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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1899
Page
6
Bargain outfitting store featuring 4 inch all wool Fredrick Arnold Hen riettas at 59 per yard and Venitian plaids in multiple shades. Prices list 38e to 50e per yard for various brocades and silks, with 54 inch sacking and Scotch plaids on sale as the fall season begins. A mass circular distribution and expanded sales force aim to drive steady bargain demand.
Under skilled hands the millinery department unveils new fall designs. The display features golf hats for outing wear trimmed with white silk and eagle quills, reflecting refined character and artistry.
A catalog style notice lists umbrellas with 50c quality and 2e ribbon, and a 21¢ per yard price for fast black material. Also advertised is a box of Manilla Organdie summer wash goods at 5c per yard and fast colors.
About 50 odd curtain pieces and 2 dozen lace sets offered at clearance. Nets and laces described with yard lengths and price marks, including 50 pairs previously selling up to 2 dollars, now discounted. Abbreviated sale terms list percent discounts and closing time for the sale.
Mrs Walter Thompson visits Ashmore to relatives in Jills. Mrs Ed Ross of Terre Haute visits H K Ross family. Several residents travel or visit in town with porch fall injuries and school plans noted. Advertisements promote millinery opening, Penninsular Planish Ranges exhibitions, coal prices, farm for sale, and cartage trades at Long Warren Co. plus wagon scale repair and salvage offers.
Thieves entered the homes of Win Bicknell Dr Freeman and Walter Bottenfield Sunday night. Bicknell lost clothing and Mrs Bicknell's purse and about 2 in change and a gold watch. Freeman's back door was unlocked and 50 was taken from his pockets along with his clothes. Bottenfield's home yielded about 1 50 in small change with nothing else missing.
An elegant new line with 50 patterns priced from 75 cents to 82.00 per yard. Includes stripes figures and checks in full width 5c quality, 39e per yard. Pretty waist and trimming silks in desirable shades and styles of 7a cent quality. Silk well worth $1.00 per yard in light and dark colors with rich fashionable designs for waists and trimmings.
Emergency sale offers about 200 suits priced at 1.50 each and remaining stock from 6 to 8.50. A larger lot of 250 suits valued up to 12.50 is cut to 3.50. Men and boys wearables, including worsteds and cheviots, are offered as seasonable fabrics. Also 130 boys suits for ages 1.5 to 7 go at 1.50.
Listing details fabric prices: six cent quality calicos at 66 cents per yard, led pieces assorted 3S in wide Percales at 124 cent quality and 846 per yard.
Emergency sale offers 300 pairs of ladies shoes in tan brown black with various toe styles at 1.95. Men’s fine shoes also priced for quick sale, many valued well above 4 dollars. About 800 pairs of Misses shoes in multiple styles offered at 95 cents to clear shelf space.
Readable ad copy lists women’s underskirts and skirts in colors and patterns. Prices: 69 cents for 100 lateen top items, 98 cents for 100 plaid and stripe skirts, and 1.98 for 50 Merserized Silk skirts originally 3.40.
Fifteen silk waists priced at 2.98 for 85 quality. twenty one waists 3.98 for 86.50 quality. forty five waists in new fall patterns four ninety eight for 7.40 quality.
A neighborhood gathering at the Townsleys residence celebrates Mrs Townsley’s 35th birthday. About 75 attendees arrive by various conveyances on a pleasant Saturday. The event features an abundant menu, multiple cake tastings, speeches by ages 10 to 90, songs, and a closing thanks to God.
The Wild West attraction led by Pawnee Bill impressed audiences though fewer bands and performers than advertised. A street parade in Princeton New Jersey sparked a scuffle with students with battles remembered by Rev Sonne who attended as a student.
An excerpt prints Robert G Ingersoll’s agnostic meditation on life and death. It contends that the question of what comes after death remains unknowable and argues love, shared humanity, and living fully are the true measures of meaning rather than certainty about an afterlife. The piece contrasts cradle and coffin, urging acceptance over fear and valuing present bonds.
Reed's Drug and Piano House promotes the New Crown Sewing Machine priced at 22.50 with a perpetual guarantee and a 30 day trial. Gravemier of Long and Warren and W Ed Shepherd test its durability in Sullivan families for 15 years.
The marriage of 75 year old Peter Hopewell to 60 year old Miss Sarah Ruddell was performed by Rev Yocum at the Ruddell home in Sullivan Indiana. Ruddell came to Robinson from Merom years ago and has strong ties to Gill Township.
Lon Beesinger of Carlisle purchased a tract near the poor farm from Sam Mason to convert into a truck farm with irrigation. Mason advertised the land in The Union. Beesinger acted within a week of the first notice, and the sale concluded soon after. Beesinger plans to move this fall after finishing work at his current home. The Union is praised for its wide county circulation.
A burglary at Sammy Draper's residence occurred between daybreak and noon. The thief stole $23.00, with no injuries reported. Authorities have opened an investigation.
The Chicago Tribune praised Mrs Albert J Beveridge for her travels to Manila with her husband and noted her lineage from George Langsdale editor of the Greencastle Banner. It highlighted her as educated and witty yet reticent while her husband keeps silent on Philippine matters.
A cooperative meeting of Sunday school workers from several churches in Sullivan organized a minor normal class for training teachers. About two dozen members will start with Hamill lessons as text, chosen by the Indiana S S Association. Dr. A M McGuire is named as instructor with meetings alternating among churches, first at the Baptist church on Friday October 6.
F M Higgins editor of Seneca News Illinois suffered two years with piles and found relief after using Bucklen Arnica Salve. Two boxes wholly cured him. It is advertised as infallible for piles with a cure guaranteed at 26 cents. Sold by Joe K Smock druggist. Subscribe for Union for neighbors.
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