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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1904
Page
2
The text asserts strong sales of Chase & Sanborn's Coffees over the past year. It claims customers repeatedly choose this brand and that initial usage leads to continued preference.
A 15 year old pupil recalls school days and his kind teacher, describing the blackboard marks and early lessons. He dreams of returning to class, remembering the first and second years with mischief and hard sums, before waking to the memory. The note is dated from Fairbanks and signed L Lynn Johnson.
Through this paper we thank the neighborhood and friends for kind words and deeds shown during our long sorrow for Lem Smith. Special gratitude to Mrs Henry Hartling and Rev Ryan of New Lebanon. G. W. French and wife F A Gehman and wife.
In a New York Press vignette a young wife, fearing chloroform, declares she will endure the lancing of a slight abscess without anesthesia. Her husband protests while the doctor reassures there is no danger, and the woman resolves to prove a woman can bear pain.
Two visiting ministers in Germantown walk into a home while a German woman churns butter. They joke about fresh buttermilk then receive the beverage only to be told it is for the pigs. The scene ends with a lighthearted punchline.
A Chicago Evening Post line mocks a self proclaimed war expert one of 18 million people who know how the war in the far east should be run. The quote frames public skepticism of wartime authorities.
The E and T H railroad announces excursion fares from Sullivan Evansville and Indianapolis for Knights of Columbus Eastern Star Travelers Protective Association Indiana Grand Commandery I O O F and Rebekah Assembly meetings. Fares range from one fare plus 25 cents to round trips with return limits in May June 1904, with special rates to St Louis Exposition and other events. Tickets sold April to June 1904 to members presenting lodge secretary certificates.
Burlington issues summer travel notices with low round trip fares to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Black Hills and 50 cent off peak fares. California trips list $47.60 from St Louis and $50 from Chicago with $11 more to return via Puget Sound. Also promotes Minnesota resort season and a new shorter 79 mile route opening in June.
Stopovers for through tickets allowed on Burlington routes except Colonist. Consult nearest agent or write for rates routes berths and information. Char. E. Michel L. W. Wakeley General Passenger Agent 604 Pine Street St. Louis Missouri.
Burlington accelerates completion of the St Louis to Kansas City passenger line to handle Exposition travel after June 15. The 92 mile alignment from Old Monroe to Mexico Missouri features a 26 ft per mile grade and 1 percent curvature with 85 pound rail, steel bridges, and concrete culverts. High grade equipment is being rushed, and travel demand already indicates more trains than planned.
Fragmentary notes describe a route between Missouri and Monroe with mentions of Kansas City and several new towns. The text is garbled and lacks coherent event or dates. No identifiable people or organizations are clearly stated.
The Vandalia Line asks all parties seeking rate or train time information to write to D. B. Steege Traveling Passenger Agent in Terre Haute Indiana who will promptly attend to the matter.
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