Graysville Epworth League Meeting and Community Notes
Epworth League met at Miss Marguerite Cushman’s home Monday evening. Bro Avery's mother died in Terre Haute last Wednesday and burial is in Oklahoma. A N L Burton & Sons hold their Duroe Jersey swine sale today. Kingsley hosts ongoing meeting as well. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets with Mrs Yager Thursday. Scholarship fund payments due. Cold weather burdens coal dealers. Mrs Anna Burton tended garden. daughter Pauline travelled to Terre Haute. Guests at Thornberries included Mr and Mrs Emmett Thornberry and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Marguerite Cushman
Bro. Avery
Terre Haute
Oklahoma
A. N. L. Burton & Sons
Duroe Jersey
Kingsley
A. M. Bitton
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Halizys Catarrh Medicine Promoted for 40 Years
An old advertisement touts Halizys Catarrh Medicine for catarrh with an external ointment and an internal tonic. It claims quick relief through local application and blood action to reduce mucous membrane inflammation. Sold by all druggists F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hatl
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Thornberry and Osburns Adventuring in Sullivan Area
Mr and Mrs Emmett Thornberry called on Mr and Mrs Lee Thornberry Monday. George Benson was in Sullivan shopping Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Clarence Osburn transacted business at Willis Sludder s Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Millard Smith and family near Terre Haute attended Sunday school here. Mrs George Liston s sale was well attended. Charles and Pauline Osburn were in Sullivan shopping Wednesday. Mr and Mrs John Clark attended a farmers meeting at Brodie school house Saturday. Mr and Mrs Frank Osburn and son James were in Sullivan Wednesday. Miss Nellie McCrackin guest of Miss Sophronia Benson Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs William Pearson near Shelburn and Mr and Mrs Wallace Wright DuPont spent Sunday with Clarence Osburn. Braxton Nash in Sullivan on business Wednesday. Geo W Osburn and son Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Thornberry
Lee Thornberry
George Benson
Sullivan
Clarence Osburn
Willis Sludder
Millard Smith
Terre Haute
George Liston
Charles
Pauline Osburn
John Clark
Brodie School House
Frank Osburn
James
Nellie MccCrackin
Sophronia Benson
William Pearson
Near Shelburn
Wallace Wright
DuPont
Braxton Nash
Geo. W. Osburn
Community Notes of Visits and Meetings
Frank Marts from Washington Indiana was hosted by Mr and Mrs Will Jewell Monday night. The Farm Bureau women met at the school house Friday night with many in attendance despite bad weather. The day featured visits by several families including the Taylors and Taylors sons Ray Gene and the Webbs with multiple dinners and gatherings around Shelburn Terre Haute Middletown and Dugger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Marts
Washington, Ind
Will Jewell
Sylvester Marts
Sam Taylor
Floyd Taylor
Ray
Raymond Wyman
Gene
Otto Jewell
Harry Spicher
Farmersburg
Joe Hill
Claude Robbins
Dugger
Jesse Reed
Terre Haute
Dudley Hayworth
Farm Bureau
Melvin Adams
Middletown
Caleb Webb
Ed Tarri<s
Oral Harris
Robert Aller
Isage Miller
Shelburn
Paschal Taylor
Luther Marts
Hosea Weaver
Baby
Winter Weather Touches Sullivan Area
Emerson Watson and wife visited Sullivan on Thursday. Mrs Flo Collier and daughter spent the weekend there. Hallie Pounds visited her parents. Will Watson auctioned a sale at Oblong Illinois on Thursday. Helen Cushman was home over Sunday. Charley Knight returned from Arkansas and stays with John Green. Ella and Josie Eno visited Flo Collier Friday afternoon. Warren Watson loaded two hay cars at the Station. The Miss Dix of Hutsonville is staying with Mrs Minnie Watson this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Watson
Sullivan
Flo Collier
Hallie Pounds
Will Watson
Oblong
Ill
Helen Cushman
Charley Knight
Arkansas
John Green’s
Ella
Josie Eno
Warren Watson
Miss Dix
Hutsonville
Minnie Watson
Rhubarb crops guide and bull associations expand farming reach
An article explains rhubarb as a spring staple and offers planting rules, soil needs, and long term care. It notes a rise in cooperative bull associations from 158 to 150 with 857 bulls, aiding farmers unable to buy purebred bulls and improving local herds across Texas Nebraska Ohio Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Star Colleges
Texas
Nebraska
Ohio
Ilinois
Demand for Man Team and Plow in Community Gardens
Farmers and urban gardeners share plowing duties to reduce costs. A plowing committee hires a man with teams or tractor to work on an acreage basis, funded by each gardener’s initial $2 contribution. Unspent money is returned or saved for emergencies. club officers manage fall cleanup and garden layout.
