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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
8
A fragmenting humor piece lampoons papers and politics with lines about bolts running out in Daily Times, women drivers, hot weather, presidents born in autos, and political quips attributed to Cobb Quick and Villa as Mexico and Billy Bryan comparisons.
The court ruled the jury cannot hear the action against Louisa Brewer executrix of Orlando C Brewer’s estate. Judge took the case from the jury finding if any action existed it lay against fi nos parties, not against Mrs Brewer.
The Terre Haute Star and the Sullivan Union advertise a joint offer for one year at four dollars fifty cents. Readers can subscribe to both papers under the combined price package.
Sullivan county farming audience reached with hauling ads. J. E. Burroughs & Sons offer motor truck hauling services and advertise with phone contact 180 and address 11 West Wall Street, Sullivan.
Notice urges buyers to order bale ties immediately for haying season. John A. Mattix offers pasture for rent on Tom Pogue farm near Graysville. Ed W. Lloyd lists corn for sale from Merom Illinois area, with Graysville phone. Local advertiser Brett offers coal ranges and stove repair at 218 East Harris Street.
The Sullivan county threshermen meeting on June 12 1920 fixed crop prices at 5c for oats 8c for wheat and 10c for rye. Farmers must ensure power machine operators have compensation insurance or face $50 daily fines for each day of operation without coverage. The notice urges farmers to verify insurance before allowing work on premises. The Threshermen's Ass'n.
A baby wagon with a willow bed and wire wheels was found and the finder asks to contact the Union office for pickup or more details.
Bert DeHart, once of Fairbanks township, was accidentally killed last week while felling timber on a farm in Washington state. A telegram to his brother Alpha DeHart reports he was at work selling timber when the accident occurred. the body will not be sent for burial.
The Terre Haute Star and The Sullivan Union publish a combined subscription offer priced at four dollars and fifty cents for one year, attracting readers with bundled local news coverage from both papers.
United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin 777 reports experiments at Alabama Mississippi and with farm conditions showing cottonseed cake as pasture supplement raises daily gains from 1.49 to 1.83 pounds and increases profit margins from under 25 cents to up to 90 cents per hundred pounds compared with pasture alone or with mixed cake and corn chop.
A study finds steers fed cottonseed cake or cake plus corn on pasture dressed higher and finished quicker than pasture only cattle. Grass fed steers showed cheap gains, small overall gains, and low dressing percentages, with profits smaller than cake fed cattle. The bulletin notes advantages of supplementing pasture to finish earlier and avoid market glut, while inferior scrub steers may profit from grazing alone on good cheap pastures. High quality steers benefit from high priced feeds. pasture alone is preferred only for inferior stock.
Impression suggests sheep can go long without water but this is incorrect. The note warns that sheep, unlike camels, require frequent access to plenty of fresh, clean water.
The piece notes Sanskrit as the oldest language, the liturgical and scholarly tongue of India,母 source for many European languages and an ancient linguistic parent. It also includes brief human interest blurbs and a technology anecdote about petroleum and a deaf couple using light as a doorbell.
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