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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1915
Page
4
Subscription rates noted for one year six months and three months. Publishers Dirrelle Chaney and R. P. White. The paper is entered as second class matter July 1 1873 at Sullivan Indiana post office under March 8 1873 act.
The Johnson Acetylene Gas Light Co. of Crawfordsville finished a light plant in the new church. Several residents made business trips to Sullivan Hutsonville Terre Haute Farmersburg and Kingsley. The area saw the heaviest rain of the season as families visited relatives and attended services.
Mrs Mary McCammon and daughter Tressa made a business trip to Carlisle Monday afternoon. Several residents including Tom Hudson Ora Isbell of South Giant and others were in the area Friday. Mrs Ethel Plummer and children of Dugger visited in the county. Miss Lou Davidson visited Mrs Ida Trimble Thursday. Townsley George Willis and Tom Hudson dined with Mr and Mrs W L Shake Sunday. Lena Walters spent a week with Mr and Mrs Frank Cox near Sullivan. Addie Plummer and Carrie Behem were in Carlisle Friday. James Dunbar John Plummer made a business trip to Linton Wednesday. Nellie Hilderbrand visited Fannie Bishop Sunday. W M Nash of Paxton was in the vicinity Saturday morning.
Mrs. Maude Perry of Robinson Illinois visits Geo and Curt Duncan. Roy White visits relatives in Robinson. Jessie May Stanley and Will Corder travel to Terre Haute to see Will’s grandmother. Baptist baptism at Merom attended by Lenox and West families, Norris, Stivers, and Bledsoe members. Lane Bledsoe and Eugene visit Cass relatives. Lottie Brown and Frits Clarkston pass through. Steve Ridge visits Ted Ridge. Lenox dinner guests include Norris Stivers Vaughn and Bledsoe. Eslinger family dine with Rollie Eslinger and Flora Stivers. Byrle Stivers visits Mrs Rogers’ Paxton home.
Mrs John Straw of Terre Haute visits her sister Mrs C R Douglas. Mr and Mrs John Douglas and Maud Ransford call on Mrs Woodsmall. Mrs C R Douglas and daughter attend dedication at Kingsley chapel Nav. Margaret Douglas visits Farrands Saturday.
Ira C Batman of Bloomington Indiana announces he will seek renomination at the next Republican state convention for the First District Appellate Judge seat. He was nominated in 1914 by a near unanimous county delegation vote and broad county support. He is a Indiana University graduate with 25 years of practice in southern Indiana and is regarded as an effective speaker and seasoned jurist.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Sullivan Indiana post office May 12 1915 with two weeks to claim before sending to the Dead Letter Office. Ladies Miss Cora Brown Mrs Dan Melloy Miss Olive Riggs Gents John W Davis Louis Farrand Falk Otis Kennison Ernest Robertson Theodore Mikolaitis Julijan When calling please say advertised One cent due on each letter. W E Aydelotte P M
Mrs J B Laird, who had been visiting Mrs Helen Mahley, has returned to her home in Indianapolis.
Fred QO Osburn sues John M Osburn for damages. Lewis A Burch seeks Emma Burch divorce. Guardianship petition for Susan Marie Walters, minor heir of Thomas Walters, John Walters guardian. Petition to sell Decemptis Walters real estate. The American Seeding Machine Co. vs William B Stiner and John Stiner on notes. William F Adams vs Samuel M Rector and James B Nichols on contract.
Indianap ilis resident Nellie St. Quentin who had been visiting here for some time left Thursday to return home.
William A. Drake, 63, farmer of Fairbanks wed Cynthia Jane Siner, 64, Shelburn. James Robert Followell, 40, laborer, Sullivan tied to Nellie M. Solem, 24, Sullivan. Jesse Hale, 33, miner, Pleasantville married Lou Davidson, 32, Pleasantville.
John C. Chaney transacted business in Fort Wayne on Monday and Tuesday, as reported in the local records. The notes indicate routine financial dealings and civic registrations tied to his visits. Chaney's activities appear standard for a traveling figure in the period.
Architect Frank J. Nicholas of this city has been awarded the contract to prepare the plans for a new high school building at Williams in Lawrence county Indiana.
