Lickskillet Items From The Bloomington Star
Aunt Sally Hawkins hosts the preacher for luncheon and shares dried apple dog and kraut. A one cow dairy shuts down due to a calf birth. Zeb Stubbins catches fish in White River and sends a fish mess to the preacher who declines. Caleb Fish’s birthday prompts a blouse waist from Love Ann Long. The storekeeper Bascomb sells coke next to liquor. Blacksmith Bill Blithers makes nails used to fasten suspenders. Arminta Jones crafts poetry for a magazine. A Fourth of July platform dance may occur. Doc McFadden medicines Constable Si Plum’s chin whiskers for sanitation. The jazz band serenades with Little Annie Rooney.
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Sally Hawkins
Dick Bledsoe
Zeb Stubbins
White River
Bill Blithers
Arminta Jones
Doc McFadden
Si Plum
Elsie Baker to Headline Redpath Chautauqua Show
A notable American contralto Elsie Baker will appear at the Redpath Chautauqua with assisting artists. Baker is famed for concert work and Victor records and is praised for her rich vibrant voice and personal charm. Also listed are letters remaining unclaimed in Sullivan Indiana postoffice dated July 4 1928 with two weeks to claim.
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Redpath Chautauqua
Elsie Baker
Miss Baker
Victor
Sullivan, Ind
Butler
R. BE. Church
Kathryn. Falkiday
Frances. Rice
Clement
Marguerite
Thomas
Marie. Walton
Bell
Where Your Taxes Go How Uncle Sam Spends Your Money
Edward G. Lowry surveys federal spending and government efficiency. He analyzes budget categories, administrative practices, and the impact of public programs on business and taxpayers.
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Sam
Government workers speak through union on pay and reform
The article argues for standardizing civil service salaries and reclassifying roles. It portrays the Civil Service as an antiquated system misused by political appointees, with low wages, long hours, and poor conditions, urging reforms informed by the National Federation of Federal Employees led by Luther C. Steward.
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National Federation of Federal Employees
American Federation of Labor
Luther C. Steward
Steward
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
June Weather Fluctuations Highlight Record Warm Spell
The monthly weather report notes a mean June temperature of 73 degrees near normal but with extreme swings. Seven days above 90, nine below 80, and four under 70. a peak 98 on the 22nd and a 29 degree daily range. Rainfall totaled 2.21 inches vs 3.88 normal, with eight clear, fourteen partly cloudy, and two cloudy days.
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T. H. Tribune
West Point Chime Declared Best-Toned by Musicians
The World's Finest Chime at the United States Military Academy in West Point is praised as the best toned by musicians and bell makers for its chamber of contrasting bells.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
Weather Of A Week In Farmersburg July First
Miss Glenn Yeager reports weekly weather for Farmersburg ending July 1. The week featured clear and partly cloudy days with temperatures high around 88 and low near 45. Rain totals included .85 in on the 26th and .39 in on the 27th with additional .19 in on the 28th.
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Farmersburg
Glenn Yeager
Co-Operative
Children Come First in Nation’s Future
Quote attributed to David Starr Jordan stresses that protecting children is the republic’s top duty and the key to long term salvation. The message frames youth welfare as essential for national progress and moral responsibility.
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The
Republic
David Starr Jordan
Hip Pocket Flask Menace Threatens Society and Youth
The piece denounces hip pocket flasks as a social curse and a direct danger to the Constitution, calling young men who carry them enemies of responsibility. It argues such men tempt women, threaten homes, and fuel a crime wave sweeping American society.
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United States
America
Pity the Homeless Man Quote by J G Holland
A stark aphorism reflects on the plight of a man without a home and the lack of life's rewards and defenses in the struggle of existence. The quotation by J G Holland highlights urban hardship and social neglect.
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J. G. Holland
Railroads See Peak Business But No Car Shortage This Year
The Illinois Central System reports record traffic for early June with 1,013,249 cars loaded in the week ending June 9, nearing the 1920 peak. It urges shippers to stockpile coal and other materials now to ensure smooth fall movement, stressing storage to free cars and prevent price hikes, while inviting constructive criticism from patrons.
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United States
Illinois Central System
Illinois Central
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