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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1922
Page
5
A long list of social visits reports: Merom and Claremont residents traveling to Fayette Arkansas and Des Moines. Several families from Indiana, Illinois and Ohio hosted and visited kin, with Chautauqua attendance and new baby Martha Jane noted.
Melvin Bennett spent the week as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. W Bennett. Ed Harris and family visited Friday with the Harris and Harris households. Sylvia Tressa Taylor Hazel Pearl Marts joined Mabel Wilma and Wanda Hood Friday. Larkins visited Otto Jewell and Marion Harrison Friday night. Locals traveled to Yates orchard near Oaktown for peaches. Elmer Taylor family spent Sunday with Sam Taylor.
The document lists proposed levies for road, school, bond, and tuition funds with amounts raised and collected, showing net taxable property and total dollars. It also notes a comparative statement of taxes collected and to be collected for 1919 and 1920. Nearby, several social notes mention visits by former Governor Samuel M. Ralston, resignations of school principals, and local travel by residents.
Mrs Will Bennett visited her aunt Mrs Rose Dilley at Fairbanks on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Jerry Barcus and daughter Geneva dined with Mrs P T Lloyd and Miss Lucile Allen at Farmersburg Friday. Mrs Media Hayworth visits Mr and Mrs Dudley Hayworth and family. Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith and Miss Ellington of Hymera called on Mr and Mrs Will Jewell and Bar Net Jewell Sr Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Sam Engle and children visited Sullivan and Graysville Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Olin Moore called on Mr and Mrs Chas Moore Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lee Kerns and Miss Jeanette Bedwell of Terre Haute were guests of Mr and Mrs Alvin Hood and family Sunday. Geneva spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Calvin Ridgeway and son Homer near Farmersburg.
A welcome rainfall reached Kingsley on Friday easing drought damage to corn. Local social notes record Sunday school at Mrs. C F Whitlock with attendees including Betty Badger and Eva Osborne. Various residents visit relatives and attend church and chautauqua events.
Taxpayers may object to levies after determination. appeals to State Board of Tax Commissioners require petition to County Auditor by the fourth Monday of September. Dated August 21, 1922. Trustees O. T. Criss Addison Drake Gus Chowning Advisory Board.
Personal guests gather as Mrs. Tom Brown hosts Reita Reitzel and Marie Meon ticelli of Detroit. Illness and surgeries recur with several patrons in and around Merom including appendicitis operations in Olney and a dislocated shoulder treated at the county hospital. Residents travel, visit relatives, and attend family events with multiple moves among towns and states.
The Sullivan County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by 12 noon on September 4 1922 for a 49 foot reinforced concrete deck girder Dell Stone Bridge between Turman and Fairbanks townships. Estimated cost 5500 dollars. Plans and specs are on file in the Auditor's office. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved.
World total of harnessable water power is 439 million horsepower. Africa leads with 190 million, Asia 171 million, Europe 45 million, South America 54 million, and North America 62 million.
A proverb from Uncle Eben highlights that true friendship rests as much on forgetting faults as on recalling favors. The quote underscores trust, forgiveness, and mutual regard within relationships.
A compact meditation encourages persistent affirmations and focus on useful speech. It urges rejecting rejection and criticism while praising the good and speaking what benefits others.
Paris hosts a well organized stamp trade with a bustling curb market that attracts collectors from around the world. The scene highlights Paris as a cosmopolitan hub for philately and trade activity.
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