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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1903
Page
3
An advertisement urges readers with chronic sickness to take Scott's Emulsion to gain strength and appetite. It claims to build new flesh and blood, improve health, and offers free samples with labels on every bottle. The ad lists Scott & Bowne as chemists in New York and prices at 50 cents and one dollar.
The Pioneer Limited of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway runs the Fast Mail route. Leaves Union Station, Chicago, at 6:30 p.m. daily. F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The timetable states all trains run daily except Nos. 7 and 2 which do not run on Sundays.
The E T H R R and B E T H R R announce southward winter tourist tickets at low roundtrip rates with return validity to May 31 1903. Home seekers and colonists offered special dates from Dec 1902 to Apr 1903 with one fare plus 2 00 for round trip and 21 day return. Call for full territory details and rates to Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and British Columbia.
In May 1903 the Eb T H A R announces cheap one way second class colonist tickets to California from Sullivan Ind through Apr 30 1903 with rates of 34 from Sullivan. Tickets valid to San Francisco Sacramento Los Angeles San Diego and many other California points. Rates not valid via ALT and 5 FF routes. Agents D H HirrMan Evansville and W W aAstO Sullivan Ind.
Beginning February 15 and continuing daily to April 30 a special fare will apply to all points in Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and British Columbia. For maps routes and information write C C Hill District Passenger Agent Wisconsin Central Railway 230 Clark Street Chicago.
Chicago to California via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Union Pacific offers one way colonist tickets for 38 dollars to San Francisco Los Angeles and many other California points from February 15 to April 30 1908 F A Miller G P A Chicago invites requests for more details.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills claiming they keep "tireless little workers" at study and work by curing indigestion biliousness constipation sick headaches and bowel troubles. The pitch markets the pills as easy pleasant safe and only 25 cents at Joe K Smock's drug store.
A new telephone company formed by local subscribers will extend a line into Farmersburg from the east, expanding communication services for the area and connecting farms and residents.
On board the Iroquois at Jacksonville March 4 Joe S Reed recounts a sea voyage toward Charleston with humorous seasick misadventures and social observations. He notes crossing the bar from St. Johns River, the sea’s splendor and discomfort, and a strained parting with E S Crowder before continuing by rail to Chattanooga.
A convoy pilot debarks by rope ladder from a steamer and slips into a waiting row boat. The narrator, seasick and forgetful, recalls the voyage, questions crews absence, and reflects on life as the ship rolls toward Paris or pieces.
Fragmentary text presents dialect heavy lines about Columbus, seasickness, and a Ferris wheel. It references rail travel advantages, emotional distress, and symbolic imagery of boats, landings, and Gabriel’s trumpet. The readable parts hint at a storytelling voice reflecting travel and fear of sea torments.
The Albert Benefield horse is now owned by John A Richardson and will race in 1908. It will stay at the owner's residence in Jackson township for the first three days of each week and at Bass in Sullivan for the last three days. The horse is claimed to produce more good colts than any horse in Sullivan County.
Wanted a position as a farm laborer. Raised on a farm and able to perform all farm tasks. Enquire at the Union office.
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