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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1904
Page
7
Attorneys at law offer careful prompt attention in all courts with focus on collections. Office located at the northeast corner of Public Square.
Isaac H Kalley abstractor of title offers examination and perfection of titles and estate management in Sullivan County. Office located in the Coffman Block on the East Side Public Square.
The 1816 year brought ice and snow in June and July, with frost common all year. January was mild, June and July saw crops destroyed, Vermont to New York reporting heavy snow and ice, New Orleans flooding, and corn losses across Indiana and New England. Flour averaged $18 a barrel in Philadelphia, with widespread agricultural distress and references to a no-summer climate.
The post office at Sullivan advertises uncalled letters including Mrs. Lucy Beasley Mrs Annie Boylan Miss Stella Brown Miss Nona Bust and others. Also listed are gentlomen and master letters with names such as W G A femen Chas Barrett Levi Brock Otis Bown Ira Carson Claude Clark John Casey Will Cunningham Harry Cook and many more. Please call and say Advertised to claim items.
Captain Thomas O'Brien recalls his 1853-4 tenure as a clerk on the steamer Onaonto voyage between Evansville and Vincennes. He notes prosperous freight and passenger trade, cargo of groceries and farming goods, and downstream pork and corn reaching Cairo Memphis New Orleans and Europe. He praises the crew and captain for discipline and courage amid uprisings at landings and mentions deer along the river providing sport from the deck.
Public notice markets stock meat and venison at three cents per pound with emphasis on choice cuts and abundant supply, inviting buyers to purchase promptly.
Hunting Grounds of Hymera resolves for Pocahontas Council 164 mourn the death of sister Eura Alumbaugh. Wigwam to be draped for three Moons, copies sent to bereaved husband council records and Sullivan Union. Poem lines note loss and heavenly rest. Mary E. Wilson Mary Gibson Edna McLoney.
The Sullivan Cement Works, run by Frank Cunningham and Charles Mankedick, will open in early April in the old Fisher mill building at the Y junction of the E T H and Illinois Central. A single machine, capable of producing 150 to 200 blocks daily, will determine output based on local demand, with plans to erect a cement block building next summer.
One way Colonist rates to California Oregon Washington British Columbia Idaho Montana Utah and other listed areas. Rates from Sullivan to principal points include Billings MT 26 dollars Livingston Logan Gardner MT 26 Ogden Salt Lake City 1931 Heile Butte S Nicoula Keneehie MT 31 Spokane Wash Port and Seattle Water Piece if Phco 3 Angeles San Diego Califenix El Paso Tex 34.25 dollars. Tickets on sale daily now through April 30. For full notice call or address the signer.
San Francisco readers may travel round trip for 951.75 to attend the National Meeting of the Retail Grocers of the United States. Tickets go on sale April 3rd through May 1st with a return limit of June 30th, 1904.
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