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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1918
Page
3
Tax duplicate for 1917 is ready for collection in Sullivan County. The notice lists state and county levies including benevolent and educational funds and various local tax charges across townships and corporations.
The report surveys court house chatter and community notices, including brief updates on local figures John Pat Mattix and Richard Conker, Red Cross stories, and early 1918 food and defense directives from Indiana officials. It records real estate transfers across multiple townships and lists transactions with Jackson Hill Coal and Coke Co. and other area entities.
Camp Taylor notes recount a guard questioned by an officer over handling a soldier with whiskey. A jesting exchange ends with the guard saying he would advance with the cork out and call the corporal if any whiskey remained. A second guard halts a man claiming to be the officer of the day and responds with sharp wit.
Myrtle carries a knitting bag with Red Cross yarn and starts to walk the town seeking soldiers socks to darn. The story notes auto bandits who ran but did not file a claim against Sullivan County, a surprising omission in the county record.
A collage of wry observations on politics, industry shifts, and daily life. References include Indiana politics, hops replacing tobacco in Germany, rising egg and dairy prices, and speculative talk on Theodore Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth in a playful, opinionated tone.
Charles W. Fairbanks, chairman of Indiana State Council of Defense policy committee, telegraphed from Indianapolis on January 2 opposing suffrage as a war measure but endorsing it as a matter of right and justice. The telegram was read by a special committee and approved by the council.
Hick Bledsoe trades liarary to a Solsberry woman and pays one dollar to boot as constable St Plain watches the bulldog. Zeb Stubbins buys a washing machine on installment to ease home duties while Deacon Hansford battles lumbago. Blacksmith Bill Clithers reports dull business and plans a Brown County trip to sell horse liniment and preach part time. Squire Hansford begins the year with a padlock on his smoke house door. Deacons propose a pastor capable of running the town and appoint a Ways and Means committee to raise 27.50 for back salary. Ed Bascombe starts the year by adding fresh sawdust to the floor.
The article describes a late night dispute at Jim Slivers' barn investigated by Constable Si Plum. It mentions family quarrels over baptism and a discussion on war at the store, plus quirky local incidents and humorous anecdotes about residents and items like fish, corncob pipes, and a frost on a wooden leg.
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