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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1923
Page
8
A collage of humorous and rambling notes describes courthouse lore, local gossip, and cultural quips. It lampoons officials, promotes rural tall tales, and blends political figures with everyday mishaps in a stream of dated references and satire.
The readable lines mix humorous quips and stray phrases about life and daily quirks. It includes misheard lines, jumbled names, and stray advice on cutting sugar and pedestrian bumpers. The text appears as garbled poetry and stray notes rather than a cohesive article.
A 1922 article discusses the U S Postal Service as a major national enterprise. It notes 300000 postal workers, 67.3 million annual post office spending, 90 million inland mail transport cost, 6.5 million sea service cost, and 130 million in postal savings deposits with a two percent payout to depositors and two and a half percent to the government.
Charles E. Warren of Chattanooga Tennessee is in town on a business mission visiting local offices and meeting with potential partners.
A small item notes a value of 4.06 dollars linked to the Terre Haute Star and the Sullivan Union, suggesting a financial or dues reference. The line is sparse but indicates a sum tied to two local entities.
H A Henderson of the United Mine Workers praises Indiana for awarding state contracts to Indiana mines during the dull season. He notes No 4 mine run coal at 2.40 per ton, compares with Pennsylvania Railroad’s larger No 5 tonnage and asserts the state purchasing inio is economical and boosts local industry.
James M Lang returns from a business trip to Kansas and Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs F A Burnham spend Sunday in Clinton visiting daughter Mrs Paul Hunt. T P McBride returns from Coffeyville visiting Dr Floyd McBride and family, and Oklahoma trip to Clint Murdock. Mariah Shoffner ill. her son Robert Shoffner travels from Greensburg to help. Becker company adds large electric exhaust fan at Springer Gouchenour store. W D Bolinger family and Cecil Jennings group tour East visiting major cities and Great Lakes region. Beveridge Ringer undergoes emergency operation in Indianapolis in critical condition. Frank Brandeberry, now in Wichita Falls, Texas oil business, visits home. Paul McMurdy named state manager for Bradford Supply Company. Mayfield returns from Atlanta Grand Lodge of Elks. Paul Wible injured, improving after X-ray. incident while harnessing horse.
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, daughter of a former president, has joined the advertising business in New York on her first day, saying the field has always interested her.
Fire department and Logansport representatives test the recently added hydraulic pump on the fire truck. The pump will supply four water streams with sufficient pressure for effective firefighting.
In large cities and towns across Japan hundreds of public storytellers earn a solid livelihood. They perform with a small fable a fan and a paper wrapper to punctuate and reinforce the points of their tales.
Russell A. Boles teaches saxophone clarinet cornet slide trombone and all band instruments at the W. O. W. hall Citizens Trust Building Carlisle Indiana. Lessons offered all day Tuesdays and Friday afternoons. Phone 527 Y before 7am or after 5pm.
WANTED young men and women to learn Morse and Wireless Telegraphy. Railroads, Western Union and Wireless Companies in dire need of operators. We teach you quickly and procure positions at big salaries. Great opportunities for advancement. All expenses low. Write today for free catalog. School established fifty years. Dodge Telegraph Institute, Monroe Street, Valparaiso, Indiana.
Notice a meeting of the stockholders will be held on July 28, 1923 at 7 30 p m at the Citizens Bank and Trust Co to elect three trustees to serve for two years O P Hendrickson president and S C Hunter secretary supervise by the officers of the company
Sullivan Circuit Court appoints Julia E Knotts executrix of the William F Knotts estate in Sullivan County Indiana. The estate is described as solvent and I H Kalley is attorney. First insertion July 11, 1923-38t.
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