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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1920
Page
5
The candidate appeals to voters for re election to a second term citing prior service in 1918 and wartime duties. He recalls former opponents Kinman and Welman and notes campaigns ran without leaving posts. He emphasizes democracy and asks for primary support to prove efficiency as a public servant.
Ira and Hosea Drake were in Sullivan Tuesday. Mrs. Riggs stays with her daughter Mrs. Ira Drake. A. E. Harrison returned from St. Louis. Emerson Watson of Big Springs was here on business. Lex Trueblood of Sullivan spent Friday at Elmer Trueblood’s. Helen Strain, Graysville teacher, visited Carl Lester. Arnold Pierce of Sullivan visited Rufus DeHart. No services Sunday due to pastor illness. Percy Lester and Will Fuson visited the Taylors Saturday. Rene Martin visited Elsie Peacher Sunday. Funeral for Greensberry Riggs Monday at James Drake’s. Rev. Mugg and Rev. J. H. Paddock officiated. quartet sang hymns. Rufus DeHart, recently ill, moved to Sullivan hospital for their golden wedding anniversary. M. A. Reynolds and Earl Coyner transacted business in Sullivan Thursday. Youngest daughter of Rev. Burns ill. Orville Reid enlisted in the regular army. Miss Opal Barcus of Dugger visiting. Miss Ruth Robertson had tonsils removed in Robinson. Zoe Fleming visiting Terre Haute sister Mrs. F. H. Johnson.
Mrs. QO T Collier remains improving in hospital. J W and C E Watson hosted a noted lamb sale in Sullivan with a large crowd. Laura Langston rushed to Palestine for a brother’s illness and returned after his passing. Several families visited, and a Ladies Aid lunch benefitted the community.
Local column lists visits and movements among Graysville residents. Nettie Hubble helps John Setzer settle in. Families such as Roe Noll, Laura Coyner, Verne Nichols, E. W. Berry, Ray Sparks, Earl Hosman, Hester Mahan, Kate Beagle travel to attend funerals and meetings in nearby towns. John Stone moves, others host relatives, and a college dormitory dinner is noted.
Indiana resident Harry Knox mourns his daughter while Kit taming and a blizzard affect visits. A large crowd expected for Bur ton's second Duroe Jersey sale. Byron Foutz and Fern Montgomery wed here last Sunday. Local business and health updates follow with farm moves, injuries, and oil fever rumors.
A historic advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy. It explains inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes hearing loss and offers one hundred dollars for any uncured case, with circulars free and druggists selling the product for 75 cents.
The Wabash Valley Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association organized plans for its first purebred sale in Sullivan on April 6. Secretary T. A. Medsker said about 35 Angus cattle will be offered, with consignments from breeders across fourteen Indiana counties and eastern Illinois. Catalogues available on request.
Local notes report Dick Bledsoe trading a black mule for a dun mule with a Quincy man and rumors of luck after a horseshoe over the door. Community tales mention dry ailments, dried pumpkins, and a No. Tobac campaign. a pastor helps a widow. a gas incident near Indianapolis. a Wood campaign straw vote. and a 20th anniversary for the Hymera Knights of Pythias on March 15 with an afternoon program and oyster supper.
Several residents left Dugger for New York City on the S. Carpania to visit Britain and Wales. L. E. Chowning and two children depart for Sullivan to start a real estate business with Frate C. Liston. Emory Rector, ill with pneumonia, shows slight improvement. Mildred Klusner dies at nine months. funeral held at home with burial in Dugger Cemetery. Mrs. Emma Dunbar of Bicknell and Miss Nora Coopriter of Linton attended Lyle Scofield’s funeral. Hattie and Julia Stanley, teachers at Clinton, visited home for the weekend. Oscar Chowning and Ed Shepherd attended the funeral services.
Carlisle County Superintendent Richard Park and Indiana University professor W W.W. Black spoke to Carlisle and Haddon township residents at Carlisle High School. The gathering supported a county wide campaign to increase teachers salaries as Park urged local students to seize educational opportunities.
C K E Pirtle of Ranger Texas is in the city this week as guest of his sister Mrs Homer Wolie.
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