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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1923
Page
8
An Evansville undertakers convention featured a style show with forty models in burial dress. Crepe was the popular material with colors like cemetery blue coffin pink embalmer's ecru and dead white. The note mentions a Gardner schoolhouse sale by Township Trustee M A Haddon at a public auction in District 2.
A cobbled parade of slice of life quips and wry reflections fill a courthouse vent with jokes and social jabs. It weaves mentions of prohibition, moonshine, churches, wealth, and daily grind through humorous asides and old time sentiment.
A reader's note links Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm with Little Women, noting shared appeals of girlhood across generations. The item mentions Elizabeth Henderson, 419 North Main Street, as last week's contest winner and invites responses at the Public Library Friday evening to Saturday night.
Curiously the Companion reports two readers advise painting ordinary bluing around a bee sting for instant relief. The method is new to the publication but has been successfully used by subscribers and cited in the letters.
A son, James Eugene, was born Friday to Dr. and Mrs I L Turman of Cynthiana Indiana. The Turmans are long time residents with ties to Turman township, and relatives Ed Turman and Mrs. William Riggs reside in this city.
Notice states the real estate and insurance business of E. S. Griggs has been bought and moved to the former Dr. Joe Freeman office. It invites visits or calls to discuss buying or selling. Also lists wool buyer Stephen Brunger at Sullivan Woolen Mill, offering full value for wool and phone contact 329-A.
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