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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
8
A jumbled column of social commentary and jokes references political quirks and cultural notes. It mentions a chautauqua on Sunday a statue in Florida and various fleeting humorous lines about married life and everyday habits.
Judge W Ji Bridwell appointed Mrs Helen Mables as official reporter of Greekeait court to succeed Mrs Rachel Barnard Lamb who resigned. Several civil cases were settled or dismissed including divorces, contract actions, and damages against coal companies. The partition of land in Hayden v Hayden was ordered with commissioners named. William Gorrell obtained a divorce from Bessie Gorrell and custody of their child.
Mr and Mrs Frank Brandenberry and family prepare to move to Independence Kansas to reside, signaling a relocation within the region.
A wartime urging from Indiana Food Administration stresses that food clubs are vital to national effort. It warns neglect could lead to shortages impacting armies, workers, and medical care, and urges joining a U S Food Club to share the burden.
The Parent Teachers Club of Turman township will hold its meeting at Graysville on Friday night, September 13, instead of next Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Willis of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, who had been visiting relatives here, have returned home.
Want ad promotes chiropractic analysis to treat kidney trouble. Dr H L Ramsey D C offers adjustments claimed to address the cause of the trouble.
Avention Farmers ad lists the Johnson Creamin Company offering top cash price for cream at 16 East Jackson Street opposite Union Office Sullivan. F W Walters is the manager.
The firm Mattix and Foster dissolves as Mr Foster retires due to health. Mr Mattix continues the business at Kirkham's old stand with O. H. Hendricks, a harness expert. He will be there Sept 9 to repair and oil harnesses and notes the high leather prices. John A. Mattix also mentions continuing Jim Dandy Collars.
Wanted second hand gasol line engine not over 112 horsepower. Phone or write stating price to Arlie Forbes Farmersburg Route 1.
A. G. McNabb has been named administrator of the estate of Mary B. Nash of Sullivan County Indiana. The estate is believed solvent. First insertion Sept 4 1918.
The piece notes that among the lowest monkeys little maternal affection is shown while higher apes showcase strong maternal tenderness toward offspring. It suggests the maternal instinct developed early in the evolution of monkeys.
Mrs W T Leahy travels to New York to see her father Dr Fowler and brother Lieutenant J W Fowler who will join her soon. Mr and Mrs F M Jennings of Evansville with Garland Drake of Memphis visit Mrs Jennings brother F C Pugh near New Lebanon.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes RMtchem declining a job to illustrate the latest Winston Wheezer tale. He worries the assignment would demand reading the story, causing hesitation about accepting.
A classroom exchange centers on a student claiming to be the ninth letter of the alphabet. The teacher corrects the remark, prompting a brief moment that echoes in the school narrative.
A brief note recalls a little girl at a circus parade asking her mother to hear the boyed music as steam and uneven notes drift from the calliope, capturing a small domestic moment amid the show.
A Bacon quotation about the need for a steady hand in military leadership noting that errors in war can be irremediable, contrasting with peace. The message emphasizes caution, discipline, and decisive action in wartime governance.
Lieutenant Lawrence Burton of Lots of women who think it after Washington visited his rite to gamble will buy cantaloupes mother Mrs Emma Burton and see no harm in it Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
Dan Crowder of the ordinance department stationed in Waco Texas came back yesterday after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs W H Crowder Jr Mrs William Doremus and son John who were visiting the latter's sister Mrs C H Stratton returned to New York Sunday Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Brust have returned from their honeymoon trip to Denver
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