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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1920
Page
5
Community notes recount birthday greetings to Mrs. Wilbur Coyner, visits by Mrs. Eliott Bowen and others, and multiple residents traveling to Sullivan and Merom. Individuals such as Rodney Johnson, Ernest Berry, Miss Mary Burke, Dr. Hershey, Rev. Alexander, and numerous families are listed with friendly updates and small-town movements. The U.C.C. girls basketball team lost to Sullivan K.S. on their home court.
Rudolph Wernz and Ben Harrison returned home Friday from Purdue where they attended the farmers short course. Mr and Mrs Carl Lester went to Sullivan Saturday.
Will Fuson Percy Lester and Claude Pittman were guests at Edgar Strain's on Sunday. Several families report sickness, visits to friends, and farm moves including Wm Burton relocating to Narrows farm. Rooters from Fairbanks traveled to Terre Haute for a basketball game. local teams won two of three. Franks Walton back on mail duty after illness. L L Johnson ill with influenza but improving. Numerous property moves and upcoming Duroc Jersey sale noted.
Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs Fred Reynolds with Mr and Mrs Tom Hayhurst. Mrs Mort Pogue buried at Pogue cemetery Friday. Orval Holmes of Terre Haute visited relatives here. Wernz and Harrison returned from Purdue. John Johnson moved to Fairbanks to begin blacksmithing in the old Nath Russell shop. A girl born to Mr and Mrs Adotes Starkey Saturday. James Holmes public sale well attended. Earl Gaston and the Gaston spouses visited. Harmon and Horner families entertained. O E S Chapter conferred degrees on Ola Bradbury and Wilhelmina Riggs. High school basketball beat Merom. Pounds Brothers installed electric plant. Badger family from Terre Haute visited. Large crowd at Fairbanks Sullivan game in Terre Haute. Fairbanks won 39 to 16 to claim Sullivan county championship. Ray and Mrs Scott ill with pneumonia. John and Mrs Pogue sick.
Josie Eno spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday with her niece Mrs. Carl Burton. Will Burke and wife visited Warren Watson Sunday afternoon. Hutsonville Illinois residents Tavo and Stella Dix stayed with Wheeler Rockwell Thursday and Friday. Ray Watson visited with his parents Saturday night and Sunday. Jesse Medsker and wife were in Sullivan Friday. Mrs. O T Collier was hospitalized Tuesday and undergone surgery Thursday morning. She is recovering well. Mary Medsker and daughter Fern Nowlin visited Sullivan Thursday. E C Eno was in Sullivan Saturday. Emerson Watson had dinner with Charley Riggs Saturday. O T Collier visited Sullivan Sunday. Mrs C E Watson and her son C E have been ill the past week but show signs of improvement. Ralph Mahan has been at Will Watson’s two weeks and went to Indianapolis earlier this week.
Ross Turman moves his garage to the Burton store room south of the Methodist church. Edgar Ransford has recovered and returned to his place.
Miss Grace Shaffer daughter of Mr and Mrs T B Shaffer is appointed county health nurse of Hamilton county Indiana with headquarters at Noblesville Hospital She served eight months in France as an army nurse.
Notice announces Mary E Bland appointed administratrix with will annexed of the William Hi Bland estate in Sullivan County Indiana. The filing lists attorney A G McNareb and dates for first insertion in March 1926.
Psitac H. Wally appointed executor with the will annexed of the estate of Mary AL Chaminis deceased in Sullivan County Indiana. The estate is to be probated with ISAAC HH. KRALLEY as attorney and executor. First insertion March 3, 20.
Notice records two public notices from Sullivan County Indiana. Executor SH Kalley will auction the deceased Mary A Chambers' household items on March 25 1920 at Sullivan with cash and eight month credit terms. Separate bond sale by Treasurer bid opening March 1920 offers 10 year highway improvement bonds of 1000 each bearing semiannual interest at 4.5 percent.
Notice from Sullivan County Indiana that bids will be received after 12:00 M on the 20th to sell bonds with par value 7320 each bearing 4.5 percent interest from October 15, 1919. Bonds issued to fund highway construction in Jefferson township Padua County. Dates and payment details given.
Marion Phillips of Linton writes that he has read the Union since 1866 and is 74 in poor health. Lafe Burr leaves for Tulsa to report to Sinclair Oil and work in New Mexico. he has spent two months in Sullivan for ill health. Jean Wilson of Sapulpa visits Sullivan, formerly with an oil company, attending his father’s funeral in Robinson. Samuel Ridgeway and daughter Nora host Mr. and Mrs. Hunt and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Butler and daughter Elva and son Ray, Mrs. Neva Drew and son Francis for an evening of music games and a pig contest won by Mr. Ridgeway, Hugh Hunt, Ray Butler, and Mrs. Neva Crew. refreshments served by the hostess with Mrs. Hunt assisting.
Specimens of all species of mosquitoes found in army camps will be displayed in the Army Medical Museum in Washington D C. The display aims to illustrate the variety and distribution of mosquitoes encountered by troops in field conditions.
A fragmented nineteenth century style Arctic sea narrative recalls the herring as a central icon near Helgoland. The tale mentions processions, coast scenes, and a ritual tied to the fish with obscure details and symbolic ships.
A report notes a practice affecting a Japanese girl where her head is shaved daily until she reaches three years old, with local observers describing the custom and its cultural context.
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