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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1905
Page
6
The week opens with Mr and Mrs Sprague welcoming a daughter born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Barcus. Terre Haute Star social section notes a college Friday night event with about 450 plates served including handouts.
A long list of civil actions filed includes Orville G. Coen versus George W. McCreery for 28.85 on account plus fees, National Candy Company against J. H. Tucker, multiple partition and real estate sale petitions, adoptions, divorces, and possessions, as well as numerous damages and account suits against coal firms and related parties. Appeals from Greene county are noted for several cases.
Iva Griffith visited her mother Mrs Gettinger and attended a conference at Linton. Mrs Martha Foote of Indianapolis is visiting friends in our city. Rev Jacob Meeker of Missouri stayed with Mr and Mrs Larr. Aunt Susan Hunt and Mrs Easter Thompson Viola Hunt and babe attended a conference at Linton. Dr C J Jones left to attend a conference near Marion. Mr and Mrs White entertain his sister and family from Kentucky. T C Sparks is building a cottage on third street. Rev Cross of Henrysville visited.
Protracted meeting began at Concord Saturday night. S P Douglass formerly of this county left Okens for Pueblo to spend winter in Colorado Springs. E E Dix and mother returned from Idaho. Mrs. E E Dix is very sick. Wheat sowing is the order of the day. Miss Ethel Hamilton to Indianapolis for winter. Mr and Mrs Ol Smith still in our midst. Labor Day noted as water hungry. They plan to return to Lawrenceburg Tenn soon. Mr and Mrs W E Douglass passed through Sunday evening. Big dinner Sunday at Cy Pierces in the grove in front of the house. Dora Douglass prefers stage actors for beaux.
John G. McKin ey suffered a severe accident last Sunday while water ing horses. His horse bucked and threw him striking the left chest, breaking three ribs and causing other injuries. Dr. James B. Maple of Shelburn attended. The column also notes local greetings and visits including Rev. Brown's Concord meetings and relatives in the area.
A brief notice highlights the opening of a new harness shop named Otto & Campbell, inviting customers to visit and explore a range of horse gear and equipment.
Mrs Charles Montgomery and daughter Roxy and Fern attended church in Carlisle Sunday Miss Nellie Chastain ill with typhoid fever Miss May Sparks spent Monday in Sullivan Herbert Cristy called on Alma Able Sunday afternoon Miss Sarah McClure teaching at Sullivan spent Sunday with her parents Grace McClure Minnie Mayfield Jack Brokaw and Virgil Burks spent Sunday at Capt Smiths Charles Wilson and Arthur Boles were guests of Maude Arnett and Tressa Bain Graysville Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson visited Mr and Mrs Charles Lovelace at Shelburn Sunday Mrs Perry Hayden ill Has you seen the gray horse at Otto Campbell s
The Evansville and Terre Haute railroad company paid ten dollars to thirty nine Sullivan Pathfinders lodge members for damages over denied waiting rights at Carlisle depot in March 1904. Leone Draper had won a $1000 suit in a related case. a compromise settled with other members, while Draper’s suit remains active with expectation of settlement.
Shelburn, Ind September 24 Brazil defeated Shelburn 9 to 7 in a one sided game. Shelburn errors aided Brazil as Lord and Anderson contributed for the visitors while Clayton and Buckley struggled. Attendance around 1 000 with Pierce umpiring and 200 Brazil fans present.
The signer states they have sold their interest in the Howard and Hagemier restaurant business. Mr. Howard will pay all firm indebtedness. The notice is dated September 11.
Roberta Smith child of Marion Smith of the north part of town died shortly after noon Saturday from summer complaint. Funeral from the house Sunday afternoon with Rev. David Francis conducting services. FOR RENT One new five room house one good four room house both well situated. Apply to J F Hoke at residence. 2
James Carter, a miner at the Union coal mine north of the city, was severely injured Tuesday afternoon when falling slate struck him. His condition is not yet known to be fatal. Carter resides in the city.
A Morice account of Simon Fraser's expedition describes how gunfire tobacco smoke and pipes impressed Indigenous crowds at Lake Stuart. Soap given to women caused bubbles, yet their awe remained, believing the newcomers possessed magical fire and foreign goods.
The Union seeks to assemble a county group portrait of Mexican War Veterans. Veterans living in the county should mail their names and addresses to Captain Josiah Stanley R. R. 3. Mr Stanley is a war survivor and directs the arrangements.
The Union calls for local correspondents to send all kinds of community items weekly. Write up happenings in your neighborhood and mail by Tuesday for timely publication. Live correspondents are encouraged to cover every township to build a robust county paper.
A Northern traveler hires a Georgia guide nicknamed Sambo to cross a river in a punt. He asks if he can row, is told he cannot. Sambo secretly rows well, crossing swiftly. The traveler learns the miscommunication and ends with Sambo grinning about misheard expectations.
A report from Germany describes the Verneuil process to create artificial rubies by layering clay and chromium oxide and melting at thousands of degrees. It notes a five pound ruby valued at about $600, produced with oxy hydrogen cooling to harden, praised for purity and polish but valued lower than natural rubies.
Notice to Nora McClure James B Thompson and Charles L Bond nonresidents of Sullivan County that on September 26 1905 plaintiffs filed a petition in the Sullivan Circuit Court seeking drainage in Haddon township affecting lands owned by the three named individuals The hearing is set for the 27th judicial day of the October 1905 term of the Sullivan Circuit Court at Sullivan Indiana Arthur D Cutler attorney for petitioners seal and signature dated September 26 1905
Notice that Richard E. Leach is appointed Administrator of the estate of Margaret A. Hull in Sullivan County Indiana by the Sullivan Circuit Court. The estate is described as probably solvent. Attorneys Douthitt & Haddon represent the administrator. Date 9-31.
The article details Cape Point near the Cape of Good Hope with its 840 foot sandstone promontory and Vasco da Gama pillar. It notes a lighthouse visible thirty six miles, wild cliffs, and fierce surf. Sharks are abundant beneath the cliff and a fall would likely be fatal due to approaching predators.
Rail travel specials listed for Oct 1905 include E T H Bankfort and Indianapolis offers reaching Reunion of Wilders Brigade and Great Council of Indiana Red Men with return limits Oct 14 20 from multiple cities. Colonist and suffrage trips span West Coast to Portland with dates and 90 day return window. Sull ivan and Evansville agents announce maps timetables and inquiries.
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