Hoosiers Sell Corn Among Themselves
Indiana farmers report corn sales within the state to feed hogs and cattle, eliminating freight costs. The Department of Agriculture notes generally good winter grain conditions with some cold weather damage, gratitude for rains, and evolving farm activity across states.
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Washington
Indiana
Dept. of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Maine
Colorado
Minnesota
Louisiana
Missouri
Texas
New England
New York
Dakotas
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
California
Texas Panhandle
Local News Gossip and Weather from Graysville
Big Spregns and neighbors host visits across Whiting Sullivan and Terre Haute. A severe windstorm damaged structures and trees with crews tallying fallen poles. Funeral for Aunt Sarah Bell held at Mt Tabor. many townsfolk guest and travel notes.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine described as long used remedy
For over 40 years Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been used to treat catarrh. The ointment gives quick local relief and the paternal medicine acts through the blood to reduce mucous membrane inflammation. Sold by all druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Local Social Roundup from Farmersburg and Vicinity
Tuesday night visitors included TOWNSHIP Drill and Ross Hayworth at Farmersburg with Mr and Mrs Bruce Fox and children. Nearby gatherings featured Ed Harris with Oral Harris and children, Lute Marts Sylvester Marts Floyd Taylor and Ray, plus Sam Taylor’s household. Several calls and dinners occurred with Levi Jewell, Otto Jewell, and other neighbors as ill health and family visits circulated through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drill
Ross Hayworth
Bruce Fox
Farmersburg
Ed Harris
Oral Harris
Lute Marts
Sylvester Marts
Floyd Taylor
Ray
Sam Taylor
Will Jewell
Barnett Jewell Sr
Ford Hall
Dallas
David McKinney
Chester Woodard
Sullivan
Russell Richmond
Marjorie Ruth
Levi Jewell
Renzie Marts
Raymond Rogers
Ruby Rogers
Barnett Jr
Roy Jewell
Nema
Otto Jewell
Emory Smith
Chas. Cochran
Near Shelburn
Olin Moore
Ray Reed
Dudley Hayworth
James Woodard
Leo Woodard
Harold Pittman
Graysville Storm Causes Property Damage
Reports from Graysville describe a Sunday night storm that lingered into Monday. Minor damage includes overturned out-buildings torn roof parts blown fences and a windmill toppled Lakely Mrs Wm Bailey notes a large windmill blown down. The storm struck around 10 PM Sunday.
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Wm. P. Bailey
Benson Chapel Socials and Nearby Visits
Mr and Mrs Geo W Osburn and daughter Pauline spent Sunday with Claud Osburn. Zibe Shields were in Sullivan on business Saturday. Cyrus Lane of Middletown were called to the bedside of their niece Mrs Henry Lutz who has been ill. Mrs Lutz is much improved. William Knowles transacted business in Sullivan Saturday. Emmett Thornberry and daughter Margery Ruth spent Saturday and Sunday with Lee Thornberry near Graysville. Charles and Clarence Osburn were in Sullivan Saturday. William Pearson of near Shelburn were guests of Clarence Osburn Thursday.
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Edyth Bicknell
Harvey
Inez
Robert Nelson Bicknell
Whiting
Mann
Mary
Paula Wilson
Lawrenceville
Ill
Minnie Watson
Ruth Durham
C. W. Eno
Eno
Mary Medsker
Will Gray
Merom
Lee Phillips
Ralph Coller
Sullivan
R. C. Osburn
Ira Bicknell
Will Burk
Charley Riggs
Geo. W. Osburn
Pauline
Claud Osburn
Zibe Shields
Cyrus Lane
Middletown
Henry Lutz
Lutz
William Knowles
Emmett Thornberry
Margery Ruth
Lee Thornberry
Graysville
Charles
Clarence Osburn
William Pearson
Shelburn
Obituary of Sarah Margarite Bell of Mt Tabor Indiana
Sarah Margarite Bell born January 17 1849 in Washington County Indiana died March 9 1923 age 74 years 1 month 22 days. She married Zachary Bell in 1878 and they had one son William Jr. She belonged to Mt Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church since 1871 under John Buck. She was blind since November 1922 and unable to walk for six years. Survived by her son and daughter in law three grandchildren and sister Mrs Samuel Yager. Funeral March 11 at Mt Tabor conducted by Reverends Avery and Yager with special music by Mrs Vern Steel Miss Helen Poe Homer Daniels Will Corbin and Mrs Cleo Brown. Interment at church cemetery.
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Sarah Bell
William Bell Jr
Mt. Tabor
Church
T. B. Avery
Plainville
Thelma
Terre Haute
Robert Weir
Parkes
Calif
Fresno Hospital
Jas. Yager
Irma
Will Yager
Vesta
Helen Phillips
Marguerite Cushman
Chas. E. Bottorff
Lura Avenue
J. W. Griggs
Carlisle
Graysville
Sarah Margarite Bell
Joseph
Cynthia Click Bell
Washington County
Indiana
Zachary Bell
William Jr
Methodist Episcopal
John Buck
Samuel Yager
T H Star and Union one year subscription available
The notice advertises a one year subscription to T H Star and Union priced at four dollars. It specifies the offer period and directs readers to subscribe through the newspaper office.
Office Vamp Opines on Boss and Clerk Disposition
A satirical columnist notes double standards in workplace attendance. The piece contrasts the boss's absence with a clerk's alleged drinking, highlighting perceptions of reliability and propriety in office life.
