Wheat Harvests and Community Aid Report in West Terre Haute
Wheat harvest continues with ample straw and supportive farmers. Will Thomas made a business trip to Graysville. Miners committee in West Terre Haute solicits food and money. Scott City mine ordered closed to supply coal for threshing and fuel. Tent meetings in Graysville attract many citizens. Numerous local visits and family gatherings noted. Children’s Day service planned for next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Will Thomas
Graysville
West Terre Haute
Scott City
Local cooperative sale draws townsfolk to Sullivan
The community attended a cooperative sale at Sullivan on Monday with residents from here taking part. Many local families visit, attend events, and share news of arrivals, travels, and social gatherings while daily life continues with farming, visits, and wedding preparations.
Local social notes recount visits and church events
Terre Haute and Thorntown residents visited friends for hog raising discussions. Families from Hymera Shelburn and Shelburn area joined churchgoers at Little Flock and Ebenezer events. Several on Sunday hosted or visited relatives, with students at State Normal in Terre Haute and the summer term beginning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Woodard
Jerry Barcus
Oline Moore
Chas. Cochrane
Shelburn
Ebenezer
Levi Jewell
Barnett
Otto Jewell
Marion Harrison
Barnett Jewell
Roy Jewell
William Pittman
Terre Haute
Tressa Bennett
Marie Ferguson
State Normal
Community Personal News From Big Springs
Big Springs residents and visitors are noted in a Sunday round of visits and family gatherings. Alvin Bicknell and wife spent Sunday with Jess Borders. Mrs. A W Hayes and son John arrived from New Orleans for the summer with relatives. Ralph Collier and wife were in Sullivan. R A Plunkett and wife visited J W Watson. Sunday school gave a fine program and home missions collection. Mrs. J T Shore of Sullivan visits her daughter Mrs C E Wat. Big Springs Sunday school adds a piano. Mrs Amanda Tennis and daughters of Hymera and Mrs Hettie Crow visited Mrs Allie Wat. Pauline Medsker was home Sunday. Ray Watson spent Sunday with his parents. Charles Walters and wife and Abe Lester and family attended services. Hallie Pounds sang The Holy City with Ross Turman on trombone and Mary Mann at piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graysville
Will Thomas
John Thomas
West York
Tis
M. A. Rose
Merom
Martin Harris
Clare Merrill
Hosea Drake
Alfred Benson
Shelburn
Grover Scott
J. B. McKinney
West Union
Elmer Trueblood
Sullivan
Calvin Jolly
Terre Haute
John McKinney
Mr. Jolly
McKinney
Rudolph Wernz
Merle Whitlock
Albin Bicknell
Big Springs
Claude Pittman
Will Fuson
C. M. Welch
Fairbanks
Sarah Strain
Edgar
Warren Dickerson
J. Hurley Drake
Farmersburg
Amanda Allen
Alvin Hood
Otto Jewell
Youngstown
Sam Engle
Elmer Taylor
Floyd Taylor
Ray
Sam Taylor
Virgil Bennett
Melvin Bennett
Purdue University
Clarence Barcus
Chicago
Dudley Hayworth
Homer Sams
William Pittman
Corinth
Oral Harris
Ed Harris
Elza Harris
Homer Prayton
Indianapolis
Jones Hodges
Iowa
Barnett Jewell, Jr
J. H. Person
Alvin Bicknell
Jess Borders
A. W. Hayes
John
New Orleans
Ralph Collier
R .A. Plunkett
J. W. Watson’s
J. T. Shore
C. E. Watson
Amanda Tennis
Hymera
Hettie Crow
Allie Watson
Pauline Medsker
Ray Watson
Charles Walters
Abe Lester
Hallie Pounds
Holy City
Ross Turman
Mary Mann
Mrs Florence Parks Returns to Denver from Indiana Visit
Mrs Florence M Parks wife of Martin O Parks former Sullivan businessman now a traveling salesman for a dry goods concern left Sunday for her Denver Colorado home after visiting relatives in Sullivan and Terre Haute.
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Florence .M. Parks
Terre Haute
Denver
Colo
Martin. O. Parks
Sullivan
The Kitchen Cabinets 8
The Kitchen Cabinets 8 features a brief column reflecting on simplicity and true greatness. A Thomas Drefer quote about being a good neighbor frames the measure of real greatness in everyday life.
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Thomas Drefer
Dickens Quote on Eminence and Flaw
A reflective line noting that great minds often show a small flaw when set against their overall achievements. It emphasizes contrast between genius and a tempering weakness in eminent figures.
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Dickens
Mushroom preservation and kitchen tips from an old guide
Practical household notes describe foraging mushrooms until frost, making mushroom catsup, and preserving greens. It covers salting, spices, and vinegar for catsup, plus storage tips for lettuce parsley and berries, and cooking hints for vegetables and Mexican Scrambled Eggs with peppers.
Poem on China and Japan through changing war moods
The poem by Cinele Johns revisits years of fear and anger over China and Japan, recalling cruelty and propaganda while lamenting shifting attitudes. It moves from condemning aggression to a jarring, ironic claim that China now shows no grief, describing her as gentle and dull while the poet reflects on collective tears and gullibility.
