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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1905
Page
8
A quirky tale recounts John and Samantha selling 50 Special stoves and triggering a wild room scene with a fox, a cat, a bird, and a dog named Lead. Old Style stove hecklers claim the 50 specials sparked a season of warmth and debate about stove quality and fire safety.
The article lists local sick lists typhoid and sore throat among residents, wedding plans, visits, farm sales and prices, and community events. It mentions October weather, corn yields, travelers, matches, and church activities, with many named individuals and towns such as Sullivan, Terre Haute, Frankfort, Beech Grove, Hutsonville, and Graysville. The tone reflects a rural community update with brief notices and social tidbits.
Old crow predicts two weeks of fair weather and most Turman's Creek corn in crib. Local health updates include typhoid sickly Loren McKinney and Uncle Jonathan Jewell. Community visits occur with Pete Moore, Hud Hill, Mamie McCord, and others reporting good roads near Hymera.
Mrs Amanda Walls of Spencer Indiana visited friends in Dugger last week. The Misses Qna and Mattie Abram and Hisse Ferguson were in Sullivan Thursday trading and lost a pocketbook containing a small amount of change. The finder should leave it at the Union office. The purse bears Mattie Abram’s name.
A large crowd attended preaching at Benson Chapel Sunday night amid rainy weather. Several local residents visited family members including Murray Shields and wife in Sullivan, George Liston and wife with Eli Dix and wife, and others in the surrounding area. A series of meetings began at Little Flock Monday night and James Means suffered a leg injury last week.
Mrs Park Osburn guests with daughter Mrs Tress Allison. Mr and Mrs Charles Denney spent Sunday with relatives. Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson visited Lydia Woodard near Farmersburg. Orlando Thornberry, Artie Plew, Herbert Christy and Alma Abell attended church at Shelburn. Miss Zoe Widener of Fairbanks visiting Miss Mae Wilson. Oscar Johnson and Perry Hayden left for Denver for health. Nettie Whitman improving. Wm Ferree and family visited D H Lovelace. Jack Brokaw and Miss Grace McClure attended Physical Culture in Graysville. Charles Wilson called on Miss Maud Arnett. Bruce Badger and Pansy McClure attended a Middletown basketball game.
Carlisle Clark died at home near the Dodd Bridge on Monday evening October 28 at 7 o'clock and the remains were buried in Fairbanks cemetery on Tuesday. Miss Mabel Drake is improving after a long typhoid illness. Various local notes include Clair Merrill visiting home, W. M. Hough now dairy man, Tobe Anderson and Steve Anderson busy in Shelburn and Sullivan, Sam Riggs on a business trip to Sullivan with apples, J. P. Douglass reporting cool weather from Pueblo, and a statement that rural mailboxes must be numbered per Post Office rules.
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