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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1922
Page
8
A collage of satirical musings and social snippets covers women, fashion, politics, Prohibition, and daily life. references to betokened authors, jokes about chiggers, gas consumption, and a remarriage joke blend with varied opinions and humorous asides.
A female author advised women not to flaunt outfits as they currently do, stating the clothes are too showy. The remark was retracted shortly after and the piece notes that fly swatting has become the leading indoor sport at the moment.
Sullivan county residents join a surprise birthday dinner at the McKee home for Wakefield Giles on State street. Local families and visitors travel across Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and beyond for motor trips and visits to relatives, including Miss Winifred Pierson in Gill township and H. V. Bennett’s appointment.
The text recounts degrees of an oath demanding support for white Protestants in political offices and opposition to Catholic influence, with a death penalty for violations. A visitor compares it to Ku Klux Klan vows, and a historian recalls Mary Ann Pittman and a local rumor. Claude Thompson, former Sullivan resident, visits Oakland City.
Story recounts Elmo Scott Watson on Walapai Clark a Tucson area scout who tracked and killed one Apache Kid after a mare theft. Clark’s vigil and ambush near the Santa Catalinas led to the kid's retreat into caves with raids fading. Fate of the Apache Kid remains unknown.
Indiana weather during the past week shows favorable conditions for harvesting threshing and haying but widespread need for rain in the eastern half and west central districts. Temperature ran about 8 degrees below normal with good sunshine. wheat threshing mostly finished in the south while oats are below average and corn progresses well with tassels in many fields. Chinch bugs declined as rainfall remains sought after in many sections.
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