Barbershop chatter and political jests in Sullivan
Overheard in the barber shop contains jokes about local politics in Sullivan Indiana. Snippets reference beards news and a contest over light poles and taxation plus remarks about Tom Taggart editing the Indianapolis Sentinel.
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Tom Taggart
Indianapolis Sentinel
Tom
Barnes' Prairie Local Notes and Social Roster
Corn husking is a thing of the past. Mrs. Lansberry Riggs is reported better. Several youngsters attended church at Mt. Tabor Sunday night. Isaac Kennett is very poorly. Dr. Bland attends him. Sparks' team frightened, broke loose, and the carriage was damaged. Jos. Clark visited Hatton residents. J. J. Adams returns from Hatton. Jos. Woodard and wife shopped in Fairbanks. Clark Huff and children called on Mrs. Ike Kennett. Harvey Woodard visited Hosea Stewart in Farmersburg. Jos. Clark works for Harden Stewart in Farmersburg. Wm. Curtis of Sugar Creek Stock Farm collapsed with heart trouble. Dr. Bland attends. Oscar Kennett returned home from hay baling with Parr and Son. Ancet Woodard visited Alvin Moore. Mrs. Albert Harris passed through. J. J. Shroyer painting for Joley Harris near Mt. Tabor.
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Mt. Tabor
Isaac Kennett
Dr. Bland
H. H. Spark
Jos. Clark
Hatton
Ill
J. J. Adams
Jos
Oscar Kennett
Parr and Son
Hay
Ancet Woodard
Alvin Moore
Albert Harris
J. J. Shroyer
Joley Harris
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