Social and Family Notes From Sullivan Area
Mrs Duncan and Rev Charles Duncan attended service in Farmers shore. C C College students picnic at Cliffs north of Graysville and later at old river bed. Families visit Sullivan, Indianapolis trips described with births and travels. Notable names include Strickler Buff Milam Setzer Davis Walton and Wilson with multiple weekends spent in Sullivan and surrounding counties.
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Henry Strickler
Indianapolis
Emory Setzer
Helena Ward
Rebekah Grand Lodge
Lorene Setzer
Fred Davis
Robinson
DePauw University
Jacob Baughman
Clay County
Reath Black
Ward Black
Palestine
Charles Milam
Sullivan
Ruth Robertson
State Normal
Terre Haute
Frank Robertson
Vera van Cleave
Elmer Pinkston
North of
W. P. Sparks
Henry Smith
Goldstein Smile Rings Amid Controversy Over Revenue Post
Nat Goldstein faced strong criticism from both parties after Harding appointed him Internal Revenue Collector for the St. Louis district following his payout scandal with Frank Lowden. The image shows him smiling despite the political backlash.
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Nat Goldstein
Kansas City
Frank O. Lowden
Harding
Internal Revenue
St.Louis
Frosted Glass Defies Easy De-Frosting Claim
Dr Roy Cross of the Kansas City Testing Laboratory notes there is no practical chemical method to remove frosting from glass. He says frosting is usually created by sand blasting or hydrofluoric acid etching and asserts the cheapest fix is replacing frosted glass with clear glass.
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Roy Cross
Kansas City
The Whistler Journal excerpt on Ruskin and Lady Mitlais
A quoted passage describes Ruskin treating Lady Mitlais as Mrs Ruskin with harsh, daily rebukes. He never shouted or reproved her, yet he kept a weekly diary listing her misdemeanors for the prior week.
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Ruskin
Uncle Dick Wootton the Keeper of the Gate in the Mountains
Dick Wootton born 1816 in Virginia joined Ceran St Vrain in 1836 as a teamster on the Santa Fe trail. He earned fame as a fearless trapper and Indian fighter, saved an Arapaho woman in a blizzard, and earned the nickname Cut Hand. He served as a scout in the Mexican War for Col. Doniphan and later settled near Raton Pass where a locomotive named Uncle Dick honored him.
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Richens Lacy Wootton
Virginia
Dick Wootton
Ceran
St. Vrain
Santa Fe Trail
Wootton
Young Wootton
Young Dick
Young Dick Had Killed One of Their Mules Which Had Wandered Out of the Corral
Raton Pass
Colorado
New Mexico
Santa Fe Railroad
Stout
Wonders of America T Greenbury Point Station
The article describes Greenbury Point near Annapolis Maryland as a large high power radio station built as a war measure to ensure uninterrupted communication with France and to coordinate Navy ships and merchant vessels worldwide. It highlights 600 foot towers set 850 feet apart forming a square, with wires and anticipated power supplies and support buildings. The station handles radio traffic with France Italy Germany Norway and other stations as well as U S Navy and merchant ships wherever located.
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T Greenbury Point
Annapolis
Maryland
Uncle Sam
France
Italy
Germany
Norway
U.S. Navy
Untitled quote from Uncle Eben on sympathy
Uncle Eben remarks that only a small number of people resist sympathy or resent it if given generously, noting a surprising scarcity of those who believe they deserve none. The dialect captions a moment of social feeling.
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Uncle Eben
Notice to tax payers of bond issue Sullivan County
Notice to Sullivan County Indiana taxpayers that on May 1 1922 bonds exceeding 5000 dollars were approved for roads 2 and 3 totaling 18800 at 5 percent, and road 2 totaling 12800 60 at 5 percent, to fund Miller Willis and Prusner roads. Taxpayers may be heard and appeal steps outlined. dated May 6 1922.
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Board of Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
Miller
Willis
Sullivan County Unit Community
Prusner
Sullivan County Unit
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Board of Tax Commissioners
Frank M. Daniels
Notice of Letting Contract for Infirmary Supplies
Sullivan County Indiana Board of County Commissioners invites sealed bids by 12 noon on Monday June 5 1922 for infirmary supplies for the ensuing quarter. Requisition on file in auditor's office. Attest Frank M Daniels Auditor. First insertion May 17 1922 3t.
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Board of County Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
John Scott
Percy Wolfe
F. Springer
Frank M. Daniels
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Florence
Brunswick
MEROM
Chicago
Goldstein
South Dakota
Alice Lorraine Daly
Non-Partisan League
North Dakota
Eine Great Scouts
Western Newspaper Union
Wonders OF America
Eben
Bennett’s
Clothiers
H. C. Steel
Prop
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Sullivan’s School Bank
Sullivan City
Federal Reserve Service
the National Bank
Sullivan, Indiana
Shelburn
James W. McHugh
Hymera
Walker McHugh
McHugh & Son
Riggs Clay Product Company Drain Tile
W.H. Hill, Jr. Farm Loan Co
Sullivan County Loan & Trust Co
North Side
E. A. Billman
E. Lindley
Ind
H. L. Stratton
I. J. Keys
Carlisle
H. 8. Leach
W. K. Frakes
L. A. Stewart
P. A. Barco
Grover Clayton Carlisle
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