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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1912
Page
3
A crowded bargain listing boasts Lenox Soap at 25c for 9 bars and a 25c Gold Dust package, along with sewed brooms, seeds, lace curtains, window shades, and 10c to 49c prices on hosiery, undergarments, shirts, and household goods. The ad touts a large curtain and linen range, tools, hardware, and furniture with weekly payment options and a noted aim to outvalue rivals.
A Sullivan Retail Merchants Association banquet spurred talks on city prosperity and real estate benefit. A tale about Lee Bays buying sheep at an auction and later learning the true bill highlights local business humor and community tales.
A Sullivan man remarked that if the average person met all pure food and health requirements we would need to take nourishment through a straw, noting there are already a few beginners in the effort.
To Mothers and others use Bucklen's Arnica Salve for children eczema rashes tetter chafings and skin injuries including cuts bruises and scaly crusted humors. It heals quickly and is safe. Also effective for boils ulcers fever sores and piles. 25 cents at Joe K Smock & Son.
Mrs P C Lisman visits her mother Mrs Rebecca Barnhill in Salemville Ohio during a traveling visit.
Hymera reports Rev. B F Julian’s 76th birthday supper at his daughter’s home with family present after twenty two years. A Methodist church debate favored the negative 2 1. Elizabeth Williams suffers pneumonia. Nye’s rip Van Winkle lecture drew a large audience at the opera house with the miners quartet. Court notes include judgments for injury and divorce custody and intermeddling in Sullivan County.
Ray Bicknell has accepted a position with the Julius Harry Shoe Company, signaling a leadership addition to the footwear firm. The move positions Bicknell to oversee operations and strategic initiatives at the established brand.
A Malachite Col. Stillman Green recounts doctors gave him two years to live after a tuberculosis diagnosis. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for saving his life, urging others with coughs or lung troubles to try the throat and lung cure now.
John Greenway and a 19 year old Gil mour miner were charged with stealing coal from cars. They appeared before Judge Bridwell on Thursday, were fined $2, and given a suspended sentence of ninety days.
A nostalgic ad notes Dr. King's New Life Pills deliver quick health benefits at 25 cents with claims of no griping or disturbance. The copy contrasts earth's swift motion with the product's gentle, thorough effects.
March 1 to April 15 tickets on sale daily. To California Arizona New Mexico 33.90. To Washington Idaho Oregon 34.55. Through tourist sleeping cars daily from Chicago or St Louis en route. W H Richardson G P A Chicago IL. For information call or address T B Hoover Agent Sullivan IN.
A ledger style list names many county officials ex. Sullivan Elec. Co. ex. auditors treasurers clerks surveyors and public figures with assorted monetary figures and assignments across departments including jail, survey, auditor, treasurer, and coroner. The document catalogues salaries and payments to individuals and firms such as Sullivan Elec Co Glidden Douthitt Parks Wible Ford Ward and others with scattered totals and dates.
Notice that William L. Long has been appointed administrator of the estate of Ada Line Cox of Sullivan County Indiana who is deceased. The estate is said to be solvent. Walter F. Wood is the attorney. First insertion March 20 1913.
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