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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1921
Page
7
A small white five room house with a pergola porch entrance appeals to newlyweds. Buyers choose between two floor plans both with a built in Pullman breakfast room and well designed closet spaces. The dwelling was built from National Builders' Bureau plans from Spokane Washington.
The senior class play Aaron Boggs Freshman drew the largest crowd yet in the auditorium and raised a handsome sum. Joe Gray and family arrived from the south as Jack Frost bit. Mrs. Will Foutz and Miss Allie Borders visited. Leo Phillips spoke of marine training in Virginia and received a party at the school. Rev L L Johnson gave the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class as a Sullivan quartet provided music.
Mr and Mrs George Nowlin and daughter Miss Mabel attended the birthday celebration of Emmett Nowlin last Sunday. E A Borders is spraying for the codling moth. We hope some of the apples are saved so that we will not have to depend upon Michigan for our fruit.
Real estate transfers show numerous entries across townships including Sullivan Glendora Coal Co to a railroad, Hoke heirs transactions in West Sullivan, and purchases by Robt Brooks and Paxton in Hamilton. Dates are noted as 1-16 and various lot and section references accompany price figures like 300 and 1715.
Friends and neighbors gathered at Miss Geneva Ransford's home Saturday evening to celebrate her 14th birthday with candy and peanuts, music, and games. Attendees included Essie Barnes, Mabel Barnes, Thela Thompson, Geneva Thompson, Cathrine Thompson, Margaret Thornberry, Fay Ransford, Geneva Coleman, Ralph Harris, Ross Ransford, Charles Thornberry, Judea Hoesman, Carl Jord, Walter Thompson, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brown and Mrs. Della Riggs.
Family thanks friends neighbors and Rev Cross and choir for support during sister illness and death and for the flower arrangements and services.
An 1840s era narrator notes a hired man watering cows before milking. The piece recalls Horace Greeley as the first presidential campaign tour pioneer, dating back 48 years. A cartoonish line jokes about Agnes claiming to be younger than her age as a personal score-settling gag.
One of the city’s largest hotels provides every guest with a free copy of the morning newspaper, serving an average of about 2,000 readers daily.
A Boston Transcript note cites frequent withdrawals at the Lisle Bank as a threat, urging measures to halt the ongoing run. The comment frames the issue as harming depositors and destabilizing financial confidence during the period.
The speaker notes that one who tends to his own business may receive no credit for being unsociable, with a folksy remark about social expectations and reputation.
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