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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1914
Page
5
Residents attend mask socials and dinners at schoolhouses and homes. Visitors include Erie Irvin and Clara Clark with travel to Sullivan Merom and Walters Chapel. Halloween hay rides, a church construction update at Kingsley, a funeral for Levi Drake, and a Henry Johnson estate sale are reported.
The column records visits and social calls around Sullivan R R 7. Mr and Mrs Clarence Nichols hosted Lon Hopper and others. Clara Corder visited Mrs John Hopper. Ida Bogard with Milton Bogard. Carl Rogers with John Hopper. Chloe Nichols with Mrs Holt. Nettie Pinkston with Tressie Hopper. Lucian Hancock hosted Saturday with Chloe Nichols. T J Houck shopped in Merom. Carrie Bogard shopped there. Osburn Irvin with Will Corder. Alice Allen visited Clara Corder. Otto Shields and spouse were out driving.
Miss Hallah Hill visited home folks from Friday to Sunday at Farmersburg. A large crowd attended Sunday school and preaching, with a protracted meeting starting at Mt Calvary Monday night. Charley Chambers suffered a foot injury at Superior but not serious. Grandma Alsop visited sisters Saturday night and Sunday.
Dr Walter Turman and wife visited Elmer Harrison on Sunday. Martha Durham returned from Chicago. Mrs C E B Watson and sons visited Hutsonville. Mrs Steve Newlin of Hutsonville visited her mother Medsker last week. Emmett Newlin and wife spent Sunday at Guy Phillips. Warrent Watson and wife dined with A G Cuhman. Big Springs church to be repaired soon. Mrs Kearn Medsker and children visiting Terre Haute. Prof S E Hatten of Merom and Lizzie McClain of Terre Haute visited Mrs Allie Watson Youse. Durham visited grandmother Manning Sunday. A masquerade at Mrs T J Mann's Saturday night. forty-six attendees reported a fine time.
NEW LEBANON R R 1 Carl Rogers and wife of Paxton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jno Hopper. John Bolenbaugh and family spent Sunday at Stewart Norris near Carlisle. R B Stivers and wife Sundayed with Mrs. Susan Rogers at Paxton. Children of Jim McBride of Cass visited sister Mrs Lupna Bledsoe. Curt Duncan and family Ruth West Otis Bledsoe and Amos Dungan went pecan hunting last Sunday. Ted Ridge and wife spent Monday in Merom.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Sullivan Indiana Post Office dated November 4 1914. Two weeks to claim or they go to the Dead Letter Office. Ladies Brown Mrs Hunter Mrs J. Miller Miss Wana Lane Mrs Terre Gents Collins Eugene Curtin J P Crystal Theatre Globe Theatre Harding Paul D Hofeditz Harry Myles Mr Chauncey Orsborn Lumber Co Overstreet Bros Triad Mr George Wood P G Vandeventer Mr Roscoe When calling say advertised One cent due on each letter.
Plans perfected for Laymens Missionary Movement meeting at the Christian church on November 12 and 13. The event, organized by laymen from local churches, aims to include all county churches. A banquet opens at 6 PM with a fifty cent ticket and enrollment. Committee leaders named: Hays, Park, Davis, Lang. chairmen Nesbit Gambill McGuire Vance Carrithers.
Neal Weeks, longtime Sullivan resident and son of Rev. J. B. Weeks, spent a short visit Monday in the city with old friends. Weeks formerly worked as a drug clerk here and now serves as a veterinary surgeon in Washington, D. C., heading a veterinary hospital there.
Rex Benefield who has resided in the Lake Wales area and visited his mother Mrs H W Benefield returned to Florida yesterday. He was accompanied by Charles Wible Charles Wilson Ed Sparrow and Luke Squires. Ed Sparrow will settle in New Smyrna with a tailoring firm. Mrs Ed P Reed and her children are visiting in Indianapolis.
Our postmaster reports heavy mail with picture postals Sears Roebuck catalogs copies of the new testament liver pills almanacs for 1915 and sample copies of William Jennings Bryan s Commoner. Voters face church politics and local humor as residents tease candidates and plan social events.
An obituary tribute from Mrs Issie DeBaun McClain of Farmersburg Indiana dated October 25 1914 honors Professor W T Crawford long associated with Ascension Seminary. The message recalls his purity of principle inspiring eloquence and lifelong service to education and the community.
Miss Robertine Buchanan of Indianapolis visits Mr and Mrs Otto Krug and family. Conrad Spotts longtime C E I railroad engineer buried Thursday in Terre Haute after dying Tuesday at his home. He was 66 and served thirty years on the Evansville to Terre Haute line and was known to Sullivan travelers. He recently sought transfer to the E I line under the same company due to heavy engines and trains.
In Greene county the Stockton School Township versus Vandalia Coal Company suit for 5000 damages ends after the court upholds a motion to strike plaintiff evidence. The claim alleged coal undermined a schoolhouse. Four days of trial ended with dismissal. The jury was excused. Attorneys included Lindley McIntosh and Davis for the plaintiff and Hays Hays Moore for the defendant. MEDICAL SOCIETY TO BANQUET. The Sullivan County Medical Society holds its 19th annual meeting at the Christian church with a 7 PM banquet. Program includes invocation Dr Freeman and talks on Benanet and a doctor’s wife’s veracity. toastmaster Dr E F Briggs.
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company files suit in circuit court seeking release of bond in the amount of $2,000 on Earl Kennedy justice of the peace in Hamilton township.
Eyeglass wearers complain about careless umbrella behavior in crowded streets. People knock glasses, breakage is common, and some spin umbrellas dangerously, endangering passersby and eyes.
A chance acquaintance at a cafe bar asks Mr Peever about serious accidents. He replies that he met his wife by accident, prompting a lighthearted exchange about fate and marriage.
Quote by William Shenstone divides humanity into four groups: readers writers thinkers and fox hunters, suggesting distinct human roles. The remark highlights classes of activity and curiosity shaping social behavior.
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