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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1923
Page
2
The Redpath Chautauqua will feature Dr Hilton Ira Jones presenting The Wonders of Science with demonstrations of electricity sound light and thought. The lecture includes radio explanations and uses extensive scientific apparatus on stage.
A preachin tour of Brown county school houses is proposed as soon as walking permits. Collections will be taken along the route. The Reporter notes local white washing is nearly done, except for a few odd jobs. Mesdames Fish and Stubbins to host a joint luncheon for society folks next Saturday. Ed Bascomb reports four rolls of wire fencing for chicken yards. Illness of left handed pitcher Deacon Ebbersole delays horseshoe games.
Edward Nelson Dingley notes the official name is The White House not Executive Mansion, a change under Roosevelt, and describes the White House role, public access shifts under Roosevelt and Harding, staff structure, and annual budget of $322,480 for the Executive Department.
Middletown Fish Fry Association Camp No. 293 held a June fish fry at the Tobias Little farm though not all members could attend. More than thirty people enjoyed plentiful fine fish and other foods, with some swimming at Old Blue Hole and socializing into the evening. Attendees included Charles Little, Milt Piety, John Paddock, Robert Starkey, William Albee, W A Williams, Thomas H Williams, J A Hill, E J Jennings, Vint Yager, J R Wilson, Don Johnson, Riley Johnson, Mrs James Scott, B C Trueblood, E T Weir, and Mrs Cornelius Albee.
The text notes that about one third of English words come from Latin. It states Anglo-Saxon prevailed until 1066 when William the Conqueror arrived. The Norman invasion brought French, which carried many Latin roots, and later many more Latin words entered English.
A reflective line compares an idler watch to a useless timepiece missing moving hands. It highlights the idle watch as purposeless unless its hands function, echoing Cowper’s ethos on effort and value.
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