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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
2
Centhage Lodge and O. F. No. 256 meet Tuesday evenings at 7 30 o clock in pawn upstairs over White Son s hardware on Main street Visiting members are always welcome
The schedule notes that the Cary Mail and Express runs daily except Sunday. Local riders should plan accordingly for weekday and Saturday service.
Posey township advisory board and trustee J Hampton Reeves consider enlarging Arlington school with a 45000 dollar addition to meet state department requirements. The plan aims to preserve the high school commission and ease crowded rooms as Greenfield proceeds with a separate 115000 dollar project despite tax board opposition to a 30000 dollar bond.
Subscriptions for the Citizen noted. Local car service at J. W. Moore & Son's Garage on East Mill street. Mr and Mrs Hal Gray of Walnut Grove visited Mrs Hester Benjamin Monday. Mrs Ora Siler and daughter Helen with Mrs Grace Phelps and Mrs Maude Porter visited Muncie Tuesday. Plans discussed for entering college this fall. Attendees at Earlham College events included Mrs Jesse Henley and daughter Isabel, Mrs Fred B White, Ruth White, Harriette Rawls, and Owen O Henley.
Notes from the Citizen files recall Quick stock sales and a stage production Ten Nights In a Bar Room. Local timothy estimates total 1000 dollars for 30 acres. Thimble clubs meet with Mrs Irvin Hill and Miss Lillian Sharer hosting. Summer school begins Earlham. Local people visit family and return from trips. Fourth of July plans excite the progressive business and professional men. Beher leaves Big Four for Rushville as Henley hosts a Thimble Club gathering. Progress flinch roundups and social events fill the week.
Department of commerce figures show 1,631 automobile fatalities in fifty cities with populations over 100,000 from January 1 to May 23 1925 averaging 11.4 deaths daily. New York led with 334 deaths in five months followed by Chicago 198 Detroit 86 Cleveland 86 and Philadelphia 95.
The program lists events from June 21 to June 29 including Baccalaureate Sermon Sacred Concert High School Operetta Alumni Reunion Commencement Exercises band concerts school exhibits and a baseball game Exs vs Tigers followed by an Alumni Banquet and Dance. Children depart for vacation on Monday June 29.
A US Department of Agriculture study highlights the impact of poisonous plants on cattle and sheep in the western range. Death camas larkspurs locos water hemlock and others have caused heavy losses, with Colorado and Wyoming reports indicating significant percentages and monetary impacts. Researchers describe poisonous species and advise recognition and protective practices for stockmen.
South Dakota station experiments tested feeding potatoes to hogs with corn and tankage. Raw potatoes proved unpalatable and inefficient, while cooked potatoes provided better gains and lower feed use. Across three trials cooked potatoes averaged 3.89 pounds replaced per 100 pounds of corn, suggesting a 4 to 1 potato to corn ratio max.
Farmers can substitute barley for corn in hog rations when barley is available. A Wisconsin experiment station test fed 12 pig lots with ground barley and netted $14 per pig over feed costs, compared with $12.38 for corn-fed pigs. Barley whey mixtures also showed a handsome return.
A guide to sheep and swine feeding notes that good lambs need more than corn alone. It cites oats ground for pig feed, alfalfa hay with oats and corn, and emphasizes feeding quality to grow wool. It ends with a remark on honesty and cooperative marketing.
Flies are kept out with renewed screens on doors and windows. Sharer and Moore re-screen existing wooden frames, offering service to improve ventilation while preventing insects from entering.
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