Sullivan Chautauqua Week Features Shakespeare and Sam Jones
The Sullivan Union in Sullivan hosts Chautauqua Week June 25-30 with Jeannette Kling presenting world classics such as Leah Kreshna The Thief and Every Woman on night three while The Sam Jones Man performs as Georgia preacher Sam Jones and delivers Facts Fun and Philosophy on day five under Mr Crowl who has permission to present these addresses.
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Sullivan Union
Sullivan
Chautauqua
Salina Baker
Epic Keef
Si Plum
Eph
Squire Hartsock
Perkins
Cross Roads
Sr. Hawkins
Peruina Fish
Eli Perkins
Arminta Jones
Mendelssohn
Love Ann Long
Bill Blithers
Dick Bledsoe
Ed Bascombe
Bryan
Jim Spivins
Supreme Court
Zeke Billings
Bank invites grain checks at harvest time
The Peoples State Bank of Sullivan invites farmers to bring grain checks for payment of obligations. Each check acts as a receipt. Sullivan Chamber of Commerce endorses the invitation for local harvest time banking.
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The
Peoples State Bank, Sullivan, and
Sullivan Upholstering Offers Help For Old Furniture
Sullivan Upholstering at 120 West Washington St invites customers to learn what can be done with a cherished yet disliked piece of furniture. The ad promises surprising results and invites readers to discover options.
Republicans Win Long-Sought Victory in Illinois Courts
Final returns show Republican-Progressive fusion sweeping Illinois courts. Seventeen of twenty three seats captured across Circuit Superior and Supreme Courts, defeating Democrat judges including Edward Osgood Brown. Thompson Taylor Jr. and other fusion picks join four new Circuit seats, boosting GOP influence.
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Illinois
Circuit
Superior
Supreme Courts
Edward Osgood Brown
Edward H. Taylor
Bull Moose
Cook County
Charles M. Thompson
Thomas Taylor, Jr
Circuit Court
Brown
Superior Court
Thomas C. Clark
John C. Cannon
Republican Managing Committee
Cannon
Illinois Supreme Court
Cairo
Albert Watson
Mt. Vernon
Dunne
Warren W. Duncan
Marion County Court
Justice Watson
Billman Files Bond as New Chamber Treasurer
E A Billman the newly elected Chamber of Commerce treasurer has furnished a 5000 dollar bond for proper fulfillment of duties. The bond is signed by G G Billman J M Billman J M Lang R W Akin W H L Crowder Jr F J First E G Caruthers G W Gambill C H Stratton J R Crowder G D Scott and O L Springer.
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O. L. Springer
Turtle soup dinner spares preacher after Sunday catch
Cy Hawkins reveals that a turtle caught on Sunday prevented inviting the preacher to last Monday's dinner. He notes a spirit of ungodliness might have marred the feast if the invitation had occurred.
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Cy Hawkins
Purdue Graduates in Sullivan County Highlight Two Local Men
Sullivan county saw two residents join Purdue University’s graduating class last Wednesday. Wilbur Allen Reid of Carlisle earned a mechanical engineering degree, and Edison Hayden Pullis of Hymera completed electrical engineering.
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Sullivan County
Purdue University
Wilbur Allen Reid
Carlisle
Edison Hayden Pullis
Hymera
Constipation Relief Sold By Dr King’s Pills
A vintage ad warns that accumulated waste causes toxins and fever like symptoms and promises relief with Dr King’s New Life Pills. It claims a full bowel movement by morning and offers a 36 pill bottle for 25 cents from a druggist.
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Dr. King
Shelburn Mulls New Fire Alarm System Proposal
Shelburn town board considers installing a small electric motor at the fire bell linked to the central telephone office to trigger alarms during a fire. The plan mirrors a system in use in the city. Sixty members of the Law and Order League petition the board, pledging support for strict enforcement of the law.
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Town Board of
Shelburn
Central
Law and Order League of
Aydelottes Leave Bloomington for Minneapolis Lectures
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aydelotte of Bloomington depart after visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Aydelotte. They travel to Minneapolis where Prof. Aydelotte will deliver lectures to University of Minnesota classes over the summer.
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Frank Aydelotte
Bloomington
Mr. Aydelotte
W. E. Aydelotte
Minneapolis
Minn
Prof
Aydelotte
University of Minnesota
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Leah Kreshna,”’ “the Thief,’’ Or
Sam Jones Man
Georgia
Sam Jones
Mr. Crowl
Denton C. Crowl
F. M. Douthitt
South Side Square
Sullivan Chamber of
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Washington St
the Globe
H. C. Steel, Proprietor
Lane’s Restaurant
Center North Side Square
Court House
Ilinois
Sullivan Lincoln Chautauqua News
Rollin A. Plunkett
Sec
Taylor
Pres
Purdue
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