Local residents share small town happenings and humor
Salina Baker receives a dog described as Mexican from a city man. Zeb Stubbins notes the dog is hairless but not toothless. Uncle Johnny Spruceby entertains at the store with a mouth organ playing Marching Through Georgia, aided by a wooden leg. A pie eating contest is canceled due to pie filling costs. Salina Baker visits Gosport for a week ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina Baker
Zeb Stubbins
Salina
Johnny Spruceby
Georgia
Deacon Hartsock
Ed Bascombe
Johnny Sprucebey
Cross (X) Roads
Dick Bledsoe
Love Ann Long
Foreign Missions Society Social
Ed Bivins
Doc McFadden
Doc
Gosport
Reed Attacks Wilson Intemperance of Old Autocrats
Senator Reed of Missouri denounces President Wilson in Akron for alleged intemperance and autocracy. He criticizes wartime sacrifices, travel on government trains, palace living, gifts from diplomats, and calls out the Paris negotiations as secret. He accuses Wilson of pushing a large standing army and universal military training while opposing racial equality votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Wilson
Reed
Missouri
Siberia
League
Mr. Reed
Paris
Japan
Bank President Ed W. Akin in serious condition after Mayo operation
Ed W. Akin president of the Peoples State Bank Carlisle underwent major surgery at Mayo Sanitarium Rochester Minnesota and remains in very precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed W. Akin
Peoples State Bank
Carlisle
Mayo Sanitarium
Rochester
Minn
Former Sullivan M D Arrested At Terre Haute
Milton P Tolliver a physician once in Sullivan and Linton was arrested at Terre Haute last week on selling morphine sulphate and cocaine. He is jailed on a $1000 bond. Tolliver left Sullivan about four years ago and then practiced at Pleasantville after a bid for joint representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton P. Tolliver
Linton
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Dr. Tolliver
Pleasantville
Seek Wise Counsel From The Conscientious Guide
A reflective note quotes Thomas a Kempis urging counsel with wiser minds to avoid sole reliance on self invention. It emphasizes humility and seeking guidance from those more prudent. The passage frames wisdom as a path to better judgment than personal invention alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A Kempis
Tanlac credited with easing stomach trouble and fatigue
Mrs J A Gossage of Kansas City says Tanlac gave quick relief from two years of stomach pain indigestion and dizziness. She reports gas relief increased strength and energy enabling full housework and weight gain. Tanlac sold locally by several druggists including Smock Stark Cummins Quality Drug Merom Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Gossage
North Lawndale Street
Kansas City
Taniac
Tanlac
Sullivan
Joe K. Smock & Son
Shelburn
O. B. Stark
Hymera
Wint Cummins
Dagger
Quality Drug Store
Merom
J. J. Parker
Adv
Nat's Chairman Named in Sullivan by Atlantic City Vote
C H Stratton, of Sullivan, elected national chairman of the American Industrial Leaders Association at Atlantic City. Stratton, owner of the Fidelity Loan Company, succeeds Judge John H Dyer of Columbus Ohio and will travel nationwide to promote legislative goals and protect industrial borrowers in cooperation with the Russell Sage Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Will H. Hays
James R. Riggs
Sullivan
Atlantic City
C. H. Stratton
American Industrial Leaders Association of the
United States
Stratton
John H. Dyer
Columbus
Ohio
Russell Sage Foundation
Indiana
Fidelity Loan Company
Subscribers and relocations noted in local letter batch
Mrs. Mary Drake Aspy of Indianapolis requests a Union subscription for her father Riley Drake who will turn 88 next month. Henry D. Keene, formerly of Sullivan and now living in Kern California, reports selling property for a 146 acre farm near Kinderpost Missouri and plans to farm. He notes Standard Oil employment in California and comments swing around the circle shifting views on League of Nations and nationalism versus internationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Drake Aspy
Indianapolis
Union
Riley Drake
Henry D. Keene
Sullivan
Kern
California
Kinderpost
Keene
Standard Oil Company
League of Nations
Stars and Stripes
Weather of a Week in Farmersburg
Miss Glenn Yeager, cooperative weather observer, reports for the week ending September 14 in Farmersburg. Recorded daily highs and lows include several cloudy days with highs of 93 to 95 and lows from 64 to 72, then several clear days with temperatures from 46 to 67. A trace of rain occurred on the 10th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Glenn Yeager
Co-Operative Weather Observer
Bidding Open for County Bridge Projects in Sullivan Indiana
Sullivan county Indiana Board of Commissioners solicits sealed bids by noon September 25 1919 for reinforced concrete bridges Mahan Turman Hunt Fairbanks Bedwell and moving old Bond steel bridge across Busseron creek. Bids must be per bridge and may be rejected. specifications on file with Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
Mahan
Turman Township
Hunt
Fairbanks Township
Bedwell
Jefferson Township
Busseron Creek
Auditor’s Office
English Railroad Tests Refrigerated Meat Cars
The English railroad is experimenting with refrigeration cars for meat transport. They report maintaining a steady temperature via elaborate refrigeration plants on steam slips.
Notice of Final Settlement in Wolfe Estate
Jewett Wolfe as administrator of Nancy N. Wolfe deceased has filed the final account in Sullivan Circuit Court. The hearing is set for Friday September 26 1910, the 28th judicial day of the September term 1919. Creditors heirs and legatees must appear and show cause why the report should not be approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewett Wolfe
Nancy N. Wolfe
Sullivan Circuit Court
Final accounting for Jessie J. Garrison estate in Sullivan County
Joseph S. Schroeder as administrator files the final report of account for Jessie J. Garrison of Sullivan County Indiana. The Sullivan Circuit Court will hear the report on Friday September 26 1919 during the September term. Creditors heirs and legatees must appear and show cause why the report should not be approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Eaton
Sherman Building
Also Mentioned on This Page
Federme Reserve Systems Banks
Federal Reserve System
Treasury Department
Washington
the National Bank
H.R. Tayior
Sullivan, Indiana
Davis Bros
East Wash Street
Ind
Herbert S. Leach
Sherman
The
Bloomington Star
Sullivan M. D
M. P. Tolliver
Nat
American Industrial Leaders Association
H.L. Ramsey
D.C
South Section
Sullivan, Ind
John C. Chaney
Citizens Trust Building
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction CO
Dayton
Springfield
Newark
Zanesville
W.H. Hill, Jr. Farm Loan Co
Crowder
East Side Square
General Insurance
Geo. F. Stone
Kelly’s Jewelry Store
John Scott
John Walters
W. H. Poston
Frank M. Daniels
D. J. Kendrick Sullivan
Isaac H. Kalley
Joseph S. Séehroeder
Jessie J. Garrison
Joseph S. Schroeder
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