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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1918
Page
8
A collage of quips and observations on sugar gum taxes etiquette footwear and social quirks. It mentions October nutting season Russians and women’s dress standards while retelling humorous local anecdotes and misprints about a crippled man and a chigger incident.
In a cluttered domestic scene a family scrambles with chores and small expenses while neighbors mingle in a parlor. A man arrested recently for a fiddle case full of liquor hints at wider mischief and watches linger over a restless night. The Rhine watchmen raise their hands to duties.
The verse notes a split in fighting duties between Germans and Allies, claiming Russians divide tasks fifty fifty. It contrasts the Kaiser as a sly fox now called a zoat, suggesting shifting wartime perceptions through a satirical lens.
Norval K. Harris writes from France about cider resembling rheumatic beer. He notes Americans drink beer readily and claims U S beer is notably rippled. The letter highlights the vast scale of the free press in the country.
A reader hints that a large fleet of Wabash mo monitoes could assist over yon jer, suggesting a practical plan or resource to ease a local challenge.
A Terre Haute man weighing 300 pounds was rejected by the local draft board though willing to serve. The food commissioner could have intervened to save fats. A boy hides items in his pockets. as a man, everything is taken out.
A fragmented collection of lines mentioning the silent majority, taking a seat on Busseron creek, catching fish to save meat, buying a stamp to help snuff the Kaiser's lamp, and a remark that poets are born while complexions are made. It reads like a miscellaneous wartime era verse set.
Dr Harry E Barnard federal food administrator for Indiana says county and state fair displays of cakes and pies will not use extra sugar or flour and exhibitors must use their allotments. Fair judges to award on conformity to food regulations while Indiana products for war and navy will be inspected by federal representatives. Baking division moves to 17 Merchants Bank building Indianapolis.
Indiana agricultural officials urge farmers to plant normal rye acreage this season. They note rye no longer substitutes for wheat flour but warn of a potential wheat shortage next year and advise planning accordingly.
County agricultural agents distribute books to record wheat acreage threshed by threshers. The forms require 1917 and 1918 yields, acreage, and price, with department of agriculture collecting data on wheat in the country, its cost and average yield per acre.
The Food Administration has received inquiries across the state about price guarantees. County agents report farmers preparing to hog off corn and soy beans, fattening light pigs as market demand fluctuates. Officials say they will not guarantee pork prices but will undertake to maintain a stable market as in 1917.
A Marion based price committee led by the circuit court judge, Grant county’s top milk producer, and the Marion bottling superintendent set new milk prices effective immediately. Bottled pasteurized milk 10 cents a quart 6 cents a pint. bottled cream 44 cents a quart 15 cents a half pint. 10 cents per hundred pounds to producers for delivery at bottling stations totaling 2.75 dollars a unit. Citizens urged to stop using whipping cream as a conservation measure.
A reflection on reform as the slow work of reason ending in confidence and triumph over prejudice and custom. The passage frames reform as awakening intellect overcoming entrenched biases.
The text explains that pure water appears greenish blue and pure air blue. Lord Raleigh associates water color with light, while Newton notes air molecules reflect blue rays when sufficiently large.
Miss Essie Williams of Muncie has returned home after visiting her mother, Mrs. Taylor Jewell.
The undersigned invites bids to noon August 3 at Graysville Indiana for stand privileges at the Manngrove Sunday school picnic on August 17. Bids go to the highest responsible bidder. No bottled drinks. G W Nowlin treasurer first insertion July 24 1918 3t
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