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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1925
Page
2
C. O. F. No. 255 Carthage Lodge meets Tuesday evenings at 7 30 on the third floor of the Auditorium East Mill Street visiting members welcome F and A M No 580 Rush Lodge No 580 regular meeting first Wednesday of each month inclusive notes indicate lodge schedule and welcoming policy
Public demand grows for the regular drinking fountain to be restored while visiting motor trucks speed down Main Street at express pace. The presence of school children increases the perceived danger and public concern.
In contrast with dull midsummer weeks the town grows lively as school convenes the canning factory runs overtime farmers haul in tomatoes and a large force of railroad workers set temporary headquarters here.
Roy Hysom and family travel to Miami Florida with others from town. Knightstown residents Fred Bowman and Ray Lewis head to Tampa. Auctioneer Everette Button leases the Thayer sale barn. Sharer and Moore advertise White Star gas. Social items cover visits, a birthday surprise for W. H. Binford, and a large 39th reunion of the 16th Indiana Regiment with 50 living members. Public Library notes promote new romance fiction and wills guides.
Total enrollment reaches 349 with 141 in High School 194 in other grades and 14 at the Washington building. Faculty and students move between homes as Miss Reed Miss Witty and others are noted at Mrs Grace Phelps and Mrs F M Miller. A teachers meeting led by township trustee Thomas J Passwater. Eight drivers listed for eight school hacks with two autos added for transport. Freshman reception planned and cafeteria projected to open within two weeks.
Notice is hereby given that at 7 30 p m on Tuesday September 15 1925 the annual meeting of the Stockholders of Carthage Natural Gas Co will be held at the office of the Company for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting.
Agricultural expert E. G. Godbey from Ohio State College advises adding concentrates to good forage in summer rather than feeding high priced feeds. He notes many hogs are pastured or swamped in summer and urges better winter and spring feeding to produce thrifty feeder pigs for the September market. Parasite control and forages like sorghum and green soy beans can improve growth and feed efficiency.
The practice saves labor by eliminating cutting husking hauling and cribbing corn. It returns manure directly to the soil and reduces field work, while improving hog health through exercise in clean fields.
Hog cholera cycles fluctuate and this year is expected to bring a virulent form. Breeders should vaccinate pigs after weaning to protect the crop as hog prices stay high and feed costs rise. Vaccination offers cheap insurance and many hog men can vaccinate their own stock at lower cost.
The article advises feeding corn to sows showing weight loss due to suckling. It notes corn is high energy and best with proper supplementation in a good slop. Bran should be limited and may be unnecessary if shorts are bulky. slop should be thick and include skim milk.
James Sharer visits near Spice land while White Star gas promotes its product. Catherine Hahn returns from Anderson. M M Delaney from Mt. Vernon, Ill., plans to stay with family. Charles Estell of Knightstown and M D Coffin of Marion join Enos Coffin family for Sunday. Sattler travels to Anderson and Middletown, inspecting Brenan canning factory with tomatoes arriving. Kodak film service advertised. James Eastor, basket weaver near Milroy, explains timber sourcing and daily basket pace of two.
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