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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1902
Page
6
W. Lt. Morse honors T. J. Hunt Merom Indiana by presenting a Digestive Tablet bearing his name. The author notes he has studied it and finds it surpasses ordinary digestive tablets in health benefits and usefulness.
Community notes from Carlisle recount visits from Sullivan residents including Rev. James Hixson and daughter Ella and Mrs Flora Cavins. A lightning strike near the river killed a cow and knocked down Scott McCord. Carlisle’s 1902 baseball season awaits players away at school. The seventh annual Carlisle high commencement occurs May 30 with six graduates and Prof. W. P. Rogers as speaker. School board names next year’s staff led by Prof Edward Conradi.
Edred Spivey about 17, eldest son of Marion Spivey, and another younger boy rode a mule Monday afternoon when a storm hit near Lawrence Newlin’s residence. The mule bolted and threw them. Edred’s neck broken, he died instantly. The other boy was only slightly injured.
Twenty two boys aged eight to seventeen were arrested Wednesday evening for hopping trains at the Centre. Despite warnings by parents and teachers, the practice continued, prompting rail authorities to intervene and detain the youths. Each boy was lectured and released on recognizance with a promise to avoid further offenses.
Frank Magill was shot in the stomach on a Saturday evening when a revolver thought empty discharged during a game with his brother Fred near Morea. Doctors Zeigler Firebaugh Barlow and Dunham consulted and an operation was planned but abandoned. later reports say the boy was much improved.
The Hutsonville Township commences proceedings or activities as reported in this brief notice. The readable fragment notes official actions beginning in Hutsonville Township, with emphasis on local governmental steps and timeline.
The Sonville township public schools held a well attended program at West York last Friday evening featuring orations vocal and instrumental music solos and quartets. Miss Alice Musgrave won the top oratorical honors with Miss Flossie Cox second. County Superintendent Douglas presented the diplomas with encouragement.
A barn on a farm near Oblong Aver was struck by lightning and burned with its contents. The loss was about $1990, with $500 covered by insurance. Mrs. Arnold reported the incident yesterday.
Bloomfield News reports a major cattle sale between Swift & Co. agents at Chisago and local raisers. Thirteen cars carried cattle from a Monon shipment to Buffalo, destined for Liverpool, England, totaling about $25,000 with Dugger Bros. and others receiving substantial sums. The average value per head nears $100, while feed costs cut profits.
Wash Perrine a former resident now of Pueblo Colorado was killed last Thursday while switching a down grade train in Pueblo yards. A brake staff broke as he worked and two cars passed over him, body sent to morgue and shipped home for burial in Palestine cemetery. Tom Price narrowly escaped death when dynamite gas suffocated him during well digging rescue and revival followed.
A Mantua made violin dated 1601, inscribed Gio Satta Ruggeri fecit in Mantua 1601, owned by T. S. Jackson of 438 Arleth Street, valued for its tone. It was pawned to Mr. Plummer of Marion Indiana by a traveling showman about fifty years ago. John Smith bought it from him and later sold it to John Jackson, brother of T. S. Jackson.
J A Mattix announces a car load of Blue Ribbon Buggies with Rubber and Steel tires. Also available for sale 800 bushels of old corn suitable for seed at a farm one mile west of Sullivan on Meérom road. Sullivan Mercantile Co. promotes their buggies as the cream of the market.
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