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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1912
Page
5
Cass township farmer oe Murray Bledsoe attended to business in the city. Many residents and visitors from Vincennes Carlisle Pleasantville and Danville were seen shopping visiting friends or returning home. A Sullivan High School band feature at the Terre Haute Corn Show and a wedding at the Methodist parsonage are noted along with milk theft complaints.
A household advocate promotes Royal Baking Powder as key to healthy, economical home cooking. She urges avoiding inferior ingredients and supports experts who say the best cooking today uses Royal Baking Powder.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot achieve. It recommends internal use and claims blood and mucous surface action. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo is cited with endorsements from the National Bank of Commerce. Prices are 75 cents per bottle and pills for constipation are advised.
Social notes from Sullivan county describe a busy weekend with visits among the Alsops, Fifers, Bookers, and other locals. Guests include Rebecca Robbins, John and Hannah Alsop, and Goldie French. several trips to Sullivan and Jerico are noted. a lady preacher spoke at U. B. Church and Blanche Booker returned from Terre Haute.
Luther Pigg and family visited George Burch's on Sunday. Misses Iva and Gertie Miller shopped in Sullivan on Monday. Miss Lillie Reeves of Dugger was seen...
Miss Ethel Steele hosted visitors on Sunday. Miss Marie Gambill of Antioch visited Miss Velva Llewellyn Thursday night. Miss Marie Ackerman of Effingham visited Miss Lulu Miller from Wednesday to Friday. Mr and Mrs Frank Deneve visited friends in Atlas Sunday. Mrs Ella Lewellyn and daughter Abagail visited Hezzie Gambill Sunday afternoon. Miss Lillie Marshall of Antioch aided sister Clara Rhodes with house cleaning last week.
An old advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf as a back pain urinary bladder or kidney remedy for women. It claims to regulate the system and offers 50 cents via druggists or mail from AMV Gray Co Le Roy New York with a free sample.
Frank Benson visits his son in law Henry Drake in Union hospital at Serre Haute where he lies very sick. Martha Bell Wyman born May 6 1912 died Oct 31 1912 aged 1 year 5 months. Rev Hogan of Shelburn preached the funeral for the child and remains were laid in Liberty beside her late brother. There will be preaching Sunday and Sunday night.
An analogy warns that poor digestion undermines health and recommends Dr King’s New Life Pills to tone the stomach and regulate the liver kidneys and bowels. Advertises a 25 cent price at Joe K Smock and Son.
Wm. Murdock shows no improvement. Miss Velma Thomas visited Ella Rooksberry Friday morning. Attendees from here went to Benson chapel speaking and moving picture show Wednesday night. Josie Woodard traveled to Sullivan Thursday. Mrs. Sarah Moore and Mrs. Phoeba McMahan went to Doddville Wednesday.
Twinges of rheumatism backache stiff joints and shooting pains signal kidney trouble. Fol ey Kidney Pills are tonic strengthening and restorative built to regulate kidney action and provide quick relief without habit forming drugs, sold by Joe K. Smock.
Big Springs neighbors share visits and weekend travel notes. Cushman and family visited Warren Watsons. Dr. Durham and relatives spent Sunday with Tom Durham. Several locals attend fairs, sales, and teaching duties while others swap stories at family homes.
Local man Hiram Steele of Terre Haute Indiana reports kidney trouble with nocturnal awakenings edema and back pain. He says Foley Kidney Pills cured him quickly and he feels 100 percent better. Sold by Joe K Smock & Son.
Miss Nett Hubble shopped in Sullivan last Saturday. Dr Parker spent the weekend in Sullivan with friends. Lirn Root of Robinson Ill visited his parents last Sunday. Mrs Root has pneumonia. President Long was in Linden Ind from Saturday to Monday. Miss Frankie Keys of Winchester Ind visited the college dormitory last Sunday. The faculty and students celebrated Hallowe en with a masquerade and taffy pull in the college basement. Prof Hatten is slowly improving. Mrs Martha Wells visited friends in Carlisle last week. Roy Coyner and wife welcomed a baby girl last Wednesday. John Apple visited his son Virgil last Friday. Mrs Cramer shopped in Terre Haute last Wednesday. Emma Finley of Brazil visits her sister Miss Iebeccy Bragdon. Mabel Shaw of Indianapolis visited home folks last week. Miss Bishop of Palestine is visiting at the Pleasant home for a few days. Rev Fry of Tokio Japan spoke in the college chapel. Eastern Star Shelter spent Sunday with Ed Maple east of town. The eighth grade went to Fiatson ville Ill to play basketball. Both literary societies had programs Saturday night. Friday night the college girls basketball team won. the boys first team lost at airbanks. The second team beat Carlisle at Merom. Ida Hubble returned from Mildred Saturday night.
A fire hero shows a small round box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve amid cheering crowds. He claims the salve treats burns boils ulcers sores pimples eczema cuts sprains and bruises and calms inflammation. It is offered for 25 cents at Joe K Smock & Son.
Caledonia notes show Ed P. Snow on a Hills trip, Roe Brown and family visiting Dan Smith, and dinners with multiple locals including the Smiths and Kenadys. Incidents include Early Wright injuring toes in a keg accident and Lew Smith spraining an ankle. Tom Purcell lost the end of a finger at a mine. crowd attendance at Long's Chapel services is listed.
Advertising copy promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as best for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat chest and lung ailments. It claims to stop grippe coughs and to have a healing soothing effect and urges readers to remember the name and accept no substitutes.
Miss Carrie Yeager, cooperative weather observer, logs the week ending November 3 as largely cloudy with mild days and cooler nights. Temperatures ranged from 28 to 75 degrees, with rainfall totaling .02 inches on the 29th, .11 on the 1st, and 1.16 on the 2nd.
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