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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1914
Page
5
Senator Oscar E. Bland of Linton, Republican candidate for Congress, will close his campaign with an address at the Court House in Sullivan at 8 o'clock Saturday night, Oct. 3. Everyone is invited.
A large crowd attended the funeral of John Sisson at Indian Prairie on Friday. The item lists several local residents visiting, visiting relatives, and attendees from Pleasantville and nearby towns, noting ongoing social visits through the week.
Mr and Mrs Charley Ogle hosted days with Effie Hilderbrand and daughter Maude who shopped in Sullivan. Mrs Bill Colvin left for Vincennes for an operation. Vina Neal and sister attended a Bethany meeting. Jacob Cox repaired the Bethany church house. John Padgett and Miss Dolea Mounts dined with George Kennedy and family.
North Dakota visitors John Milligan and family called on Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pogue over Sunday. Families of Wil and Emerson Watson shared Sunday with their parents. Rev Freis preached two sermons at a well attended Sunday School program.
A new daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Alice Boone last Friday morning. The infant child of Mr and Mrs Charley Vicary was buried last Saturday afternoon. Miss Net Hubble returned last Sunday from Terre Haute. Mr and Mrs Perry Smith entertained last Saturday for Perry Smiths 70th birthday with about 60 guests.
Mr and Mrs Cramer hosted guests from Terre Haute last Sunday. Mr Billie Houpt drove a new Ford. The Institute was held at the school house last Saturday with a large gathering of teachers and an interesting program. Mr and Mrs Watt Sparks visited their daughter Lulu Mahan and family on Saturday and Sunday.
Thomas Taggart and W H O'Brien will campaign four days through the twelfth and thirteenth districts to salvage the Democratic Party. The move, a surprise given their reluctance to speak publicly, signals the ticket's precarious standing and hopes of reinforcements from party organizers.
The Martin County Tribune laments Judge James B. Wilson of Bloomington and Henry Pearson of Bedford for switching parties and seeking new offices after long tenures. It condemns their opportunistic campaigns as ungrateful, brazen, and anti party, urging the public to reject such politics.
Shelburn resident Shelby D. Bolinger known as Shell, a Republican candidate for Sullivan County treasurer, is described as popular and honest. He highlights farming roots, twenty years mining, eight years in feed business, and pledges balanced books and prudent county spending.
Me and Mrs. Guy M. Briggs, long-time residents of Los Angeles, California, have moved to Chicago to reside. Briggs was born and raised in Sullivan.
Professor Thompson Scott organized a farming and school patrons club at a Curry County school with 115 participants. Officers named include Scott as president Hux as secretary Jewell treasurer and a student vote will determine the club name. Meetings set for the first Friday each month with sites at Nonesuch and Pittman schools.
Miss Gertrude Herbert went to Indianapolis for a position at the Women s Prison but did not take the job. She has since gone to Gordon Nebraska to visit her brother for several months.
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