Hickskillet Items From Bloomington Star
Local notes report Constable Si Plum breaking up a dice game in Zeb Stabbins barn last Sunday afternoon. The column mentions church news petty gossip and community happenings including a popcorn social at the crossroads school house with Jim Slivers on fiddle and a lightning rod agent visiting the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si Plum
Zeb
Ebbersole
Satan
Sally Hawkins
Ed Bascombe
Cross Roads
Jim Slivers
Bill Blithers
Wardshell
Deacon Hartsock
Local items from a rural community humorous note
A series of quirky remarks recounts small town scenes. The Squire jokes about storms being his wife late for games. Deacon Ebbersole keeps liquor for education. Sewing circle presents pants to Constable St Plum for guarding chicken roosts. Rev Eli Perkins enjoys vacation in Brown county and notes Ford powered travel. Dick Bledsoe cites his wife supporting daylight saving. A checker game incident toppled the cracker box Deacon Hart sock stood on, drawing a muttered rebuke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Ebbersole
Sewing Circle Club
Constable St Plum
Eli Perkins
Brown County
Dick Bledsoe
Deacon Hartsock
Real Estate Transfers in Sullivan County
A snapshot of numerous property transfers listing buyers and sellers including Jack Alumbaugh to William and Eliza Fry for 1050 dollars on 4.4 acres in Sullivan County and many other deeds. Transactions note parcels, lots, plats, and coal-excluded tracts across towns such as Monon, Shelburn, Carlisle, Bloom, Sullivan, and Delph. This record reflects broad activity from Curtis to Hutchison, Woodward to Johnson, and Nash to Beardsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Alumbaugh
Wm. H
Eliza M. Fry
Frank Woodward
Wharry
Flora Johnson
Crowder
Enal
Be Kind Always and See Kindness Matter
The passage urges guarding unkind thoughts as they tend to surface in attitude and tone. It stresses that genuine kindness requires conscious effort to keep opinions charitable and expressed kindly rather than harshly.
Huntsville Woman Credits Tanlac Weight Gain
Mrs. Chas. Peden of 550 Mill Street Huntsville Alabama reports gaining 27 pounds after using Tanlac. Once weighing 98 pounds she now weighs 125, noting restored appetite and energy, relief from stomach pains and nervousness, and avoidance of surgery previously considered. Tanlac sold locally by multiple druggists and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Peden
Mill Street
Huntsville
Alabama
Tanlae
Sullivan
Joe K. Smock & Son
Shelburn
QO. B. Stark
Hymera
Wint Cummins
Dagger
Quality Drug Store
Merom
J. J. Parker
Expenditures and Tax Levis for Jefferson Township 1919
The Jefferson township trustee presents 1919 expenditures and tax levies at the Advisory Board meeting. Township: 2304 dollars expenditure and 10 cents per 100 dollars. Local tuition: 5848 dollars and 25.25 cents per 100 dollars plus 25 cents per poll. Special school tax: 8417 dollars and 35 cents per 100 dollars and 100 cents per poll. Road tax: 921 dollars and 4 cents per 100 dollars. Poor: 430 dollars and 2 cents per 100 dollars. Total: 17920 dollars and 76 cents per 100 dollars plus 125 cents per poll. Net taxable property 2,304,000 dollars. 353 polls. Signed John W. Buck, Trustee, dated July 26, 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Township
Sullian County
John W. Buck
Haddon Township
Carlisle
T. C. Woodward
Haddon Township Trusty to Hold Budget Hearing 1919
The trustee T C Woodward will meet at the trustee's office in Carlisle on September 2 1919 at 10:00 am to review the year 1919 expenditures and levies. Projections include township 8 cents per hundred dollars Local tuition 25 cents Library 2 cents Poor 2 cents and overall tax 95 cents per hundred with 332 polls.
Printing Services Offer Low-Cost Quality Work
A printer advertises affordable rates for letter heads statements invitations and public sale bills while pledging quality work. The note emphasizes low cost without sacrificing standards and invites customers to place orders.
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Bloomington Star
Squire Hartsock
Wy Ia
Herbert S. Leach
Sherman
Sullivan Mfg. Co
Schroeder & Price
Sullivan County
Cass Township
Dugger
Lula J. Hutchison
Jason
Harriet A. Wall
Cen, Coal Co
Sarah A. Sweeney
F. H
Lucetta Houser
van Coal Co
Curry Township
Monon Coal Co
Jno
Farmersburg
Wm. E. Johnson
Hosea Stewart
Taylor
Shelburn Jno
D. Beardsley
Edgar Bolinger
Cherrydale
Gill
Robert M. Bledsoe
John N
Ella OQ. Ridge
Josephine Mahan
Vernie Nichols
Wm. Bailey
Tarleton A .Woodward
Tarleton Woodward
Wm. Bailevy
Wim. Bailey
Haddon
School
Mary M. Hall
Abraham Black
Bellevue Coal Co
American Underwriters Inc
Henry Niewald
Guy Jones
Scor
Arnold Lot
A. Lisman
Grace Duffer
Vincennes
Tilghman Ogle
Des
Jackson Township
Jas. Moloney
Catherine Keifer
Elijah Prather
Annie E. Myers
Herman Heien
Clarence A
Nettie Nicholson
R. P. Beckett
Wm. L. Gordon
Frances M. Kennedy
Barnhart
Dellie Cummins
P. F. Carr
Gertrude Stager
Keen
John D. Beardsley
Sale
Prince Reaver
Kaltex
Kalttex
Notion Department
Ideal
Daisy
Ancy
Willow Baby Carriage
Blue Bell
Dangler
Ideal Oil
Index Nation Co
Merom Bluff
Chautauqua
C. E. Setzer
Indiana
Gault Pleasant
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