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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1921
Page
5
A compilation of visits, births, travels, and illness from Danville to Terre Haute and surrounding towns. Residents report relatives in Fort Wayne and Sullivan, farm yields rise with yields around 31 bushels for Willis Johnson wheat. John Russell dies at 75 with Masons present.
John Bailey, civil war veteran, died at home and buried in Merom cemetery. Funeral attendance by Mr and Mrs Weathers for grandson near Carlisle. Various residents visitations in Anna polis Sullivan Terre Haute and Hutsonville with family and friends. multiple weekend and weekday visits noted among local families.
Mrs. Tom Sparks and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sparks were guests Sunday of Mr. Smith and family.
Graysville notes threshing continues despite sparse showers. Harry Knox and family and Revi L L Johnson and family enjoy a two weeks outing at Trinity Springs. Mr and Mrs Ray Smith of Washington Indiana visited. Mrs Will Yager and daughter Vesta accompanied them home. Several locals attended John Bailey's funeral at Merom last Monday.
Doctor Gavin receives a mistaken invitation from Grace Darling and Helen Moore. He impersonates Jack Deane to meet Helen, falls for Helen, and schemes a playful dinner that ends with secret romance and matchmaking. The trio grows closer as misread signals and humor drive the plot.
Catarrh is described as a local ailment influenced by constitution. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is promoted as a tonic and blood purifier that cleanses the blood and supports the body, restoring normal conditions for nature to work. Available from all druggists. circulars free from BF. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Charles Morris of Shelburn visited friends here. Evert Trueblood spent days with friends south of Sullivan. The corn suffers from lack of rain and stock water is scarce. Several families travel to Yellowstone Park and West. Mrs Fleeta Jewell wed Floyd Pinkston. Frank Walton resumes duties. Gwen Trueblood returns from State Normal at Terre Haute.
One evening last week William Rich sat in his car at his home when the upholstery caught fire from ashes from his cigar. He drove to the city hall where the fire was extinguished using the department’s chemical apparatus.
Miss Florence Selby of San Francisco is chosen by the Knights of Columbus as the citys prettiest girl. She will lead a group of beauties welcoming thousands of Knights at the International Convention in San Francisco this August.
A narrator recalls wandering libraries from past years and describes a small Fiji island library in Suva. The former is perched in a Manhattan building while the Fiji library is a humble wooden shelter open three evenings weekly with aging staff, antiquated volumes, and colonial clientele.
In England experiments seek a flame proof enclosure for motors that vents internal explosions without sending flame outside. Flange gauze and plate designs show partial protection but no conclusive solution yet. Demand exists in coal mines chemical plants and film laboratories where flammable materials are near motors.
Two speakers clash over the purpose of poetry. One critic admits reading poetry without grasp while the other questions the expectation of sense from verse. The exchange hints at different ideas about literary meaning and interpretation.
Loose comfortable and smart fashion from this season with the best colors at reduced prices. Special price per yard.
Indianapolis July 25 Growing crops benefited by state wide rain last week says George C Bryant agricultural statistician for the U S Department of Agriculture. Corn advance 85 percent benefited by rain and a good crop is practically assured. Winter wheat threshing nearly done with disappointing yields and quality below No 3. Oats barley and rye yields light. Potatoes and truck crops helped, hay yields disappointing. Tobacco growth uneven, grapes fair, apples poor except in well cared orchards. Livestock in good condition with rising prices and plentiful labor. Hot spell reduced melon yield though quality remains excellent.
Mrs. W. B. Ridgeway visited relatives in Vincennes last week. Homer Wiltse returned Monday from Los Angeles California where he attended the Grand Lodge of Elks session representing the Sullivan lodge. He reports a fine trip.
A reflective poem describes an old church at the forks of the road, worn by time and nature. The forsaken structure is shown as a relic where past humanity is recalled, pulpit and pews decayed, and the once vibrant congregation now at rest. Time and tide erode the site toward final oblivion.
Mr and Mrs Robert Campbell and daughter of St Louis stay with relatives here. Several residents attended a Vincennes meeting of school officials including County Superintendent Richard Park. An all day limestone meeting and picnic is planned for Aug 2 at Lewis Ind with speakers from Purdue and the National Lime Association plus a Golden Duplex Demonstration to aid farmers in soil fertility.
Miss Ruth Reid returns home from a visit at Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mellett expect to return this week after a motor trip to Washington D C.
A humorous quip notes a bachelor who seems to rot away at home rather than dying, parodying Artemus Ward in The Trraft in Baidinsville. The piece contrasts a wife and children grieving with the bachelor’s comic demise.
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