Food Administration Details War Time Food Market Actions
Indiana food administrator reports payments by Russ Baking Co for April and May, sugar confiscations in Bartholomew county, and a baker cited for flour allotment violations. Be aware of beef by products guidance, egg washing caution, and sugar minimalism slogan. Repeal of Rules 27 and 28 allows wholesalers to buy wheat flour beyond 70 percent limit based on prior three month volumes. Want to sell try a Want Ad.
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Russ Baking Company
Mishawaka
Ioca War Charities
H. G. Spensel
Indianapolis
S. East Street
Indiana
Cecil Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
Grain Corporation
Graysville War Work and Local Happenings
Dr. Parker conducted business here last Monday. A patriotic service and church flag dedication are planned for next Sunday evening with war mothers invited. Roy Myers was badly injured at the Bicknell farm oil well last week. The sugar questionaire asks many wartime personal questions. Local residents Burnett Huff Church moved oil rigs and guardsmen visited Dugger with a minstrel troupe.
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Dr. Parker
Roy Myers
Bicknell
Main Grove
Wm. M. Burnett
Jasper Huff
Clifford Church
National Guard
Dugger
Palmer Thorn
Brown Farm
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Brings 100 Dollar Reward
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures not achieved by Hall's remedy. It touts thirty five years of use and claims the medicine purges poison from the blood and heals mucous surfaces. It urges readers to start taking it and send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Local Family Visits and Camp Life Notes
Mrs J B Durham and children of Waveland spent Sunday with relatives here. Wil l Watson and family and Emerson Watson and family shared a Sunday with their parents. D C E Watson Jr visited his aunt near New Lebanon. Florence Bragdon stayed with Warren Watson. Sam Johnson writes from Camp Beauregard La that he likes camp life. Jesse Mahan wrote from Cuba that they were leaving for Panama. Some threshing done and the wheat yield is good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Durham
Waveland
Will Watson
Emerson Watson
Dc. E. Watson, Jr
Will Springer
New Lebanon
A. G. Cushman
Merom
Florence Bragdon
Warren Watson
Sam Johnson
Adams
Camp Life
Camp Beauregard
Jesse Mahan
Willi Watson
Cuba
Panama
Ernest Schlichter
Charley Smith
Indianapolis
A. A. Brown
E. Barrett
W. A. Stedman
Sullivan
Jake Prose
Chas Smith
Scott Morris
Lewis Brooks
Osborne Irvin
Ohio
Sam Stewart
L. R. Bland
Carlisle
Naomi Wagner
Terre Haute
Albert Dale
Alta Bolenbaugh
Local Notices and Visits from Sullivan Area Residents
Local residents frequent nearby towns with trips to Terre Haute Sullivan and Carlisle. People mentioned include Rev. O M Deal Bert Fuson and families, Charles Riggs, Fred Wernz and families, Earl Gaston and Navy furlough, and Delanys from Big Springs. Birth announced Everet Trueblood daughter, social visits noted and farm incidents described.
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Fred Wernz
Ellen Drake
Frank Wernz
Terre Haute
Charles Riggs
Indianapolis
Bert Fuson
Casey
Ill
George Fuson
Will Burton
Merom
Everet Trueblood
Hurley Drake
Farmersburg
Edgar Strain
Lorenza
Ira L. Drake
Hosea Drake
Sullivan
Oliphant Thomson
O. M. Deal
Will Gaston
Murray DeBaun
Clinton
George Kersey
Golden Monk
V. S. of
C. F. Whitlock
Carl Lester
Carl
Elmer Harrison
Legal Notices of Damages Foreclosures and Quiet Title
Civil docket items list cases including ejectment and damages from automobile and rail incidents. Parties include Frank A. Stevens and Martha Whitehead, Ira Davis and Robert Scammahorn, Thomas R. Curry against C E L Ry Co and C E I Ry Co, Pearl Cozart, Nancy A Hayden, Jesse Moore, Charles L MacDaniels, Sullivan County Loan Association, Elizabeth Lisman, Charles Railsback and others. Foreclosure and quiet title actions also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Stevens
Harl G. Stevens
Martha
A. Whitehead
Ira Davis
Robert W. Scammahorn
Robert Secamahorn
Thomas R. Curry
Thomas D. Heed
Pearl Cozart
Morgan W. Cozart
Nancy A. Hayden
George D. Hayden
Jesse Moore
Lower Vein Coal Co
Charles L. MacDaniels
Jackson Hill Coal and Coke Co
Sullivan County Loan Association
Samuel J. Wilson
Annie Wilson
Elizabeth E. Lisman
Andrew Wilkins
Charles R. Railsback
Sarah EB. Marts
Marriage Licenses Granted in Sullivan Area
James H. Vaughn 22, barber, and Velma P. Vaughn 17, both of Sullivan. Carl Banther 20, miner, and Emma Harlow 20, R R 5 Sullivan. Augustus Norris 48, carpenter, and Bertha Anderson 31, both of Sullivan. Charles W. Wade 21, farmer, and Gertrude Ryland 20, R R Sullivan.
