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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1917
Page
7
A humorous verse warns of the witching hour when eerie sounds and pranks frighten, urging readers to mind their P s and Q s and keep early hours to avoid mishaps. It credits a satirical line adopted from Hindu sources via Hironimus.
Attendance reached 1089 at the Christian Sunday School on May 13 with the Cupola staff present. If you had attended, the headcount would have been 1040.
A witty quip on social norms and mothers judging daughters, contrasting age and body image with playful phrasing about skirts and appearances. The piece toys with conventional expectations and asks readers to question what a mother would think.
Mr Ross Campbell appeared in the county seat last week wearing a war era outfit including jeans a straw hat and canvas gloves. A Greene County lawyer cited anointed statutes in a Bloomfield case recently. Bloomfield could use more of them.
A list of attendees includes Lee Frisky Bays John Wise Lindley Roy Wampus Metcalf Ray Jackpot Bicknell and Milton Ainsworth Haddon reflecting a diverse guest turnout from the event last week.
Orville Hale Matt Pigg Dan Myers and Tommy White traveled to Jeffersonville last week Hale and Pigg returned Saturday Myers and White remained for an indefinite period maintaining ties with the area and planning future visits
Mr. Gil Colvin says he was hunting wild onions near Crowder's pasture junction when Sherlock Linkenhaker dispersed a dime limit poker game a few Sundays ago. The quip about deuces wild and wild onions adds local humor to the incident.
Mr. Homer French of Riverton visited the county seat last week. Though aged, he still moves about, not the man he was thirty years ago when Gerdink's place served as Riverton's deer lick.
G Carlton Guy, long the hero of Sullivan's younger generation, visited the city last week from Linton where his stock company has been saving the old homestead from a mortgage holder by rushing in with the proper measures at the last moment. The Guy Company is Sullivan and Worthington's old favorite.
On Eagle Island last week the Alfalfa Quartet comprising Eastman Marlowe Rogers and Bostock sang Are You Ready Brother Roy Drennan slept through most of the verse waking at its end The singer asked if he was ready and he replied Is It My Deal A playful moment during the island performance.
Governor Farley walked south from his shop on Friday to watch vegetables grow and a municipal garden and golf links scene unfold along the street.
The text asserts Ohio’s name derives from an Indian term meaning good morning and suggests Vincennes may mean good night. It presents regional etymology as a linguistic note without further context.
A local farmer reported seeing two potato bugs perusing a grocery ledger to learn who bought seed potatoes. The incident suggests unusual activity among pests near the store. No further details on location or date provided.
An editorial under The Wheels of Trade notes that a train of seven billion passenger coaches would be 110 years long. It would take 8 hours 27 minutes 20 seconds to start the last coach after couplings take up slack. The calculations assume seven billion dollars spent by the government. Billy Crowder, using Ed Dailey’s adding machine, found a three second error.
Clear Away the Waste promotes bowel regularity and bright health with Dr Kings New Life Pills. The mild laxative relieves congested intestines by removing wastes without griping. Take a pill before retiring to remove dull spring fever feeling. 25c at druggists.
W F Yeager aged 85 dies at his son John E Yeager’s home in Middletown after a life as a stock dealer in Sullivan and Vigo counties. He was a longtime Odd Fellow and Civil War veteran who left three sons and several siblings as survivors.
An advertisement touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a pleasant cough syrup for children. It claims to ease deep hacking coughs, loosen phlegm, and soothe irritated tissues, urging readers to buy a bottle at their druggist for 25 cents.
Notice to non residents in Sullivan Circuit Court May term 1917. M Ella Cooper sues Nettie Haupt and others to quiet title to Lots twelve and fourteen in Hughes enlargement Merom Indiana. Defendants must appear by June 30 1917 or default will be entered. Filed May 8 1917 by A G McNabb attorney for plaintiff. First insertion May 9 1917.
On May 1917 Walter F. Wood filed Complaint No. 173384 in Sullivan Circuit Court seeking to quiet title to a described tract in Sullivan, Indiana. Avie F. Burnham and Henrietta Burnham, nonresidents of Indiana, are notified to appear by June 29 or judgment may proceed.
Mariah Shoffner named executrix of Isaac Shoffner's estate in Sullivan County Indiana. The estate is declared solvent with John C. Chaney as attorney. First insertion May 9, 1917.
Complaint No. 17335 lists Everett T. Moss as plaintiff and Ruth Moss as defendant in an action for divorce and custody. J W Lindley represents the plaintiff. an affidavit states Ruth Moss is not a resident of Indiana. She must appear or demur by September 3, 1917, at the Sullivan County Court House or the case will proceed in her absence.
Notice to stockholders reports an annual meeting of Union Christian College stockholders in the College Auditorium on Tuesday June 5 at 10 a m to transact regular business. Secretary W S Sanford signs the notice dated May 23 1917 with first insertion.
Legal notice of an executor case referencing CHANEY and KINMAN attorneys with first insertion on May 23 1917 and sequence 31 in the public notice record.
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