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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1923
Page
3
Brief on probing techniques emphasizes using questions to learn from speakers without becoming troublesome. Encourages targeting the expertise of respondents to draw out knowledge while allowing others to speak.
A young man stood trial for killing his father and mother and pleaded for mercy claiming he was an orphan. The courtroom heard his defense as prosecutors presented the case in the murder trial.
A terse exchange about a son’s athletic potential ends with a grim remark on clothing and tragedy. The dialogue hints at danger and foreboding rather than a clear event or outcome.
The comic line cants the punch of a pecuniary ethic with ole humor. It suggests wealth as a moral touchstone while poking at human folly and rooter motives in a light satire tone.
The column pokes fun at film stars heading to Europe with a joke about Ben Turpin. The quip notes Turpin’s crossed eyes as a playful exaggeration of the trend among celebrities in the industry.
A humorous item lists Dumb Dan's mistaken notions about common things. He believes a C. O. D. package is fish from Boston a leghorn is a musical instrument cheesecloth comes from Switzerland and the Kentucky Derby is a hat a flexible band plays both classical and jazz music.
A poem describes a recurring place in towns where a group gathers in a specific room on a floor with a special key. It hints a certain word heard by a bird and a promised result. A certain fellow claims to know you know.
A fragment shows a humorous campus exchange about missing a fudge party due to a class. The voices joke about the timing and a fellow student being in class. The snippet captures light college chatter.
The two week outlook remains unsettled with variable conditions. Forecasters warn of intermittent precipitation and fluctuating temperatures across the region.
Poem lines envision a country as dry yet still home to ports, rye, cotton gins, seacoast bars, and every person finding a bier. The verse asserts resilience of everyday comforts despite prohibition.
In a snow filled scene a woman struggles with a handbag catching on winter cold. John Courtly notices her distress and offers help with quiet courtesy. She asks him to roll her a cigarette as her fingers tremble in the cold.
Miss Glenn Yeager, cooperative weather observer for this county, reports for the week ending Jan 28: dates with partly cloudy to cloudy days and temperatures from 22 to 52 degrees. Rainfall totaled .30 inch on the 27th and .05 inch on the 28th.
A Nashville Tennessean report notes a harsh scene of deprivation with a man lamenting lack of dice and only one shirt amid starvation. The fragment reflects struggles amid poverty in the city.
A humorous local column notes Hard shell Baptist revival talk by Rev Perkins, a pants worn preacher, and a survey by the Woman's Uplift League. It covers townsfolk buying a Ford, cow shed garage prep, local sawmill work, a Washington birthday speech plan, possum sharing, and town mischief about a tar daubed pump handle with light social jabs at shop poster models.
Edward W Morris born June 2 1887 in Clark county Ohio died Dec 14 1922 at his Merom Indiana home aged 85 6 12 He suffered paralysis on Thanksgiving and a second stroke on Dec 11 He served in Co 4 39th Indiana Cavalry during the Civil War taught in public schools and supported missionary work He married Barbara Ella Whisler in 1873 and had son Burton Earl Morris who died in 1907 Surviving relatives include his widow two grandsons a great grandson a sister and a brother Funeral services were held at Rev McBride s M E church with burial in Merom cemetery
The largest stamp collection ever assembled was created by the late Baron Philip Von Ferray who died in Paris in 1917. His collection reportedly includes a used and unused specimen of every postage stamp issued through the end of the nineteenth century.
Editorial denounces a millionaire son who killed Clarence Peters then escaped trial through political influence. It laments the mother’s grief and calls for a sweeping reform and a thorough investigation by New York Governor Smith to prevent travesties of justice.
An essay urges farmers to use crop rotation against insect pests and embrace natural forces guiding modern agriculture. It notes Hessian fly and Colorado beetle link to crop choices and credits the Agricultural Department while saying farmers must craft their own salvation through systematic rotation.
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