Weary Jim Tramp Finds Rest After Wealth and Want
In a grim tale from 1916, Weary Jim, a homeless wanderer, cashes in a fortune through a lawyer's plot, flees Hyacinth Sharp, runs a free hotel, and returns to mendicancy. His life ends in a village garden where he dies beside a cottage and a prayer for Mr Newton.
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Jim
James Newton
Little Jim Fisk
Adam Sharp
Court Building
Berry Avenue
Sharp
Newton
Hyacinth
Hyacinth Sharp
Joe
Adams
Rose Adams
Mr. Newton
Mamma
Papa
The Modern Way Diagnosis and a $10 Bill
A doctor humorously diagnoses ear, throat, digestive, and bronchial issues but notes a potential cure only by taking a $10 bill from the patient. The joke suggests consulting specialists for each ailment while ending with a punchline about money.
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Tappem
Swallow
Pepsin
The Dear Things and The Gargoyle On Porches
Readable snippets show a porch confrontation with a scolding speaker banishing a lover named George. A brief plea to return appears, labeled The Gargoyle as a separate piece.
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George
Geor
Graysville Defeats Carlisle 70 0 in Friday Basketball
Graysville high school opened the season with a 70 to 0 win over Carlisle at home while the Sth grade team beat Sullivan 28 to 0. Honor roll lists top seniors and juniors with high marks, and social notes mention a slumber party and district lyceum plans.
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Graysville
Sullivan Sth
Carlisle
Laura Durham
Mary Mann
Elizabeth Pound
New Lebanon
Orren Patton
Clyde Daniels
Orren
Clyde
Emma Reynolds
Terre Haute
Mildred Shields
Cleo Riggs
Pauline Piety
Hallie Norris
Bicknell
Park
Shawmuts
LICKSKILLET ITEMS FROM THE BLOOMINGTON STAR
Humorous hometown notes describe Deacon Ebbersole changing sides to run as a Democratic justice of the peace, local costs and cider trades, a 50 pound pumpkin gift, a blacksmith buying shingles and coal, Ed Bascombe planning a hard cider season, Arminta Jones's organ collapse, and townsfolk quips about politics and daily life.
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Deacon Ebbersole
John C. Fremont
Wilson
Justice of the Peace
Squire Hansford
Perkins
Bill Blithers
Gosport
Pittsburgh
Ed Bascombe
Arminta Jones
Moses
Sally Hansford
Jim Slivers
Dick Bledsoe
Zep Stebbins
Dick Salled
Zeb
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
Weather forecasts rheumatism after rain and promotes Sloan's liniment as fast relief. The ad claims deep penetration without rubbing to soothe joint and muscle pain, bruises, sprains, and minor injuries, with a 25 cent bottle at druggists.
Musselman and Graham Receive Temple Degree at Sullivan
Sullivan Commandery of Knights Templar conferred the Temple degree Thursday night upon O Frank Musselman of Newberry Indiana and Fred A Graham of west of Sullivan.
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Sullivan Commandery
Knights Templar
O. Frank Musselman
Newberry
Ind
Fred A. Graham
West of Sullivan
Sheriffs Sale on Decree in Sullivan County
In Sullivan Circuit Court Rebecca M White sues Charles T Bass Meta Bass Ed P Reed and others for 4226 29 with costs. Sheriff ED Kelley announces a public auction on December 2 1916 between 10 AM and 4 PM at the Sullivan County Courthouse for rents and profits of described lots in Sullivan Indiana. If rents fail to cover the decree the fee simple of the real estate may be offered. First insertion November 8 1916.
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Sherife
State of
Indiana
County of
Sullivan
Rebecca M. White
Charles T. Bass
Meta Bass
Ed P. Reed
Sullivan County Loan Association
Sullivan County
Myrta L. Macy
Isaac H. Kalley
Greensberry Riggs
Sullivan Circuit Court
Greensberry
State of Indiana
Sherman
City of
Holloway
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Graysville High School
Luella Eno
Vern Stanley
Edgar Harris
Ruby Ransford
Iaa Brown
Joy Ferree
Cassius Bond
Helen Stewart
Robert Wein
Nellie Phillips
Harold Weir
Flossie Thompson
Emma Raynolds
Helen Cushman
Opal Laughrey
Curly Moore
Harold Goins
A Sullivan
Dr. King
The
Bloomington Star
ED Kelley
Milton A. Haddon
John W. Lindley
Vie
Bucklen’s
Arnica
Sullivan State Bank
Joe S. Schroeder
Clayton Price Schroeder & Price
Sherman Building
Charles D. Hunt
Gilbert W
A. G. McNabb
Citizens Trust Co
John C. Chaney
Guy Kinman
Hays & Hays Attorneys-at-Law Offices
Sherman Bld
Walter F. Wood
North Side
Usrey’s
Lee F. Bays
Fred F. Bays
Bays & Bays Attorneys-at-Law Offices
Sherman Bild
J. W. Lindley
Office North Side
Sullivan Co. Loan & Trust Company
L. A. Stewart
Art Dentistry
West Washington
George W. Buff
W. P. Stratton
Buff & Stratton
Attorneys At Law General Practice
Square
McClanahan Stere
F. Briggs
Ghiabes
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