What Good Highways Mean
The highway is more than a road. it secures better communications and lowers living costs. It combats ignorance by aiding education, safeguards the food supply, and links home to factory and farm. It functions as real estate insurance and a textbook of nature, inviting open air health and outdoor enjoyment.
Preventing Pneumonia in Pigs Through Shelter Upkeep
Specialists warn yearly pig losses from pneumonia linked to wet sleeping houses and drafts. Preventive measures include waterproof roofs and stopping outside water from entering, plus raising the floor by ditching around the exterior to drain moisture.
Big Trucks Destroy Roads And Good Roads Push
A national good roads program builds around 600 miles of highway monthly with federal aid. Yet the dominant issue is the massive motor truck tearing up pavements, presenting the era’s largest road problem.
Record of Mass highway traffic rate at noon to ten
A government traffic observation on a trunk-line highway in Massachusetts logged 120 vehicles per minute passing the observing station from noon until 10 p.m. The figure was reported by the Bureau of Public Roads, U S Department of Agriculture.
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Massachusetts
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Property Transfers Across Townships From 9-8-10 to 9-8-10
A series of land and property transfers listed by township show payments from buyers to sellers, with parcel sizes described in acres, poles, and fractions. Names include Cass Two W F Wood, P A Ringer, E M Deputy, Curry Two David McNeill, Hamilton and Sullivan townships, and sheriff actions such as Alsman to Ridgeway.
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Cass Two
W. F. Wood
Harry Davis
Dugger
P. A. Ringer
Eliza A. Terhune
E. M
Fairbanks
Chas. C. Johnson
Jas. L. Johnson
A. Hamilton
Steve Charles
Andrew Ambros
Kolsem
Jonathan Scott
Effie Scott
Sullivan
C. Alsman
Sheriff
Chas. H. Ridgeway
Chas
Rosa Ferree
Welman
Hymera
C. H. Stratton
C. A. Flynn
Barnhart
Jefferson
Ed Douthitt
Wm. Enochs
A. Turman
A. E. DeBaun
Wm. Carpenter
P. Ransford
Allahah Ransford
Qualities That Hold Friends in Hard Times
A reflective piece on friendship qualities emphasizing steadfast integrity. It argues that true friends endure life’s storms, with weariness and vacillation left behind. The metaphor of building life as a house on rock reinforces durable character.
Shakespeare Coins Word Hurry and Dwindie
The note credits William Shakespeare with first use of hurry and the coinage of dwindie while noting Samuel Spenser created elfin and John Milton coined pandemonius.
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Shakespeare
Citizens Worth While
A brief exhortation praising active men who take action rather than only talk, urging practical deeds as the world’s true blessing.
Edible Bamboo Sprouts Lure Far East Natives and Scientists
The Bureau of Plant Industry notes Far East natives have long eaten bamboo sprouts as a spring vegetable. The tender shoot is prepared like asparagus and praised by some as delicious. Scientists say bamboo is a giant grass not a tree and it regrows from its original roots.
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Bureau of Plant Industry
Far Eest
Grant’s Determination Advised by General Grant
The quotation recalls General Grant declaring a personal rule to press forward until a goal is achieved. It frames his mindset as a decisive credo guiding action and perseverance in pursuit of objectives.
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General Grant
Think Sometimes of Others
A reflective line urges selflessness over ego as the path to lasting meaning. The aphorism warns that living solely for oneself leads to oblivion or insignificance.
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Peerless
Tire & Battery CO
R. H. Richart
Graysville
Anna Burton
Pauline
Harold Setzer
Garland
Cora Clemins
Bill Clemins
Charles Thornberry
Township
Big Springs
Index Nation Co
Ghe
MIT
Clark’s
PAS
BE. O. M
Ladie
Misses Ging
Rham
Thompson
Hoosier
Schroeder & Price
Sullivan County
Olsen’s
West Side Square
Curry
David McNeill
John & Grace McNeill
Chester Johnson & Wife
Hhair
Grant
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