Benson Chapel Community Notes
Sunday night services drew several attendees at Benson Chapel. Visitors included Virge Lane and Mrs Sean Hay worth from near Prairieton, and Mr and Mrs Hall from near Middletown. Joe Cannon was a local visitor Monday and Jesse Hughes bought a fine driving horse. Pauline Osborn improves while Chancy Trueblood’s child remains sick. Tom Taylor and wife returned home after a month with relatives.
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Hall
Middletown
Fred Osburn
Tom Taylor
Notice of temporary office location after fire
The offices are temporarily located with the Sullivan County Loa and Trust Co down stairs in the same building as before the fire. The telephone remains No. 31. Douthitt and Haddon remark that dishonorably discharged militiamen are barred from holding public office at any level, a truth not widely known.
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Sullivan County Loa: and Trust Co
National Guard
Citizens’ Trust Co
Sullivan County
Coffman
East Side Public Square
Too Long for Wang. A quaint quake tale from the Bay
A San Francisco woman hires a Chinese cook during an earthquake tale. He reveals his name Wang Hang Ho but the guest declines and calls him John. He asks her name and she replies Mrs. Melville London. He jokes he cannot remember and suggests Tommy.
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Wang
San Francisco
Wang Hang Ho
John
Melville Longdon
London
Tommy
Tatler
New York Flat Seeker Gets Wallpaper Promise
After clashes with a stubborn landlord a New York tenant wins a pledge for new wallpaper in her apartment. She is directed to a paperhanger and told to choose. The Moorish red wallpaper and gilded border contrast with her plan for old rose cartridge paper. The seller says only a dark plain shade exists and it will fade to old rose in two weeks.
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New York
Longshoremen Strike Causes Domestic Ruse in Australia
Brown returns home to find wife quieting him with a ruse about a piano, chocolate, and cake as Bridget contemplates a sympathy strike. The scene hints at the broader Australian longshoremen strike and the wife’s plan to avert disruption by diverting attention with hospitality.
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Brown
Australia
Bridget
Spinster seeks medical certificate for lifelong unkissed status
A Harlem woman, proud of her unkissed lips, asked her family physician for a general character certificate claiming she has never been kissed and intends to remain chaste. The doctor issued the certificate and charged the standard fee for medical examiner vouchers.
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Harlem
M. D
Bathing Dresses Recall Princess Clementine Story
Marshall P Wilder recounts a tale comparing bathing dresses to the mother of Bulgaria's prince Princess Clementine. The princess asks her sailor brother Duc de Joinville for a complete costume of a king's wife on a trip to the south seas. He returns with glass beads, claiming this is the complete costume and noting similar royal attire.
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Marshall P. Wilder
Clementine
Bulgaria
Duc de Joinville
South Seas
Priscilla Delivers a Lesson on Stocking Etiquette
The puritan Miss drops a stocking stitch and the father scolds her. He warns against gossiping about his fashion, and Priscilla, startled, starts to unravel the stocking in response.
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Priscilla
Ivory back scratcher among marquis Anglesey sale lots
An ivory back scratcher adorned with jeweled fingers was listed as one of the items in the sale of the Marquiss of Anglesey's effects.
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Marquis of Anglesey
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Douthitt & Haddon
Pahoa
L. A. Stewart
West Washington St
DR. Riggs
Davis Hotel
Bi’k Sullivan
Ind
Walter N. Thompson, M. D
Gay
J. S. Murphy
Fourth Square
Postoffice
Dr. Shanklin
Citizens’ Trust Company
C. H. Edwards
J. W. Lindley
Sullivan
Attorneys-at
Over National Bank
Sullivan, Indiana
Isaac H. Kalley
ttorney-at-Law
Sullivan State Bank
John T. and
Will H. Hays
Attorneys At Law
Wm. H. Bridwell
Attorney-at-Law
A. &. McNabb
Beasley & Brown
C. Hunt
Goodman’s Clothing Store
Indiana
Chaney & Chaney
Attorneys-at-Law
South Side
Dale’s Jewelry
Fenton Bays
Northside Public Square
Insurance, Loans and Real Estate
Co. O. Thornberry
Thornberry & Walston
Insurance
South Side Square
Sullivan, Ind
Buff & Stratton Gers
Northeast Corner Public Square
Walter F. Wood
Attorney At Law
Muebler’s Drug Store
North Side
C. A. Price
Shaffer
West Side
Joseph M. Webb
David Crawley
Cat
Greg
Misses Union
Douaweboree
Index
Undertakers
Pele Bapebe
A. m
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Shelburn
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Terre Haute
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Ark
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Kan
Mexico
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Indian Ter
Oklahoma
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Trinidad
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Ala
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Tenn
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East Coast
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Chicago
Lils
Avana
Cuba
Indianapolis
T. E. Hoove
D. H. Hillman
G. P.A
Gullivan
Evansville
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