Ed W. Akin and A. R. Orr of Carlisle transacted business in Sullivan Monday afternoon in a brief local commerce note.
The Peoples State Bank has purchased the Elias Borders gravel road bonds totaling 7200 dollars. This financial move expands the bank’s local lending influence and secures the road project funding.
Miss Clesta Lance and Miss Pearl Hazelrod were out driving Thursday and Friday to reorganize Hazelrod’s music classes which she has transferred to Lance.
The showers helped crops grow and many citizens attended Kingsley dedication praising the new place of worship. Local movements include Ralph Collier and Fred Yager at Sullivan, Will Huff and family visiting, Harry Knox drilling an oil well near Chicago, and Dr. Yager moving into Jas B Thorn’s former home. Reuben Ransford heads to Michigan for summer, while the new school contract was let to Vanhoy and Son of Loogootee after a village turnout of 29 men, with 46 present.
Mrs. John Scott of Indianapolis has returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stratton.
London reports 1153 lives lost from the Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoed off the Old Head of Kinsale. Survivors 764, with 1917 aboard. Many rescued by Queenstown boats and life belts. Americans saved 51 of 188 aboard. no escort by destroyers, sparking public anger.
Survivors landing at Queenstown from the Lusitania were scarcely clothed, many in life belts after boats overturned. Notables include Mr Winters of Cunard and Julian de Ayala the Cuban consul general, who swam ashore in underclothes after boat losses. Bertram Jenkins aided two women into a boat that later overturned.
Facts describe the Lusitania with length 785 feet and breadth 86 feet. It weighs 32 500 gross tons and 9145 net tons with a fully loaded draft of 37 feet 6 inches. It carries 550 first class 500 second class 1300 third class and 816 crew across nine decks. It is noted as the first liner to use turbine engines and was touted as unsinkable by builders. It set a maiden voyage speed record of 23.01 knots and completed three ocean crossings in three weeks. Built in Glasgow 1906 launched at Clydebank 1906 Captain W T Turner.
A mail warning to German Ambassador Bernstorf says the embassy will be blown up, with a similar note sent to the Washington Times office. Both letters signed An American Citizen and printed on government paper watermarked stationery. Police and embassy officials deem the act the work of a crank.
Official tallies put 1153 dead with 115 Americans among them and 764 survivors from 1917 passengers and crew. Queenstown morgues report 144 bodies, seven identified, as Cunard, coast guard, and government debate safeguards for ships in the Irish Sea and plans for an aerial patrol to spot submarines.
Captain Turner rejects German claims of an internal explosion. He states he saw the submarine periscope and torpedo approach, tracking its wake to the moment the Lusitania exploded, confirming an external attack.
Queenstown story details the sinking of a big liner after a sudden explosion. D A Thomas and Ernest Cooper describe dazed passengers, limited boat launches, and frantic effort to abandon ship. Julian de Ayala, Cuban consul, speaks of calm faith and safeguarding children aboard.
Rome reports the pope reacted with grief and indignation at the Lusitania disaster calling the sinking a criminal act and a misguided act by a Christian nation.
John M. Osburn of Fairbanks Indiana offers choice Poland China boars priced to sell. Sullivan Woolen Mill seeks top cash price for wool. Stephen Bringer is listed.
Due to quarantine restrictions a farm near Graysville sells 10 Duroc boars ready for service at a reduced price. Interested buyers may call Graysville or visit the farm located 2 miles northwest of Graysville. WM. W. WATSON.
Rain last week delayed corn planting as ground remains cold. Community updates include visits among the Alsop, Vaughn, and Clerk families near Sullivan and Pleasantville. Celebrations mark Mr. Clerk’s 83rd birthday with a large gathering and dinner.
Saturday morning Mrs. Warren Watson and Miss Florence Greystone traveled from Turman township toward this city when a frightened horse struck a cow by the road. The buggy overturned, throwing them both out. Mrs. Watson suffered painful bruises while Miss Greystone escaped unharmed. A farmer witness brought Mrs. Watson to Crowder hospital for treatment by Dr. G. D. Scott.
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