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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1910
Page
6
Practical guidance covers mite control and dust baths for hens, proper feeding to avoid breakdowns, ensuring clean water, windmill use, and avoiding sick or overfed stock. It notes dairy and cattle improvements, tree care, and careful housing to maximize yield and profits on the farm.
A reminiscence from 1909 tells how a father guides his son Willie to plant a cherry tree, calling it his own, and how years later Willie confesses cutting it down to his father. The tale balances pride, truth telling, and the idea of growing up with consequences.
Harry T. Simmons a junior at Western Reserve Medical College fainted at the first spurt of blood during a minor operation in a hospital clinic. He fell, suffered a skull fracture and died on the operating table before surgeons could relieve medullary pressure. Simmons had a history of fainting at blood and was a track athlete and baseball player.
The world’s first commercial scale electric smelting plant for pig iron is near installation in Norway, signaling a landmark shift in steel production technology.
Alma Dodson, Green county’s only woman lawyer, chose to host a board party and reception for friends before undergoing a life ending operation. She calmly arranged her affairs including burial clothes and personal effects, then died after the surgery.
A list of taxable lands and town lots remaining delinquent for nonpayment of taxes including ditch and gravel road taxes, with penalties and costs added. The notice chairs that these lands will be sold at the Sullivan County Court House on February 14, 1910, if taxes and charges are unpaid.
John P. Warren known as Convict No 1 is pardoned after 71 years life sentence spent mostly at the Connecticut state prison in Wethersfield. Officials say he has been longer behind bars than any other U.S. convict. In 1859 he killed his 18 year old wife in Willington by holding her under water and hid the body in the woods.
The article argues about who introduced paper money to Europe via Marco Polo and contests the moguls as originators. It notes a 1739 history claiming suppression of Song era paper money and a 1264 replacement with new notes.
In New York Prof. James J. Hyslop testifies in his final talk on spooks at Calvary Baptist church that he himself has appeared as an apparition linked to the death of Dr. Hodgson. He cites cases of psychic presentiment around dying relatives.
The piece explains Mardi Gras as Shrove Tuesday before Ash Wednesday with origins in the Carnival, its date on February 8 1910, and how the day marks the finale of Carnival week with pageants and dancing in New Orleans. The Indianapolis Southern has placed references to the event.
On sale excursion tickets at very low round trip rates for fall travel. For details call or write BEN STONE, Agent Sullivan, Ind. Mrs. George Martin of North Chase Street is reported seriously ill.
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