Community Notes From a Rural Church Life
A humorous rural column notes Deacon Hansford fixes the stove and passes the plate while warding off naps after sermons. Local gossip reports Dick Bledsoe’s cow choked on a turnip and Dr. Mc Fadden rushed to help. Additional items mention obituaries, taxes, livestock prices, and mild town chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Hansford
Dick Bledsoe
Dr. McFadden
Jim Slivers
Deacon Ebbersole
Ed Bascombe
Cy Stubbins
Jim Silvers
Arminta Jones
Jim Spivins
Squire Hartsock
Ed Bivins
Real Estate Transfers Across Sullivan County Listings
A series of property conveyances reported for Sullivan County shows transfers in multiple townships. Names include Baldridge KResley estate to Tr. & Mary J. KResley, McCammon to Atwinson, and McArthur to Whittaker, with prices ranging from $50 to $10,000 and parcels described by lot, section, and township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scitroeder & Price
Sherman
Sullivan County
Dugger
Wim. We. Deane
John Johnson
Durser & Neal
Farmerspurre
A. Baldridge
Thos. Tr
Mary J. Kresley
Methinahan
Richard Traylor
Horace MM. McNabb
Shelburn
Daniel W. White
Warren W. Stewart
Gill Township
Micha FE
Stanley
Paul Trettinger
Vmerom
Greene
Houpt
Ralph A. Houpt
Haddon Township
Maras Griffith Et al
Chement
Vo McCaminoan
Chas
E. Atkinson
Horace Purecell
Jas. McConnell
John W. Jackson
John A. Shake Tohns
Phoebe A. Atwinson
Clement L. Ve. McCammon
Martha v
John W. Lindley
Jackson Township
Francis M. Everly
Frank B
Myrtle G. Mahan
Owl on 11000 volt line halts Goodyear mill work
An owl became entangled with a steel trap on an 11 000 volt power line feeding a Goodyear mill in Connecticut. The resulting outage left hundreds of workers idle for hours until linemen traced the bird and found it burned to ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
Conn
Not Knocking Mazie Chorus Lady
Mazie Middleton remarks she earns easy money mornings as a head and neck model for a sculptor The show girl adds that sculptors sometimes specialize in gargoyles in a wry Buffalo Express quote
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazie
Mazie Middleton
A Paradox Casts Doubt on Trials of Courtship
In a witty remark the man of observations notes that when a young woman says a suitor is after her heart and the father claims the same, there is no room for argument. The exchange signals social expectations and clan approval in courtship.
Self Denial and Mission Work in Christ's Path
A religious exhortation urges daily self denial as core to following Christ and serving the world. It warns against postwar complacency, praises wartime self sacrifice, and calls churches to intensify foreign missions to sustain lasting peace and spiritual renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Christ
Churches of America
America
Earth
Also Mentioned on This Page
the National Bank
Sullivan
H.R. Taylor
Sullivan, Indiana
Globe Tailors
Ind
H. G. Steel, Proprietor
The
Bloomington Star
Doc. McFadden
Hymera Lee Gritton
Franklin Vanderpool
Keen Add
Jefferson Township
Walter B. Walters
John Ineglert
John Inglert
ED. F. Cook
D. D
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Gn Farms
John C. Chaney
Citizens Trust Building
Automobiles pQyett Ye
Wyman Bros
S. Main Street
Indiana
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Eastern Tractyfon Coo
Dayton
Springfield
Columbus
Newark
Zanesville
Ohio
E. A. Billman
iThe W.H. Hill, Jr. Farm Loan Co
Crowder
East Side Square
Sullivan, Ind
General Insurance
Sueervision
Fidelity Loan CO
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