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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1917
Page
3
A jumble of miscellaneous comments and poems appears from a readers section. The monologue touches on dietary orders, wartime references, and satirical inserts about prices and politics with many quirky phrases and questions to the editor.
Poem styled fragment recalls Conservation Mamma joining a Franchise League and a search for meals. It muses on past eras and involvement of a YMCA. Ambiguity pervades as characters and actions blend with social themes.
In a Florida based note, former Sullivan Semi-Pros catcher Peck Walters recalls lean days in St Petersburg. He laments rising prices and rationing as he describes meals and memories from earlier years while referencing Hoover era austerity and mail costs.
A nostalgic prose fragment recalls bygone days of cheap goods and simple pleasures. The narrator recounts a past pond swim in Crowder’s pasture with mud games and literature talk, then hints at a future chicken roast on Wallapoohattchee and a Banana Cabbage Bean mystery at the Isis theatre.
Report from Sullivan Missouri describes a head on collision on the Little Windy navigation where Bedwell in Kings Favorite speedily collided with Lindley in Ninus Quintus. Damage estimated at twenty five dollars. Survivors returning to Sullivan recount the event and local political chatter includes E Bostock’s possible gubernatorial bid. A dispatch notes tense times as congressmen in France near danger.
A collection of humorous quips on conservation and daily life. The lines poke fun at waste, stock scams, and household routines with playful anecdotally styled verses. A preacher in Wabash Indiana is noted for long tenure, and a quip about a man breaking his leg while chasing a hen closes the piece.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children claim to relieve feverishness headache and teething troubles while soothing stomach bowels and worms. They promise cold break in 24 hours and have been used by mothers for 30 years. Sold by all druggists 25 cents sample free Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York.
The gourd family provides many edible fruits for human families. Pumpkins and squashes are believed American in origin, though not certain. Watermelons muskmelons cucumbers and related gourds originate in Asia, yet native species exist in all countries.
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