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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1919
Page
2
An old Dutch New Yorker used to call his daughter’s suitor the idle loafer after saying here comes that ofer of yours. The note traces how loafer arose from that muttered insult and explains sooner as the correct comparative of soon, with uses in Bible and Shakespeare and in early territorial slang for premature demands.
William Edwards of 2139 Olive St Indianapolis says Tanlac relieved twenty years of stomach pain gas back and kidney discomfort. He reports improved appetite nerves and sleep and advises others to use Tanlac. His wife also benefited and they advocate the remedy. Local ads list Sullivan Shelburn Hymera Daeger Merom stores selling Tanlac.
Joy Gaston reflects on the destruction of an old school-house seen through a child’s memory. The piece recalls a mother, a crowded room, a chalkboard, and early lessons that shape a sense of place and time as walls disappear.
Postoffice in Sullivan lists unclaimed letters including Mildred Allen Flora Fingle Margaret McGough Gertie York Anna Gent. Note requests callers to say advertised and date. Local items report health cures, fashion, small town happenings, debt actions, a phonograph sale dispute, and residents’ daily misadventures through 1920s era notices.
Mrs Juda Gambill of Chicago is visiting Frank Gambill and Mrs Mary J Usrey of south State street in a brief social note.
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