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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1919
Page
5
A community note‑filled bulletin reports births, arrivals, and visits in Sullivan and nearby towns. Residents welcome influenza recoveries, see marriages, and note church revivals and meetings at Sullivan and West Union.
Numerous Merom residents return from service and illness. Notables include G T Carruthers regain health, George Thompson improving, and C J Hershey planning a fundraising funeral, while J W Daugherty extends night classes. Local events feature college entertainment, new farm implements, moving picture show request, and town business notes including post office moves and repairs.
The page blends social notes from Sullivan Indiana with a bank condition report for The National Bank at Sullivan dated March 4 1919. Entries mention Carl Cushman Clarence Land Hallie Pound Osie Haines Ruth Johnson and others visiting family homes around town and farm movements. The bank section lists assets including U S bonds Liberty Bonds and deposits with figures for capital surplus and profits. A brief local note describes a man attempting suicide with family references.
A nineteenth century advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The claim notes thirty five years of use and bloodborne action healing mucous surfaces. Sold by all druggists. 5c.
Mr and Mrs Homer Dilley visited Mr and Mrs Cecil Kirkham on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Price Thompson did business in Terre Haute on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Will Albee and Mrs Lizzie Russell visited Sullivan on Saturday. Willie Clouse owns a new Ford. Mr and Mrs Clarence Walters are ill at home with influenza. Everett Trueblood bought a new carriage harness and a cook stove. Mr and Mrs Cloyd DeBaun were Sunday guests of Marvin DeBaun. Roy Pound fell ill Saturday.
Sullivan R R 5 item notes a flu illness in John Alsop bedbound, mumps in Bert Bedwell and Carl Bedwell children, and Sunday visits by Grandma Alsop Earl Alsop and others. Earl works for Bert Bedwell and James Alsop visited Julian Powell. William Alsop and wife moved into a new house.
Graysville reports a strong hog sale by A N L Burton and Sons with good prices. Misses Oliphant and Herth visited Terre Haute while a tiger rumor circulated near the river bottom. The village considers a state bank and finds mumps appearing amid improving influenza cases. Terre Haute Daily Star and The Sullivan next year subscriptions noted.
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