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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1921
Page
5
Numerous residents and visitors marked Thanksgiving with gatherings in Merom and nearby communities. Notes list guests, church events, illnesses, and local happenings from Terre Haute to Carlisle, Hymera, Farmersburg, and Rollin Plunkett's family reunion.
A personal report urging readers to view government leaders as hired agents and to demand efficiency. It argues that military spending drives high taxes, and that reducing armament could lower living costs. The piece calls for citizens to exercise power to curb extravagance and stop wasteful spending.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in Sullivan Indiana postoffice as of November 30 1921 includes Della Chowning Ola Followell Fannie Mills William Boles D M Bragg H W Chambers Clarence Everhart Thos House E L Howard Bert Robertson Harry Storm and William Wilson. Callers must say Advertised and give date advertised before ten days pass to avoid Dead Letter Office.
Edward G. Lowry explains how tax funds are allocated across federal programs and services. The piece outlines government budgeting, revenue sources, and the impact of taxation on national priorities with emphasis on policy implications.
A National Geographic Society Bulletin excerpt notes in North Albania a man must have a mustache and that hairlessness marks a villain in local stories. The piece contrasts this with Western stage melodramas and cites Albanian mothers telling children tales reflecting these norms.
Local notes report visits by Dr and Mrs C E Thompson of Terre Haute and numerous families to Kingsley, Hymera, Graysville and Sullivan. Thanksgiving gatherings, church events at Drake Baptist and Mt Tabor, and a funeral for John T Graves near Sullivan are recorded with multiple household and guest details.
Mr and Mrs John T Shore hosted a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at the South Court street home of Mr and Mrs Rollin A Plunkett. Attendees included extended family from Sullivan Flat Rock Graysville Lawrenceville and west of Sullivan with multiple children and spouses.
Fragmentary passage discusses Welsh affection for the leek as a national emblem and references archaic garden terms. garbled lines appear with extraneous letters and misrendered words, producing an unreliable excerpt.
A tongue in cheek note on science myths and language quirks. The item mentions ten pounds of lead in a hat to resist wind and jokes about speech mistakes. It also jokes about palmistry and local habits in Burma with women smoking cigars as a cultural quip.
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