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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1923
Page
6
A brief citation of Robert Collyer on impulse and action. It reflects on the urge to perform good deeds as life’s noblest spring and notes social commentary on talk versus action. The excerpt contrasts talkative tendencies with the energy to improve.
The article notes that white children in central Europe aged five to twenty have more than ten times as many decayed teeth as Zulu children of the same age, reflecting stark dental health disparities in colonial-era reporting.
In a Mind Over Money piece from Worries Magazine of New York the author argues a person’s mind can mint value greater than gold. It asks whether true wealth comes from pure gold or non-precious ideas stored within individual thought.
George G. Birkholz of Indianapolis, a salesman for A. P. W. Paper Co. of Albany, endorses Tanlac after reporting indigestion, headaches, loss of appetite, and nervous back pain. He says Tanlac restored his appetite and energy, claiming three square meals daily and no indigestion. The testimonial notes Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 37 million bottles sold.
The Indiana State Highway Commission invites sealed proposals for steel truss bridges on State highways in Sullivan County. Plans cost 2.00, bonds required at 1.34 times proposal, letting May 1, 1923 at 10:00 A.M. in Indianapolis Capitol Building. Plans may be examined or purchased. director may reject all bids.
The record lists numerous payments in the Sullivan Circuit Court February Term 1923. Included are payments to bailiffs jurors reporters and staff such as Rex Bridwell Pauline Medsker and Roy Drennon with amounts ranging from 2.40 to 250.00 and charges for meals electricity and court services from entities like Swatiska Restaurant Wabash Valley Electric Co and The Woodrow Co.
Advertisement promises a free can of Kyanize Varnish when customers buy a good brush at 15c. The varnish is described as easy to apply without brush marks, waterproof, heat or cold resistant, and suitable for floors, woodwork, or fine furniture. The 30c can supposedly finishes a chair or stand and comes in eight colors.
The essay argues that high living standards and broad access to education, housing, and services drive civilization. It credits individualism with innovation and production while advocating fair sharing via capital mobilization, limited domination by large groups, and cooperative reforms. It warns against socialism and endorses balanced progress through institutions and leadership.
Palmyra, or Tadmor, stood as a wealthy northern Syrian oasis city from 100 AD to the 14th century, thriving as Rome and Parthia vied and later enduring under Hadrian Septimus Severus Adaenathus Zenobia and Aurelian. It faded after Moslem conquest, yet remains famed for ruins like the Sun temple Baal and major works such as Ruins of Palmyra by Wood and Dawkins.
The Times Literary Supplement argues the essay should deliver pleasure with restrained language. It suggests the form gently sustains attention from first word to last, guiding readers through varied experiences without jolting them awake.
The Washington Star notes an experiment with floating bicycle balls in mercury that align symmetrically under a strong magnet. The arrangement varies with the number of balls and magnetization, echoing Mayer's needles where cork floated needles in water respond to magnetism.
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