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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1916
Page
5
A local baking powder note states that Royal Baking Powder contains no alum or phosphate and highlights its pure leavening composition for safer baking.
A reader accuses the Times of misrepresenting James E. Watson after his Sullivan courthouse speech. The letter notes Watson drew four to five hundred inside and a larger crowd outside, with most attendees Republicans backing Watson over Taggart. The writer defends Watson as an accomplished orator and criticizes negative reporting. Real estate transfers listed follow.
Edgar A. Turpin of Highland Park HL was in the city Monday on business and also the guest of Mrs. Yathryn Oliver.
Undelivered mail in Shelburn Indiana dated Sept 24 1916 will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not picked up by Oct 1 1916. Names include Edith Barcus Mary Kelsem Lola Haberdale Lola Haberdale Ish Godfrey Madge Ransford Ethel Foreign Mary Kelsem M. Bean and others. One cent advertising charges apply per article. Inquiries should mention the advertised list and date. James W Payne Postmaster.
In the Indianapolis Times a discussion links the government drive to conserve wild flowers with the fate of baseball figure Roaring Bill Cullop. The piece frames whether the crusade impacts his standing or career amid broader botanical goals.
Mrs C H Stratton is in Indianapolis as a guest of her husband who is at the Republican headquarters.
Indiana commercial travelers organize into a united front for Hughes Fairbanks and the Republican ticket. Roberts spends all his time at the state headquarters while 90 percent wear buttons reading Travelers G O P League. Registration on October 9 is urged and rules explain who must register and how to vote on November 7. Weather and police assistance notes follow with a local forecast and a missing persons request in Hymera.
The Second Maine battalion in service on the Mexican border marched 60 miles to the polls and voted 475 Republican ballots with no Democratic ballots cast.
The Paxton tent meeting attracts larger crowds each night with sermons by Brothers Huff Jackson and Cornelius. Local neighbors attend gatherings and share routine visits, farm work, and family updates from Sullivan and nearby towns.
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