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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1921
Page
4
City authorities condemn illegal firecrackers and fireworks on streets and sidewalks. The text urges reenactment of the pre existing ordinance and strict enforcement under state fire marshal rules prohibiting sale and discharge within city limits with limited exceptions.
A fragment from a Merom Chautauqua column discusses Mrs. Ridgeway bringing a message from the Wilson administration. It portrays Democrats and Republicans, mocks disarmament, and contrasts pacifist rhetoric with a call to defend nations, citing Bryan platform ideas and global arms issues. The tone is ironic and partisan.
The Democrats claim the Harding administration failed to restore business and will launch sharp criticism. They fault the tariff policy, align with Wilson's last message, and argue conditions changed postwar. They warn tariffs will curb European debt payments and provoke European anger toward U S trade.
The speaker argues Democrats caused the price slump and economic malaise, claiming they tore down the house and squandered rebuilding materials while blaming Republicans. He contends the Democrats created conditions slowing U S recovery and frames the Republican position as the remedy.
The article notes Representative Bland pushing a bill to unify pension payments to monthly disbursement for Civil War and other veterans, including Spanish American veterans, with current World War pensions already monthly while others were quarterly. If Senate approves, the measure will aid aged veterans and widows dependent on pensions.
Indiana Republicans release a fifteen week summary listing emergency tariff immigration bills a peace status with Germany funding plans tax revision and labor relief efforts. They claim these actions rebut Democratic claims of no accomplishment and highlight progress in rail rates hospital care and a new shipping board.
The text argues that bitterness and fear waste effort while cheerful resolve fuels progress. It suggests hard work, learning, love, and labor connect neighbors and ease sorrow, ending with the speaker’s positive view that the outlook looks good.
The government appoints Mr. Dawes as budget director to identify and curb money wasters. An exchange questions the approach as defeat lingers in discourse while the public senses growing odor of trouble.
Farmersburg resident Ben Figg, former Jefferson township trustee, reports selling a calf hide weighing twenty-one pounds for two cents a pound. He plans to keep the forty-two cent proceeds in a trust fund to someday build a new Sullivan County courthouse.
The passage notes Samuel Gompers cannot win the AFL presidency but has shifted focus to Irish independence efforts and reviving traditional lager in the United States, portraying a late career pivot to reformist causes and cultural restoration.
A brief notice signals a final window for June weddings, urging interested couples to finalize arrangements and secure venues and services before the month ends.
A fragmentary verse piece notes women painting cheeks six thousand years ago and remaining employed in various roles. It contrasts worn stockings with socks kept up and mocks waiter service while referencing a museum visit and everyday observations.
A playful note mocks how a true movie actor of today would be deemed a prominent citizen by their home paper. It praises appearance and innocence while acknowledging the newspaper’s flattering, possibly unwarranted, labels.
A collection of breezy one liners and poems from a Nashville Tennessean column. The piece riffs on politics, fashion, and dares to mix humor about bathing suits and old folk songs with light verse about Maude Muller and a whimsical judge.
Columbus stopped at Cuba and many natives followed similar voyages. The text hints at a new medical beer law being strict, noting tight regulations around brewing.
Mr and Mrs Frank Hiatt and daughter Geneva return from Washington Court House Ohio with Mrs John Harbaugh. Miss Helen Emily Mahley preparing to enter Wellesley College in September. Edgar Ryerson Riggs Jr named at Louisville birth of son to Edgar Riggs and wife. Jeanette Crawley and H Kenneth Cooper wed in Indianapolis. Hastings visits from Washington en route to a Danville reunion. Hara B Smith of Riverside California visiting parents after eight years. Mrs Joe Hunt and Chicago children to visit Hunt family. Martin H Farley to visit Iowa home after sixty years. Mrs Clarence Wright and daughter return home from Clinton. Willis family visiting Mary Willis in Joplin Missouri. Dorothy Leahey and Billy Leahey to visit from Louisville. 115 teacher candidates at local exam. attendance officer applicants include three women and one man. Miss Mildred Donald of New Harmony visiting Ruth Reed. she is a summer student at Indiana University. M H Piety of Prairie Creek makes office visit. Alexander G Cavins of Indianapolis named to state board of election commissioners. succeeds William H Thompson. Joseph H Barr of Knox County named to state board of agriculture. Mrs Joe Duffy and children of Terre Haute visiting. Miss Helen Pugh resigns Sullivan High School post to teach in Terre Haute.
A landlady recalls an old man who fell from a bed and broke nothing, while a starboarder insists age brings real fragility. An elderly narrator recounts skating mishaps, pain, and a housebound sense of decay beneath a youthful exterior.
A playful exchange recalls the circus calliope at parade ends and jokes about signs of worse times ahead. The banter evokes a bygone sound and shared memory.
A dialog fragment notes a promoter described as cautious not promising riches. The speaker recalls skepticism about quick wealth and quotes a belief that success would take at least a year. The exchange highlights prudent language in promotional schemes.
A reviewer notes a modern staging employs electric lights during Iagos murder of Desdemona to heighten shock value. The passage highlights lighting as a dramaturgical choice in the performance.
In a moonlit scene the Wood Elf confronts Mother Gossip’s daughter I-Make-It-A-Point-To-Repeat-Mean-Things as a crying girl explains a cruel falsehood. The elf condemns repeating mean words and vows a kinder path with a supper away from the family.
A practical mother urges doing today what can be done now as Johnnie confirms finishing the cherry pie. The exchange highlights a household ethic and a small domestic moment.
A real religion teacher at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago is identified as the English Bible instructor. The notice confirms affiliation with the Moody institution and location in Chicago.
The sermon surveys James chapter 1 focusing on real religion born from above, born again, and expressed through hearing, meek speech, restraint of wrath, and compassionate discipline toward the fatherless and widows. It contrasts worldly religiosity with the new life in Christ and outlines practicing the Word.
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