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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1922
Page
8
A collage of social quips and snippets covering court notes in Dallas, marriage and divorce mentions, mixed household views, local gossip about Mrs and Misses, and editorial jests on topics from coal strikes to Prohibition. Observations touch on public payrolls, fashion, conversation, and civic aims with a humorous, society-page tone.
A reader from Graysville laments autocratic wealth and shifting fashions as women gain influence. References to Dr Will Yankem in Chicago, flappers, waistlines, and social reform ideas appear alongside quirky notes on public life, gossip, and a stray note about Terre Haute.
A quirky collage of light banter and observations. It riffs on romance, aging, fashion, and money with jokes about Rockefeller, fruit sellers, and grass widows. The tone is breezy and humorous, capturing a social snapshot from a bygone era.
C R Hinkle returned from Ontario where he spoke to the Ontario Gladolia society. His wife Mrs Hinkle displayed flowers at Ridge Garden Club show in Beverly Hills Chicago. The Kalamazoo National Gladelia show awarded him a class merit certificate for Illuminator, as president of the national association. Hinkle is a Sullivan native, son of the late James W Hinkle, and brother to Mrs Josephine Briggs and Mrs Helen Mahley.
Dr James H Harper of Shelburn celebrated his eighty fourth birthday with a large gathering at the home of E A Billman and wife. Family friends from Shelburn Paxton Evansville Carlisle and nearby areas attended sharing food and welcomes in a cheerful honor to the long time Curry township physician.
The Sullivan County Beekeepers Association will hold a meeting at the court house in Sullivan at 7 p m on Friday September 15 All beekeepers are urged to attend to meet fellow keepers and learn the association aims Byron V Hoover is president.
Miss Frances Petzold Alma Klampt Marion Craig Blanche Lockhart and Virginia Drake of the Root store beauty parlor spent yesterday evening in Sullivan. They changed plans from City Park to the music studio of Miss Imp N Thompson sister of Virginia Drake where they ate lunch. Mrs Ralph Warren Cadwell a pianist entertained at Cadwell music house playing Chopin Schumann Chaminade Dvorak and Godowsky. The girls praised the program and returned home on the 10 oclock car. Mrs Cadwell and Miss Thompson invited them to a later Saturday night and Sunday visit.
Elmo Scott Watson profiles Shabbona a Pottawatomie adopted from Ottawa who became a famed frontier chief. He warned settlers of Black Hawk threats, aided John Kinzie's family, served as a scout for General Atkinson, and earned a pension and a land grant before his death on July 17, 1854 in Morris Illinois.
Osceola emerged as the Seminole war’s central figure from 1835 in Florida. He refuted a 1821 removal treaty, clashed with President Jackson, and was captured at a flag of truce conference. He died in January 1838 at Fort Moultrie after years of defiant resistance.
Advertises for women to attend at the Central Indiana Hospital with room board and laundry included. Also seeks middle aged women for General Kitchen Sewing Room and Laundry. Application blanks via Dr George F Edenharter Superintendent care of hospital. Also a concrete block contractor ad offering blocks for foundations basements garages yard walls and porches. Plant one square north of C and EL depot Fred Grubb blocks manufacturer and contractor.
Ed G. Lemmons of Pleasant Hill Til visited the Nash crossing near Paxton where his parents were killed on September 5. Lemmons inspected the site of the fatal accident and noted the wreck of the Franklin car remains stored at the Giles transfer barn.
The Standard Bearers met with 23 regular and 3 extension members. The program included songs, devotions, readings, solos, and a mystery box. Officers elected for the coming year: President Mildred Shields, Vice-President Marguerite Cushman, Treasurer Flossie Thompson, Secretary Lois Shields, Pianist Helen Phillips, Chorister Alta Monk, Supervisor Mrs. Elsie Burton.
The Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union publish a one year subscription at four dollars. This joint offer invites readers to subscribe for annual access to local news and community updates from both papers.
The annual reunion at the Davis hotel gathered eight former Company G members and two veterans from other units. Attendees included Capt. Thomas B. Springer and Capt. R. H. Crowder, with notes on service ranks, plus delegates from Companies D and B and guests from Everett, Washington.
Farmersburg reports weekly weather by Miss Glenn Yeager cooperative observer. Week ending Sept 10 shows dates from the 4th to the 10th with highs in the mid 90s and lows in the mid 60s. Conditions vary from partly cloudy to clear with several days described as kind of day.
Willie Dudley of New York City and Frank Dudley of Chicago visited Sunday with their mother Mrs Eliza Dudley. Mrs Dudley who has been at the county hospital for some time suffering from a dislocated hip will be taken to her home in a few days.
A youth on the south road returns home near midnight when his car stalls by the graveyard. Terrified by the setting, he startles the vehicle into motion, and the old flivver lurches toward town before realizing its mistake.
The article warns fungi threaten forests and wood structures, causing immense replacement costs. It notes timber, bridge timbers, telegraph poles, and railway tiles all decay from fungi, shortening material life. If unchecked, railway tiles would last about fifteen years instead of seven and a half.
A London property owned by King George as Duke of Lancaster has long been held within the British royal family. The asset is tied to the royal household and passed through generations, reflecting historic holdings intertwined with monarchy.
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