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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1922
Page
8
A Cincinnati judge laments patent leather hair among youths and low gas prices. An incident involving a Black window washer at a grocery store draws customers when he repeats odd phrases about flies. The piece notes strikers, labor terms, and mentions places like Saugatick and Montouwish as people discuss summer departures.
A Sullivan man recounts learning he was secretly married five days earlier. The Tribune notes the discovery dawned gradually, prompting disbelief and local curiosity about the records and implications.
A fragmented newspaper note laments changing women and marriage norms, mocks fashion complaints, mentions radios and money, and lightly touches on local issues like parking and Brown County jail counts. It blends social satire with stray local references.
An unclear clipping mentions a Sullivan woman writing a prize about the Democrat party and hints at radio lines in various places. It notes fiction influencing dancing and a Mexico bullfighting report with little effect on ball throwing in this country.
A barnstorming preacher reflects on a congregation's reactions to hellfire rhetoric. He notes the heat and the crowd's uneasy response while delivering a sermon about sin and judgment. The preacher implies hell will reveal itself through the consequences of actions.
Jimmms visits his aunt famed for cooking and enjoys every meal. After a particularly good dinner he notes three rosy fat cousins and quips he now understands why they grew stout children.
In 1621 James I granted titles of knights and baronets of Nova Scotia to Scottish adventurers whose aim was to colonize North America. The new nobility reflected royal effort to promote settlement and control of colonial ventures.
A small African warrior ant holds its mandibles tight, even as its body would be torn from its head, showing a relentless grip and refusal to release.
A mountain schoolteacher inherits her uncle's fortune and abandons a forester for travel. She returns to the woods and reunites with her true love, choosing home over the world of wealth, while friends watch with mixed feelings.
The piece argues North Dakota politics centered on the fight between conservatives and the Nonpartisan League. It credits McCumber’s failure to take a firm anti League stance as pivotal. Across eleven states, most Republican incumbents won renomination, signaling strength for established party figures.
The Washington Post notes Will Hays urged educators to work with film producers to ensure movies are scientifically psycho socially and pedagogically sound. He argues Hollywood must curb immorality and embrace responsible, artistic standards for broader use in schools churches and welfare institutions, signaling a new era in filmdom.
A historical note extols farming as a constant battle. It frames the farmer as a fighter against pests, weather, theft, and greed, with the fiercest war waged against self-discipline and moral temptation.
A cultural snapshot explains how Chinese women express affection through gentle hand touches. The piece contrasts Western and Chinese norms, noting that public kissing is uncommon and that affectionate gestures are subtle and respectful within social etiquette.
Residents and visitors trace weekend stays long trips and new jobs across Indiana and beyond. Mrs. Ridgeway guests in Vincennes. Hoffman Printing prints Quincy directory. families vacation in Michigan and Chattanooga. Dr. McKinney injured in auto wreck. Darrell Brown returns to work in Chicago. Drennon and Thompson kinship links to Mobile and Fairbanks township.
Barkus Russell age 16 and Leroy King age 17 were arrested after boarding an incoming Sullivan interurban car. Police say they admitted cashing checks in Shelburn for 25 and 15 dollars and a 125 dollar check in Sullivan. Russell had 49.51 in cash. King was released. Russell remains jailed in default of bond.
A Maeterlinck quotation reflects on dreams desires and noble thoughts beyond material things. It speaks to beauty justice and love as lofty human aims amid everyday life.
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