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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
7
Local note recalls John Pitt prominent at Mr. Bryan's Merom gathering on Sunday afternoon. He aided moving a stand holding a large pitcher of aqua para and was known for backing 16 to 1. The report also suggests he may not have recognized H. 20.
Fred Fenton Bays drove to Seymour with Mr. Poynter to bring the Commoner back to Sullivan. A leaky radiator spilled water forcing Mr. Bryan to take the train. He seeks another water route, hence abandoning the car.
Edsil Bosstick served hundreds of cones at the hau tauqua. A patron asked for a blackberry cone. Bosstick swatted the request saying the cone is vanilla.
A Ginger Ridge note speculates on transforming the Goddess of Liberty into a Woodrow Wilson statue and imagines how the Kaiser might react if it sailed into New York Harbor, raising questions about historical symbolism and diplomacy.
A statement asserts no corn shredder is required to prepare green grape pie for eating. It argues against using unusual equipment and emphasizes simple preparation.
The remark critiques reformers who assume all nonbelievers are bound for hell, labeling such views as overly harsh. The quote reflects tension over exclusive moral judgments and inclusivity in belief systems.
Mr. Charles D. Hunt entertained William Jennings Bryan at his home Sunday evening during Bryan’s chautauqua visit. The two were close political friends from Washington when Bryan served as president and while he was in Congress.
State authorities urge all households to keep a sheep as a practical asset. Many families already own black sheep, seen as a symbol of rural resourcefulness.
A farmer known for a six legged pig will be featured with the current ham price. Proposals invite naming the stretch of South Court Street from Jackson to Harris as Cinderella avenue. The improvement adds color schemes to many households along the street.
Mr. Bryan, in a Sunday address, touched on Roosevelt with a jab about a brief 1898 military career and stated there was no bill to charge. He asserted his charge at the gate.
The historical note recalls Nero staging a cabaret as Rome burned. The account presents the unusual spectacle amid disaster, with the emperor overseeing performances and public spectacle during the crisis.
Observers note courtship moves beyond the county seat as buggies fill highways on warm evenings. The Ford carriage is seen as a lesser substitute for the traditional piano box vehicle.
A playful note on combining mangoes and maters in stews to beat hot weather and curb expenses while hinting at a political angle involving the Kaiser.
Frank Daniels will conduct a bean studio at this year’s chautauqua event, directing sessions on bean cultivation and related techniques for attendees and participants. The program aims to attract local gardeners and agricultural enthusiasts seeking practical instruction.
City Attorney Will Lindley and Mayor Calvert faced charges tied to a surcharged payment during last week’s In dynopolus proceedings.
Local sellers boast of healthy market with hogs valued at more than twenty dollars each in Sullivan. Buyers seek strong stock as prices attract attention from farmers and traders alike.
A humorous new name emerges for people who sit on the courthouse curb and are described as always short on funds. The quip highlights the curbside habit and economic stereotype in a light local tone.
A short verse recalls John Bing Jr as a sturdy boy nicknamed Fizzer. He enjoyed snare drum and flute, read Nick Carter stories, and was seen as a future president until he filed an exemption claim and stayed a resident.
The text outlines a bizarre meatless day menu using improbable items such as a sausage grinder, Ford inner tubes, green mango, court house park empties, feeble eggs, jack pot, banana peels, cigar stubs, a sickly sock, and South Section bumps, blended with powdered cinders and Sullivan's Superior Service. It instructs mixing, moistening, baking in corn husks, and serving with a shovel.
A contemporary verse reimagines the poet’s tribute to his beloved. It contrasts classic imagery with a modern twist, invoking charcoal glimmers and ochre lips to convey intense attraction.
The Cupola notes W. G. Scott of Lewiston Montana, once from this city, is leading a campaign to establish a large kraut sector in Montana this fall.
An illustration shows a drinking fountain for chickens with a trough around the water casing and convolutions that keep wattles from touching water. The design aims to provide clean water without wetting wattles and suggests this as a solution for open pan drinking problems in poultry pens.
In a luncheon chatter, Louis Birsky and Barnett Zapp debate Max Maikafer and his painter son, contrasting life as a picture painter with wealth from railroads and tramways. They compare art markets, collectors like Altman and Widener Selig, and the risky profits of galleries versus rail investments.
The article explains goose farming profitability by breed. Common geese weigh ten to thirteen pounds with goslings eight to ten pounds. profit ranges sixty cents to a dollar. Purebreds weigh fifteen to twenty pounds, goslings thirteen to fifteen. raising costs about ten cents per pound. Starting with purebreds yields higher returns, but mongrels are acceptable if necessary.
The article advises using a poison mix of two parts cornmeal and one part sugar of lead to eliminate rats in poultry yards. Keep hand away from poisoned feed, remove other feeds, and place bait in a nailed box with small holes. Burn or bury dead rats and avoid letting chickens ingest decayed rat flesh to prevent lead poisoning.
Fresh alfalfa proves most appealing to chickens, rich in protein and ash. Green, uncompressed alfalfa is preferred over ground meal, while steamed alfalfa is nutritious but high in indigestible dry matter. Use as a relish with a daily one feeding and a balanced grain and dry mash ration.
As the chicks grow older they need more space and should not crowd. Late hatched chicks should be placed in clean coops and on clean ground away from older fowls to ensure a good chance to grow.
Sir Hans Sloane born in County Down Ireland on April 16 1660 became physician-general to the British army and physician to the king He accumulated a vast library and natural history collection and in 1749 left it to the nation for 200000 to be paid to his family His bequest led to the founding of the British Museum in 1753 with parliamentary action creating quarters for the collection.
In a London Tit-Bits quip a motorist clashes with a stout Copper who hides in a hedge. The officer cites a two mile over limit offense and the motorist retorts, vowing not to trouble the sergeant, joking about paying fifty fines.
In a Dublin tale, a daughter elopes with her lover angering her father. He chases them and asks for the time. The wit concludes the time was “a Little after two,” a pun on the family name Little.
Brother Buckaloo and Bradder Sankey Smith debate which is mightier the pen or the sword. Parson Bagster claims both have strengths with the pen displacing minds and the sword piercing flesh in a humorous regional exchange.
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