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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1921
Page
7
The guide stresses early thorough cultivation to prevent weed and crust problems. It covers soil moisture retention with mulches, suitable implement choices like horse weeders and shovels, and labor efficiency of riding cultivators. It warns against damaging roots and outlines depth limits and mulch restoration after rains.
USDA specialists advise ground limestone or hydrated lime or quicklime to raise soil pH and suppress sorrel. Quicklime may be slaked with water and sprayed over the sorrel. Iron sulfate spray (2 lb per gallon) destroys sorrel without permanently harming grass, especially in patches. crop rotation also helps reduce sorrel by alternately cultivating soil across seasons.
A long list of property transactions documents transfers of parcels and lots among numerous individuals and families in various townships. Names include Joe T. Akin R. FE Wolfe Win B Wilkey H A Bailiff and many others with parcel sizes described in acres rectangles and sections amid ex coal designations and improvements.
Mrs Champ McClanahan and Hazel of near Shelburn visited Mrs Chester Woodard Monday. Families from Township and None Such districts held a dinner at None Such school house Tuesday followed by a lively program. Several local residents visited, dined, or rode to events across Sullivan Farmersburg Hymera Dugger and Terre Haute over the weekend.
Ella P Gibbs born March 26 1894 in Jefferson Township Sullivan County Indiana. At 17 she joined Pleasantville Baptist Church and was baptized March 12 1911. She remained a devoted attender of church and Sunday school as long as maintained.
Ella, eldest daughter in Pleasantville area, never married and cared for her family after her mother’s death. She passed away April 24 1921 at age 27 years 28 days. Survived by father stepmother four brothers three sisters and several half and step siblings. Funeral held April 26 at Indian Prairie Baptist church with interment in the local cemetery.
A New York man kept an apiary on the roof of his home at One Hundred and Seventeenth Street. He placed a hive there and soon the bees began producing honey and building combs, demonstrating urban beekeeping with natural history interest.
U S Department of Agriculture experts urge lattice ventilators 12 to 15 inches square for hay barns to prevent heating damage to alfalfa or clover. Ventilators are placed 10 to 12 feet apart horizontally and kept to a vertical distance of 5 to 10 feet after settling to allow air flow and steam escape.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Sullivan Indiana post office as of May 4 1921 will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not called for within ten days. Ladies list includes Bertha Adams Clara Dudley Nona Evans E H Reynolds Ora Myers Webb Williams Pearl Wright. Gents list includes James Birch J L Collings Wm McKinley John E Herndon Alfred Jones Kalani Lee Solomon W H Smith. Call and say Advertised with the date.
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