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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
5
The Sullivan Union reports on ship subsidy debates and postal routes under Roosevelt era plans. It condemns dog poisonings on city streets as inhumane and dangerous, urging authorities to halt the practice immediately.
Town marshal George Fox of Shelburn slept in the Union depot while Adrian House, a coal miner from Mildred, escaped with handcuffs, a cravenette coat and a .44 revolver. House had been charged with assaulting Christina Marang. Police hunt the fugitive as details of the crime are recounted.
Complaint for divorce alimony and child custody filed. Case involves Arista May Marvin and James Marvin with related hearings and potential support orders.
Merom Indiana May 1 Professor George C Enders of the Union Christian College faculty has been elected to the presidency of Palmer College at La Grand Iowa and has the same under advisement. Enders has been a long time member of the Union Christian faculty.
A drunken farmer east of the city climbed a ladder to a tin shop roof at night and fell through a skylight into a cluttered workshop. He was uninjured and told workers to warn him before entering. Oil field workers in Crawford County frequently visit Sullivan for drinking, sometimes mistaking the local high school for a hotel on Court Street.
A sequence of small property or trust transfers appears listing Lafayette Lawrence to Martha J. Boone, Albert M. Six to Emma V. Cook, Otto Dickerson to Mary B. Taylor, and Clarence W H Moore to Elma M Patton, indicating a pattern of pairwise real estate or asset changes.
Personal notices report M A Haddon and J W Lindley returning from a business trip to Indian Territory. Carl R Hinkle from Indianapolis visited friends. R W Rogers of Curry township called on the Union. Mrs Phoebe White of Newark Ohio visits D L McKee. Mrs W E Barco travels to Terre Haute to be with ill brother Lou Mason. Congressman Chaney informs of pension increase for Israel D Risher from 17 to 24 dollars monthly after prior denial efforts.
Hon John T Hays received a telegram Monday morning about his daughter Mrs J H Drake in Canton Mississippi facing a serious illness. Hays and his daughter Miss Mattie departed immediately for Canton where Mrs Drake has suffered a gastric trouble for several weeks.
A joint listing notes a one year subscription option priced at 2.75 dollars. The offer appears in the Sullivan Union and Terre Haute Daily Star collaborative promotion.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Sullivan Indiana post office as of May 1 1907. If not called for within two weeks they will go to the dead letter office. Names include Doherty Mrs. Fearnot Miss E Lizzie Jones Ella Phillips Mrs Edna Smith Mrs L B E and others. Postmaster A A Holmes notes to say advertised when calling.
Robert Crowder four son of Dr. Joe R. Crowder was caught in a wheat bin chute while playing in his barn. Phillip Harris raised the alarm and Robert was rescued with no injuries. Earlier incidents include a fall from a second story window, a horse trampling, and a bicycle run over. Mrs. Sarah Jane Wilkey of Turman township died at home Sunday.
Eleanor Gates, an American writer who has traveled widely, notes that deference toward women decreases as population density rises. She says sparsely settled western regions place women on a tacitly superior plane, making New York the least gallant city in the country.
Alta's mother ill leaves young Alta to make coffee with half an egg. She returns with a knife and egg asking how to cut an egg in half without spilling it. The scene captures a child’s puzzled literalism and household worry.
A prominent clergyman advocates music as a remedy to drink puzzles, asserting its power to rescue men from drink. The piece questions whether such music truly leads to sobriety and urges reflection on the method and outcomes.
The notice states Dr H Edwards will retire and asks debtors to settle. he has sold out to Dr J B Maple. A separate item advertises a good fruit tree sprayer for sale by A J Rich in Sullivan. Another brief item notes H H Williamson of Poplar Bluff Mo visiting his daughter Mrs Russell Draper with his two sons Foster and Worth.
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