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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
6
The Sullivan Union highlights rural delivery's impact on politics and calls for county reform amid graft concerns. It recounts local town names, origins, and notable figures, and notes a novelty glass eye trade among horse traders and a joke about Lilliputian vs Brobdignagian baseball teams.
Dr. J. R. Hinkle visited Terre Haute for the first time in about thirty five years while Mont Getty planned a trip there. Sullivan notes say automobiles are becoming common and the first machine to visit Sullivan came from Terre Haute five years ago with C. M. McConnell. Uncle Billy Power plans to move to the county after fifty years in Currysville and J. D. Power, now in Kansas City, was an early Sullivan Union printer.
A quirky column contrasts the Indiana hen and farm life with mythic tales of Juno and Jupiter. It riffs on gender roles, court, marriage, and domestic humor, linking hens to independence while lampooning old prodigal mores in a light satirical voice.
The Union explores how county towns got their names and offers reader corrections. Sullivan honors a fallen soldier Daniel Sullivan and the county. Shelburn and Fairbanks name origins reflect pioneers and incidents with Indians. Farmersburg titled Mount Washington later changed. Hymera links to a Mary Pitt postmistress. Alum Cave named for a cave with alumlike rock. Debearbo began as Grammarcy Park in honor of Capt. Grammar.
The E and T H time table lists one fare plus 8 35 for round trips to Sbury Park New Jersey for the National Educational Association, with sale dates in June and return by August 1. Louisville Kentucky trips for the National Association of Stationary Engineers, Portland Oregon for the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and Oregon girls’ groups for the Woman’s General Missionary Society and National American Woman Suffrage Association. Fourth of July rates apply across stations within 206 miles, summer tourist rates to Colorado Michigan resorts and the St Paul Minneapolis route, and an OME seekers excursion with sale dates the first and third Tuesdays each month. Return limits vary, with some tickets valid up to 90 days and others until October 31 or November 30.
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