County Officials Nominations Deliberation at 1:30 PM
Delegates meet at 1 30 PM to nominate county officers with a majority of the entire delegate body required. The note indicates a formal gathering to determine official candidates.
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1916
Page
4
Delegates meet at 1 30 PM to nominate county officers with a majority of the entire delegate body required. The note indicates a formal gathering to determine official candidates.
Transfers total 135 with a combined consideration of 99572 dollars. Aliie E Parker trades land in Gill to G W Rockenfield. C W Lovelace mortgages multiple parcels including Shelburn and Sullivan additions. James Branson sells lots in Farmersburg. John T Fitzpatrick to Ary E Anderson. many more deeds listed across Gill Cass Haddon Hamilton and Sullivan townships involving dozens of buyers and sellers.
William Curry Sr a longtime Curry township resident and leading figure in Sullivan County died last Wednesday at his daughter’s home near Farmersburg. Born December 9, 1820, he lived 83 years in Curry township and witnessed the county’s growth from prairie to settled farms. He served as a Democrat and voted in 60 years of elections, surviving by his family including six children and seven grandchildren. He moved to his later farm in 1903 and died after a paralytic attack on October 16, 1905, with funeral services at the home and burial in Liberty cemetery.
A series of land transfers are recorded, listing grantees and parcels across Hymera Shelburn Sullivan Sullivan additions and related townships. Names include Benefield Bosstick Nicholson Mahan Baldridge Sage Buchanan Oliphant Riggs Ward Glenn Zimmerman Freeze Lamb Osborn Whalen and others for various lots, blocks, and acreage.
Thomas A. Lyons recalls felled a yellow poplar on his county farm with seven and a half foot diameter yielding six ten foot logs, echoing last week's Union story about the big tree cut down in Fairbanks township.
Miss Flora Fuson came back Saturday after receiving eye treatment in Vincennes from Dr. Knapp. Will Moore and family visited relatives Sunday. M. H. Dix and wife spent Sunday with Ross Turman. Mary Manning and her mother visited Anna Walker near Palestine Saturday afternoon.
Don Cochran built a fence for J. B. Durham and Warren Watson last week. Will Thomas and wife spent Sunday with Elmer Thomas. Emerson Watson visited relatives in Terre Haute Saturday and Sunday. J. B. Durham sold a fine horse to Mr. Hanna of Terre Haute last week. Dr. Ed Billman was called to see Eldo Rockenfield's sick horse Saturday. Several people attended the Sunday school convention at Graysville Sunday afternoon. Ross Turman has moved into his new house.
Leonard G. Nattkamper will read a play in Sullivan. About fifty medical corps vacancies exist in the U S Navy and doctors should contact the Secretary of the Navy in Washington. Wouupias Omen announces a move to McCloud Oklahoma due to his father’s illness. Nick Davis opens a carpenter shop near Union office. Born to Rush Eaton and his wife in Washington DC a daughter. Eaton’s father Thomas B. Eaton formerly lived here and works at government printing office. J B Mullane attends dedication of the new Christian church at Oaktown. Mrs A W Brickert and children relocate. Brickert becomes Christian church pastor. Lou Brown leaves for South Bend with wife. Arthur Eaton and children of Erie Kansas expected to visit the Eaton family. Ralph Dodds visits California before returning home. Rolla Manuel of St Louis visits relatives. they were in Oakland during the San Francisco earthquake but escaped harm. Capt W T Crawford J R Hinkle and others go to Lafayette for state G A R encampment. Judge A D Thomas of Crawfordsville visits daughter Mrs Will Hays. Eliza Murphy receives picture postcards from grandson Harry Murphy of San Francisco. one shows the city’s only standing church, the other a photo of City Hall. W H Hill of Vincennes is nominated for Congress by Second District Prohibitionists. Cecil Scott of Hymera receives a letter from B C Sink aboard the U S S Brooklyn from Porta Del Gada Azores. Sink, a former Hymera resident, enlisted Sept 11 1902 and expects to be home in September.
The library upcoming hours change June 1 to morning 9 to 12 and afternoon 1 to 6 30 with closure May 30 for Decoration Day. A projected astronomy lesson series for older students gains strong support and first meeting is set for Thursday June 7 at 8 p.m. Readers note the Indiana atlas from Bobbs Merrill and a Dutton gift. Elm Park School visits show few pupils use the library. blanks issued to teachers aim to boost borrowing and neighbor-librarian coordination for home delivery of books.
The Ministers and Laymen Association of this city will file a petition with the town board for numbering of houses in Sullivan and propose a religious campaign and the establishment of a night school in the city. Thomas E. Coulson of Glendora dies at 53 after a longtime county residence and coal mining work. Mrs. M. E. Hughes of Terre Haute returns home after visiting Miss Fannie Hughes.
William Lund a prominent local farmer living east of the city raised a wool clip totaling 2362 pounds from a flock of 346 sheep indicating a strong year for shorn fiber in the area.
The Sun Bros Show, a veteran traveling organization, reached Sullivan early today and set up at Coffman's ball park. A parade is scheduled for noon.
A meeting on levee construction in Fairbanks and Hutsonville was held in Hutsonville. Allen Newlin was paid 7900 by Island Levee Association to discharge claims. The claims total about 15000. Attorney Lee Fenton Bays, for creditors, rejected a 50 cent on the dollar settlement and may sue contractors Coll if lower and Cox and their bondsmen.
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