Krug, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Krug, will graduate next Wednesday with honors from Yale College civil engineering after completing a two year course in one year. He will pursue a postgraduate Yale program and has secured a New Haven city engineering post after placing 85.5 on the competitive examination.
June 16 Dugger report Josiah Bays a 57 year old railroad section worker near the Keeley mine Dozing beside the rail he slept with his arm across the track A coal car rolled over and cut off his left arm near the shoulder Bays longtime resident of the area and unmarried coworkers say he had lived near Dugger many years The cause remains the accident at the mine site with long breaks for meals noted.
A cloud covered early Sunday as Bold Aviators visited Sullivan. The visit included conversations with several local figures including Thurb er, Jerp eson, Kowi, PK, and PE McOr Vla Peel.
A large dirigible named Centennial, piloted by Honeywell and Graves, crossed from St Louis on a long distance flight to lift the Lahm trophy cup. It was seen near Sullivan Indiana at 2:30 AM and later over Shepherdsville Kentucky at 11 AM 2500 feet high. A note claimed we were 3000 feet high and proceeding eastward. Separately James Driver, Jefferson township politician, has vanished with unsecured notes and cash from a farm sale amid a bank note dispute and alleged wife and child desertion.
Two St. Louis aeronauts landed their Centennial balloon Sunday at 6 30 p m in central Kentucky after flying 557 miles. They did not beat the Lahm cup record of just over 1 000 miles.
Stephen Hackney a longtime Carlisle resident died suddenly at his daughter Mrs. Ben Evans home four miles west of Carlisle. The 1849 Knox county born shoemaker suffered apoplexy about nine o'clock after a day tending a farm patch. He leaves wife and three children Paul Hackney Kansas City Mrs. Ben Evans and J Gordon Hackney. He was 60 and a member of the M E church and Carlisle Odd Fellows for thirty years.
The Lyric theater resumes operation under M. C. Stewart with an excellent week of entertainment. Ray Ogden & Co. deliver a strong sketch "The Fighting and Loving Couple." A second skit "On the Park Bench" delights audiences and tonight's program promises "Father Santa Claus" plus several reels of motion pictures and an illustrated song.
Fred Bates Johnson long time Carlisle teacher and former head of the school of journalism at the Bloomington university has resigned to practice law in Indianapolis.
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