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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1921
Page
5
The 1920 census reports Sullivan County Indiana with a total population of 31 630, including 16 201 males and 15 429 females. Native white 30 613, foreign born whites 911, and negroes 105. Illiteracy 1.7 percent, dwellings 7 655, families 9 142. Foreign born whites dominate the county’s immigrant profile.
The report breakdown details foreign born residents by county with Marion Jasper Allen Vigo Porter Laporte Starke Vermillion Lake and St Joseph among divisions under ten percent. It notes an 8 percent rate for Marion and 6.5 6.8 and 5.7 percent for several counties, with Lake and St Joseph highest, and age structure totals including 1 779 820 adults and 289 125 under 5. Illiteracy totals 52 084 of 2 856 314 over five, 2.2 percent overall, higher in urban areas at 2.8 percent. Attendance rises with age, 65.4 percent overall, peaking in ages seven to twelve at 94.9 percent.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine will cure catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh and nothing else. The liquid medicine is taken internally and works through the blood to mucous surfaces, reducing inflammation and restoring normal conditions. Circulars free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Big Springs residents report visits among neighbors with Mr and Mrs Castor of Crawfordsville staying with Mr and Mrs Lee Phillips. Warren Watson his wife and grandson Dayne Watson attended church services at Merom. Ralph Collier underwent an operation at the county hospital and is recovering well with wife caring for him. Will Watson conducted sales at Martinsville and Riley. Mrs Mary Medsker and daughters Sylvia Pauline and Mrs T K Cushman spent Sunday with A G Cushman. Local readers urged to send in news.
A fragment mentions Tile and Smile associated with Riggs Clay Product Company and Drain Tile Sullivan in Indiana. It quotes a meditation on life from The Art of Life and references a carnival of life with poetic lines from G Snantayuna in the Dial.
A Cordele Georgia visitor, Mrs. Fred Boatright, is the guest of relatives in Atchison Kansas where discussions touch on water power potential.
Charles H. Pearce as administrator files final account for Anna E Ridgeway late of Sullivan County Indiana. Court hearing set for Friday October 21 1921 to approve or disallow the report. Creditors heirs and legatees must appear in Sullivan Circuit Court to contest if any. M A Haddon Attorney.
Lida Bing administratrix of Jesse H. Bing estate files final accounting with Sullivan Circuit Court. The hearing is set for Friday October 14 1921, the 35th judicial day of the September term 1921. Arthur P DeBaun is attorney. First insertion September 28 1921.
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