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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1905
Page
3
Advertisers offer a 25 cent bottle of Dr Carlstedts German Liver Powder free to prove it cures liver and kidney ailments. A distributing agent urges prompt call or mail request from the American Pharmacal Co Evansville Indiana with a warning not to send children.
Frank Holland, a former Sullivan resident and Bell Telephone worker, died instantly in Terre Haute Friday when a cable fell and bridged live electric wires. He was atop a forty foot pole, burned and knocked to the ground as workers halted the accident. Survived by wife and child. his family lived on Third Street and Wabash Avenue. Foreman Hill Meadows warned of nearby live wires before the fatal mishap.
A compilation of October weather data notes the mean of 55 across 34 years, cites 1900 as warmest and 1888 as coldest Octobers, records highs of 89 and lows of 22, and lists frosts around October 19. It tracks precipitation averages, extreme 24 hour totals, snowfall, and wind speeds with scattered garbled end.
Indiana and Chicago Coal Co v James Neal upheld by the appellate court. Justice Roby writes that forcing drivers to open and hold airways created a danger and violated mining act provisions, yielding liability to injured drivers. The decision rejects requiring proof of knowledge of danger or assumption of risk. It also finds that minimal miscalculation in stooping does not prove contributory negligence under unlawful conditions.
A 1905 communication from P V DeGraw to Congressman John C Chaney states the postal department will number rural mail boxes to speed rural route delivery. Delivery of mail to box numbers alone is deferred pending further investigation while box numbering proceeds.
The E. and T. H. railway announces a special homeseekers excursion starting October 30 1905. Tickets go on sale first and third Tuesdays in October November and December and allow round trips at seventy five percent of one way fare. Return passage valid for 21 days from sale with stop over.
Manford Otto & Co reports a new harness store opening prompting shoppers to visit the shop and explore specialty equipment. The notice highlights a fresh inventory of harnesses and related riding gear.
Parties seeking information on rates times and connections should write to D B Steeg travel agent Haute Indiana for prompt attention. Dr Crowley handles ear diseases with many cures reported in the area.
Notice invites readers to trade an old stove for an Estate Oak unit that will burn coal for 48 hours per charge. Also mentions Dr Crowley who claims a long record of treating gall stones and bilious colicky conditions with noted failures in a single case.
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