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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
4
Publication details list subscription prices and terms. Publisher names DIRRELLE CHANEY and R P WHITE noted. Copyright and postal entry information indicate Sullivan Indiana paper.
The general tone suggests Mr. Plumb is out of step. The Democratic party has revived the issue of the high cost of living, a matter they dropped in 1912. A Birmingham operation running two stills in a basement reportedly followed the law.
President Wilson says he will send Senators Lodge and Knox to negotiate if the League of Nations draft is not ratified by the Senate. He suggests earlier messengers might have been preferable.
The verdict against the Chicago Tribune did not prove Ford an anarchist but the trial produced facts suggesting Ford was not an ordinary patriotic citizen.
The text argues that President Wilson’s current war rationale differs from his initial rationale, noting these shifts produce a history future critics might deem bunk. It emphasizes parallelism and preservation of statements, suggesting a revised narrative of why the U.S. entered and exited the war.
The article asserts Mexican affairs under Carranza have worsened with American deaths and property losses. It criticizes U S recognition of Carranza and Wilson's policy as failing, arguing intervention is the only solution to the crisis.
The State Board of Tax Commissioners praised Sullivan County’s assessment practices. Assessor William Williamson reported that the county is among the best in Southern Indiana and that most assessments will remain unchanged, with possible minor revisions to improvement and household goods schedules. Williamson appeared in Indianapolis on Friday for the briefing.
The State Board of Tax Commissioners dismissed Sullivan County Assessor Williamson after review of a household goods assessment summary. It shows averages for acreage across townships, automobile and livestock values, mineral valuations, and oil company properties by township, with total oil property assessments and a recorded personal property value of 537 481 placed on duplicates since January 1, 1915.
Sullivan county will host a series of poultry culling demonstrations led by a Purdue expert on August 22 and 23. County Agent H. S. Benson and Home Demonstration Agent Miss Williamson announced venues at four to five farms across Hymera Carlisle Curry Curry Curry and Fairbanks townships with sessions Friday morning and Saturday afternoon.
Purdue expert L H Schwartz will lead demonstrations at the Merom site and other Indiana counties to teach culling and feeding for laying hens. Key tests include early molt, feather growth, and bright yellow legs in yellow-skinned breeds to identify poor layers and boost egg production through better feeding and housing strategies.
In a dated reminiscence the idea of seven solar eclipses in a year is explored as a romanticized relic. The passage muses on how ancient fear and superstition linked celestial events to human affairs, noting that people then would not have counted such eclipses or understood their cosmic impact.
The article notes phosphorescent paints used to make watch hands visible at night. It states the glowing compounds are mainly sulfides of strontium, barium, and calcium, covered with a transparent varnish.
The article suggests a plausible link between a collie's name and its collar like neck markings, noting a broad white band seen on most dogs of the breed.
George Hanchette of Cuba leaves for Chicago on business after visiting his sister Miss Nelle Hanchette. Numerous relatives and travelers are noted, including Dr. Frank E. Jaynes's Merom chautauqua lecture trip with Mrs. Jaynes, and Lydia Emmerson's Mt. Vernon wedding to Harold G. Watson of Los Angeles. Town residents and guests, plus weathered events like a lightning-destroyed Mullane barn in Cass township, fill this society column.
The Devil's Bell on Long Island, known before the Revolution and perhaps after, appears as Devil's Bell on Sauthier's map of New York. It marks Hell Gate at one end and Race at the other, a site noted for its turbulent waters.
The text argues opal lacks color as pigmentation and warns that exposing the stone to reveal hues would spoil its value like killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. It emphasizes the mystery of color in opals and the danger of destructive analysis.
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