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China
Shantung
U C Graduation Held At Merom With Whittaker Address
The sixty third annual Union Christian College graduation at Merom last Wednesday featured Dr O B Whittaker of Wabash Mo as speaker. Rev J F Burnette spoke in memory of late faculty member Dr G R Hammond. Sixteen graduates received diplomas including three BA classical graduates Lloyd Reich J E Fry and L E Conlin. The board voted to convert the stock college to a church owned model with a 15 member trustees board split between alumni and the American Christian church officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Christian College
Merom
O. B. Whittaker
Wableau
Dr. Whittaker
W. S. Alexander
Lloyd C. Reich
J. E. Fry
L. E. Conlin
The
Christian Church
American Christian Church
International Organization
Death of Mrs. Rhoda Engle 70 in city
Mrs. Rhoda Engle 70 wife of William G. Engle died at her city home after a long illness. Funeral Thursday at the Church of Christ with Rev. Loren Raines. burial at Center Ridge cemetery. Born near Sullivan in 1852 she lived here all her life and was a Church of Christ member. Survived by husband Jasper N. Engle daughter Daisy A. Wilkey two sisters and one brother.
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WM. G. Engle
Rhoda Engle
William G. Engle
Church of Christ
Loren Raines
Center Ridge Cemetery
Sullivan
Jasper N. Engle
Daisy A. Wilkey
Artamissa Daugherty
Near
Paxton
Rose Chastain
Graysville
George M. Wallis
Los Angeles
California
Local residents and visitors noted in late May notices
Mrs. George Ramsey returns from Belgrave Ontario after an extended visit with her mother. Rev. Elmer St. Clair of Indianapolis travels for his sister Mrs. Robert Calvert's illness. Mrs. Martha Durham Halys and daughter of New Orleans visit relatives. Mrs. Charles E. Jones of Momence Illinois visits relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Salee of Indianapolis return home. Salee is Cutler’s brother. Mrs. Eugene Springer and baby go to New York to visit her parents. Dr. C. F. Briggs attends Rush Medical College class of 1902 reunion in Chicago. Mrs. Harold Campbell visits Indianapolis. James M. Sinclair family vacation at Baldwin Lake. Mrs. Mary Foutch of Campbellsville visits son Charles R. Foutch and family.
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Lillian Moore
Danville
Ills
Ebba Anderson
Neoba Boehm
Cincinnati
E. W. Berry
Horace Cowen
Ladd, Ils
Martha Shaw
Cora Cramer
Des Moines
Russell Cramer
Pueblo
Colo
G. H. Hollowell
Ed Light
Inez and
Avis
Terre Haute
Light
Jacob Baughman
Luther Burroughs
East Chicago
Alva Colvin
Lela Doyle
Farmer City
Bonnie Milam
Alexander
Bismark
Ruth Robertson
Henry Gettinger
W. 8. McClain
Arthur Ferguson
Clinton
Merom
Lizzie McClain
Hatten
George Ramsey
Belgrave
Ont
Elmer St. Clair
Indianapolis
Robert Calvert
Martha Durham Halys
New Orleans
Charles E. Jones
Momence
Ils
A. C. Salee
A. C. Cutler
Salee
Cutler
Eugene Springer
Baby
New York
Harold Campbell
Louise Eaton Evans
James M. Sinclair
Baldwin Lake
Mary Foutch
Campbellsburg
Charles R. Foutch
Revival by Cardiac Injection Claims Restoring Life
Historical report describes reviving seemingly dead individuals by injecting 1 cubic centimeter of a 1 in 1.400 solution of adrenaline or pituitrin directly into the heart. The method requires rapid administration into the left intercostal space near the sternal border.
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Megry
What Some Names Mean
A brief note lists several place name origins: Siberia means thirsty Sicily means the country of grapes Asia means in the middle Italy means a country of pitch Hibernia means moist habitation Britain means the country of tin with large tin deposits noted.
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Siberia
Sicily
Asia
Italy
Hibernia
Britain
Phrase from a Boston Transcript souvenir story
A brief literary note quotes a line from a Boston Transcript souvenir piece: She held out her hand and the young man took it and departed.
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The
Boston Transcript
Uncle Eben Reflects on Broken Promises
A line from Uncle Eben comments on people who fail to keep promises and the speaker’s frustration at needing explanations. The quip hints at accountability and social expectations in a folksy voice.
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Uncle Eben
Eben
Local News Briefs on Visits and Travel
Joseph B. Lacey returns from Chicago University visit to his hometown. Detroit residents Mr. and Mrs. Reitzel and their daughter Mrs. Tom Brown visited Sullivan area. Sunbury Pennsylvania pair E. J. Jones traveled through Merom to visit kin. Kansas City visitor Mrs. George H. Davis stays with local sisters. Douthitt brothers Joe and Schuyler return from Detroit where Tom Douthitt is employed.
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Joseph B. Lacey
Chicago University
Reitzel
Detroit
Mich
Sullivan
Tom Brown
E. J. Jones
Sunbury
Merom
George H. Davis
Kansas City
E. Wyne
Samantha Springer
M. H. Berry
Joe
Schuyler Douthitt
Tom Douthitt
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Maxwell-Brown
Kingsley
Township
Nerede Maz Wei
Estern
Unio
Lomar
Index Notion
Western Newspaper Union
Copen and Beaver
Baronet
Scott
Batiste
Cinele Johns
U. C
Florence
Furniture and Rug
Brunswick
Schioot-Gordon
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