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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1921
Page
4
The Swilivan primary election spent $211.61 to name city office candidates, with 124 votes cast and a cost of $1.70 per vote. The piece suggests this as another example of the primary system praised as a cure for political ills.
Walter S. Bradfute, editor and publisher of the Bloomington Telephone for forty five years, retires from active management. His son Blaine Bradfute succeeds him, having learned the business in the paper’s office and years of collaboration. The Telephone is a substantial newspaper and the official Republican paper of Monroe County, known for backing Republican policies.
Representative Bland led a five day congressional fight over the Veterans Bureau Bill. He sought to expand sub-offices from 140 to about one per state, amending Section 6 to strike fifty and insert one hundred forty. The amendment passed 224 to 118 after house support from ex-service men, aiming to bring relief services nearer veterans for vocational training and medical care.
A radical pamphlet-like statement argues the only path to end poverty is to seize political power and establish a worker’s or soviet government by force, claiming Russians did so. The piece counters claims of universal equality, noting indigenous Americans and the supposed absence of class divisions while criticizing laws favoring the rich.
Governor McCray argues taxes rise because communities demand public improvements. He notes Indiana cities, counties, and towns finance schools, streets, parks, hospitals, and highways through local taxes. People must accept the cost of necessary city services without complaint to modernize Washington and its sewer system.
A southern Missouri writer, Dr John J Gaines, known for homely human poetry, will have poems or prose poems published regularly through the Autocaster service over the next year. Gaines, called Uncle John, lives in Excelsior Springs and prides himself on country town life.
Washington Herald quotes a writer lamenting old landowners clinging to sacred soil rights while praising public streets as communal space. The piece contrasts mud and snow lit by lanterns on opulent steps with a critique of resisting tax rate changes and street improvements.
A fragmentary account recalls Mary brewing concoctions and being jailed after a local incident at the court house cupola. It cites past health warnings urging laws against sidewalk spitting as a public nuisance, noting the now ironic skirt response to the sweeping filth on the street.
Readers note a trend where traditional self reliance by patrons fades. The text contrasts past barroom independence with modern experiences where many individuals feel deceived or exploited at common social hubs.
A fragmentary column recounts a mix of quirky items. A lost child at a store prompts Mr Gouckenour to comfort her with a remark about a mother’s skirt. Sword swallower Ezra Clark headlines at the park. A heated argument yields a cool spell, and street heat breeds odor while women struggle with dress. Egyptian history hints suggest no baseball in ancient Egypt.
William M Draper guardian Harold Draper will offer the real estate for sale at private sale to the highest bidder for cash. The property is in Sullivan County Indiana in Snow and Cochran Add to Sullivan city lots 3 and 4 with 65 feet off the north side of lot 3. Sale is at M A Haddon office Sullivan Indiana on Monday June 20 1921 at 10 am.
The text mixes dated humor and social commentary with references to Chicago, Egypt, prohibition, and fashion. It mentions White Sox coming in June 28, 1291, Old Rameses pitching, the south side fountain, Ed Billman, a wedding, Miss Alice Robertson, and various cultural allusions including Edison and fashion trends. It reads like a mosaic column of satire and reportage from an old newspaper page.
A concise remark notes that an early morning fire attracts many unusual women, followed by a quip about a man living on onions and the suggestion he should stay home if he follows that diet.
The family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends who kindly aided them in the sickness and death of their dear mother. Alice Parker Will Burke Maude Roeckenfield Lola Street Carry Hanley Maude Burke and children.
A Chicago Tribune note recalls a first grader teased for curls, with a classmate calling him a sissy. The boy explained he knew the new student was different because his hair says so.
A devotional piece urges Christians to focus on the blessed hope of Christ’s return. It contrasts premillennial theories with the joy of looking for the Savior, cites biblical passages, and recounts a Chicago slum child’s faith inspired by Second Coming verses.
God aims to set the world right by freeing people from political oppression poverty and related crimes. The speaker warns that the main obstacles are bad-hearted unbrotherly and sensual men who spoil democracy businesses and holy associations by seeking excess profits and compromising innocence.
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