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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1917
Page
3
A satirical roundup notes suffragette wage claims abroad and domestic roles. Items reference butter fat in ice cream testing in Indianapolis, a non skid spoon concept, dining car issues, cider making under Prohibition, local campaigning in winter, and quirky observations on language used in announcements and wedding notices.
An assortment of quirky lines references soldiers called Tommies Sammies and Rummies, a widow paying taxes on 11 million, and local youths looping a stunt at Pier son’s hill near Riverton ending in a sand burr mishap.
A humorous note describes Frank Foster betting fifty cents that Rube Benton shut out the Sox. The unnamed citizen dismisses the wager as lightly as his belief about singing with St. Peter after death.
Williams threw a Big Six at Camp Taylor hitting Rex Benefield on the shin and sending him to the hospital for treatment. Rex Benefield required medical attention after the incident.
The Sullivan county increment at Camp Taylor pays nine dollars to each salary. Two boys returned 75 dollars each to a bank. The mathematical limit remains to be found. Ferdinand Schupp pitched in the second inning but recovered in New York with a strong reply. His formidable Krupp inspired arm powered the effort.
The department sent perfused stationery to Brother Brandeberry last week and asks Brandy for his opinion. Mr. Will Riggs of Turman and Riggs seeks building figures for Riverton to allow Sin-bad more time for the partnership business.
Charley Bedwell could not start his Haynes on a frosty Jade Island morning and summoned a team. Ed Shoulders arrived with his Flivver and fired the engine when the teamman showed. Gallant Bill Mallet offered to pay a charge and the man asked two dollars. Bill paid without a word.
Pat Mattix suffered severe ear injuries after a punch during a recent boxing event. Eye witnesses, including Jacks Dillon and Mike Gibbons, were ringside as the incident drew attention from the community.
A playful verse praises winter kraut and its sour barrel. The poem notes its health lore for chilblains and gout and credits Germans with its invention. It ends with a celebratory cheer for the kraut tradition.
A note questions Charlie Warren's new Zouave jacket and compares his look to a French polly who spent a week at a Paris cabaret. The remarks focus on fashion and appearance.
The remark hints at potential political competition and prompts leaders to prepare for possible candidacy next year as the race environment builds.
A historian asserts Germans will eventually prove capable of self governance, noting long-term political maturity and institutional development that could enable independent democratic administration.
Poetic verse foresees fashion trends reshaping women’s dress as society questions modesty and nature’s influence. The speaker warns that shorter gowns could lead to renewed temptations and social reactions, evoking biblical imagery of Eve and Adam.
In Sullivan Circuit Court September term 1917 Oliver Steele and Joseph S Rogers sue Benjamin Boone et al for quiet title to 33 acres in section 27 township 7 north range 9 west Sullivan County Indiana. Defendants non residents notified to appear by December 14 1917. Clerk David Giles. Attorney John C Chaney. First insertion October 13 1917.
Mary Blandy of Henley on Thames married Captain Cranstoun after rejecting many suitors. Cranstoun and Mary plotted to remove her father, poisoning him with arsenic in multiple meals. After a time, Mary confessed, her father forgave her, and she was executed. Cranstoun fled, then died in Flanders.
A disputed bet between Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth over how much smoke a pound of Virginia tobacco contains ends with a feasible rule. Weigh the tobacco before burning and after burning to compare the smoke to the original weight minus ashes. The science of combustion and atmospheric oxygen was not yet understood by the queen and Raleigh.
A college professor's daughter prays for rain amid heat and drought. Soon a fierce thunder shower hits, flooding streets and wrecking trees. Afterward the girl gazes at the destruction and asks, Oh Lord, what have I done.
A theatrical manager recalls a farm meadow advertised as to let. The poster warned potential renters that the grass was so rich cattle with strong appetites risk injury for the first week. The anecdote illustrates how advertising can embellish a property’s appeal.
Exchange notes that Paine’s ideas on international arbitration anti slavery women’s rights and animal mercy shaped debates. He proposed old age pensions compulsory public schools state aid to poor children endowment of motherhood public works for the unemployed and a graduated income tax to pay for reforms.
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