Local musings mix humor with notices from court house
A rambling column mentions drafts and tanks, jokes about conscription, and local chatter. It notes Mrs Dillie Dill of St. Louis suing for divorce over a husband named after a pickle, and lists visitors Hud Howard, Prof Peck Walters, and Winfield Scott Bicknell relaxing in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillie Dill
St. Louis
Hud Howard
St. Petersburg
Florida
Peck Walters
Winfield Scott Bicknell
Sullivan County
Pickerel Fishing in Wisconsin With Bridell and Nichols
Jedge Bridell and Frankfort Nichols plan a fishing trip in Wisconsin on a secluded lake. They will fish for pickerel and look for suckers while enjoying a leisurely fan-tan game by the shade on the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jedge Bridell
Frankfort Nichols
Wisconsin
Oil Quest Sends Breech Bedwell and Crowder to Wyoming
Informants say Messrs Pants Breech Charles Highball Bedwell and Daddy Cobb Crowder will depart shortly for Wyoming in search of oil and other summer liquids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Pants Breech
Charles Highball Bedwell
Daddy Cobb Crowder
Wyoming
Mr. Woodford Woods Teases Xmas Return with Cheer
Mr. Woodford Woods has been visiting for several days mingling with old friends and says he will return at Xmas time with a suitcase full of good cheer. If Woods says so, he will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford E. Woods
Woods
Local Taxi Chauffeur Barney Oldfield Mattix In Town
Barney Oldfield Mattix official chauffeur of the Eagle Island taxi visits town Saturday. Pat sports a tan coat and prepares for a tough winter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Oldfield Mattix
Eagle Island
Pat
Fish Catches Debate by Frank Dale and Frank Brandenberry
The record questions whether Frank Dale and Frank Brandenberry caught any fish. It also mentions Jack Fitzgerald suspected of on the king queen and tray with Roy Kaufman making high low jack and the game on the give.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dale
Frank Brandenberry
Jack Fitzgerald
Roy Kaufman
City to Send Garden Specimens to Smithsonian Institute
The city health officer and council will dispatch samples from the botanical garden east of the square to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. The growth is described as rivaling the Amazon bottoms in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botanical Garden
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Amazon
South America
Cats Attack Night in Weird Midnight Concert Tale
A bizarre incident describes cats emerging from an alley lair and howling in a neighborhood at midnight. A startled father aims a shotgun but the weapon misfires as the cats scatter, while a note from General Garland Scott in Springfield, Illinois, closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Dame
Put nickname origin linked to pot and John phrase
County recorder LeRoy Drennan marked his 79th birthday with a stag party last week attended by Edsil Bostock John Allen David Rogers and Shorty Sproatt. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Drennan
Edsil Bostock
John Allen
David Rogers
Shorty Sproatt
Plan to raise local defense troops and women’s corps
State Council of Defense outlines early war measures for arming and staffing local defense units to replace state militia once federal service begins. Proposals include special guard and police duties under state authority and a women’s corps in voting precincts to track soldiers leaving home for the war. Real estate transfers follow in Sullivan County listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
War Department
Councils of Defense
State Council
Mary Boone
Whiteland
Ind
Schroeder & Price
Sherman Building
Sullivan County
Physicians urged to aid Indiana in recruiting 800
State physicians are asked to help enlist 800 from Indiana with only 210 joined so far. Business and professional men have offered services to the state council during vacation periods and will be used as needs arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Council
Washington
Indiana State Council of Defense
Wilt. H. Hays
Frank C. Dailey
Sec
Indiana defense committee to mobilize volunteers
A special state council of defense committee plans a voluntary crusade to visit all counties in Indiana and urge war work. Members are A. W. Brady E. M. Wilson and Evans Woollen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Council of Defense
A. W. Brady
E. M. Wilson
Evans Woollen
War Department
National Council of Defense
State Warns Housewives on Rubber Band Substitutes
State Food Director G I Christie warns housewives against inferior rubber bands used in canning causing seal failures and food spoilage. Prosecutions will target dealers found defrauding the public. A special committee led by Mrs Hence Orme will expose bad actors. Governor Goodrich proclaims August 6 to 12 as Boys Working Reserve enrollment week for Indiana youths aged 16 to 20. The reserve is voluntary and non military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Christie
Hence Orme
Goodrich
United States Boys’ Working Reserve
Indiana
State committee urges local farming markets and posters
A special committee of the State Council of Defense on Food Production and Distribution recommends a state office of markets to remove middlemen. It urges stronger local marketing and posting of bulletins by farmers so neighbors may buy surplus. The state market director would coordinate with county agents to find markets and prevent overproduction locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Council of Defense
Sale of Stand Privilege at Mann Grove Picnic
James C. Shields treasurer announces sealed bids for stand privilege at Mann Grove S. S. Picnic Graysville on Saturday August 4 from 2 to 4 p m. No bottled drinks whistles or nuisances sold. Covered stand free. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. Picnic held August 11 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graysville
Mann Grove S. S
James C. Shields
Treas
Lickskillet Items From The Bloomington Star
A humorous column notes various local happenings and oddities in Bloomington including Bill Blithers’ drum mishap, quinsy illness, Ed Bascomb in a cheese critique, and church charity scenes. It also mentions a Bryan speech via phonograph, harvest notes, turnip and cabbage donations, and a wartime aid letter praising Indiana press cooperation with the State and National Councils of Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Blithers
Doc McFadden
Quincy
Dick Bledsoe
Love Ann Long
Ed Bascomb
William Jennings Bryan
Hartsock
Arminta Jones
Zeke Stubbins
Sally
Hansford
Deacon Ebbersole
Constable St Plum
Zeb Hawkins
Indianapolis
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Put
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Sinninger
Orion B. Harris
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Frank MecCrocklin
Jos. Atkinson
Delbert E. Freeze
Herbert T. Freeze
Turman Township
Andrew N. L. Burton
Henry L. Merrick
Carlisle
Ella Easter McCrae
Carrie A. Keys
Dugger
B. M
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Wm. B. Stiner
Sarmersburg
Winthrop A. Foote
Cal
Sarah A. Sinninger
Glendale
Farmersburg Bank Et al
First National Bank
Lyonton
Jesse Rhodes
Jas. W. Rhodes
Cloverleaf Coal Co
Add
Claud W. Norris
David N
Jane Bedwell
Shelburn
H. V. Stark
Josephine Hall
W. V. Riggs
The
Bloomington Star
Loyal Response of Press
Sullivan Union
Mississippi
Burton & Son
Graysville, Indiana
Yazoo Valley
Bennett
Interurban
Terre Haute
Indianapolis & Easters Traction Company
HAM Duplex Razor CO
Jersey City
N.J
W. H. Eaton
Pinaud
Dept. M
Pinaud Bldg
New York
Chicago
Southeastern R. R
L. O’neil
Peoria
Beehunter
Vandalla
Vincennes
Bedford
Monona
Seymour
Pennsylvania Lines
Louisville
Cincinnati
Westport
Big Four
Greensburg
Central Passenger Association
J. T. Averitt
Arnica
Bucklen
Parker
Eire
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
Druggista Haveitorean Petit
P. D. Q. Company
Terre Haute, Ind
J. S. Murphy
M. BP
Dale
South Side Square
Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union
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