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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1916
Page
3
The new revenue bill passed by Congress raised taxes on wines and imported liquors, and increased the normal income tax from 1 to 2 percent with varied surtax scales. Documentary and proprietary stamps were removed, shifting revenue to higher income and inheritance taxes. Some sections take effect now, with others by December 31.
An advertisement claims constipation dulls the brain due to impurities and sluggish organs. It promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a mild non gripping laxative that cleanses the system and improves mood by morning.
Jackson township and Hymera begin classes on Monday. Trustee Williams announced the teaching staff for districts including No. 1 Thos S Brunker No. 2 Miss Mary Hammond No. 3 Carroll Stark No. 4 Miss Lessa Railsback No. 5 Miss Elizabeth Bailey No. 6 Daisy Mahan No. 7 Miss Muriel Littlejohn No. 9 Miss Nora Mahan No. 10 Ernest Brown and Miss Helen Gilman No. 11 Miss Edith Lowdermilk Hymera grades list Bosstick principal grade 8 Winn Syester grade 7 Faye Beckett grade 6 Nellie Vanarsdall grade 5 Margaret McGrew grade 4 Gladys Zink grade 3 Ruth Nead grade 2 Sallie Vanarsdall grade 1 High School Osborne superintendent J P Curry Judson Stark Miss Myrtle Barnett Miss Naomi Mahan.
The notice promotes Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a fast relief for sore throat chest congestion and stuffed heads. It claims healing pine tar soothing honey and glycerine loosen phlegm and ease colds. Bottle shows benefits and antiseptic properties. 25 cents at druggists.
Eulah Moore, 12, daughter of a wash woman, was robbed of one dollar Thursday night. A man in a car pulled up, asked for her money, produced a revolver, and took the dollar she held after she refused to surrender more. Authorities have no leads.
The senate passed a bill to raise pensions for widows of officers and enlisted men who served in the civil Mexican or 1812 wars and are 70 or older from $124 to $20 monthly. It already cleared the house, and the measure also restores widows of civil war soldiers who remarried to the rolls. The debate offered no figures on total cost. Corn 90 cents per bushel. Scott's Heating Stoves only 8.40.
In Bloomington Star style, humorous items from Lickskillet recount church gossip and small town quirks. A preacher teases men in coats, Deacons spar over stovepipe joints, and locals gossip about dress, cards, and a Messiah practice amid sly jests.
Transfers show buyers and sums: Woodward to Inglert 20 acres in Curry Cass. Power to Bunch 495 ft by 56 rods in Jackson. Pilmer to Keys 59 acres in Hadden. Bush to Secrest 7.592 acres in Jackson. Griffiths to Fabian near Dugger. Jones to Creager 3800 feet in Lyonton. Thornberry to Covner four Merom lots. Gerhart to Krabbe eight College Heights blocks in Shelburn. Boles to Boles two lots in W V Riggs addition.
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