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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1911
Page
4
In a humorous tale Mrs. Emerson confesses to stealing a book by mistake and plans to return it. Her husband Mr. Emerson consoles her and notes she later bought lace with the credit from the shop. The floorwalker’s suspicions shape the comic outcome.
A Denver Post tale recalls Joe Harper once thriving, then ruined by illness and bad luck. The drummer describes a fire that wipes out his stock after insurance lapses and reveals Harper now digs fence posts for 15 cents a hole.
Guy Morton Briggs, in a January 1911 letter from Los Angeles, paints a vivid, snapshot view of early 20th century LA. He notes rapid growth from 102000 to 143000, mixed street names, sprawling hills, and contrasts between gleaming towers and older cottages. He guides readers through downtown blocks, the Plaza, and the old mission, and highlights transportation, tourists, real estate signs, and curious sights like an ostrich farm and man-eating crocodiles.
Mrs Bailey and Mrs Gwinn of Andanapolis canvassing for Mapeline Company were struck by a buggy on West Jackson Street at about eight Sunday night. Mrs Gwinn suffered three broken ribs while Mrs Bailey sustained facial and body injuries.
A city oil driller identified as W Henderson was reported dead after an incident in the Indian Ocean while at sea. The brief notice notes the sad intelligence received Monday morning and names Wm D Henderson as the deceased.
A boy dies December 17 after a missionary physician with the company notes the death. The doctor will travel to provide details to the parents. It is believed the body was buried in the ocean.
The top three spellers chosen to represent Hamilton township at the county contest to be held here on February 4 are Ruth Bunch of the Mammoth school Carl Brown of the Mason school and Anna Johnson of the Keller school They were selected at the town meeting to initiate this event.
A Boston physician recalls a fall New England road trip with a stop in a New Hampshire village where a mordant elderly justice of the peace jokes about women being unreasonable and an economizing plan with his wife. Another item notes a suburban lawn artist who mows lawns for ninepence then must face owners demanding the grass be returned.
Dr Bolton Ely Flint labeled graft in New York as shameless in a Memphis address. He compared two crooked storekeepers meeting at a club with a fake congratulatory exchange over a fire, illustrating the timing mix up between last Thursday and next Thursday.
A fragment from Meekton and His Wife confronts the question of opposition within marriage. The dialogue hints at domestic tension and the dynamics of influence between spouses as they discuss desire or disdain in disagreement.
A humorous exchange shows a teacher scolding a pupil over a pudding task. The pupil defends effort while the teacher quips the result is fortunate not to be tasted.
A Philadelphia lawyer describes being arrested in New England while joking about vacationing and feeling young again. The page also offers light pieces on marriage proposals and a New York dinner remark by Miss Mary Morris, ending with a cartoonish exchange about a nose against a grindstone.
The readable fragment mentions an intervention context and references a married status for a person nicknamed Knicker-Before. Limited details prevent a clear event or outcome.
H H Adkins recently secured a city contract to drill test wells and has completed an eight inch well on the Thompson place west of the city. The well shows strong production and high quality water. A second well will be drilled on the Cartwright farm about a quarter mile south. Water samples will go to Indianapolis for analysis and a pumping test will follow when the second well is finished. Local reports note other small town happenings and a test drill at Scott City reaching 200 feet.
The town endures continuous rain that disrupts daily routines as Mayme Colvin, the chief telephone operator, and others cope with telecommunication delays and lingering showers.
Hinkley Hays and Robert Carrithers of this city and L. L. Roberts of Carlisle are students at Wabash College Crawfordsville and have been chosen as members of the college debating team.
Unclaimed letters remaining at the Sullivan Indiana Post Office as of January 18 1911 include a Ladies List with names such as Mrs H A Dudley Mrs Mary A Frazier and Miss Daisy Hill and a Gents List with John Calvert Claude Cochran Vead Dodd Thomas Essary W R Flake James Foley W F Hopewell Don Kirkpatrick Ed Miller Frank P Pigg I L Robertson James Stoner and Tony Young. Letters require one cent per item and must be called for within two weeks to avoid Dead Letter Office forwarding.
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