LICKSKILLET ITEMS From The Bloomington Star
Local notes recount Ed Bivins visits to Love Ann and Caleb Long’s attempts to speed romance. Jehu Figg buys salt meat. Squire Hansford plans smokehouse work. Rev Obadiah Bunker preaches farewell at Hardshell church and aims to reform sinners at Solsberry. Dog fight near church ends in a draw. women’s sewing circle stays neutral.
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Caleb
Love Ann
Ed Bivins
Jehu Figg
Jehu
Squire Hansford
Obadiah Bunker
Hardshell
Solsberry
Helmsburg
Bunker
Jack Dempsey
Deacon Hansford
Squire Hartsock
Women’s Sewing Circle
Rat Snap Ant Rat Pest Control Ad
Mrs Joanny recounts using RAT-SNAP to eliminate a dead rat found in her cellar last fall. The ad promotes three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 and notes Turman Riggs and H V Bennett sell and guarantee the product.
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Joanny
Turman & Riggs
H. V. Bennett
Canada’s Land and Water Areas Discussed
A fragment discusses Canadian geographic areas noting total land and water extents. It compares Saskatchewan and Ontario areas and references a metric equal to half the total area, highlighting regional size relationships.
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Canada
Nena
Saskatche- van
County Roads Require Special Levy Under New Taxing Unit Law
Indianapolis Sept 2 A formal opinion from Attorney General Lesh to the state tax board states that roads built under the county unit highway law constitute a new taxing unit. Funds for these roads may be raised by a tax up to the county debt limit, with bonds not counted as county debt, as the tax is a benefit return to payers. The ruling aligns with prior township highway decisions.
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Indianapolis
Lesh
State Tax Board
Tax Board
Supreme Court
Heaviest rain and wind hit Big Springs area Saturday
The heaviest rain of the season fell in Big Springs Saturday night with strong winds causing corn to lodge. Local residents Ham Burton and family and Wm. Springer and family visited Emer son Watson. Multiple social visits and visits to farms marked the week with hog sales and neighbor gatherings noted amid community life.
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Ham Burton
Wm. Springer
Emerson Watson
Carl Cushman
Mary Mann
Josie Eno
Pounds Sisters
Fairbanks Farmers Meeting
Ray Watson
Durham and Burton
Will Watson
Trimble
Ills
Tom Durham
Ruth Eno
Vernor Johnson
Malinda Johnson
Carlisle
Edna Johnson
Moody
Warren Watson
Mary Ingersoll
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Martha Durham Hayes
John
Maurine Durham
All Right With Sam
A short dialect exchange from the American Legion Weekly features Sam and Rastus discussing anger and restraint with a comic threat to “let her drop” as they joke about pleasures and keeping peace. The fragment showcases period speech and humor.
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Sam
Rastus
American Legion Weekly
Quiet Title Suit Filed in Sullivan Court over Indiana Land
In Sullivan Circuit Court Rush H. Snyder sues Abraham McClellan and others in a 1921 quiet title action seeking the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 35, Township 7 North, Range 9 West, containing about 84.70 acres. Unknown heirs and nonresidents are named as necessary parties with a deadline of October 17, 1921 to appear or demur.
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Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
Rush H. Snyder
Abraham McClellan
Schroeder & Price
John Clippinger
John McNary
Davidson Hunter
John S. Davis
George M. Davidson
Eliza Ann S. Davidson
Michael Ford
Jowit
John
Davis
Eliza Ann
Davidson
Towit
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chas. R. Railsback
Appointment of Corota Burris Administratrix
Corota Burris is named administratrix of the Francis Willis estate in Sullivan County Indiana. Walter F. Wood serves as attorney. 1st insertion August 31, 1921. Court records indicate the estate is deemed solvent.
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Francis Willis
Sullivan County
Indiana
Corota Burris
Walter F. Wood
Notice to Contractors Carlisle Haddon Township bid invitation 1921
Tarlton C Woodward as Trustee of Haddon Township Carlisle Indiana and the Carlisle and Haddon Township Joint High School Board invite sealed bids by 1 pm September 19 1921 for construction of a concrete coal and pump room adjoining the present coal and boiler room at the Carlisle and Haddon Township Joint High School Building Carlisle Indiana Bids require a $200 certified check and proper bond if accepted Bids must be mailed or filed with Tarlton C Woodward Trustee Carlisle Indiana and marked for the specific work The right to reject any bids is reserved TARLTON C WOODWARD Carlisle Indiana Trustee J FRANK ALUMBAUGH Carlisle Indiana President Carlisle School Board Arthur D Cutler Attorney Sullivan Indiana 1st Insertion Aug 24 1921-23t
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Tarlton Co. Woodward
Haddon Township
Sullivan County
Indiana
Said Township
Carlisle
Carlisle and
Tarlton C. Woodward
J. Frank Alumbaugh
Carlisle School Board
Arthur D. Cutler
Sullivain
Secret of Happy Lifs Exche nave
Fragmentary aphorism discussing vision and life direction. It questions whether complaint or praise comes first in perception and whether estimation hinges on trial or mercy. The text muses on comparing oneself to others versus seeking center in life and joy.
Origin of the Protestant Name and Early Spread
The term Protestant was first given to Lutherans protesting the 1529 Diet of Speyer decree. Protestantism quickly spread in German states and reached Sweden Denmark Switzerland England and Scotland around the same period.
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Speyer
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
England
Scotland
A Ferry Tale from the Boston Transcript
A Revere resident found a large roll of money under a ferry seat while returning home and quipped that his ferry had arrived at last. The lighthearted anecdote centers on chance discovery and a timely quip aboard the crossing.
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Revere
Boston Transcript
Prospective Patient Heads South for Health Cure
Passage cites a New York Times quote about a patient urged to travel south for medical reasons. Names appear as Anne and a doctor, with hints of seeking broader treatment or ex cure amid health concerns. The fragment hints at physician guidance and personal reluctance.
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Annne
New York Times
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QUA Bank
Federal Reserve Security
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve System
THE
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the National Bank
OF Sullivan
Sullivan Vulcanizing Works
D. J. Kendrick
W. Washington St
Sullivan, Indiana
South Bend Tires
N.S
W.H. Hill, Jr. Farm Loan Co
Sullivan County Loan & Trust Co
North Side
Bloomington Star
Harry Dilley
Ind
Willard Batteries
M. A
SiRine
Burley Flavor
Big Springs
Sullivan and Vicinity
F.M. Douthitt
Clothier
South Side Square
Oxfords
Sary
Julius Harry Shoe Co
Peope
L. A. Stewart
P. A. Barco
Grover Clayton Carlisle
E. Lindley
H. L. Stratton
Shelburn
I. J. Keys
H. 8. Leach
W. K. Frakes
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