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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
5
Hymera stays on the map as the community looks to brighter days. Notable items include church cantata success, local officials in Indianapolis on business, visiting Detroit relatives returning home, and ongoing health updates on Rev. Niles and Grandma Gritton. Additional notes cover weathered, midwestern travel and local schooling plans, with social visits and births.
Day exercises Sunday evening featured Co. D Pound and families from Fairbanks attending. The Kingsley Sunday school presented drills and musical numbers. James Walter and Mary Bullock, two blind singers from Currysville, performed to a large audience. Credit given to Mrs C F Whitlock and others for the success. Rev O M Deal conducted morning service. Carl Lester and family visited near Robinson Illinois. Mrs Charles Mattox of Terre Haute visiting local friends.
Elizabeth Phillips Bernice Brown and Donald Linon returned Monday from Shoals where they attended the district convention of the Ep worth League. Mrs John Mason Merom spent Monday with relatives here. Mrs T E Hopewell and Miss Mary Dodds were in Sullivan Tuesday morning. Mrs Sam Sandusky spent Thursday with Mrs J G Brokaw. Geo W Heady and wife near Sullivan spent Sat night and Sunday with A A Brown and family. H E St Clair and family of Shelburn spent Sat night and Sunday with W G Schlichter and family. Mrs Curtis and daughter Hazel of Sullivan spent Sunday with the former's sister Mrs John Clerk. Bessie Schlichter took dinner with Hattie Bolenbaugh Sunday. Several from here attended the Sunday School Convention at Merom Sunday afternoon. Mrs Mary Lee who had been visiting her daughter Mrs Bace Grey of Bicknell has returned home.
Social notes list multiple local families visiting relatives and friends on Sunday and during the past week. Ed Sinclair and Hamit Boone hosts are noted along with Wyman, Marts, Jewell, Downs, and other households in Hymera Terre Haute Farmersburg Shelburn and surrounding areas.
Yellow corn dominates fields as farmers note health of crops and local visits. Harold Owens of Terre Haute stayed with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Badger. The Terre Haute Robinson bus line operates a semi occasional schedule with frequent breakdowns. Community reports praise the Big Springs Children’s Day program. Visits include Bruce Badger, Cash Harrison at Fairbanks, and John York on Merom business. Aunt Mary Thomas visits Sullivan. Vesta Yager stays with Ruth Ransford near Dodd’s Bridge. Lon Pennington remarks on improving corn ground while praising cheer amid bad weather. The nation is urged to do its part in war effort.
Norval K. Harris left yesterday for a visit with Uncle Jim Kelly on a Fairbanks township farm. He plans a period of travel and agricultural activity to enjoy a vacation and recuperate.
Prof GC C Uug den of the Ohio experiment station urges feeding roughages to the dairy cow’s capacity due to a large hay crop and soft demand. He notes hay and soy bean hay offer good value, alfalfa is cheaper than bran, clover hay ranks high, and small grain supplementation remains necessary to prevent digestion issues. Timothy hay serves milking cows only in small amounts.
To make dollars in dairying keep cows that are money makers. Feed silage or other succulent forage plus ample roughage and grain in proportion to production. Supply plenty of fresh water and ventilate the barn thoroughly. Produce the best possible dairy products.
Dairy buyers demand accurate records on sires and dams. L W Wing Jr of the Missouri College of Agriculture urges breeders to provide detailed official test data for registered cattle and descendants. State agriculture colleges supervise testing. breeders should contact their local dairy department for more information.
A new cork brick flooring for barns, designed for horses cattle hogs and sheep, is described in Popular Science Monthly. The bricks combine finely granulated cork and refined asphalt, formed under pressure into 9 by 4 by 2 inch blocks and laid in cement over a concrete and stone sub-base.
Guidance urges taking sufficient time to milk cows thoroughly even if other farm tasks lag. Extra effort to massage udders after the usual milking may yield profits where losses would occur.
A brief quotation attributed to Goldsmith notes that people rarely improve when lacking other models to imitate. The saying emphasizes the value of external examples for personal progress and skill development.
A collection of simple kitchen ideas features Flaked Fish and Vegetable Hash, Eggs Scrambled With Dried Beef, Baked Rice With Cheese, Pear Salad with olive oil and Roquefort, and Vesuvius Eggs. Instructions cover ingredient prep, mixing, cooking steps, and garnishes. Nearer Maz word.
The quiet stranger who aided Mrs. Springer’s boarding house proves Arthur Howell, a renowned writer, and reveals a past romance. She contemplates returning West with him, and he offers a life together, asking her to join him. She agrees, choosing reunion and home over the town.
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