Tobacco Debate Echoes in Humorous Exchange
A playful exchange contrasts a woman's warning that tobacco in any form is very bad with a man's quip calling it the cheroot of all evil, illustrating lighthearted stance on smoking.
Land values in Indiana show small decline in 1922
Indiana agricultural statistician George C. Bryant reports declines of about $3 per acre for improved land and $2 for unimproved land since last year. He notes 1922 cash rent averages and details on corn oats barley wheat and hay reserves, with shifts in crops and storage estimates across Indiana farms.
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Indiana
George C. Bryant
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Southwest
Arctic Explorer Recounts Narrow Freeze Near Death
In a Boston Evening Transcript piece, the Arctic explorer recalls a perilous near-freeze when they nearly died. He credits a heated discussion that sparked quick thinking and possibly saved lives during the icy ordeal.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Spared the Red
A sharp editorial comment from New Orleans States criticizes leniency toward a spoiled child, claiming the youth deserved about two hundred thorough licks to set proper conduct. The tone argues harsh discipline would have corrected behavior.
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New Orleans
Toning Down in Local Debate Echoes Over Virtues and Faults
A Richmond TimesDispatch item quotes Char coal Eph criticizing another speaker for loud praise while muting critique. The exchange highlights the tension between public virtue claims and private faults in a heated discourse.
Belief in Future Existence Quoted by Cicero
A reflective note cites Cicero on a human presage of future existence. The idea takes deep root in minds and appears most clearly in great geniuses and exalted souls, suggesting a philosophical view of immortality or continuation beyond life.
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Cicero
Economy Not Always Victorious Road to Wealth
The piece notes that economy can be a path to wealth yet most who must travel it fail to reach the goal, reflecting caution about wealth achievement despite prudent steps.
Quotable Slices on Politics Fashion and Morals
The item blends humorous quips on politics gender and society with remarks on fashion and daily life. It references Bryan and democratic politics, marriage, consumer habits and social trends, including chewing gum sales and quirks of public discourse.
Rhyme Fragments Reflecting Daily Life and Moral Snippets
A collection of verse snippets on modest fashion, humble toil, and moral reflections. Images include a corkscrew and cellar key as curiosities, Mary with long skirts, a driver’s woes, and a short man’s equal rest but without a clear single storyline.
Rumor Broadcast Prompts Gum Industry Fact
Sam Hill notes that Dame Rumor’s broadcasting starts a discussion on the gum trade. He cites a figure of 25,000 people employed in the chewing gum industry in the country. The statistic concerns producers not consumers.
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Sam Hill
Fragmented advice on marriage and weather from an old column
The reader is urged to study books at clubs not cookbooks and to avoid arguing with a wife. A seasonal note laments lingering winter as March winds blow, while a speculative line on knickers hints at weight control devices.
If Old King Tut Were Living Now
A playful verse imagines Tutankhamun in modern times drinking beer and needing whiskers kept wet, a humorous cultural riff on ancient ruler imagery.
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King Tut
West Point United States Military Academy History and Role
The text describes West Point atop the Hudson as the United States Military Academy founded after Congress 1776 plan, Washington's involvement, rebuilding in 1802, and its role as a premier three year military training institution with graduates who led Civil War commands. It notes its strategic fortifications and global study of its methods.
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Hudson River
Highlands
New York City
Hudson
United States Military Academy
George Washington
West Point
Land transfers and sales in Turman and surrounding townships
A sequence of property transactions across Farmersburg Sullivan Hillcrest Benson Fairbanks Sullivan and Turman. Deeds record Henry Black J R Hooper L P Dickey Herman Heien J M Oldham and others conveying farms tracts lots and parcels to multiple buyers including Standard Oil Co Amorie Wilson and Joe Bell. Notable values range from 25 to 14 644 dollars and include coal rights and lot expansions.
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Hugh Collins
Curry
J. R. Hooper
C. E. Coffman
Farmersburg
L. P. Dickey
Jos
Wilson
Taylor
Fairbanks
Herman Heien
Hazel Heien
McBrive
Sullivan
Gill
J. M. Oldham
Harry and
Artis
Wagner
New Lebanon
Wm. H. Butler
Martha J. Lind
Merom
Haddon
Salathiel Boone
Amoriie Wilson
Henry Black
Joe Bell
Mullane
Sarah M. Cain
R. B. Gray
Herman Heier
Minnie M. Chaney
Richard St. Clair
G. W. Gambill
J. A. Allwin
S. Sull
Jackson
Marshall Crosby
O. H. Crist
Ernest Morris
Herbert Ring
A. J. F. Fox
J. H. Nesbit
Hymera
Roscoe Peterson
Howard Little
C. & Beasley
Chas. van Arsdall
O. C
Beasley
John Thralls
J. L. Morris
Barnhart
Cl. Turman
J. D. Thomas
Island Levee Assn
Flora Boyce
F. R. Frakes
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R. H. Richart
Peerless
Tire & Battery CO
Township
T. H. Star and Union
Bryant
Indiana Grain Reserves
Charcoal Eph
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Mr. Bryan
Wifey
Eddie Hind
Tutt
Congress
Amelia Battles
St. Louis
Ratine
Wonders OF America
Western Newspaper Union
Gibraltar
The
Real Hml
Iain Farms
Schroeder & "Price
Sullivan County
Olson
West Side Square
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