Community Notes and Local Moves in Sullivan County
Local residents undertake travels and relocations including Mrs G A Waggoner returning from Nebraska after a death in the family. Florence Gambill heads to Colorado for homesteading. Several Philadelphia visitors arrive and depart. Congregational church adds fifty seven members and reelects leaders. Emmanuel activities include school news, obituaries, and upcoming home projects through Sullivan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Waggoner
Wood Lake
Neb
Frances Snow
Florence Gambill
Colorado
Tom Hancock
Philadelphia
Louis Geist
Ed. Hancock
Paul D. Cooper
Decatur
Ill
The
Presbyterian Church
John T. Hays
John C. Chaney
David Crawley
E. G. Carrithers
Ben Davis
P. R. Jenkins
Wilkey Herbert
Chas. Hagemier
Marie Ackerman
Chas. Ackerman
Effingham
Sunday Lecture At Presbyterian Church Draws Crowd
A large crowd gathered Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church for a lecture titled Gospel of Hygiene. The event was hosted by the church's Young People's Club under church auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Young People’s Club
Merom Junction Community News and Local Updates
Shelburn visitors Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. Howell over weekend. George Raley and wife visited Don Corder and wife. Hutsonville visitors Mrs. McCrory and Mrs. Mayfield called on Mrs. Raley. Wheat looks promising but needs rain. oats sowing finished. corn plowing begun. Large melon acreage planned. Unlce Jim Eslinger injured briefly but recovered. Dirk Pinkston moved to the station. Tuck Fetzer buys tools and sets up repair building. W. O. Sprague school to close Tuesday. Will Sprague moves to Texas. Simon Waufman visits after 22 years. Frank McNabb dies. Oz Hoesman attends funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Jones, Jr
Jim Eslinger
Dirk Pinkston
Turtle Creek
Tuck Fetzer
W. O. Sprague
Will
Texas
Sprague
Simon Waufman
Indianapolis
Frank McNabb
Frank
Oz Hoesman
Scott Raley
Birth in Merom and local building notes
Merom district notes a son born to Mr and Mrs Walter Cooper with cheerful updates on local builders contractors Hughes and Thompson pushing a new bungalow or hospital. Fred Reed adds a back room bath in his home while planning a new barn on the burned site. John Apple returns from Trimble Illinois and Jesse Cramer travels west for business. Old Jack Frost yields to sun as farmers enjoy mild spring weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merom
Walter Cooper
Walter
Jennie Page
Hughes and Thompson
Fred Reed
Minnie Kelly
Robinson
J. W. Daugherty
Old Sol
Jack Frost
Pleasantville Local Notes Reflect Community Life
Uncle Tom Spencer and family visited John Spencer near Freelandville on Sunday. Dr Ralph Shepherd of Freelandville was in town. Uncle Matt Doushitt died near Oaktown and was buried in Indian Prairie cemetery. A school addition contract for 2960 was let to Muchmore of Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Spencer
John Spencer
Freelandville
H. G. McClung
Terre Haute
T. N. McClung
Hud
Charley Spencer
Ralph Shepherd
Jno. Hiochs
Muchmore
Sullivan
Schu
Carlisle
Matt Doushitt
Oaktown
Indian Prairie
L. R. Edmonds
John Herndon
Paul Wilson
Dr. Phillips
Jim Wilson
Armon Spencer
George Ward
Daniel Padgett
Dora Padgett
Jim Miller
J. Wesley Smith
Van Hook Murder Trial Set to Open Monday
The circuit court will hear John Van Hook on the murder charge of James Martin at the Reliance mine. The trial is expected to occupy most of the week's sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Hook
James Martin
Reliance Mine
Fertility and Moisture Needed for Celery Growth
Celery can be grown on any soil with proper fertility and moisture. Topics cover cover crops like crimson clover and rye, seed timing from March 1 flats, soil sterilization with formalin, early care for damping off, and full nitrogen phosphate potash fertilizer per acre. Irrigation, disease control with Bordeaux mixture, blanching methods, and careful harvesting and bunching are explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Work
New Yorker
Educating the Scotch Collie Pup Requires Proper Training
The article argues that a Collie pup must be educated as a child to gain standing in better society. It compares the Scotch Collie to a child in susceptibility to education and training and emphasizes thorough instruction as essential for the dog’s usefulness.
Grass Runs for Chickens and Pheasants in Green Feeding System
Dr George W Little devised grass runs for poultry to solve the green food problem. Frames four by thirteen feet hold a one inch mesh wire above ground with clover oats wheat and rye beneath. Experiments on over 100 runs show Lakenvelders Hamburgs need four square feet per bird, larger breeds six to seven feet, with soil sun and watering factors key to growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Little
A. H. Phelps
Orange Judd Farmer
Plowing Campaign Aims to Break Ground Before Winter
Farmers urge crews to work while soil is favorable to break up oats and corn fields now. The plan seeks to ease next spring planting and improve yields through proactive field preparation.
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Fe Fe
Cora M. Botts
Colorado Springs
Colo
Florida
William Silvey
Windsor
E. E. Muechler
Roy F. Steele
Cass Township
Wales
N. D
S. Ns
J. W. Stone
Sullivan Telephone Company
Arcadia
Ind
Clarence Fill
Ben Stone
Dubuque
Iowa
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Fjoosier Bargain Storf
Sullivan County Loan and Trust Company
National Bank Building
Sullivan,ndiana
Pleasantville
van Hook
Julius Hatry Shoe
the Sullivan Woolen Mills
Brunger & CO
NEW Theatre
Edgar Berger Equiligrist
Bobby Gossans
Rieff
Clayton & Rieff
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