Local Social News and Community Updates
Fairbanks Lucius Caton and family guests of Roscoe Johnson on Sunday. Uncle James Pound very poorly. Mrs J L Bradbury injured in stairs with broken ribs and bruises. Clinton Johnson buys new Chevrolet. Emery Drake visits from Carlisle on business. Jack Russell overheated threshing at Addison Drake's. Fred Reynolds buys a Ford roadster from Conditt Gross. Forest Powers visit with John Bowen. James Anderson returns to town from farm. Mitchell and Drake open fishing camp on Thomas place. Irvin Wright painting Sarah Jane Thompson’s house. Frank Devol and wife visit from Washburn. Mrs Willis Bradbury improving. Rebeccah lodge met with refreshments. Threshing in full swing. Mrs Annard Starkey visiting Mrs Belle Drake. Charley Clouse hired to clean Pogue Cemetery. Primitive Baptists meet with big dinner and special music. Harry and Minnie Dilley visit from Sullivan. Mrs Gwyn Pound and Mrs Wilhelmina Scott in Sullivan. Rev Kearns preached at M E Church. missionary from India spoke. Billy Drake’s son John visits from Vincennes. Misses Lois Pound and Alice Wolmes visit Park County. Cleva Drake visits Harris family. Hazel Clouse and family visit from Prairie Creek. A chicken hatched at Welsh’s store. Clara Scott passes exam for attendance officer. Riggs and Minger lose three steers to lightning. Willis Bradbury and daughter Marion visit Illinois. W T Ransford in Terre Haute on business. Aunt Jennie breaks three ribs in scuffle with Billy Drake. Tom Mann family share Sunday dinner. Ray Watson visits parents. Rose Hayes returns to Springfield after weeks here. Mrs T J Mann and Mrs Homer Bicknell visit Chicago, return Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucius Caton
Roscoe Johnson
James Pound
J. L. Bradbury
Clinton Johnson
Emery Drake
Carlisle
Jack Russell
Addison Drake
Fred Reynolds
Conditt Gross
Forest Powers
John Bowen
James Anderson
Mitchell & Drake
Thomas
Irvin Wright
Sarah Jane Thompson
Frank Devol
Washburn
Ill
Josie Welsh
Willis Bradbury
Rebeccah Lodge
Annard Starkey
Belle Drake
Charley Clouse
Pogue
Primitive Baptists
Harry Dilley
Sullivan
Homer Dilley
Gwyn Pound
Wilhelmina Scott
Kearns
M. E
India
Billy Drake
John
Vinceannes
Lois Pound
Alice Wolmes
Park County
Cleva Drake
Martin Harris
Hazel Clouse
Prairie Creek
Dess Chambers
Welsh
Clara Scott
Riggs
Minger
Marion
Illinois
W. T. Ransford
Terre Haute
Billy
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure
Advertisement states catarrh is influenced by constitutional conditions and requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation, improve health, and assist nature. mentions availability from all druggists and free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Local social and farming notes from Merom area
Rain is needed as heat has damaged corn crops. Mary Mann visited relatives in Terre Haute last week. James Durham and Margarete Cushman dined at the Durham home. Sylvia Medsker hosted her Sunday school class with games and treats. Families from DeLand visited Warren Watson and kin. Emerson Watson and Charley Wible shipped two hog cars from Merom Station. Pauline Medsker entertained Sullivan Business Women's Club with a 6 PM dinner. attendees reported a fine time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mann
James Rouse
Elizabeth Manning
Mary
Terre Haute
James Durham
Margarite Cushman
Durham
Sylvia Medsker
Maurine Durham
Bonnie Harrison
Helen Ruth Arnett
Ural Watson
Kenneth Cushman
Ralph Gaylord
Dayne Watson
Charles Garver and Sons
DeLand
Warren Watson
Emerson Watson
Charley Wible
Merom Station
Pauline Medsker
Sullivan Business Women’s Club
Tesla Haines
Ferne Wilson
Ruby Engle
Hazel Ramsey
Velma Forte
Ruby Wall Harris
Louise Hoskins
Flossie Lewis
Local Social Notes From Sullivan Area
The record lists visits and gatherings in Sullivan area families. Mrs Lydia Woodard shopped in Sullivan Monday. Homes of Hood, Lloyd, Woodard, Hopewell, Jewell, Harris, Owens, and Moore hosted or hosted guests through midweek and weekend. Joe’s birthday anniversary celebrated at Hopewell home with ice cream and good cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Woodard
Sullivan
John Hood
Near Hymera
Alvin Hood
P. T. Lloyd
Farmersburg
C. A. Lloyd
Near Shelburn
C. R. Woodard
Dudley Hayworth
Terre Haute
Geneva Barcus
Will Jewell
Chas. Lovelace
Shelburn
G. C. Hopewell
Joe
Wilma
Wanda Hood
Allen
Howard Woodard
Will Marts
Elsie
Verne
Snyder School House
Oral Harris
