Traction Switch Nuisance Ignites Community Debate
In Sullivan Indiana a public memorial for President Harding was disrupted when a traction train passed through the square. Citizens call for removing the switch after multiple incidents. The paper notes ongoing friction and clubs pressuring the Traction company, while a side discussion links Samuel Gompers and W Z Foster to shifts in labor politics.
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Traction Company
Harding
Court House Park
Terre Haute
Woman’s Club
Numbering the Presidents Through the Ages and Tariffs
A discussion from the Cleveland era debates whether Coolidge is the twenty-ninth or thirtieth president. The piece reviews presidential numbering, tariff claims, and wheat price implications, citing Indianapolis News and New York Herald analyses. It compares value shares of crops to total wealth and notes a Detroit visit by Mrs. E. W. Sanders.
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Cleveland
Coolidge
Harrison
Wilson
Harding
Tenty
Washington
Chicago Board of Trade
Department of Agriculture
National Bureau of Economic Research
Remembering The Nation’s Leader In Quiet Mourning
A reflective poem honors the nation’s chief magistrate, urging mourning Americans to unite beyond creed. It laments the end of peaceful wisdom and calls for resilience, hinting that from loss may arise a richer, nobler life built on deeds.
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Ind Post August 15 1923
List of unclaimed letters in the Sullivan Indiana post office as of August 15 1923. Letters must be claimed within two weeks or sent to the Dead Letter Office. Separate sections for Ladies Gents and Foreign names with authors or initials.
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Sullivan, Ind
Coffeyville Couple Visits County Native Returns After 40 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Curry of Coffeyville Kansas visit relatives in the county. Mr Curry is a native of this county and left more than forty years ago to work in real estate back home in Coffeyville.
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Democratic National Committee
Andy Curry
Coffeyville
Kansas
Mr. Curry
County
Boulevard lighting campaign by local clothier gains GE backing
The piece recounts Frank M. Douthitt, South Side Clothier, promoting boulevard lighting in Sullivan two years ago. GE and Barton Durstine & Osborne backed the effort, producing ads that praised Douthitt and were circulated nationally.
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Frank M. Douthitt
South Side Clothier
Mr. Douthitt
General Electric Company
Barton, Durstine & Osborne
New York City
Douthitt
Harding remembered as amiable public servant and reformer
A tribute praising President Warren G. Harding for his democracy and humanity. The piece highlights his armament conference achievements, budget reform, and broad economic and agricultural policies, noting reductions in expenditures and a shift toward efficiency. It commends his contact with ordinary citizens and reflects on his two-year presidency.
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Harding
Possivle
Gar
Death of Miss Beulah Dot Pinkston in Cincinnati
Miss Beulah Dot Pinkston aged 32 died August Tin 1923 in Cincinnati Ohio. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward French and wife of Arthur Pinkston married March 7 1919. Survived by husband five children parents two brothers and four sisters with many relatives and friends.
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Beulah Dot Pinkston
Edward French
Cincinnati
Ohio
Arthur Pinkston
McClannan Visit Bobsled Showdown at Wildwood
Mr and Mrs Andy T McClannan travel to Wildwood New Jersey to attend a local event featuring Aeenteer versus Charles Ross Kam in a contested match.
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Andy T. McClannan
Charles Ross Kam
Wildwood, N. J
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Sullivan
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Foster
Gomvers
Indianapolis News
Buncombe
New York Herald
E. W. Sanders
Detroit, Mich
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Jean du Beauvais
Louis XV
Carlyle
Salls
Himerson
John
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Oscar. Pierson
Mav. Smith
Ruth. Wilson
Rusie
Braman
Dwight
Cox
Lesnard
Dire
Harold
Eaton
Fred. Gadberry
Ford
Hiatt
William D. Hopkins
Lewis. Malone
Coy
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Ott
Morris
Ralph
McDaniel
Clarence
McMasters
Sam. Phipps
Duane
Smith
Rosa
Max
Foreign. Cropper
George
R. P. White, P. M
Sullivan Merchant
Mr. Douthitts
Your Electric Light and Power Company
Teir City
Creane Hetterwork
F. M. Douthitt
America
Douthitts
General Electric
ET S$ Go! FM
Douthite
Clothier
Warren G. Harding
John T. Adams
Republican National Committee
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Myrtle Feaves
Mie
Mou Moa Vay
Neobah Boehsn
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Julia Birch
Em C. French
Carl E. French
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Burt Motor Sales
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