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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1902
Page
3
A Thanksgiving reminiscence piece recalls 8 Thanksgiving days past in Sullivan. The tale details Scott Maple’s generous charity to a wandering tramp, the death of Mrs. Shannon a war widow Celeste Pinkston, and seasonal memories from 1868 to 1880. It also recounts a boy named Harry Parks missing and found alive, and a 25 year old Michigan City visit with Ohio-like weather and prison scenes.
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a fattening tonic for invalids convalescents and weak children. It claims the product increases fat and all body tissues including bone flesh blood and nerve, and suits those on milk diets needing more nourishment.
The writer describes a four mile walk last Friday that prompted reminiscence of the 1889 Thanksgiving. He recalls passing the lane turning east below Isaac Shoffner and the Brodie gravel road where he wandered and went nutting in 1889.
James A Willis son of John A and Sarah Willis was born October 16 1851 in the county and died October 2 1902 at his home in Dugger Indiana aged 50 years 11 months 16 days He married Mahala Walters Luthem on April 21 1873 and they had six children four living Harvey Kilimer Bert and Grover He was a Methodist and a devoted Bible student who endured illness with Christian hope and died peacefully confident in heavenly life.
In Pana Illinois Robert Tumbleson died after being found mangled on railroad tracks. A. Craig, with Tumbleson before death, was arrested. Tumbleson gave name and address to the sheriff before dying. Both legs were severed and a head wound reported. About $50 was said to be missing from Tumbleson's pockets.
Dora Meek remains in a somnolent trance since a quarrel with her lover 56 days ago in Centralia. Physicians have failed to arouse her and she speaks no words while still eating a little each day. Efforts to restore consciousness continue.
George S. Shelby twenty six year old great grand son of Isaac Shelby first Kentucky governor killed himself in bed with a revolver at eight Sunday morning in Lexington. He was prone to somnambulism and is believed to have fired the fatal shot while asleep, keeping a pistol under his pillow as a habit.
Edward Saatkamp, accountant and acting superintendent, was murdered Sunday at the Ross Meyer Machinery Tool company factory on Sycamore Street. His body lay in a pool of blood with signs of a violent struggle but no clues were found.
Reports from Constantinople dated November 24 recounts brutal tortures by Turkish forces of peasants seven miles west of Salonica in an effort to locate revolutionary bands. The dispatch notes severe abuse as authorities seek information on insurgent groups.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii and her party passed through Chicago on their way to Washington. Her claim for financial relief will be urged again during the coming winter before the national legislature.
Davenport Iowa November 25 detectives report no clue to the robbers who held up a Rock Island express train near the city Saturday morning. The search fails and investigators prepare to abandon the pursuit.
Harvey Logan was found guilty on ten counts in Knoxville court, nine alleging complicity in the Great Northern express train robbery in Montana. The verdict marks a decisive end to the case tied to the Montana robbery investigation.
Altoona Pa November 25 By the blowing up of a locomotive at Mineral Point Pa two men were killed and three injured in a blast that rocked the yard and halted service.
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