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James H. Vaughn
Barber
Velma P. Vaughn
Sullivan
Carl Banther
Miner R. R. Carlisle
Emma Harlow
R. R
Augustus Norris
Carpenter
Bertha Anderson
Charles W. Wade
Farmer R. R
Merom
Gertrude R. Ryland
R. R. Sullivan
City Installs Public Scales in Sullivan Hall
Sullivan city installs automatic scales at city hall for public use. A fee will be charged and a card will be issued showing the exact weight.
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City of
Sullivan
City Hall
Taylor Couple Returns Home After Visit
Mr and Mrs D M Taylor of Chicago have returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs John McD Horne.
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D. M.taylor
Chicago
John McD. Horne
Air Plants Grow in Mexico Clinging to Wires
In parts of Mexico air plants thrive without soil and soak up moisture from the air. The Spaniard's Beard Tillandsia usneoides often attaches to telephone wires, becoming a nuisance that requires workers to remove it. The plant lacks proper leaves and appears as a green gray tangle.
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Mexico
Barnacles on Warships Prompt Heavy Cleaning
Warships require exterior cleaning as 200 sailors spent a full day scraping off 600 tons of barnacles and sea life from a single vessel. The growth accumulated in under two years as the ship covered many thousands of miles, increasing coal consumption by 25 to 40 percent to maintain normal speed.
Cleaning varnished surfaces with home remedies
To remove heat or water stains from varnished surfaces, apply olive oil or salt and leave for half an hour, then wipe dry. Another method uses a cloth wrung from boiling water held on the spot briefly, then rubbed dry. A third option is alcohol or camphor applied quickly and wiped off.
Chinese Women Soldiers in 1850s Armies
The account notes that Chinese women served long before Russian examples. During the Tao Ping rebellion in 1850 both genders fought, and in Nanking in 1853 an army of 500000 women was recruited. The force was organized into brigades of 13000 under female officers.
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China
Russia
Nanking
Grocer Pops Toothache Plan Ends With Blast
A grocer with a toothache tried to extract the tooth himself due to no nearby dentist. He filled the cavity with powder and lit a slow match, then ran around the corner to逃避 the blast.
Cultivate Self Confidence and Dress for Success
Self-confidence powers achievement and inspires others. Dress and appearance reinforce belief in one’s abilities, making it easier to undertake tasks. A lack of confidence undermines leadership and the motivation to succeed.
Vegetative Seedlessness in Potatoes Bananas and Roots
The text notes sweet potatoes propagate vegetatively and rarely set seeds. It adds the common potato is entering this class, while bananas are described as setting no seeds regardless of conditions.
Qualities of the supreme gift in the Montreal Herald
The Montreal Herald notes that patience kindness generosity humility courtesy unselfishness good temper guilelessness sincerity comprise the supreme gift shaping a man for life today and the near future rather than the unknown eternity.
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Montreal Herald
Sullivan Public Library Annual Report 1917 18
The 1917 18 report lists expenditures of 1 497 80 with 31 00 collected in July 1917 for magazines for soldiers, 257 25 from Sullivan citizens for the Million Dollar Library War Service Fund, 120 books sent to Camp Shelby, and a 5 284 total volumes at year end. Alice M. Burns, Librarian.
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Sullivan Public Library
Public Library Commission
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Citizens of
Sullivan
Brary War Service Fund
Frank P. Hill
Brooklyn
New York
American Library Association War Finance Committee
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Alice M. Burns
Ern
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Harry E. Barnard
John M. Thompson
Bartholomew County
Albert Schumaker
Schumaker
The
Food Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Graysville
Big Springs
Mrs. Eno
Ella
Josie
Pres. Hatten
Lizzie McClain
Kingsley
Riggs Clay Product Company
Sullivan, Indiana
Packag
Index Notion
Goodyear
Julius Hatry
Red Cross
Miller’s Hardware and Furniture Co
S. Court St
Ind
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