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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1912
Page
2
Jim Speake recreates a traveling joke in Southern Indiana as he carries onions home in a brown parcel. A Boston man behind him sniffs the air and questions the extent of the patch, receiving the clever reply that the odor fills the air for miles.
An American circus invites Filipinos to visit the United States describing the land as full of contrasts from churches to saloons, poverty to wealth, crime to virtue. The speaker extols freedoms and warns of hypocrisy, inviting them to see “the greatest aggregation of good things and bad things” under one tent.
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Riggs and John S. Taylor left Sunday for Baltimore to attend the Democratic National Convention. Mr. Taylor serves as a convention door keeper and Mr. Riggs is a district delegate.
Mrs. Henry Lane of Crawfordsville, 87, is the only person known to have attended all Republican national conventions since the party's birth. She traveled from Crawfordsville to Chicago for the 1936 event as the widow of a founder and guest of her nephew Isaac Exston.
Rosa N. Wilson sues Jackson Coal and Coke Company for 3000 dollars for injuries to her husband while employed in a coal mine. Original filing April 1905 in Sullivan Circuit Court, papers filed Wednesday transfer to Knox Circuit Court for trial after appellate reversal and venue change. Slinkard and Slinkard represent the plaintiff Vincennes Commercial.
Indiana Board of Accounts instructs county auditors that no fee is charged for certificates of registration when a voter moves within the same county. Voters must register in their precinct and obtain a certificate if they registered elsewhere at the May session and have moved before the next fall election, to be eligible to vote.
A column extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns cuts bruises bullet wounds and other injuries from a Fourth of July incident. It claims thousands healed and advertises the 25 cent price at Joe K Smock & Sons drug store.
Hud Morris, a farmer from south of New Lebanon, sold corn in town at 85 cents a bushel. He praises tiling, recounting 15 acres of marsh land tilled at a cost of 82 dollars, yielding about 1000 bushels last year. He fed hogs from the crop, earned over 200 dollars, sold 100 bushels seed corn at 1.25 dollars, and now sells 300 bushels at 0.85 dollars.
A former Morgan county Democrat urges petitioning the county council to fund a copper plate inscription naming Will H. Pigg county attorney and other Democratic officials on the Waverly bridge memorial spanning White River at Waverly. The surveyor and county commissioners are already listed.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoke and family from Indianapolis drove to Graysville for a visit with Mrs. Cushman. Mrs. Hoke will stay with her mother. Mr. Hoke departed Sunday for Baltimore to attend the Democratic National Convention.
W. H. Milligan, a well known farmer from Fairbanks township, was in the city Friday and made the Union a call. He urged local support and discussed upcoming community matters with residents and officials.
A sermon-style meditation contrasts light and darkness with biblical quotes. It argues that Christians are light bearers, called to reprove unfruitful works while living circumspect lives. The text urges faithfulness, wisdom, and reliance on the Holy Spirit.
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