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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1921
Page
5
County Agent H S Benson launches a countywide effort to combat a serious chinch bug outbreak threatening Sullivan county corn. Letters outline community action and step by step barriers using creosote coal tar oil and dust to repel and kill bugs with daily applications and bulle tins to farmers seeking guidance.
The text urges readers to favor local merchants over mail order houses. Home town stores offer personal neighborly care, visible goods, and continual choices, with prices and service benefiting the community and local jobs.
A narrator extols the power of a smile to ease pain and misfortune. It disarms suspicion, comforts, and reassures, making life’s stern chase worthwhile. The speaker argues smiles soften many troubles and cannot fade for those who have worn them.
The text describes spraying escaped insects with black leaf 40 mixed at two tablespoons per two gallons of water, with two ounces of laundry or fish oil soap dissolved. It includes instructions on preparation and use for pest control.
An advertisement explains Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for cold in the head and recurrent catarrh. It claims the internal action through the blood cleanses mucous surfaces, reduces inflammation, and lowers future susceptibility. Circulars are free from F J Cheney and Company of Toledo Ohio.
The state board of election commissioners assigns Amendment numbers 1 through 13 to proposed changes, detailing subjects from voter residence time and registration to taxation and militia service. Voters must vote yes or no on each amendment separately, not via straight-ticket.
Heavy rain and wind hit the area Saturday night and Sunday causing minor damage to telephone lines. The downpour aided crop growth and will help curb chinch bugs harming corn in the county. Showers remained local with no widespread reach beyond the region.
Miss Elizabeth Hull Ruth Springer Eva Shepherd depart for Madison Wisconsin to attend the state university for the summer. Mr and Mrs Harold G Bays and Mrs Lucinda Lucas traveled here from Culver for a Vigil with relatives. Theo Barnes and family visited California kin in Bicknell. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Andrew Rice Jr of Chicago, formerly Miss Nelle Aydelotte. Mary Elizabeth Riggs and Lois Lindley visit grandmother in Prather Indiana two weeks. Louise Simmons graduates from Wiley high school Terre Haute as one of seven speakers. Mrs John S Bays and son Lee Bays go to Chicago for illness of Minnie Fenton. Families travel to Baldwin Lake Michigan for several weeks. T P McBride vacationing in Kansas visiting relatives. Dorris Crowder returns from St Petersburg Florida and will teach again in city schools. C B Hershey and family move toward Urbana for university work before state home in Massachusetts. A son named Thomas Siner born to Hosea Siner near New Lebanon and new manager of Springer Va Stock Farm.
Policewomen in Lovidon walk in a stride long slow measured fashion. They carry no weapon as part of their work and have learned jiu jitsu tricks as a form of self defense.
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