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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1918
Page
3
A wartime editorial argues Germany must be cured of its war impulse and urges rapid armament, production, and foreign trade to shorten the conflict. It warns against nonessential industries while praising music as potentially essential and details local anecdotes about church life and community figures.
Four Kentucky democrats are in the area with one from Brown County Indiana. Ed Bascombe keeps a roller towel at his store despite sanitary laws, Constable Si Plum says weekly towel changes are fine. Citizens bug their potatoes and beds. William Blithers, village blacksmith and former Bull Moose, is asked to fix Arminta Jones' organ. Bill notes the organ is as troublesome as a second hand Ford. Squire Hartsock warns Zeke Stubbins to stay away from his daughter or face a dog attack.
Wartime guidance urges sugar conservation, nurse recruitment, and a Purdue agricultural training camp for boys aged 16 to 21. It notes plans to organize volunteer labor, promote ice saving, and prevent sugar waste while warning about sugar and fuel shortages. It also explains dairy cattle slaughter in Europe and the need to preserve herds in the United States for postwar milk supply.
The article lists ways readers can support the war effort by buying bonds thrift stamps War Savings Stamps contributing to Red Cross Y M C A Salvation Army and Knights of Columbus and by cutting consumption. It ends by suggesting that after all measures are taken a surplus of zeal could be used to build a silo.
The Holstein-Friesian breed originated in northern Holland and spread across the United States. Holsteins are black and white, docile, and need ample feed. Cows average about 1,250 pounds, bulls 1,800 pounds, with high milk yield but lower butterfat percentage. Top registrants produced averages around 14,623 pounds of milk and 3.424 percent butterfat.
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