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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
8
Poverty day speaks of a clothes parade as the campaign of quality against cheapness continues. Every man votes on how good his clothes are to be, noting style and cost. The ad touts Hart Schaffner Marx as offering value and style without overpaying.
W E Mills visited Sullivan on Sunday. Several Sullivan residents travelled to Shelburn for events and social calls including Misses Bean and Riggs and Mrs. Wells. marriages friendships and local business changes are noted among residents of Shelburn Sullivan Vincennes and nearby towns.
Carlisle September 20. Grover Cleyton and Hudson Alsman teachers in our school spent Sunday at their homes nearby. Miss Ethel Burroughs left for Vincennes to work. V. W. Dale the jeweler was in Oaktown. Clifford Frye of Little Giant visited friends here. Edward Hoover arrived from Sullivan. Misses Oddie Thornton and Lena Thornberry of Vincennes are visiting Mrs. Edward McCann.
Residents and visitors named in Farmersburg area notes include Miss Bes sie Taylor of Sullivan, Thurman McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wheatley of Linton, Wesley Forbes, Miss Judith Lacey of Sullivan, Dec Foster, Mrs. K. Ie Russell and others. Local real estate transfers total 19 deeds worth $31,168.20, with parcels scattered across Turman, Gill, Hamilton, Jackson, Cass, River ton, and Shelburn.
Frank H Thompson died at his mother's home in Merom on September 15 1908 at age 30 leaving a wife and young daughter one child had preceded him to eternity. The wife and mother thank neighbors for kindness during the bereavement. Interment in Merom cemetery. Mrs Eva Thompson Mrs Eb A Thompson.
Bridge whist score cards are offered for sale at the Union office. The item listing notes standard sets and pricing for members and local residents. Patrons are advised to inquire at the office for availability and purchasing details.
Dr. Floyd McBride, Republican coroner candidate for Sullivan County, a local physician born in this city, Purdue medical graduate, ex assistant surgeon at Marion government hospital, operates in the Davis hotel block. Clergymen comment on politics and the county local option bill urging voters to elect lawmakers who will uphold the new law and oppose whiskey interests.
In Marion Indiana on September 27 the Rev J Boyd Jones a Southern Democrat and pastor denounced Thomas Taggart from his pulpit urging defeat of Charles Fleming joint representative candidate from Blackford and Grant counties. Jones urged people to rise up and crush the political life of Taggart.
Marriage licenses issued for Fred H. Dudley and Della Nelson Elmer Lucas and Annie F. Snider Francis M. Potter and Madaline Deberry Louis Benefield and Mary E. Paul Charles Dulaney and Clara Cunningham Surrell Wonders and Dora M. Johnson Jesse J. Arnett and Josephine M. Haines Thomas F. Eisner and Nancy J. Treadway Verna Lee Nichols and Nona M. Ridge all recorded in the county clerk docket for contemporary nuptials.
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