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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1923
Page
8
A compact, dated humor column riffs on social quirks and politics. It notes fashion patches on pants and inner tubes, gas prices rising by a cent, monkeys disliking alcohol, and various wits about marriage, elections, and public speech with light irony.
A series of sharp, satirical vignettes describe beheadings of bandit chiefs, crude transformations, a freight train colliding with a cow, a divorce suit over radio habits, and changing drugstore displays, alongside musings on Prohibition enforcement and hypothetical amendments.
An old Vincennes Commercial ad promises men’s pants must go while playful lines mock hats and social habits. The piece riffs on fashion, class, and a rain drenched scene with a humorous straw lid image.
French sailors warn of a strike if their wine allowance in our ports is cut. Mr. Debs asserts Europe has learned nothing since 1894 and implies he had opportunities earlier.
A Swiss firm announces the completion of what it claims is the smallest precision watch in the world. The timepiece strikes hours and is housed in a platinum case measuring 14 millimeters, just over half an inch. Years of European craftsmanship culminated in a case encrusted with brilliants.
Miss Juanita Bailey, a local school teacher, filed for a passport with County Clerk Railsback and will sail from New York on June 19 with Miss Lois Stewart and Kathryn Kirkham. The report also notes multiple local social visits, travel plans, and family movements in Muncie and surrounding areas.
A description of a large U S Department of Agriculture fumigation plant at Laredo Texas that treats freight cars from Mexico to kill pink bollworm. The process uses on site generated gas to eradicate the pest before the cars resume travel, with smaller plants at other coast points.
A lengthy plea urges erecting a monument for local Revolutionary War soldiers buried around Carlisle and Sullivan County. It cites Nathan Hinkle and others, notes DAR chapter named for Hinkle, recalls 1908 fund for a monument, and argues for a county memorial to honor veterans and educate youth.
I have bought the real estate and insurance business of E. S. Griggs and moved to the former Sr. Joe Freeman office. Visit or call 99, the Jim Dandy Real Estate Man. WANTED Wool at Sullivan Woolen Mill, will pay full value for grades of wool. Phone $29-A. Stephen Brunger.
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