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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1881
Page
8
The Post Office and Mail Schedule Office opens at 7 A M and closes at 7 P M with Sunday hours 9 to 10. Northbound mail closes at 3 15 P M and 7 P M, southbound at 3 15 P M. North arrivals 3 28 A M and 3 58 P M, south arrivals 1 50 P M. West mail closes 9 15 A M east 3 15 P M. East arrivals 9 49 A M west 1 45 P M. J A Hays P M.
The Fourteenth Judicial Circuit presided by Judge Cumbers Patterson with Perry J Blue as prosecuting attorney covers Sullivan and Vigo counties. Listed county officers include Clerk T J Mann Auditor David Crawley Treasurer Dam P Riggs Recorder J N Fordyce and commissioners Jackson Rich J J Sny der John L Kaufman. School trustees names span Jackson Carry Fairbank Tarman Hamilton Cass Jefferson Haddon Gill Sullivan Town Merom Carlisle with multiple named trustees and officials.
A state central committee of the Indiana Woman Suffrage Association contends with a column on woman suffrage. The dispute centers on editorial control and official positions under the association.
Officers listed include Dr. Mary F. Thomas of Richmond as president and Mrs. M. E. M. Price of Kokomo as secretary. Central Committee members include Mrs. Mary B. Haggart of Indianapolis and May Wright Sewell, also names with addresses in Indianapolis. Several districts show not filled or not filed. A joint constitutional amendment proposal seeks universal voting eligibility for citizens and qualified foreign-born residents with residency requirements. The National Woman Suffrage Association annual convention is planned in Washington in mid January, likely the 17th–19th.
In Worcester, a Republican convention resolution backs extending municipal suffrage to taxpaying women. It calls on the district representative to push a law granting women the vote in city affairs, aligning with reform-minded measures and honoring ongoing women's rights advocacy.
A letter from Mary B Chay argues women deserve equal political rights and would foster family unity, while Jonnx Basco of the University of Wisconsin urges civil duties for women. Edits note shifts in New York and Massachusetts party politics reflect suffrage influence. Local notices promote temperance conventions and advertisements for goods at Beasley Bros and Wilkey Bres.
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