Local notes mix humor and town chatter in Gosport area
Arminta Jones faces Sunday weather as friends travel to Gosport for a rummage sale. Town characters share small tales from a pump repair to a bed of turnips. Doc McFadden reports good health amid humorous quips and a Tanlac endorsement rollout.
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Arminta Jones
Minta
Love Ann Long
Sofrina Rawlins
Freelove McAllister
Peruina Fish
Gosport
Doc McFadden
Si Plum
Goose Pond
Eph Keef
Barber College
Bill
Sally Hawkins
Race the Divine
Deacon Ebbersole
Squire Hartsock
League of Nations
Ed Bascomb
Ed Bivins
Weather of a Week from Farmersburg Oct 31
Miss Glenn Yeager reports the county cooperative weather observer weekly summary for Oct 24 to 30. Days ranged from clear to cloudy with temperatures highs near 80 and lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Rainfall totaled .69 inches on the 27th, .74 on the 29th, and .35 on the 30th.
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Farmersburg
Glenn Yeager
Co-Operative
Advertised Letters in Sullivan Indiana Post Office 1921
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Sullivan Indiana post office dated November 2 1921. Unclaimed letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office after ten days. Ladies Lizzie Lattier Selah Presaler Inez Reish Gents Willard Booker T H Brown G R Cook G C Southwood.
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Sullivan
Ind
Postoffice
Lattier
Lizzie
Presaler
Selah
Reish
Inez
Booker
Willard. Brown
T. H. Cook
G. R. Southwood
G. C
Voters In Sullivan Indiana To Cast Ballots November 8
Notice lists polling places for Sullivan city election held Tuesday November 8 1921 First Ward at 229 North Main Street residence of Veack M Cunningham Second Ward at City Hall Third Ward at R A Plunkett garage City Clerk John Gravemier releases the notice with a Nov 2 1921 insertion.
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Sullivan
Indiana
Veack M. Cunningham
North Main Street
City Hall
R. A. Plunkett
Nancy Deering's Happiness Dress Saves a Dance Night
Nancy Deering overcomes heartbreak by wearing her rose satin dress to a club dance. Paul Mason returns, confesses long-held love, and reveals a secret note in the dress sash proving his feelings. The dress becomes a symbol of regained happiness for both.
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Nancy Deering
Carolyn Wright
Paul Mason
Paul
Nancy
Mrs. Deering
Aress
Marty Wright
Ruth Law on public perception of women aviators
The piece quotes Ruth Law addressing stereotypes about women pilots and the penalties of being different. It contrasts aviation women with mannish stereotypes and notes genuine, modest womanly behavior among aviatrices. A second vignette shows a boxer commenting on injuries after a bout with a punchline about blowing bubbles.
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Ruth Law
Toe Hotel
Detroit
Ohio State Journal
Bird deterrent device uses a wind driven hawk scare
On three English estates a simple device keeps birds from seeded plots. A wire runs between tall posts with a hanging wire on a wheel. A cloth covered hawk figure, balanced on the wire, rocks in the wind and frightens away other birds.
Profiteers in focus prompt reform of big-money figures
In a terse exchange Bill the Burg argues for tougher action against profiteers who annex millions. He says convictions of big-money figures will spur reform in penitentiary accommodations and keep them from becoming too sumptuous.
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Bill
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