ACKSKILLET ITEMS FROM THE BLOOMINGTON STAR
Local column notes police notice against Eph Keef for towel change within five days. Sawmill crew plans spring donation of sawdust to Hardshell church spittoons. Zeb Stubbins buys a spring suit for 1.24 dollars. Eastern residents troubled by a calf‑driven dairy disturbance at night. Cy Hawkins and Love Ann Long’s sofa collapse during a night encounter. Free Love McAllister suffers on foot with coins and a boil. Keef subscribes to Sunday paper with comic, arriving Monday. Pigeon roast by Zeke Hamilton called a sanitary menace. Cynthiana Ann Rawlins elected president of Beveridge-for-Senator club. Tanlac pitch ends with health claim. Weather report and farm notes for March 19. RAT SNAP ad from Turman & Riggs and H. V. Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeb Stubbins
East
Cy Hawkins
Love Ann Long
Love Ann
Freelove McAllister
Eph Keef
Barber College
Land Transfers and Deeds from County Plat Book Listings
A sequence of real estate transfers records numerous conveyances across townships and additions. Transactions include Walter Land to Floyd Alexander for 460 dollars on Crowder's plat. Chas Hale deeds to Bert Houpt 650 dollars. various parcels described by lots, blocks, and sections with coal rights indicated. amounts range from 50 to 17,050 dollars. Names include Reed, Bruce, Redstone, Norris, Bedwell, Brady, Forbes, Daniel, Cochrane, Drake, Noble, Cox, Sinclair, Skinner, Davis, Kendrick, Boston, Tipton, Hargis, Booker, Stoddard, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex QC
Drake
Merom
Joy L. Cooper
Oscar
Goldie Noble
T. Paxton
Fred Cox
Jacob Cox
Bennett
Hamilton Twp
Nat’l Bk
J. M. Sinclair
Mutual
Rats Outwit Home Poison Plan Says John Tuthill
John Tuthill reports that rats resisted poison mixed with meat and cheese but were eliminated within ten days after using RAT SNAP. Instructions advise breaking a cake of RAT SNAP and placing it where rats hurry about. Three sizes offered at 35c 65c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tuthill
Turman & Riggs
H. V. Bennett
The Teacher Hymn to Progress and Light
Poem praising the teacher as lighthouse keeper and civilizational guide. Describes poverty and prejudice faced, values of enduring effort, and the teacher’s role in shaping engineers, authors, artists, and children. Ends with a pledge to uplift others across history.
Tanlac Promised To Cure Biliousness And Nerve Trouble
An advertisement claims Tanlac and Tanlac Vegetable Pills will rectify biliousness constipation headache nervousness and a sallow complexion, restoring appetite and taste in the mouth as a claimed remedy from Dougherty and Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dougherty & Walters
Trial by Jury in Early Welsh and Saxon Disputes
The article notes that trial by jury predates Alfred the Great and describes a 12-member jury under him. It also mentions an earlier mixed panel of six Welsh and six Anglo-Saxons serving as jurors in disputes between Welsh and Saxons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred the Great
Says Uncle Eben Extols Bible as Steady Reading
Uncle Eben says you can gain much by reading the Bible for steady reading. He claims the latest novels pale beside scripture and promises readers will feel thankful after looking over one or two passages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
Willing to Be Convinced by American Legion Weekly
Dialogue excerpt from The American Legion Weekly explores romantic beliefs with John asking about absence and Louise suggesting trying it for a month or two. The piece reflects social attitudes and humor in the period.
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John
Louise
The
American Legion Weekly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Studebaker
W. B
H. P
West
Washington Street
ACOO
Kay
Bloomington Star
Si Plum
Zeke Hamilton
Cynthiana Ann Rawlins
Woman’s Beveridge-for-Senator Club
Tanlac
Farmersburg
Glenn Yeager
Co-Operative Weather
M. A. Haddon
Schroeder & Price
Sullivan County
Olson
West Side Square
Cass
Walter Land
Floyd Alexander
Crowder
Chas. Hale
Bert
Pearl Reed
Amos A
Mary A. Bruce
Robert Redstone
Agnes Rice
Helen Redstone
Dugger
R. H. Redstone
Gerald & Ruth Norris
Cen. Coal Co
Dugger St. Bk
Nolan
F.C
John Roseberry
Mullane
Otto Davis
O. P
Lena I. Allen
Briggs
Bernard Tipton
Sam Followell
Jefferson
J. R. Hargis
G. W. Booker
Turman
James Stoddard
Ruby E. Stoddard
Chauncey R. Piety
Peoples State Bank of
Sullivan
Indiana
the Peoples State Bank
Southwest Corner Square
Sullivan, Ind
E. V. Poe
Fred Grubb
Ind
Oxford
Julius Harry Shoe Co
D. N. Railsback
Walters’ South Side
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