FINDS LATE INDIANA CORN BADLY FIRED
U S Statistician reports Indiana farmers busy with fall seeding. Weather variable with sufficient rainfall in spots. Corn severely fired, late plantings largely unfit for grain but usable for silage in some areas. Silo filling begun. wheat and rye marketing restricted. oats and barley yields typical. Pastures recovering from rains. hog cholera rare. labor supply steady.
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George C. Bryant
Indiana
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Hainois
Michigan
Bryant
Illinois
Township News of Social Visits and Gatherings
Mrs. Alvin Hood shopped in Sullivan Monday afternoon. John Murphy of Avery Okla was the guest Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Barcus and Geneva. Mrs. William Bennett and children were guests Friday of William Pittman and Master Lysle Mitchell. Several from the vicinity attended the fish fry at Waddon's Grove Thursday. Miss Elsie Marts and Mr. and Mrs Chester Woodard and children were guests Friday of Mrs. Lydia Woodard. Miss Lucile Allen and brother Eugene of Greencastle spent Tuesday night and Wednesday with the Barcus family. Mr. and Mrs. Oral Harris and children were Sunday guests of David McKinney and Mr. and Mrs. Ford Hall and baby. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spicher called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Jewell
Alvin Hood
Pink Hood
Hymera
William Pittman
Lem Hopewell
Reed Harris
Terre Haute
Mollie May
Sam Engle
Olin Moore
Chas. Moore
Wilford
Sullivan
John Murphy
Avery
Okla
Jerry Barcus
Geneva
William Bennett
Lysle Mitchell
Waddon’s Grove
Elsie Marts
Chester Woodard
Lydia Woodard
Lucile Allen
Eugene
Greencastle
Oral Harris
David McKinney
Ford Hall
Harry Spicher
Burnett Family Reunion at Merom Bluff
The Burnett family held their third annual reunion at Merom Bluff on Sunday September 3. A large crowd enjoyed a sumptuous dinner with many relatives listed including W M Burnett W E Burnett Julia Clifford Church Manford Barrick Roscoe Carrithers Tom Webb Guy Burnett Mary Harold Harold Raley Walter Steele Ed Stewart James Huff Russell Cox Golden Cox Will Johnson Roy Johnson Elmer Huff Lawrence Huff Irwin Raley David Curry Lora Jess Canary Charles Larrabee William Brokaw Fred Burton Lee Giles George Funk Homer French Charles Arnett Laura Snider Roxie Bates Veda Gettinger Geneva Raley Carl Hunt William Clemens.
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Carl French
George Barrick
Roscoe Carrithers
Tom Webb
Guy Burnett
Mary
Alex Raley
Harold
Walter Steele
Ed Stewart
James Huff
Russell Cox
Golden Cox
Will Johnson
Roy Johnson
Elmer Huff
Lawrence Huff
Irwin Raley
James
David Curry
Lora
Jess Canary
Charles Larrabee
William Brokaw
William, Jr
Fred Burton
Lee Giles
George Funk
Homer French
Charles Arnett
Laura Snider
Roxie Bates
Veda Gettinger
Geneva Raley
Carl Hunt
William Clemens
Paul Miesenhelder Visits With Parents on Labor Day
Paul Miesenhelder of Indianapolis connected with the State Highway Department spent Labor Day with his parents Mr and Mrs James Miesenhalder in a family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Miesenhelder
Indianapolis
State Highway Department
James Miesenhalder
Eslinger Family Reunion Honors Otis Eslinger Guests
A Sunday city park reunion welcomed Otis Eslinger and his wife from Seattle with a big basket dinner. Attendees included numerous local families such as Knotts, Wibles, Story, Wible, Trueblood, Sinclair, and Sinclair of Seattle, plus Fern Brown and Sara Eslinger, with guests from Indianapolis and Frankfort, Indiana.
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Eslinger
Otis Eslinger
Washington State
Sullivan
Finley Knotts
J. A. Mattix
Irene
Frank Wible
W. F. Knotts
William Billman
William Story
Nelson
Herbert Sinclair
Charles Wible
Paul Wible
Mary Wible
Andy Trueblood
Com Boles
C. R. Whitinger
Harry Brown
Fern
D. W. Rogers
Byron Frakes
Chas. Ferree
Russell McKinney
Chubby Walters
Andy Sinclair
George Sinclair
Seattle
Washington
Floyd Eslinger
Indianapolis
William Eslinger
Sara
Laurence Humfield
Frankfort
Ind
Mrs Cap Reed Returns from Tennessee
Mrs Cap Reed of Merom has returned from Tennessee.
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Mrs. Cap Reed
Merom
Tennessee
Hidden Proofs and City Impressions Tale
A montage of odd lines and quips from a comic page features a young narrator’s city essay about a tall building view, wordplay on rings, and a banker overdrawn joke. It blends humorous snippets and showy phrases with playful marital and family banter.
Harvey Hires Help For Busy Farm Needs
Harvey Brown, known for thrift, seeks assistance to milk cows, feed and harness, separate milk, and do field work. He wires the county agent for a farm hand to maintain bumper crops, build a new granary, and help in evenings. A caller interrupts claiming a wrong number.
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Harvey
Harvey Brown
Figured Him A Deadbeat Forced to Pay Up
Seth Hemway earned a wide reputation for not paying debts. A grocer sent a clerk to collect an overdue bill. The clerk returned with full payment after threatening to tell everyone Hemway owed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Hemway
Bilkens
Wolfe Family Reunion Set for Shake Prairie Church
The Wolfe family will hold its annual reunion Sunday at the Shake Prairie church located southwest of Carlisle. Family members are expected to gather for the event hosted at the church.
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Wolfe
Shake Prairie Church
Carlisle
Meter Vision and a Fifty Year Old Insight
A wealthy fifty year old woman refused to believe reports that her husband loved his stenographer. She rejected the idea saying she could not see it while a younger or blind person might. The Charleston News and Courier reported the remark.
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Charlesten
Much Demanded or Critic
A fragmentary quotation from the Literary Review argues that critique is not mere taste but influence, requiring cool judgment and warm passion. It says a true reviewer must balance enthusiasm and guards against becoming a hack.
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Literary Review
Huck Finn origin traced to real life figure Jamey Parthing
The original of Mark Twain's famous character died a pauper in 1917 at an almshouse near Twain's schoolfellows' area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huck Finn
Huckleberry Finn
Jamey Parthing
Mark
Budget ordinance fixes Hymera town 1923 taxes and funds
The Hymera Indiana town board enacts the 1923 budget totaling 7 520 60 dollars for General Fund under sections covering General Administration Health and Sanitation Streets and Highways and Protection of Persons and Property. Tax rate set at 1 15 dollars per 100 dollars of taxable property. 7 520 60 dollars raised. Effective Sept 6 1922.
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Hymera
Sullivan County
Indiana
Marshall
Total General Fund
Joe A. Gilman
M.H. Hamilton
Notice to Taxpayers of School Levies in Sullivan Indiana
The School City of Sullivan Indiana notifies taxpayers of the September 16 1922 budget hearing by the Board of School Trustees. It lists Special School Fund and Tuition Fund expenditures including salaries, supplies, repairs, equipment, bonds and interest, and the estimated levies totaling about 67 940.50 dollars. Taxpayers may be heard and may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners by the fourth Monday of September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Sullivan County
Indiana
Caralion Ooo
Eee
State Board
G. D. Scott
Treas
A. C. Owens
Sec
Board of School Trustees
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