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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
7
The notice lists subscription prices for one year six months and three months and credits D Chaney and R P White as publishers. It states the newspaper is entered as second class matter at the Sullivan Indiana post office as of July 1 1878 under Congress act.
Senator Hugh T. Miller of Columbus advances to a national stage status within the United States Senate race reports. The article centers on his campaign profile and political standing in the state capital.
The Republicans of Gill township will meet in a mass convention in New Lebanon on Saturday June 13 1914 at six oclock p m to nominate a township ticket and transact other business. Dirrelle Chaney County Chairman Walter F Wood Secretary.
The article suggests Colonel Roosevelt plans to block Democratic chances in the upcoming elections, presenting a strategy to maintain political advantage and limit opposition influence.
The Merom Herald notes a chicken incident involving an eighteen year old in town while Sullivan claims a stronger stance. State orders force the Bull Moosers to nominate a ticket in every township. Democrats face no backlash per Bloomington Star opinion.
Bloomington Star reports Judge James B. Wilson the Bull Moose candidate for Congress plans to enter the ministry, suggesting he may seek atonement through religious service.
Fabe Gwin former Democratic chairman of the second district appears to have a good chance at a federal job. He and several Shoals politicians were arrested last week on a federal grand jury indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the government in civil service examinations.
Analysis notes the Bull Moose party collapse with Lake County results showing Republicans leading with 5100 votes, Democrats 2255, and Bull Moose 414. The steel mill settlements voted strongly against Democrats and Congress member John B. Peterson appears headed to defeat.
In the campaign opening Indiana faces two major issues. A tariff policy to fund government needs, shield American industry, and allow full employment while paying high wages to labor. The article argues for protective measures and fiscal stability to support workers and enterprise.
A speaker urges restoring the farmers home merge lost to tariff law and abolishing costly commissions and public offices. He argues these are business issues not political, and that party loyalty must yield to self defense by uniting under the Republican banner to restore proven policies.
The Worthington Times calls Congressman Cullop a vociferous free trade advocate who used his old gray suit as a campaign illustration. It mocked the tariff as robbery, noting the suit cost 19 dollars with 10 dollars tariff and 9 dollars fabric. It questions if the suit will illustrate free trade now that the tariff is removed and asks Cullop to explain.
In six largest Indiana counties including Indianapolis and Gary the Bull Moose governor candidate from 1912 drew 43 467 votes in 1912 but just 3 850 in the 1914 primaries. County tallies show Allen Vanderburg Lake St Joseph Vigo Marion with totals dropping from 4 819 5 445 5 172 5 172 20 271 to 164 1860 1650 350 1700 respectively.
An advertisement asserts deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining can only be cured by constitutional remedies. It offers $100 for any catarrh bound deafness not cured, claims nine of ten cases due to catarrh, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with Toledo, Ohio, branding.
Mrs. Bert Cochran of Fort Payne visited her sister Mrs. BE Crowder. Mrs. James Greenlee and Mrs. Amelia Goodwin attended the Rebekah Assembly at Indianapolis last week as representatives of the local lodge.
Advertisement claims Dr King s New Life Pills keep stomach liver and kidneys healthy. It promises relief from poisons and waste and improved complexion by flushing these organs. A Chicago reader reports strong relief from one box. 25 cents. Recommended by Joe K Smock and Son.
The American Railway Association reports a larger surplus of rail cars than in the past five years with 230,533 cars idle on May 1 and 56,787 idle in Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana coal regions. Box cars are in high demand as general merchandise moves for fair trade, while pig iron faces tariff-driven turmoil and calls for protective tariffs grow. Argentina harvests 348 million bushels of corn with an exportable surplus near 2.6 million bushels.
The unfilled tonnage of United States Steel Corporation on April 30 totaled 4,277,568 tons, down 376,757 tons from March. In the last two months there has been a decline of 75,000 tons.
In May 49 the U S treasury posted a deficit of 37 097 955 dollars excluding Panama canal and public debt transactions, compared to a surplus of 7 895 706 dollars a year earlier, a swing of 44 493 661 dollars.
Motherly ad urges Kickapoo Worm Killer candy to expel intestinal worms in children with feverish, fretful, night terrors, sour stomach and breath odor. Claims safe, easy to start today with 25 cent box. Recommends Joe K. Smock & Son as endorsers.
In Bloomington Star readers hear about a missionary society children’s entertainment with recitations and a new tapeworm lecture. Local tales include shoplifting a rubber nipple, wooden leg teaching jokes, courtship at cross roads, beer bottles on the road, and a glee club forming for the undertaker shop opening.
A Cincinnati Enquirer special reports cancellations of heavy steel orders by railroads and industry during the first days of May have left midwestern producers in a bad position. German steel prices abroad may force revisions on some finished products. Pittsburg district sellers may adjust prices to hold Atlantic markets. The steel industry in the district has operated at about half time since the month began, while Central and Western states show steady but soft demand for crude steel and mills cutting rolling schedules.
United States Steel Corporation reduces staff in the Gogebic range by about one third with 600 to 700 miners laid off from a 2,000 workforce. In Mesaba Range, night shifts are suspended at several properties due to market conditions.
The Cambria Steel company dispenses with 200 men at its Norway and Vulcan Mines on the Menominee Range and curtails production at the Marquette Range property at Republic. Pickands Mather Co and other Cleveland and Pittsburgh interests are cutting back force levels.
The Black Diamond notes coal conditions are quiet as railroads and steam users see larger storage piles than expected. Iron and steel demand is weak with the coke market described as off color.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes a Monday May 11 business letter from New York describing widespread idle ness across industries including machinery lumber flour milling glass making cotton spinning coal mining and jewelry. Country trade orders are slow and collections struggle to speed up.
For the ten months ended April 30 treasury receipts from all sources totaled 554.5 million dollars, down from 580.3 million in the previous ten months. The drop is mainly due to lower customs revenues. April expenditures exceeded revenues by 7 million, and ten month shortfall reached 34.35 million.
Retrenchment of passenger train operating expenses began on the Hocking Valley Railroad and the Toledo and Ohio Central railroads. Two of the best trains on these roads were discontinued on May 10.
In a Cincinnati Enquirer trade review dealers say a single great hope sustains the iron market amid unsettled demand and policy shifts. The piece highlights confidence in steel exports and domestic furnace activity as key factors shaping prices and production.
An advertisement urges readers with swollen hands and feet and dull fatigue to use Foley Kidney Pills described as a tonic, stimulant, and strengthener to restore kidney health. Sold by Joe K.
For sale cheap if taken at once. eight room house and lot at 622 N Broad St. Written by F H Robinson at 605 Main St LaFayette Indiana 433t.
The advertisement promotes The Divine Plan of the Ages by AGMIREL Pastor Russell praising its scriptural basis and clarity. It claims comfort for the bereaved and quotes favorable contemporary endorsements. The 855 pages cloth bound volume is offered postpaid for 35 cents by Bible and Tract Society, 17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY.
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