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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1880
Page
5
Local notes from Sullivan detail Palm Sunday, upcoming April election, and business chatter. Advertisements tease bargains on organs from Mason & Hamlin, Wheat cleaner by Lockwood, and Stomach Pad from Knotts. Community notices call for ticket orders, literary event, and postal letter reminders.
A March 19 meeting at Cunlson Biliman office organized the Sullivan County Young Club to back Col Young’s bid for Auditor of State. John Z Gillin was named president, Walter A. Mapps vice president, W A Roberts secretary, W A Massie treasurer, with an executive committee from each township.
The Graysville item reports Republican sentiment favoring Tilden if nominated. It mocks Democratic papers and demagogues, mentions J J Harden selling a metalic battery as a cure, and records a Graysville club organized by a few Democrats from Sullivan. It notes east west township tensions and Turtle Creek’s reaction.
The Sullivan correspondence notes a bet between Red Briggs and Jesse Bierknell over a Town Clerk treasurer Moore who allegedly took only part of a fifty dollar license fee from a saloon keeper. Rob ert admitted half the fee and Jesse paid the wager. Citizens urge Moore to address the inquiry as he is the Democratic trustee nominee.
Governor Gray once led the 10th Indiana cavalry as colonel but resigned before seeing combat and returned home after orders to the front were issued.
Gilbert Bond shows improvement while A C Malone of Carlisle is noted up Monday. Laura Ward is much better. Mrs Will Burks visits Decatur Illinois. Goodman family visiting Merritt Ward Welch from Merom. Col Gray with Brethren. Susie Adams of Terre Haute visiting Jennie Wilson. H W Self of Jackson visited the county seat. Dr Hinkle traveled to Sherburn on a call. Phillip Pord succeeds Yeary at Farmersburg schools. term starts in April. Sol Goodman returned from the East. he bought spring stock. Paul Reid recovers from measles but remains weak. Ham Wallace of Traddes town ship brings eight subscribers from one district and Kansas. Union subscription grows rapidly.
The report notes Sam Humphreys of Merom observing the crowd as widowers seek a milch cow. The Graysville Republican meeting Saturday drew a large turnout with Maple presenting amendments to general approval.
The list names Samuel J. St Clair and L Alice Morris Puree Gorby and Mary BE Baker, Charles Stack and Viola A Self, Elias Arthur and America Wise, Edward A Thurman and Clara TR Hardesty.
A March 20 1889 Republican meeting in Craysville featured T K Cushman presiding and Maple of Sullivan as keynote speaker urging amendments amid claims of Democratic fraud. Graysville Democrats organized a club with Squire Houpt as president and Bill Shields as VP, with critics recalling past Democratic actions and predicting a Republican turnout and a fall defeat of the Democratic party.
The Jackson column reports a lively spring campaign with candidates trading influence. An oyster supper at Bethel M. E. Church raised funds for a church organ. M. J. Beckett closed his district school on the 17th with a large, communal dinner and praise for his teaching. Georgian Bigs, an elderly local, was thrown from a horse and killed. details to follow.
Col Gray was prospecting in Carlisle while Gwindk Rotramel bought nine car loads of wheat last week. Hal Wot GE of Sullivan visited on business Monday. Williams Herron named Hartford Insurance surveyor for Carlisle and vicinity. Mrs Fon Jenkins died at Martinsville residence. The funeral was planned for last Saturday. Prof Cain’s term started with many teachers from the country. the school is expected to be well patronized and has a strong reputation. The Christian Church at Oaktown reports a revival with forty accessions last Saturday. Edward Willis shipped two car loads of sheep to Indianapolis on Monday.
Measles strike Jo Estabrook as term opens crowding Carlisle schools. Prof Cain closes the public school for the year, begins a brief normal, with Miss Sallie Cain assisting. Local residents move houses and attend a lively Democratic primary in Busseron at Oaktown.
Dr W M Purcell of Reelsville Indiana with Dr Hiatt of Centerville and Drs Plew and Thralls of Pittsburg removed a thirty pound ovarian tumor from George Johnson near Farmersburg. Mrs Johnson bore the ordeal bravely and expects recovery. The disease had long been abdominal dropsy.
An advertisement touts Hage’s Hair Renewer as a powerful vegetable formula restoring color to gravy hair. It promises a white clean scalp, cure for hair loss, nourishment for growth, and glossy moisture. Endorsed by Massachusetts officials and medical men, it appeals to broad worldwide use. Sold by all dealers for 1s 6d.
An 1880s Plymouth notice attacks patent medicines and touts the Electro Magnetic Pad as a health device that draws poisons from the body through the skin, claims to restore vigor, aid digestion, and cure diseases of stomach liver kidneys or blood by delivering remedies directly into the blood.
An aggregation of quotes from Chicago newspapers lauding a new medical invention the Electro Magnetic Pad. They praise rapid professional supervision, widespread recognition from Boston to New Orleans, and strong public confidence in curing rheumatism liver disease headaches and other ailments.
John A Knotts of Ascension Indiana is identified as an agent for Knos and Sullivan. The notice lists the counties Mehi4-2m and relates to duties or authority in representing the firms. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
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