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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1923
Page
8
A string of humorous quips about politics and daily life including remarks on Coolidge, an orchestra, a newborn weighing 67 pounds, a mistaken weighing suggestion, and playful lines about californians, women calling, and school mest.
A string of wry lines on gender, labor days, prohibition, and social trends. References to divorce, bobbed hair, flapper culture, bootlegging, and a survey about whether people visited Europe or Niagara Falls this summer.
The article notes three quarters of global coffee comes from Brazil and Europe and North America consume about four fifths of production. World consumption reaches roughly 3 billion pounds annually with Holland leading in per capita usage at over fifteen pounds and the United States about thirteen pounds.
Johnson and Drake families held their annual reunion at Clair Thompson’s woods near Gaskin schoolhouse on Aug 26. A large crowd gathered with Gaskin families joining. no name list kept. Picnic dinner, chairs and tables donated. afternoon talks by Rev Bert Sanders and Rev William Stutsman. Next year’s reunion set for Sunday in August 1924 at the same place.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dilley of this city traveled in a Hupmobile agent Dilley’s car on a Detroit trip through Michigan. They toured Dearborn Ann Arbor Lansing Benton Harbor and the Ford farm visiting King Ben and the House of David while noting pneumatic tired mowing machines.
The piece notes thousands of acres of vineyards indicating land well suited to grape culture. It also mentions a lively amusement area with large Sunday crowds and a King Ben figure absent with his shepherd’s staff.
The 1924 automobile license fees rise based on horsepower and weight with sharp increases up to 200 percent for touring cars under the new law. Fees vary by weight and horsepower across three car classes, and truck licenses also rise with tonnage, while electric cars see modest increases.
Notice that the Sullivan Circuit Court Administrator has appointed Co Dy Hunt as attorney for the estate of Otto Harmon Marks, deceased of Sullivan County Indiana. Publication date August 29, 1923.
Russell A Boles offers teaching all day Tuesdays and Friday afternoons in W O W hall. He provides quick accurate instruction on Saxophone clarinet cornet trombone and all band instruments plus violin mandolin banjo guitar hawaiian guitar and ukulele. Phone 527 Y before 7 am or after 5 pm.
Classified notice showing Harry McClure of R. R. 3 Sullivan seeks to rent a small farm. No further terms provided.
Miss Glenn Yeager, weather observer for the county, filed the weekly summary for Sept 2. The report shows daily conditions from Sept 30 to Sept 2 with temperatures ranging from the mid 40s to upper 80s and varying cloudiness. Rainfall totals include 0.16 inches on the 30th and 0.07 inches on the end.
John aged four with a cold stayed indoors on a sunny day and watched sparrows on a tree. He wondered what birds do when they have bad colds and imagined they blow their noses on a leaf.
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