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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
3
Clemson professor L V Starkey notes corn is the staple forage for livestock but deficient in protein and minerals and costly. He advises mixing corn with soybean hay or pea vine hay, and using silage with cottonseed meal or legume hay. With cheaper feeds like rice meal and oats, farmers should balance rations to conserve profits.
Minnesota expert Phil A. Anderson of the University of Minnesota Division of Animal Husbandry urges Middle West farmers to start with 25 to 100 breeding ewes. He says small flocks fit average farms, starter grades are safest, and management is feasible. the bulletin covers breeding, grazing, handling, fattening, and marketing. Copies are free on request from University Farm publications in St. Paul.
Many farm horses suffer poor winter care leaving them unfit for spring work. Winter neglect weakens animals and raises disease losses in spring as they begin hard work. Idle horses except breeding stock can survive winter mainly on roughages.
The notes cover stock feeding and management tips including the value of warm water for stock, docking and castration at ten days, a six word stock sermon about better sires, bedding to prevent hog sweating, feed wagons for fall and winter hog feeding, clover hay acceptance by cattle, poor mix of prairie hay and corn for pregnant animals, and lambing needs with nitrogen rich fleece requiring muscle and bone building feeds.
Funeral services for Mrs Julia Ann Zion were conducted Thursday afternoon at the late home southeast of here by Rev. C. S. Dudley of the Friends Church. A quartet sang with Mrs Tetrick performing a solo, and burial followed in Friends Cemetery. Attendees arriving from distance included families from Dayton Ohio Greenfield Brookston Logansport Kokomo Indianapolis Carmel Richmond Knightstown and local relatives.
The board noted usual business with all members present except one. Certificates were awarded to 133 grade pupils for completing the Reading Course under the planning of Principal L A Lockwood and Miss Clark. A vacation Reading Course is planned for high school pupils to earn next year's credits. bulletins will be issued soon. No noon hours until school starts, but library hours remain 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m.
A bridge collapse on the National road six miles west of Richmond forces eastbound traffic onto a south detour and westbound onto a north detour. A temporary bridge will be built to handle traffic during the Speedway rush. Robbers seized the entire stock of Menter clothing in Elwood valued at 5000. George Hinton from England located his brother Marshall Hinton in Logansport after twelve years apart. Thieves took 500 in platinum apparatus from De Pauw University. Two New Castle men were fined 18.30 each for unlawful bluegill taking during the closed season. Bandits robbed Bloomingdale Bank of 1200 on Saturday. The Winona hotel at Winona Lake, a three story structure, was damaged by fire to 25000 and will be rebuilt immediately. Homer Rodeheaver is one of the owners.
School and College reports from Kendallville say Miss Elizabeth Winslow closes her term on May 29. Miss Lavonne Carfield will enter Danville State Normal on May 26 for the summer term. Miss Isabel Henley, Cambridge City music and English instructor, returns home after this week’s Commencement.
The Carthage Board of Trustees passes an ordinance restricting itinerant merchants and solicitors within the town. It requires licenses with bonds of 500 dollars, sets fees of 15 for one day 50 for a week and 200 for a month, and outlines application, bond, and refund provisions. Violations incur fines from ten to one hundred dollars per day.
Notice by Thomas J. Passwater trustee announces public sales of school property in Rush County Indiana. At 1 PM May 29 1925 Walnut Ridge School district real estate and improvements including organ stoves pump and at 3 PM same day Carthage School property a double toilet are offered. Cash payment required bids may be rejected.
State of Indiana Rush County S S Irvin M Hill as Administrator of Charles S Hill deceased vs William Hill et al in Rush Circuit Court May Term 1925 Petition to sell real estate to pay debts No 3627 Defendants named include the unknown heirs of Ruth Hill and unknown minor heirs The plaintiff asks to sell property to satisfy debts The defendants are not residents of Indiana and must appear September 7 1925 at the Rushville court to answer The Clerk's seal dated May 8 1925 Rushville Indiana
Creditors heirs and legatees of Micajah B Jessup deceased are notified to appear in Rush Circuit Court Rushville Indiana on June 1 1925 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Witness clerk of court April 30 1925 Leonard M Barlow Clerk Rush Circuit Court William J Henley Atty
Notices list upcoming marriages published by the Citizen office. The column includes dates and names of fiancés and their families, reflecting local bridal announcements and wedding cabinet details for public record.
Delashmit pitched a no hitter with 17 strikeouts as Greenfield High defeated Knightstown 14 to 0. He also hurled 13 strikeouts in a 3 to 0 win over New Castle with a near no hitter. Batesville beat Rushville 5 to 1 as Shaw allowed five hits and seven Ks but four errors hurt his team. Greenfield organizes for the season. Carthage town team beat the high school 7 to 1 in a light workout.
J. W. Moore & Son's Garage reconditions cylinders as gasoline motor trains replace steam on the Columbus Hope and Greensburg division of the Big Four starting May 10. Four trains daily between Greensburg and Columbus will run, removing the Cannonball after thirty years. Milroy Press.
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