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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1907
Page
4
The Linton Citizen reports Cyrus E. Davis seeks re nomination for congress, Robt J Aley of Bloomington also runs as a Democrat, while John C Chaney is preferred by Republicans to seek the nominating vote and return to Congress.
C E Medsker and family spent Sunday at John Harrison s. Bertha Haines visited home folks. Prof W T Turman and family of Terre Haute visited R J Turman. Grace and Amy Moore were in Sullivan. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs J B Durham on November 17. C S Phillips and family of Graysville spent Sunday at Warren Watson s. Mrs no visited her daughter Mrs Annie Cushman. Mrs Mann returned home after visiting her daughter Mrs John Royse at Terre Haute.
Ye Scribe is absent from his post. S A Yeager and wife visited here last Sunday. A few quail are being bagged here as a scarcity grips the feathered tribe. Mrs Jas B Thorne went to Fairbanks last Saturday to see her father ill with pneumonia. Dr Cushman bought a storm front buggy. Mrs Nancy Turman and son Thomas were at Sullivan last Saturday. Jas Monk made a business trip to Hutsonville last Saturday. A N L Burton is repairing his residence. Bruce Badger was at Sullivan last Saturday. New school wagons are shown eight now for pupil transport. Enrollment exceeds 200. The butchering business of Bene field and Fuson has been discontinued.
In a string of lighthearted anecdotes Dick Bailey County Clerk Ogle and companions recount quail hunting misadventures. Bailey mocks a poor marksman claiming he and others staged shots and misled a novice, while a tale of a shell prank ends with potential mischief and a rumor of a buried sack of gold near Goosetown.
An Indiana story recalls Mike Johnson, a soldier who hid $200 in gold near a favorite orchard tree before disappearing after a Tennessee battle. His parents never learned his fate as the orchard later became part of Jackson Hill Coal Co property with rotted trees and a search for the buried sack ongoing.
Rev. Stewart I Long, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sullivan Indiana, submits his resignation effective December 15 1907. He praises the churchs progress and asks for prayers as he moves to a larger field of labor.
A Sullivan and Terre Haute interurban rider attacks the line for poor service. He cites drafty cars, dirty cars, stalled schedules, missing stations, and lack of water tanks, while praising conductors and scenery. The piece notes alleged legal violations and urges action, plus obituaries for Robert F. Hughes of Greencastle with detailed biographical facts.
A passage cites Annie Payson Call on how broad true sympathy comes from a clear high personal standard. It argues that selfless understanding expands one’s horizon and allows ascent to higher viewpoints, while selfish sympathy confines others to a narrow, selfishly bounded view.
A Citizens Bulletin excerpt compiles Secretary Taft on regulating monopolies. It warns zeal for reform could empower demagogues and socialists while stressing the need to balance private property with limits on concentrated wealth and monopoly power.
On November 2, 1907, Sullivan Indiana marshal removes a man identified only as John Jacobs from the streets and places him in jail. Declared insane, his legal residence is unknown, delaying admission to the state hospital.
P T Lloyd begins a two story house with a furnace in Shelburn. James Heap and wife visited in Shelburn in their car. Buzzard Gardner left for Eldorado to work in mines after recent injuries. Noah Drennan visited relatives from Sullivan. Harrison Criss was arrested for drunkenness. Ed Alexander attempted to leave town without paying a bill but paid and left after Curt McCoskey intervened.
Westfield Iowa resident G S Clark credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his life after two serious lung infections nearly proved fatal. He reports an immediate halt to a dry hacking cough after one bottle and complete cure after three. Sold by Joe K Smock & Son with trial bottle free.
The Hill Stock company an organization that started out from Shelburn recently passed through Sullivan Sunday on its way to Merom.
Mrs. S. E. Lindley left Sunday for a visit with relatives at Metropolis Illinois.
In Cridersville Ohio the village council refused municipal ownership when forced to foreclose its mortgage on the local lighting plant and promptly sold the plant to private parties, contrasting with city councils seeking municipal plants.
City controls commerce with heavy hand far more intrusive than any private firm. Critics say municipal monopoly stifles competition, raises costs, and limits residents choices while officials defend regulatory reach and public interest.
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