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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
4
A historical notice from Sullivan Indiana addresses wartime Germany and calls for unity to defeat the foe. It discusses Hoover and prohibition riders in agricultural funding, arguing for patriotism over alcohol policy during the war and urging support for a nationwide win.
The county council plans to meet Saturday to consider an appropriation for buying electric fans and ice water for the registration board. The move aims to improve comfort and efficiency during registrations.
Attendees at Sunday city park concert say seating is insufficient for crowds noting there are not enough seats for a public gathering. Organizers face pressure to improve accommodations.
President Wilson stated that politics were adjourned and urged Henry Ford to seek the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Michigan, a state noted for its strong Republican leanings.
The county spent 2797.90 to conduct the recent primary with about 3800 votes cast. This equals roughly 75 cents per capita for nominating Democrats for public office, a cost now charged to county taxpayers under reform legislation.
The Times notes Indiana Republicans backed the protective tariff, a fixed party principle. It argues the tariff fueled U.S. growth for four decades while Wilson era finances suffered, saved by wartime production and imports cuts, and warns tariff care will be essential after Europe’s war ends.
Wartime proclamation attributed to General Bern hardie declares world power as the rallying cry. The message emphasizes preparation for conflict with the aim of conquest and confidence in victory.
Senator New warned Congress fully backed the President with money and power, urging no room for compromise. The Republican state convention pushed preparing for postwar issues, returning government to peacetime limits, curbing federal control, and preserving liberty and order amid a growing socialistic trend. The transportation system question was raised as a sign of government reach over private facilities.
An Indianapolis News opinion critiques postwar rail policy noting deficits under government control, back pay for workers, freight and passenger rate hikes, and potential expansion of express company rates under McAdoo. It argues voters must demand value and warns government ownership may cost more than private operation, urging restraint and efficiency.
The Smoot Bland pension bill passed the House and was signed into law, providing a monthly minimum for veterans. Bland and Smoot advocated a dollar a day plan, with senior pension scales set at ages 72 and varying service lengths. The measure, supported by G A R posts, moved to the Senate and returned with amendments, ultimately enhancing benefits for old soldiers. The piece urges strong national resolve against German aggression and defends democracy and wartime unity.
A sale of Bota papers listed by The Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union for one year at 838.00. The arrangement covers access to the two papers under a single subscription price.
Benefit minstrel by Company C Home Guards features five acts with Bill Coffman Hank Campbell Orville Hale Art McGuire and Joe Lacy in the first part. Sullivan male quartet sings four new wartime numbers in the second part and a camp in France finale with a bayonet drill by Capt. Ellis.Howard W. D. Tooley rehearses the chorus as locals urge early ticket purchases.
The Sullivan order of Eastern Star holds a St. John’s Day picnic at the city park Monday afternoon. A supper is served at six o'clock and Masonic lodge members and families are invited. A program begins at four o'clock.
Ransom W. Akin departed Monday for Chicago and South Bend to meet with Joseph D Oliver, state War Savings chairman, and to attend a Liberty Loan conference in St. Louis.
Official FCS News reports Park County retail grocers organizing with the Food Administration to restrict candy with sugar. They pledge not to buy new sugar candy and to stop selling any remaining stock.
The Goshen based American Hay Company contracted to sell hay in South Carolina last fall at 26 dollars per ton. In eight months it attempted to fulfill deferred contracts at an eight dollar per ton advance. As a result, for six months the firm will lack the federal license needed to operate.
A. F. Helm Kamp of Clark County took control of ice production from Timo Thy Asberry after he refused to serve the public at 50 cents per 100 pounds. Dr. Harry E. Barnard praises the action and states Asberry must price at 50 cents per hundred or quit.
The Lincoln Way Brass Foundry Company of South Bend must find a substitute for edible wheat flour to fulfill government war contracts or relinquish them. Food comes before bragging, says Dr. Barnard.
Dr Barnard calls for continued strict wheat conservation after a conference with federal food administrators in Washington. Herbert Hoover urges patriotic citizens to store harvests to help the world through lean crop periods that will follow.
Poultry and egg dealers including retailers and buyers must secure federal licenses or quit business. The rule follows the presidents proclamation of May 14. Selling bad eggs can lead to license suspension and violates state pure food laws, marking it a serious offense.
State inspector directs weight and measures officials to examine all grain scales ahead of the wheat harvest to ensure fair dealing for producers and buyers. The order comes from the office of Indiana’s state inspector, part of the federal food administrator’s staff.
The Food Administration issued a new schedule reducing prices for bran flour middlings red dog and mixed wheat feeds while keeping wheat as the price base. The plan promotes using coarse grain by products to cut feeding costs as total available corn by products rises. Bulk carload prices at the mill set limits, with reductions from prior differentials.
By presidential proclamation signed May 14 1918 the farm implement trade must obtain a license, exempting retailers with annual business under 100000. The Agriculture Secretary will enforce and regulate. Applications due by June 20 1918 through the Law Department License Division U S Food Administration Washington. Prohibited practices include price gouging restraint of supply trade resales without justification unjust profits and attempts to monopolize. Inspection of property and records is authorized.
Mr and Mrs Harry Evans and Mrs H H Zike of Greenfield, formerly from this county, motored here today to visit friends and relatives.
Miss Bernice Mellott of Bloomington Indiana is home for vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs W T Mellott. Mrs Clarence Cummins of Fostoria Ohio is visiting her parents.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines dairy cattle breeds with emphasis on local adaptation and market needs. Jerseys, the most numerous US breed, originated from Jersey and differ from Guernseys. Jersey cows average about 900 pounds and bulls 1500 pounds, with milk testing about 5.25 percent butterfat and top producers yielding around 17 000 pounds of milk and about 943 pounds of butterfat for the leading ten.
Advice stresses clean cows and surroundings, sterilized utensils, and rapid cooling of milk to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. Proper handling reduces spoilage and ensures safe milk for babies during food shortages, urging trained dairymen to meet the challenge.
The advice stresses bright sunlit quarters and liberal feeding. Begin with whole milk for two weeks then switch to skim milk, supply sound grain and bright hay in large amounts, and ensure gradual changes aided by a vigilant owner with a liberal hand.
Timothy hay is commonly grown and used as roughage for dairy cows, though it provides very limited nutrition. The material notes it is an extremely poor quality roughage and discusses its continued use in dairy farming.
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