Ed. Harris
Levi Jewell
Barnett
Nancy A. Railsback
Hymera
Herman Dennett
Sam Taylor
Oral Owens
Noble Wambaugh
Mirs
Otto Jewell
Roy Jewell
Chas. Cochran
Onions Said to Have A Stimulant Kick In Breath
A Philadelphia Inquirer observation suggests onions may act as a breath stimulant similar to strong drink, noting the vegetable’s odor and potential vigor, though framed as a cautious theory from a large grower.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Fossil Beds Reveal Predatory Fish Feeding on Herring
In Lompoc California extraordinary diaton beds reveal untold millions of small herring skeletons. Upper strata show remains of predatory fish that entered a bottle shaped bay to feed on herring. One large mackerel skeleton found with two herring skeletons in its stomach evidence of feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
California
Unnamed Tobacco Habit Sparks House Humor and Jokes
A professor and a witty smoker spar over tobacco, sidewhiskers, and Aunt Julia’s tea habit. The exchange pivots on honesty, habit, and social vanity as comic barbs fly. The tale ridicules excess while praising restraint.
Sugar Dominates Virgin Islands Exports in 1919
The Virgin Islands exported about ten thousand tons of sugar in 1919 making it the leading agricultural product. The same year the government opened the Porto Rican market to Virgin Islands cattle with roughly $30,000 worth exported and a growing cattle-raising outlook. Previously cattle exports to Puerto Rico were banned due to tick concerns.
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Virgin Islands
Porto Rico
Politics Exciting Says Young Colonel Roosevelt
The Albany dinner featured a quip from a young matron about his army career. Roosevelt replied politics pleases more than war since in war you are killed only once but in politics you can be killed many times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Albany
Roosevelt
Carver Shows 100 Peanut Based Products at Tariff Hearing
George W. Carver of Tuskegee Institute demonstrated more than 100 peanut derived products to the House Ways and Means Committee. The 52 year old inventor described milks for infants, inks, flavors, foods and cosmetics among the discoveries and urged protective duties for peanuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George W. Carver
Tuskegee Institute
Fordney
Garner
Dem
Texas
Carver
Diamond
Minneapolis
Town Agricultural College
Wilson
Tuskegee
United Peanut Association of America
Portland father to install infant voice transmitters
P A Curry of Baker plans three voice transmitters over the infant’s bed connected to a receiver with the father’s room. The system will wake Curry Sr. with a loud shout whenever the baby cries, addressing neglected infant care in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
P. A. Curry
Baker
Curry
Curry Junior
Remarkable seven Siblings Reunion with Ages 60 to 74
Seven siblings and one brother gather at Mrs. Rose Powell's Shelburn home totaling 474 years in age. Attendees include Belle Holmes 60 Elmdale Kansas Alice Downs 70 Columbus Ohio Emma Grass 64 Marco Indiana Lon Fountain 72 Ridgeville Indiana Rose Powell 74 hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Powell
Shelburn
Belle Holmes
Elmdale
Kansas
Alice Downs
Columbus
Ohio
Emma Grass
Marco
Ind
Lon Fountain
Ridgeville
Kate Merrill
Merrill
Jerry Tucker
Andmore
Nests of Cedar Bark Idea For Hen Insect Control
A note describes using shredded cedar bark to line hen nests to repel insects. The bark is spread inside the nest to create a barrier, with the cedar scent and material intended to keep pests away from the eggs and birds. The tip reflects a home yard practice likely from a rural or domestic farming column.
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Nesta
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T. J. Mann
Homer Bicknell
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Township
Fatima
Sultana
Kabul
San Francisco
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Doolittle
Ananias
Julia
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Mavis
Wirthmore
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Hoosier Bargain Store
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Maxwell-Brown Shoe Co
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Paris
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Shelburn Enterprise
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