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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1899
Page
7
An advertisement touts Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo as a consulting physician for women with delicate health issues. It claims decades of experience and a staff of specialists, offering confidential letter responses and the Common Sense Medical Adviser free with stamp payments.
Our correspondents report Uncle John Knochs on the sick list and Mrs. Nancy Corbin improving after illness. T N McClung travels with a Carlisle crowd to Carola Missouri for hunting and fishing for several days. Holiness services continue two weeks at Clark's Chapel. J A Booker and C A Corbin went to Sullivan on Monday. C C Mayfield and wife of Sullivan visited D R Newkirk and wife last Tuesday. Prof. Mahan and Miss Brown teach winter schools. D H Newkirk renovates his property. Mrs Grace Ogg installs a new kitchen. H L Clark is a contractor and builder.
Protracted meeting began at M. E. church a week ago. Local residents attended lectures, birthday celebrations, visits, and church activities. A box supper at Marlow school was postponed due to bad weather with several social events noted around Franklin hall and nearby communities.
Fairfield residents attended Flowers lecture with Miss Josie Headley visiting Oblong and Leola Shideler. Bloomer Pinkston visited grandson at John Setzer's. A surprise birthday dinner honored Mrs. Chas Napier on 6th Street with neighbors delivering baskets. Relatives gathered Monday for Mrs J G Parker with tokens of esteem. Attendees included Burkhart Dickerson Billy Park Mary Park Ward Miles and Q O Parker.
Riverton townsfolk invited to a pie supper on Wednesday November fifteenth. Local notes report Mr and Mrs James Pickering visiting friends, J H Burnett in Sullivan, G L French traveling east, Lena May guest of Georgia Davis, and farmers husking corn. Rev O Neal of Dugger set to address on the upcoming weekend. Charley Vickery improving after illness.
Mrs Florence McCarter visits brother William Murdock. Mabel Beckett from Sullivan visits sisters Cora Barnett and Ethel Dorothy. Richard Scott of Clay City in town last week. Mrs Simon Grim of Nebraska visits mother Mary Mahan. Mrs Clara Moore of Dugger visits father Dr Rufus Hiatt. Drs Plew and Thralls travel to Michigan for Dr Thralls health. The Junior League hosts a pie sale event.
Miss Coylin Biddle visits with cousin Mrs O Dorothey then returns to her Brazil home last week after a Saturday supper.
Charles Badger returns from Arkansas after a year away. Miss Kate Dickerson has been sick for a week. Several boys were out Halloween night. Clark Wright and family move from Illinois to Shelburn. Emmet Harrison remains ill. Miss Edna Ridgeway visits relatives nearby. Mr. and Mrs. O P Badger trip to Terre Haute. Friends surprise Miss Nellie Hancock for her birthday last Saturday night.
A number of locals attended a social at Job Case's Saturday night and reports indicate a good time. Rev. Shaw started his meeting series at Palmer's Prairie Saturday night.
The Fairbanks township teachers held their third institute last Saturday with many visitors calling it the best yet. Profs Wisely and Stolker were absent due to illness. Cyrus Drake and family visited Illinois relatives. A schoolhouse benefit program by Steve D. Frazier raised 24.12 dollars, netting 11 to 12 dollars for the library. Other items note visits by Willis Pittman, Oliver Trueblood’s wheat sale proceeds, and Reverend Beck’s M E church appointment.
The Youth's Companion announces a rich 1900 lineup with Frank R. Stockton James Bryce W D Howells Jane Barlow Bret Harte Mary E Wilkins and Henry M Stanley contributing stories and essays. New subscribers receive the 1900 calendar and a free illustrated prospectus for the volume.
The worksheet notes ship incidents in Abaco and Seattle and ships sailing to Manila. It reports military movements to the Philippines, a strike at Story & Clark Pitino, and a Cuban currency shift. The article mentions a chess figure’s insanity, a palace plan in Japan, and legal actions in Chicago.
A wide sweep of brief notes reports Admiral Schley leaving Washington for a southern tour. Other items include the death of Bishop Louis De Goisbrand of Burlington Vermont, arrivals of General Andrade in St Thomas, and various regional incidents such as mine consolidation in Massillon Ohio and a large fire destroying cotton warehouses in Crystal Springs Mississippi.
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